Cecelia Y.L. "Gu Lan" Achong, 80, of Honolulu, a retired Hilton Hawaiian Village employee, died last Sunday at home. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by sons Hadrian and Hughland; daughters Carleen Birnie, Alfrieda Achong and Joycelyn Sheely; brothers Wah Fook, Wah On and Wah Long Yung; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services held.Victoria "Vicky" Leimomi Kuuleiikopua Akama, 59, of Waianae, a former Liberty House employee, died last Sunday at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons James W. Woodard and William K. Akama III, daughters Victoria P. Tau and Kimberly L.K. See, sister Katherine Apana and six grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual and aloha attire.
Lucy A. Amoral, 97, of Makawao, Maui, died Friday in Kula Hospital. She was born in Paia, Maui. She is survived by sons Richard, Lionel, Manuel and Joseph; daughters Mary Lou Rodrigues, Lorraine Freitas and Lucile Matavolho; brother John Andrade; sisters Olive Simao and Hilda Hulin; 22 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial at church cemetery.
Leighton James Cadaoas, 48, of Hilo, a residential specialist for the Salvation Army Hilo Interim Home, died Wednesday in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Violet De Souza, daughter Chasity, parents Pedro and Anita, brothers Adrian and Michael, sister Audrey Floyd and two grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire.
William Rodrigues "Mountain Goat" Castanha, 98, of Honolulu died May 29 at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son John, two grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 11:30 a.m. at Oahu Cemetery. Aloha attire.
Patricia Ann "Pam" Conover, 79, of Holualoa, Hawaii, a retired medical office manager and a U.S. Navy veteran, died Tuesday in Life Care Center of Kona. She was born in Havre, Mont. She is survived by brothers Joseph and James Moore. Services: 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at Kona Baptist Church in Puuloa, Hawaii. Inurnment: 2 p.m. at Kona Memorial Park in Holualoa.
Lawrence Justin "Larry" Cravalho Sr., 84, of Kahului died Wednesday at home. He was born in Paia, Maui. He is survived by sons Lawrence Jr., Robert, Charles and Jason; stepsons David and John Andrade; daughters Celia Richardson and Lisa Bowers; stepdaughters Lisa Andrade and Shelly Prado; 22 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Christ the King Church. Call after 9 a.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire.
Sophie Velma Estrella, 87, of Pukalani, Maui, a homemaker, died Monday in Hale Makua, Kahului. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by caretakers Lori and Clifford Paet, daughter Betty DeLima, sisters Mary Estes and Virgie Amonn, seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 12:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Call after 11 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Kyle Hideo Fukamizu, 26, of Hilo, died Thursday in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by parents Kenneth and de Ette, and brother Mark. Services: 5 p.m. tomorrow at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire.
Frank Kenso Hayashi, 91, of Honolulu, a retired general contractor, died Wednesday in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Aiea. He is survived by wife Helen H.; son Edwin; daughters Virginia Furukawa and Frances Yamada; brother Nobuo; sister Elsie Okuda, Nora Sato and Marian Wakazuru; and six grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Hattie Kalaukela Maka Holderbaum, 77, of Kaneohe, a retired state Department of Transportation Airports Division employee, died Thursday in Castle Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Craig M. and Keith P., brother Simeon Maka, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Inurnment: 11 a.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. No flowers. No monetary offerings. Donations suggested to a church.
Talosa Selega Hunkin-Fuga, 67, of Honolulu, formerly of Seattle, a retired Department of Agriculture manager, died May 30 in Tripler Army Medical Center-Center for Aging. He was born in American Samoa. He is survived by wife Vaipuna; sons Anthony, Sterling, Talosa Jr. and Bentley Fuga; daughters Arleen Schuette and Katherine Lilo; brothers Tauae and Taia Fuga; sisters Pisisami Seumalo, Lilia Saofaiga, Nancy Stevenson and Sapela Fuga; and 10 grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mililani 2nd Ward. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. No flowers.
Kenneth Rodney Kekona Sr., 68, of Wailuku, a retired Maui county refuse employee, died Thursday in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Kahakuloa, Maui. He is survived by wife Bernice H.; sons Kenneth Jr., George, Philip and Maui; daughters Apple Bloyed, Seraphia Scungio and Charlene and Mary Kekona; brothers Anthony, Leonard and Peter; 23 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Wake: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Anthony's Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Maui Veterans Cemetery.
William A. Koahou Sr., 82, of Wailuku, a Maui county Parks and Recreation supervisor, died Thursday at home. He was born in Waipahu. He is survived by wife Eleanor; sons William A. Jr., Brada Francis M., Samuel and Ernest; daughters Ramona Kauanoe and Levaina Coyaso; hanai daughter Nia'u Wahine; sister Felicia Yasui; 23 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Visitation: 6-9 p.m. Thursday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Services: noon Friday at the mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Cremation to follow. No flowers.
Rita Anna Kuaana, 69, of Kihei, Maui, a retired Maui county clerk, died Thursday in Hale Makua, Kahului. She was born in Makawao, Maui. She is survived by husband Jonah; stepchildren Jonah Kuaana and Daniel Smith; brothers John, Joe and Jules Ramon; sisters Mary Brown and Jane Robello; six step-grandchildren and eight step-great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Borthwick/Norman's Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Visitation: 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the mortuary. Burial: 11 a.m. at Maui Veterans Cemetery in Makawao. Casual attire.
Kaylee Kamalani Maeko Matsumura, infant daughter of Kevin and Kelly Matsumura, of Mililani, died May 19 in Kapiolani Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is also survived by brothers Brandon and James; and grandparents James, Julie, Rodney and Ann. Private services.
William Preston McDonald, 67, of Waimea, Hawaii, a retired Hamakua Sugar Co. mechanic supervisor and a U.S. Navy and Coast Guard veteran, died May 29 at home. He was born in Virginia. He is survived by wife Marie, daughters Roen Hufford and Susan Olsen, six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. No services.
Lawrence Wallace Medeiros Sr., 78, of Makaha, a retired Veterans Hospital employee in Palo Alto, Calif., died last Sunday at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Velma M.; sons Lawrence W. Jr. and Delbert V.; daughters Helena Snider, Debra Jones and Shirley, Sonja and Alisa Medeiros; brothers Earl and Delbert; 14 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Thursday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire.
Kayano Takaki, 79, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died May 27 in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Waimea, Hawaii. She is survived by brother Asami and sister Yasuko Tanaka. Private services.
Mary-Mae Leilani Unea, 81, of Hilo, a retired Hilo Hospital nurse, died Wednesday in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Waimea, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Hardy and Sterling; daughters Charlotte-Mae Faith K. Lyons, Aldean A.S. Peleiholani and Mekela "Miki" Asejo; sister Molly K. Esmeralda; 53 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. Friday. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
You can also search the Hawaii State Library System's
Hawaii Newspaper Index online for older obituaries at:
http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/education/hcc/library/hiindex.html
The index, which goes back several decades,
is available via Telnet software.