Robert Wong Hook Ahsing, 74, of Aiea, died Aug. 2, 2003, at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Sylvia; son Alan; daughters Nani Hooe and Kaleikaumaka, Kathy and Kala'i-ea Ahsing; brothers George, Kane and Lawrence Ahsing and Jacob Chung; and eight grandchildren. Private services.
Herbert Yoshinori Ajimine, 68, of Honolulu, a retired Public Works Center electrician, died July 31, 2003, in St. Francis Hospice. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Stanford, brother Charles and sisters Carol Kiyabu and Rachel Goo. Services: 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 3:30 p.m. Inurnment: 12:45 p.m. Monday at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire. Incorrect information ran in Monday's obituary.
James Sadao "Jimmy" Akamine, 74, of Honolulu, a food broker, died Aug. 2, 2003, in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Jean Y., son Shane, daughters Marshelle Pagan and Chanelle Akamine, brother George and two grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Mildred Tsuruyo Ambo, 95, of Honolulu, died July 28, 2003. She was born in Hanamaulu, Kauai. She is survived by son Stanley T., four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Private services.
Vincent Bermudes Bachiller Sr., 92, of Honolulu died July 22, 2003, in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Bangued, Abra, the Philippines. He is survived by sons Ernesto and Vincent Jr. and John W. and Vincent Garrido; daughters Felicidad Bachiller, Aurelia Barreras, Ely Rebultan, Josephine Carino, Tina Abalos and Verna Sukumarin; 37 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11:15 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Church, 94-675 Farrington Highway, Waipahu. Call after 9:45 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Robert Thomas Borges, 69, Honolulu, a Sheraton Waikiki Hotel receiving clerk, died Aug. 4, 2003, in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughter Tracie E., brother George and sisters Olga Cumley, Thelma Bable, Blanche Hill and Inez Cork. Committal services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.
George Garfield Campbell Jr., 87, of Honolulu, a retired federal government employee, died Aug. 4, 2003, at home. He was born in Maine. He is survived by brother Philip S. No services.
Hatsuye Yamane Higaki, 98, of Kaneohe, a retired Department of Education teacher, died Aug. 1, 2003, in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Kenji; brothers Kazuo and Kosei Yamane; sisters Shizuko Omoto, Yukino Hirota, Chieno Sugihara and Kimiyo Iwai; and two grandchildren. Private services.
Mae Kaleiulaokamalamalama Kahae, 79, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died Aug. 4, 2003, at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Martin and Carlton; brothers Noble, Christian, Dennis and Norman Pilialoha; sisters Katherine Barrett; eight grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. Call after 8:30 a.m. Casual attire.
Luika Keakini Kekela Kaio, infant daughter of David and Jeana Kaio, of Makakilo, died July 18, 2003, in Kapiolani Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is also survived by brothers Peleioholani and Papanuumealani, and grandparents Jacob and Vincentilina "Gwen" Kaio and James B. Respicio. Services: 11:45 a.m. tomorrow at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Makakilo Ward, 92-900 Makakilo Drive. Call after 9:30 a.m. Graveside services: 1:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Incorrect information ran in Tuesday's obituary.
Constance Y. Kealaonaona "Connie" Kalama, 77, of Kailua, a retired Hawaiian Memorial Park secretary, died July 21, 2003, in Kailua. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Ryan A., brother Norman Young, sisters Blanche Vance and Mildred Tom, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Private scattering of ashes.
John Kim, 81, of Honolulu, a retired business executive, died Aug. 1, 2003. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughters Beverly S.B. Wong and Barbara K. Stanton, sisters Evelyn Wong and Mary Burke, and five grandchildren. Private services. Donations suggested to St. Francis Hospice, 24 Puiwa Road, Honolulu 96817.
Ruby Margaret Mew Ngo Leong, 89, of Honolulu, a retired ARCO bookkeeper in Los Angeles, died July 29, 2003, in Honolulu. She was born in Punaluu. She is survived by brother Robert and sisters Eleanor Chang and Frances Plemer. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Walsh Hook Sam Leong, 95, of Honolulu, a retired federal government general engineer for Pearl Harbor Planning Division of the Pacific, died Aug. 1, 2003, in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Warren, daughters Priscilla Leong and Jeanette Chun, sister Eleanor Kong, 10 grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Private services.
Alice Un Yon Low, 81, of Honolulu, died July 29, 2003, in Aloha Nursing and Rehabilitation Centre. She was born in Ewa. She is survived by son Richard F., daughter Gloria A. Chu, brother Hagge Lee, sisters Frances O. Lee and Soonie Murakawa, and four grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Casual attire. No flowers.
Shuk Kwan Lum, 86, of Honolulu, died July 31, 2003, in the Convalescent Center of Honolulu. She was born in Canton, China. She is survived by son Yin Kwan Lum; daughters Oi Lin Poon, Cindy Lau and Mabel Lee; 16 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. Visitation: 9:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Cremation to follow.
Malvin Mauricio "Romy" Medrano, 70, of Waipahu, a retired employee for a family-owned company, died Aug. 2, 2003, in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born in Asingan, Pangasinan, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Felipa C.; sons Rainier, Stephen and Erwin; daughters Grace Medrano and Joy Macias; brothers Rodolfo and Agripino Jr.; sisters Purita Pedro, Charlita Soriano, Zenaida M. Ortiz and Dr. Gloria Medrano; and nine grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 1525 Waimano Home Road, Pearl City. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.
Lynn-Henry K.P. "KK" Mikles, 37, of Honolulu, died Aug. 2, 2003, in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in San Francisco. He is survived by wife Kathleen K., son Korbin and mother and stepfather Susan and Robert Ng. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Community of Christ Church, 1666 Mott-Smith Drive. Call after 6 p.m. Cremation to follow. Inurnment: 11 a.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Tsuruko Aragaki Nakamatsu, 88, a retired U.S. government housekeeper at Hickam Air Force Base, died July 27, 2003, in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Kenneth Y. and William; daughters Doris and Lois Higa, Betty Ono, Emmie Otake, Nancy Uramoto and Alice Sasaki; brother Alfred Aragaki; sisters Gladys Higa, Barbara Soken, Helen Aragaki, Laura Yanamura and Alice Tamanaha; 20 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary.
The Rev. Adeline Waioloe Rivera, 74, of Anahola, Kauai, a minister and homemaker, died Aug. 5, 2003, at home. She was born in Kona, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Alfred Jr., Wentworth, Marvin and Frank; hanai son Leland Keale; daughters Linda and Valerie Parbo and Carolyn Rapozo; brothers Joseph and Arthur Kahale and Moses Jr. and Arthur Keale; sisters Rose Kaliloa and Josephine Keale; 36 grandchildren; and 36 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Borthwick Kauai Mortuary in Koloa. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Kapaa Public Cemetery. Casual attire.
Angeline M. Robello, 84, of Kula, Maui, died Aug. 4, 2003, in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She is survived by sons John J. Pestana and Ernest L. Robello, daughters Maxine Cabrinha and Hazel Fernandez, sister Bertha Jardine, six grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at St. Anthony Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Barrie Danielle Rusch, 86, of Honolulu, died Aug. 3, 2003, in Honolulu. She was born in East-on, Pa. She is survived by son Randy Blackman; daughters Miriam Shachat, Sonia Blackman, Valerie Pacheco and Dana Aspinwall; brother William Jaffe; 12 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. No services. Private scattering of ashes.
Miyoko Shigeta, 88, of Waipahu, died July 23, 2003, in St. Francis Hospice, Nuuanu. She was born in Waikapu, Maui. She is survived by husband Sutama, son Raymond H., sisters Ethel Kitaoka and Elsie Yamamoto, and two grandchildren. Private services.
Stephen Rolf Skoien, 45, of Mountain View, Hawaii, an orchid farmer, died Aug. 2, 2003, at home. He was born in California. He is survived by parents Clarence E., also known as "Bud" and "AH6NZ," and Jean W.; and companion Philip D. Galon. Services to be held at a later date. Donations suggested to Big Island AIDS Project or Hospice of Hilo.
Ronald M. Smith, 78, of Kailua, a U.S. Coast Guard veteran and a U.S. Department of Treasury Customs Office of Investigation employee, died Aug. 3, 2003, in Irvine, Calif. He was born in Santa Barbara, Calif. He is survived by wife Etta K., daughters Leilani Smith and Kim Martel, brother Donald, sisters Beverly Smith and Shirley Syrja, and three grandchildren. Private services.
Sumio Tano, 68, of Aiea, a retired city civil engineer, died July 31, 2003, at home. He was born in Ewa. He is survived by daughters Suzanne Ah Sam, Joanne Ringor and Cheryl Chow; sister Janet Tsuchiyama; and six grandchildren. Private services.
Ruth Hanako Tokumoto, 82, of Honolulu, a retired Board of Water Supply community relation employee, died July 25, 2003, in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Bryan; brother Nobuo Matsuda; sisters Sumiko Yanagisako, Dorothy Chiya and Helen Khim; and two grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Clifford Lawrence Welsh, 55, of Kihei, Maui, died Aug. 2, 2003, at home. He was born in Los Angeles. He is survived by parents John Welsh and Geneva Servais; sons Callahan, Jeriko and Kameron; and brother Chuck Servais. Services: 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after noon. Burial to follow at Maui Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to Heart Association.
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.
