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Thomas Calucag Adverderada
June 28, 2004
Thomas Calucag Adverderada, 67, of Ewa Beach, a retired Frito-Lay of Hawaii sanitation worker, died in California. He was born in Solsona, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Flaviana D.; sons Mario, Amor D. and Raymond; daughters Judaline Nahial and Fely Ramos; brother Ernesto; sisters Juanita Arellano and Lucrecia Dela Cruz; and 15 grandchildren. Mass: 7 p.m. Friday at Immaculate Conception Church, 91-1298 Renton Road, Ewa Beach. Call after 6 p.m. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Kenneth Kamakea Amina
July 16, 2004
Kenneth Kamakea Amina, 58, of Kailua-Kona, a mechanic, musician, U.S. Navy veteran and West Hawaii waste-water treatment plant operator, died in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Patricia A.; son Jason; hanai sons Kekai and Kemakana Burcena; daughter Julissa; brothers Alexander M. Sr., Frederick, Edward, Thomas, James and Stewart B.; and sisters Jacqueline Rapoza, Lillian Bargamento, Peggy Fukuhara, Wilma Villanueva, Melva Chung Hoon, Ellen Naeole and Michelle Amina. Visitation: 4:30-9 p.m. Thursday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kailua-Kona. Services: 8:30 a.m. Friday at the church. Call after 7 a.m. Burial to follow at West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire. Flowers welcome.

Charles Anderson
July 22, 2004
Charles Anderson, 74, of Honolulu, a retired U.S. Army major, died in Honolulu. He was born in St. Louis. He is survived by wife Dorothy F., son Darrell, daughter Charlotte Mateo, nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire.

Elizabeth Walker Behrmann
July 24, 2004
Elizabeth Walker "Beth" Behrmann, 79, of Kula, Maui, homemaker, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Puunene, Maui. She is survived by husband Dr. Theodore M., sons Ward and Ted, daughters Anne Legg and Barbara Behrmann, and nine grandchildren. Mass: 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at Holy Ghost Church in Kula. Reception to follow. Casual attire. In lieu of flowers, donations suggested to the Holy Ghost Church Bread Ladies.

Lorraine Tatsumi Chinen
July 14, 2004
Lorraine Tatsumi Chinen, 82, of Hayward, Calif., formerly of Honolulu, a retired state Department of Education cook for Kainalu Elementary School and Lori's Coffee Shop owner in Hayward, died in Hayward. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by husband John Z.; sons Melvin and Ronald; daughters Irene White and Cynthia Roberts; sisters Betty Chinen, Sally Shimabukuro and Nancy Hagiwara; nine grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 1 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Ernest Kaluhi Chong
June 26, 2004
Ernest Kaluhi "Ernie" Chong, 92, of Kaneohe, a retired postal carrier, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Eleanor, sons Gerald and Gordon, sister Aileen Panee, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Private services.

Robert Sung Chun Sr.
July 17, 2004
Robert Sung "Chief" Chun Sr., 93, of Pearl City, a retired motor vehicle superintendent for Hickam Air Force Base and Howard's Chinatown Market, died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Robert S. Jr. and Melvin K., daughter Barbara C. De Los Santos, brother Francis Y.S., sister Janet Y.N. Chang, 11 grandchildren, nine great- grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11:45 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Frank Alexander Dan
July 24, 2004
Frank Alexander Dan, 21, of Wailuku, died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by father Richard, mother Josie Dan Alexander, brother Aaron H. and grandparents Gloria Dan and Janet Jacobson. Graveside services: 2 p.m. tomorrow at Valley Isle Memorial Park in the Jewish section.

James Gould
July 20, 2004
James Gould, 56, of Honolulu, a city Parks and Recreation groundskeeper, died in Honolulu. He was born in San Francisco. He is survived by wife Dee, son Jimmy Herrera, stepson Brandon, daughters Fataui Gould and Angie Herrera, and sister Leota "Lee" Jones. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m.

Mabel Hong Kin Hee
July 22, 2004
Mabel Hong Kin Hee, 85, of Honolulu, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Calvin K.H., brother Wally W.H. Leong and three grandchildren. Taoist services: 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: 1 p.m. at Manoa Lin Yee Chung Cemetery.

Seitaro Hoshino
July 17, 2004
Seitaro Hoshino, 96, of Aiea, died. He was born in Hiroshima, Japan. He is survived by wife Kiyomi; sons James and George; brothers Toshikazu, Yoshiyuki and Tsuchio "Clarence"; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Private services.

Sarah K. Kahula
July 17, 2004
Sarah K. Kahula, 67, of Wailuku, a homemaker, died in Wailuku. She was born in Peahi, Maui. She is survived by sons George Jr. and William; daughter Sarah Edlao; brothers Richard and Raymond Javier; sisters Josephine Kalaau, Marguerite Beaulieu, Lorainne Aquinde and Elaine and Roxanne Javier; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Nakamura Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Reception to follow. Burial: noon at Maui Veterans Cemetery.

Beulah L. Momi Kaohu Kamai
June 19, 2004
Beulah L. Momi Kaohu Kamai, 58, of Waianae, died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Gregory K. Sr.; son Gregory K. Jr.; daughters Florence L. Kamai, Francine M. Watson and Rosy A. Salangdron; sister Betty Lou "Loke" Nakila; and nine grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday and 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Hilda Lundquist
July 21, 2004
Hilda "Peggy" Lundquist, 31, of Kula, Maui, died in Kula Hospital. She was born on Oahu. She is survived by mother Maryann and brother Michael K. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Our Lady Queen of Angels in Kula. Call after 10:30 a.m.

Benjamin Mandrial Sr.
July 17, 2004
Benjamin Mandrial Sr., 79, of Waipahu, died at home. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by wife Rose B., sons Victor B. and Benjamin Jr., daughters Vivian C. Dabis and Anna R. Hicks, sisters Besing Largo and Gondena Delapena, 12 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and a great-great- grandchild. Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire.

Evelyn J. May
July 22, 2004
Evelyn J. May, 63, of Flemington, N.J., formerly of Honolulu, a Queen's Medical Center nurse, died at home. She was born in Trenton, N.J. She is survived by son Thomas Howell, daughters Christine Freelove and Angela Brown, and three grandchildren. Services held in Flemington. Donations suggested to Hunterdon Hospice, 2100 Wescott Drive, Flemington, NJ 08822.

Jared Kauila Medeiros
July 5, 2004
Jared Kauila Medeiros, 27, of Kailua-Kona, a self-employed rock wall mason, died in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Kealakekua, Hawaii. He is survived by son Mason; hanai son Jacob Alip; mother of children Gayelyn Alip; mother Dorothy P.; father Robert K. Perkins; stepbrothers Robert Uina, Anthony Makahanaloa and Robert Jr. and John Perkins; several hanai brothers; sisters Sophia and Melanie Perkins; several hanai sisters; and grandparents Clarence and Rose. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Benedict's Catholic Church Hall, Honaunau, Hawaii. Call after 8 a.m. Scattering of ashes to be held at a later date. Casual attire. No flowers.

Charles Tokuhide Nakamoto
Nov. 17, 2003
Charles Tokuhide Nakamoto, 83, of Seattle, formerly of Kaneohe, a University of Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology employee, died in Seattle. He was born in Kohala, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Shizuko; children Gary, Robert and Eric Nakamoto and Joan Sugiyama; brothers and sisters Chizuko Takara, Margaret Vierkoetter and Ruth Iha and Tokushin, Annie, Wallace and George Nakamoto; 11 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Celebration of life: 11 a.m. Aug. 7 at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Inurnment: 2 p.m. at the cemetery. Casual attire.

Harry Isami Nii
July 13, 2004
Harry Isami Nii, 79, of Ewa Beach, a retired mason and U.S. Army veteran who served in World War II, died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Marisa D.; sons Michael, Derrick, Kirby, Randy and Patrick; daughters Cynthia Herrera, Sonja Newton and Sandra Yoshida; brothers Yoshimi and George; 16 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Services: 11:15 a.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Committal services: 2 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.

Robert Jiro Nishihara
July 11, 2004
Robert Jiro Nishihara, 81, of Honolulu, a retired contractor, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Makawao, Maui. He is survived by wife Dora K.; daughters Wanda Fujimoto, Iris Nakamura and Lila Frisbie; brothers Harold, Richard, Walter and Kenneth; sisters Charlotte Tanigawa, Betty Elzey and Nancy Tokuda; and seven grandchildren. Private services.

Violet Chieko Ohara
July 13, 2004
Violet Chieko Ohara, 90, of Honolulu, died in the Convalescent Center of Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by niece Lana Nakamura. Private services.

Linda Lue Ridgeway
July 19, 2004
Linda Lue Ridgeway, 64, of Honolulu, a systems specialist, died in Honolulu. She was born in Blackwell, Okla. She is survived by brothers Ralph Lee and Neal E. Ridgeway, and sister Leola D. Carroll. Private celebration of life. Casual attire. Donations suggested to St. Francis Hospice or cancer research.

Eufrecia Bermudez Salcedo
July 20, 2004
Eufrecia Bermudez Salcedo, 66, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died in Honolulu. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by son Robert B., daughter Pinah Oliver and 15 grandchildren. Services pending.

Asaye T. Sato
July 15, 2004
Asaye T. Sato, 86, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughters Jeanne M. Nishioka and Ann T. and Claire A. Sato; brother James Tanaka; sisters Fusae Fujise and Janet Matsumoto; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary.

Teruyo Shimei-Yoshimura-Muranaka
June 22, 2004
Teruyo "Terry" Shimei-Yoshimura-Muranaka, 74, of Fountain Valley, Calif., formerly of Honolulu, a retired schoolteacher and dental hygienist, died at home. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by husband Akira, son Nathan Yoshimura, daughter Sharyl Yoshimura, brothers David and Kenneth Shimei, sister Chiyono Ebisu and four grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Elsie M. Mokulehua Tate
July 21, 2004
Elsie M. Mokulehua Tate, 79, of Honolulu, a retired GTE Hawaiian Tel operator, died in St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Rodney; daughter Rhonetta; brothers Victor, Leonard and Alvin Mokulehua; sisters Linda Labuguen, Loretta Payapaya and Rhoda Miller; and a grandchild. Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Memorial Park and Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Casual and aloha attire. No flowers. Incorrect information was given in an obituary yesterday.




You can also search the Hawaii State Library System's
Hawaii Newspaper Index online for older obituaries at:

www.librarieshawaii.org
The index goes back several decades.

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