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Benjamin Subia Acorda
Sept. 17, 2004
Benjamin Subia Acorda, 71, of Keaau, Hilo, Hawaii, a retired public attorney in Laoag City, the Philippines, died in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Purificacion C.; sons Benjamin Jr., Victor and Philip; daughters Aurora Aglugub and Trinidad Villamil; brother Inocencio; sister Precy Mann; and 14 grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Burial in the Philippines. Casual attire.

Simona Sales Baysa
Sept. 19, 2004
Simona Sales Baysa, 99, of Mililani, died at home. She was born in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. She is survived by sons Danny M., Dr. Norberto "Bert" and Francis; daughters June Ramelb, Evelyn Bolosan and Ruth Ancheta; sister Claudio Antonio; 19 grandchildren; and 35 great-grandchildren. Mass: 11:15 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 1403-A California Ave. Call after 9:15 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Wallace Chin Tai Chow
Sept. 20, 2004
Wallace Chin Tai Chow, 81, of Hilo, a retired Hanaepoi Ranch cattle rancher, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Eleanor R., son Jim, daughters Elaine Christian and Diane Chow, brothers Larry and Bill, sister Lillian Kuwahara, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Mass: 10 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hilo. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park. Aloha or western attire.

Isidora Domingo Duldulao
Aug. 20, 2004
Isidora Domingo "Dora" Duldulao, 98, of Honolulu, died in Avalon Care Center. She was born in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. She is survived by sons Ben D., Daniel D. and Alexander D.; daughter Estefania D. Joson; 18 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at the chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.

Alberta Pualani Hopkins
Sept. 15, 2004
Alberta Pualani "Pua" Hopkins, 65, of Kaaawa, a University of Hawaii Hawaiian language professor, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by husband The Rev. Charles G.K.; sons Thomas Jr., James Jr., Kalae S. and Naalehu Anthony, and Gordon W.K., Michael R., Stephen R. and Mark L. Hopkins; daughters Helen Lamburt, Lynlie M. Waiamau, and Margot and Punihei Anthony; brothers Albert "Hypo," James "Jimmy" and Robert "Bobby" Pung; sisters Louise May Tippitt and Lilinoe "Miggs" Cranford; 32 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Andrew's Cathedral. Services to follow. Inurnment at a later date in Hilo. Casual attire. Leis and flowers welcome; no wreaths. Incorrect information was published in an obituary Monday.

Sophie Martha Kaerstner
Sept. 4, 2004
Sophie Martha Kaerstner, 89, of Honolulu, a clerk-typist for a wholesale drug company, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Douglas, two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services: 1 p.m. Saturday at the Hawaii Church for the Deaf. Call after noon. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Sheila Ann Mie Kashiwa
Sept. 18, 2004
Sheila Ann Mie Kashiwa, 39, of Honolulu, a state library volunteer, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by parents Genro and Muriel K., brother Peter and sister Janie Kashiwa-Li. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin. Casual attire. No flowers.

Jonathan Kawika Kekahu
Sept. 20, 2004
Jonathan Kawika Kekahu, 58, of Anahola, Kauai, a self-employed farmer, died. He was born in Hanapepe, Kauai. He is survived by wife Lillian H.; daughters Melissa Moody, Kealoha Gonsalves and Wende Haskell; sisters Rowena Smith and RhodaAnn Simeona; and five grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. tomorrow at Seventh-day Adventist Church, Lawai. Call after 10 a.m. Private burial. Casual attire.

Seok-Joon Kim
Sept. 16, 2004
Seok-Joon Kim, 75, of Hono-lulu, died at home. He was born in South Korea. He is survived by sons Hyung-Kon and Nam-Kon; daughters Hyoung Tassie, Ok-Hee Miyazono and Jin-Eui Kim; brothers Bong-Seok and Bong-Un; and eight grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. today at Honolulu Korean Church of Seventh-day Adventists, 2142 Algaroba St.

Frederick K. Komatsu
Sept. 13, 2004
Frederick K. Komatsu, 77, of Aiea, died in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Hono-lulu. He is survived by wife Elaine; sons Aaron and Jon; brothers Kiyohiro, Richard and George; and a grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Dennis Kiichi Manabe
Sept. 16, 2004
Dennis Kiichi Manabe, 65, of Kailua, a retired Alii Glass and Metal glazier and manager at the Kailua and Kapahulu shops and Hawaii Housing Authority housing inspector, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Fay K., sons Lance and Layne, and sister Winifred. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Aloha attire.

Robert Louis Marks
Sept. 13, 2004
Robert Louis Marks, 78, of Kaneohe, owner of Bob's Maintenance Electrical Repair Services and retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard sheet metal worker, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughters Vernie Panee, Roberta Marks and Lori Costa; brothers Joseph, Edmund and Manuel Jr.; sisters Adeline and Vivian Cabral, Dorothy Carvalho, Frances Freso, Virginia Bryan and Catherine Gonsalves; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at St. Ann's Catholic Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Cremation to follow. Graveside services: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.

Charles J. McKay
Sept. 12, 2004
Charles J. McKay, 75, of Kailua, a retired William Carter Co. manufacturer's representative, died in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Orange, N.J. He is survived by wife Lillian, sons Charles E. and Steven, and sister Martha. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Memorial Park & Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Louis A. McKeague Jr.
Sept. 17, 2004
Louis A. McKeague Jr., 64, of Hilo, a retired senior manager for Advance Technology Labs with MCI Telecommunications, died at home. He was born on Oahu. He is survived by sons Alexander and Charles; daughter Rhonda White; brother Samuel; half-brother Kona; sisters Juanita Cowick, Donna Moffett and Althea Bush; and seven grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. John Vianney Church, Kailua. Call after 9:30 a.m. Eulogy: 10:30 a.m. Committal services and inurnment: noon at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Kameko Nakaganeku
Sept. 11, 2004
Kameko "Millie" Nakaganeku, 93, of Honolulu, a retired Stewards Restaurant food waitress, died in Maunalani Nursing and Rehab Center. She was born in Lahaina. She is survived by sons Walter and Richard; brothers Paul and Michael Takaezu; sisters Doris Nakamatsu, Toshiko and Miriam Takaezu, Estelle Yagi, Betty Miyachi and Eloise Fukuji; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 1 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Pamela Pumehana Nihipali
Sept. 18, 2004
Pamela Pumehana Nihipali, 39, of Las Vegas, a Mojave High School teacher and coach, died in North Las Vegas. She was born in Kahuku. She is survived by father Paul K. Sr.; brothers Mino, Kapano and Amaka; and sister Pauline Mata'u. Services in Nevada.

Hiroe Okada
Sept. 18, 2004
Hiroe Okada, 80, of Hilo, a retired seamstress, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Paauhau, Hawaii. She is survived by son Myron, daughter Evelen Perreira, sister Hiroko Ochiai four grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Dodo Mortuary Chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Ronald Nick Razonable
Sept. 10, 2004
Ronald Nick Razonable, 56, of Honolulu, died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sisters Sheila Kekuewa and Patricia Razonable. Mass: noon Saturday at Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace. Call after 10 a.m.

Doris Hanae Takao
Sept. 2, 2004
Doris Hanae Takao, 84, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died in Island Nursing Home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Roy, sons Rodney and Dennis, sister Helen Tomasu and four grandchildren. Private services.

Masaru Takeshita
Sept. 10, 2004
Masaru Takeshita, 98, of Wahiawa, a retired Del Monte Pineapple Co. office manager, died at home. He was born in Waipahu. He is survived by wife Sumie, sons George and Calvin, daughters Betty Tengan and Mildred Yoshida, brother James Takeshita, 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Private services.

Masato Tamura
Sept. 13, 2004
Masato Tamura, 80, of Hono-lulu, a retired state Department of Education employee, died in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Gladys Y., son Walter and stepdaughter Harolyn Toma. Private services.

Ida E. Veriato
Sept. 19, 2004
Ida E. Veriato, 88, of Hilo, a homemaker, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Paia, Maui. She is survived by sons Ronald, Elwood and Shayne "Slim"; daughters Elizabeth "Nina" Veriato, Marie Benevides and Yvonne Vaughn; sister Violet Ketchum; brothers Frank and Ernest; 14 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and 11 great-great-grandchildren. Mass: 12:15 p.m. Friday at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Christopher James Puananikeokeo Willis Jr.
Sept. 15, 2004
Christopher James Puananikeokeo Willis Jr., 71, of Las Vegas, a retired union plumber, died in Las Vegas. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Chris III and Kevin Lono; daughter Debra "Debbie"; hanai children Gary Castillio, Doreen Cocuzzi, Cecile Paulson and Gina Lind; sisters Erma Medina and Eunice "Tweedy" Perry; 14 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Memorial Park & Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 3 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Milnor C. Wond
Sept. 16, 2004
Milnor C. Wond, 80, of Ewa Beach, a retired Honolulu Advertiser pressman, died in Kaneohe. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Raymond McGill and Edward, George, Howard and Gerald Wond; daughters Lehua Hintze, Charleen Stephens and Jacqueline Chittenden; sister Mercey Downey; 27 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. Graveside services: 11 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Takeyo Yamamoto
Sept. 15, 2004
Takeyo "Dorothy" Yamamoto, 80, of Waiaha, Hawaii, a retired macadamia nut and coffee farmer, died in Kona Community Hospital. She was born in Holualoa, Hawaii. She is survived by son Wesley; daughter Susan Takiue; brothers Norman, Herman, Itsuo, Albert and Sueo Sakata; sisters Nancy Fujimoto and Emiko Fenske; and six grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Sunday at Kona Hongwanji Mission, Kealakekua. Call after 2 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.




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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