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Obituaries





Evangelina Cabantangan Aguinaldo
March 22, 2005
Evangelina Cabantangan Aguinaldo, also known as "Ju-ling" and "Vangie," 79, of Honolulu died in Honolulu. She was born on Maui. She is survived by husband Sotero and brothers Anafredo, Julio and Paul. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Monday at Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: noon at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.

Mamerto Beate
March 8, 2005
Mamerto "Toi" Beate, 72, of Waipahu, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and federal government employee, died in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Waimea Falls. He is survived by wife Antonia S. "Toni"; sons Ted Molale Jr. and Vernon and Kelly D. Beate; hanai children Jose, Maggie, John and JoAnne; brother Vicente; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire.

Marcela Vasquez Bio
April 1, 2005
Marcela Vasquez Bio, 88, of Kahului, a retired Maui Lu Hilton seamstress, died in Hale Makua, Kahului. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by sons Vivencio and Rodrigo, daughters Erlinda Alvarado and Amanda Patoc, brother Felipe Vasquez, 17 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony Catholic Church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park.

Urbano Bio
March 9, 2005
Urbano "Banong" Bio, 88, of Kahului, a retired Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Co. irrigator, died in Kula Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Marcela, sons Vivencio and Rodrigo, daughters Erlinda Alvarado and Amanda Patoc, 15 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony Catholic Church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park. Additional information for an obituary printed Saturday.

David Delos Santos
March 28, 2005
David "Noy" Delos Santos, 74, of Hilo, a retired Aloha Airlines ramp service representative and U.S. Army veteran, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by son David Kalanoc; daughters Diane "Mahealani" Tam, Doreen Medeiros, Darlene Scovil and Daphne Chow; brother James; 14 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.

George Donner
March 30, 2005
George Donner, 75, of Mountain View, Hawaii, a Santa Anita and Hollywood Park jockey, fisherman, commercial painter and U.S. Navy veteran, died at home. He was born in Hauula. He is survived by son Eric, brothers S. LeRoy and Milton S., and sisters Loke Frank, Amy Thompson, Ester M. Enos and Lucille Donner-Au. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Hilo Baptist Church, 600 W. Lanikaula St. Call after 1 p.m. Casual attire.

Felicia Mercado Doronilla
April 1, 2005
Felicia Mercado "Filly" Doronilla, 84, of Keaau, Hawaii, a homemaker, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Wahiawa. She is survived by daughter Barbara DuBois, two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary in Hilo. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Alae Cemetery in Hilo. Casual attire.

Leon Baloria Duhaylongsod
March 30, 2005
Leon Baloria "Dodong" Duhaylongsod, 78, of Honolulu died in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Ediltrudes "Tuding"; sons Serapin, Eddie and Reynaldo "Rey"; daughters Abella, Ana, Eva, Nilda and Elena Duhaylongsod and Edna Maghinay and Imelda Murro; 12 grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary, 20 S. Kukui St. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 8:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony's Church, 640 Puuhale Road, Kalihi. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 10 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.

Constance Ferguson
March 22, 2005
Constance Ferguson, 87, of Hilo, a retired caretaker, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born on Maui. She is survived by sons Robert Sr. and Dennis Ribordy and Andrew Facklam; sister Rose Medeiros; 11 grandchildren; 27 great-grand- children; and a great-great- grandchild. Mass: 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Hilo. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Alae Cemetery. Casual attire.

Roland Paul Frodahl
March 24, 2005
Roland Paul Frodahl, 93, of Kailua, a retired U.S. Navy lieutenant commander, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Shevlin, Minn. He is survived by daughter Catherine Okamura and three grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Friday at Lanikai Community Center. Donations suggested to Lanikai Association, P.O. Box 481, Kailua, HI 96734; or Pearl Harbor Memorial Fund, 1 Arizona Memorial Drive, Honolulu, HI 96818; or charity. Additional information for an obituary printed yesterday.

Betty Mae Patton Rivero Hidaro
March 23, 2005
Betty Mae Patton Rivero Hidaro, 73, of Wahiawa, a musician, died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Kahuku. She is survived by companion Frank Gocong; son Christopher Bachiller; daughters Gylene Martinez, Linda Hidaro, Bertha K. Garcia and Ernestina "Tina" Hidaro; 13 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Services: 12:15 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.

Jinichi Higa
March 30, 2005
Jinichi Higa, 82, of Waipahu, a retired U.S. government shipbuilder at Pearl Harbor, died in St. Francis-West Hospice. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Michiko, son Patrick, daughter Lorraine Daniel, brother Jinji, sister Mary and four grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers. Incorrect information was published in an obituary printed yesterday.

Satoru Iinuma
March 19, 2005
Satoru Iinuma, 82, of Waianae, a retired masonry contractor, died in Waianae. He was born in Aiea. He is survived by wife Setsuko, daughter Shelley Iinuma-Nelson and sister Yatsue. Private services.

Cheryl Betty Lee Kauiokalani Isaacs
March 28, 2005
Cheryl Betty Lee Kauiokalani Isaacs, 27, of Honolulu, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by companion Wallace K. Inn; sons Chandlor K.H.K.K.I. and C.J. W.K.I. Inn III; father Harry K.; mother JoAnn K.W.; sisters Nalani, Melanie and Janelle; hanai sister Sonya Moniz; and a grandparent Charles Wahinehookae. Services: 7 p.m. Friday and 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kalihi Ward. Call after 6 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday. Burial: 3 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Incorrect information was published in an obituary printed Sunday.

Mark Keola Kam
March 30, 2005
Mark Keola Kam, 43, of Kaneohe, a state caregiver, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Cheryl-Ann K.; daughters Kellie Warrior and Michelle and Tracie Kam; parents Ernest and Gertrude "Nudy"; brother Ernest Jr.; sisters Sherry Evans, Lonna Maile, Debbie Baptiste and Karen Caudle; and a grandchild. Services: 9 a.m. Saturday at 53-215 Kamehameha Highway in Punaluu. Casual attire. Leis only.

Karin Keiko Kaneshiro
March 26, 2005
Karin Keiko Kaneshiro, 49, of Honolulu died in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by father Robert and brothers Elroy and Kyle. Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Memorial Park and Mortuary, west chapel. Casual attire. No flowers.

Thomas Kamakaheuokalani Kiesel
March 26, 2005
Thomas Kamakaheuokalani "Kamaka" Kiesel, 78, of Honolulu, an automobile mechanic and retired city Wastewater Management Department employee, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Betty K. and stepsisters Helen "Dottie" Rathburn and Janis Strohlin. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Oahu Cemetery. Casual attire.

Kiyoshi Kiyabu
March 12, 2005
Kiyoshi Kiyabu, 93, of Honolulu, a retired Spencecliff Corp. cook, died in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Aiea. He is survived by sons Richard, Roy and Mervin; daughters Lorraine Wong and Carolyn Dudley; sisters Fuji Kina and Yasuko Yogi; nine grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services: noon Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Tamotsu Kobashigawa
March 23, 2005
Tamotsu "Bolo" Kobashigawa, 82, of Honolulu, a retired Family Used Cars owner, died. He was born in Honaunau-Kona, Hawaii. He is survived by son Gary T.; daughters June E. Tom, Joy Kobashigawa-Lewis and Sharon S. Lewis; brother George T.; sisters Greta Tengan and Helen T. Shimabuku; 10 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.

Nelson Ferron Kahaikupuna Lee
March 23, 2005
Nelson Ferron Kahaikupuna "Kahai" Lee, 70, of Ewa Beach, a retired U.S. Air Force master sergeant, died in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Mary "Maka"; sons Thomas K. and Gregory H. Awana Sr.; daughter Arlyne "Nue"; brothers Clifford Akana and David Keola; sisters Blossom Bishop, Carmen Mata, Lani Awana, Gail Arocha and Linda Murray; six grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and three hanai grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Makakilo Hawaii Stake Center, 92-900 Makakilo Drive. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Robert S.Y. Lee
March 21, 2005
Robert S.Y. Lee, 98, of Honolulu, a Pearl Harbor machinist at Shop 38, died in St. Francis Hospice. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Hugh; daughters Kathleen Loui, Joycelyn Kashiwamura and Roberta Watanabe; and four grandchildren. Visitation: 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Taoist services. Burial to follow at Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Della Marie Lum
March 26, 2005
Della Marie Lum, 74, of Honolulu, a retired Star of the Sea School librarian, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Pennsylvania. She is survived by sons Michael, Douglas and James; daughter Mary Beth; brothers Kenneth and Larry Weiss; sister Cheryl Carl; and eight grandchildren. Rosary: 2 p.m. Saturday at Star of the Sea Catholic Church. Call after 1 p.m. Mass to follow. Aloha attire.

Alexander F. Miranda
March 15, 2005
Alexander F. "Alex" Miranda, 82, of Hilo, formerly of Ewa and Kaimuki, a service station proprietor and U.S. Army veteran who served in World War II, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Ewa. He is survived by daughters JoAnn Miranda-Paiva, Susan Jeffcoat and Karin Kasnoff; and four grandchildren. Mass: 1 p.m. Friday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, 1124 7th Ave. Call after 11:30 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park, 529 18th Ave. Casual attire.

Nakako Myra Nishimoto
April 1, 2005
Nakako Myra Nishimoto, 74, of Kapaa, Kauai, a registered nurse, died at home. She was born in Hanalei, Kauai. She is survived by husband Harold, son Miles, daughter Sharon Oden, brothers Howard and Frank Kurihara, sisters Marilyn Okamoto and Sane Saito, and a grandchild. Graveside services: noon today at Kauai Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.

Yoshiko Tamura Oda
March 19, 2005
Yoshiko Tamura Oda, 95, of Honolulu died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by son David; daughter Patsy Suyat; stepdaughters Rachel Nagai and Tayeko Serizawa; brother Hiroshi Tamura; sisters Sachie Tamura, Tomie Takamoto and Nancy Kunimitsu; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Private services. No flowers. No monetary offerings.

Ida Louise Prange
March 29, 2005
Ida Louise Prange, 50, of Pahoa, Hawaii, a RE/MAX Properties Realtor/broker in Hilo and Merchant Marine veteran during the Gulf War, died at home. She was born in Jerseyville, Ill. She is survived by daughter Chloe C. Frizelle, mother Mary, brother William "Gus" Jr. and sisters Sarah Prange and Kathryn Rozier. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Coconut Island in Hilo. Call after 10:30 a.m. Scattering of ashes to follow. Loose flowers and leis welcome. Donations suggested to Ida Prange Memorial Scholarship.

Manuel Stanley Silva Jr.
March 9, 2005
Manuel Stanley Silva Jr., 72, of Keaau, Hawaii, formerly of Waianae, a heavy equipment operator, died. He was born in Waianae. He is survived by sons Henry, George P. and John; daughters Elizabeth M. Balinbin, Joann Miyashiro, Ruthie Montefalcon and Debra P. and Jonalinn P. Silva; brother Albert H.; 17 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Waianae Sacred Heart Church. Call after 8 a.m. Casual attire.

Lloyd E. Talcott
March 30, 2005
Lloyd E. Talcott, 93, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor electrical engineer, died in Honolulu. He was born in California. He is survived by wife Mitsuko. Services: 1 p.m. Friday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.

Miyoko Tokunaga Tanaka
March 22, 2005
Miyoko Tokunaga Tanaka, 86, of Wailuku, a homemaker, died in Hale Makua, Kahului. She was born on Maui. She is survived by husband Robert T., son Patrick, daughters Sandra Tanaka and Arlene Canales, brother Hiroshi Tokunaga, sisters Misao T. Wada and Peggy M. Tokunaga, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Private services.

Walter T. Tomita
March 15, 2005
Walter T. Tomita, 83, of California died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Doris "Dolly," son Walter Jr. and daughter Judith Shigemura. Services: 1 p.m. Friday at St. Andrew's Cathedral Parke Chapel. Interment: 3 p.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.

Maria Alejo Tugaoen
March 6, 2005
Maria Alejo Tugaoen, 85, of Waipahu, a retired Dole Co. employee, died in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was born in Macayepyep, Banna, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. She is survived by husband Melchor; sons Andres, Blas, Inocencio, Patrick and Arnold; daughter Presentacion Medrano; sisters Eugenia Baniaga and Juliana Cabisura; 21 grandchildren; and 32 great-grandchildren. Rosary: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 1403 California Ave. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Richard Toshimi Yamaguchi
March 22, 2005
Richard Toshimi "Chick" Yamaguchi, 88, of Pearl City, a federal government telephone technician, died in Pearl City. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Cecelia J.; daughters Jennie S. Fukumoto, Dale N. Yamaguchi and Faye A. Joslin; sisters Harumi and Ruth Yamaguchi and Flora Osaki; and grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Private services.

Kaoru Yamasaki
March 26, 2005
Kaoru Yamasaki, 87, of Koloa, Kauai, a retired carpenter and U.S. Army veteran who served in Company D, 100th Infantry Battalion, died in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Hanapepe, Kauai. He is survived by brothers Ryoichi R. and Thomas T., and sisters Shizuno Sato and Flora Takekawa. Private services.

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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