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Mildred N. Aiu
July 4, 2005
Mildred N. Aiu, 76, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughters Janella K., Charlene K. and Marilyn K. Aiu, and Camille K. Aiu Weindl; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Private services.

Maile M.R. Boyce
June 11, 2005
Maile M.R. Boyce, 29, of Waianae died at home. She was born in Wahiawa. She is survived by sons Eli and Tanielu; daughters Fita and Faith; mother Janice E.; brothers David, Leroy, Benjamin and Dicky; and sisters Leonora Galiza, Marlene and Madeline Boyce, and Daisy Tabangcura. Private services.

Patricia Reiko Suehisa Chung
July 9, 2005
Patricia Reiko Suehisa Chung, 72, of Honolulu, a retired stock clerk, died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Makawao, Maui. She is survived by sons Michael K.D.H. and Gregory, daughter Adrienne Ishida, six grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Alice Limalau Gravely
July 11, 2005
Alice Limalau Gravely, 76, of Waipahu died in St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by sons Robert C. Mamala, Jerome Kaeha, and James W. Jr. and Reginald Gravely; daughters Evelyn Gravely and Nani Cabunoc; brother Samuel K. Mamala; sisters Elizabeth Kaeha and Florence Cabunoc; 14 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Ka Hale Hoano O Ke Akua Church, 1760 Nalani St., Kalihi. Call after 5 p.m. Flowers and leis welcome.

Erik Edward Grolitzer
July 14, 2005
Erik Edward Grolitzer, 38, of Waianae, a retired naval intelligence worker for the U.S. Navy, died at home. He was born in Granada Hills, Calif. He is survived by mother Arleen Kaltman and brother Chris Gracier. Services in California. No flowers. Donations suggested to charity.

Walter S. Higa
June 26, 2005
Walter S. Higa, 92, of Kaneohe, a retired Eastman Kodak stock and shipping manager, died. He also was a U.S. Army veteran with the 232nd Engineers, 442nd Regimental Combat Team and recipient of the Bronze Star. He was born in Hawi, North Kohala, Hawaii. He is survived by daughter Sue-Ann Kobatake, son Davis Higa, sister Irene Kaneshiro and two grandchildren. Private services and burial held at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.

Myles Yukio Higashihara
July 10, 2005
Myles Yukio Higashihara, 37, of Kent, Wash., a United Airlines flight attendant, died in North Carolina. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by father Stanley Y., mother Jane C., brother Neil T. and grandparent Chiyono Uemura. Services: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Bernice Keohokalani Kong
July 9, 2005
Bernice Keohokalani Kong, 88, of Kaneohe, a homemaker, died in Kailua. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Richard, Milton, Eugene, Darrel and Dennis; daughters Arlene Kong and Charlotte Ching; sisters Margaret Kaialau and Frances Klein; 13 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 6 p.m. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at the cemetery. Aloha attire.

Shigenori Naito
June 20, 2005
Shigenori Naito, 84, of Pearl City died at home. He was born in Lawai, Kauai. He is survived by sister Tomoye Shintaku. Private services.

Manuel Nunes
July 12, 2005
Manuel Nunes, 97, of Kapaa, Kauai, a retired truck driver for Kauai County, died at home. He was born in Kapaa. He is survived by wife Sarah; sons Leslie, Mervyn, Wendell and Bert; daughter Beverly Palama; 17 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. Private services.

Elaine Toyo Okubo
July 10, 2005
Elaine Toyo Okubo, 89, of Aiea, a retired Kapiolani Repair Shop office manager, died in Aiea. She was born in Lawai, Kauai. She is survived by husband William T.; sons Wayne T. and William M.; daughters Judy K. Onishi, Katherine A. Ng and Phyllis M. Oyama; brothers Francis, Lawrence, Kenneth and Norman Asato; sister Loretta Yoshimoto; 13 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Nuuanu Memorial Park & Mortuary, east chapel. Private inurnment at a later date. Incorrect information was published in an obituary yesterday.

Hanako Ozawa
July 12, 2005
Hanako Ozawa, 97, of Honolulu died in Pace Hawaii. She was born in Yamanashi prefecture, Japan. She is survived by sons Ted, Donald, Gordon, Walter and Leslie; daughter Clara; sisters Tomiko Nakagomi, Fumiko Nakamura and Takako Kawate; 13 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Waipahu Soto Zen Temple Taiyoji, 94-413 Waipahu St. Call after 5 p.m. Inurnment at a later date. No flowers.

Alan Jaehyun Pak
July 5, 2005
Alan Jaehyun Pak, 5, of Aiea, a Pearlridge Elementary School student, died in California. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by parents Shon and Soo Jeong, and grandparents Si Yong and Kyung Cha Won. Mass: 11 a.m. Monday at St. Pius X Korean Catholic Church. Call after 10 a.m.

Albert Max Schwartz
July 11, 2005
Albert Max Schwartz, also known as "Al Schwartz," 62, of Kailua, a college professor, psychoanalytic therapist and network systems specialist, died. He was born in New York City. He is survived by wife Janis; daughters Tanya, Adrienne, Liana and Nika Schwartz, Rebecca Van der Lugt, and Sarah Hillis; brothers Murray and Jerry; and four grandchildren. Private scattering of ashes.

Harold Solomon Spector
July 13, 2005
Harold Solomon Spector, 85, of Honolulu, a developer and attorney, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He also was one of the founders of Temple Emanu-El. He was born in Boston. He is survived by wife Elizabeth M., daughter Pamela, brother Dr. Samuel Spencer, sister Joyce Mekelberg, four grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. Committal services held at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.

Clarence Hiroshi Suwa
May 22, 2005
Clarence Hiroshi Suwa, 66, of Wahiawa, a U.S. Navy retiree, died in Okinawa, Japan. He was born in Wahiawa. He is survived by wife Hiroko; son Lance M.; brothers Katsuhiko and Myles; sisters Vivian Matsukawa, Grace Nakamura, Lillian Ishida, Nancy Torii and Carol Fujii; and two grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. tomorrow at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers. Incorrect information was published in an obituary Thursday.

Diana Marie Yoshikawa Taylor
July 13, 2005
Diana Marie Yoshikawa Taylor, 61, of the Villages, Fla., formerly of Kaneohe, died. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Harry; brothers Paul Yoshikawa, Douglas Freitas and Michael Yutaka; and sisters Jeanette Kauluwehi, Sharon Lennon, Laurie Wilson and Stephanie Harris. Mass: 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Anthony's of Kailua. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.

Botta Thomas
July 12, 2005
Botta Thomas, 71, of Hanamaulu, Kauai, a warehouse employee, died at home. He was born in the Marshall Islands. He is survived by wife Sepe; children Samson, Aries, Stanley, Robert, Botten, Andrew Wanda, Keyrose and Anna Thomas, Roslinda Maugh, and Adlina Yoneyama; and numerous grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Wednesday at Koloa Union Church. Call after 11 a.m. Casual attire.

Nancy Kahinano Travis
July 5, 2005
Nancy Kahinano Travis, 68, of Wahiawa died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband John Sr.; sons John Jr., Jay and Guy; daughters Pauline Quinsaat, Wanda Kamauoha, Darlene Soma, Cheryldean De Guzman, Maizelette Edayan, Ilima Pena and Charlotte "Leimomi" Vela; brother Lawrence Kamai; 41 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; and 16 great-great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday and 10 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Wednesday and after 8:30 a.m. Thursday. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Luigi Visco
July 12, 2005
Luigi Visco, 89, of New London, Conn., a retired U.S. Coast Guardsman, died. He was born in Newton, Mass. He is survived by wife Lyda Heminez; children Luigi P., Catherine L., Larry J. and Andrew P. Visco, and Philomine M. Scaveli; brothers Alfred and Enrico; and sisters Josephine and Mary Visco, Virginia Gionti, and Rita Gangi. Services in New London. Donations suggested to Hospice of Southeastern Connecticut, Home Care, 179 Gallivan Lane, P.O. Box 902, Uncasville, CT 06382-0902.


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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