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Obituaries






Muriel Tokiko Ahuna
June 21, 2005
Muriel Tokiko Ahuna, also known as Tokiko Ahuna, 95, of Honolulu, a retired registered nurse, died. She was born in Kealia, Kauai. She is survived by daughter Barbara Wakatake, sister Koume Sagawa and a grandchild. Private services. No monetary offerings.

Edward Kalani Aiu
July 21, 2005
Edward Kalani "Kaipo" Aiu, 78, of Hilo, a retired electrician, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by hanai sons Robert Shioji and George, Walter and Wallace Ahuna; hanai daughter Luella Aina and Wanda Cardines; and numerous grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hilo Stake Center, 1373 Kilauea Ave. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Alae Cemetery. Casual attire.

Toshiko Arakaki
July 19, 2005
Toshiko Arakaki, 90, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Ewa. She is survived by husband Ichiro; son Gordon; daughters Priscilla and Pauline, Carol Yamasaki and Janice Kawachi; brothers Tsutomu and Kaname Oshiro; and eight grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Nena Baldonado Baldonado
July 11, 2005
Nena Baldonado Baldonado, 66, of Honolulu, a retired metallurgical engineer, died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. She is survived by brothers Isabelo and Emilio Sr., and sister Magdalena B. Garcia. Visitation: 9:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Memorial Park and Mortuary, east chapel. Burial: 2 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.

Anthony Cabral Jr.
July 10, 2005
Anthony "Tony" Cabral Jr., 70, of Grove, Okla., a U.S. Coast Guard veteran, executive chef and fishing guide, died in Tulsa, Okla. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Lajuana; sons Michael and Steven; daughters Terri Boyd, Cheryl C. Lawless and Lisa; stepdaughter Kam Lea; sisters Marie Stender, Wynona Makinnem, Charlene Mailolo and Bernie Ah Chong; 11 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services held in Grove.

Agnes Kahionaokala Caitano
July 16, 2005
Agnes Kahionaokala Caitano, 82, of Honolulu, an imports and wholesale company saleswoman, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Delphine K. and Tyson W., brother Benedict Ahakuelo, sister Anna Neves, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Derrick Oh Chang
July 19, 2005
Derrick Oh Chang, 44, of Kaneohe, a Waolani Judd Nazarene School teacher and retired U.S. Marine Corps Base game warden, died in Kaneohe. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by mother Annie and brothers Stanley and Samuel. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Honolulu First Church of the Nazarene, 408 N. Judd St. Call after 9:30 a.m. Private scattering of ashes to be held at a later date. Casual attire. Leis welcome.

Walter Edward DeHuff
June 5, 2005
Walter Edward DeHuff, 46, of Honolulu, a security guard, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Pennsylvania. He is survived by daughter Catherine. No services.

Romualdo Longboy Duldulao
July 9, 2005
Romualdo Longboy Duldulao, 70, of Mililani, a retired Del Monte Corp. truck driver, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Paz I.; son Randy I.; daughter Grace D. Conde; mother Salamona; brothers Ulpiano "Andy," Carl and Rudy; sisters Lourdes Barangan and Florida Badua; and a grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9:45 a.m. Friday at St. John's Apostle and Evangelist Church, 95-370 Kuahelani Ave., Mililani. Call after 8:45 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Sandra Sue Elliott
July 19, 2005
Sandra Sue "Sandy" Elliott, 70, of Kailua, formerly of St. Joseph, Mo., died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Falls City, Neb. She is survived by husband John R.; daughters Patricia D. and Susan M. Elliott and Katherine L. Piho; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. No services or visitation.

Ruby Toshiko Furukawa
July 21, 2005
Ruby Toshiko Furukawa, 85, of Honolulu, an Alfred Shaheen Ltd. employee, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Masami; sons Randall H. and Scott M.; brothers Akiharu and Mamoru Yano; sisters Kay Matsuda, Doris Merrifield and Mary Shimabukuro; and three grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Shionel Piga Gray
June 24, 2005
Shionel Piga Gray, 29, of Honolulu, an assistant marketing manager in the Philippines, died. She was born in Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. She is survived by husband Edgardo S., son Nathaniel P., parents Samuel R. and Visitacion T. Piga, brother Symon Piga, sisters Sherryl Domingo and Shiela Piga, and grandparent Estrella Ramos. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. Call after 12:30 p.m. Burial: 3 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Milton Tatsumi Hakoda
July 20, 2005
Milton Tatsumi Hakoda, 77, of Hilo, a retired County of Hawaii Department of Parks and Recreation director, former state Division of Vocational Rehabilitation director and former state Employment Service director in Hilo, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Holualoa, Kona, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Fumiko "Pat"; sons Gaine and Donn; daughter Wynne Peralta; brothers Konao, Dan, Kenneth and Gilbert; and four grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 3:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Tadashi Horikawa
June 27, 2005
Tadashi Horikawa, 91, of Honolulu, a retired self-employed T. Horikawa Contracting carpenter, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Makaweli, Kauai. He is survived by sons Steven T. and Maxwell M., daughter Cindy A., brother Noburo Misawa and a grandchild. Private services.

Scarlett Jewel Hughes
July 16, 2005
Scarlett Jewel Hughes, infant daughter of Thomas and Karen Hughes of Lahaina, died. She was born in Wailuku. She is also survived by brother Leo P. Walsh III; sisters Katie and Kirstyn; grandparents Betty Hughes, Donna and Ken Bradley and Kathlyn Bailey. Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at Maria Lanakila Church in Lahaina. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Valley Isle Memorial Park in Haiku, Maui. Casual attire. White leis welcome. Donations suggested to Scarlett Hughes' Pediatric Heart Disease Fund c/o Chris Gale, 3975 Lower Honoapiilani Road No. 215, Lahaina, HI 96761.

Mary E.R. Kealoha
July 16, 2005
Mary E.R. Kealoha, 81, of Pukalani, Maui, a naval air base and pilot's license airplane mechanic, died at home. She was born in Los Angeles. She is survived by son Nelson, hanai son John "Black," daughter Sharon "Shari" Char, brother John Roberts, stepbrother Carl Jennings, stepsister Betsy Kurt and 28 grandchildren. Private services.

Rachel Ah Oi Kennedy
July 18, 2005
Rachel Ah Oi Kennedy, 75, of Waipahu died in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Wade; daughters Leona Ng, Bridget Cottrell and Betsy Acevedo; hanai daughter Anna Cottrell; brothers Alfred, Edwin and Harry Lew; sister Agnes Kuboi; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.

Robert Yau Wong Leong
July 13, 2005
Robert Yau Wong Leong, 86, of Wahiawa, a retired federal government worker, died at home. He was born in Punaluu. He is survived by wife Rosamond M., sons Darrell L. and Howard B., sisters Eleanor Chang and Frances Plemer, and two grandchildren. Private services.

Alfredo Mansano Sr.
July 17, 2005
Alfredo Mansano Sr., 83, of Kahului, a retired Kahului Trucking and Storage scale master, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Teresa, sons Alfredo Jr. and Brian, daughter Nadine Oka and six grandchildren. Private services.

Haruo Matsunaga
July 8, 2005
Haruo Matsunaga, 89, of Lihue, a retired carpenter, died in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born on Kauai. He is survived by wife Hatsuyo, daughter Susan and brother Mitsu. Private services and inurnment.

Dale Spencer Mercier
July 20, 2005
Dale Spencer Mercier, 50, of Pahoa, Hawaii, a retired assistant psychologist for a state prison in California, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Kankakee, Ill. He is survived by wife Arsenia, stepsons Jeffrey and Darwin Arellano, stepdaughter Cherish Azevedo, father Lowell, mother Jeanne and brother Bruce. No services.

Nancy Cortez Ola
July 17, 2005
Nancy Cortez Ola, 41, of Aiea, an Advanced Air Conditioning and Supercuts employee, died in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by mother Estrella and brothers Angelito and Edgar Aquino. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Calvery Chapel of Honolulu in Aiea. Call after 6 p.m. Visitation: 8-9 a.m. Saturday at the church. Burial: 10 a.m. at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.

Albert Masayuki Sakai
July 14, 2005
Albert Masayuki Sakai, 87, of Honolulu, a former 50th State Dairy Farmers Co-op manager, died at home. He was born in Kohala, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Dorothy Y., daughter Barbara E. Kohara, sisters Mitsuyo Shimomi and Yoshino Yamamoto, and two grandchildren. Private services.

Raymond Tadashi Sato
July 13, 2005
Raymond Tadashi Sato, 83, of Honolulu, a Union Oil Co. salesman, died in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Haiku, Maui. He is survived by wife Kay, son Eric, daughter Lynette Nakama, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Private services.

Francis Shimabukuro
July 21, 2005
Francis Shimabukuro, 80, of Kapaa, Kauai, a County of Kauai supervisor, died in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Hawaii. He is survived by sons Francis, Jason and Shane; daughters Anne Ota and Glory; sister Nancy "Mitchun" Tokuda; and 10 grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at St. Catherine's Church in Kapaa. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Kauai Veterans Cemetery in Hanapepe, Kauai. Casual attire.

Herbert Hideo Shimada
July 17, 2005
Herbert Hideo Shimada, 61, of Kahului, an Ameron bulldozer operator, died in Honolulu. He was born in Puunene, Maui. He is survived by wife Kathleen; children Arnot and Missy Meyer and Charles; brother Alan; sister Sandy Akamine; and eight grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Saturday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire.

Yasuko Tatsuno
July 16, 2005
Yasuko Tatsuno, 75, of Hilo, a retired Hilo Medical Center medical records transcriptionist, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Pepeekeo, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Minoru, sons Hugh T. and Guy A., daughter Susan T., brothers Takeshi and Townsend T. Yasuda, sisters Betty T. Ushiroda and Kathy S. Yoshimoto, and four grandchildren Private services.

Robert Russell Tavares
July 16, 2005
Robert Russell Tavares, 67, of Makawao, Maui, a Matson/ Lurline merchant seaman, died at home. He was born on Maui. He is survived by brothers Nelson "Tava" and Anthony "Tony," and sisters Valerie Silva, Joan Davis and Joann Kihano. Mass: 10 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Church in Makawao. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment to follow at church cemetery. Flowers welcome.

Yasuaki Uchima
July 19, 2005
Yasuaki "Yasu" Uchima, 70, of Honolulu, a Times Super Market Ltd. meat manager, died. He was born in Paia, Maui. He is survived by brother Toshio and sisters Dora T. Tsuha and Betty A. Nago. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Stanley Chikara Watanabe
July 21, 2005
Stanley Chikara Watanabe, 80, of Kekaha, Kauai, a retired Kekaha Sugar Plantation heavy equipment operator, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Makaweli, Kauai. He is survived by wife Mary F.; daughters Ruth R. and Norma N. Watanabe and Cheryl A. Shinoda; brothers Frank N. and Howard T.; and a grandchild. Services: 4 p.m. Thursday at Makiki Christian Church in Honolulu. Call after 3 p.m. Additional services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Waimea United Church of Christ, 4548 Ola Road, Waimea, Hawaii. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire.

Esther Kalani Wong
July 19, 2005
Esther Kalani Wong, 90, of Waianae, a retired Woolworth snack bar employee in Honolulu, died in Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Henry and Bernard, daughters Elaine Keb and Verna, half sister Priscilla Ho, 13 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 12:45 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Yukino Yahiro
July 11, 2005
Yukino Yahiro, 90, of Honolulu, a retired King's Bakery food waitress, died at home. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by son David, daughter Joy Yahiro-Ng, brother Edwin Yagi, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild. 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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