Francisca Blanco Bajala
Oct. 11, 2005
Francisca Blanco Bajala, 86, of Ewa Beach, died in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Antonio M., son Leonardo, daughter Esper Resayo, sister Leocadia Bigornia, five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.
Anton Kristion Ballendorf
Sept. 19, 2005
Anton Kristion "Tony" Ballendorf, 38, of Las Vegas, a freelance electrician, died at home. He was born in Koror, Palau. He is survived by father Dirk, mother Lila Gardner, brother Hans and sister Heidi. Services: 2 p.m. next Sunday at the Natatorium.
Ronald Kainalu Ching
Sept. 17, 2005
Ronald Kainalu Ching, 56, of Honolulu, died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by children, brothers, sisters and grandchildren. Private services.
Rose Alma Davis
Oct. 10, 2005
Rose Alma Davis, 83, of Hono-lulu, a retired Hale Malamalama Nursing Home licensed practical nurse, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Willie, William, Sedgie and Ricky Davis and Ernie Vesnefski; brother John Kanaulu; sister Roseline Ahue; nine grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Kawaiahao Church. Call after 5:30 p.m. Burial: 9:30 a.m. Friday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire.
Larry Taion Dedrick
Oct. 8, 2005
Larry Taion Dedrick, 29, of Mountain View, Hawaii, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Marlena P., daughter Nisa, father Lawrence, stepmother Leeann Aweau, brother Charles and sisters Luana, Lornett, Lori and Leeann. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Glad Tidings Church, 116 Kapiolani St., Hilo. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire.
James N. Dias Sr.
Oct. 2, 2005
James N. "Big Jim" Dias Sr., 58, of Honolulu, a former Kano Trucking driver, died in Hono-lulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son James N. Jr.; brothers Henry Palenapa, and Samuel and Robert Kaolulo; and sisters Leilani Manini, Roselani Hironaka, Rowena "Chiquita" Yamaguchi, Olga Hartison, Hilaine Waters and Sharron Kalima. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Memorial Park and Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Cremation to follow. Scattering of ashes next Sunday at Queen's Surf Beach in Waikiki. Blue attire.
Pedro Bali Duropan
Oct. 8, 2005
Pedro Bali Duropan, 51, of Las Vegas, a retired Air Force sergeant, died in Las Vegas. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Jill; sons Kevin, Bryan and Aaron; brother Anselmo "Sam"; and three grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday and 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Wednesday and 9 a.m. Thursday. Burial: 11:30 a.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire.
Eugenio Aroy Fontanilla Sr.
Oct. 3, 2005
Eugenio Aroy "Eugene" Fontanilla Sr., 70, of Aiea, a retired Kaimana Beach Hotel Otani utility worker, died in Aiea. He was born in Banqui, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Lorenza; sons Eugenio Jr. and Frederick; daughter Leilani; brothers Francisco and Leo; sisters Margarita and Rizalina Pascual, Lydia Cuadro, Corazon Macalma, Helen Lacson and Mildred Pidlaoan; and five grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at St. Philomena Church. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. No flowers.
Harold Eugene Goodrich
Oct. 6, 2005
Harold Eugene Goodrich, 67, of Mililani, a retired electrical engineer, died in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Calhoun, Mo. He is survived by wife Yang Suk, son William, stepson Chris, daughter Mary Jo, stepdaughters Lisa Hamlin and Jung Su Lee, and stepsister Karen McGowan. Private services.
Lawrence A. Haena
Oct. 11, 2005
Lawrence A. "Lale" Haena, 63, of Honolulu, a retired Hawaii Electric underground cable-splicer foreman, died in Honolulu. He is was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Rosemary "Rosie"; son Rodney; daughters Cori and Lori; brothers Calvin, David and Bernard Sr.; sisters Carol Haena and Josephine Galang; and seven grandchildren. Services: noon Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 9:30 a.m. Inurnment: 3 p.m. at the cemetery. Casual attire.
Ginjiro Ikehara
Oct. 8, 2005
Ginjiro Ikehara, 85, of Hono-lulu, a retired Bill's Bakery and Columbia Inn baker, died at home. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by son Milton T., daughters Gail Y. Masuda and Lynda S. Gibson, and sisters Matsue Kobashigawa and Yoshiko Ginoza. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Katherine Setsuko Hino Kawaguchi
Oct. 12, 2005
Katherine Setsuko Hino Kawaguchi, 95, of Honolulu, died in Maluhia Hospital. She was born in Kukuihaele, Hawaii. She is survived by daughters Jean Saito, Ann Brazier and Gail Hiu; sister Madeline Funai; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Inurnment: 1:30 p.m. at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Patricia Marie Kehano
Oct. 9, 2005
Patricia Marie Kehano, 64, of Pauwela, Maui, a homemaker, died at home. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by husband Rudolph "Rudy," sons Everett and Elliott, brother Michael Borge, sister Lillian Borge and four grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Friday and 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park. Flowers welcome.
Beau Henry Kaneku Yau-Chin Kela-Domingues
Oct. 6, 2005
Beau Henry Kaneku Yau-Chin Kela-Domingues, 15, a former student at Kahuku and Waiakea high schools, of Hilo and formerly of Punaluu, Hawaii, died in Kapiolani Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by parents Henry "Bobo" Domingues and Rhonda M.K. Kela; brothers John D. Halualani and Jai K. Kela; sisters Kaimi Kela-Napeahi and Sky K. Kela; and grandparents Mary Jane Ching, Noel Muraki and Samson Sr. and Marian Kela. Visitation: 6-9 p.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hilo Stake Center. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park. Aloha attire. Leis welcome. Additional information provided for an obituary published yesterday.
Tai Soon Lee
Oct. 6, 2005
Tai Soon Lee, 76, of Aiea, an Air Force veteran and retired Hawaii state employee, died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by sisters Kwi Soon Lee and Rosalind "Pok Soon" Grogan. Services: 10:15 a.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.
Tjien Wan Liekwie
Oct. 12, 2005
Tjien Wan "Eddie" Liekwie, 58, of Mililani, an All Pool and Spa Co. sales representative, died in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Suriname, South America. He is survived by wife Celia Huang, sons Jack and Steve Luh, daughter Teleia Farrell, brothers Lee Kuan Wang and Henny, sisters Fi-Lan and Milly Chin, and a grandchild. Private services.
Beatrice Feadora Eldredge Miller
Oct. 7, 2005
Beatrice Feadora Eldredge "Feado" Miller, 87, of Kailua, a retired advertising agency secretary, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Lahaina. She is survived by husband Ralph, son Kimo, daughter Lilia Johnson, sister Harriet Teshima, nine grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Keolu Chapel, 1461 Kanapuu Drive. Call after 8:30 a.m. Interment to follow at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Aloha attire.
John Kilioi Miller Jr.
Oct. 7, 2005
John Kilioi Miller Jr., 85, of Waimanalo, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Olomana Golf Course tool mechanic, died in Waimanalo. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons John "Chubby" and Francis "Bolo," daughters Wilma "Shadda" Galdeira and Elaine "Nette" Kiko, sisters Gertrude Toledo and Aki Braine, 23 grandchildren; and 39 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 12:45 p.m. Friday at St. George Catholic Church in Waimanalo. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery. Casual attire.
Edith Clark Mountain
Sept. 18, 2005
Edith Clark Mountain, 89, of Kaneohe, died in Castle Medical Center. She was born in Eugene, Ore. She is survived by son Thomas C., daughter Roberta Goto and six grandchildren. Services: 3-5 p.m. Saturday at First Unitarian Church in Honolulu on Pali Highway. Aloha attire.
Tecla Acoba Rombaoa
Sept. 20, 2005
Tecla Acoba Rombaoa, 93, of Waimanalo, a retired Waimanalo Masonry Contractor owner, died in Honolulu. She was born in Vintar, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. She is survived by sons Haime, Rodrigo, Alberto and Hernando; daughters Rosalina Encarnacion and Lee "Leonarda" Rombaoa-Discalzi; 12 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. George Catholic Church in Waimanalo. Call after 9 a.m. Visitation: 11:30 a.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Burial: 1 p.m. at the cemetery.
The Rev. David Charles Shotwell
Oct. 12, 2005
The Rev. David Charles Shotwell, 70, of Hilo, a retired pastor and KCIF-FM Christian radio president, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Adams, Wis. He is survived by sons David W. and Jonathan, daughters Kathy Tripp and Keala Lawson, brother John L., sister Mary Jacobs and 13 grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Additional services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Glad Tidings Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Kiichi Takahashi
Oct. 2, 2005
Kiichi Takahashi, 79, of Honolulu, a retired state Department of Transportation highway construction inspector, died in Honolulu. He was born in Lihue. He is survived by wife Kimiko, sons Wayne and Dwight, and brothers Masaichi and George. Private services.
Jose Luis Tamayo
Oct. 7, 2005
Jose Luis Tamayo, 32, of Lahaina, a landscaper, died in Mahinahina, Maui. He was born in Mexico. He is survived by wife Sherri; son Bennett; father Jacobo T. Reyes; mother Enriqueta N. Carbajal; brothers Jacobo, Agustin, Abel and Omar; and sisters Maria A., Esperanza, Nuvia A. and Marisol Tamayo and Martha E. Hernandez. Mass: 7 p.m. Thursday at Maria Lanakila Church. Call after 5 p.m. Cremation to follow.
Huong Ngoc Truong
Oct. 12, 2005
Huong Ngoc Truong, 63, of Honolulu, died in Queen's Medical Center. She is survived by husband Ton V. Tran; sons Dong V., Duke, Anthony, Hai V. and Hiep P. Tran; sisters Hai T. and Nam T.; and eight grandchildren. Visitation: 11 a.m.-3:45 p.m. Wednesday at Nuuanu Memorial Park and Mortuary. Buddhist services to be held. Cremation to follow.
Melvin Aurelio Ulep
Oct. 11, 2005
Melvin Aurelio Ulep, 31, of Pearl City, died in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by mother Lydia A., sister Marietta A. Pablo and brothers Manuel A., Fredie A. and Orlando. Services: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Thursday at the mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
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.