Chang Yang Aiona Jr.
Nov. 2, 2005
Chang Yang Aiona Jr., 54, of Hilo, a Yama's Roofing Co. mechanic in Hilo, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by sons Ed, Chang Yang "Grumpy," Chu-Lan, Chan-Lee and Che-Ung "Mister"; brothers Israel and Paul Kamoku; sisters LindyAnn Aiona and AnnaLynn Tailan; and seven grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Petronilo Butac Asuncion
Oct. 30, 2005
Petronilo Butac Asuncion, 87, of Lahaina, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Sofia R., sons Daniel and Demetrio, brother Stanley, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick/ Norman's Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 11:30 a.m. at Valley Isle Memorial Park.
Thomas Bega
Nov. 2, 2005
Thomas "Tom" Bega, 80, of Wahiawa, a retired U.S. Army staff sergeant who served in the Vietnam War, died at home. He was born in Wailuku. He is survived by wife Caridad "Carrie"; sons Thomas Jr., Pedro and Terrence; daughters Kathleen Stalcup, Patricia Buckheit, Karen Camacho and Pamela Marquez; brothers John, Manuel and Raymond; sisters Juana Hernandez and Hattie Cruz; 24 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Schofield Barracks Post Cemetery in Wahiawa. Casual attire.
Walter Kui Hing Ching
Oct. 27, 2005
Walter Kui Hing Ching, 87, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard crane operator, died in St. Francis-West Hospice. He was born in Kohala, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Patricia; sons Randall and Shaun Y.T.; daughter Shelley Nobriga; brother Warren; sisters June and Bernice Lee, Sylvia, Daisy Luke, Florence Rocha, Beatrice Smith and Eleanor Yu; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Private services.
Kathleen Frances Cosco
Oct. 25, 2005
Kathleen Frances "K" Cosco, 78, of Honolulu, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Canada. She is survived by son Matt, daughters Bobbie Cosco and Cindy Tavares, sister Dorothy Knoblauch and five grandchildren. Celebration of life: 7:30 a.m. Friday at Kakaako Waterfront Park, center pavilion. In lieu of flowers, donations suggested to Winner's Camp Foundation, Aloha Pregnancy Care and Counseling Center and Honolulu Zonta Club Foundation. Casual attire.
Jerry Lee Dela Cruz
Nov. 1, 2005
Jerry Lee Dela Cruz, 63, of Honolulu, an East West Associates newspaper carrier, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Gordon L., Gregory L. and Lee Matthew; daughter Susan; mother Mary; brothers Edward "Noy" and James "Jimmy"; sisters Jacqualine "Jackie" Nelmida, Joceyln "Dodie" Takara, Janice "Jenny" Tai Hook, Judith "Judy" and Jelena "Gina"; and eight grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Nuuanu Memorial Park and Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples. Casual and aloha attire.
Silverio M. Espiritu
Oct. 30, 2005
Silverio M. Espiritu, 75, of Lanai City, a retired landscaper, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Filomena; sons Romeo and Renato; daughters Norma Cabonce, Estelita Villamor, Elma Giron, Violeta Ballesteros and Elsie Morita; brother Dominador; sisters Esperanza and Angelita Vitales and Maria Peralta; 25 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Viewing: 10 a.m. Friday at Lanai Union Hall. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Church. Burial to follow at Lanai Cemetery.
Max K. Flores
Mikiko Flores
Aug. 29, 2005
Max K. Flores, 77, of Washington, and his wife Mikiko "Yuki" Flores, 76, of Japan, died in Japan. He was born Honolulu. She was born in Kobe, Japan. He is survived by brother Francisco. She is survived by sister Yuriko Manabe. Inurnment services 10:30 a.m. today National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.
Utoyo Fukuhara
Oct. 29, 2005
Utoyo "Toyo" Fukuhara, 84, of Honolulu, a retired Kahala Super Service co-owner, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by husband Kenyu; son Jerome K.; daughters Cordelia "Cordie" Fukuhara and Susan Fukuhara-Ju; brother Kosei Nago; sisters Matsue Kaneshiro, Patsy Nago and Jane Lo; and four grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Wednesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Aloha attire. Incorrect information was given in an obituary Saturday.
Sueki Fukunaga
Oct. 9, 2005
Sueki "Governor" Fukunaga, 94, of Waihee, Maui, a retired Wailuku Sugar harvesting supervisor, died in Hale Makua. He was born in Waihee. He is survived by wife Hanako, son Melvin and daughter Linda. Private services.
Albert Chun Quon Go
Nov. 1, 2005
Albert Chun Quon Go, 83, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Shop 38 machinist, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Rose; daughter Natalie G. "Toda" Crevelli; sons Rodney C.P. and Dennis C.W.; sisters Alice and Betty Chang and Margaret Yee; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Epiphany Episcopal Church, 1041 10th Ave. Call after 9:30 a.m. Aloha attire. No flowers; donations suggested instead to the church.
Kiyoshi Ide
Nov. 3, 2005
Kiyoshi Ide, 88, of Kealakekua, Hawaii, a retired Holualoa School teacher, died in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Namiko; brothers Shigeki, Takao, Tatsuo and Itsuro Ide and Yukio Ida; and sisters Sadako Nakamura, Momoe Sakata, Setsumi Ozawa and Miyoko Alawa. Private services.
Agnes Kameko Iha
Oct. 6, 2005
Agnes Kameko Iha, 86, of Honolulu, died at home. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by son Richard Jr., daughters Karen Chung and Dianne Morimoto, brother Henry Shiroma, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Private services.
Elizabeth Miulan Kealoha
Oct. 25, 2005
Elizabeth Miulan Kealoha, also known as Elizabeth M. Kealohanui, 62, of Nanakuli, a homemaker, died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband James; sons Clarence Jr., Christopher and William Freitas and James Kealoha Jr.; hanai son Brian Kalei; daughter Clarabeth Woods; brothers John Jr., William, Lincoln, Benjamin, Franklin and Melvin Kaehu; sisters Cherylan, Crystal and Darline Kaehu, Agnes Adams, Mary Hanawahine, Stephanie Kaio and Malia Pali; and 10 grandchildren. Gathering: 11 a.m. Saturday at Waimanalo Beach Park.
Robert Yoshihiro Kido
Oct. 24, 2005
Robert Yoshihiro Kido, 83, of Honolulu, a World War II veteran and retired U.S. Postal Service postmaster in Kahului, died at home. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by wife Alma, son Alan, daughter Louise Iwaishi, brother Nobuo and three grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Gerald Lee
Oct. 27, 2005
Gerald "Jerry" Lee, 58, of Kaneohe, a Hawaiian Electric Co. employee, died in Kahuku. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Pohaku; daughters Michele D.P. Lee-Markham, Renee U.L. Palafox and Brenna N.P.; fiancee Bernie Matsumura; father Charles P.; mother Violet L.K. Wahihako, brother Charles "Miki"; sister Muriel "Soonie" Stevens; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Kikue Makino
Oct. 28, 2005
Kikue Makino, 95, of Honolulu, a retired seamstress, died in Hale Ho Aloha. She was born in Ookala, Hawaii. She is survived by son Alfred E., daughter Florence C. Akana, brothers Hisashi and Kiyoshi Matsuoka, sisters Masae Arimizu and Hiromi Hatada, six grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Private services.
Leonor Angelina Miel Maniago
Oct. 30, 2005
Leonor Angelina Miel Maniago, 93, of Kealakekua, Hawaii, a homemaker, died at home. She was born in Lipay, Santa Cruz, Zambales, the Philippines. She is survived by son Alfonso; daughters Asuncion Mayonte, Ming Drake and Felicitas Mendoza; sister Fidela Merino; 19 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses at 78-6955 Mamalahoa Highway. Reception to follow at Hale Hookipa Nutrition Center, 81-108 Nani Kupuna Place, Kealakekua, Hawaii. Casual attire. No flowers.
Harold Kenji Mishima
Oct. 16, 2005
Harold Kenji Mishima, 75, of Kaneohe, a retired Honolulu Fire Department fire captain and deputy sheriff, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Bettie T.; son Mark M.; daughters Liane K. Takaba and Cheryl R. Nakai; brothers Joe S., Mitsuo and Yasuo; sisters Janet H. Fujii, Ayako Yamamoto, Betty T. Ueno, Margaret Y. Mishima and Florence Y. Funai; six grandchildren; and two hanai grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Hifumi Nakamura
Oct. 29, 2005
Hifumi Nakamura, 94, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died at home. She was born in Waipahu. She is survived by sons Theodore and Roy, daughter Alice Funasaki, sisters Yachiyo Kojima and Clara Shibatake, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Private services.
Hattie Joann Pawai
Nov. 1, 2005
Hattie Joann Pawai, 61, of Kamuela, Hawaii, a homemaker, died in North Hawaii Community Hospital. She was born in Kamuela, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Richard; son Clinton; daughters Pauline Pawai and Danniel Paulino; brothers Alfred, Prince and Thomas Perreira; sisters Agnes Medeiros, Alice Park and Jenny Tavares; and nine grandchildren. Services: 8 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday at Annunciation Catholic Church on Kawaihae Road in Waimea. Call after 6 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday. Burial to follow at church cemetery. Luncheon to be held at Lalamilo Farm Lots, 66-1530 Puu Huluhulu Road, Kamuela, Hawaii. For more information, call (808) 885-9333. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Daisy Kaleinani Kaahanui Sapigao
Oct. 11, 2005
Daisy Kaleinani Kaahanui Sapigao, 90, of Nanakuli, a caregiver, died in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Kainalu, Molokai. She is survived by sons Henry AhLeong and Edward Moore, daughters Lucille Tanaka and Theola Kaluhiokalani, brother Chales Kaahanui, sister Katherine Medina, 14 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nanakuli Ward. Call after 9 a.m. Private burial. No flowers.
Diana S. Schulz
Nov. 4, 2005
Diana S. Schulz, 53, of Lahaina, a hotel administrator, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Hays, Kan. She is survived by husband William. Private services.
Robert Allen Smith
Oct. 31, 2005
Robert Allen Smith, 41, of Mountain View, Hawaii, a handyman, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in California. He is survived by fiance Jennifer Francis, father Gerald, brother James G., hanai brother Christopher Saavedra and sister Kathleen Braithwaite. Services held.
Yasoichi Suehiro
Oct. 28, 2005
Yasoichi Suehiro, 76, of Mililani, a retired federal government supply clerk for the U.S. Air Force, died in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Kaneohe. He is survived by sons Dean T. and Mark M., daughters Phyllis N. Chin and Sharon Y. Matsumiya, brother Goichi, sisters Doris F. Tsuchitori and Edith T. Ijima, and three grandchildren. Private services.
Bert Susumu Sunaoka
Oct. 27, 2005
Bert Susumu Sunaoka, 85, of Kaneohe, a retired Pan American World Airways Fleet Services baggage handler, died in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Lillian N., son Rodney I., daughters Leatrice Becker and Jean Davidson, five grandchildren and a great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Benjamin Satoru Wakida
Nov. 2, 2005
Benjamin Satoru Wakida, 62, of Waipahu, a retired Heide and Cook Co. sheet metal worker, died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in Pepeekeo, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Shirley M., son Gregg M., daughters Iris M.Y. Maikai and Jo Anne N., brothers Abel and Chester, sister De Ette Fukamizu and five grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire.
Betsy Fujie Watanabe
Oct. 24, 2005
Betsy Fujie Watanabe, 75, of Honolulu, died in Honolulu. She was born in Puunene, Maui. She is survived by husband Edward; sons Wesley and Brian; brothers Sueki and Mataki Yamamoto; sisters Masami Otsubo and Daisy and Dorothy Nishida; five grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Private services.
Eric Yu
Oct. 27, 2005
Eric "Big E" Yu, 39, of Honolulu, a R.T. Sales operations manager, died in Orlando, Fla. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by parents Richard and Emma, and brother Dr. Richard C.D. Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at St. Philomena Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 9 a.m. at Hawaiian 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.