Edward Toshio Andow
Nov. 2, 2005
Edward Toshio Andow, 85, of Kailua, a retired carpenter, died in Kailua. He was born in Kona, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Lorraine, daughters Trudy Malott and Nadine Andow-Chang, brother Albert, sisters Ann Higa and Yoshiko Maeda, and four grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Ordenstein's Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Casual attire.
Domingo P. Ben
Oct. 27, 2005
Domingo P. Ben, 83, of Waipahu, a retired house painter, died in Honolulu. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Cipriana; sons Mark, Daniel and Jeffrey; daughter Antonina Jimenez; sisters Rodriga Cabreros and Concepcion; 12 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson. Services: 7 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday at Philomena Catholic Church. Call after 6 p.m. Friday and after 9 a.m. Saturday. Burial to follow at the Valley of the Temples.
Placida Pataray Bermudes
Nov. 1, 2005
Placida Pataray Bermudes, 90, of Waipahu, a homemaker, died in Ewa Beach. She was born in Tayum, Abra, the Philippines. She is survived by husband Crispolo; sons Nestor, Prudencio "Rudy" and Elpedio "Al"; daughters, Alejandria "Audrey" Ines and Gabriela "Ella" Villanueva; brothers Avelino and Pedro Pataray; 17 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Mass: 10:45 a.m. at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Kahili. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Valley of the Temples.
Primitivo Desameto Bulosan
Nov. 8, 2005
Primitivo Desameto "Tivo" Bulosan, 93, of Pearl City, died in Kaiser Foundation Hospital. He was born in Mangusmana, Binalonan, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Juliana O., daughters Marina O. Vasconcelles and Alicia O. Ronquillo, five grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Thursday at Our Lady of Good Counsel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Felipa Llamas Cadiz
Nov. 1, 2005
Felipa Llamas Cadiz, 74, of Waipahu, a retired state government worker, died in Kaiser Foundation Hospital. She was born in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. She is survived by husband Liborio "Larry," son Henry, daughter Lily C. Roloff, stepson Oscar, stepdaughter Maria E. Joseph, brothers Leonides and Melchor Llamas, sisters Toribia Corsino and Lilia Llamas, two grandsons, three stepgrandchildren, and five step-great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary mauka 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.
Vinton Kamai Castro
Nov. 8, 2005
Vinton Kamai Castro, 34, of Hana, Maui, a Hana High School music and math teacher, died at Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Hana, Maui. He is survived by parents Randolph Sr. and Victoria, brothers Randolph Jr. and Lambert, sister Kynastan Drummond, and grandfather Alfred Sr. Services: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Church in Hana. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Puuiki Cemetery.
Clairemona Meyer Choy
Nov. 8, 2005
Clairemona Meyer Choy, 79, of Kailua-Kona, formerly of Laie, a homemaker, died. She was born in Laie. She is survived by sons Sam and Patrick, daughters Wai Sun and Wai Lin, brother Kenneth Meyer, three grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kailua-Kona Stake Center, Kona 2nd Ward. Additional services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Laie, 1st Ward. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Laie Cemetery. Aloha attire.
Geraldine Mililani Ferge
Nov. 9, 2005
Geraldine Mililani Ferge, 57, of Honolulu, a Central Construction Co. office manager, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Roy; sons Troy and Tripp; daughters Tammy and Tina; hanai daughter Candice Vinuya; father Herman De Coite; brothers Herman, Everett and Dudley De Coite; sister Bernadine De Coite; and four grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Helen Kingdon Freyer
Oct. 29, 2005
Helen Kingdon Freyer, 94, of Kaneohe, a retired University of California Press executive secretary, died in Pohai Nani. She was born in Salt Lake City. She is survived by sons Eugene E. and Richard J. Kingdon, daughters Sharon Kingdon Moran and Jocelyn Kingdon Howard, 11 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Wednesday Nov. 30 at Waiokeola Congregational Church. Donations suggested to River of Life Mission, Salvation Army of Hawaii or the Waiokeola Church Outreach Board. Aloha attire.
Catalina Tumpap Gali
Nov. 4, 2005
Catalina Tumpap Gali, 64, of Lahaina, died at Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Dingras, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. She is survived by husband Vicente A.; children Abraham, Ferdinand and Silverio; brother Alberto Tumpap Sr.; sister Helenda Magno; and two grandchildren. Mass: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Christ the King Church. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 8 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Norman's Mortuary. Burial: 10 a.m. at Valley Isle Memorial Park.
Loretta Hisoon Higa
Nov. 2, 2005
Loretta Hisoon Higa, 79, of Honolulu, a retired Hawaiian Regent Hotel pantry worker, died in Honolulu. She was born in Kaiwiki, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Cornell and Roy De Lima, and Gary Higa; daughter Stephanie Tanaka; sisters Elizabeth Inoue and Edith Bruntmyer; eight grandchildren; and six grandchildren. Private services.
Leopoldo Y. Icalla Sr.
Nov. 1, 2005
Leopoldo Y. "Poldo" Icalla Sr., 64, of Honokaa, Hawaii, a retired farmer, died at the North Hawaii Community Hospital. He was born in Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Julita, son Leopoldo Jr., daughter Loida, stepdaughters Nerlita and Noralyn Galleta, sister Amanda, and two grandchildren. Mass: 7 p.m. Friday and at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Honokaa. Call after 6 p.m. Additional Service: 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at the Honokaa Catholic Cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers.
Edmond Keolahu Jones Sr.
Nov. 6, 2005
Edmond Keolahu Jones Sr., 85, of Kaneohe, a retired Honolulu Fire Department firefighter and retired Army sergeant first class, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Paul and Edmond, daughter Jennifer Jones-Tollefsen, sister Thelma K. Edwards, 13 grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary, Maunakea Chapel. Call after 9 a.m. No flowers.
Teresa F. Leyson
Nov. 5, 2005
Teresa F. Leyson, 91, of Hilo, a homemaker, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Samar, the Philippines. She is survived by daughters Margarita Hopkins, Magdalena Rio, Solidad Dagsa, Ludvina Villegas and Epifania Crisostomo. Mass: 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Call after 8 a.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.
Magdalena Mauricio
Nov. 8, 2005
Magdalena "Lena" Mauricio, 62, of Honolulu, a former Filipino Fiesta singer, died in Kapiolani Medical Center, Pali Momi. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Edmund; sons Edgar and Mark; brother Gene Augustine; sisters Yolanda Calamaan, Norma Abueg and Jan Young; and six grandchildren. Service: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary makai chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Committal service: 11 a.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.
Clifford Yasuo Nishimura
Nov. 5, 2005
Clifford Yasuo Nishimura, 62, of Waipahu, a retired Sand Service Station auto mechanic, died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Rosemary A., son Royce, daughters Renee and Cindy, mother Loretta, brothers Kenneth and Herbert, sister Rev. Harriet Saiki, and five grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. Call after 9:30 a.m. No flowers.
Elias O. Okamura
Nov. 10, 2005
Elias O. Okamura, 71, of Saipan, a retired director for FEMA in Saipan, died. He was born in Peleliu, Palau. He is survived by wife Johanna, sons Stephen and Floyd, daughters Karmina and Ruth, sisters Haruno Santos and Maria Otto, brothers Okada Ongklungel and Caleb Otto, and 13 grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Nuuanu Memorial Park & Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Burial in Saipan.
Grace Harue Perritt
Nov. 3, 2005
Grace Harue Perritt, 84, of Honolulu, a hotel pantry worker, died in Straub Hospital. She was born in Kona, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Henry; son Henry Jr.; daughters Trina Lee, Kuulei Perritt and Georgia Navarro; sisters Elaine Nozaki and Tatsuo Taketa; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Dennis Isao Sakamoto
Nov. 9, 2005
Dennis Isao "Sak" Sakamoto, 57, of Waianae, a retired Verizon Hawaii telephone installer, died. He was born in Maunaloa, Molokai. He is survived by wife Clara; children Dennis "DJ" Jr. and David Sakamoto, and Dawn Souza; brother Douglas; sisters Roberta Aono and Wendy Lopez; companion, Roxanne "Rox" See; grandmother Genoa "Aunty Genoa" Keawe; and eight grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Private scattering at a later date. Casual attire.
Stephen Paul Vasconcellos
Nov. 8, 2005
Stephen Paul Vasconcellos, 79, of Honolulu, died in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Maui. He is survived by brother Robert, sister Caroline Stender and companion Marjorie Powell. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
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.