Obituaries


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Frederick Kam Fat Au
Oct. 26, 2005
Frederick Kam Fat Au, 87, of Honolulu, a retired cook, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Ned Ontai, daughter Aileen Dorsey, brother Wallance, sister Clara Chun, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Visitation: 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Taoist services to be held. Burial: 12:45 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

John H. Dicoskey
Nov. 4, 2005
John H. Dicoskey, 93, of Maui, a retired real estate broker, died in Kalama Heights Retirement Center. He was born in Pittsburgh. He is survived by daughter Beverly Bloedon. Services held in Pittsburgh.

Bessie A. Furukawa
Nov. 2, 2005
Bessie A. Furukawa, 96, of Kula, Maui, a retired schoolteacher, died in Honolulu. She was born in Waimea, Kauai. She is survived by nephews and nieces. Private services.

Herbert Hideo Haraguchi
Nov. 5, 2005
Herbert Hideo Haraguchi, 85, of Honolulu, a retired Sheraton Waikiki painter foreman, died in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in South Hilo, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Yaeko; sons Lance, Wayne and Melvin; and sisters Doris Wong and Evelyn Matsuura. Services: noon Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Barbara Toshimi Hayata
Oct. 30, 2005
Barbara Toshimi Hayata, 87, of Honolulu died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Hawaii. She is survived by son Walter S.; daughter Jean T. Fujitani; brothers Teruo, Hideo and Todomu Nakamura; sister Sueno Ota; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Private services.

Wendy Kay Wegrzyn Holck
Nov. 12, 2005
Wendy Kay Wegrzyn Holck, 48, of Kailua died in Castle Medical Center. She was born in Battle Creek, Mich. She is survived by husband Stephen, son Aaron, daughters Pi'ilani Lewis and Sharon Holck, mother Barbara Wegrzyn, brother Robert Wegrzyn, sisters Cheryl Ford and Debra Miranda, and three grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Calvary Chapel of Honolulu, 98-1016 Komo Mai Drive, Aiea. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: 10 a.m. next Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual and aloha attire. Donations suggested to Aloha Pregnancy Care and Counseling Center or Center for Bio-Ethical Reform.

Dorothy Haruko Kohagura
Nov. 16, 2005
Dorothy Haruko Kohagura, 87, of Honolulu, a retired Times Super Market Ltd. cashier, died in Leahi Hospital. She was born in Honokaa, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Kenneth and Dennis; daughter Carol Iha; brother Roy Kaneshiro; sisters Betty Toma, Doris Tsuha, Iris Shimabukuro, Mildred Hoshino and Bessie Higa; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m.

Shrilene Kumari
Nov. 12, 2005
Shrilene Kumari, also known as Charlene Molitor Pennette, 63, of Haiku, Maui, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Rice Lake, Wis. She is survived by sons Jeffrey and Anthony Pennette, daughter Angela Beaulieu, brother Daryl Molitor, half brother Harold Molitor and sisters Michele Wagener and Lorian Harker. Services to be held at a later date.

Raymond Shuso Mukai
Nov. 10, 2005
Raymond Shuso Mukai, 81, of Honolulu, a retired construction inspector, died in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Papaikou, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Joan Y., son Russell, daughter Karen Thornton, brother Chester, sisters Grace Inouye and Mae Oishi, and six grandchildren. Private services.

Takeo Nakatani
Nov. 10, 2005
Takeo Nakatani, 91, of Honolulu, a retired Tongg Publishing Co. pressman, died in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Waimanalo. He is survived by son Paul K., daughter June C. Kojima and two grandchildren. Private services.

Glen Takashi Okura
Nov. 9, 2005
Glen Takashi Okura, 46, of Honolulu, a Hokulani Elementary School employee, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughter Jenna, father Toshio and sisters Marsha Sasaki and Sandra Uyeno. Private services.

Sam Hiroshi Uehara
Nov. 6, 2005
Sam Hiroshi Uehara, 77, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard supervisor inspector, died in Aiea Heights Rest Home. He was born in Hakalau, Hawaii. He is survived by sons Bertram H., Dean T. and Bryce H.; daughters Valerie J. Uehara and Betty K. Arai; brother Robert; and a grandchild. Private services.

Kimiyo Yokono
Nov. 8, 2005
Kimiyo Yokono, 87, of Aiea, a retired Big Way Markets owner, died in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in Waipahu. She is survived by daughters Katherine Yokoyama and Shirley Higashi; brothers Kenji, Shoji and Nanao Kojima; sister Frances Sato; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Private services.

Janet Mutsuko Yoshida
Nov. 12, 2005
Janet Mutsuko Yoshida, 81, of Wahiawa died in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was born in Hanapepe, Kauai. She is survived by sons Earl, Ronald and Russell; daughter Susan Nakashima; brothers Harry, Shigeru and Dennis Yamamoto; sisters Tsugiko Gasper, Lillian Choo and Kikuye and Kiyoko Yamamoto; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. 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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