Jose Alvarez
Dec. 14, 2005
Jose Alvarez, 84, of Kekaha, Kauai, a Kekaha Sugar Plantation supervisor, died at home. He was born in Kekaha. He is survived by wife Josephine; children Gilbert, Patrick, Jonathan, Thomas, Brendan and Vincent Alvarez, Mary Manuel, and Cordell Blair; siblings Sergio Alvarez, Mary Adams and Maria Peros; 13 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Kekaha. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at church cemetery. Casual attire.
Ernest Patrick Correia
Dec. 13, 2005
Ernest Patrick Correia, 75, of Honokaa, Hawaii, a retired Honokaa High School employee and Army Korean War veteran, died in North Hawaii Community Hospital. He was born in Paauilo, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Margaret, son Steven, daughter Cynthia and two grandchildren. Mass: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Honokaa. Call after 5 p.m. Committal services: 9 a.m. Wednesday at Honokaa Catholic Cemetery. Casual attire.
Judith Dawn Hamnett
Dec. 9, 2005
Judith Dawn Hamnett, 58, of Kaneohe, an educational administrator, died in Kaneohe. She was born in New Jersey. She is survived by husband Michael, son Robert, daughter Mary Alice and sister Nancy Johnson. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Ann's Catholic Church. No flowers. Donations suggested to Hawaii Education Association.
Bernice Hanson
Dec. 13, 2005
Bernice Hanson, 90, of Waimea, Kauai, a homemaker, died in Kauai Care Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by children Michael and Lydia Hanson, and Eugenia Diaz; sisters Eugenia Wong, Ginger Takasaki, Margaret Zarembski, Elizabeth Zierhut and Eleanor Zane; and five grandchildren. Services: 2:15 p.m. Tuesday at Diamond Head Cemetery. Casual attire.
Wallace Asa Heyer
Dec. 11, 2005
Wallace Asa Heyer, 82, of Kailua, a retired Marine Corps colonel, died in Kailua. He was born in Red Bank, N.J. He is survived by sons Bruce, Joshua and Walaka; daughters Linda Mann, Kulamanu Heyer and Caroline Williams; and eight grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Kailua Second Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Call after 11 a.m. Committal services: 1 p.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.
Joseph K. Hui Jr.
Dec. 11, 2005
Joseph K. Hui Jr., 75, of Waimea, Hawaii, a retired Goodfellow Brothers Inc. heavy equipment operator, died in North Hawaii Community Hospital. He was born in Waimea. He is survived by wife Carol K., daughters Paula Boteilho and Valerie Hanohano, brothers Elmer and Jeremiah Hui, sisters Miriam Fergestrom and Edna Dela Cruz, eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Imiola Congregational Church. Call after 10 a.m. Private committal services. Casual attire. No flowers.
William L. Kaeo Sr.
Dec. 6, 2005
William L. "Kalani" Kaeo Sr., 65, of Waimanalo, a security guard, former city refuse employee and Kauai Correctional Facility prison guard, died in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Michele; sons William "Kalani Boy" Jr. and Jonathan Kaeo, and Tracy Cummings; daughters Sheraine "Hano," Sharmaine "Pua" and Michele "Honey Girl" Lono and Shampayne "Bebe" Kaeo; brother Ernest; sister Victoria Valente; many hanai children; and four grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Nuuanu Memorial Park and Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire.
Kumiko Takeuchi Kamoku
Dec. 8, 2005
Kumiko Takeuchi "Kay" Kamoku, 91, of Hilo, a retired former Hilo Lagoon Hotel employee, died at home. She was born in Kealakehe, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Elvin; sons Richard Sakai and Elvin Kamoku; daughters Betty Anne Kiba, Evelyn Sakai, Pauline Salazar and Leona, Dr. Rhona, Penny and K. Pomaikai Kamoku; 13 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services held.
Alycia Kam Hung Lum
Dec. 13, 2005
Alycia Kam Hung Lum, 92, of Honolulu, a former Mun Lun School Chinese Language School teacher, died in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughters Lana L. Au and Maylani L. Chang, brother Sing Leong, sister Grace K.S. Young and two grandchildren. Chinese Buddhist services: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Friday at Chinese Buddhist Association of Hawaii Temple, 42 Kawananakoa Place. No flowers.
Estefania Taclay Magbaleta
Nov. 22, 2005
Estefania Taclay "Paning" Magbaleta, 92, of Aiea, a homemaker, died in Aiea. She was born in Badoc, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. She is survived by husband Larry "Inso"; son Benjamin "Ben"; daughters Leonida "Leony" Ranche, Arsenia "Senie" Pizarro and Bienvenida "Benny" Buhay; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the cathedral. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Valley of the Temples.
Antera Costello Manantan
Dec. 13, 2005
Antera Costello Manantan, 85, of Pauoa Valley, a retired GTE Hawaiian Tel custodian, died in Honolulu. She was born in Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. She is survived by sons Oscar and Glicerio Hortizuela; daughters Erlinda Cabarroguis, Lusita Begonia, Corazon Orbito and Editha Guerrero; 17 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Thursday at Blessed Sacrament Church in Pauoa. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Louise Rosaline Belen Marx
Dec. 13, 2005
Louise Rosaline Belen Marx, 78, of Ewa Beach died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Robert P. and Jack J.; daughter Jeanette Plant; brother Samuel Belen; sisters Helen Ramos, Sarah Vincent and Mary Toro; 14 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary, 20 S. Kukui St., Honolulu. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Melander Tedrick Melander
Dec. 11, 2005
Melander Tedrick Melander, 53, of Honolulu died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Kosrae, federated states of Micronesia. He is survived by wife Erlin; sons Salik, Bronson, Tulensa and Tedrick; daughters Kenye Belander and Chiara Melander; brothers Bernard, Tedson, Robert and Debrum Melander; sisters Lelean Waguk, Judy Talley, Senyorida Melander and Sepe Mike; and four grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. tomorrow at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Services and burial to be held in Micronesia. Aloha attire.
Matsue Murakami
Dec. 4, 2005
Matsue Murakami, 83, of Waipahu, Hilo and Mililani, a retired Tripler Army Medical Center licensed practical nurse, died in Malama Ohana. She was born in Waipahu. She is survived by daughters Audrey Parish, Cynthia Inouye and Sandra Nakahira; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Frank Cabral Rezentes Jr.
Dec. 11, 2005
Frank Cabral Rezentes Jr., 71, of Kaneohe, a retired Hopaco Boise Cascade, City and County of Honolulu and St. Francis Medical Center employee, died in St. Francis-West Hospice. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by former wife Barbara; son Wayne; daughters Cindy Lorenzo and Mary Chang; brother James "Jimmy"; sisters Paulette DeSoto, Pearl Rodrigues, Barbara Marques and Gail Cardenas; eight grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Antonio Oliver Rodrigues
Dec. 11, 2005
Antonio Oliver Rodrigues, 84, of Kaneohe, a veterinarian, died in Kaneohe. He was born in Goa, India. He is survived by wife Dolores; sons Trevor, Clarence and Kevin; brother Andush Rodrigues; and five grandchildren. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Ann's Catholic Church. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Valley of the Temples.
Jane Leilani Santos
Dec. 5, 2005
Jane Leilani Santos, 61, of Wailuku, a former Ace Printing Co. bindery employee, died in Wailuku. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by husband James, son Jamie, daughter Danette N. Oyama, brothers Daniel and Lawrence Pagaduan Jr., sisters Clara Nakashima and Sandra Pagaduan, and a grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at First Assembly of God Kings Cathedral. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park. Luncheon to follow at the church.
Thomas S. Sipiora
Dec. 12, 2005
Thomas S. Sipiora, 75, of Kahului died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Illinois. He is survived by wife Kay, brothers and a sister. Graveside services: 1 p.m. Wednesday at Maui Veterans Cemetery, Makawao, Maui.
Abe Texeira
Dec. 14, 2005
Abe Texeira, 86, of Haiku, Maui, an Ameron batch plant operator, died in Hale Makua, Kahului. He was born in Kona. He is survived by wife Roseline R.; children Rosemary Matsumoto, and Joseph A. and Christopher Texeira; 10 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Friday at Christ the King Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Chack Nong Oh Young
Dec. 15, 2005
Chack Nong Oh Young, 85, of Honolulu, a retired merchant seaman, died in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Wahiawa. He is survived by sister Sienery Kwak. Services: 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Donations suggested to Korean Methodist Church, 1639 Keeaumoku St., Honolulu, HI 96822.
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.