Carol Anne Amerine
April 1, 2006
Carol Anne Amerine, 59, of Hawaii, an attorney, died in Honolulu. She was born in Los Angeles. She is survived by son Jason L. and brother Bill Taylor. Private services.
Paulina Ragudos Braganza
March 29, 2006
Paulina Ragudos Braganza, 81, of Waipahu, died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in Mabini, Pangasinan, the Philippines. She is survived by children Delano, Rowena, Roberto, Susan, Ferdinand, Demetrio Jr. and Jesus Braganza and Cristina de Vera, Alicia Santos, Miriam Armitage and Ramona Brotherton; sister Sedilina Rapapalo; and 21 grandchildren. Services and burial to be held at a later date in the Philippines.
Gilbert Hung Kee Chun
April 2, 2006
Gilbert Hung Kee Chun, 72, of Honolulu, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Jennie; son Patrick; daughters Bertha and Sharon; brothers Edward and Harry; sisters Peggy Sui, Bernice Wong, Violet Fong, Edna Chang and Ethel Lee; and a grandchild. Services: 12:30 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Laufofoga Falenofoa
April 2, 2006
Laufofoga Falenofoa, 69, of Honolulu, died. She was born in American Samoa. She is survived by daughters Sina Ahhing and Legalo "Rena" Olive, and brothers Tavale and Leatuvai Taupule. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Moanalua Ward. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Laie Cemetery.
Edith Correia Flores
April 7, 2006
Edith Correia Flores, 88, of Hilo, a homemaker, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Wainaku, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Gilbert and Harry, daughter Loretta Soares, hanai daughter Barbara Cullio, brother Joseph Correia, seven grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Cremation to follow at Dodo Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Fujie Hasegawa
April 3, 2006
Fujie Hasegawa, 101, of Kaneohe, a homemaker, died in Leahi Hospital. She was born in Hiroshima, Japan. She is survived by sons Robert K. and Teruo, daughters Margaret Tanouye and Dorothy S. Watanabe, 14 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Private services.
Mikako Hayashi
April 1, 2006
Mikako "Sally" Hayashi, 87, of Kaneohe, a retired Maluhia Hospital social worker, died at home. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by husband Kingo and brother Meiji Hirose. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.
Daisuke Kanada
April 9, 2006
Daisuke Kanada, 89, of Wailuku, a Kanada Contracting owner in Wailuku, died at home. He was born in Wailuku. He is survived by sons Michael and Steven M., daughter Charlotte Arisumi, brothers Harry and Richard, sisters Aileen Unemori and Akie Ogasawara, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 4:30 p.m. tomorrow at Wailuku Hongwanji Church. Call after 3:30 p.m. Inurnment to be held at a later date.
Robert Shinichi Kaneshiro
April 9, 2006
Robert Shinichi "Bobby" Kaneshiro, 83, of Honolulu, an Army director of marine maintenance and Trans Pacific Tours travel agent, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Wailuku. He is survived by wife Kikuye "Pauline"; son Gilbert; daughters Susan and Sylvia; brothers James, Kozen and Ralph; and two grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary, 20 S. Kukui St., Honolulu. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire.
Betsy Yoshiko Kubota
March 30, 2006
Betsy Yoshiko Kubota, 79, of Fort Wayne, Ind., a homemaker, poet and calligrapher, died in Fort Wayne. She was born in Tokyo. She is survived by son Melvin Y., daughter Lillian Y. Williams, brother Jiro Nakai and a grandchild. No services. Donations suggested to American Heart Association or National Kidney Foundation.
Solomon Kuni Jr.
March 24, 2006
Solomon "Luna" Kuni Jr., 68, of Wahiawa, a retired Aloha Airline ramp supervisor, died in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Haleiwa. He is survived by wife Carlena P.; sons Anthony, Jerome and Austin; daughters Jody Ann Murphy, Josette R. Hethcote and Bonnie Fermahin; brother Paul L.P.; 20 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Annette Louise Lipton-Atkins
April 8, 2006
Annette Louise Lipton-Atkins, 74, of Honolulu, a retired jeweler, died at home. She was born in Paia, Maui. She is survived by husband Fred C. Atkins; sons Jensen R. Lipton and Lawrence P. and Robert J. Zaplan; daughter June Akina; brothers Harold, Sidney and James Kim Han; sister Beatrice Minniear; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Mass: 10:30 a.m. today at St. Pius X Church, 2821 Lowrey Ave. Call after 9:30 a.m. No flowers. Donations suggested to St. Pius Church.
Rikiji Maki
April 2, 2006
Rikiji Maki, 83, of Mountain View, Hawaii, a retired employee of the former Puna Sugar Co., died at home. He was born in Keaau, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Tsuyako P.; stepsons Richard and Robert Niimi; daughters Marlene Lum, Stella Miyashiro and Erma; stepdaughter Pearl Worley; brothers Henry, Haruo, Tommy M. and Charles K.; sister Naoe Shigeta; 12 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Private services. No flowers. No monetary offerings. Incorrect information was given in an obituary Monday.
Wayne Chuichi Miyashiro
April 9, 2006
Wayne Chuichi Miyashiro, 64, of Honolulu, a retired city ambulance paramedic, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by mother Masako and sisters Joyce Fujimoto and Merle Tomori. Celebration of life: 5 p.m. Friday at Yama's Ranch on Waiawa Road in Pearl City. Burial: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Memorial Park. For directions, call Kelly at 497-3539.
Ikuo Nakagawa
April 2, 2006
Ikuo "Mousey" Nakagawa, 78, of Wahiawa, a retired school-teacher, died in Honolulu. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by wife Kiyoko; son Jon A..; daughter Jan E. Fujii; sisters Natsue and Noboku Masuoka and Mitsue; and a grandchild. Private services. No monetary offerings.
Kenneth Hiroshi Omori
March 28, 2006
Kenneth Hiroshi Omori, 91, of Waimanalo, a retired state painter, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Papaaloa, Hawaii. He is survived by son Alvin, daughters Judith Arakawa and Phyllis Tsutsui, brother Richard T., seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Private services.
Charles Edwin Pusey
April 4, 2006
Charles Edwin Pusey, 80, of Kailua-Kona, a retired plumber, real estate broker and Army veteran, died in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Kearny, N.J. He is survived by wife Marion M. Services: 4 p.m. tomorrow at Big Island Game Fishing Clubhouse at Honokohau Boat Harbor. Call after 3:30 p.m. Casual attire.
Russell Kogi Sekine
March 31, 2006
Russell Kogi Sekine, 88, of Honolulu, died in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Waikapu, Maui. He is survived by wife Virginia T., son Andrew K. and sister Sadayo Aoki. Private services.
Patricia Snipes
April 7, 2006
Patricia Snipes, 75, of Kailua, a retired Mokapu Elementary School teacher, died in Honolulu. She was born in Indianapolis. She is survived by husband Paul; daughters Julie Campbell, Heidi Marc-Aurele and Jill Bartow; brother Morgan Sly; sister Betty Van Buren; and three grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Friday at Christ Church Uniting, 1300 Kailua Road. Aloha attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to the American Cancer Society.
Sally M. Tateishi
April 5, 2006
Sally M. Tateishi, 81, of Mililani, formerly of Koloa, Kauai, a retired Sheraton Kauai Gift Shop clerk, died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in Lawai, Kauai. She is survived by daughter Arlene Yoshimura, brothers Mitsuru and Takashi "Rex" Miyamoto, and three grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Ronald Keith Thornton
April 7, 2006
Ronald Keith Thornton, 82, of Kapolei, a retired Navy radioman chief, died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in Los Angeles. He is survived by wife Colleen G., sons Michael T. and Dennis W., daughter Kathe L., two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Graveside services: 9:30 a.m. Friday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.
Woo Sun Wun
April 3, 2006
Woo Sun Wun, 78, of Honolulu, a retired bank teller, died in St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in Canton, China. She is survived by son Enoch, sister Woo On and three grandchildren. Graveside services: 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Memorial Park.
Tetsuo Yanagida
March 24, 2006
Tetsuo Yanagida, 82, of Wahiawa, a retired Honolulu Fire Department captain and Army veteran who served in the 442nd Infantry Regiment, Company G, died in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Kapaa, Kauai. He is survived by wife Dorothy Y.; son Joel A.; daughter Christine K. Nagata; sisters Fusako Harada, Mildred Tanaka and Ellen Pollett; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. 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.