Eleanor Pua Hawaii Akeo
July 21, 2006
Eleanor Pua Hawaii Akeo, 84, of Kailua, a homemaker, died in Kailua. She was born in Kapaa, Kauai. She is survived by children Raymond, Douglas, Joseph and Matthew Akeo, Gwen Alfonso, Ilona Kuhns and Kathleen Yap; sisters Victoria Flood, Rosaline Ng and Emmaline Wong; 31 grandchildren; 44 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Aloha attire. Flowers welcome.
Frajedes Acosta Asuncion
July 21, 2006
Frajedes Acosta Asuncion, 100, of Pearl City died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in Batac, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. She is survived by sons Emilio and Lupo, five grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. Mass: 11 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 1525 Waimano Home Road, Pearl City. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Dollyan Basa
July 19, 2006
Dollyan "Dolly" Basa, 63, of Koloa, Kauai, a custodian for ITT Industries at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, died in Hale Kupuna Health Care Center. She was born in Waimea, Kauai. She is survived by daughters Valerie Peters, Darlene Pereira, Allison Vasquez and Janell Basa; sister Dawn Agao; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services to be held at a later date.
Albin Jack Canute
July 19, 2006
Albin Jack Canute, 80, of Kaneohe, formerly of Kekaha, Kauai, a retired Sandia National Labs Barking Sands test facility site manager, died in Hale Ho Aloha Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born in Grand Rapids, Mich. He is survived by wife Margaret; sons Thomas, Timothy and Michael; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Private services. Donations suggested to Hospice Hawaii, 860 Iwilei Road, Honolulu 96817.
Fiore Carbone
July 21, 2006
Fiore Carbone, 81, of Waianae died at home. He was born in New York. He is survived by sons Michael and Anthony, sister Millie Marcise and two grandchildren. Visitation: 6-9 p.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Mass: noon Tuesday at the mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire. Flowers welcome.
Lawrence Charles Childers
July 21, 2006
Lawrence Charles "Chas" Childers, 48, of Honolulu, a poet, died in Honolulu. He was born in Staten Island, N.Y. He is survived by brother Michael E. and sisters Roberta E. Vose, Kathleen Aull and Ann Marie Smith. Private services. Donations suggested to Hawaiian Humane Society.
Kendrick J.K. Ching
July 21, 2006
Kendrick J.K. "Kenny" Ching, 44, of Honolulu, a Ken's Snack Shop owner and a member of the National Association of Blind Merchants, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by mother Pansy H.S., brother Darrick and sisters Nanette Koga and Nadine Dawson. Private services.
Marcello Rivera Elvenia
July 18, 2006
Marcello Rivera "Mike" Elvenia, 75, of Honolulu, a retired U.S. Air Force technical sergeant and Oahu Community Correctional Center cook, died in Honolulu. He was born in Makawao, Maui. He is survived by sons Michael and Reginald; daughters Yvonne and Michelle; brothers Billy, Tony and Orlino; sisters Florida Cabacungan and Mini Elvenia; and six grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 5 p.m. Committal services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.
Macario Flores
July 16, 2006
Macario "Mac" Flores, 92, of Mililani, a retired Hawaiian Tug and Barge welder, died in St. Francis-West Hospice. He also was president of the Waipahu Jackrabbits Youth Sports Organization. He was born in Ilocos Sur, Philippines. He is survived by sons Michael and Glenn, daughter Linda Uehara, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Alex Araki Fujise
July 16, 2006
Alex Araki Fujise, 79, of Pearl City, a retired Sears, Roebuck and Co. appliance department repairman, died in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Taeko; stepsons John, Don and Leo Wisniewski; daughter Alexa D.M., a judge on the state Intermediate Court of Appeals; brothers Ben, Bert and Harold; and sister Amy Inouye. Services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Lum Chew Ho
July 13, 2006
Lum Chew Ho, 85, of Honolulu, a retired schoolteacher, died. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Cheryl, brothers Stephen and Jack Chang, sister Winifred Wong and two grandchildren. Private services.
Conception Wabinga Huddy
July 16, 2006
Conception Wabinga Huddy, 79, of Valdez, Alaska, died in Valdez. She was born in Ewa. She is survived by children Constance Flores, Bridget Davis, Sheila Compehos and Beverly, Nathaniel Jr. and Cyril Huddy; brother Robert Wabinga; 19 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Walter Clarence Jardine Sr.
July 21, 2006
Walter Clarence Jardine Sr., 80, of Honolulu died at home. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Ethel; sons Walter Jr., Trevis, Rocky and Walter Jardine III and Shane and Danny Akiona; daughters Belinda Robertson and Patricia and Tina Jardine, Ginger Souza, Laura Akiona and Barbara Rico; sisters Catherine Petrowich, Alice Greedes and Susan Liivamaa; 19 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; and two-great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.
Joseph Manini Kekipi
July 4, 2006
Joseph Manini Kekipi, also known as "Joe" and "888," 56, of Honolulu, a former driver for Charley's Taxi, AAA Taxi and Elite Limousine, died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He also was a former F & S Towing and Hide's Towing truck driver and P & R Inc. employee in Hilo. He was born in Palolo Valley. He is survived by brother Jeremiah and sisters Lillian K. "Ollie" Kuehu, Peggy M. Ontai, Velma P. "Aloha" Kekipi, Pauline U. Shiroma, Lorraine M. Nakatsuka and Ellen K. Awai. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary, 20 S. Kukui St., Honolulu. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Clyde Takeo Kunihiro
July 22, 2006
Clyde Takeo Kunihiro, 54, of Captain Cook, Hawaii, a musician, carpenter, former Zac's Photo lab technician and former Wackenhut of Hawaii security guard, died in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Pahala, Hawaii. He is survived by sisters Myrna Nakamoto and Gayle Tavares. Private services.
Herbert Wellington Liu
July 20, 2006
Herbert Wellington Liu, 90, of Honolulu, a retired state Department of Education teacher, died in Aiea. He was born in Waipouli, Kauai. He is survived by wife Minnie W., sons Crocker H. and Walton G., brother David, sisters Mabel Wong and Beatrice Bortner, and four grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at the cemetery. No flowers.
Helen R. McCall
July 26, 2006
Helen R. McCall, 83, of Hilo, a homemaker, died in Hilo Medical Center. She also was a member of Church of the Holy Apostles, Noenoe Golf Club and Friends of Hilo Public Library. She was born in Paia, Maui. She is survived by husband Bruce C.; sons Mike and Jeff; daughters Sheila Faircloth, Nancy McCall and Barbara Saquing; sisters Margaret VanValkenburg and Barbara Strona; and numerous grandchildren. Private services. Donations suggested to Hospice of Hilo, 1011 Waianuenue Ave., Hilo, HI 96720.
Katherine Kikue Moriguchi
July 12, 2006
Katherine Kikue "Kay" Moriguchi, 88, of Honolulu, a retired office clerk, died in Hale Malamalama. She was born on Kauai. She is survived by son Ronald M., brother Henry Seki and two grandchildren. Private services.
The Rev. Lotoa Nagaseu
July 5, 2006
The Rev. Lotoa Nagaseu, 71, of Ewa Beach, a minister, died in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Salelavalu, Savaii, Samoa. He is survived by wife Lisi; sons the Rev. Kolisi, Filemoni and Faafetai Nagaseu and Faasalele Lotoa; hanai sons Lotoa Nagaseu Jr. and Poloaiga Auelua; daughters Malia Lotoa, Toaono Laupola and Faataualofa and Ellis Elia and Merina, Lucy and Sifua Nagaseu; brothers the Rev. Filemoni, Nagaseu, Soge, Sese and Esekia; sisters Vaimoana and Faupo Nagaseu, Abigal Mamea, Su'a Papalii, Talaleu Ava, Fa'aui Tupuivao and Luisa Ah-Kuoi; and 31 grandchildren. Visitation: 3-8 p.m. Sunday at Samoa-Waipahu Seventh-day Adventist Church. Services: 10 a.m. Monday at the church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.
Kanichi Nishi
July 16, 2006
Kanichi Nishi, 92, of Honolulu, a retired federal government firefighter, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Janet K., son Robert, sisters Sumiko Komoda and Fujie Nishi, and three grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Ernell R.S. Teanio Ono
June 22, 2006
Ernell R.S. Teanio Ono, 60, of Mililani, a Kaiser Medical Center registered nurse, died at home. She was born in Waialua. She is survived by husband David H.; daughters Jennifer, Jessica and Jaclyn; brothers John and Lawrance Teanio; and sisters Emmaline Baker, Thelma Maxwell, Eugenia Ibarra, Theresa Moore and Johannareen Ramirez. Mass: 11 a.m. Monday at St. John Apostle and Evangelist Church, 95-370 Kuahelani Ave., Mililani. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire.
Ralph Dean Puchalski Sr.
July 24, 2006
Ralph Dean Puchalski Sr., 74, of Honolulu, a retired cook, died in Kapolei. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Ralph Jr., Joseph and Stanly; daughters Debra Steil and Elva Lozano; and sisters Elva Rodrigues and Caroline Subie. Services pending.
Dale Gladys Reantaso
July 2, 2006
Dale Gladys Reantaso, 73, of Mililani, a retired Matson Navigation controller, died in Hale Ho Aloha. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Danny Camacho and Kyle Souza, daughter Doreen Emerson, two sisters, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Private services.
Mary Kishie Hakulani Sakata
July 24, 2006
Mary Kishie Hakulani Sakata, 82, of Kaneohe, a retired King Intermediate School and Castle High School educational assistant, died at home. She was born in Waihole. She is survived by husband Clifton H.; sons Rodney and Eugene; daughters Kathleen Watanabe and Nona Meyers; brothers Francis, Brickwood and Clyde Yoshida; sisters Ruby Laride, Charlotte Florian and Emma Robinson; 12 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Services: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Abraham Inay Solomon
July 4, 2006
Abraham Inay Solomon, 67, of Aiea, a carpenter, died in Waianae. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Vicky, son Walter, daughters Geraldine and Abigail, brothers Benjamin and Carmelo, sister Eleanor Lopez, mother of children Iwalani Genobaga and a grandchild. Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Greenhaven Cemetery.
Louise Catherine Wildman
July 22, 2006
Louise Catherine Wildman, 79, of Kailua, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard hydraulic engineering technician, died in Honolulu. She also was secretary of the BPO Kailua Elks Lodge. She was born in Berkeley, Calif. She is survived by son Mark S.; daughters Catherine Wildman and Jamie Ault; brothers Rolf, James and Harvey Hastrup; and three grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Kailua. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.
Philip Duane Woodward
July 15, 2006
Philip Duane Woodward, 71, of Honolulu, a Hawaii Sign and Design salesman, died in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Los Angeles. He is survived by sister Marjorie Van Swearingen. Private services.
Chiyoko Yamamoto
July 18, 2006
Chiyoko Yamamoto, 100, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died in Kuakini Geriatric Care Inc. She was born in Yamaguchi, Japan. She is survived by daughters Tomoko, Mabel S. and Jacqueline F.; three grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and two great-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.