Michael W. Abad
Nov. 5, 2006
Michael W. Abad, 55, of Las Vegas, a former fisherman, died in Las Vegas. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brothers Allan, Robert and Myron; and sisters Winona Abad and Joan Kealiinohomoku. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Aloha attire. Flowers welcome. Incorrect information was given in an obituary yesterday.
Geraldine Andrews
Nov. 3, 2006
Geraldine "Gerry" Andrews, 62, of Ewa Beach died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Anthony Mendoza and Andres "Andy," Thomas and Marcelino Andrews Jr.; daughters Sharleen Romero, Gwendolyn Curtis, Tina Ho, Helen Ota and Prima Baker; sisters Miriam "Pinky" Lima and Charline Hughes; 26 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Monday at St. John's Apostle and Evangelist Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire. Flowers welcome.
Lourdes Talaro Arrocena
Nov. 12, 2006
Lourdes Talaro "Lulu" Arrocena, 71, of Stockton, Calif., a retired insurance company secretary, died in California. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Rafael Macabugao, daughters Grace Arrocena-Soares and Kathleen Lee, brother Elpidio Talaro, sisters Felipa Quira and Trinidad Talaro, and four grandchildren. Mass: 10:45 a.m. Monday at St. Ann's Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: noon at Valley of the Temples. Aloha attire.
Lawrence Alfred Blackburn
Nov. 17, 2006
Lawrence Alfred Blackburn, 78, of Pearl City, a retired U.S. Navy veteran, Navy Exchange employee and Coffee Shops and Blackburn's Cafe owner, died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born in Upland, Ind. He is survived by wife Tomoko, son Jay, sisters Martha Stagner and Grace Meyer, and two grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire.
Kenneth Somerville Brown
Nov. 23, 2006
Kenneth Somerville "Ken" Brown, 45, of Kamuela, Hawaii, a self-employed Goldsmith Jeweler employee, former YMCA sailing instructor, Parker School volleyball coach and a teacher in the jewelry industry, died in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in San Diego. He is survived by wife Anna, son Ryder, parents Daniel and Anita, and brother Malcolm. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at deceased's home. Casual attire. For more information, call 885-5579.
Mike Canida
Nov. 20, 2006
Mike Canida, 83, of Pearl City, a retired merchant mariner, died at home. He was born on Maui. He is survived by caregivers Libby and Loretta Viduya. Services: 6:15 p.m. Sunday and 9:30 a.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Sunday and 8:30 a.m. Monday. Burial: 10 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Jacquelynn Dee Cook
Nov. 19, 2006
Jacquelynn Dee "Jackie" Cook, 48, of Hilo, a Hilo Bay Clinic medical receptionist and former Laupahoehoe Transportation secretary and dispatcher, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by husband David; son William "Bill"; daughters Renalynn and Crystal; brothers William "Holis," Keith "Kiki" and Bruce Kama; sisters Luella Cunningham, Emma Correa and Edna Kama; and four grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Sunday at Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home. Call after 9 a.m.
Emie Guitang Felix
Nov. 23, 2006
Emie Guitang Felix, 78, of Kahului, a Monsanto field worker, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. She is survived by sons Wilmer, Wilfred, Edward, Jesus, Nestor, Emerson and Wilson Jr.; daughters Nita Agaran, Leonore Castillo and Mildred Rubio; sister Angelina Topinio; 26 grandchildren; and 11 great-grand-children. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m.
Herman Clarence Fergerstrom
Nov. 27, 2006
Herman Clarence "Uncle Sonny" Fergerstrom, 83, of Keauhou Mauka, Hawaii, a Kona Construction mechanical engineer, coffee farmer, boat repairman and U.S. Navy veteran who served in World War II, died in Life Care Center of Kona. He was born in Waipunalei, Laupahoehoe, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Josephine, sons Calvin and Carl, daughter Maxine-Momi Denis, brother Edward, sisters Eleanor Wong and Eileen Bringham, six grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul's Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Kona Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Randal Shigeo Horita
Nov. 13, 2006
Randal Shigeo "Randy" Horita, 50, of San Francisco, formerly of Honolulu, an American Airlines flight attendant, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sister Carol Mallon. Services: 6 p.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Call after 5 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
George Joji Inouye
Nov. 22, 2006
George Joji Inouye, 87, of Honolulu, a retired Honolulu Board of Water Supply employee, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sisters Shirley and Rose Cabanlet and Florence Kinimaka. Services: 1 p.m. tomorrow at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire. No flowers.
Emerick Kotaro Ishikawa
Nov. 26, 2006
Emerick Kotaro Ishikawa, 86, of Pearl City, a retired Hickam Air Force Base graphic illustrator, died at home. He also was a former Olympian weightlifter and inducted into the national Weightlifting Hall of Fame in 1975 and inducted into the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame in 1999. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by son Emerick H.; daughters Louise L. Soma, Millie Isobe and Ellen S. Ishikawa; brothers Choyu, Toshi, David and Joe Oshiro; sister Fujie Isagawa; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire.
Wilfred Shigeo Iwasaki
Nov. 19, 2006
Wilfred Shigeo "Champ" Iwasaki, 85, of Aiea, a retired Aloha Motors auto salesman and U.S. Army veteran of World War II, died in Malama Ohana. He was born in Fukuoka, Japan. He is survived by wife Helen K., son Dean T., daughter JoAnn S. Miyagawa and seven grandchildren. Services: 1 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after noon. Casual attire. No flowers.
Aileen Setsuko Iyo
Nov. 20, 2006
Aileen Setsuko Iyo, 77, of Hilo, a retired Nani Mau Gardens nursery supervisor, died in Hale Anuenue Restorative Care Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by husband Michio "Mike"; daughter Cheryl Nakashima; brother Masami Sato; sisters Mildred Sakata, Yoshimi Nakayama and Gladys Shimata; and a grandchild. Services: 3 p.m. Sunday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 2 p.m. Casual attire.
Katherine Akana Jolly
Nov. 17, 2006
Katherine Akana "Kathy" Jolly, 60, of Fresno, Calif., formerly of Kona, Hawaii, a Fresno County Superior Court judicial secretary and former Keauhou Beach Hotel cocktail waitress, died in Fresno. She was born in Hamakua, Hawaii. She is survived by son Ronald Dinson Jr.; daughters Rhondall Rapoza, Rhodlynn Watai and Chrysteena Subica; mother Rose Belanio; stepfather William Extension; brothers Alfonso, Jeffrey, Craig and Roy Belanio; sisters Angelina Alcosiba, Glenda Shirley, Estralita Campogan, Gail Reyes and Althea Danao; 12 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Monday at St. Michael's Catholic Church. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Jae Nam Ko
Nov. 24, 2006
Jae Nam Ko, 78, of Honolulu, a retired English teacher in Korea, died at home. He was born in Gwanju, Korea. He is survived by sons Young Suk, Joseph H. and Hoon C.; daughter Soon S. Nix; brother Jae Gum; and nine grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Monday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Graveside services: 12:45 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park.
Johanna Naomi Lenchanko
Nov. 8, 2006
Johanna Naomi "Maka" Lenchanko, 59, of Waianae, a Sheraton Makaha Golf Resort Pro Shop employee, died in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Nanakuli. She is survived by husband Herbert J.; sons Charles K.M. Lewis and Nikita N., Lawrence N., Louis I., Ka'eha F., Kainapau B. and Iokepa M. Lenchanko; daughters Kahea Takahashi, Charmaine W. "Lani" Lenchanko and Yohana K. "Booty" Tobey; brother William "Bill" Kaihewalu; sister Queenie Maka; and 11 grandchildren. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Church, 85-786 Old Government Road. Call after 9 a.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Sanford Mitsuo Oda
Nov. 25, 2006
Sanford Mitsuo Oda, 52, of Mililani, a U.S. government Department of Defense mechanical engineer at Hickam Air Force Base, died in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Wahiawa. He is survived by wife Verna S., brother Wendell and sister Joy Nishimura. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Sumiko Oshita
Nov. 21, 2006
Sumiko Oshita, 92, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died in Honolulu. She was born in Waipahu. She is survived by daughter Carol Mitchell and two grandchildren. Private services.
Noboru Ota
Nov. 24, 2006
Noboru Ota, 86, of Wailuku, a Maui Land & Pineapple Co. sheet metal welder, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Waihee, Maui. He is survived by wife Doris Y.; daughter Amy Ota-Marcouiller; brothers Charles S. and John; sisters Aiko Williams, Betty Ota and Katherine Yoshizawa; and three grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. tomorrow at Iao Congregational Church. Call after 10 a.m. Private inurnment to be held at a later date. Aloha attire. Additional information for an obituary published yesterday.
Polly Nobuko Otake
Nov. 27, 2006
Polly Nobuko Otake, 77, of Kahului, a Carpenters Union secretary, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Ulupalakua, Maui. She is survived by sons Aaron and Chad; daughters Lou Ann Higa and Lynn Bartholomew; brothers Akira, Yoshishige, Kiyoshi and Tony Ishikawa; sisters Satoko Yamada, Molly Saito, Nancy Motoyama and Elaine Ishikawa; and two grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Kahului Hongwanji Mission. Call after 3 p.m. Inurnment: 12:30 p.m. Monday at Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Jennie Kina Perry
Nov. 15, 2006
Jennie Kina Perry, 81, of Nanakuli, a retired secretary and receptionist, died in Waianae Comprehensive Health Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Haden Marriott and Wendell Perry; daughters Elizabeth McNicoll, LeeAnn Kamoku, Edith Sensano and Paulette Soto; brother Leroy Peneku; sister Daisy Lewis; 16 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Rita's Church in Nanakuli. Call after 9 a.m. Scattering of ashes to follow. Casual attire. Incorrect information was given in an obituary yesterday.
Vainuu Folitau Saole
Nov. 7, 2006
Vainuu Folitau Saole, 46, of Anchorage, Alaska, a Pacific Shipyard painter, died in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Aunuu, American Samoa. He is survived by wife Faavela; sons Nicholas, Erik and Alvin; daughters Alicia and Aso; brothers Saofaiga Folitau and Mila Saole; and sister Teuila Lokeni. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Harris United Methodist Church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Graveside services: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Goichi Shimanuki
Nov. 22, 2006
Goichi Shimanuki, 88, of Kahului, a Matson assistant manager, died at home. He was born in Paia, Maui. He is survived by sons Neal M., Lon M. and Ted S.; daughter Lynn E. Axelson; brothers Tokio, Joji and Hachiro; sisters Fumiko Nagata, Miyoko Kato, Bessie Ono and Faith Bagley; and 10 grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Paia Mantokuji Mission. Call after 3 p.m. Private inurnment to be held at a later date. Casual attire.
Nonie R. Tandal
Nov. 15, 2006
Nonie R. Tandal, 82, of Wahiawa, a homemaker, died in Wahiawa. She was born in Manila. She is survived by children, a brother, two sisters and grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.
Grace Naoe Wada
Nov. 4, 2006
Grace Naoe Wada, 87, of Waipahu, a retired Army and Air Force Exchange Service secretary, died at home. She was born in Eleele, Kauai. She is survived by son Takao, daughter Monica Y. Oliver, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 4 p.m. Casual and aloha attire.
Ming Yuen Wong
Nov. 22, 2006
Ming Yuen Wong, 67, of Kapolei, a retired Aloha Tofu Factory employee, died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in Hong Kong. He is survived by wife Dan Xia Zheng; son Sze Hoo; daughter Jennifer; brothers Ming Sing, Ming Leung and Ming Yau; and sisters Jia Pik Su, Jia Ying Wang and Jia Yee Chen. Visitation: 9:30 -11 a.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Taoist services. Private burial.
James P. Yim
Oct. 3, 2006
James P. Yim, 90, of Boulder, Colo., a HVAC electrical engineer, Durant Irvine Co. employee and Mechanical Hawaii Inc. owner, died in Boulder. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughters Jamey Wolf, Charla Combest, Carla Hickey and Fredna Cobb-Adams; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Holy Nativity Church in Aina Haina. Reception to follow. In lieu of flowers, donations suggested to Shriners Hospital for Children, attn: Capitol Campaign Fund, 1310 Punahou St., Honolulu 96826; or the Church of the Holy Nativity, 5286 Kalanianaole Highway, Honolulu 96821.
Tim Yasuko Inaba Young
Nov. 25, 2006
Tim Yasuko Inaba Young, 22, of Hilo, a Macy's Department Store sales associate and former Avis Car Rental Co. part-time employee at Hilo Airport, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Tokyo. She is survived by parents George and Fumiko, brother George M. and sisters Lynn H. and Sherri-Lee A. Young and Kimi Young-Skyles. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 4 p.m. Cremation to follow. Casual 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.