Angela Severa Medrano Aceret
Nov. 30, 2006
Angela Severa Medrano Aceret, 70, of Waipahu, a homemaker, died in Honolulu. She was born in Bacara, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. She is survived by husband Joaquin; sons Nestor Lacuesta, Elyser Daguio and Nelson Aceret; daughters Delia Aceret, Arleen Castillo and Lorna Nemoto; brother Daniel Medrano; sister Cresencia Damo and eight grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Dec. 23 at St. John the Baptist. Call after 6 p.m. Friday. Burial: 10 a.m. Dec. 23 at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Aukahimainaale
Dec. 14, 2006
Aukahimainaale, infant son of Darcy Durkin and Paahana Kincaid, died in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is also survived by sister Mehanaokala and grandfather James Kincaid. Services: 11 a.m. tomorrow at Mike Kincaid's residence, 155 Kaha St., Kailua. Inurnment: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Roland Rodrigues Ayala
Dec. 9, 2006
Roland "Rol" Rodrigues Ayala, 47, of Waianae, a Foodland Supermarket store detective, died in The Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Roland K. and Ezekiel; daughters Dionne, Angel and Tabitha; parents Marcial Jr. and Bernice; brother Marcial III; sister Lorina and a grandson. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Church, Waianae. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Sunset Memorial Park, Pearl City. Casual attire.
John William Bedish
Dec. 14, 2006
John William Bedish, 71, of Honolulu, a retired federal and state wildlife biologist, died. He was born in Hasting, Neb. He is survived by wife Joan, sons Mark and Paul, daughter Anastasia, sisters Lyndall Batt and Betty McCusker, and three grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Patricia Diane Chung
Dec. 7, 2006
Patricia Diane Chung, 50, of Honolulu, died in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Texas. She is survived by children Joslynn Moffitt and Devin and Dylan Chung; brothers David and Chris Moffitt; sister Melissa Moffitt and a grandchild. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m.
Paul Stephen Ferreira
Dec. 12, 2006
Paul Stephen Ferreira, 70, of Wailuku, a construction industry developer, died at home. He was born in Paia, Maui. He is survived by wife Shirley; sons Stephen, Nelson, Paul, Damien and Ronald; daughters Shirley, Melanie, Verna Barcai and Terry; sisters Lorraine Perreira, Marion Lopes and Catherine Lopes; 21 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Mass: 1 p.m. Thursday at St. Anthony Church. Call after 11 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Herbert Kaumualii Foster
Dec. 13, 2006
Herbert Kaumualii Foster, 74, of Reston, Va., a Defense Intelligence Agency retiree, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Yvonne, son Norman, sisters Elizabeth Davis and Frances Kaai, and two grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Ann Church, Kaneohe. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Greenhaven Memorial Park.
Taliloa Fuata
Dec. 5, 2006
Taliloa Fuata, 74, of Ewa Beach, a retired Coast Guard crane operator, died. He was born in Pago Pago, American Samoa. He is survived by sons Roy and Donald, daughters Jeanne Lalau and Lauriette Pocock, and eight grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of Good Council, Pearl City. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire.
Gilbert Pong Yong Hun
Nov. 29, 2006
Gilbert Pong Yong Hun, 84, of Waianae, a heavy equipment operator, died in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Waianae. He is survived by son Gilbert Jr.; daughters Helen Sanpei, Karen Takeba and Gwendolyn Breshears, six grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Private services.
Albert G. Johnson Jr.
Dec. 8, 2006
Albert "Buddy" G. Johnson Jr., 85, of California, a former accountant for Hawaiian Electric, died in Roseville, Calif. He is survived by daughters Jennifer Martinez and Jackie De Camp, sisters Charlotte Atwood and Dorothy Johnson, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Inurnment: 3 p.m. tomorrow at Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Charles Ray Johnson
Dec. 4, 2006
Charles Rary Johnson, 55, of Mountain View, a former Navy seaman first class, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Texas. He is survived by mother Nola Brown and sisters Faye Taylor, Gwendolyn Henderson, Vivian Cardwell and Leah, Karen and Janice Brown. Graveside services: 1 p.m. Wednesday at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire.
Clarissa Noelani Kahakua
Dec. 1, 2006
Clarissa Noelani Kahakua, 53, of Hilo, an elementary school substitute teacher, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by brothers Bradford, Wesley, Jeffrey and Steven; sisters Laurine Carvalho and Maurine Pineau. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Haili Congregational Church. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Elmer Kilaulani
Dec. 4, 2006
Elmer "Murphy" Kilaulani, 62, of Wahiawa, a singer, artist and musician, died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Charlene K., son Esmond P., brother Melvin "Mann" and two grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Flora Elizabeth Martin
Dec. 12, 2006
Flora Elizabeth Martin, 80, of Kahului, retired IMUA Rehab Services administration assistant, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Paia, Maui. She is survived by sons Milton and Robert, daughters Audrey Guerrero and Patricia Carvalho, brother Edward Gouveia, eight grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Private Inurnment.
Winifred Midori Nakama
Nov. 18, 2006
Winifred Midori Nakama, 64, of Kaneohe, a mail router, died in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Miles; children Linda, Jon and Dave; brother Patrick Nishiguchi; sisters Harriet Nishiguchi, Georgia Hannah, Kathy Morrow, Wanda Rhoads and Laura Hingston; and a grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 9:30 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Arthur Edwin Phillips
Nov. 1, 2006
Arthur "Art" Edwin Phillips, 84, of Honolulu, retired Royal Hawaiian Airlines, Sky Tours Hawaii, Hemmeter Air and Corporate Air pilot and former Marine fighter pilot who served in World War II and Korea, died in Lubbock, Texas. He was born in Toledo, Ohio. He is survived by daughters Susan Nishimura and Maryhelen Matsler, and five grandchildren. Internment: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire.
Linda D. Ross
Dec. 9, 2006
Linda D. Ross, 59, of Keaau, Hawaii, a Waiakeawaena Elementary School speech-language pathologist, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Calais, Maine. She is survived by husband John S., daughter Jessica Brandy Melhiser, parents Philip and Edna Donovan, sister Melva Louise Long and two grandchildren. Visitation 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Dodo Mortuary Chapel, Hilo. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at the chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. Lei welcome.
Mabel Soares Santiago
Dec. 6, 2006
Mabel Soares Santiago, 81, of Waipahu, died in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by sons Ronald Kenela and Kingsley and Bert Santiago; daughters Bernie Rael-Kenela, Jackie "Caesar" Kekahuna, and Alleen and Jessie Santiago; brothers Ernest and William Soares; sisters Victoria Higa and Violet Soares; 17 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Aloha attire.
Suetoshi S. Tamanaha
Dec. 11, 2006
Suetoshi S. Tamanaha, 76, of Kula, Maui, a retired Federal Aviation Administration electronic technician, died at home. He was born in Paia, Maui. He is survived by son Cy R., stepmother Mitsue, and a grandchild. Mass: 10 a.m. Thursday at Holy Ghost Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, donations suggested to: Holy Ghost Mission, Maui Okinawa Kenjinkai or Direct Relief International.
Romulo Timbreza
Dec. 2, 2006
Romulo "Molo" Timbreza, 82, of Haleiwa, an Army veteran who served in World War II and an aircraft sheet metal designer and draftsman, died in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Dolores, Abra, the Philippines. He is survived wife Juanita M. "Jane," son Rodney J., daughters Trina T. Hulton and Annette L. Timbreza, sister Leona Bisco and eight grandchildren. Services: 10:15 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 8:45 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.
Tutasi Tuifao-Togafau
Dec. 7, 2006
Tutasi Tuifao-Togafau, 58, of Honolulu, a housekeeper, died at home. She was born in Fagasa, American Samoa. She is survived by husband Tupou Togafau; sons Leroy Togafau Jr., Roy Afe, Ryan Edayan Jr. and Donovan Nuusolia; daughters Jolynn Togafau, Faafiu Nuusolia, Sharalynn Togafau and Deborahlynn Nuusolia; and 16 grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at St. John the Baptist Church. Call after 8 a.m.
Lani Ah Lo Victor
Dec. 11, 2006
Lani Ah Lo Victor, 68, of Hilo, a retired United Airlines customer service representative, died at home. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by husband Walter C. Victor Jr.; sons Patrick Ah Lo and Kenneth Pearson; daughters Wanda Ioane and Jamie Bell-Kaaihue; brothers Earl, Kenneth, Melvin and Patrick Ah Lo; sisters Lani Ah Lo Moore and Ethel Ah Lo; 13 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary Chapel, Hilo. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire.
Elizabeth Louise Wannomae
Nov. 27, 2006
Elizabeth Louise Wannomae, 63, of Honolulu, an MC & A supervisor, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by sons Daryl and Kalani; daughter Laurie Hagedorn; brothers Norman, Richard and Frank Saffery; and five grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at Holy Trinity. Call after 9:45 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Marcia Shih Han Wu
Dec. 13, 2006
Marcia Shih Han Wu, 87, of Honolulu, member of Chinese Lutheran Church, died at home. She was born in China. She is survived by son Victor, daughter Annie Tam, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Graveside services: 9 a.m. Friday at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.
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.