Lily Chu Chock
Jan. 8, 2007
Lily Chu Chock, 94, of Kaneohe died in Kaneohe. She was born in Hanalei, Kauai. She is survived by son Daniel H., daughter Barbara C. Wong, five grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. Services: 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at the cemetery.
Manuel Freitas Jr.
Jan. 10, 2007
Manuel Freitas Jr., 73, of Kapaa, Kauai, a retired Palikekua Resorts groundskeeper, died at home. He was born in Kilauea, Kauai. He is survived by wife Serena P. Fernandez; sons Manuel and Emilio; daughters Maria Ramos, Adelia Fernandez, Marina Aarons, Cynthia Jaconi and Amelia Gladman; brothers Joseph and William; sisters Josephine Guillermo, Hiloa Camara, Annabelle Hirshi, Loretta Boro and Kathleen Poe; 30 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. next Thursday at St. Sylvestor Church. Call after 9 a.m.
Floyd Girven
Jan. 12, 2007
Floyd Girven, 75, of Ewa Beach died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Michigan. He is survived by wife Precila; sons Joe Welch, Stanley, John Lamphear and Tommy Medrano; daughters Sandra Smith, Sherri Sifuentes, Terrie McCurry, Elizabeth Harding, Beth Bird and Marie Grant; brother Fred; 17 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Waipahu Seventh-day Adventist Church. Call after 6 p.m. Burial to follow in Michigan.
Henry August Gramberg
Jan. 11, 2007
Henry August "Heine" Gramberg, 78, of Hilo, a retired Lockheed Air Terminal resident manager in Hilo and Lockheed Terminal field supervisor in Honolulu, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Louella Lovell-Gramberg, daughter Elena Apaka, brother Herman, sisters Rosebud Lee and Darilynn Rodillas, and three grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home. Call after 9 a.m. Scattering of ashes: 10 a.m. March 11 at Kailua Beach Boat Ramp. No flowers. Additional information for an obituary printed Monday.
Elias Garcia Guerrero Sr.
Dec. 24, 2006
Elias Garcia Guerrero Sr., 66, of Ewa Beach died in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. He is survived by wife Francisca V.; sons Edwin and Roger; sisters Estefania "Siping," Velasco, Francisca "Cita" Aranda, Rosario Asuncion and Lilia Cerezo; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday and 10 a.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Sunday and 8:30 a.m. Monday. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Richard Higa
Jan. 6, 2007
Richard "Sus" Higa, 74, of Honolulu, a U.S. Post Office clerk, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brother Norman S. Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Committal services: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Aloha attire. No flowers. No monetary offerings.
Elsie Emiko Honzaki
Jan. 9, 2007
Elsie Emiko Honzaki, 73, of Kaneohe, a retired registered nurse, died. He was born in Honokaa, Hawaii. He is survived by husband William "Bill"; son George; daughters Cynthia Masutani, Lynne Chun and Donna Loo; brothers Gary and Royden Okunami; and three grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Raymond Yoshiji Ichimura
Jan. 6, 2007
Raymond Yoshiji Ichimura, 66, of Honolulu, a retired Sheraton Moana Surfrider Hotel and Pacific Beach Hotel chief of security, died. He was born in Maunaloa, Molokai. He is survived by wife Geraldine, sons Gregg and Garett, daughter Rayna, brothers Ronald and Roy, sister Mae Plata and three grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Call after 5 p.m. Aloha attire.
James Jinsuke Kaneshiro
Jan. 9, 2007
James Jinsuke Kaneshiro, 81, of Honolulu, a retired U.S. Department of Army directorate of engineering and housing budget analyst at Fort Shafter, died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in Wailuku. He is survived by sons Karl J. and Calvin K., daughter Laura L. Shinto, brothers Kozen and Ralph, and a grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Rosalind Genevive Kuewa
Jan. 6, 2007
Rosalind Genevive Kuewa, 71, of Haleiwa, a retired Queen's Medical Center and Wahiawa General Hospital registered nurse, died in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was born in Shawano, Wis. She is survived by sons Jeffrey P. and Dereck H., daughter Tawnya R. Shiroma, parents Theodore and Rose Spurrier, sister Margett Bennett and two grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Waialua Ward, 66-847 Kaukonahua Road.
Chikako Kwok
Jan. 15, 2007
Chikako "Chika" Kwok, 47, of Lake Geneva, Wis., formerly of Oahu, a United Airlines employee, died in Kenosha, Wis. She was born in Tenri, Nara, Japan. She is survived by husband Dan, children Sharlie M. and Preston K., mother Kiyoe Fukui and sister Yasue Oiso. Graveside services and burial: 3 p.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Lily Ling Yee Lee
Jan. 11, 2007
Lily Ling Yee Lee, 67, of Kaneohe, a retired secretary, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Jeffrey C.K., daughter Dana Bennett, mother Edith L.C. Lau, brothers David and Joseph Lau, sister Evelyn Bell, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Christina Lothian
Dec. 23, 2006
Christina Lothian, 78, of Hilo, a Lyman House Museum archivist/librarian, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born on Oahu. She is survived by brother John. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Hilo Church of the Holy Apostles Episcopal Church. Potluck luncheon to follow.
Inez Kehoe MacMillan
Jan. 14, 2007
Inez Kehoe MacMillan, 94, of Honolulu, a retired registered nurse, died in Maunalani Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Le Sueur, Minn. She is survived by sons Douglas and Stephen, brothers John and Bob Kehoe, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Graveside services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. No flowers. Donations suggested to Maunalani Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 5113 Maunalani Circle, Honolulu 96816.
Benigno Marchan
Jan. 3, 2007
Benigno "Ben" Marchan, 78, of Waipahu, a retired Naval Supply Center civil service purchasing agent in Barbers Point, died in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Waipahu. He is survived by wife Bernice O., daughters Clarice Benauro and Nadine Marchan-Wheeler, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at Resurrection of the Lord Church, 94-1260 Lumikula St., Waipahu. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Eleanor Yoshiko Matsumoto
Jan. 6, 2007
Eleanor Yoshiko Matsumoto, 81, of Honolulu, a retired Bella Italia Restaurant manager, died in Liliha Health Care. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sisters Alice Teruya and Betty Gusukuma, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Helen Medeiros
Jan. 14, 2007
Helen Medeiros, 88, of Kailua-Kona, a Hilo Hukilau Hotel housekeeper and Keeau Macadamia Nut Factory Store, died in Life Care Center of Kona. She was born in Onomea, Hawaii. She is survived by daughter Joanne Cox, six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Graveside services: 10 a.m. tomorrow at Mauna Kea Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Philip-Randall Anuhea Murray
Jan. 1, 2007
Philip-Randall Anuhea Murray, 71, of Waianae died in Hawaii Medical Center West. He was born in Puunene, Maui. He is survived by wife Olinda, son Philip-Randall Jr., daughters Murray-Lee Thornton-Rialrome and Johnnie-Jo Murray, hanai daughters Olinda Ho'ohuli and Kawailani Soma, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Kamehameha Schools Chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Aloha attire.
Norman Nutter
Dec. 28, 2006
Norman Nutter, 67, of Ewa Beach, a Deborah and Co. Realtors real estate agent, died in Hawaii Medical Center West. He was born in Freeport, Maine. He is survived by sister Carol Steavens. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at First Christian Church, 1516 Kewalo St. Call after 10 a.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Scattering of ashes to follow at Diamond Head lookout.
Gertrude Fusae Ishida Park
Jan. 11, 2007
Gertrude Fusae Ishida Park, 76, of Kailua, a retired GTE Hawaiian Tel operator, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Michael; daughters Laurie and Sheila, Marcia Kono and Cheryl Nomura; and six grandchildren. Private services.
Fred Dunkin Preuett
Jan. 8, 2007
Fred Dunkin Preuett, 86, of Honolulu, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, died in Honolulu. He was born in Springfield, Colo. He is survived by wife Edith M., daughter Deanna Haimoff-Wander, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Private services.
Sandra Marie Purdy
Jan. 12, 2007
Sandra Marie "Sandy" Purdy, 62, of Ulupalakua, Maui, a homemaker, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Michael N. Sr.; son Michael N. Jr.; daughters Michele Renta, Laurie Purdy and Corina Aila; brother Larry Vasquez; hanai brothers Lawrence and Frank Singson; five grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at Holy Ghost Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park.
Louis Owen Robinson
Jan. 13, 2007
Louis Owen Robinson, 83, of Honolulu, a merchant mariner during World War II and an engineer and boiler inspector, died in Vancouver, Wash. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Anson, daughter Carmen, sister Roselle and a grandchild. Celebration of life to be held at a later date in Honolulu. Donations suggested to Saint Louis School in Honolulu.
Margaret Kalehuamakanoeonapali Stone
Jan. 7, 2007
Margaret Kalehuamakanoeonapali "Lehua" Stone, 40, of Kaneohe, a medical receptionist and assistant, died in St. Francis Hospice. She was born in Kona, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Sean, daughter Tiana, mother Lana Land, father and stepmother Fred and Grace Land, brother Fred Land Jr., grandparents Daniel Sr. and Margaret Machado, and a grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Wylie Wilson Swapp
Jan. 14, 2007
Wylie Wilson Swapp, 88, of Laie, a retired Brigham Young University-Hawaii Campus art professor, died at home. He was born in Overton, Nev. He is survived by daughters Madeline Perry, Shannon Madsen, Lorraine Swapp and Olivia Christy; brother Vaughn; sister Doris Earl; 12 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Laie North Stake Center. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Laie Cemetery. Sunday attire.
Maryann Paris Warner
Jan. 4, 2007
Maryann Paris Warner, 81, of Waimea, Hawaii, a retired teacher and former Hawaiian Mission Children's Society and Daughters of Hawaii employee, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughters Loring Howell and Maryalice, and sisters Betty Dunford and Rita Cowell. Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Mission Houses Cemetery.
James K.S. Wong
Jan. 10, 2007
James K.S. Wong, also known as Jimmy Wongie, 83, of Kaneohe, a vehicle maintenance technician, died in Kaneohe. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by children Christine Wong-Cervantes, Pamela and Sanford W.H.; sisters Agnes Leong and Linda Tagawa; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Samuel Yuk Sun Wong
Jan. 13, 2007
Samuel Yuk Sun Wong, 94, of Honolulu died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in China. He is survived by wife Feng Cheng, son Alan, daughter Elsie, brothers Henry Y.I. and Wallace Y.M., and sister Eleanor Y.P. Hee. Services: 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha 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.