Barry V. Apostadiro
Feb. 4. 2007
Barry V. Apostadiro, 42, of Aiea died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Cindy; sons Shayden, Shannen and Skyler; daughter Sage; brothers Ricky, Al and Dex; and sisters Teresa Diaz, Geri Peralta, Charlene Richardson, Donna Artiaga, Verne Crail, Lisa Mendes, Natty Pundyke, Mary Nagamine, Alicia Stocks, Gina Apostadiro, Tessa Roetto and Tracy Burridge. Mass: 7 p.m. Monday at Immaculate Conception Church, 91-1298 Renton Road. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire.
Edward Charles Brooks
Feb. 10, 2007
Edward Charles Brooks, 50, of Mililani, a U.S. Postal Service mail handler and retired U.S. Army sergeant first class, died in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born Birmingham, Ala. He is survived by wife Neva L.P.; sons Daniel Figueroa and Joshua Iuli; mother Henrietta; brothers Jeffrey and Gregory Brooks and Barry Mitchell; sisters Candice Mitchell and Linda Johnson; and five grandchildren. Services: 4:30 p.m. Sunday at United Gospel Fellowship Church, 95-061 Waimakua Drive, Mililani. Call after 3 p.m. Private burial. Aloha attire.
Leonarda Palomares Buenconsejo
Feb. 1, 2007
Leonarda Palomares "Leona" Buenconsejo, 94, of Wahiawa died in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was born in Manila. She is survived by children Lino, Manuel, Don, Gervacio and Conrad Buenconsejo and Linda Uesugi; 42 grandchildren; 56 great-grandchildren; and 15 great-great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Additional services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual and aloha attire.
Melvin M. Guillermo
Feb. 9, 2007
Melvin M. "Rocky" Guillermo, 54, of Honolulu died in St. Francis-West Hospice. He was born in Waipahu. He is survived by wife Elaine, sons Michael F. and Ryan C., mother Rosario "Rose," brother Rome M. and sister Sally Perreira. Services: 10 a.m. next Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: 1:30 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Richard Palea Kamai Sr.
June 1, 2006
Richard Palea "Dickey" Kamai Sr., 61, of Honolulu, a retired meat cutter, died in Leeward Integrated Health Services in Waianae. He was born in Honaunau, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Sharon-Lynne "Mapu"; sons Richard Jr., Rhiyan, Rockey and Joseph; daughter Shyenne; mother Martha; sisters Mabel Chang, Patricia Kauahipaula, Vhelma Johnson and Linda, Molly and Joyce Kamai; 13 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Sunday at Honaunau Beach Lot in Honaunau. Burial to follow at sea. Casual attire.
Jum Do Kim
Feb. 10, 2007
Jum Do Kim, 72, of Honolulu, a retail store owner, died in St. Francis-East Hospice. He was born in Masan, South Korea. He is survived by wife Man Sun, daughter Kyung-Hwa Yi, brother Pak Do Kim and two grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Aloha attire.
Tulutulu Koko
Feb. 7, 2007
Tulutulu Koko, 75, of Waianae, a Nanaikapono Elementary School health aide, died at home. She was born in Leone, American Samoa. She is survived by husband John; children Puletu D., Duckie, Michael, Bob, Dick and Tulutulu Koko and Theresa Lata, June Tonumaipe'a, Waiterangi H. Afoa, Elena Tapusoa, Neemia Napoleon and Faaleaga Mapu; 26 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 9:30 a.m. Monday at St. Rita's Church, 89-318 Farrington Highway. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Kenichi Sakumoto
Dec. 21, 2006
Kenichi "Sam" Sakumoto, 86, died in Hawaii Medical Center West. He is survived by wife Betty; daughters Diane Sakumoto, Irene Yamamoto and Gail St. Denis; brothers Giso and Dr. Raymond; sisters Masayo Nagao and Ruth Maeda; and two grandchildren. Private services.
Angela Mapuana Scholtz
Feb. 8, 2007
Angela Mapuana Scholtz, 90, of Waimanalo, a homemaker, died in Waimanalo. She was born in Koloa, Kauai. She is survived by sons Stanley and Byron; daughters Winona Bell, Wanda "Timmie" Akau, Eunice Auweloa, Donyne Hong and Moana Scholtz; brothers Allen "Reggie" and Albert McKeague; sister Alice Kane; 22 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11:15 a.m. Tuesday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Tsutomu Wakamura
Jan. 30, 2007
Tsutomu Wakamura, 90, of Waialua died in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by wife Mitsuye, sons Earl S. and Wesley M., sister Janet K. Yokogawa and six 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.