Louis Abreu
March 7, 2007
Louis Abreu, 83, of Ewa Beach died in Ewa Beach. He was born in Kapahulu. He is survived by sister Mildred C. Souza. Private services.
Cyrus Saul Haleamau
March 12, 2007
Cyrus Saul Haleamau, 62, of Oahu, a Hilo Meat Co. meat cutter, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by companion Lucy Texeira; sons Anthony and Troy; hanai sons William Aiona and Marlon, Grayson, Derek and Brian Pacheco; daughters Iwalani and Leona; hanai daughter Alicia Pacheco; brothers Sonny and Patrick; and many grandchildren. Celebration of life: 11 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home. Call after 9 a.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Toshiko Hiraki
Feb. 25, 2007
Toshiko Hiraki, 90, of Honolulu died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Paauilo, Hawaii. She is survived by son Edwin; daughter Iris Matsumoto; brothers Naoto Kotaki and Teruji and James Sugahara; sisters Hazue Masaki, Sumiye Takeguchi, Toyoko Lee and Reiko Sugarara; three grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. tomorrow at Diamond Head Mortuary. Inurnment: 11 a.m. Saturday at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire. No flowers. Additional information for an obituary printed Saturday.
Clayton Kanani Kamakele
March 3, 2007
Clayton Kanani Kamakele, 59, of Waianae, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard pipe fitter, died in Hawaii Medical Center West. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Roberta, daughters Elikapeka F. and Kaiulani E., brother John and sisters Jo-Ann N. Rosario, Gaylien L. Kaauwai, Jody K. Poole and Wendy K. Fontaine. Services: 6:30 p.m. Sunday and 9:30 a.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Sunday and 8:30 a.m. Monday. Burial: 10 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Odetta Kehaulani Kaniaupio
March 7, 2007
Odetta Kehaulani Kaniaupio, 62, of Waianae, a teacher, died in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Francis; son Gene; daughters Denise Staggs and Wendy Kaniaupio-Crespo; sisters Winona Bruhn, Maxine Bagcal, Signa Ishikawa and Phyllis Cottle; nine grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2:30 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Aloha attire. Flowers welcome.
Mary Edean McCandless Leslie
March 14, 2007
Mary Edean McCandless Leslie, 84, of Mountain View, Hawaii, a homemaker, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Howard K. Sr., hanai son Keona, brother John Colburn, sister Charlotte Gandle and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. No services.
Michael C.K. Lum
March 11, 2007
Michael C.K. Lum, 87, of Honolulu, a retired city employee, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in China. He is survived by wife Inez, son Patrick, daughter Michele Jang, brother Robert, sisters Margaret Wong and Patricia Goo, and four grandchildren. Services: 10:15 a.m. Tuesday at Blessed Sacrament Church. Call after 9:15 a.m. Burial: 2:15 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Anthony Robert Medeiros Sr.
March 10, 2007
Anthony Robert "Tony" Medeiros Sr., 67, of Makawao, Maui, a County of Maui Capital Improvement coordinator, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Paia, Maui. He is survived by wife Merle DeGama; sons Anthony Jr., Shawn and Darren; daughters Melanie Clubb, Renette Koa, Jacqueline Akiu and Mary Medeiros; brother Stephen; sisters Rosaline Estrella and Margaret Sexton; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. today at St. Joseph Church. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: noon tomorrow at the church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at the church cemetery. Additional information for an obituary printed Tuesday.
Elaine Kiyoko Morishige
March 8, 2007
Elaine Kiyoko Morishige, 84, of Honolulu, a retired Singer Sewing Co. employee, died in Pearl City Nursing Home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Wayne and Albert Amii and Glenn and Wayne Morishige; daughters Eunice Ugale and Myra Uyehara; brother Tom Tagawa; sisters Grace Fukuda, Ida Nomura and Edith Endo; 11 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Mitsushi Nishimura
March 17, 2007
Mitsushi Nishimura, 80, of Honolulu, a retired Hanao Nishimura Real Estate appraiser, died in Avalon Care Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Stuart, brother George, sister Aiko Sakamoto and two grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Tuesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Janet Tokiko Shimizu
March 2, 2007
Janet Tokiko Shimizu, 89, of Honolulu, a retired former Wimpy's Cafe co-owner, died in Honolulu. She was born in Makaweli, Kauai. She is survived by son Milton M.; brother Toshio Kashigi; sisters Barbara Okubo, Jean Hazama and Betty Paul; five grandchildren; and five 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.