Helen N. Budd
March 24, 2007
Helen N. Budd, 85, of Keaau, Hawaii, a homemaker, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Galatin, Tenn. She is survived by son Peter, daughter Sandra "Sandy" Thompson, seven grandchildren, 18 great- grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Overcomers Community Church in Hilo, 555 Kalanianaole Ave. Call after 6 p.m.
John Deguzman Cabatic
March 4, 2007
John Deguzman Cabatic, 96, of Aiea, a retired Liberty House Waikiki Restaurant cook, died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sons George Cabatic and Stanley Abilla; stepsons Frank, Stephen and Blaisden Barnes; stepdaughters Eleanor Rolark, Cynthia Gueso and Linda Darden; 26 grandchildren; and 53 great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers. Incorrect information was given in an obituary Sunday.
Kevin Ngut Pung Chun
March 10, 2007
Kevin Ngut Pung Chun, 57, of Honolulu, a WCIT Architecture architect, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Susan H., son Ryan H., father Sue C. "Blinky," mother Angelika "Angie" and sisters Ramona Chun and Lisa Yagin. Services: 5 p.m. Monday at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Noriko D'Ambra
March 24, 2007
Noriko D'Ambra, 83, of Aiea died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in Japan. She is survived by daughter Yuko D'Ambra-Ornellas and five grandchildren. Services: noon Tuesday at Resurrection of the Lord, 94-1260 Lumikula St., Waipahu. Call after 11:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Aloha attire.
Mitsue Hashimoto
March 22, 2007
Mitsue Hashimoto, 90, of Waipahu died in Hawaii Medical Center East. She was born in Ewa. She is survived by husband Makoto, son Gregory, daughters Mary Ann Asato and Jennifer Smith, and four grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire.
Roy Junji Inase
March 12, 2007
Roy Junji Inase, 76, of Honolulu died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Kevin, daughter Karen Higa, brother Stanley, sister Doris Hasegawa, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Keith Jay Kama
March 21, 2007
Keith Jay "Kiki" Kama, 50, of Hilo, a former Tonto Drilling Co. driller, Frank Foods meat packer and self-employed maile lei picker, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Sandra; son Kimo; daughters Shan Grillot and Maile Kama; brothers Hollis and Bruce; sisters Luella Cunningham, Emma Correa and Edna Kama; and two grandchildren. Services: noon Tuesday at Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire.
Tsutomu Kawabata
March 24, 2007
Tsutomu Kawabata, 95, of Lahaina, a Pioneer Mill chemical fertilizer, died in Hale Makua, Kahului. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by sons Richard and Wallace; brothers Hideo, Isamu and Yukio; sister Sueko Hirata; and two grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. tomorrow at Lahaina Hongwanji Temple. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire.
Theodora Kamokuike Kealaiki
March 20, 2007
Theodora Kamokuike "Moku" Kealaiki, 55, of Hoolehua, Molokai, died in Molokai General Hospital. She was born in Hoolehua. She is survived by husband Valentine; son Aaron-Ko; brothers Ronald, Hansel, Donald, Arnold and Steven Kalilikane; mother Gladys Kalilikane; grandparent Dorothy Nihoa; and four grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Kalaiakamanu Hou Church Hall in Kalamaula, Molokai. Burial to follow at Kanakaloloa Cemetery.
Corazon Ascano Magno
March 20, 2007
Corazon Ascano "Azon" Magno, 91, of Honolulu died at home. She was born in Buruanga, Aklan, Philippines. She is survived by sons Epimaco, Ulysses, Rafael, Bernard and Ramiro; daughters Westphalia Gasmen and Adora Salacup; 27 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren. Services held.
Ulualofaiga Tupai Mikaele
March 18, 2007
Ulualofaiga Tupai Mikaele, 59, of Waianae died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in American Samoa. She is survived by sons Alvin P. and Michael J.; brothers Alava, Pakini, Loleni, Palealii and Seaula Tupai; sisters Paepae Uati and Fiapaipai Pisimaka; and five grandchildren. Private services. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Frank Montayre Jr.
March 14, 2007
Frank Montayre Jr., 52, of Honolulu died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Sheila "Cissy"; sons Hanson, Troy, Dale and Nathan; brothers Derek and Mark; sister Marianne "Kuulei" Enomoto; and two grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Glenn Masaji Nakamura
Feb. 26, 2007
Glenn Masaji Nakamura, 64, of Lihue, formerly of Arcadia, Calif., a retired dental technician and Department of Education substitute teacher, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Jean, son Michael, companion Pugsley, sister Jeanette Onishi and a grandchild. Celebration of life held.
Samuel Akui Napoleon
March 13, 2007
Samuel Akui Napoleon, 80, of Honolulu, a retired heavy equipment operator, died in Honolulu. He was born in Lihue. He is survived by wife Eyun, stepdaughter Jo Ann Glenn, sister Dixie L. Kashima and a grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Aloha attire. Flowers welcome.
Harold Hideo Ng
March 22, 2007
Harold Hideo Ng, 73, of Mililani, a retired Waialua Sugar Co. accountant controller, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Edna, sons Damon and Daniel, and five grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Wayson Takajiro Okamoto
March 23, 2007
Wayson Takajiro Okamoto, 79, of Honolulu, a retired Board of Water Supply microbiologist, died. He was born in Honokaa, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Ethel K.; sons Del R. and John W.; sisters Eiko Ohama, Kikue Morioka, Chiyo Mizuno, Betty Wakiji and Yoshiko Okamoto; and four grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kahala ward. Call after 1 p.m. Casual attire. Flowers provided by family.
Eufracio Prudencio Ortaleza
March 16, 2007
Eufracio Prudencio Ortaleza, 72, of Honolulu died in Seattle. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Sevillano; sons Frankie, Robert and Mar; daughters Penny Ortaleza-Asuncion and Genevin Upshaw; five grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary, downtown chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11:15 a.m. Monday at Resurrection of the Lord Church, 94-1260 Lumikula St. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.
Mary Jane Reveira
March 20, 2007
Mary Jane Reveira, 57, of Waianae died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons James Reveira and Mati Ioapo; daughters Carmalito Gray and Tonie Ioapo; father Pedro; brothers Ralph, Peter and Joseph; sister Betty Ann Carrancho; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 3 p.m. Sunday at Maili Beach Park.
Karen Lauae Rowe
March 17, 2007
Karen Lauae Rowe, 76, of Kaneohe, a retired controller, died in Kaneohe. She was born in California. She is survived by daughters Deborah Kamanao, Rene Rowe, Michele Keama and Kendra Brooks; sister Joan Flores; 16 grandchildren; and 28 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. next Thursday and 9:30 a.m. April 6 at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 6 p.m. next Thursday and 8:30 a.m. April 6. Burial: 11:30 a.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Faafiti Siufanua
March 18, 2007
Faafiti Siufanua, 64, of Waianae, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard employee, died in Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center. He was born in American Samoa. He is survived by wife Annie; daughters Antoinette "Sweetie" and Susan "Suzy"; brothers Makiasi, Ronnie, Tavita and Ioane Maea; and sisters Sameme Lemafa, Muta'aga Fagatele, Malia Fauatea, Ake Tauiliili and Mele Fiso. Services: 12:30 p.m. tomorrow at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire. Flowers welcome. Incorrect information was given in an obituary Tuesday.
Kazuo Takabayashi
March 10, 2007
Kazuo Takabayashi, 85, of Ewa Beach, a retired Hawaii Farmer's Co-Op Association employee, died at home. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by wife Mildred, son Wesley, daughters Laurie Miyagawa and Aimee Nakasone, sisters Sachiko Imura and Shizue Hisano, eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Private services.
Michael Wayne Wilson
March 20, 2007
Michael Wayne Wilson, 51, of Hawaii Kai, a certified commercial real estate appraiser, died at home. He was born in Hannibal, Mo. He is survived by wife Emma, daughters Nina Malia and Liana Leilani, father Thomas Emeriah and sisters Sheri Arnold and Debbie Howard. Services: 10 a.m. Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Laie Cemetery.
Norman Noboru Yonamine
March 20, 2007
Norman Noboru Yonamine, 65, of Honolulu, a retired Ilikai Hotel bellman, died. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by wife Wendy, son Derek, mother Elsie, brother Stanley and sisters Eleanor Arakaki, Bessie Oshiro and Leatrice Oie. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Seiji Yoshizawa
March 14, 2007
Seiji Yoshizawa, 85, of Honolulu died in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Kahului. He is survived by sons Barry M. Yoshizawa and John K. Pawn; daughters Lillian Yoshizawa and Helene Shiigi; brothers Tadayoshi, Soichi, Ichiro, Yoshio and Tomeo; sisters Betty Yoshizawa, Fumiko Kunioki and Toshiko Tomimoto; eight grandchildren; and eight 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.