Albert Kwong Chew Chun
April 22, 2007
Albert Kwong Chew Chun, 84, of Kapalama, a retired Kapalama Military Reservation civilian worker, died in Palolo Chinese Home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Delphine, son Michael, daughter Jacqueline Lum and three grandchildren. Services: 11:45 a.m. Wednesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 10 a.m. Burial to follow at the cemetery. Casual attire.
Leonard R. Diprima
April 17, 2007
Leonard R. Diprima, 60, of Honolulu, a film critic, died in Honolulu. He was born in New York. He is survived by hanai son Bambino. Private services. Donations suggested to Hawaiian Humane Society.
Douglas Christopher Dutton
April 24, 2007
Douglas Christopher Dutton, 27, of Mountain View, Hawaii, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Olympia, Wash. He is survived by son Christopher L., daughter Michelle J., former wife Juline S., father Jerry L., mother Letitia Flynt and brothers Benjamin C. and Eric C. Private services.
Elsa Mei Kala'iaolani Siu-Yu Enomoto
April 27, 2007
Elsa Mei Kala'iaolani Siu-Yu Enomoto, infant daughter of Stanton and Kristen Enomoto of Hawaii Kai, died in Kapiolani Medical Center. She was born in Moanalua. She is also survived by sisters Cameron and Skye, and grandparents Gulstan N.T. "Duke" and Rowena Enomoto, Margaret Enomoto, and Howard and Audrey Chong. Celebration of life: 10 a.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Call after 9 a.m. Private scattering of ashes. Casual attire. No flowers.
Angeline Kealohapili Garces
April 20, 2007
Angeline Kealohapili Garces, 69, of Maunaloa, Molokai, died at home. She was born in Hana, Maui. She is survived by sons Petronilo and Damien Garces Sr.; stepson Baltazar; daughters Zelda-May Kalilikane and Eliana Kalilikane-Garces; stepdaughters Bernadette Kaai and Belinda Ramos; brother Joseph Hoopai; sisters Uberta Respicio, Clarice Honda and Joanna Ramos; 11 grandchildren; 10 step-grandchildren; 16 step-great-grandchildren; and four step-great-great-grandchildren. Visitation: 6-8 p.m. tomorrow at St. Sophia Catholic Church in Kaunakakai. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Vincent Catholic Church in Maunaloa. Burial to follow at Moanaloa Cemetery.
Gerald M. Gomes
April 27, 2007
Gerald M. "Goma" Gomes, 62, of Pearl City died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Jennie K., daughters Jennifer and Jamie-Lynn, brother Ernie K. Dias, sisters Antoinette Lee and Valerie Crabbe, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Private services.
Geraldine Mae Hasegawa
April 13, 2007
Geraldine Mae "Geri" Hasegawa, 65, of Waianae died in Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center. She was born in Koloa, Kauai. She is survived by sons Orlando R. Jr., Gerald M., George M. and Delancey C. Orpilla; daughters Lanalee K. Rabun and Daphne Caraulia; parents Miguel and Juanita Lopez; brothers Michael, Melvin, Malcolm and Robert Lopez; sister Michelle Fraites; and 14 grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday and 10 a.m. Monday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary, 20 S. Kukui St., Honolulu. Call after 6 p.m. Sunday and 9 a.m. Monday. Burial: 11:30 a.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire.
Lexie Kalere Kahealani Iliwaalani-Laa
April 26, 2007
Lexie Kalere Kahealani Iliwaalani-Laa, infant daughter of Allen K. Laa and Lezlie K. Iliwaalani of Ewa Beach, died in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is also survived by grandparents Nanette Duvauchelle and Richard and Verna Iliwaalani III. Private services.
Naoji Kawamata
April 27, 2007
Naoji Kawamata, 90, of Kamuela, Hawaii, a retired commercial fisherman, former vegetable and flower farmer and Kawamata Farms Inc. founder, died at home. He was born in Haleiwa. He is survived by companion Runty; son Raymond; daughters Evelyn Griffin, June White, Amy Hara, Doris Mark and Florence Iida; sister Haruko Iwamoto; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Services: 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Kamuela Hongwanji Mission. Call after 4:30 p.m. Private burial of ashes to be held at a later date. Casual attire.
Shusaku Kurashima
April 3, 2007
Shusaku Kurashima, also known as "Larry," "Kuri" and "Shaku," 72, of Aiea, a retired S&M Welding iron worker, died in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Waipahu. He is survived by wife Mary E.; sons Rick and Glenn; daughters Pearl Medina and Lori Suyama; brother Keikichi; sisters Betsy Zakahi, Amy Akamine and Rachel Kurashima; and eight grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Edward Warren Lapenia
April 22, 2007
Edward Warren Lapenia, 65, of Haiku, Maui, an Ameron HC&D loader operator, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Pauwela, Maui. He is survived by wife Elizabeth L. Sr., son Gordon, hanai son Jimmy Copperfield, daughters Serena and Elizabeth L. Lapenia Jr. and Dee Dee Lau, sister Esther Honokaupu, 17 grandchildren and two great- grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. tomorrow and 11 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Norman's Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. tomorrow and 9 a.m. Saturday.
Karen Leimomi Lee-Palu
April 28, 2007
Karen Leimomi Lee-Palu, 43, of Kaunakakai, Molokai, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Tom-Walter "Kamalii" Lee-Palu; stepson Tevita Palu; stepdaughters Linda, Tina, Liliani R. and Asena H. Palu; mother Pearl Lee; and sisters Wanette Lee-Crane, Kathleen Lee-Magdarilla and Kelma Lee-Namakaeha. Services: noon Saturday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Kalamaula, Molokai. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Kapaakea Cemetery in Kapaakea, Molokai.
Jesus John Libero
March 7, 2007
Jesus John Libero, 77, of Kaunakakai, Molokai, a fisherman, died in Hawaii Medical Center West. He was born on Maui. He is survived by children Joseph, James, Jesus, Moses and Mary; brothers Pedro and Julio; and five grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. May 15 fronting Robin's residence, Kamiloloa beach front. Call after 4:30 p.m. Inurnment to follow at Kapaakea Cemetery, Casual attire.
Sarah Maun
April 12, 2007
Sarah Maun, 68, of Wahiawa, a retired Republic of the Marshall Islands social worker, died. She was born in Jaluit, the Marshall Islands. She is survived by sons Peter, Junior, Jeffrey, Fred and Jimmy; daughters Irene, Josephine and Melanie; brothers Johnny, Jima, Alik, Arine, Lanlin, Alee and Ricky; sisters Ruth and Almi; and grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services: 10:15 a.m. Saturday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Newtown Chapel, 94-210 Kahualii St. Call after 8 a.m. Cremation to follow. Incorrect information was given in an obituary yesterday.
Lanijiri Mejbon
April 10, 2007
Lanijiri Mejbon, 54, of Honolulu, a landscaper, died. He was born in Kwajalein, Republic of the Marshall Islands. He is survived by wife Alfreda; sons Rolanson, Rodney and Rubon; daughters Brenda and Sheila; and two grandchildren. Burial to be held on Kwajalein, Republic of the Marshall Islands.
Wallace T. Oshiro
April 24, 2007
Wallace T. "Wally" Oshiro, 72, of Mililani died in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Yoshiko; son Willy; daughter Kristina Nojima; brothers Howard, Edward and Roy; and sister Florence Mayes. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Missionary Church, 95-801 Kipapa Drive, Mililani. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 10:30 a.m. Monday at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers. Incorrect information was given in an obituary yesterday.
Willa Louise Protsman
April 27, 2007
Willa Louise Protsman, 58, of Kihei, Maui, a housekeeper, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in New Mexico. She is survived by husband James A., sons Roy and Richard Dean, daughter Jeanette D. Sigler, sister Mary Lou Elston and 12 grandchildren. Celebration of life: 6 p.m. Sunday at Kalama Park.
Jose Ragasa
April 29, 2007
Jose "Joe" Ragasa, 84, of Hanamaulu, Kauai, a retired Kauai Surf and Westin Kauai groundskeeper, died in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Pantay Laud Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. He is survived by wife Jacinta, daughters Jessie Ragasa and Joyce Tumaneng, brother Teodoro, sister Valentina and three grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. May 11 at Immaculate Conception Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Lihue Cemetery. Casual attire.
Timothy James Rodby
April 10, 2007
Timothy James Rodby, 48, of Honolulu, a state government worker, died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons James K. Montalbo and Chickasaw K.J. Rodby-Brash; daughter Tiffany N. Kukahiwa; father Leo B. Jr.; brothers Leo B. III, Walter J. and Peter K.; and sister Diane L. Collins. Scattering of ashes: 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Haleiwa Beach Park.
Charles Makoto Saito
April 23, 2007
Charles Makoto Saito, 74, of Gardena, Calif., a Bell Telephone installer, died in California. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Noriko; sons Glen, Dennis and Steven; brothers Harold and Richard; sisters Jane Arakawa and Katherine Saito; and a grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Sadami Sakata
April 30, 2007
Sadami Sakata, 92, of Pukalani, Maui, a Maui Land & Pine packer, died in Hale Makua, Kahului. She was born in Spreckelsville, Maui. She is survived by son Stanley; daughters Thelma Oshiro, Edna Annand, Eileen Williams, Sharon Takahashi and Lorrin Taira; brothers Takashi and Sadao Hongo; sisters Doris M. Nakamoto and Edith H. Taguchi; 11 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. tomorrow at Nakamura Mortuary. Call after 4 p.m. Private inurnment to be held at a later date. Aloha attire.
Wallace Tadataka Sato
April 15, 2007
Wallace Tadataka Sato, 91, of Wahiawa, formerly of Waipahu, a retired U.S. federal government employee, died in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by wife Leatrice, sons Dale and Calvin, daughters Sandra Enomoto-Endo and Diane Edwards, brother Tadayoshi, sisters Elsie Nakamura and Kimie Asato, three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire.
Toshiko Kobayashi Subica
April 28, 2007
Toshiko Kobayashi Subica, 85, of Kurtistown, Hawaii, a former Hilo Candy employee, died in Life Care Center of Hilo. She was born in Kurtistown. She is survived by husband William, son Alan, daughters Gerry Cushman and Renee Miyahara, and six grandchildren. Private services. No monetary offerings.
Siroske Ikeson Suda
April 24, 2007
Siroske Ikeson Suda, 65, of Honolulu died in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Chuuk, Micronesia. He is survived by wife Carmen; sons Vincent and Raymond; daughters Prescilla, Caurina, Maria and Ann M.; brothers Sisan and Sirocho; sisters Namme Suda, Asatako Ono and Sakuko Isamu; and 15 grandchildren. Services: noon Saturday at Nuuanu Baptist Church. Visitation to follow.
Hideo Toyama
April 14, 2007
Hideo Toyama, 84, of Honolulu, a retired Bureau of Conveyances clerk, died in Kuakini Geriatric Care Inc. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by wife Caroline and daughter Aileen M.T. Shima. Private services.
Alton Uyeno
April 27, 2007
Alton Uyeno, 68, of Kihei, Maui, a retired U.S. Postal Services postal superior, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Chong S.; sons Raymond and John; daughters Carol Uyeno, Iris Mason and Jill Delsman; sister Karen Zufelt; and seven grandchildren. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday at Nakamura Mortuary.
Mary Eleanor Vares
April 18, 2007
Mary Eleanor Vares, 75, of Ewa Beach died in Ewa Beach. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Raphael Jr. and Lance, daughter Valerie Suster, brothers Gilbert and George Siders Jr., seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services: noon Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 9:30 a.m. Committal services: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.
Hsu Yen Min Wang
April 23, 2007
Hsu Yen Min Wang, 90, of Honolulu died in Honolulu. She was born in China. She is survived by sons Peter, Joseph and Sylvio; daughters Martha Cheng, Theresa Co and Caroline Reeuwijk; 17 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Private services. Donations suggested to Star of the Sea Catholic Church.
Mary Veronica Winpenny
April 24, 2007
Mary Veronica Winpenny, 63, of Hawaii Kai, a Coldwell Banker Kahala Branch real estate associate, died at home. She was born in Philadelphia. She is survived by husband Jim, son James and daughters Karen and Shannon. Scattering of ashes to be held at a later date.
Anna Marie Wolff
April 26, 2007
Anna Marie Wolff, 79, of Lihue and St. Louis, a garment industry seamstress, died at home. She was born in St. Louis. She is survived by husband Harold, son Robert, daughters Carol Pounds and Jean Miller, brother Kenneth Lambrechts and two grandchildren. Private services held on Kauai.
Florence A.Y. Wong
April 21, 2007
Florence A.Y. Wong, 88, of Honolulu, a retired Spencecliff Corp. waitress, died in Honolulu. She was born in Hawaii. She is survived by sons Bob and Tim, daughter Karen Tsubata, sisters Eva Leong and Bessie Harbert, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Private services.
Lorraine Nettie Wong
April 23, 2007
Lorraine Nettie Wong, 73, of Honolulu died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in South Carolina. She is survived by husband Donald C.S.; sons Michael, Thomas, Chris and Timmy; daughter Peggy; and two 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.