Hoshie Anjo
June 26, 2007
Hoshie Anjo, 83, of Waipahu, a retired teacher, died in St. Francis Hospice-West. She was born in Puuloa. She is survived by stepson Anthony; stepdaughter Louise Belloumini; brothers Edwin, George, Koyei, Edward and Thomas Tokuhama; sister Vivian Tokuhama; and three grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Thursday at Aiea United Methodist Church, 99-101 Laulima St., Aiea. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire.
Margaret Kaimiola Bertelmann
June 26, 2007
Margaret Kaimiola Bertelmann, 82, of Naalehu, Hawaii, a retired Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controller data assistant, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Harold E.; sons Chris, Kevin, Barron and Edwin; daughters Karen Corpuz and Roxanne Bertelmann; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Rosary: 8 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hilo. Mass: 10 a.m. at the church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Aloha or casual attire.
Leandro Buenio Botacion
June 22, 2007
Leandro Buenio Botacion, 92, of Ewa Beach, a retired carpenter, died at home. He was born in Santa, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. He is survived by wife Apolonia B., son Alfredo, daughter Maria Remedios B. Pactanac, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 91-1004 North Road, Ewa Beach. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Ronald Chin Hing Char
July 6, 2007
Ronald Chin Hing Char, 80, of Honolulu, a retired Diamond Head Memorial Park mechanic, died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Evelyn T., sons Russell and Randall, brother Lloyd, sister Aleida, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 7:15 p.m. Thursday at Nuuanu Memorial Park and Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Graveside services: 2:15 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Wilbur Young Chuck Choy
July 1, 2007
Wilbur Young Chuck Choy, 87, of Honolulu, a retired optometrist, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Margaret; sons Cedric, Kenton and Galen; daughters Su-Ann and Su-Lyn; brothers Young Fun and Young Wo; sisters Evelyn Chu and Gwen Lui; and four grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Private burial. Casual attire. No flowers.
Alexander Kealoha Fontillas
June 21, 2007
Alexander Kealoha Fontillas, 41, of Las Vegas, formerly of Honolulu, a former Roberts Hawaii Tours driver, died in Las Vegas. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Aida, sons Allen and Christian, parents Andrew and Susan, brothers Anthony and Arno, and sister Selma Baker. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 10:30 a.m. Inurnment to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Masayuki Fujita
July 9, 2007
Masayuki "Blackie" Fujita, 80, of Honolulu, a retired city supervisor, died in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Thelma T., son Michael T., daughter Stephanie T. Lum, brother Dave Y., sisters Kay K. Kumai and Bessie E. Shingawa, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Private services.
Ronald Ed Kalahiki
June 30, 2007
Ronald Ed Kalahiki, 37, of Waianae, an Island Demo employee, died in Hawaii Medical Center West. He was born in Kailua. He is survived by wife Tessa; son Jeremy; daughters Kahenawe Kalahiki-Brede and Annie, Amy and Maile Kalahiki; brothers Daniel and Shane; sisters Caroline Anakalea, Elizabeth Kalahiki-Smith, and Jerenette, Gail H. and Corina Kalahiki; and a grandchild. Services: noon Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Mervyn Momotaro Kiyohara
July 2, 2007
Mervyn Momotaro Kiyohara, 92, of Ewa Beach died at home. He was born in Aiea. He is survived by wife Elsie T.; sons Mel and Leroy; daughters Selene Mathews, Marilyn Correa and Cindy Nakamura; brother Tetsutaro; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 11:30 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Elsie C. Kong
June 29, 2007
Elsie C. Kong, 91, of Honolulu, a retired 14th Naval District personnel office employee, died in St. Francis Hospice. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Norman and Melvin, daughter Sylvianne Otoide, brother Raymond Chee, sisters Amy Yim and Virginia Young, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Visitation: 10:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Taoist services. Burial: 12:45 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park.
Edward Kam Wai Lau
June 30, 2007
Edward Kam Wai Lau, 93, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Shop No. 38 machinist, died in Hawaii Medical Center East. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Howard, Warren and Calvin; daughters Barbara Okada, Pat Nakayama and Lorraine Chin; 11 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 11:30 a.m. at Yee King Tong Cemetery. Aloha attire.
Lorin Michael Luke
July 8, 2007
Lorin Michael Luke, 47, of Kailua, a handyman and fisherman, died in Kailua. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Christian K.; parents Sam and Florence; brothers Lance, Layne and Larsen; and sister Lisa Anderson. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at St. John Vianney Catholic Church. Call after 10 a.m. Aloha attire. No flowers. Incorrect information was given in an obituary Saturday.
Basilio Ranos Macadangdang
June 28, 2007
Basilio Ranos Macadangdang, 92, of Waipahu died in Ka Punawai Ola Nursing Home. He was born in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. He is survived by daughters Hortencia Macuray, Ernesta Cadiz, Segundina Bolosan and Gloria Basher; brothers Eugene, Pedro and Emilio; sister Benita Opulcencia; seven grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Thursday and 9:30 a.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Thursday and 8:30 a.m. Friday. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Violet Shizue Murakane
July 12, 2007
Violet Shizue Murakane, 84, of Kaneohe died. She was born in Waimalu. She is survived by sons John R. and Stanley L. Neal, and Owen and Dexter S. Murakane; brother Stanley Miyashiro; and a grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Burial: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Sekiji Nakayama
June 30, 2007
Sekiji Nakayama, 82, of Honolulu, a retired RAMCO construction estimator and 442nd Regimental Combat Team member, died in Honolulu. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by sisters Hatsuko Horio and Haru Kitaguchi. Private services.
Anna Anovale Napoleon
July 3, 2007
Anna Anovale Napoleon, 89, of Haleiwa, a Los Angeles court system Samoan translator, Royal Hawaiian entertainer and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints worker, died in Crawford's Convalescent Home. She was born in Tutuila, American Samoa. She is survived by son Titus K., daughter Eleanor "Poua" Beaver, brother John Meatoga, 10 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. next Monday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hauula mauka chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Laie Cemetery. Aloha attire.
Lillian Leinaala Wong Nunes
March 10, 2007
Lillian Leinaala Wong Nunes, 91, of Kailua, a retired St. Patrick School cook, died in Front Royal, Va. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by son Glendon "Nalani," daughter Teresa Rucker, brother Richard Wong, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Friday St. Anthony's Church in Kailua. Call after 9:30 a.m. Inurnment: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Grace C. Parker
July 8, 2007
Grace C. Parker of Honolulu, a retired Honolulu Symphony administrative assistant, died. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. She is survived by daughter Cecilia Vrba-Niland, brother Frank and Ralph Corso, and a grandchild. Private services.
Vivian Ramos
July 8, 2007
Vivian Ramos, 67, of Mountain View, Hawaii, a homemaker, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Tanya Soto; brother Dionicio Jr.; sisters Angeline Gambsky, Marian Nobriga, Lorraine Medeiros and Margaret Lopez; and five grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Kalaoa Catholic Cemetery. Casual attire.
Ivan M. Ramseyer Jr.
June 19, 2007
Ivan M. Ramseyer Jr., 73, of Kaneohe, a retired Hawaiian Electric Co. employee, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Mark and Bryan, daughter Gayle, brother Clifford, sister Diana Wiseman and two grandchildren. Graveside services: 1 p.m. Thursday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.
Mary Rodrigues Tangaro
July 2, 2007
Mary Rodrigues Tangaro, 79, of Hilo, formerly of Kahaluu, a retired Seagull School cook, died in Hilo. She was born in Kula, Maui. She is survived by sons Richard, Lui, Chris, Thomas, Michael, Robert, John, Peter, Patrick and James; daughters Loisa Ropaza, Theresa Gladney and Petrina Tangaro; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Thursday at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Waikane. Call after 9 a.m. Graveside services: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Michael Alan Poi Wo Tongg
July 13, 2007
Michael Alan Poi Wo Tongg, 63, of Honolulu, a lawyer, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Janice, sons Mike and Matthew, daughters Malissa Kaawa and Stacy, brothers Tenney and Ronnie, sisters Geraldine Kam and Trudie Kiessling, and a grandchild. Services pending.
Douglas Cha Moon Woo
July 9, 2007
Douglas Cha Moon "Doug" Woo, 57, of Honolulu, a city public information officer, died in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Patricia O.L., son Jonathan, daughters Melissa and Jessica, mother Soo Kyung and brothers Calvin, Brian, Arthur and Eric. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Call after 5 p.m. Inurnment: 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Nuuanu 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.