Charlene Ululani Akana Acopan
July 20, 2007
Charlene Ululani "Charlie" Akana Acopan, 55, of Papakolea, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Lawrence; daughter Clarice "Kawohi" Tuasivi; brothers Stephen and Thomas Akana and Glenn Kapahu; sister Patricia Kapea; and a grandchild. Services: 1 p.m. tomorrow at Nuuanu Memorial Park & Mortuary. Call after noon. Cremation to follow. Inurnment at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl, at a later date. Aloha attire. Additional information for an obituary published Thursday.
Virgil Kuanonoehu Apuakehua
July 8, 2007
Virgil Kuanonoehu "Kuka" Apuakehua, 74, of Haleiwa, a retired laborer, died in Kailua. He was born in Laie. He is survived by hanai son Mason K., daughter Linda L. Stull, brothers Oliver Jr. and Joe, and three grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. next Saturday at Hukilau Beach, Laie. Call after 9 a.m. Scattering of ashes to follow. Casual attire.
Felita Teresa Asuncion-Gapero
July 21, 2007
Felita Teresa Asuncion- Gapero, 51, of Kaneohe, a Windward Complex public health nurse, died at home. She was born in Lanai City. She is survived by husband David "Kawika" Gapero, parents Celedonio and Justa Asuncion, brother Cecil Asuncion and sisters Mattie Yoshioka and Elaine Yamaguchi. Services: noon Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 10 a.m. Graveside services to follow at the park cemetery. Casual attire.
Heather Leann Bell
July 24, 2007
Heather Leann Bell, 39, of Kilauea, Kauai, a Paradise Grill waitress, died. She was born in California. She is survived by husband Bruce Chapin, sons Jacob Chapin and Justin Bell, daughter Alyssa Bell, parents Ronnie Johnson and Linda McElgunn, sister Cindy Middleton and brothers Jeffrey and Eric Johnson, and Jeremy and Jason Thompson. A celebration of life will be held 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Kalihiwai River mouth. Flowers, food and beach chairs welcome.
Clarence Chi Chew
July 23, 2007
Clarence Chi Chew, 82, of Honolulu, a retired Marianist Brother of the Marianist Hall Community, died in St. Francis Hospice. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sisters Betty Chang and Irene P. Chew. Services: 5 p.m. Wednesday at Mystical Rose Chapel, 3140 Waialae Ave. Burial: 7 p.m. at the chapel. Inurnment: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Diamond Head Memorial Park. No flowers. Donations suggested to Saint Louis School, 3140 Waialae Ave., Honolulu 96816.
Jeannette Pearl Chong
July 9, 2007
Jeannette Pearl Chong, 64, of Kaneohe died in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Port Huron, Mich. She is survived by husband Alan W.Y., daughters Emeline Van Epps and Jane A. Chong, brothers Daniel and Neal Torrey, and sisters Lillian Warren and Joyce Torrey. Private services. Donations suggested to American Cancer Society.
James Andrew Dorsey
July 24, 2007
James Andrew Dorsey, 87, of Honolulu, a retired Marine Corps officer and Northrop Corp. employee, died at home. He was born in Philadelphia. He is survived by sons James and Michael; daughters Camilla Aluli, Patricia Wilson, Susan Whiteman and Reeny Seavey; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 3 p.m. Private graveside services. Casual attire.
Rosemarie June Faustin
July 9, 2007
Rosemarie June Faustin, 78, of Kapolei, a homemaker, died in Kapolei. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Richard W. Sr.; son Richard W. Jr.; daughters Sandra L. Nii and Diana M. Faustin; brothers Joseph, Robert, James and Elroy Rawlins; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Services and celebration of life: 6 p.m. next Saturday at Oahu Cemetery, 2162 Nuuanu Ave. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Ronald Gray
July 14, 2007
Ronald "Lucky" Gray, 70, of Waianae, a retired merchant mariner and Ko Olina security guard, died in Waianae. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by wife Yvonne; sons Sayca, Lucky and Tal; daughter Yvette Miura; brother Pi'ilani; sister Evelyn Crabbe; 13 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Tuesday at United Gospel Fellowship, 95-061 Waimaku Drive, Mililani. Call after 6 p.m.
Nobue Hanada
July 18, 2007
Nobue Hanada, 94, of Wailuku, a Hanada Service Station bookkeeper, died. She was born in Puunene, Maui. She is survived by daughters Audrey Endo, Lena Kaneyama and Mona Morinaga; sister Miriam H. Higashi; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Private services.
Amei Hashitate
July 19, 2007
Amei Hashitate, 74, of Honolulu died in Tripler Army Medical Center. She was born in Pun, China. She is survived by son Alan, daughter Ann Au, brother Aka Taki and two grandchildren. Private services.
Henry Hisashi Hieda
May 24, 2007
Henry Hisashi Hieda, 80, of Honolulu, a retired self-employed general contractor, died in Dallas. He was born in Pahala, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Carole; daughter Lynette Payne; sisters Dorothy Hayashi, Hazel Kaya, Alice Yee, Lillian Oshiro and Daisy Suijimura; and a grandchild. Private services.
Violet Matsue Hirano
June 13, 2007
Violet Matsue Hirano, 90, of Waialua, a Malahini Sportswear seamstress, died in Crawford Convalescent Home. She was born in Waialua. She is survived by son Thomas Y., daughters Ann R. Sasaki and Sharon Kai, seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Private services.
Miles Masato Ifuku
July 23, 2007
Miles Masato Ifuku, 89, of Kaneohe, a retired federal and state auto mechanic, died in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Ruth T., sons Glenn M. and Jerry R., daughter Susan L. Young, brother Howard T., sister Elsie M. Aratani, 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Vaipou Letuli Jones
July 14, 2007
Vaipou Letuli "Uila" Jones, 55, of Waianae and Charlotte, N.C., a Waianae Pentecostal Born Again Trinity Church associate pastor, died in North Carolina. She was born in American Samoa. She is survived by husband Billie Joe; children Danny Letuli, Donna L. Thompson, and Sarah L., Billie Joe "BJ" Jr., Ruby N. and Curtis M.I. Jones; siblings Malae, Viliamu and Lemau "Maxine" Letuli, Sala Faamama, Christina Fualaau, and Pili Jr., Jeremiah, Edmund, Edward and Liuone Faagai; and five grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Setsuko A. Kita
July 21, 2007
Setsuko A. "Sets" Kita, 79, of Hilo, a retired state Department of Education second-grade teacher at Waiakeawaena Elementary School, died in Hale Anuenue Restorative Care Center. She was born in Honomu, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Bob; son Gerald; daughters Diane Nakashima and Adele Yagi; brothers Stanley, Wendell and Burton Akita; sister Helen Yugawa; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 5 p.m. Wednesday at Dodo Mortuary Chapel, Hilo. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Solomon Thomas Kaui Kupahu
July 11, 2007
Solomon Thomas Kaui Kupahu, 66, of Kalihi, a robotics head operator for a glass manufacturing and robotics company, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brother Samuel K., sisters Christine "Ho'ohila" Ching and Leina'ala "Betty" Kupahu, and hanai brother Rodney "Eh Haw'n" Hu. Services at a later date. Donations suggested to St. Francis Hospice.
Orland Scott Lefforge
July 4, 2007
Orland Scott Lefforge, 91, of Honolulu, a University of Hawaii professor, died in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Pettisville, Ohio. He is survived by companion Thelma Young, son Daniel, daughters Andrea Harper and Mia Blake, brother Marian, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. next Saturday at the courtyard of George Hall, University of Hawaii at Manoa. Casual attire.
Lucy Malapira
June 8, 2007
Lucy Malapira, 83, of Kahului died in Hale Makua. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by children Rosalinda Bulosan, Rosa Pacubas, Angelita Vasquez, Teresita Garcia, Marina Morales, and Roberto, Alfredo and Ramon Malapira; sisters Inocencia Miranda and Cecilia Castillo; 33 grandchildren; and 28 great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Monday at Borthwick Norman's Mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 10:30 a.m. at Maui Memorial Park.
Sukeo B. Miyashiro
July 17, 2007
Sukeo B. Miyashiro, 80, of Ewa Beach, a farmer, fisherman and Army mechanic, died in Ewa Beach. He was born in Wahiawa, Kauai. He is survived by sisters Myra S. Wakokawa, Margaret A. Chong and Amy E. Makishi. Services: 9:30 a.m. Friday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire.
Margaret N. Mizubayashi
July 15, 2007
Margaret N. Mizubayashi, 79, of Kahului, a Shirokiya China Department supervisor, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by son Glenn, daughter Lynette Horiuchi, brothers Kazuo and Richard Mukogawa, sister Alice Yoshimi and a grandchild. Private services.
Ernest M. Monroe Jr.
July 23, 2007
Ernest M. Monroe Jr., 85, of Honolulu, a retired Army colonel who served in World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars, died in Tripler Army Medical Center. He was born in Wakefield, Mass. He is survived by wife Edna M., sons Terrence L. and Trey, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Committal services: 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.
Shinahei Okayama
July 12, 2007
Shinahei Okayama, 98, of Honolulu, a retired construction carpenter, died in Honolulu. He was born in Japan. He is survived by daughters Amy Tamayo and June Youn, 14 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Private services.
Beatrice Sadako Omine
June 19, 2007
Beatrice Sadako Omine, 88, of Pearl City died in Pearl City Nursing Home. She was born in Ewa. She is survived by son Robert, sister Midori Sato, eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Private services.
Timothy Patrick Sweeney
July 9, 2007
Timothy Patrick Sweeney, 51, of Honolulu died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Indiana. He is survived by wife Arleen, daughter Joan Lauw, father Timothy and mother Philomena Cicero. Private services.
Helen Fusae Tajiri
July 20, 2007
Helen Fusae Tajiri, 94, of Pearl City, a homemaker, died at home. She was born in Kahuku. She is survived by sons Ronald, Norman and Glenn; daughter Barbara Leong; brother Richard Yanagida; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Private services.
Lawrence Haruyoshi Takemoto
July 15, 2007
Lawrence Haruyoshi Takemoto, 84, of Waialua, a retired Naval Air Station civil service employee at Barbers Point, died in Wahiawa General Hospital. He also was an Army veteran and member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, 2nd Battalion, Company G. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by wife Shirleyanne P.; son Gary; daughter Kathleen Price; hanai daughter Melina Perez; brothers Chester, Walter and Richard; sister Lillian Weinberg; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Schofield Post Cemetery. Casual attire.
Grace Yoshiko Tanaka
July 16, 2007
Grace Yoshiko Tanaka, 93, of Honolulu died in Hale Pulama Mau. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Raymond, Kenneth, Charles and David; daughters Leatrice Nagasawa, Bessie Infante and Shirley Sakaguchi; sisters Agnes Nakasu and Yoshimi Takahara; 17 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren. Private services.
See Yolk Tom
July 8, 2007
See Yolk Tom, 82, of Honolulu died in Oahu Care Facility. He was born in China. He is survived by wife Chong Mui, sons Johnston and Jack, daughters Angela Chun and Carol Young, and eight grandchildren. Private services.
Buenafe Barrientos Valmorida-Macomber
July 24, 2007
Buenafe Barrientos Valmorida-Macomber, 46, of Mililani died in Kapiolani Medical Center, Pali Momi. She was born in Cagayan, De Oro City, Philippines. She is survived by husband Edward R. Jr., sister Jacqueline Reyes and brothers Kennedy, Nilo, Rick, Frederick and Marlon. Services held.
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.