Eduardo Enabore Malapit / 1933-2007
Claesen Apo
Aug. 14, 2007
Claesen Apo, also known as "Clay" and "Thad," 63, of Pearl City, a retired city building inspector and retired Hawaii Air National Guard command chief, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Loraine; daughter Kimberly Martin; mother Anne Chow; brothers Thomas K., Gerard K., Ralph E., Bertram, Leonard, Lyle, Blaine and Michael; and sister Anne K. "Critcher"; and three grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Aloha attire. Flowers welcome.
Robert Henry Callahan Jr.
Aug. 23, 2007
Robert Henry Callahan Jr., 67, of Honolulu, a retired household mover, died in Honolulu. He was born in Hawaii. He is survived by wife Mary; sons Brian, Hana and Nainoa; daughters Cheryl and Corinna; brother Rick Abille; sister Robertina Kimhan and Eloise McKeague; and 17 grandchildren. Services: noon Saturday at Oahu Cemetery. Call after 11 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Dorothy Darrow
Aug. 26, 2007
Dorothy Darrow, 80, of Hono- lulu, a homemaker, died in Hono- lulu. She was born in Syracuse, N.Y. She is survived by son David; hanai son Gideon Breithaupt; daughters Deborah Lease, Danni Komatsu and Dayna Darrow; sisters Doris Sielski, Marjorie Dwyer and Janet Frazer; 13 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Kawaiahao Church. Call after 1 p.m. Private scattering. Donations suggested to Iolani School, 563 Kamoku St., Honolulu, HI 96826, Van Darrow Scholarship Fund; or Kawaiahao Church.
Sandra Lin Kiu Fong
Aug. 11, 2007
Sandra Lin Kiu Fong, 60, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Roy, sons Roger and Aaron, daughter Laura-Lynn, mother Patsy Chun, brothers Roderic and Donald Chun, and sister Barbara Chong. Services: 12:15 p.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at the cemetery.
Harue T. Harada
Aug. 23, 2007
Harue T. Harada, 75, of Waipahu, a retired Waipahu Elementary School teacher, died in St. Francis Hospice-West. She was born in Ewa. She is survived by husband Takeshi; son Bradley; daughter Donna Nakamura; brothers Tsutomu and Isamu Tarasawa; sisters Hiro, Kimie and Jane Tarasawa; and a grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 9:30 a.m. Casual attire.
Vernon J.C. Hoo
Aug. 22, 2007
Vernon J.C. Hoo, 57, of Kaneohe, died in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Unha Doernte, son Keli, daughter Makena Robinson, brothers Sidney Hung and Eric and Randall Hoo, and sisters Geri DeWelles and Sharon Tom. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m.
Liufau Foueti Manu
Aug. 20, 2007
Liufau Foueti Manu, 47, of Waipahu, an Ewa Golf Course employee, died in Hawaii Medical Center West. He was born in Tonga. He is survived by wife Poteau S.; sons Sionengatuvao, Sionefoueti, Steven and Liufau Jr.; daughter Akanesi; mother Tuituifoueti; and sisters Lupe Fatongiatau, Sisifale Ha'ungs, Fololiena Maka, Feofa'aki Finau and Siniva Price. Services: 7 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Methodist Church. Call after 6 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Saturday. Burial: 11 a.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Tsugito Nishimura
Aug. 17, 2007
Tsugito "Uncle Ben" Nishimura, 87, of Honolulu, a retired Japanese Chamber of Commerce maintenance employee, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Kimie and sister Emiko Yamashita. Private services.
Ernest F. Nobriga Jr.
Aug. 21, 2007
Ernest F. Nobriga Jr., 60, of Honolulu, an Ernie's Metal Works owner, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by mother Mildred. Services: 11:45 a.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Koichi Okouchi
Aug. 14, 2007
Koichi Okouchi, 90, of Waialua, a retired Waialua Sugar Plantation heavy equipment mechanic and Ryunsenji Soto Mission president, died in Wahiawa General Long Term Facility. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by wife Shizue; sons Herbert, David and James; daughter Iris Okouchi-Halpin; brothers Masao, Harry, Richard and Harold; sister Jean Murakami; and five grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Susanna E. Oroyan
Aug. 22, 2007
Susanna E. Oroyan, 65, of Eugene, Ore., an author, figurative art artist and teacher, died. She was born in Portland, Ore. She is survived by husband Thomas, son Martin, mother Eunice Scruggs, brother David Scruggs and two grandchildren. Services: noon Sept. 14 at Hawaiian Memorial Park, Kaneohe. Inurnment: 1 p.m. at cemetery.
Trinidad Lapeseren Presiados
Aug. 25, 2007
Trinidad Lapeseren Presiados, 82, of Kailua-Kona, a self-employed store owner, died in Kona Community Hospital. She was born in Wahiawa. She is survived by sons Rudolfo, Cosme, Edilberto, Regino, Inocencio, Reynaldo and Nelson; daughters Visitacion Estorpe, Anita Arboleda, Servanda Cortes, Marianila Mollemans, Trinidad Celis and Angelita Ayos; sister Bacetasion Balo; 38 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Kona Outdoor Circle, Kailua-Kona. Call after 8 a.m. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Roselani Theresa Smith
Aug. 24, 2007
Roselani Theresa "Rosie" Smith, 56, of Haleiwa, died in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Randolph Jr.; son Damien E.; daughters Randi K. Freitas and Kimberly K. Smith; brothers Albert Malandish, Randy, Michael and Louis Billaber; sister Marie Malandish; seven grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Lawrence Lani Tamotsu Suganuma Sr.
Aug. 23, 2007
Lawrence Lani Tamotsu "Larry" Suganuma Sr., 79, of Pearl City, a retired Honolulu Fire Department assistant fire chief, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Bernadette; sons Lawrence Jr. and Michael S.; daughter Stephanie M.C.; brothers Herbert, Melvin and Brickwood; sister Doreen; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of Good Counsel in Pearl City. Call after 8 a.m. Aloha attire. No flowers. Leis welcome.
Ted K. Tamashiro
Aug. 9, 2007
Ted K. Tamashiro, 88, of Mililani, died in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Ulumalu, Maui. He is survived by wife Shizue; sons Stephen and Alton; daughters Beatrice Sakuma, Bernice Tamashiro, Sandra Yuu and Elaine Garo; brothers Leroy and Leslie; sisters Tamako Gushi, Agnes Tonouchi, Gladys Tengan and Lillian Oshiro; 13 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Private services. Incorrect information was given in an obituary.
March Ellsworth Taylor
Aug. 26, 2007
March Ellsworth Taylor, 59, of Kailua-Kona, an Auto Body Hawaii owner, died in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Honokaa, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Patricia, son March, daughters Tiffiny Taylor and TraceyJo Peralta, brother Drew, sister Vera Crawford and six grandchildren. Private services.
Gail Troester
Aug. 25, 2007
Gail Troester, 64, of Lihue, a retired Young Women's Christian Association employee, died in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born in New York. She is survived by husband Phil; daughters Cathy Seidenberg, Dianne Lisboa and Karen Saronitman; and seven grandchildren. Celebration of life: 6 p.m. tomorrow at Lydgate Park in Wailua. Call after 5:30 p.m. Scattering of ashes and potluck to follow. Casual and 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.