Josephine Enid Bautista
Aug. 20, 2007
Josephine Enid Bautista, 59, of Waipahu died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by parents Benjamin and Assumpcion; sons Robbie and Rickmon Bautista, and Kawika Souza; daughters Suezette Soriano and Jodine Bautista-Souza; brother Howard Estencion; sister Shirley Ann Propios; and seven grandchildren. Services: noon Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Anita Joseph DePonte
Aug. 23, 2007
Anita Joseph DePonte, 75, of Honolulu, a retired Hawaiian Electric Co. bookkeeper, died. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Frank; son Franklin; daughters Sandy Tobian, Kathy Bowlin and Iris DePonte; caregivers Debra, Matilla and Tonga; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Elks Club. Scattering of ashes: 11 a.m. Aloha attire. Leis welcome.
Eldon Glenn Elder Jr.
Aug. 31, 2007
Eldon Glenn Elder Jr., 57, of Pahoa, Hawaii, an Icicle Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning proprietor, died. He was born in Pennsylvania. He is survived by wife Kathleen; sons Dr. Marc D. Pellicciaro, Dr. T. Noah and Ethan Laufer; daughter Becky Garnett; parents Eldon and Yvonne Elder; brothers Robert G., James V., Scott W. and Sean T. Elder, and Dr. Kenneth S. Laufer; and four grandchildren. Services at a later date.
Pablo De La Cruz Estocondo
Aug. 26, 2007
Pablo De La Cruz Estocondo, 78, of Pearl City, a former heavy equipment operator, died at home. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Connie; sons Larry, Ronald, Jerry, Michael and Earl Sabate; daughters Cyndi Rogers and Priscilla Grace; sisters Maxine Correa, Frances Liborio and Rose Arruda; 40 grandchildren; 60 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire. Flowers welcome.
Herbert M. Heshiki
Aug. 24, 2007
Herbert M. Heshiki, 73, of Hilo, a retired firefighter, died in Hale Anuenue Restorative Care Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by caregiver Nadine Icari and sisters Alice Abalos and Helen Lee. Private services. Scattering of ashes to be held.
Clara Hoo Hong
Aug. 17, 2007
Clara Hoo Hong, 86, of Honolulu, a retired House of Hong Restaurant owner, died in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Leslie, Glenn, Wayne and Gerald; daughter Gayle; brothers Robert, Edmond and Timothy Hoo; sisters Alice Yuen and Edith Kruhner; 10 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Private services.
Agnes Hubbard
Sept. 5, 2007
Agnes Hubbard, 84, of Lihue, a retired legal secretary, died. She was born in Lorain, Ohio. She is survived by son Robert. Services to be held at a later date.
Shiunji Inouye
Aug. 31, 2007
Shiunji Inouye, 83, of Wahiawa, an Army veteran who served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, died at home. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by wife Chieko, sons Mark T. and Ross, sisters Dorothy Kohashi and Yaeko Inouye, and three grandchildren. Private services.
Antonina Lee
Sept. 5, 2007
Antonina Lee, 94, of Waimea, Kauai, a homemaker, died at home. She was born in Waimea. She is survived by children Richard, Gwendolyn, Vivian, Randy and Tomasine P. Lee, Eveline Malina, Dixie L. Ambrocio, Nancy Taniguchi, Paulette Tokuda, Mary Lee Inuma, Margaret Kahale and Theresa Silva; sisters Isabel Takekawa and Beatrice Calizo; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchild. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Hearts Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Kekaha Chinese Cemetery. Casual attire.
Osmund Hoy Kid Lee
Aug. 22, 2007
Osmund Hoy Kid Lee, 81, of Honolulu, a retired General Cable Corp. employee, died in Hawaii Medical Center East. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Julia, sons Osmund Y.H. and Owen, daughter Janel Pang, brother Edmund, sisters Violet Lee and Molly Leong, and two grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Pei Fan Lee
Sept. 6, 2007
Pei Fan Lee, 85, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died. She was born in Hunan, China. She is survived by sons George, Gerald and Raymond Fu; daughter Julia Chan; and five grandchildren. Private services.
Maria Ruiz Marin
Aug. 29, 2007
Maria Ruiz Marin, 91, of Kapaau, Hawaii, a homemaker, died in North Hawaii Community Hospital. She was born in Mexico City, Mexico. She is survived by son David, daughters Maria Riveira and Olga Fujii, 14 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Private services to be held at a later date in California.
Mary Rose Lokalia Mizukami
Sept. 7, 2007
Mary Rose Lokalia "Auntie Mary" Mizukami, 83, of Honolulu, a retired Central Intermediate School custodian, died in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Aggie Tamashiro, brother Edward "Larry" Akau, eight grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Oahu Cemetery chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Inurnment: 10 a.m. at Oahu Cemetery. Casual attire.
James M. Nunokawa
Sept. 5, 2007
James M. Nunokawa, 88, of Wichita, Kan., a retired city traffic division employee in Honolulu, died in Wichita. He is survived by daughter Janice Hahn, brothers Richard and Harold, sisters Peggy and Lois Lincoln, and two grandchildren. Private services. Donations suggested to American Cancer Society, 2370 Nuuanu Ave., Honolulu, HI 96817.
Ellen Chiyo Orikasa
Aug. 28, 2007
Ellen Chiyo Orikasa, 71, of Honolulu, a former Pan American World Airways employee and retired 1st Circuit Court judicial clerk, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Deana, brothers Kenneth and Roy Kawamura, and caregiver Gertrude Izuka. Services: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire.
Steven Wendell Sasaki
Sept. 1, 2007
Steven Wendell Sasaki, 54, of Kalaheo, Kauai, a Kauai County traffic marker, died at home. He was born in Lihue. He is survived by wife Brenda, son Kevin, daughters ShyAnn Shinn and Storm Sasaki, father William, sisters Lori Valoroso and Robbin Matsuyama, and three grandchildren. Private services.
Anthony Y.S. Shim
Sept. 7, 2007
Anthony Y.S. "Buster" Shim, 83, of Honolulu, retired Anthony Shim Mortgage banker and owner, died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Iris M., sons Michael and Loren, daughter Susie and five grandchildren. Celebration of life: 5 p.m. Friday at Waialae Country Club. Casual attire.
Patsy Kiyoko Tagomori
Aug. 30, 2007
Patsy Kiyoko Tagomori, 83, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Yutaka, daughters Janice Konishi and Janet China, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Private services.
Larry Shigeru Tamanaha
Sept. 6, 2007
Larry Shigeru Tamanaha, 85, of Honolulu, a retired Army colonel and Grand Pacific Life marketing and training director, died in Center for Aging. He was born in Wahiawa. He is survived by son Lance, daughters Debra Haraguchi and Meredith Don, brother Shigemasa, sister Yoshiko Wardlow and a grandchild. Services: 3:30 p.m. tomorrow at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 2 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Everett Yukio Umeda Jr.
Aug. 31, 2007
Everett Yukio Umeda Jr., 55, of Wahiawa, formerly of Haleiwa, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. Private services.
Leroy Norwood Vestal
Sept. 3, 2007
Leroy Norwood Vestal, 76, of Kailua, a retired Navy commander, died in Kailua. He was born in Montgomery County, Iowa. He is survived by wife Erla M. Vestal, sons Michael and Geoffrey, daughter Julie Momohara, sisters Nancy VanderBoom and Margaret Buell, and eight grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday at Kailua United Methodist Church. Call after 1 p.m. Aloha attire. In lieu of flowers, donations suggested to American Cancer Society-Windward Unit or Kailua United Methodist Church.
George Suk Eun Woo
Sept. 5, 2007
George Suk Eun Woo, 72, of Honolulu died in Ann Pearl Nursing Home. He was born on Lanai. He is survived by wife Nancy; sons Calvin, Mike and Glenn; daughters Joanne Woo and Diane Woo-Hackbarth; brothers Raymond, Richard and Robert; sisters Alice Fitzsimmons and Mabel Chang; and eight grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary, 20 S. Kukui St. Call after 5:30 p.m. Committal services: 9:30 a.m. Friday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.
Man Fai Young
Sept. 5, 2007
Man Fai Young, 96, of Honolulu, a retired Federal Aviation Administration electrical engineer, died. He was born in Canton, China. He is survived by wife Beatrice and hanai son Douglas K.T. Ho. 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.