Marcia Ridley Carman
Sept. 20, 2007
Marcia Ridley Carman, 66, of Kailua-Kona, a Big Island Yoga Center director, West Hawaii Mediation Services mediator and real estate employee, died at home. She was born in Santa Monica, Calif. She is survived by husband Hugh and sisters Mollie Raskind and Nita Shyer. Gathering to be held at a later date.
Jane Haunani Waahila Carter
Sept. 26, 2007
Jane Haunani Waahila Carter, 54, of Kihei, Maui, a homemaker, died at home. She was born in Kona, Hawaii. She is survived by son Lloyd; daughters Yolanda Davis, Melissa Waahila and Laura and Carla Carter; sister Barbara Battle; and five grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m. Cremation to follow.
Robert E. Davis
Sept. 26, 2007
Robert E. Davis, 56, of Lihue, a chef, died at home. He was born in Detroit. He is survived by sister Janet Webb and partner Don Gatlin. Services: 5 p.m. today at Poipu Beach. Casual attire.
Janet Mitsue Denis
Sept. 25, 2007
Janet Mitsue Denis, 71, of Honaunau, Hawaii, died in Kona Community Hospital in Kealakekua, Hawaii. She was born in Keauhou, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Walter; daughters Daryl J. Whittington, Ethel Koga and Jennifer Denis; sister Sally Oyama; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Kona Seventh day Adventist Church in Captain Cook, Hawaii. Call after 9:30 a.m. Luncheon to follow services.
Barbara Perry Fisher
Sept. 22, 2007
Barbara Perry Fisher, 69, of Kula, Maui, a Maui Community College associate professor, died at home. She was born in Colorado Springs, Colo. She is survived by sons Michael, Patrick and Scott; sister Jeanette E. Kerns; and eight grandchildren. Celebration of life: 2 p.m. Saturday at Hope Chapel, 300 E. Welakahao Road, Kihei. Additional services to be held Sunday on Kauai. No flowers. Donations suggested to Maui Coastal Land Trust, Mediation Services of Maui or Unity Church of Maui.
Gilbert Kaleilehua Gould
Sept. 18, 2007
Gilbert Kaleilehua "Bolo" Gould, 76, of Ewa died in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Blossom K.; sons Gilbert and Van; daughters Dale Cezar and Fawn and Kim Gould; brother Benjamin; sister Lei; 12 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire.
Takenobu Higa
Sept. 30, 2007
Takenobu Higa, Yago: Miya Sachijoogwa, 93, of Honolulu, a retired Nuuanu Young Men's Christian Association cafeteria owner and operator and former KZOO Radio commentator, died at home. He was born in Olaa, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Akiko, son William R., daughters Jean M. Higa and Rita Y. Chu, brothers Joshun and Takenori, a sister, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: noon Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Peter Kalehua Kalima
Sept. 11, 2007
Peter Kalehua Kalima, 83, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard welding department supervisor at Shop No. 11, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Ira Kepalino and Elaine Talli and Roselani La Rue. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 11:30 a.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Fellowship: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Downtown Hall. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Jean Kiyoko Kawafuchi
Sept. 27, 2007
Jean Kiyoko Kawafuchi, 80, of Kaneohe, a Dr. Fred Lam Jr. licensed practical nurse, died in Hawaii Medical Center East. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughters Amy Smith and Diane Lum; mother Hatsuko Uchino; brothers Richard, Francis and Ronald Uchino; and four grandchildren. Services: 1 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after noon. Casual attire. Additional information for an obituary printed Monday.
Helen Torres Pacheco
Sept. 25, 2007
Helen Torres Pacheco, 95, of Honolulu died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Don; daughter Mercy Grindle; brother Larry Ayala; sisters Matilda Woodson, Josephine Wong and Adeline Gouveia; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Sharon Denise Penaluna
Oct. 2, 2007
Sharon Denise Penaluna, 58, of Honolulu, a Honolulu police dispatcher, died in St. Francis Hospice West. She was born in Goshen, New York. She is survived by son John Michael Heffer; daughter Kelly Ann Hynes; sisters Melody Lee Lawnicki, Christine Norman, Cheryl Arlene Wettlin and Susan Leona Penaluna; four grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Memorial services: 11 a.m. tomorrow at Nuuanu Memorial Park & Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire.
Seriadine Maning Perez-Parra
Sept. 25, 2007
Seriadine Maning Perez-Parra, 47, of Honolulu, a Johnson Island hazardous material disposal employee, died in Hawaii Medical Center West. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by mother Hilidina L.S. Maning; brothers Teodorico P., Sergio O. Jr. and Robert Maning; and sisters Cathleen York and Valerie and Cynthia Maning. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Memorial Park. Call after 4 p.m. Reception: 7 p.m. Private burial services. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Mary Anne Souza
Sept. 26, 2007
Mary Anne Souza, 101, of Kihei, Maui, formerly of Hamakua Poko, Maui, a schoolteacher, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Paia, Maui. She is survived by sons Clarence and Steven, daughter Patricia, sister Irene Fevella, seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Monday at St. Anthony Church. Call after 10:30 a.m. Inurnment: 12:30 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park.
Fu'a Taamai
Sept. 24, 2007
Fu'a Taamai, 65, of Waianae died in Hawaii Medical Center West. He was born in Masefau, American Samoa. He is survived by sons Zachary Kapihe and Fu'a Fu'a Taamai Jr.; daughters Gloria Stevens, Victoria Brown and Christle Fononga; brothers Julius and Moeolo; sisters Tatagi Sago and Leai Suna; and 20 grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hawaii First Samoan Assembly of God Church. Call after 9 a.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.
Nobuko Tsuruda
Sept. 18, 2007
Nobuko "Winnie" Tsuruda, 77, of Aiea, a homemaker, died. She was born in Ookala, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Tsuruo "Ted"; sons Barney, Calvin, Harlan and Alan; sister Michiko Frieszell and Elaine Shinozaki; and nine grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
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.