Bertha M. Awaya
Oct. 19, 2007
Bertha M. Awaya, 93, of Hilo, a retired National Mortgage and Finance Co. head cashier, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Cheryl Reis; brothers Edward and Thomas Murakami; sisters Leatrice Nagani, Nellie Tokumori and Amy Au; and two grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Papaikou. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Rosemary Bukoski
Oct. 22, 2007
Rosemary "Rosie" Bukoski, 60, of Koloa, Kauai, Rosie's Lunch Wagon owner, died in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born on Kauai. She is survived by mother Elizabeth; brothers Frank and Sam; sisters Elaine Panui, Peggy McCalleun and Taddy Penzetta; and hanai sister Charlene "Ulii" Castor. Services: 2:30 p.m. next Sunday at Borthwick Kauai Mortuary. Call after noon. Casual attire.
Rosaline Espino Caluya-Pennington
Oct. 21, 2007
Rosaline "Rose" Espino Caluya-Pennington, 82, of Pearl City died in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was born in Kapaa, Kauai. She is survived by sons Anthony, Timothy and Gregory Caluya; daughters Yvonne Caluya, Yolanda Domingo and Victoria Tecson; brothers Sonny, Raymond and Antony Espino; sisters Mercedes Gorospe, Alfonsa Maligro, Julia McCullen, Juana Domingo and Geraldine Dureg; 14 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church, 1525 Waimano Home Road, Pearl City. Call after 9 a.m. Scattering of ashes to follow. Aloha attire. Flowers welcome.
Elizabeth Peterson Kaaloa Christensen
July 26, 2006
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Peterson Kaaloa Christensen, 74, of Kurtistown, Hawaii, a retired Honolulu Police Department dispatcher and U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served during the Korean War, died. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Paul; hanai son Dominic; brothers Edward P., Lohekamakaula K. and John Kaaloa; sisters Mary Mendiola, Ramona Dela Cruz and Haaheo Gilman; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: noon Friday at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire.
George Paul Danley
Oct. 21, 2007
George Paul Danley, also known as George Paul Silva, 60, of Honolulu, a music and karaoke instructor, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by sons Shannon Silva and Paul A. Danley; daughter Christina; brothers Mark and John Rodrigues III, and Kenneth K. Silva; and sisters Penny Scanlan, Terry Riley, Gloria Guzman and Stacey Cole. Services: 3 p.m. Saturday at Kalihi Union Church. Casual attire. No flowers.
Nicholas Tukke Dawos
Oct. 19, 2007
Nicholas Tukke Dawos, infant son of Rick and Jenit N., of Kapolei died in Kapiolani Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is also survived by brother Neil; sisters Bira and Lynda; and grandparents Al and Almira Dawos, and Manny and Cindy Neram. Services: noon Tuesday at Nuuanu Memorial Park & Mortuary, west chapel. Call after 10 a.m.
Reyno Dumlao
Oct. 2, 2007
Reyno "Luis" Dumlao, 66, of Honolulu, a medical technologist, died in the Philippines. He was born in Baguio City, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Gloria, daughter Maria Lininger, brother Renato, sisters Emolyn Corpuz and Myrna Bascos and two grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. Call after 9:30 a.m. Graveside services: 12:30 p.m. at Valley of the Temples.
Robert Bruce Fowler
Oct. 19, 2007
Robert Bruce Fowler, 85, of Hawaii Kai, a Lockheed Aircraft Corp. administrator and retired U.S. Air Force major, died in Ewa Beach. He was born in Calif. He is survived by wife Teresa, son George A., daughters Cynthia L. and Karen E., brother Alan, sisters Barbara Stutz and Anne Larmer, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 9:30 a.m. Thursday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Reception to follow at Fort Shafter, Hale Ikena. Casual attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to the Alzheimer's Association.
Sueichi Hamakawa
Oct. 19, 2007
Sueichi Hamakawa, 99, of Hilo, a retired baker, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Kohala, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Hisako, son Roy H., daughter Carol S. Minami, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary, Hilo. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Albert Young Gun Ho
Oct. 21, 2007
Albert Young Gun Ho, 79, of Honolulu died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Alice, son Kevin, daughter Claudia Graham, brother Stanley, sister Annie Wong and four grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kahala ward. Call after 4 p.m. Private burial. No flowers. Donations suggested to your favorite charity.
Stephen Alan Husted
Oct. 23, 2007
Stephen Alan Husted, 62, of Honolulu, a retired Hawaii State Teachers Association handyman, died in St. Francis-West Hospice. He was born in Evanston, Ill. He is survived by brother Bob and sister Joan L. Services: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m. Scattering of ashes at a later date. Aloha attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to St. Francis-West Hospice or the Alzheimer's Association.
Donald Yutaka Kamemoto
Oct. 24, 2007
Donald Yutaka Kamemoto, 76, of Kailua, a retired Central Pacific Bank executive vice president and controller and U.S. Army veteran who served during the Korean War, died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Phylis; son Derek; brothers Kazuo, Haruyuki and Fred; sisters Yoshiye Oda and Violet Matsumura; and three grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Minoru Kawakami
Oct. 22, 2007
Minoru Kawakami, 80, of Captain Cook, Hawaii, a coffee farmer and retired U.S. Postal Service mail carrier, died. He was born in Captain Cook. He is survived by brothers Yasuo and Kenneth, and sister Shirley Uyemura. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Kona Hongwanji Mission. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire.
Jeanette Mew Ying Kawamura
Oct. 20, 2007
Jeanette Mew Ying Kawamura, 62, of Honolulu, a retired City and County of Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation fiscal office accountant, died in Straub Clinic and Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Frank M.; sons Bert and Jon; daughter Deanne Koshi; brothers Jackson, Daniel and Gilbert Lee; sisters Loretta Sawai and Vivian Okayama; and three grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Edith Ikuko Kimura
July 17, 2007
Edith Ikuko Kimura, 80, of Honolulu died at home. She is survived by daughter Stephine M. and sister Helen Matsuo. Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Unity Church of Hawaii.
Minoru Kimura
Oct. 7, 2007
Minoru Kimura, 90, of Honolulu, a retired City and County of Honolulu plumbing inspector, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Shirley, daughters Patricia Y. Lee and June H. Kawai, brother Stanley, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 6:15 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m.
George Shinji Nakagawa
Oct. 16, 2007
George Shinji Nakagawa, 71, of Honolulu, a retired Hickam Air Force Base boiler mechanic, died in Straub Clinic and Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Mei Yu; son Jon; brother Herbert; and sisters Florence Kuwada, Gertrude Kuromoto, Margaret Iwamoto. Ruth Teruya and Gladys Zukeran. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Nuuanu Memorial Park and Mortuary, east chapel.
Mildred Mew Young Nakoa
Oct. 23, 2007
Mildred Mew Young Nakoa, 83, of Pukalani, Maui, a federal government communication operator, died at home under hospice care. She was born on Oahu. She is survived by sons Reginald Yee and Clifford Nakoa; daughters Carolyn Lawver, Maryann Barros and Naomi Landgraf; stepsons Ned Jr., Francis and Michael; stepdaughters Paula Rabanes and Laverne Rivas; 23 grandchildren; and 26 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Pookela Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Hugh Bell Ogburn
Oct. 23, 2007
Hugh Bell Ogburn, 84, of Hono- lulu, a retired Pacific Resources chemical engineer and consultant, died at home. He was born in Virginia. He is survived by wife Nancy; son Scott; daughter Margaret Berenson; stepsons Alexander, Montague and Hugh Petersen III; stepdaughter Suzanne Anderson; sister Jean Miller; and five grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Mission Houses Museum. Inurnment to follow.
Adelheid Paik
Oct. 19, 2007
Adelheid Paik, 79, of Captain Cook, Hawaii, a preschool teacher, died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in Zoppot, Germany. She is survived by son William A.; daughters Heidi M. Paik-Takahata, Bernadette M. Paik-Apau and Linda K.; brother Werner Kreft; 10 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Central Kona Union Church. Call after 9 a.m. Aloha attire.
Donnie Winton Palik
Oct. 21, 2007
Donnie Winton Palik, 64, of Kailua-Kona, a self-employed seamstress, died in Kona Community Hospital. She was born in Kosrae, Micronesia. She is survived by sons Shiro, Carl, Rimson, Stromar and Asshu; daughters Ingiter, Susana and Donnie W. Palik, Sepe Isau, Rodinick Talley, Molina Alokoa, Freeda Tunufai and Roseanna Aliksa-Likiaksa; brothers Tobias, Tregar and Tarson Musrasrik; sisters Diana Aliksa and Donna Penrose; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday at the family residence, 68-3799 Manu Aihue Place, Waikoloa, Hawaii. Call after 4 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday. Burial to follow at Waimea County Cemetery. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Manuel S. Pereira
Oct. 24, 2007
Manuel S. Pereira, 91, of Kaneohe, a retired farm hand and University of Hawaii research fields assistant, died in Kaneohe. He was born in Kalaheo, Kauai. He is survived by son Clyde, daughters Pearl Pereira and Millicent Kridler, brother Alvin, sister Angie Muchette, five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Graveside services: 3 p.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Margaret Kahikilani Weeks Poole
Oct. 13, 2007
Margaret Kahikilani Weeks Poole, 80, of Waianae, a licensed practical nurse, died in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in Kainaliu, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Joseph; son Darrell; daughters Roberta "Bobbie" Kyle, Debra Sabin, Cheryl Torres, and Linda and Janice Poole; brother Kelmar Weeks; 25 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Committal services: 2 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Virginia Rasay Rivera
Oct. 15, 2007
Virgina Rasay Rivera, 86, of Waipahu died in Hawaii Medical Center West. She was born in San Antonio, Sarrat, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. She is survived by husband Alfredo B., son Wilson, daughters Fely Mariano and Lydia Rasquero, sister Cornelia R. Agmata, 12 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday and 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Memorial Park and Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Valley of the Temples.
Madeline Medeiros Rodrigues
Oct. 16, 2007
Madeline Medeiros Rodrigues, 78, of Honolulu, a retired nurse and City and County of Honolulu maintenance employee, died in Hawaii Medical Center West. She was born in Kapaa, Kauai. She is survived by sons Joseph Carveiro Jr. and Albert Rodrigues Jr.; daughters Betty "B.J." Louis, Rosemarie Texidor, Dorothy Torres and Paulette Kaiwi; brother Frank Medeiros; sister Bernice Nordmeier; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Raphael Church, Koloa. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at church cemetery. Casual attire.
Kunio Shimasaki
Oct. 19, 2007
Kunio "Bozo" Shimasaki, 76, of Hilo, a retired Hilo Coast Processing Co. employee, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Masako; daughters Lori Casorla and Ann Butterfield; brothers Hichiro, Hachiro, Suemori and Masahiro; sisters Toshiye Fukushima and Shizue Miura; and three grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary, Hilo. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Alae Cemetery. Casual attire.
Virginia Marie Theus
Oct. 14, 2007
Virginia Marie Theus, 90, of Waipahu, a retired Pearl Harbor Navy Public Works Center employee, died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by sons George and Gerald Futado, and Randal, Floyd and Nathan Theus; daughter Mildred Harris; caregiver Renee Theus; brother Jules Freitas; 29 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; and 18 great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 9:30 a.m. Nov. 5 at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. No flowers.
Richard Stanley Trojanowski
Oct. 13, 2007
Richard Stanley Trojanowski, 87, of Pahoa, Hawaii, a horticulturist and retired U.S. Marine Corps sergeant major who served during World War II, the Korean war and the Vietnam war, died at home. He was born in Detroit. He is survived by daughters Kathleen Bolton and Stephanie White; brothers Bill, Jerry and Mike; sister Wanda; and three grandchildren. Committal services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire.
Henry Yoshiichi Uyehara
Oct. 10, 2007
Henry Yoshiichi Uyehara, Yago: Agarikumishi, 89, of Honolulu, a retired Times Super Market supervisor, died in Leahi Hospital. He was born in Waiakea, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Doris, sons Roy and Roderick, daughters Jennice Chee and Sandra Sakamoto, sister Lillian Teruya, nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Richard Kazuma Watase
Oct. 18, 2007
Richard Kazuma Watase, 88, of Honolulu, a retired S. Miyoshi Co. carpenter, died in Straub Clinic and Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Dorothy, brother Harold, sister Nancy Fuse, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire.
David William Watson
Oct. 21, 2007
David William Watson, 59, of Honolulu, a retired American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organization regional director, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Patricia, son Craig, and brothers Roland and Isaac. Services: 11:15 a.m. Friday at St. Patrick Church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 12:45 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Yonehachi Kenneth Yonemura
Oct. 18, 2007
Yonehachi "Yone" Kenneth Yonemura, 76, of Kailua-Kona, a retired Kona Inn Hotel chef, retired Konawaena Elementary School custodian and U.S. Army veteran, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Keopu, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Julia H.; son Yonehachi K. Jr.; daughters Lorelei Jones, Cindy Thrasher and Emmalani Berdon; sister Linda Seo; 21 grandchildren; and 35 great-grandchildren. Services: noon Saturday at Honokohau Harbor. Call after 11 a.m. Scattering of ashes to follow. Casual attire. Loose flowers and lei welcome.
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.