Jerry Vicente Cabalis
Nov. 15, 2007
Jerry Vicente Cabalis, 85, of Keaau, Hawaii, a security guard, died in Life Care Center of Hilo. He was born in Kukuihaele, Hawaii. He is survived by daughter Crystal; brothers Sisoy Cabalis and Moses Caballero; sisters Elsie Ramos, Trinidad Enriquez and Lorna Ferreira; and three grandchildren. No services.
Ernesto A. Camero
Nov. 12, 2007
Ernesto A. "Erning" Camero, 66, of Pepeekeo, Hawaii, a retired Hilo Coast Processing Co. mechanic supervisor and former International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union treasurer, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. He is survived by wife Rose; sons Ernie and Ryan; daughter Francine; parents Frank and Margarita; brothers Jamie, Rudy, Franklin and John; sisters Betty Antida and Judy Shimabukuro; and two grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Wednesday at Dodo Mortuary, Hilo. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers. Additional information for an obituary printed yesterday.
Nancy Tokuyo Fuse
Nov. 5, 2007
Nancy Tokuyo Fuse, 86, of Honolulu, a retired stenographer, died in Hale Nani Rehabilitation and Nursing Facility. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughters Beverly E. Sogi and Jan S. Fuse, brother Harold J. Watase and two grandchildren. Private services.
Dale Sachiko Gomes
Nov. 16, 2007
Dale Sachiko Gomes, 45, of Holualoa, Hawaii, a self-employed house cleaner, died in Kona Community Hospital. She was born in Kealakekua, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Steven, son Tyson, parents Kiyoshi and Sally Deguchi, and sister Karen Perreira. Services: 3 p.m. Saturday at Daifukuji Soto Mission in Honalo, Hawaii. Call after 2 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Tsutomu Higuchi
Nov. 8, 2007
Tsutomu Higuchi, also known as Gus Higuchi, 76, of Honolulu, a retired Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii personnel officer, died in Honolulu. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Katherine N., daughters Charlene R. Higuchi and Jeanne Taketa, brother Tadashi, sister Edith Yamashita and five grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Donald Newhall Holmes
Nov. 9, 2007
Donald Newhall "Don" Holmes, 82, of Pahoa, Hawaii, a mason and retired Navy chief petty officer, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Malden, Mass. He is survived by companion Dolores Marvin, sons John "Rick" Lay and Oscar Godley, daughters Essie Gray and Judith Villarreal, numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Private services. In lieu of flowers, donations suggested to the Peleiholani VFW Post 3830 for the homeless project, in memory of Don Holmes, P.O. Box 13, Pahoa, HI 96778.
Delphine Hookano
Nov. 13, 2007
Delphine "Darling" Hookano, 71, of Waimanalo, a homemaker, died in Kailua. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Edgar K., son Ross. K., daughter Joan P., brother Lawrence Tom and sisters Dorothy Wun, Betty Hu and Amy Ching. Private services.
Charles Masaichi Koyanagi
Nov. 5, 2007
Charles Masaichi Koyanagi, 89, of Honolulu, a retired carpenter, died in Hale Nani Rehabilitation and Nursing Facility. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Suyeko; sons Clifford and Steven Koyanagi, and Dennis Kadokawa; daughters Leatrice Nozaki and Janet Nakashima; sisters Gladys Saiki and Ann Morinoue; 12 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren. Private services.
Alfred Sotoku Nakaima
Nov. 14, 2007
Alfred Sotoku Nakaima, 91, of Lahaina, a retired firefighter, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Dorothy "Dodie"; brothers Charlie and Robert "Mune"; sisters Hilda Kanashiro, Frances Kellett, Nancy Takeyesu and Judy Rigolatta; caregivers Keoki and Monica Lindsey; and a grandchild. Private services. Scattering of ashes at a later date.
Walter Ryojin Nakama
Nov. 12, 2007
Walter Ryojin Nakama, 73, of Honolulu, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Motoko, daughters Elise H. Santucci and Becky A. Nakama, sisters Norma S. Amamoto and Barbara A. Nakama, and three grandchildren. Private services.
Kay Nichols
Nov. 2, 2007
Kay Nichols, 88, of Ewa Beach, an Air Force registered nurse, died at home. She was born in Captain Cook, Kona, Hawaii. She is survived by brother Mike Minamoto. Private services.
Grace Hatsumi Nishida
Nov. 8, 2007
Grace Hatsumi Nishida, 89, of Honolulu, a retired U.S. government licensed practical nurse at Tripler Army Medical Center, died in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in Ewa. She is survived by husband Toshiaki, half brother Ralph Kono and half sister Evelyn Kosaka. Private services.
William Leonard Nylen Jr.
Nov. 15, 2007
William Leonard Nylen Jr., 89, of Honolulu, a Nylen Brothers owner and Army veteran, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Elizabeth, son William III, daughter Lorraine E. Kingery and a grandchild. Private services.
Grace Estrella Ono
Nov. 13, 2007
Grace Estrella Ono, 61, of Kahului, a Gate Twenty-One dishwasher, died in Hale Makua, Wailuku. She was born in Puunene, Maui. She is survived by mother Flora Melendez, brothers Joseph and Frank Estrella III, and sisters Theresa Plunkett and Mary A. Mora-Luera. Private services.
Charles P. Rossi
Nov. 6, 2007
Charles P. Rossi, 87, of Honolulu, a retired steel executive, died in Honolulu. He was born in Chicago. He is survived by daughter Carole Lilleberg, hanai son John Lilleberg and two grandchildren. Services to be held in Chicago.
Zachary Steve Kahili Ryan
Nov. 8, 2007
Zachary Steve Kahili "Ziggy" Ryan, 22, of Waianae, a city park keeper for Kaneohe District Park, died in Waianae. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughter Dymin Flores, fiancee Janelle Flores, parents Lawrence and Belle, brother Dustin, sister Krystal and grandparents Frank and Carmen Troy, and Peter Kealohi. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Julia Yasuko Shiroma
Nov. 8, 2007
Julia Yasuko Shiroma, 74, of Kaneohe died in Castle Medical Center. She was born in Kualapuu, Molokai. She is survived by husband Alan "Mits," son Daniel, brothers Seiki and Seishiro Shimabukuro, sisters Sally Gushi and Grace Teruya, and three grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Harry Yoshito Tachibana
Nov. 5, 2007
Harry Yoshito Tachibana, 91, of Kaneohe, a retired World Book Encyclopedia district manager and Army veteran who served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Company E, during World War II, died. He was born in Honuapo, Kau, Hawaii. He is survived by son Craig N., daughter Karen Y. Sakata, sister Elaine Larkins and a grandchild. Private services.
Beatrice Setsuko Takahashi
Oct. 26, 2007
Beatrice Setsuko Takahashi, 86, of Honolulu, a retired Kress Store cashier, died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Mitchell, daughter Jocelyn Lau, brothers Raymond H. and Herbert T. Sueoka, sisters Amy Y. Sniffen and Dorothy C. Cas- terline, and three grandchildren. Private services.
Helen Kam Sim Takeshita
Nov. 3, 2007
Helen Kam Sim Takeshita, 75, of Pearl City, a retired state Department of Taxation clerk, died in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Esmond, brothers Herbert and Alfred, and sisters Evelyn, Emma and Betty. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Committal services and burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.
Fusae Tanaka
Oct. 31, 2007
Fusae "Edith" Tanaka, 93, of Honolulu, a retired self-employed seamstress, died in Honolulu. She was born in Eleele, Kauai. She is survived by daughters Maureen and Jean Tanaka, and Carolee Aoki; sister Kikue "Kay" Napoleon; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Private services.
Seto Yonashiro
Nov. 9, 2007
Seto Yonashiro, 107, of Honolulu died in Leeward Integrated Health Services. She was born in Kin-Cho, Okinawa, Japan. She is survived by son Flint M., daughter Shizuye Ikehara, seven grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Private services. No monetary offerings.
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.