Loretta Maria Lordes Martinez Apilado
Dec. 21, 2007
Loretta Maria Lordes Martinez Apilado, 78, of Kilauea, Kauai, a Kauai Resort Hotel pantry prep cook, died. She was born in Kilauea. She is survived by daughter Donna Apilado-Schumacher; stepsons Herminio and Justin Apilado; sisters Maria Miranda, Trinidad Barbusa and Precides Busto; brothers Elpidio, Feliciano and John Martinez; and a grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Calvary Chapel North Shore, Kilauea. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Kauai Memorial Gardens, along with a gathering at the family residence.
Hop Cheong Cheung
Dec. 22, 2007
Hop Cheong Cheung, 67, of Honolulu, retired store owner of Cheung Chau Trading, died at home. He was born in Hong Kong. He is survived by wife Janie Lo; son Timothy Lo; daughters Mona Sheung, Louise Cheung and Bonnie Lo; brother William; sisters Rowena, Rebecca and Cecelia Cheung, and Christine Ting; and two grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire.
Manuel Calamaan Coloma
Nov. 28, 2007
Manuel Calamaan "Manning" Coloma, 79, of Waipahu, a retired Ewa Sugar Plantation planter, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Ewa. He is survived by wife Valeriana B.; son Maynard; brother Pacifico; and sisters Christeta Coloma, Francesca Deuz, Aniceta Bumanglag, Deogracia Perez and Regina Baldugo. Services: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul's Church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Lita Agliam Duldulao
Dec. 22, 2007
Lita Agliam Duldulao, 62, of Kailua, a retired Hyatt Regency Hotel linen attendant, died in Castle Medical Center. She was born in Barrio Arani, Laoag City, Philippines. She is survived by husband Eddie, son Wilfred, daughters Editha Duldulao and Doris Tom, mother Apolonia Agliam, sisters Lodivina Flores and Adela Agliam, and a grandchild. Mass: 10:15 a.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Memorial Park & Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples.
Talite Fusitua
Dec. 16, 2007
Talite Fusitua, 51, of Honolulu died at home. He was born in Tonga. He is survived by wife Ofakipouona "Ofa"; sons Pita, Kuita and Daniel J.M.; daughters Elenoa M.M. and Topou M.P.C.; hanai daughter Valenitaine Ataata; brothers Sione, Keni and Pita Fusitua, and Lopeti Kuita; sisters Atelaite Pango, Mesi Niu and Salote Finau; and four grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kahala Stake. Call after 5:30 p.m. Additional services: 9 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Makiki Stake. Burial: 1 p.m. at Greenhaven Cemetery.
Frances Irie
Dec. 10, 2007
Frances Irie, 87, of Westbury, N.Y., a retired Felicity Pattern Co. illustrator, died in New York. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Hisae H. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment to follow at Moiliili Cemetery. Casual attire.
Clinton Francis Kaeliiokeau Kala
Dec. 12, 2007
Clinton Francis Kaeliiokeau "Sonny" Kala, 62, of Waianae died in Hawaii Medical Center West. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Ivan, Clinton and Dennis; daughter Katherine Cadirao; mother Baylin; sisters Baylin and Sharon Kala, Mary Wilcox, and Ruby and Rechanda Kahananui; brothers Arnold, Steven and Colbert; 19 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Private services.
Richard Yoshito Miyashiro
Dec. 7, 2007
Richard Yoshito Miyashiro, 74, of Garden Grove, Calif., formerly of Kailua, an Army veteran and retired U.S. Postal Service clerk, died in Fountain Valley, Calif. He was born in Kailua. He is survived by wife Masako, children Robert and Lisa, and brothers Yoshio, Tadashi and Hide. Services: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Committal services: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Aloha attire. Additional information for an obituary published Friday.
Tamiyo Nagahama
Nov. 23, 2007
Tamiyo Nagahama, 90, of Waipahu died in Honolulu. She was born in Kawailoa. She is survived by sons Wayne and Ronald; daughter Sally Ito; sisters Edna Kondo, Mildred Ibara, Alice Miyata and June Arakaki; eight grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. Private services.
Joyce Keiko Okayama
Nov. 25, 2007
Joyce Keiko Okayama, 67, of Honolulu, an Oishi's Property Management Co. receptionist, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughters Donna Rae Gouveia, Noreen M. Moriwake and Denise E. Okayama; mother Lorraine M. Ohta; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Burial: 11 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Gary Yoshida
Dec. 20, 2007
Gary Yoshida, 65, of Hanamaulu, Kauai, an Aloha Airlines service agent, died in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Hawaii. He is survived by wife Faye, sons Vernon and Gareth, hanai children Jamie and Andrew Sarita, brother Myles, sisters Gail Asuncion and Jocelyn Vallejo, and two grandchildren. Mass: 1 p.m. Thursday at St. Catherine's Church, Kapaa. Call after 11 a.m. Aloha 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.