Eleanor Kaui Ah Quin
April 21, 2008
Eleanor Kaui "Bugsy" Ah Quin, 63, of Hauula, a Polynesian Cultural Center cook and security dispatcher, died. She was born in Hauula. She is survived by son Jonathan; brothers Clarence Jr., Samuel, Zachary and Gerald; and sisters Wilda Paalua, Venus Ah Quin and Helen Obina. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hauula Ward, mauka chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: noon at Hauula Cemetery. Casual attire.
Tsuruko Asato
April 16, 2008
Tsuruko Asato, 94, of Crestview, formerly of Pepeekeo, Hawaii, a retired Tripler Army Medical Center seamstress, died in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in Piihonua, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Thomas, Robert, John, George, Frank and Wallace; brother Yeitoku; sisters Shizue Higa and Nancy K. Higa; 11 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Private services.
Thomas A. Connelly III
April 7, 2008
Thomas A. Connelly III, 68, of Honolulu, a retired Young's Fish Market employee, died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. Services: 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Private inurnment to be held at a later date. Casual attire.
Dolores Clark Harris
April 25, 2008
Dolores Clark Harris, 70, of Mililani, a retired office manager, died at home. She was born in Edwight, W.Va. She is survived by husband Ronald M.; sons Wesley, Gerald, Steve, Adrien, Jeffry and Richard; daughter Julie; mother Willie Mae Clark; sister Barbara Finney; 24 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to St. Francis Hospice Honolulu or Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
Tito Michael Hyde
April 18, 2008
Tito Michael Hyde, 5, of Honolulu died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by father Michael, mother Tauaneai Savea, brothers Elijah and DeShawn Savea, sisters Latifah and Anastasia Savea, and grandparent Taili Savea. Services: 6:15 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m. Cremation to be held Monday. Scattering of ashes to be held in American Samoa at a later date.
Arthur F. Nugent Jr.
March 20, 2008
Arthur F. Nugent Jr., 85, of Honolulu, a retired U.S. Navy veteran who served in World War II and Hawaiian Airlines and Air America pilot, died in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Philadelphia. He is survived by sister Mary Louise. Inurnment: 11:30 a.m. Friday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.
George Eiichi Sato
April 12, 2008
George Eiichi Sato, 77, of Honolulu, a retired Hawaii Air Guard senior enlisted advisor air operations supervisor, died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Marion K., son Gary H., daughters Melanie M. Sato-Fukumae and Michelle K. Woo, and three grandchildren. Private services. No flowers. No monetary offerings.
Michie Sato
April 5, 2008
Michie Sato, 90, of Pearl City, a retired LaMode-California button assembly worker, died in Ann Pearl Care Home Inc. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Miles and Keith, daughter Gail Neflas, sisters Rose Higa and Lilly Murakami, and six grandchildren. Private services.
Nobukichi Shiroma
April 26, 2008
Nobukichi Shiroma, 83, of Mililani, a retired state Department of Accounting and General Services carpenter, died in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Ewa. He is survived by daughter Patricia L. Yago, caregiver Clifford Yago, brothers James and George, and sisters Masano Miyahira and Mary Hori. Services: 11 a.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Aloha attire.
Thomas R. Smith
Jan. 6, 2008
Thomas R. Smith, 85, of Madison, Wis., died in Madison. He was born in Benton, Wis. Services: noon May 25 at Mid-Pacific Country Club, 266 Kaelepulu Drive, Kailua.
Mana Taulanga
April 22, 2008
Mana Taulanga, 86, of Kapaa, Kauai, a homemaker, died at home. She was born in Tonga. She is survived by sons Paula H. Apiapi, Ofa Kupu and Mapa and Kulu V. Taulanga; daughters Manusiu Masi and Ana Saili; 39 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren. Visitation: 5-9 p.m. Friday and 8-8:45 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: 9:30 a.m. at Lihue Cemetery. Casual attire.
Harry Taketo Tsuchiya
April 15, 2008
Harry Taketo Tsuchiya, 89, of Honolulu, a retired First Hawaiian Bank employee and U.S. Army veteran, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Ian, daughter Denise, brother Robert and sisters Dorothy Furuya and Helen Tsuchiya. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire.
Martina Sabado Unciano
March 25, 2008
Martina Sabado Unciano, 87, of Los Angeles, formerly of Waipahu, a retired care home operator, died in Los Angeles. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by son Glenn, daughters Norma and Lillian, sister Fausta, eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Jude Church, 92-455 Makakilo Drive, Makakilo. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers 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.