Robert Makaole Aipoalani Sr.
April 23, 2008
Robert Makaole Aipoalani Sr., 76, of Oregon, formerly of Honolulu, a retired U.S. Army sergeant first class, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Beverly; sons Klyde and Robert Jr.; daughters Gardenia and Lynn Aipoalani, and Ginger Jamieson; brother Donald; sisters Julia "Tita" Wong and Ida "Sweetheart" Ching; and eight grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.
Pablo Tamayo Bumanglag
April 11, 2008
Pablo Tamayo Bumanglag, 82, of Sacramento, Calif., formerly of Oahu, a retired Philippine Constabulary master sergeant, died in Sacramento. He was born in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Mary; sons Frank and Algreg Sr.; daughters Aveline "Ave" Miguel and Resurreccion "Rexy" Buan; brothers Emidio, Martin, Emilio and Jaime; 12 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 5:30 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Waipahu. Call after 8:30 a.m. Graveside services: 11 a.m. at Valley of the Temples.
Fusae Saiki Castillo
May 7, 2008
Fusae "Kay" Saiki Castillo, 82, of Puhi, Kauai, a former Dairy Queen waitress in Lihue, died in Honolulu. She was born in Wailua, Kauai. She is survived by son Randy; daughters Larraine Woods, Carolyn Cummings, Christine Lovejoy and Candace Onishi; companion Edward Espinosa; 10 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Friday at Immaculate Conception Church, Lihue. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Kauai Memorial Gardens. Casual attire.
Edward Kaluna Clarke Sr.
May 3, 2008
Edward Kaluna Clarke Sr., 94, of Waialua, a retired civil service fields operations supervisor, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Edward Jr., Richard and Wayne; daughters Victoria Nacario, Irene Clark, Catherine Sosusco, Stephanie Clarke and Sonja Gilman; brother George; 23 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Dominador Garcia Dameg
May 5, 2008
Dominador "Ingo" Garcia Dameg, 87, of Pahala, Hawaii, a retired Kau Agribusiness factory worker, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Santa Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Paulina L. Mass: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Pahala Holy Rosary Catholic Church. Call after 8 a.m. Casual attire.
Maria Yanuaria Dela Cruz
April 22, 2008
Maria Yanuaria Dela Cruz, 99, of Waianae died at home. She was born in Bacarra, the Philippines. She is survived by sons Edward "Eddie" and George Robinol and Stanley Cuizon; daughters Roberta Cuizon-Gomez, Andrea Mirafuentes and Stannette Pahinui; brother Fely Yanuaria; 13 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; and 21 great-great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.
George Mar Delfin
April 9, 2008
George Mar Delfin, 58, of Ewa Beach, a Dobbs International operation manager, Security Armory Car Co. driver and U.S. Army veteran who served during the Vietnam War, died in Hawaii Medical Center West. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Mary C., sons Justin M. and Marcus K., daughters Jessica C.O. and Candy C., hanai brothers Carl Juban and Mike Shimono, and nine grandchildren. Services: 12:15 p.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire.
Filomena S. Gomez
April 23, 2008
Filomena S. Gomez, 79, of Lahaina, a retired Party Pantry sales clerk, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in San Mateo Rizal, the Philippines. She is survived by stepson Robert; stepdaughters Lorraine Gomez, Elizabeth Whitehead and Letitia Nahaku; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Services: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m. Aloha attire.
Stephen K. Hao Jr.
April 24, 2008
Stephen K. Hao Jr., 68, of Pukalani, Maui, a retired IBM technician, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center, he was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Flora Mae; sons Stephen K. III and Sheldon K. "Kalani;" daughters Flora L. Mora, Jodi A. Hao and Shelly L. Gines; brother John K. Sr.; sisters Nora "Sweetheart" Dumaran, Norma "Frances" Hale and Julia Neumann; and seven grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. Ann's in Kaneohe. Call after 5 p.m. Additional Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Church, Makawao. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Maui Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire.
Chester Kuuhome Heanu
April 24, 2008
Chester Kuuhome Heanu, 56, of Honolulu, a building maintenance district supervisor, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Abigail; sons Jerry Sentino Jr. and Nolan Heanu; daughter Celeste; brothers Arthur, Moses, Richard and Albert; sisters Eleanor and Elizabeth; and four grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire. No flowers. No pictures.
Gary Setsuo Higa
May 5, 2008
Gary Setsuo Higa, 67, of Hilo, a McKesson Wine and Spirits delivery truck driver and U.S. Army veteran, died in Hawaii Medical Center East. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Concepcion; sons Arcadio, Michael, Rocky, Douglas and Jesse Higa Jr., Herman and Rudy Sumera, and Jesse del Mar III; daughters Marcel Smith, Pearla Olaso and Jewel Moore; brothers Akio, Edwin and Glenn; 14 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Papaikou. Call after 9 a.m. Interment: 12:30 p.m. at East Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2.
Destiny Kealohalani Ulanday King
May 2, 2008
Destiny Kealohalani Ulanday King, 6, of Honolulu died in Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by parents Kaehukai N. King and Nancy A. Ulanday; brother Brandon; sister Chelsea Becera; grandparents Criseta Ajolo Ulanday, and Patrick and Stacy King; and great-grandparents Severa Hulog Ajolo, Fred King, Betty Lou Schauer and Rufus N. and Carol Horswill. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa Church, 712 North School St. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Aloha attire. No flowers. Pictures welcome.
Guy Bradley Komomua
April 25, 2008
Guy "Komos" Bradley Komomua, 49, of Laupahoehoe, Hawaii, a retired operating engineer with Operating Engineers Local 3, member of Keonimana Motorcycle Club and former Hawaii Army National Guard member, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Doris; son Nalu Branigan; daughter Harmonie Salud; brothers Joseph and Abraham Komomua, and Donald Kaleikini; sister Evalani Rosser; and three grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Memorial Park & Mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire.
Gertrudis Agregado Martinez
April 27, 2008
Gertrudis "Mama" Agregado Martinez, 94, of Pepeekeo, Hawaii, a homemaker, died at home. She was born in Vintar, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. She is survived by son Emiliano; daughters Herminia Maltezo, Presentacion Mina, Felicitas Caluya and Thelma Agbayani; 21 grandchildren; and 37 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary, Hilo. Call after 5 p.m. Mass: 9 a.m. Saturday at the Holy Apostles Episcopal Church, Hilo. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park, Ilima section. Casual attire.
William G. Medeiros
April 12, 2008
William G. "Bill" Medeiros, 93, of Kailua, a retired Pearl Harbor Public Works Center air conditioning and refrigeration foreman, and U.S. Army veteran, died in Kailua. He was born in Wailuku. He is survived by wife Bernice, daughters Francine Potter and Marie Jent, sister Vivian Bell, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Friday at St. John Vianney Catholic Church, Kailua. Call after 10 a.m. Committal services: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.
Victoria Mobley
May 1, 2008
Victoria "Vicky" Mobley, 90, of Ewa Beach, a retired Board of Water Supply senior clerk stenographer, died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by son Ross and sister Dorothy Thompson. Committal services: 11:30 a.m. Thursday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire. Flowers welcome. No pictures.
Jose Mabasa Mones
May 5, 2008
Jose Mabasa Mones, 62, of Kailua-Kona, a retired Kohala Hospital, UCLA Medical Center and Long Beach Veterans Hospital registered nurse, died in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Pangasinan, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Rachel; son Jason; daughter Katherine Montgomery; brothers Jacinto, Anastacio and Arcelino; sisters Solidad Bautista, Perpetua Merca and Cresita Inocencio; and three grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. tomorrow at Kona Church of the Nazarene, 74-5100 Palani Road, Kailua-Kona. Call after 10 a.m.
Georgia Emma Murakami
May 2, 2008
Georgia Emma Murakami, 87, of Kaneohe, a retired schoolteacher, died in Kailua. She was born in Kentucky. She is survived by husband Sadaichi; sons Gary and Kirk; daughters Sharen Serikaku, Gail Tsuhako, Sonya Sands and Patti Chung; brother Jim Pruden; sisters Ida Mae Pruden, Thelma Cornett and Mary Vetter; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Aloha attire.
Tomasi Moala Ngalo
May 6, 2008
Tomasi Moala Ngalo, 48, of Hawaii, a minister, died in Hawaii Medical Center East. He was born in Tuanuku, Vavau, Tonga. He is survived by wife Vaisioa; sons Paula K. and Onesi Jr.; brothers Rev. Ulkelotu, Tavake and Rev. Onesi Ngalo, and Latu A. Fakalata; sisters Nitatua Kaumatule and Manatu U. Nand; and three grandchildren. Call after 6 p.m. Tuesday and 7 a.m. Wednesday at Center of Light Church. Burial: 10 a.m. at Sunset Memorial Park.
Kirk Ilikea De Lara Padua
May 4, 2008
Kirk Ilikea De Lara Padua, 42, of Lahaina, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Wailuku. He is survived by parents Karl De Lara Sr., and Joseph and Yolanda Padua; brother Karl; sisters Kirsten P. LumLung and Rose Padua; hanai sister Leolani Bailey; and grandfather Grant K. Bailey Sr. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Nakamura Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Lei welcome.
Marcos Paranada
April 25, 2008
Marcos Paranada, 86, of Kahului, retired meat cutter and chef, died at home. He was born in San Marcelino, Zambales, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Pacita; sons Mark, Rogelio, Randall, Glenn and Jason; daughter Esmeralda Bulosan; brother Cesar; sisters Hildegarde Pascual and Segundina Paranada; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday at Christ the King Church. Call after 6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday. Burial: 11 a.m. at Maui Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.
Adela Raganit Raquinio
April 26, 2008
Adela Raganit Raquinio, 80, of Wailuku, a housekeeper, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Gabu, Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. She is survived by husband Felipe Sr.; sons Alvaro and Philip Raquinio Jr., and Audie R. Pascual; daughters Jesusa "Jessie" Pascual, Mency Dadiz and Tita Raquinio; sisters Natividad Ranada, Perpetua Pascual, Celestina Rosales, Consolacion "Connie" Bautista and Adoracion Bismonte; 15 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Mass: 8 p.m. Friday at St. Anthony Church. Call after 6 p.m. Burial in the Philippines.
Albertina Castro Sencio
April 21, 2008
Albertina "Tina" Castro Sencio, 69, of Honolulu, a retired Department of Education employee, died in Honolulu. She was born in Hawaii. She is survived by companion Dennis "Dino" Mook; sons William and Douglas; daughters Karen Sencio, Laurie Herodies and Trina Davis; sisters Loretta Cornell and Carmen Medvitz; 15 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Oahu Cemetery Chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Scattering of ashes: 10 a.m. next Sunday at Kaneohe Bay. Aloha attire. No flowers. Lei welcome.
Agnes Pagatpatan Tahilan
May 5, 2008
Agnes Pagatpatan Tahilan, 54, of Kihei, Maui, a Ritz-Carlton Kapalua housekeeping coordinator, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Badoc, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. She is survived by son Daniel Prones, daughter Heizel Manuel, parents Justino and Juanita P., brother Robert, and sisters Imelda Balmores and Ofelia Burrill. Services: 7 p.m. next Sunday at Borthwick Norman's Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Services: 9:30 a.m. May 19 at Seventh Day Adventist Church, Kahului. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park.
Florida Agustin Ventura
April 29, 2008
Florida "Floring" Agustin Ventura, 74, of Ewa Beach, a retired Sheraton Waikiki housekeeper, died in Aiea. She was born in Paoay, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. She is survived by son Benjamin "Ben"; daughter Ida Ventura-Morales; mother Consuelo; brothers Rodolfo "Olpo," Marcelino "Mario" and Joseph "Boy"; sisters Leonila "Leoning" Bagasol, Rosa Bella "Rose" Sacayanan, Paciencia "Paz" Rosal and Luzviminda "Minda" "Dolores" Domingo; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. tomorrow and 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 6 p.m. tomorrow and 9 a.m. Tuesday. Burial: 11:30 a.m. at Valley of the Temples.
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.