Ivan Teiji Adaniya
June 1, 2008
Ivan Teiji Adaniya, 73, of Aiea, a retired Hawaii Air National Guard veteran, died in Hawaii Medical Center East. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Ivan C.; daughter Wendy A. Russell; mother Tomi; brothers Ernest M., Henry N., Fred S., Roy K. and Kenneth O.; sisters Jane M. Oshiro, Mildred S. Adaniya and Alice S. Taylor; two grandchildren; and three 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. No flowers.
Lucille Isabelle Ahia
May 5, 2008
Lucille Isabelle Ahia, 87, of Waianae died in Kailua Hospice. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughters Bernie Robello and Toni Leando, brother Leonard Makue, sister Bernice Young, 12 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren. Services: 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Johnny Rey Alejo
June 2, 2008
Johnny Rey "Nestor" Alejo, 51, of Kapolei, a retired U.S. Air Force technical sergeant, died in Kapolei. He was born in Cuyapo Nueva Ecija, Philippines. He is survived by wife Susan; sons Michael and Johnny Jr.; daughters Leilani, Lauren and Jasmine Alejo, and Angie R. Mitchell; parents Juan and Rosita; sisters Desiree Menchavez and Maria De Leon; and two grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Jude, 92-455 Makakilo Drive. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire. Flowers welcome. Incorrect information was given in an obituary Friday.
Charlotte Johnson Attwood
May 26, 2008
Charlotte Johnson Attwood, 81, of Kailua, a homemaker, died in Kaneohe. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Alan, daughters Bonnie Kualapai and JoAnn Akiona, sister Dorothy Johnson, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Kailua. Call after 10 a.m. Aloha attire.
Paterna Serna Bermudez
June 2, 2008
Paterna Serna Bermudez, 75, of Florida and Maui, a hotel housekeeper, died in Orlando, Fla. She was born in Cabugao, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. She is survived by sons Renato, Baltazar, Melchor, Raul, Alex and Orlino Jr.; sisters Laring Carbonel and Carolina Cueto; 13 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Norman's Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: noon at Valley Isle Memorial Park.
Clara Kam Hau Young Chung
May 21, 2008
Clara Kam Hau Young Chung, 101, of Honolulu, a retired elementary school teacher at Lincoln, Manoa and Kalihi elementary schools, died in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Tien Fook, daughter Jeling, brother Chee Kwan Chun, three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Peter Episcopal Church. Call after 9 a.m. Aloha attire.
Sheila May Cosma
May 18, 2008
Sheila May Cosma, 58, of Kaneohe, a retired Aloha Airlines flight attendant, died in Castle Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by parents Waldermar C. and Merle, and brother Quinn C. Services: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 8:30 a.m. Graveside services to follow at the cemetery. Casual attire.
Christine Loyola Foster
May 28, 2008
Christine Loyola Foster, 85, of Kailua-Kona, a secretary, died in Kona Community Hospital. She was born in Stratford, Calif. She is survived by daughter Jeanette. No services.
Doris Takeko Funakoshi
May 14, 2008
Doris Takeko Funakoshi, 85, of Wahiawa died in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was born on Kauai. She is survived by brother Walter and sister Agnes Yoshizu. Private services.
Phyllis Keaweheana Garcia
May 22, 2008
Phyllis Keaweheana Garcia, also known as Philomena Keaweheana Vera Cruz Garcia, 87, of Waipahu, a former Fort Shafter NCO Club bartender and cashier, died in Waipahu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Joseph Cobb and Robert Garcia, brother Samuel "Kammy" Vera Cruz, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 6 p.m. Graveside services: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire. No flowers.
Victoria Lynn Sanchez Gutierres
May 30, 2008
Victoria Lynn Sanchez Gutierres, 54, of Honokaa, Hawaii, a Kamuela Post Office postal clerk, died in Honolulu. She was born in Honokaa, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Anthony; sons Bimbo and Josten; daughters Toni-Lynn, Misty and Amber; brothers Jaime, Herman, Benjamin, Wallace and Rich Sanchez; and four grandchildren. Services: noon Saturday at Honokaa United Methodist Church. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Nobuko Higa
May 24, 2008
Nobuko Higa, 93, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died. She was born in Paia, Maui. She is survived by sons Howard, Roddy and Ernest; daughters Lillian Honda, Patsy Soto, Deanna Saldavia and Shirley Ige; sister Tomi Senaha; 26 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Call after 5 p.m. Private inurnment. Casual attire.
Rex Denchi Horita
June 1, 2008
Rex Denchi Horita, 92, of Hono- lulu, a retired Meadow Gold Dairies senior electrical and structural engineer, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Paauhau, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Hideko, sons Raymond and Duke, 10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 3:30 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 2:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Albert Kaunui Kin In Jr.
May 27, 2008
Albert Kaunui "Bucky" Kin In Jr., 47, of Honolulu, a construction laborer, died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by companion Traci L. Lukzen; parents Albert K. Sr. and Merna; brother James K.K.; hanai brother Robert K. Seabury; and sisters Cynthia K. Ancheta, Katie K. Buendia and Renee H. Akiu. Services: 9:30 a.m. Friday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Scattering of ashes: 11:30 a.m. at the old Hauula beach house.
Charles R. Le Gros
May 31, 2008
Charles R. Le Gros, 77, of Waianae died in Waianae. He was born in Corona, Calif. He is survived by wife Corazon; sons Gary and Greg Le Gros, Jun Alibin and William Davenport; daughters Paula McCormick, Julie Gaynor and Razel Alibin; and six grandchildren. Private services.
Frank L.C. Lu
June 5, 2008
Frank L.C. Lu, 76, of Honolulu, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Tao Yuan, Taiwan. He is survived by wife Diana, son John, daughter Peggy Hayashi, a brother and two grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m.
Takuro Makino
May 18, 2008
Takuro Makino, 86, of Honolulu, formerly of Hilo, a former Hilo Candy Co. co-owner and sales person and U.S. Army veteran who served in World War II, died in Hale Malamalama. He was born in Olaa, Hawaii. He is survived by sons Eugene, Vernon and Gerald; sisters Kazuyo Furukawa, Atsuko Kawasaki, Ritsuko Kamimura and Kimiko Uto; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Private services.
Osae Masu
May 28, 2008
Osae Masu, 96, of Kapolei, died in Hale Nani Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by son Ken, six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire.
Kiyoto Nakagawa
June 3, 2008
Kiyoto "Lefty" Nakagawa, 90, of Wahiawa, a U.S. Army Military Intelligence Service veteran, died in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Wahiawa. He is survived by wife Masako, daughters Lillian N. Miyasaki and Ann N. Murata, sister Florence Sasaki and two grandchildren. Private services.
Amy Miyoko Okada
May 19, 2008
Amy Miyoko Okada, 80, of Honolulu died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Walter T., sons Nathan T. and Brian T., brothers Paul and Arnold Nishi, sisters Betty Maekawa and Patsy Noji, and two grandchildren. Private services.
Ted Takeo Oshiro
May 23, 2008
Ted Takeo Oshiro, 94, of Hono- lulu, a retired Libby McNeill field supervisor, died at home. He was born in Puunene, Maui. He is survived by son Alan; daughters Judy Onaga, Jean Nakatsukasa and Joyce Tashiro; sisters Mildred Kobashikawa, Ethel Isa and Patsy Afuso; eight grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Ernesto Marquez Ramos
May 21, 2008
Ernesto Marquez Ramos, 61, of Waianae, a papaya plantation worker, died in Waianae. He was born in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. He is survived by brother Sammy and sisters Manuela Recaido, Criselda Ramos Rivera and Francisca Galasinao. Services: 7 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday at St. John the Baptist Church. Call after 6 p.m. Friday and after 9 a.m. Saturday. Burial: 11:30 a.m. at Valley of the Temples.
Gavino R. Ramos Sr.
May 28, 2008
Gavino R. Ramos Sr., also known as Gavyn R. Ramos, 83, of Lahaina, a retired Pioneer Mill irrigator, died at home. He was born in Sto. Nino Banna, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. He is survived by wife Remedios "Remy"; sons Gavyn Jr. and Kavin J.; daughter Arlyn Garcia; brothers Basilio, Avelino and Ricardo; sisters Maria Fabian and Rosita Agmata; and three grandchildren. Mass: 7 p.m. Friday at Maria Lanakila Church. Call after 5:30 p.m. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Norman's Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park, Garden of Meditation.
Medine Consad Sales
June 1, 2008
Medine Consad Sales, 85, of Kahului, a homemaker, died in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Sogod, Leyte, Philippines. She is survived by daughter Jennifer Campbell and a grandchild. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Nakamura Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Michael Patrick Shannon
May 27, 2008
Michael Patrick Shannon, 52, of Kailua, a Queen Kapiolani Hotel maintenance worker, died in Kailua. He was born in Washington, D.C. He is survived by mother Irene, brothers James and William, and sisters Mary Ludwig, Margie Nelson and Claire Shannon. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at St. John Vianney's Church in Kailua. Call after 10 a.m.
Masako Taba
May 25, 2008
Masako Taba, 88, of Pearl City died in Aloha Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Waipahu. She is survived by sons Theodore and Ryian, daughter Li Ann and brother Masaru Higa. Private services.
Eugenia Ranos Visaya
May 14, 2008
Eugenia Ranos Visaya, 88, of Honolulu died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. She is survived by sons Emilio and Jaime; daughters Conchita McDonald, Lita Sales, Anna Mabnag and Pina Visaya-Tapec; 13 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Friday and 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Paul Carroll Wandke
May 26, 2008
Paul Carroll Wandke, 73, of Aiea, a retired Roscoe Moss engineer, died at home. He was born in Lewiston, Maine. He is survived by son Fred Paul, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Mass: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Pacific Island Bible Church. Call after 7 p.m. Scattering of ashes at a later date.
Fumio Watanabe
June 2, 2008
Fumio Watanabe, 86, of Hono- lulu died in Nuuanu Hale. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Edna, son Samuel and brothers Toshio and Mitsuo. Services: 9 a.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 10 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Leonard H.K. Wong
May 8, 2008
Leonard H.K. Wong, 80, of Las Vegas, formerly of Honolulu, a retired city Department of Public Works refuse inspector, died in Las Vegas. He was born in Hono- lulu. He is survived by wife Bernie; sons Irving, Dereck and Baron; brother Lawrence; and nine grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Graveside services: 12:45 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Toshiko Yamanaka
May 30, 2008
Toshiko Yamanaka, 81, of Honolulu, a retired U.S. government secretary at Fort Shafter under Gen. Eric Shinseki, died at home. She was born in Kapaau, Hawaii. She is survived by brother Jiro "John" and sister Chieko Kidani. Private services. No flowers. 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.