Karin Lehua Bernshouse
Aug. 29, 2008
Karin Lehua Bernshouse, 69, of Haiku, Maui, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Donald and daughter Jill. Services to be held at a later date.
Frank Hong Wai Bow
Aug. 28, 2008
Frank Hong Wai Bow, 81, of Ewa Beach, a retired civil service worker and Army veteran, died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Margaret; daughter Margo Tavares; son David Dominici; daughters Lorilei Scholtz, Melodie Pelletier, Stephanie Silva, Sabrina Jones and Daylen Toro; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Private services. Donations suggested to Hospice of Hawaii.
Wai Man Chan
Aug. 22, 2008
Wai Man Chan, 91, of Honolulu, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Zhongshan, China. She is survived by son Yu Feng Yee and four grandchildren. Visitation: 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Chinese Buddhist services.
Pacifico Calamaan Coloma
Aug. 12 , 2008
Pacifico Calamaan Coloma, 75, of Wahiawa, a retired Leahi Hospital kitchen helper and cook, died in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Leticia M.; sons John R. and Nathan M.; brother Jimmy; sisters Christeta Coloma, Francisca Duez, Aniceta Bumanglag, Deogracia Perez and Regina Baldugo; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday and 10 a.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Sunday and 8:30 a.m. Monday. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Isabelle May Cummings
Aug. 31, 2008
Isabelle May Cummings, 88, of Makakilo, a homemaker, died. She was born in San Mateo, Calif. She is survived by sons James and Timothy, daughter Eileen, sisters Laverne Whitlock and Marie Williams, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Private services.
Shigeyoshi Hanamoto
Aug. 30, 2008
Shigeyoshi Hanamoto, 94, of Honokaa, Hawaii, a retired Honokaa Sugar Co. supervisor, died in Hale Hoola Hamakua. He was born in Pahala, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Fumie; sons Ronald, Allen and Melvin; brother Mamoru; sisters Sadako Hirayama, Hanako Watanabe and Setsuko Miyazaki; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Phillip Jeik
Aug. 26, 2008
Phillip Jeik, 58, of Wahiawa, an elementary school teacher in the Marshall Islands, died in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Namdrik, Marshall Islands. He is survived by wife Louise; son Donald; daughters Joanna, Neimos and Rika; brother Michael; sisters Sepe Helgenberger, Wina Peter, Wanbe Mesubed and Jeik Josea; and nine grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
David K. Kahanaoi Sr.
Aug. 3, 2008
David K. "Lei" Kahanaoi Sr., 79, of Waianae, formerly of Kaneohe, Moanalua and Kalihi, a former merchant seaman, died in Hawaii Medical Center West. He was born in Heeia Kea. He is survived by wife Jeanne M. Kaaa-Kahanaoi; sons David Jr., Damien and Duane; daughters Debra and Denise Kahanaoi, Davelynn Kuhiiki and Darlene Sharpe; brothers Gilbert Pine and Peter Kahanaoi; 12 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 3 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Victoria Kapuanani Kaulia
Aug. 24, 2008
Victoria Kapuanani Kaulia, 51, of Nanakuli, a homemaker, died. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by brother Jacob Ku; sisters Michelle Tuiloma, Jacquelyn and Paula Ku; grandmother Emma Ku; and aunt Kapiolani "Dolly Ku" Naiwi. Services: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Ku residence. Scattering of ashes to follow. Casual attire. Incorrect information was given in an obituary printed Sunday.
Samuel Kamuela Keanaaina Sr.
Aug. 30, 2008
Samuel Kamuela Keanaaina Sr., 81, of Kailua-Kona, a school bus driver and retired musician at Mauna Kea Beach, Kona Inn and Keauhou Beach Hotels, Red Pants and Kona Marlin Room, died in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Kona Community Hospital. He is survived by wife Claudia; sons Samuel Jr., Glenn, Jack and Clyde; stepsons W. Clay and Clark Brand; daughters Violet S. and Sandra Keanaaina, Carolann Kala and Tammy Jones; hanai daughter Kathy Kuikahi; brothers Luther and Norman; sisters Rose Keanaaina and Phoebe Gomes; 22 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Saturday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Kailua-Kona. Call after 2 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Bong Lin Kim
Aug. 29, 2008
Bong Lin Kim, 84, of Honolulu, a retired tailor, died in Hawaii Medical Center West. He was born in Korea. He is survived by wife Sin Il, sons Sung Soo and Kwang Soo, daughter Myung Wha Oh and five grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.
Nellie Sulieta Lafaele
Aug. 23, 2008
Nellie Sulieta Lafaele, 38, of Honolulu died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Hawaii. She is survived by husband Valoaga; brothers Elise, Tufoua, Faatagi, Fuatia and Ropena Togia; and sisters Sulieta Sakaria, Suitini Lisala and Vaitupu Galeai. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hawaii First Samoan Full Gospel Pentecostal Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.
Gladys Tokiye Nakagawa
Aug. 26, 2008
Gladys Tokiye Nakagawa, 82, of Kaneohe, a retired Matson Navigation Inc. personnel department secretary, died. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Yoshio, son Brian, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire.
Peggy Lou Yukie Nakahara
Aug. 30, 2008
Peggy Lou Yukie "Pegs" Nakahara, 73, of Honolulu, a retired Benjamin Parker Elementary School teacher, died. She was born in Aiea. She is survived by husband Wallace S., daughters Lorrie Ann Onaga and Natalie A. Preas, brothers Gary and Francis Kaneko, and a grandchild. Services: 4 p.m. tomorrow at Harris United Methodist Church. Call after 3 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to Harris United Methodist Church.
Joseph Eric Neilson
Aug. 30, 2008
Joseph Eric Neilson, 94, of Aiea, a retired 3M Co. and Hawaiian Electric Co. employee, died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Mary R.; sons Joseph C., David, Paul and Sean; daughters Nora and Theresa Neilson, Frances Bahrenburg, Rosemary "Rosie" Neilson-Nenezich, Martha "Margie" Memminger and Kathleen "Keiki" Kobayashi; 10 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at St. Elizabeth Church, 99-312 Moanalua Road, Aiea. Call after 10 a.m. Casual and aloha attire.
Benhur M. Nono
Aug. 26, 2008
Benhur M. Nono, 42, of Kapaa, Kauai, died in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Isabela; sons Jonathan and Benhur Sr.; daughters Joan and Frances M.; parents Ernesto and Virginia; brothers Ronald, Gener and John; sisters Susan N. Aranda, Mary Jane Pullaga and Giezel Nono; and grandparent Felecitas. Mass: 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Catherine's Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Lihue Cemetery.
Alice Sumie Primacio
Aug. 14, 2008
Alice Sumie "Sabugo" Primacio, 80, of Kapolei, a Dole Pineapple Cannery trimmer, died in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in Makawao, Maui. She is survived by sons Alfred "Sabugo" Sefronio, Gerald Sabugo and Donald Ortiz-Sabugo; stepson Junior; daughters Cynthia "Amy" Hanaoka, Tanya Wong and Judy Sabugo; stepdaughter Patsy Primacio; brothers Stanley S., Alvin M. and Thomas T. Yumen; sisters Sally S.Y. Hiyakumoto and Stella M.Y. Yamada; 19 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and two step-grandchildren. Services: noon Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Graveside services: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. Incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday.
Ionatana Su'e
Aug. 23, 2008
Ionatana Su'e, also known as "Tana" and "Big Smokey," 49, of Kaneohe, died. He was born in Leone, American Samoa. He is survived by wife Wendy; sons Noah and Cross; daughter Ariana; brothers Alafoti, Tommy, Peniamina, Tavita and Ulisese; and sisters Milovale, Fa'atuina, Faapaia, Faiumu, Leafa, Vaoselita and Colleen. Services: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Cremation to follow.
Betty Fujie Wong
Aug. 29, 2008
Betty Fujie Wong, 81, of Aiea, a retired Hickam Air Force Base Supply employee, died. She was born in Paahao, Hawaii. She is survived by husband George, sons Larry and Randall, daughters Cindy Barrows and Donna Wong, sister Nancy Lee and three grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Borthwick Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: 11 a.m. next Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
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.