Agustin, 92, born in the Philippines, is survived by wife Taase S.; daughters Elaine Ringor, Rose Madeira, Lolita and Ramona Agustin, Jeannie Berengue, Ann Marie Ramos, Julie Kelai and Afia Talaeai; sons Rod, Koko and Nick Talaeai, Raynold Agustin and Richard Torres; and 30 grandchildren.
Service: 9:15 a.m. May 17 at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Greenhaven Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Marcial A. Asuncion of Wailuku died May 9 at home.
Asuncion, 45, was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Melita; daughters Jhennie and Cristiana; son Marlon; brothers Simeon, Raymundo, Rodolfo and Dario; sisters Nieves A. Batang, Matilde A. Vega, Teresita A. Apostol, Corazon A. Diokno, Agnes Asuncion and Edita A. Cabang; and parents Salvador and Cristina.
Mass: 8 p.m. May 17 at Christ the King Church. Call after 6 p.m. May 17 at the church and after noon May 18 at Borthwick Mortuary-Norman's. Burial: Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Donald K. Awong of Honolulu, president of Wakea Inc., died May 6 in Kuakini Hospital.
Awong, 61, was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Lillian; daughters Audrey Meyers, Donna
Lee Awong-McGann and Jo Ann Vincent; sons Glenn and Quentin Awong, and Robert Vincent; brothers David, John Jr., Gilmore and Paul; sisters Barbara Jane Young and Audrey Mann; 14 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Service: noon May 17 at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial with military honors: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.
Ping Kuen Chang of Honolulu died May 10 at home.
Chang, 94, was born in China. She is survived by son Se Gau; daughter Cynthia G.W. Wong; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Taoist service: 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. May 18 at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Esther M. Ching of Honolulu died May 10 at home.
Ching, 87, born in Honolulu, is survived by son Calvin; brothers William, Ben and Wilfred Mau; sisters Loretta Young, Vivian Fo and Mavis Lee; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Service: 11 a.m. May 17 at Oahu Cemetery Chapel, 2162 Nuuanu Ave. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow. Casual attire.
Abel Chung of Pukalani, Maui, died May 9 in Queen's Hospital.
Chung, 75, was born in Haiku, Maui. He is survived by wife Sarah; sons Terence, Newton and Alan; mother Alice; brothers Harry and James; sisters Alice Williams, Roseline Brown and Evangeline Griffith; and a grandchild.
Service: 11 a.m. May 17 at Borthwick Mortuary-Norman's. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Luise K. Cordes died April 23.
Born in Kobe, Japan, she is survived by daughter Sylvia; and brothers Arnold Kufferath and Siegfried "Pippet" Kufferath.
Private services.
Jules J. DeMello of Makaha died April 2 at home.
DeMello, 51, was born in Hawaii. No known survivors.
Private services.
Yasuji "Y" Ebisuzaki of Hilo, a retired insurance agent, died May 10 in Queen's Hospital.
Ebisuzaki, 70, was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Asako "Dora"; son Gary H.; daughters Jill H. Arakaki and Claire R. Aniya; brother Shinichi; sisters Fumiyo Yamanaka and Sumie "Sue" Tajiri; and two grandchildren.
Memorial service: 6 p.m. May 16 at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 4:30 p.m. Casual attire.
Kunie Fukumura of Honolulu died May 10 in Kuakini Hospital.
Fukumura, 70, was born in Tokyo. She is survived by husband Hiroshi; daughters Chizuko and Yoshimi; brother Hironobu Okada; and sisters Yoshiko Hasegawa and Tokuko Yamaki.
Service: noon May 15 at Diamond Head Mortuary. Burial to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.
Harutoshi Hironaka of Lihue, a retired pest controller for Lihue Sugar Co., died May 11 at home.
Hironaka, 79, was born in Lihue. He is survived by wife Michie; daughter Gwen Nakamura; brother Kazutsugu Morita; and sister Kotoyo Horikami.
Service: 5 p.m. May 15 at Garden Island Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
George A. Hutchinson Jr. of Kailua-Kona, a retired drayman for Hutchinson and Son Drayage Co., died May 10 in Kailua-Kona.
Hutchinson, 81, was born in San Francisco. He is survived by wife Eleanor R.; son George A. III; daughter Joan E. Brady; sister Dorothy Cahill; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Memorial service: 10 a.m. May 16 at St. Michael's Catholic Church. Casual attire. No flowers.
Donations may be made to Hospice of Kona.
Jukichi Inouye of Eleele, Kauai, a retired proprietor, died May 12 in the Hale Omao Care Home.
Inouye, 90, was born in Japan. He is survived by daughter Dorothy R. Romeu; brothers Paul Y. and Shigenobu; sisters Mary Van Gils, Helen Takeo and Beatrice Mc Wiggins; and a granddaughter.
Services will be held later.
Minoru Ishimine of Kahului, who died last May 7 in Maui Memorial Hospital, is also survived by four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Additional information provided by the mortuary.
Ruby H. Kahee of Hilo, a cook for the University of Hawaii and several hotels, died May 12 in Hilo Hospital.
Kahee, 47, was born in Hilo. She is survived by son James K.K.; father Joseph Jr.; brother Joseph III; and sister Hannah L.
Service: 8 p.m. May 15 at Malia Puka O Kalani Catholic Church. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. May 16 at the church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Tisen-Lorell T.K. Koga of Wailuku died May 11 in Wailuku.
Koga, 17, was born in Wailuku. He is survived by parents Gary Wayne and Mildred K. Koga; brothers Gary W. Jr. and Armand K.; and sisters Tessie A., Molley, Sako and Maelynn.
Wake: 6 p.m. May 17 at Nakamura Mortuary. Service: 10 a.m. May 18 at the mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Makawao Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.
Michael C. "Mike" Leas of Honolulu died May 9 in Honolulu.
Leas, 46, was born in Iowa. He is survived by wife Barbara Sheehan-Leas; daughters Katheryn and Elizabeth; father Donald R.; mother Elaine; and sister Julie Bouton.
Services held.
Mew Sun "Yim" Leong of Honolulu died May 5 in St. Francis Hospital.
Leong, 85, was born in China. She is survived by godson Dennis Lee; and brother-in-law Walley W.H.
Taoist service: 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. May 18 at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: Lin Yee Chung Cemetery.
Melvin K.F. Liu of Kaneohe, a retired city surveyor, died May 11 in St. Francis Hospice.
Liu, 65, was born in Kaneohe. He is survived by wife Edna; sons Rodney K.H., Derrick K.T. and
Bryan K.M.; daughter Laura W.S.; mother Yuk Moi; brothers Aldrich K.F. and Wallace K.S.; sister Vivian Gima; and five grandchildren.
Service: 6:30 p.m. May 17 at Nuuanu Memorial Park Mortuary.
Casual attire. No flowers.
Thomas B. Lopez of Makakilo died May 6 in St. Francis-West Hospital.
Lopez, 48, was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Gwendolyn; sons Thomas B. Jr. and Dwayne; daughters Michelle and Theresa; sister Barbara; and seven grandchildren.
Wake: 7 p.m. May 16 at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Service: 10 a.m. May 17 at the mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.
Carrie O. Matsuda of Honolulu died May 13 in Kaiser Hospital.
Matsuda, 80, was born in Kona, Hawaii. She is survived by brothers George and Louis Ohashi; and sisters Agnes Dizon and Lucy Hanato.
Service: 7 p.m. May 17 at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Graveside service: 11 a.m. May 18 at Homelani Memorial Park.
Casual attire. No flowers.
Hiroshi "Hiro" Nakagawa of Wailuku died May 12 at home.
Nakagawa, 74, was born in Puunene, Maui. He is survived by wife Bernadette K.; son Nathan; daughters Theresa Bartolome, Annette DeLima, and Charlene, Jolene and Sharon Nakagawa; sister Virginia Shimabukuro; and nine grandchildren.
Service: noon May 16 at Maalaea Boat Harbor.
Scattering of ashes to follow.
James J. Nakamine of Honolulu, a retired Dole Intermediate School teacher, died May 6 in Kaiser Hospital.
Nakamine was born in Kalopa, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Mieko; brothers Hideo, Walter H., Hiroshi, Masayuki and Paul S.; and sisters Margaret S. Nakamura and Beatrice C. Toguchi.
Memorial service: 6 p.m. May 16 at Hosoi Garden Mortuary.
Casual attire. No flowers.
Elsie Y. Newman of San Luis Obispo, Calif., formerly of Pearl City, a retiree from Kodak Co., died May 6 in California.
Newman, 94, was born in Pearl City. She is survived by sister Bernice Maeda and brother George Young.
Yasuichi Nishibe of Pahala, Hawaii, a retired boiler room worker for the former Kau Sugar Co., died May 10 in Kau Hospital.
Nishibe, 91, was born in Kealakekua, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Shizue; sons Yasuto and Asao; daughters Ayako Uehana, Judy Fujisue and Sachiko Ichikawa; brother Tadaji; 12 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Service: 3 p.m. May 17 at Pahala Hongwanji Mission. Call after 2 p.m. Cremation to follow.
Casual attire. No flowers.
Josefa J. "Ipang" Omalza of Wahiawa died May 10 at home.
Omalza, 91, was born in the Philippines. She is survived by son Candido J.; daughters Elena Abelaye and Regina Bailado; 25 grandchildren; 65 great-grandchildren; and 22 great-great-grandchildren.
Service: 9 a.m. May 20 at Moncado Foundation in Kalihi Valley. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Saliya P. Paler of Anahola, Kauai, a retired pineapple field worker for several Hawaii canneries, died May 12 in Mahelona Hospital.
Paler, 96, was born in the Philippines. She is survived by daughters Leona Omo, Lorencia Corpuz and Alice Jacinto; sons Vernon and Tino; 36 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Mass: 10 a.m. May 16 at St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Kapaa, Kauai. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: church cemetery. Casual attire.
Allison S. Pang of Pearl City died May 11.
Pang, 37, is survived by husband Daryl; daughter Kelly; parents Wayne and Victoria Say; grandmother Alice Fong; and sisters Kathleen Chang, Wendy Say and Diane Fukumoto.
Service: 10 a.m. May 18 at Nuuanu Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Nuuanu Memorial Park.
Casual attire. No flowers.
Jeldina M. "Jerry" Peterson of Kihei, Maui, formerly of Wareham, Mass., died May 12 in Maui Memorial Hospital.
Peterson, 87, was born in Italy. She is survived by sister Alice Pezzoli; stepson Clayton; and caretaker Jean A. Pezzoli.
Private burial.
Flaviano "Junior" Santa Ana of Las Vegas, formerly of Honolulu, a retired federal refrigerator/air conditioning mechanic, died May 13 in Las Vegas.
Santa Ana, 65, was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughter Mavine Tolentino; son Floyd; sister Priscilla Scott; brother Norman; wife Maggie; and six grandchildren.
Services to be held in Las Vegas.
Noboru "Lefty" Sasahara of Waipahu, a retired mason for Hawaiian Dredging, died May 3 in St. Francis-West Hospital.
Sasahara, 69, was born in Papaikou, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Yoshiko O.; daughters Faye Y. Keliikuli, Karen Miyake, Clara Y. and Sherry A. Sasahara, and Susan S. Karr; brother Howard Yamato; sisters Nora M. Meacher, Yoshiko A. Sasahara, Helen F. Hirao and Debbie Aoki; and six grandchildren.
Memorial service over his ashes: 6 p.m. May 17 at Hosoi Garden Mortuary.
Casual attire. No flowers.
Abraham Schneiderman of Kaneohe, a retired proprietor for a retail furniture store, died May 8 in the Pohai Nani Care Center.
Schneiderman, 90, was born in Russia. He is survived by son Dr. S. Bernard; three grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Graveside services.
The Rev. Naoichi Seto of Honolulu, minister for Tenrikyo Oahu Church, died May 4 at home.
Seto, 94, was born in Fukushima, Japan. He is survived by son Donald M.; daughter Hilda M. Shitanishi; and sisters Kane Shishido, and Elsie T. and Edith M. Seto.
Private services.
Mary P. Shichida of Kaneohe, a Honolulu Airport employee, died May 12 in Castle Hospital.
Shichida, 66, was born in Pukoo, Molokai. She is survived by husband Harry H.; sons Harry H. Jr., David H. and Nelson M.; daughters Lillian K. Mariano and Jarnell L.A. Martinson; brothers Edmund, William Jr., Alexander and David Lima; sisters Zelie Anderson, Violet Kamano, Sarah Marks, Christina Kealaiki, Helen Kuroda, Mea Parrish and Marjorie Jordano; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Service: 11:30 a.m. May 17 at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Frederick "Alika" K.K. Smith of Wailuku died May 11 in Wailuku.
Smith, 18, was born in Wailuku. He is survived by father Frederick Jr.; mother Laurie Horswill-Smith; grandparents Frederick Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Horswill; and brother Noel K. "Pomaikai"; and sister Lillian M.
Wake: 5 p.m. May 15 at Nakamura Mortuary. Aloha attire.
Lawrence H. Takatsuka of St. Louis Heights, who died May 4 in Kuakini Hospital, is also survived by sister Harue Matsui.
Additional information provided by the mortuary.
Toyoko Tsuruda of Honolulu died April 25 in Leahi Hospital.
Tsuruda, 93, was born in Sasebo, Japan. She is survived by son Clifford S.; daughters Edith T. Muneoka, Thelma T. Starr and Marion I. Ikeda; 10 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Private services.
Charles W. Viveiros of Pukalani, Maui, a retired Maui County police sergeant, died May 12 in Hale Makua.
Viveiros, 64, a U.S. Coast Guard veteran, was born in Wailuku. He is survived by wife Priscilla; daughters Bridget and Pamela; mother Clara F.; sister Mary L. Silva; and brother Frank.
Services: 7:30 p.m. May 20 at Christ the King Church, call after 6 p.m.; and 9:30 a.m. May 21 at the church, call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Maui Veterans Cemetery.
Casual attire.
Melvin M. "O'Brien" Yamamoto of Honolulu, a retired carpenter, died last May 7 at home.
Yamamoto, 74, was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Darryl and Clayton; daughter Sharon S. Nakama; brother Kenneth S.; sisters Jane H. Koga and Karen M. Nakasone; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Memorial service over his ashes: 6 p.m. May 15 at Hosoi Garden Mortuary.
Casual attire. No flowers.
Sharon T. Yamamoto of Wailuku, formerly of Kaneohe, a bookkeeper for Ueoka & Ueoka, died May 11.
Yamamoto, 37, was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Robert S.; brothers Rodney I. and Randal A. Michioku; sister Sandra N. Michioku; and mother Yuiko Michioku.
Memorial service: 8 p.m. May 17 at Hosoi Garden Mortuary.
Casual attire.