Harry S. Arakawa, 77, of Hilo, a maintenance worker in the state Corrections Division, died Saturday in Hilo Hospital. He was born in Wahiawa. Survived by wife Kikuno “Kay”; son David; brother Larry; sister Tomiko Nakasone, and two grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Thursday at Dodo Mortuary; call after 4 p.m. Burial: 10 a.m. Friday in Homelani Columbarium. Casual attire. No flowers.
Edward Benson, 79, of Honolulu, a retiree of Hawaiian Electric Co. and high priest for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Newtown chapel, will be rembered in services Saturday. He died after a car accident on Komo Mai Drive on March 17. He was born in Honolulu. Survived by wife Mary; daughter Maile Imamura; hanai daughter Eloise Ishimine; sons Julian Kanaeholo and Larry Benson; sister Stella Oliver; 10 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Newtown chapel; call from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha Attire.
Katherine K. Botelho, 83, of Lanai City died Friday at home. She was born in Kahului. Survived by husband John; son John Jr.; daughters Eloise Mahaulu, Kathleen Kumaiki and Jerilyn Carvalho; sisters Jeri Waiae and Winona Burgess; brother Thomas Kruegar Jr., 17 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren. Services: noon Thursday at Lanai Cemetery. Casual attire.
Kwan Chow, 85, of Honolulu, a retired forklift operator, died March 8 in Kuakini Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. Survived by brother Albert W.K. Private services.
Edmund W.H. Choy, 73, of Kaneohe, a retired Navy Public Works Center carpenter and veteran of World War II, died March 15 at home. He was born in Kaneohe. Survived by brothers Herman J., Edward, Ernest and Eugene and sisters Alice Prill, Margaret Yap, Mildred Tagariello and Barbara Chang. Services: 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary; call after 12:30 p.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Jon L. Chun, 27, of Kaneohe, a salesman for a communications company, died Friday in Queen’s Hospital. He was born on Tinian Island. Survived by mother Rose Swegler; brother Mark Swegler; sisters Delle Nadler and Moana Luka, and daughter Sharraea. Services: 2 p.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary; call after 1 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Norman T. Endo, 79, of Lanai City, a lab and X-ray technologist for the Lanai Community Hospital, died Wednesday in Queen’s Hospital. He was born in Ewa. Survived by wife Toshiko; son Michael; daughters Patricia Campbell, Christine Endo and Kathleen Takamoto; brother Katsuya; sisters Yone Canida and Winifred Reid, and three grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. today at Lanai Union Church. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Monday at Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Roman G. Gambito, 74, of Kalaheo, Kauai, a senior sugar processor for McBryde Sugar Co., died last Tuesday in Wilcox Hospital. He was born in Candon, Ilocos, the Philippines. Survived by wife Dolores; daughters Michelle, Maylynn and Roxanne; son Raymond; sisters Candida Baboc and Marciana Baboy, and a grandson. Services: 6:30 p.m. April 3 at Borthwick Kauai Mortuary; call from 5 to 8 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. April 4 at Holy Cross Catholic Church, Kalaheo; call from 9 to 10:45 a.m. Burial: Kauai Memorial Gardens, Lihue. Casual or aloha attire.
Kama Ishiki, 96, of Honokaa, Hawaii, a retired field worker with Hamakua Sugar Co., died Sunday in Honokaa Hospital. She was born in Japan. Survived by sons Yoshio and Tom Tamanaha and James Ishiki; daughters Peggy Taira and Yoshie Tanaka, 14 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home; call from 6 to 9 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Dominga Q. “Paulina” Jacob, 58, of Honolulu, a teacher’s aide at Research Center of Hawaii and seamstress at Pomare Hawaii, died March 12 in Kuakini Hospital. She was also a self-employed loan officer and insurance agent and proprietor of Domina Wholesale. She was born in Urdaneta, Pansasinan, the Philippines. Survived by son Robert Q.; daughters Marlene Q. and Everglen Q.; grandmother Narcisa Quiming; sisters Hipolita Doria and Magdalena Manglallan, and brothers Cirilo and Roberto Quiming. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Lanakila Ward; call after 9 a.m. Also call from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: Greenhaven Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Helen K. Kagikawa, 85, of Los Angeles died Wednesday at home. She was born in Honolulu. Survived by daughters Cherie Robins, Gwen Murata, Emma Hamilton and Sylvia Yim; sister Emma Akiona, 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary; call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaii Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Helen H. Kaneshiro, 71, of Honolulu, a retired waitress at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, died Saturday at home. She was born in Hamakua, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Tsuneo; sons Brian T. and Jon J.; daughter Jo-Anne A. Oshiro; brothers Walter M. and Thomas I. Isara; sisters Florence S. Miyashiro and Lillian M. York, and three grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Gordon S. Lopes, 69, of Waianae, a retired federal government fireman, died Friday at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons John A. “Skippy” and Kevin R. “Doug”; daughter Pamela L. “Peaches”; brother Clarence; sister Zerna Kane, and six grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Oahu Cemetery Chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.
Alvin K. Matsuyama, 48, of Kailua-Kona, an electronics technician for Hakoda’s Builders Appliance, died March 12 in Kona Community Hospital. He was a World War II veteran with the 100th Battalion, Company B, and a sergeant with the Army Reserves. He was born in Kealakekua, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Mary Wheeler; sons Bud and Dwight Wheeler; father Philip S.; brothers Boyd, Clyde and Dwight; grandmother Kazuyo, and two grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at the Old Kona Airport by the last pavilion. Casual attire. No flowers.
John L. Mohika Jr., 61, of Waianae, a mechanic specialist with Dole Cannery, died March 16 in Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center. He was born in Honolulu. Survived by wife Laura; sons John Jr. and August Mohika, Kenneth, Clarence and Darrin Engoring; daughters Johanna Mohika and Cheryl, Tanya and Monica Engoring; mother Julia; brother Louie Feliciano; sister Virginia Carlos, 28 grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. Services: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary; call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary; call from 8 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual or aloha attire.
Maka Nakama, 93, of Wailuku died Sunday in Wailuku Hale Mauka. She was born on Okinawa. Survived by sons Ray, Tatsuo and George; daughters Irene Ige and Frances Takushi, 16 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. Private services.
Ronald S. Okuma, 75, of Honolulu, a retired locksmith for the Sheraton-Princess Kaiulani Hotel, died Sunday in Kaiser Hospital. He was born in Wahiawa, Kauai. He is survived by wife Stella S.; mother Tsuru; sons Alan S., Rodney M. and Glenn S.; daughters Geraldine H. Tsuzuki, Elinor N. Kiyohiro and Pamela S. Kashima; brother Edwin S.; sisters Joyce F. Oshiro, Janet K. Aiu and Elsie K. Fujita, 21 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 8 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Private burial. Casual attire. No flowers.
Julian A.K. “Tank” Ornellas, 64, also known as “Moose,” of Ewa Beach, senior vice commander of the Disabled American Veterans Chapter No. 1, died Friday in Honolulu. He was also a management executive for Keehi Lagoon Memorial Management Committee and worked in the Hawaii travel industry. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Julie; daughters Caroline Meyar and Christina Ornellas; sister Bernice K., and three grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints, Mott Smith Drive; call from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Burial: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.
Carmen Panlasigui “Maming Balansag”, 88, of Ewa died Wednesday in Leahi Hospital. She was born in the Philippines. Survived by husband Gervacio; sons Benjamin and Robert Harold S. Balansag; daughters Rosalina “Alice” Smith, Angeline Torricer and Carol S. Rose; sister Andrea Daclison, 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Wake: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel; call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at the mortuary; call from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Misao Perales, 61, of Waipahu died March 6 in Waipahu. She was born in Toono, Iwate-Ken, Japan. Survived by husband Edward Y.; sons John Nitanai-Hanohano and Edward M., Joseph and Richard Perales; daughters Theresa Nakayama and Catherine Perales, and nine grandchildren. Private services.
Dorothy C. Siu, 74, of Honolulu, a retired financial analyst for Hawaiian Telephone, died Wednesday in St. Francis Hospice. She was born in Honolulu. Survived by son Carlton Y.H.; daughters Donna S. Masuda and Maylene K.K. and Susan K.I. Siu; mother Yuk Chun Sin Chun, and four grandchildren. Services: 9 a.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary; call after 8 a.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Maria W. Souza, 75, of Kapaa, Kauai died Friday in Wilcox Hospital. She was born in Kapaa, Kauai. She is survived by husband Raymond D.; sons Ainsely K., Earl L. and Deharn K. Waiwaiole; daughter Tammy Kaholi; brother Samuel K. Waiwaiole, 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at theChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kapaa; call from 9 to 10:45 a.m. Burial: Kapaa Public Cemetery. Casual attire.
Laie “I‘a” Taualii, 70, of Laie, a retired foreman of Peerless Roofing, died Thursday in Kaiser Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Happy and daughter Jacqueline. Services: noon Thursday at Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints, Laie 1st Ward; call from 10 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery.
Phat Thai, 90, of Honolulu, a retired produce retailer in Vietnam, died Sunday in St. Francis Hospital. He was born in China. He is survived by wife Ba Thi Tran; son Minh Quan; daughters Chau Baptiste and Huong Thai, and five grandchildren. Services: 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Mortuary; call after 8 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples. No flowers. Donations suggested to charity.
Raymond “Ray” T. Uechi, 82, of Honolulu, a manager at the Dr. Mike Uechi office, died March 16 in Hale Pulama Mau. He was born in Hawi, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Clara S.; sons Dr. Mike D.S. and Gordon M. Uechi and Roy K. Nakamura and Waring K. Nakamura; brothers Larry and Ralph Matsuda; sister Clara Uyechi, and eight grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at the Nuuanu Memorial Park Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Ruby A.L. “Butchie” Wong, 59, of Aiea, a custodian at Leeward Community College and an employee in Liberty House’s housekeeping department, died March 14 at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Franklin W. Feary Jr. and Kyle I. Wong; daughter Staciann Kali; father Franklin W. Feary Sr.; brother Rodney “Buddy” Feary, and four grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary; call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Richard K. Yamamoto, 80, of Honolulu, a retired plumber of Sheraton Hotels, died last Tuesday at home. He was born in Papaikou, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Kiyoko; sons Lawrence K., Wayne T. and Derek H.; brothers Haruaki and Toshiaki; sister Misako Mizuno, and two grandchildren. Private services.
Herbert H.K. Yim, 78, of Kaneohe, an owner of Lin’s Supermarket, Kaneohe, died March 16 at home. He was born in Kaneohe. He is survived by wife Audrey; sons Dr. Donald W.S., Wendell W.J. and Rodney W.S.; daughters Lorna N.O. Lee and Diana N.L. Sutton; brothers Walter, Clarence, Evans and Dr. Henry; sister Beatrice Leong, and 11 grandchildren. Private services.