Evelyn P. Akiu-Kaoiwi, also known as "Auntie Evelyn," 56, of Sunset Beach, a tour guide with Hawaiian Adventures, died Sept. 23 in Kahaluu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by brother Samuel Kroger, and sisters Louise Francis, Violet Wong and Alice Patricia. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Nuuanu Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples. Casual attire. No flowers.Emilio B. Alcaide, 87, of Waialua, a retired city truck driver, died Sept. 18 in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was also an auto mechanic at Schofield. He was born in Pangasinan, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Gregoria F.; sons Gilbert Obamen, Paulus Villanueva and Emilio Jr., Silverius and Norbert Alcaide; daughters Frances Bumanglag, Julie Pedro, Madeline Webb and Noy, May and Janice Alcaide; 32 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Rosary: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 11:15 a.m. Saturday at St. Michael Catholic Church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. Casual attire.
Roseline Amoral, 81, of Makawao, Maui died Sunday at home. She was born in Kokomo, Maui. She is survived by husband Arthur, son Delvin, daughters Gwen Robello and Marlene Bigger, sisters Olive Nascimento and Violet Figueira, seven grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Makawao Cemetery. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Alice P. Bargas, 91, of Waianae, a retired packer from Hawaiian Pine, died Sunday in St. Francis Hospital. She is survived by daughter Ethel Rodrigues, sons Harold C. Medeiros and Wilbert Ortiz, daughter Kathleen Vierra, 18 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren, and 15 great-great-grandchildren. Call from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Services: noon Saturday at the mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park.
Charles G. Berg, 87, of Hilo, a retired postal service supervisor, died Sept. 27 in Hilo Hospital. He was born in Hawaii. He is survived by sister Else DeMello. Services at a later date.
Suzanne FitzGerald Delpech, 81, of Honolulu, died Saturday at home. She was born in Los Angeles. She is survived by husband Alan, children Denby, Tony, Gerald and Kam Fawcett, and four grandchildren. Services: 9 a.m. tomorrow at Outrigger Canoe Club.
Simeon V. Domingo, 72, of Honolulu, a retired grounds maintenance man for Diamond Head Memorial Park, died Sept. 16 in Kuakini Hospital. He was born in Pangasinan, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Isabel P., son Damaso P., daughters Marina D. Umayam and Carmelita P. Domingo-Bermudez, sister Valentina Jabonillo, 13 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Graveside services: 11 a.m. Friday at Valley of the Temples.
Daniel Ejercito, also known as "Uncle Danny the Fisherman," 72, of Kailua-Kona, a commercial fisherman, died last Wednesday in Hilo Hospital. He was born in Kona, Hawaii. He is survived by caregivers Yvonne and Keoki Carter; sister Louisa E. Yarber; hanai mother Helen; adopted brothers Sonny and Francis Llacuna and Stanley, Roland Jr., Norman and Warren Ejercito; and adopted sisters Karen Hirano, Barbara Lo, Norma Generalao and Lillian Johannessen. Memorial services: 8:30 a.m. Friday at the Life Church in Kailua-Kona, 75-5699 Alii Dr. Scattering of ashes: Kailua-Kona Pier. Casual attire. No flowers.
Helen Vierra Gonsalves, 66, of Pahoa, Hawaii, a retired nurse's aide, died Sept. 23 in Hilo Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Henry, Ivan, Salvador and Leroy; daughters Pauline Raposas, Conchita Johnson and Patricia Pauline; brother Alvin Vierra; sisters Audrey Gonsalves and Antoinette Tsusaki; 40 grandchildren; and great-grandchildren. Prayer services: 7 p.m. Friday at Memorial Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Manuel P. Guerrero, 76, of Honolulu, a retired auto mechanic, died Sept. 26 in Honolulu. He was born in Labag, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Consolacion N.; sons Manuel Jr., Arlando and Arsenio; daughters Brigida V. Perez, Conuelita Castillo, Helen Santos and Gloria Domingo; sisters Rizalina Espejo, Natividad Adeza and Corazon Garlitos; brother Dominador Domingo; 19 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services held.
Rosalina B. Ibana, 51, of Honolulu died Sept. 19 in St. Francis Hospital. She was born in Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. She is survived by husband Edwin; sons Edwin Jr., Edgar, Jarvis, James and Wayne; daughter Leinani May; brother Antonio; sisters Carling Gamiao, Tessie Bartolome, Flora Quelnate and Esther Pascua; and seven grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 9 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples.
Robert T. Ito, 68, of Hilo, a retired District Court judge for the state, died last Wednesday in Hilo Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by father James H. and brother James T. Memorial services: 11 a.m. tomorrow at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Beryl A. Jen, 47, of Aiea, an employee with Liberty House, died Oct. 1 in Queen's Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Kenneth, daughters Megan and Kelly, parents Richard and Yuriko Kadekaru, brother Vernon Kadekaru, and sisters Vivian Inoue and Karen Kadekaru. Services: 6 p.m. Sunday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire.
Martha M. Kalawaia, 78, an okazu cook at Haia Delicatessen, Shari's, Kailua Drive Inn, Oneawa Supermarket and Harada Store, died Sept. 23 in Kailua. She was born in Kahaluu. She is survived by children Pauline, Patsy, Nathan and Joy; brothers Tsuyoshi, Yutaka, Haruo, Roy and John Mikami, and two grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire.
Kenichi Kawaguchi, 97, of Pearl City, a retired utility worker for Candless Restaurant, died Sept. 23 in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by son Noboru, three grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and a great-great-grandchild. Private services.
Shigemi Kawamura, 83, of Honolulu, a retired seamstress, died Saturday in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in Kekaha, Kauai. She is survived by husband Tsutomu; sons Dennis K. and Glenn S.; daughter Amy E. Watanabe; brothers Itsuo, Kazuo, Morito and Kenso Takanishi; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Memorial services: 6 p.m. Friday at Makiki Christian Church. Casual attire. No flowers.
Amy M. Kouke, 78, of Kailua, will be remembered in services 7 p.m. tomorrow at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Friday at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire. Incorrect information for an obituary published Monday provided by the mortuary.
Clara N. Lau, 77, of Honolulu, died Sept. 27 in Kailua. She was born in Honoka'a, Hawaii. She is survived by children Frederick, Glenn, Gavi and Anthony Kepaa, Gwendolyn Castro, Toni Fonoti, Kelvin, Wendell, David, Joey and Terry D. Rodrigues, Christopher N. Sardinha and Debbie Cormack; half brothers and sisters Antone and Lei, Gary and Maria and James and Karen Rodrigues and Angeline and Kenneth Gabriel; brother Fred Olival; sisters Alice Botelho and Penny Mendoza; 30 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Graveside services: noon Saturday at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.
Raymond Y. Matsunami, 79, of Hilo, a retired minister of the Haleiwa Jodo Mission and the Hilo Meishoin Mission, died Sept. 26 in Hilo Hospital. He was born in Hakalau, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Fusae; sons Lloyd, Arthur and Alan; brother Richard; sister Mitsue Yoshimoto; and a grandchild. Services over ashes: 3 p.m. Sunday at Hilo Meishoin Mission, 97 Olona St. Call after 1:30 p.m.
Teruo "Harry" Minami, 85, of Kapaa, Kauai, a retired state parks caretaker, died Sunday in Mahelona Hospital. He was born in Koloa, Kauai. He is survived by wife Hazel, son Stanford, daughter Linda Kupihea, mother Yoshi T., brother George, sister Florence Tsuji, three grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Friday at Kapaa Jodo Mission. Call after 1 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Loreta A. "Lorie" Montano, 58, of Waikoloa, Hawaii, a cleaning technician for Hawaii Care Cleaning, died Sept. 23 in Kona Community Hospital. She was born in Cebu, the Philippines. She is survived by husband Luis; daughter Aida Schrumpf; sons Ramil A., Romeo A. and Roderick A.; brothers Mariano and Melquides Agulo; sisters Flora Guardario, Trinidad Gaguio, Diome Mahomot, Eutropia Go, Dafrosa Banzon, Carmen Agulo and Diomedesa Mahumot; and three grandchildren. Prayer services: 8:30 p.m. Friday at Annunciation Catholic Church. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 9 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Waimea Catholic Cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers.
George M. Moriwaki, 84, of Kailua, a retired fire truck driver engineer for the city Fire Department, died Sept. 24 in Kaiser Moanalua Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Jean M.; son Nolan G.; daughter Geraldine M. Winward; brothers William, Robert and Charlesl and sister Miriam. Memorial services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary.
Francis H. "Chunky" Murayama, 82, of Kailua, a retired co-owner/entrepreneur of Chunky's Drive In, died Saturday in St. Francis-West Hospice. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by sons Russell and Lance, brother Paul, sister Jennifer Matsumoto, and four grandchildren. Memorial services: noon Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Grace T. Okamoto, 98, of Honolulu, died Sept. 20 in Beverly Manor Convalescent Center. She was born in Waimea. She is survived by daughters Doris A. Okamoto and Gwen K. Ito, four grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. Private services.
Benjamin Pana, 65, of Hilo, a retired laborer and security guard, died Oct. 1 in Hilo Hospital. He was born in Makawao, Maui. He is survived by wife LaVerne, son Benjamin "Ben," daughters Lisa Ann Haunga and April Pana, brother Peter, and sister Tina Basque. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Cremation to follow. Memorial gathering and scattering of ashes: 2 p.m. Saturday at Puhi Bay. Casual attire.
Charles A. Santore, 81, of Kihei, a retired import/export manager for Bendix International, died Monday in Maui Memorial Hospital. He was born in Garfield, N.J. He is survived by wife Anne, daughters Linda Conboy and Jahn Murray, brother Arthur, sisters Margaret Hooey and Loretta Bosse, five grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Mass of the Resurrection: 5 p.m. Friday at St. Theresa Church. Call after 3 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations suggested to St. Francis Dialysis Center, Maui Unit, Maui Memorial Hospital.
Salvacion P. Sarte, also known as "Vacion" or "Salva," 48, of Waipahu, a certified nursing assistant at St. Francis Medical Center, died Sept. 17 in Waipahu. She was born in Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. She is survived by husband Jose "Joe" Jr.; hanai son Wendell Pumaras, hanai daughter Mabelle Pumaras, and brothers Florendo, Constante, Napoleon, Abraham and Rosario Pumaras. Mass: 7 p.m. Friday at St. Joseph Church. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Vickie K. Shimoda, 72, of Honolulu, a retired medical assistant of Honolulu, died Friday at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Clayton M., brother Tommy S., sister Lillian Paulo, and two grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m.
Asako Shimokawa, 85, of Honolulu, a retired seamstress for Ritz Department Store, died Sept. 23 in Straub Hospital. She was born in Kona, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Daniel and Fred, daughter June Anzai, brother Motoji Kaneo, sisters Sadako Kishimoto and Flora Donaldson, and two grandchildren. Private services.
Agnes M.J. Tavares, 69, of Papaikou, Hawaii, a room maid at the Naniloa Surf Hotel, died Friday in Hilo Hospital. She was born in Laupahoehoe, Hawaii. She is survived by husband David; sons Gerald and Steven; daughter Debra Pacheco; brothers Walter and Victor Jardine; sisters Katherine Petrowich, Mildred Brito, Alice Greaves and Suzanne McClellan; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Friday at the church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Kalaoa Catholic Cemetery. Casual attire.
Thomas T. "Tommy" Tengan, 67, of Honolulu, a retired manager at Bank of Hawaii, died Thursday in Queen's Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brother James Y. and mother Haruko. Services: 4 p.m. today at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Mildred H. Tokumaru, 88, of Kula, Maui, a retired Japanese language teacher with Olivet Baptist Church, died Sept. 24 in Hale Makua. She was born on Maui. She is survived by sons Stanley and Clifford, daughters Lella Migita and Cheryl Sakura, brothers Paul and Daniel Mitsuo, sister Fujiyo Imura, and eight grandchildren. Private services.
Mateo B. Ulep, 44, of Waimanalo, died Sept. 14 in Valley Hospital, Las Vegas. He was born in Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Angelina; daughter Analiza B. Delara; son Jovy A. Delara; sisters Aileen Calamayan, Lolita Ramos, Emilia Sibucao and Margie Ulep; brothers Rogelio, Francis, Dominador and Elpidio, and a grandson. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. George Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples. Casual attire. No flowers.
You can also search the Hawaii State Library System's
Hawaii Newspaper Index online for older obituaries at:
http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/education/hcc/library/hiindex.html
The index, which goes back several decades,
is available via Telnet software.