Lydia Mahi Alvara, 81, of Kailua, died Tuesday in Kailua. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughters Georgiana and Laurie-Lei Alvaro; hanai children Karen Taroc, Catherine Lee and Calvin Mahi, and six grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: noon at Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery. Aloha attire.Khryssa-Lei Julian Aquino, 2, of Kaneohe, died Wednesday at Kapiolani Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by parents Crispin Jr. and Lubelyn; paternal grandparents Crispin and Ederlinda, and maternal grandparents Alejandro and Eufemia Julian. Services: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park.
Dawes N. Hiu, 72, of Honolulu, one of the founding members of Chaminade University who served as a professor, academic dean, vice president for academic affairs and president of the Chaminade University Education Foundation, died Oct. 12 while traveling in Spain. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Leonora; sons Stephen, Michael and Vincent; daughters Sharon Ong and Brenda Shin; mother Emily; brothers Albert and Bertram; sister Patricia Yim, and four grandchildren. Services: 10:45 a.m. Thursday at St. Philomena Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial at Diamond Head Memorial Park at 12:45 p.m. No flowers.
Ryuko Kurita, 99, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died Friday at Leahi Hospital. She was born in Hiroshima, Japan. She is survived by sons James and Harold; daughter Carol Nakamura; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services will be private.
Eichi Matsuda, 79, of Honolulu, a retired tire recapper for Tire Recap Service, died Friday at St. Francis Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Teruko; son Eric; daughters Karen Sundborg and Lynn Park; brother Charles; sisters Ellen Fujioka, Lillian Matsuda and Betty Maeda, and a granddaughter. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. No flowers. Casual attire.
Aiko Matsuoka, 91, of Hilo, died Oct. 15 at the Life Care Center of Hilo. She was born in Hilo, Hawaii. She is survived by son Albert; daughter Marian Taketa, four grandchildren and three great-
grandchildren. Services were private.
Kiiko "Kay" Miyashiro, 81, of Honolulu, a retired Cinerama Reef Tower chambermaid, died last Monday at home. She was born in South Hilo, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Yoshimori; sons Randy, Alden and Layton; daughter Gayle Wong; brother Stanley Goya; sisters Masako Miyashiro, Hiroko "Angelea" Goya and Kimiko Tokusato, and four grandchildren. Services were private.
Harold "Mino" Minoru Morita, 69, of Honolulu, a Japan Airlines ramp service operator, died Friday at Queen's Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Evelyn; son Les; brothers Tamotsu and George; sisters Helen Coelho and Alice Ishiura, and two grandchildren. Services: 8 p.m. tomorrow at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. No flowers. Casual attire.
George Akira Nishii, 66, of Kaneohe, a retired Brewer Environmental Industries sales engingeer and Royal Adventure Travel tour consultant, died Oct. 17 at Castle Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Florence; sons Russell and Randy; daughter Sheree Young; brothers Herbert and Moses, and eight grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m.
Sumiko Sakai, 91, of Honolulu, a retired California Packing Corporation forewoman, died Oct. 16 at Straub Hospital. She was born in Koloa, Kauai. She is survived by husband James; sons Milton and Donald; daughter Gertrude Okubo; brother Kazutoshi Ishida; sister Suzuko Satoda; nine grandchildren and 19 great- grandchildren. Services were private.
Robert Eugene Thayer, 66, of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, a retired crane operator, died Friday at home. He was born in Onalaska, Washington. He is survived by wife Lyann; son Brian; daughters Teri Maplesden and Sheryl Auer; father Harold; brother Bruce, five grandchildren and one great-grandson. Services: 5 p.m. today at the Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall on Mamalahoa Highway in Keauhou. The family requests formal attire.
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.