Rosalio "Sayong" J. Begonia, 87, of Kekaha, Kauai, a retired laborer with David Chang Construction, died Thursday at his home. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Melba; son Romel; daughters Delilah Verzosa, Pylman Parado Jr., Liberty Camat and Sonita DelaCruz; sister Damiana, 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Thursday at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Kekaha. Call after 1 p.m. Burial to follow at Kekaha Public Cemetery. Casual attire.Encarnacion Casabar Cabe, 85, of Kaneohe, died Dec. 4 at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by son Angelo; daughters Magdalena Ostman and Jacinta; brothers Rick and Jaime Casabar; sisters Vicenta and Pacita Casabar, and Leonora Tugade, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary and 9 a.m. Saturday at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. Call: 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary, and 8 to 9 a.m. Saturday at the church. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park.
Cecilia Hiilaniwai Kane, 89, of Honolulu, a retired operator for Hawaiian Telephone Company, died Dec. 25 at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Paul Jr.; daughters Paulette K. McClain and Pamela K. Kane; hanai son Alvin Arnold; brothers Francis "Bud" Arnold and Thomas E. Arnold; sisters June Walker, Alice Mae Stertz and Yvonne Ernst, six grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Oahu Cemetery at noon. Casual attire.
Harriette "Sweet Pea" Hatsuye Kawahara, 80, of Hilo, a retired cafeteria school manager, died Wednesday at her daughter's home in Hilo. She was born in Paia, Maui. She is survived by son Bruce Alan; daughter Penny L. Pitman-Kelii; sisters Kay Nagata, Jane Kunimitsu and Ruth Nakano, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at First United Protestant Church of Hilo. Call after 1 p.m. A private scattering of the ashes will follow at a later date. Aloha attire.
Emil "Emo"Lani Keohokalole, 57, of Waianae, a retired construction laborer, died Dec. 24 in Waianae. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by mother Emma; former spouse Chloe; daughters Lori-Lani and Jeanine Keohokalole and Cherie Battle; brothers James "Moe," Joseph "Jolo," Dennis "Bla" and Adrian "Pehu"; sister Emalia, and five grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Cremation to follow. Aloha attire.
Alice Yung Yin Liu, 86, of Honolulu, died last Monday at Maunalani Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Clifford; son Owen; daughter Shirley Lee; three brothers and five sisters, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Call: 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Thursday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Taoist services will be held. Burial: 12:45 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. No Flowers. Casual attire.
Samantha Ann Maeshiro, 25 of Kailua, a University of Hawaii student, died Dec. 19 at Straub Clinic. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by parents Roy and Lizabeth; brother Grant, and paternal grandmother Betty. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Albert Alimahamed Pedro, 75, of Fountain Valley, Calif., died last Monday. He is survived by wife Marie; son Albert; sisters Katherine Camara and Carol Moretz; step-daughter Myrna Helm, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 2:15 p.m. Wednesday at Westminster Memorial Park, Westminster, Calif. Call: 4 to 8 p.m. tomorrow at Westminster Memorial Park.
Dr. Louis Stong Rockett, 80, of Wailuku, Maui, a plantation doctor for the Wailuku Sugar Company and later a general surgeon for the Maui Medical Group, died Thursday at his residence. He is survived by wife Pearl; sons Michael and David; daughters Susan Buechler, Camille, Adele and Denise Nakano, and five grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Wednesday at Kahului Union Church. Call after 4 p.m. Reception to follow. Graveside services: 9 a.m. Thursday at Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire. Monetary donations suggested to the American Lung Association.
Ethel Savidge Roth, 91, of Honokaa, Hawaii, a homemaker, died Dec. 22 at the North Hawaii Community Hospital. She was born in Austria. She is survived by daughter Diana Nui. Services: 5 p.m. Thursday at Keauhou Bay. Scattering of the ashes to follow.
Agnes Setsuko Sewake, 71, of Honolulu, an office clerk for Seicho No Ie, died Thursday at Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by brother Frederick Tadao Tani, and sisters Hilda Namiko Inouye and Asako Taketome. Services: 8 p.m. Wednesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire.
Sydney J.S. Stephen, 65, of Honolulu, a title searcher in the escrow and title business, died Saturday at his home. He is survived by wife Willene; son Mark; daughter Lee'Ann Stillman, and sisters Edna Lai Hipp and Juanita Gerakas. Services: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 5 to 9 p.m. Aloha attire. No Flowers.
Carmino Lapaz Tampon, 68, of Honolulu, died Dec. 21 at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Waiakea, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Merilyn; sons Noel, Carmino, Jr., and Kenneth; daughters Joannie and Rene Compeau; sisters Sally Tanjian, Catherine Phelan, Julie Abila, Octobiana Aledo and Erenia, and several grandchildren. Sevices: 7 p.m. Thursday and 9:30 a.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Thrusday and after 8 a.m. Friday. Burial to follow at the Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery.
Tatsuo Teraoka, 85, of Pearl City, a retired Hickam Air Force motor vehicle dispatcher, died Dec. 21 at Kapiolani Medical Center. He was born in Waipio. He is survived by wife Yoshiko; sons Edwin T, Harry T. and Stephen H.; stepsons Mitsumasa Shiraishi; sisters Sugako Kadomoto, Miyako Nakano, Sueno Teraoka and Aiko Ochi, and six grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual 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.