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Aileen M. Ader, 46, of Honolulu, an educational assistant for Aliamanu Elementary School, died March 28 in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by fiance Tony McDonald; son Robby Supnet; daughter Roblyn Supnet; mother Felisa; sisters Ailsa Machado, Adriane Donald and Ann Ader; and brothers Alvin and Arnold. Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at St. Philomena Church, 3300 Ala Laulani St. Burial: Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.Alice A. Akama, 73, of Honolulu died March 30 in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Kurt and Dudley; brothers Shigeru, Hiroshi and Seiko Chinen; sister Yasuko "Helen" Corpuz; and six grandchildren. Services: 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Aloha attire.
Toshio Aoki, 80, of Lanai City, a retired supervisor for Dole Pineapple Co., died Thursday in Queen's Hawaii Hospice. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by sons Wilfred, Keith and Terence; brothers Teruo and Charles; sisters Mitsuko Oda, Hanako Kawasaki and Mildred Yamauchi; and a grandson. Services: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers. Memorial services: 2:30 p.m. April 15 at Lanai Hongwanji Mission.
Alice Aylett, 85, of Honolulu died Monday in Queen's Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Jacqueline Purdy; brother Joseph Santos; 11 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire.
Regina M. Birk, 84, of Kihei, a retired retail clerk, died Monday in Hale Makua. She was born in New York. She is survived by daughter Mary Cannataro and two grandchildren. Private services.
Albert Q. Corpman, 42, of Kaneohe, a former employee of Young Laundry, died March 28 in Kaneohe. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Albert; sisters Dorothea Santos, Carolyn Hesia, Gloria Santana, Helen Chamberlain and Virginia Corpman; and brother Frank Santana. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Gertrude Fujishiro, 82, of Lahaina died Wednesday in Hale Makua. She was born in Puukolii, Maui. She is survived by son Richard Dukes; sister Patricia Balderas; and three grandchildren. Prayer services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Maui Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Grace B. Guslander, 89, of Wailua, Kauai, died Wednesday at home. She is survived by brother Adam Buscher; stepdaughters Nan Guslander and Lindsay A. Faye Jr.; and four step-grandchildren. Services 11 a.m. Monday at Lihue United Church. Call from 8:45 to 10:30 a.m. Graveside services: 10:45 a.m. Tuesday at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual or aloha attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to Iolani Palace Friends, Kauai Historical Heart Society Endowment Association or American Heart Association.
Junko Haire, 74, of Mililani died Tuesday in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in Pusan, South Korea. She is survived by daughters Jean Dela Cruz and Judy Haire; seven grandchildren; and four great grandchildren. Private services.
Jose U. Hipolito, 88, of Honolulu died March 14 in Honolulu. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Pacita Reyes; son Jose Jr.; daughters Carmen, Remedios and Melissa Hipolito and Milagros Baltazar; and grandchildren. Private services.
Adelina R. "Dely" Julian, 79, of Aiea died Tuesday in Kaiser Hospital. She was born in Manila. She is survived by husband Urcino "Loy" G.; sons Romeo, Urcino Jr., Danilo, Virgilio and Julian; daughter Emily Unander; sisters Enriqueta Julian and Purificacion Reyes; 15 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph Church. Call after 9 a.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.
John Kapu Jr., also known as "Uncle Boy" and "Johnny," 58, of Kealakehe, Hawaii, a truck driver with C.R. England and Sons, died Wednesday in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Keaukaha, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Lillian L.; sons John III, Stephen and Brian Kapu and Brian and Brandon Hinsey; daughter Karen Kapu; brother Edward K.; sisters Piilani Kapu, Puanani Kaleikini and Nohea Rickard; hanai brother Taichi Okamura; and six grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Michael's Catholic Church. Call from 8 a.m. Potluck gathering. Casual attire. No flowers.
Wah You Ma, 85, of Honolulu died March 31 at Hale Nani Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. He was born in China. He is survived by son Pang Fai; daughters Lily Young and Irene Lum; brother Wah Ying; sisters Siu Hing and Siu Han; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Chinese Buddhist services: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park.
Akinobu Machigashira, also known as "Johnny" or "Mike," 71, of San Diego and formerly of Kakaako, died Jan. 26. He was a veteran of the Korean War and a songwriter. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by brothers Wallace H. Nishimura and Dr. Harold T. Machigashira and sister Edith M. Muranaka. Private services.
Bernice L. Medeiros, 68, of Mililani, a retired bus driver with the state Department of Transportation, died Monday in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband George; daughter Georgia A. Campbell; brothers Edward L. and Richard Oreta; sisters Rufina Felix and Shirley Kikau; three grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Graveside services: 9 a.m. Thursday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.
Sarah K. Oliver, 86, of Kamuela, a retired taxi driver, died Tuesday at home. Oliver is survived by sons William J., Daniel K. and Manuel; daughters Martha Sampaio, Betty Capuano and Lei Schlemmer; brothers Simeon Kaauwai and Alexander Parker; and sisters Maria Kauhane and Pansy Perreira. Services: Tuesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Ellen E.K. Owens, 65, of Hilo died Sunday at home. She was born in Kau, Hawaii. She is survived by daughters Donna Owens, Vanessa Owens-Sarme and Valerie Akau; sons Donald Scoggins and Nelson Owens; brother Albert H. Kekoa; sisters Harriett U. Caseria and Eva L. Kekoa; 14 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire.
Mary Ann Park, 85, of Honolulu, a retired preschool teacher, died Monday in Ewa. She was born in Lawai, Kauai. She is survived by sons Dr. Edwin, Dr. Wayne and Stanley; daughters Sylvia Miyashiro, Charlotte Chow and Lorna Park; brothers Samma, Moses, Joseph, David, Kelly and Clarence Chung, Philip Kim and Martin Choy, and five grandchildren. Private inurnment.
Yaeko Sakumoto, 92, of Honolulu died March 7. She was born in Kaanapali, Maui. She is survived by son Walter; daughter Anne Okudara; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Private services. No flowers. Donations suggested to St. Francis Hospice.
Elizabeth M. Sanborn, 80, of Kilauea, Kauai, a retired supervisor with Human Resources, died Thursday at home. Sanborn served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II. She was born in Colorado. She is survived by son Bradforn "Shak"; a granddaughter; and a great-grandchild. No services.
Wesley T. "Bud" Shockley, 74, of Ewa Beach, a retired chief boatswain mate of the U.S. Navy who served on the USS Brown at the end of World War II, died April 1 in Tripler Army Hospital. He was born in Darlington, Wis. He is survived by wife Bella; sons Wesley Shockley Jr. and Caesar and Arthur Pascual; daughters Brenda McMullen, Georgia Woolwine, Charlotte Harris and Rita Edgar; 24 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Mass: 12:30 p.m. Monday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.
Laura S. Tanioka, 82, of Hauula died March 22 in Hauula. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Steven; daughter Carolyn Inoue; brother Richard Nakagawa; sisters Jean Nakagawa and Tamayo Ohisa; and four grandchildren. Private services.
Shigeo Tanouye, 84, of Hilo died Wednesday in Life Care Center of Hilo. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by son Leighton; daughters Beverley Oshiba and Suellen Tanoue; brothers Harold, Shigeru and Hiroshi; six grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. Private services.
Bernard K. Tokunaga, 59, of Wailuku, Maui, a principal at Baldwin High School, died March 29 in St. Francis Hospital. He was born in Wailuku. He is survived by wife Eileen; daughters Bernice Takahata, Angela Kunioka, Tina Tokunaga and Celeste Isaacs; mother Dorothy; brothers Alan, Kenneth and Greg; sister Gerry Scott, and four grandchildren. Private services.
Thomas J. "Dusty" Torres, 54, of Kurtistown, Hawaii, owner and operator of Dusty's Towning Service, died Monday in Hilo Hospital. He was born in Haina, Hawaii. He is survived by daughters Kaiulani and Anela; parents John and Catherine Correira; brother Wesley Correira; sister Lorna Ganigan; and a grandson. Services: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Dodo Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire.
Joel Trapido, 87, of Scottsdale, Ariz., died Thursday in Scottsdale. He was born in Newark, N.J. He is survived by daughters Jean and Barbara. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Temple Emanu-El, 2550 Pali Highway. Call after 10:30 a.m. Private inurnment.
Josephine E. Webb, 69, of Wahiawa died Tuesday in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was born in Paia, Maui. She is survived by husband Lindon O.; sons Lindon E. and Earl W.; daughters Patricia A. Shockley, Karen M. Glass and Charlene H. Coloma; sisters Margaret Pelton and Loretta Berrios; 15 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. Monday at Faith Assembly of God Church. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Private burial. Casual attire. No flowers.
Becky R. Wright, 74, of Honolulu, a retired nurse's aide, died Wednesday at home. She is survived by ohana and three grandchildren. Private services.
Takeshi Yoshizu, 100, of Honolulu, formerly of Makawao, Maui, a retired proprietor of Yoshizu Market, died March 20. He was born in Kumamoto, Japan. He is survived by sons Alan, Hisao, Mitsuo and Yoshio; daughters Sumiye Yoshizu, Fusae "Patsy" Kitagawa and Jean Akagi; 15 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Private services.
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.