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Hilo High athlete remembered
Gloria S. Agricola, 69, of Honolulu died Thursday in St. Francis-West Hospice. She is survived by husband Archie; sons Lenton and Andrew; daughter Sandra Kamaka; brothers Eugene, Robert and Leslie Toyota; sisters Dorothy Nishimura and Shirley Pilla, and seven grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. Patrick R. Brock, 17, of Waianae, a junior at Waianae High School, will be remembered in services 10 a.m. Saturday at Maile Bible Church, 87-138 Gilipake St. Call after 9 a.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers. He died in a car accident on Farrington Highway April 9. He is survived by mother Dorine; brothers William Bohol and James Brock Jr., and grandparents William Brock and Pearl Hamili.
Victorio B. Burton, 87, of Paauhau, Hawaii, also will be remembered in services at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Honokaa United Methodist Church. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: Honokaa County Cemetery. The additional information for an obituary published yesterday was provided by the mortuary.
Tomas C. "Tata" Cablay, 90, of Aiea, a retired roofer, died Sunday at home. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by nieces and nephews. Prayer services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Chaweevun "Nee" Friel, 58, of Honolulu and formerly of Molokai died Sunday in Kaiser Hospital. She was born in Mahasarakom, Thailand. She is survived by son Lek; daughter Pom Luxton; four brothers, three sisters and three grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Inurnment: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Mass: 11 a.m. April 29 at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Molokai. Call after 9 a.m. Scattering of ashes: Puhaloa Fish Pond. Casual attire. No flowers.
Kanji Fujii, 79, of Pearl City, a retired meat inspector for the state Department of Agriculture, died Monday in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. He was born in Fukuoka, Japan. He is survived by son Michael; daughter Emily; brother George; sisters Mitsuyo Hayashida, Elva Murashige and Grace Tanaka, and two grandsons. Memorial services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Makiki Christian Church. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Nobuo Hamada, 78, of Honolulu, a retired carpenter, died March 31. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughters Millicent Tengan and Joanne Wilcox, sister Rose Iwamoto and five grandchildren. Private services.
Frieda G.P. Herminau, 78, will be remembered in services at 10 a.m. Friday at University of Hawaii, Newman Center Chapel on East-West Road. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 9:30 a.m. Monday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire. Incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday was provided by the mortuary.
Mitsuo Hoota, also known as George Mitsuo Hoota, 80, of Honolulu, retired owner of Kalakaua Florist Shop, died Feb. 21. He was born in Waiakea, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Hatsumi "Helen"; sons Russell and David; brothers Jimmy and Tom; sisters Ayako Hoota and Tsuyuko Ikeda, and four grandchildren. Private services.
Mary R. Kanoa, 88, of Honolulu, a retired cashier at Hilton Hawaiian Village, died Friday in Honolulu. She was born in Kaunakakai, Molokai. She is survived by children Eloise Waite, Deldrien Martin and Kaylene Holub; brothers John Ball, George Kanae, Joseph Kalahikiola, Patrick Wade and Francis, Frank, David and Robert Kanoa; sisters Julia Siu, Elizabeth Anderson, Maraea Taylor and Margarita Arruda, eight grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Kaimuki. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park.
Don A. Keliikoa, 52, of Waianae died April 10 in St. Francis Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Gloria "Kanani"; sons Don P.A., Donovan K.E., Samuel L.K., Daniel P. and Micah K.; daughters Denise K.Q. Jordan and Malulani L., Hoikenani E., Elisabeth H. and Kanani G. Keliikoa; brothers Noah, Willy, Boone and Dennis; sisters Nani and Adel Keliikoa, May Young, Meryle Stone and Dorkus Palakikou, and seven grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 9:30 a.m. Casual attire.
Wai Han Kwan, 79, of Honolulu died Saturday in Queen's Hospital. She was born in China. She is survived by sons Tony K.M., George K.C. and Paul K.C.; daughters Cindy K.Y. Choy and King Y. Wai, and nine grandchildren. Services: Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Alice M.K.C. Luke, 87, of Kailua, a retired trimming forelady at CPC Cannery, died April 11 in St. Francis Hospital. She was born in Kailua. She is survived by son Alvin Pang; daughters Frieda Bishop, Sylvia Pang, Audrey Wong and Janet Yee; stepchildren Samuel, Kingsley, Vernon, Maydyne and Leilani Luke and Linda Lee; brothers Mun Chee and Walter C.K. Chun; sisters Sau Gin Look and Clara Chung, 32 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. next Wednesday, April 26, at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Manoa Chinese Cemetery. Casual attire. Donations suggested to a charity.
Wai Kam Hee Luke, 95, of Kapahulu died April 5 in Palolo Chinese Nursing Home. She was born in Canton, China. She is survived by son Leonard; daughters Lorraine Pang, Lally Psak, Lorena Hee and Leanne Chuck, 13 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Nuuanu Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Haruo Masuda, 88, of Honolulu, a retired supervisor for Dole Canneries, died Saturday at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Fred R., Hamlin M., Melvin M. and Craig Y.; daughter Nancy K., eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: noon Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Yun Jin "Rose" Matney, 87, of Honolulu, a retired Veterans Administration nurses' aid, died April 4 in Queen's Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Howard Hayashi; daughters Jeanne Ishimaru and Myrna Tsushima; sister Lily Yong, 11 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. next Wednesday, April 26, at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Toshiko Obatake, 90, of Kekaha, Kauai, a pineapple packer with Del Monte Pineapple Co., died Sunday in Mahelona Hospital. She was born in Eleele, Kauai. She is survived by son Stanley; daughters Eleanor "Kachan" Takeuchi, Joyce Fujikawa and Jeanette Shimabuku; brother Hiroshi Sagawa; sister Fukumi Suzui, 10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Friday at Garden Island Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Marilyn D. Oliveira, 60, of Pearl City, a retired operator for Hawaiian Telephone, died April 6 in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Joseph "Handsome" IV; son Joseph V.; daughters Jo-Lynn Horne and Doriann "Shu-Shu" Smythe; brother Stanley Diones; sister Loretta "Linda" Tuvera, and nine grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Joseph S. Ozoa, 71, of Honolulu died April 9 in Tripler Hospital. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Mary M.; brothers Larry and Vicente, and sister Lillian Cabrido. Wake services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Scattering of ashes at a later date. Casual attire. No flowers.
Arsenio A. Pascua, 64, of Honolulu died Sunday in Queen's Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Benita; son Dante; daughters Conchita, Milagros and Vanessa Pascua, Analyn Bala, Nelia Requilman and Jean Dagdagan; sisters Consolacion Raceles, Consuela Pascua and Sylvestra Isla, and nine grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Burial at a later date.
Mary M. Pedro, 82, of Nebraska died Friday in Oakland, Nebraska. Incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday was provided by the mortuary.
George R. Quintal, 81, of Naalehu, Hawaii, a retired ranch hand for Parker Ranch, died Thursday in Hilo Hospital. He was born in Waimea, Hawaii. He is survived by sons George Jr., James and John Quintal, Richard Johanson, Thomas Piga and David K. Quintal-Souza; daughters Barbara Hashimoto, Maybelle Okinishi, Rose Lee Ramos, Linda Kailiawa, Angeline Cardines and Pearl, Lizzie and Pansy Quintal; brother Manuel; sisters Eva White, Annie Gomes and Barbara Sheehan, 43 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 7 p.m. Friday at Pahala Assembly of God Church. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Inurnment: 2 p.m. Saturday at Naalehu County Cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers.
Edith L. Ramos, 66, of Kapolei, who worked in housekeeping at Moana Surfrider Hotel, died April 8 at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by stepmother Eleanor Peters; son Raymond C. Jr.; daughters Susan M.K. Peters, Christine Bernardino and Debra Ann P. Gono; sister Ruby K. Kaleiopu; brother John A. Peters, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.
Steven S. Sato, 57, of Pearl City, a retired piping inspection supervisor at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, died April 11 in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. He also worked for maintenance personnel for the state Department of Accounting and General Services. He was born in Waipahu. He is survived by wife Nancy; sons Lance, Scott and Ryan; brothers Bruce, Roger, Melvin and Randy; sisters Judith and Phyllis, and two grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Mary E. Scoville, 75, of Kailua, a retired teacher, died Sunday in Kailua. She was born in New York City, N.Y. She is survived by husband Winston O.; sons Winston O. Jr. and Randolph W.; daughters Linda L. Cartwright, Jory L. Pellecchia and Judy L. Layfield; brother Robert Wroth, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Saturday at Windward United Church of Christ. Call after 2 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Mildred M. Shitanaka, 79, of Waimea, Kauai died April 11 in St. Francis Hospital. She was born in Hanalei, Kauai. She is survived by son Roy; daughter Joy Tanigawa, and five grandchildren. Private services.
Gordon M. Sing, 76, of Aiea is also survived by sisters Emmaline Lee, Melvia Ching and Shirley Yong. The additional information for an obituary published earlier was provided by the family.
Palmyra "Sweetie" Tau-a, 55, of Waianae died Friday in Pali Momi Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Robert "Haku" Jr.; daughters Devlynn "Kalele" Campfield-Tanioka, Palmyra "Kahea" Billings and Robbie "Kaleo" Souza; brothers Matthew "Bla" Jr., Jedediah "Jeddy" and Samuel "Sam" Kekumu; sisters Padgette "Haunani" Moniz and Sundae "Maka" Kekumu, and nine grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from noon to 4 p.m. Cremation to follow. Aloha attire.
Peter S. Victoria, 73, of Honolulu, who retired from the Hawaii Laborer's Union, died Friday in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Peter, Paul, Patrick and Perry; daughter Victoria Weber; sisters Peggy Mulledy and Gloria Lorenzo; brother John Victoria, 15 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. tomorrow at Oahu Cemetery. Call after 5 p.m. Private scattering of ashes at sea. Casual attire. No flowers.
Wilfred N. Yukumoto, 48, of Honolulu, an electrician, died Thursday in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Beverly; son Gregory; daughter Shelly; brother Clayton; sister Grace Ito, and a grandson. Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m. Private burial. Casual attire. No flowers.
Raymond Y.F. Zane, 69, of Honolulu, a retired X-ray technician, died Feb. 12. He was born in Hawaii. He is survived by brothers Alvin and Francis. 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.
