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Alvin Aburamen, 45, of Hilo, a line service worker for Hawaiian Airlines, died Saturday in Hilo Hospital. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Ardis; son Shelby; mother Yaeko; brother Leslie, and sister Gayle Hatada. Services: 5:30 p.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers. Adrienne R. Block, 97, of Kaimuki, a retired gourmet food specialty sales clerk, died Friday in Kailua. He was born in Granada, Spain. He is survived by son Frank A. Jr.; daughters Florence Jurgemeyer and Kathleen Gartrell; sister Roselyn Phillips; 11 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Oahu Cemetery. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment to follow. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Virgil O. Brown, 90, of Honolulu, a firefighter for the city of Minneapolis, died Thursday in Honolulu. He was born in Minneapolis. He is survived by daughter Barbara Robinson; brother Lowell; sister Delphie Hesner, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services at a later date. Inurnment on the mainland. Donations suggested to the American Heart Association and/or the Senior Center at Central Union Church.
Nenita R. Bueno, 70, of Kahuku, a retired teacher, died May 9. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by sons Arthur, Ferdinand, Jose Jr. and Nelson; daughters Leticia Villegas, Charito and Henedina Bueno and Jean Aguares; brother Arlito Reclosado; sisters Jessie Agustin, Adele Ponsiano and Remedios Paraz, 19 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Prayer services: 7 p.m. Friday at St. Roch Church in Kahuku. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 9 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples.
William S. Ching, 84, of Honolulu, owner of Island Chemical Co., died last Wednesday in Kaiser Hospital. He was born in Heeia, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Alice; son Wesley; daughters Gail Chun and Jocelyn Choy; sister Ella McKee, and four grandchildren. Services: 11:45 a.m. Monday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Stelle M. Coughlin-Godlewski, 81, of Honolulu, a retired accountant, died May 15 in Kailua. She was born in Chicago. She is survived by daughter Patricia Coughlin; sisters Alvina Maida, Irene Kloc and Florence Kopacz, and brother Stanley Falat. Memorial services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Holy Trinity Church. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: 10:30 a.m. Monday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire.
Arthur G. Hodgins Jr., 87, of Kahaluu Mauka, Kona, Hawaii, retired director of material at the Hawaiian Pineapple Co., died Sunday at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Sarah E. "Betty"; daughters Sarah Inkster and Suzanne Donavan; brothers William P. and James S., and six grandchildren. Memorial services: 10 a.m. Friday at Christ Church Episcopal. Casual attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to the Christ Church Building Fund.
Gail Holley, 68, of Kailua died Friday. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Leroy and daughter Gailene. Services: 11 a.m. June 8 at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Aloha attire.
Monica M. Ko, 48, of Honolulu, owner and teacher of Playmate School, died last Wednesday. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by parents John and Miyo Hee; brothers John, Francis and James, and sisters Mary Whiteman, Margaret Lee and Maureen Ko. Services: 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 11:30 a.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Elizabeth L. "Lizzie" Kong, 62, of Kula, Maui died Sunday at home. She was born in Kula. She is survived by husband James; mother Lucy Kegley; son Michael; daughters Charlene and Kathleen Kong and Lisa Kays; brothers William and Ronald Jacintho; sister Lucy Amuro, and two grandchildren. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at Norman's Chapel. Cremation to follow. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at Holy Ghost Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow. Casual attire.
Higemio R. Lagazo, 86, of Hanamaulu, Kauai, a bagasse operator for Lihue Plantation, died May 22 in Wilcox Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Nieves D.; daughters Teodora Dela Cruz and Clarita Medeiros Jr.; son Tony; adopted daughter Camila; adopted son Henry; sister Marcela; stepbrothers and stepsisters in the Philippines, 13 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Michael's & All Angels Church in Lihue. Call from 8 to 9:45 a.m. Burial: Lihue Public Cemetery. Casual attire.
Margaret F. "Peggy" Lake, 77, of Kaneohe, a retired massage therapist, died last Wednesday in St. Francis-West Hospital. She was born in Wailuku, Maui. She is survived by sons James Lake and Joseph Kauo; daughters Florence Hintacutan, Annie Kaawa and Becky Dalere; brother David Mendonca, 15 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. Memorial services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Nanakuli Beach Park, "Zablan" ewa end. Scattering of ashes to follow.
Colin E. McCully, 10, of Hakalau, Hawaii, a student at Haili Christian School, died Monday in Hilo Hospital. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by parents James and Francine; brothers Keenan and Quinn, and grandparents Joseph and Grace Morales and Patricia McCully. Memorial services: 6 p.m. Saturday at the Walter Victor Gym at St. Joseph School. Call from 4 to 7 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Beverly M. McKeand, 78, of Honolulu died Saturday in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. She was born in Duluth, Minn. She is survived by husband Floyd and sons Charles and Robert. Services: 5 p.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 4 to 6 p.m. Committal services: 1 p.m. Friday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire.
Joseph D. Mendiha, 50, of Honolulu died May 17. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by son Joseph; daughter Shaunna; brothers Salvador, Alfred and Michael; sister Katherine Bajo, and three grandchildren. Memorial services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Michael Church. Call after 10:30 a.m. Casual attire.
Rose Moreira, 65, of Waianae died Friday in Waianae. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by sons Russell and Harry; daughters Sandra Jessmon, Bernadette Taylor, Gordine Brown, Fabraynette Eltagonde and Emma Maeshiro; brothers William Holokahi, Jimmy Holokahi, Kealoha Brown and Roy Belisario; sisters Nancy "Dolly" Stringfield and Winona "Nona" Venne, 26 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Private services.
George M. Morimune, 76, of Honolulu, a retired supervisor for a computer room at Hickam Air Force Base, died Friday. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sisters Esther Moriguchi and Myrtle Yanagida. Memorial services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Casual attire.
Eleanor Y. Morine, 79, of Honolulu died May 22 in Honolulu. She was born in Paia, Maui. She is survived by sons Miles and Andrew; daughter JoAnn Skudlarick; brother Harry Shiroma; sisters Hazel Yonamine and Flora Agena, and two grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Private inurnment. Aloha attire.
Edith M. Nekomoto, 87, of Honolulu died Friday in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in Waialua. She is survived by husband Harry K.; sons Ronald J. and Jerry Y.; daughter Harriet K. Yamada; brothers Harold and Paul Fukushima; sister Betty Fukushima, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services: noon Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Sang Van Nguyen, 71, of Honolulu, a retired jeweler, died May 23 in Honolulu. He was born in Vietnam. He is survived by wife Huong Thi; sons Anh Van, Xuan Minh and Sanh; daughters Tuyet T.K., Hong T.K., Diep H., Trang H. and Tu H. Nguyen and Loan Nguyen Le; stepsister Nhinh Thi Le, and 13 grandchildren. Vietnam Buddhist services: 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: Valley of the Temples. No monetary gifts.
Marion R. Oliveira, 83, of Papaikou, Hawaii, a retired heavy equipment operator for the former Hilo Coast Processing Sugar Plantation, died Saturday in Life Care Center of Hilo. He was born in Onomea, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Anita; daughters Paulette M. Valentin and Debra Clarke; brother George, and four grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. tomorrow at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire. No flowers.
Simplicio M. Quidilla, 91, of Waipahu, who retired from Oahu Sugar Co., died May 1 in St. Francis-West Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Erlinda; daughters Sharon J. and Myra J., and brothers Domingo and Victorio. Wake services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Carl E. Rohner, 83, of Hilo, chairman of the board for F. Koehnen Ltd., died Saturday at home. He was also a retired Army Reservist and veteran. He was born in Weehawken, N.J. He is survived by wife Helie H.; son Randolph; daughter Karyl Ann Franks; brother Erwin C., and two grandchildren. Celebration of life: 3:30 to 6 p.m. Saturday at Hilo Yacht Club. In lieu of flowers, donations suggested to Hawaii Island Adult Care Inc., 34 Rainbow Drive, Hilo, Hawaii 96720 or a favorite charity.
Cita J. Ruaburo, 49, of Wahiawa, an employee of Dole Food Co. Hawaii, died April 29 in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Marino S.; daughter Marieta Henburg; brothers Primitivo, Mariano and Edgard Jimenez; sisters Marcela Costales and Adela Asuncion, and a granddaughter. Mass: 7 p.m. Friday at Our Lady of Sorrow 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.
Agnes E. Thomas died Saturday. She was born in Hawaii. She is survived by husband Manuel; daughters Arlene Johnson and Jacqueline Anderson; sons Neil and Rodney; brother Frank Cabral, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services on the mainland. Donations suggested to the American Cancer Society.
Florence A. Whang, 76, of Honolulu, a former employee of Hawaiian Telephone Co., died last Wednesday in Oahu Care Facility. She was born in Kekaha, Kauai. She is survived by sons Patrick S. and Clifford N., and sister Beatrice K. "Bea" Higa. Memorial services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire.
Doris M. Wittenbrock, 79, of Haiku, Maui died Sunday in Hale Makua. She was born in California. She is survived by sons Thomas P. and Steven; daughter Diane M. Guilloz; brother Robert Andrew; hanai sons John Kostka, Matt Danelles, Ric Durand and Michael P. Rieth, three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Private services. Memorial donations suggested to charity.
Leonard H.L. Young, 69, of Kailua, an engineer with the state and Fujita & Associates, died Thursday in Kailua. He was also a retired engineer for the city. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Caroline Wai Jun Leong; children Derek K.Y. Young and Alison K.S. Panee, and brothers Hung Joong, Hung Lum, Donald, Philip, Thomas and Reginald. Services: 10 a.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha 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.
