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and journalist, dies at 71Tracy Y.C. Au, 40, of Honolulu, a controller for Waikiki Parkside Hotel, died May 23. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by father Herbert S.H. and sisters Cindy Yoshida and Toni Au. Private services. Domingo Y. Caravallo, 94, of Honolulu, a retired federal employee, died Sunday in Queen's Hospital. He is survived by wife Felisicima "Feling"; sons Albert and Calvin; daughters Thelma Nitta and Rosemarie Wong, nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Blessed Sacrament Church. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.
John R. "Dick" Donahue, 73, of Pearl City, a retired flight dispatcher from Aloha Airlines, died Monday. He was born in Los Angeles. He also retired from U.S. Customs Service. He is survived by wife Kay; daughter Kellie A. Spiridigliozzi; sons Dennis, Jon Layton, Conrad, Sean and Timo, and 13 grandchildren. Memorial services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m.
Shizu Hirano, 83, of Honolulu, a retired sales clerk for Pocketbook Man, died Saturday. She was born in Pahala Kau, Hawaii. She is survived by son Alan; daughter Carole Oshiro, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 6 p.m. Monday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Gail Holley, 68, of Kailua will be remembered in services at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Aloha attire. Incorrect information for an obituary published Wednesday was provided by the mortuary.
Raymond S.P. Kim, 85, of Wahiawa died Saturday at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Raynard S.B.; daughter Dorynne "Dori"; brothers Stanward and George; sisters Charlotte Hamada and Joyce Luce, and a grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Monday at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Siok Young King, 73, of Honolulu died Tuesday. She was born in Manila. She is survived by husband Johnny Ong; sons Jimmy, Charles, Herbert and Edmond Ong; daughters Ida and Avelina Ong; sisters Remedios Ong and Francisca Dy, nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Memorial Mass: 10 a.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Church. Call after 9 a.m.
June Y. Kobashigawa, 73, of Pearl City died Tuesday at home. She was born in Ewa. She is survived by son David S.; daughters Mary M. Okinaka and Lisa M. Kobashigawa; brother Norman Tamashiro; sisters Hilda Sickles, Mildred Miyashiro, Grace Tychsen and Carol Koshi, and two grandchildren. Services: 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Casual attire.
Natalie Kosanovich, also known as Nani Kay, 76, of Honolulu, a retired travel executive, died May 22 in Kaiser Hospital. She was born in Gary, Ind. She is survived by brother Dr. Michael and sister June. Private services.
Ci Hang Lian, 82, of Honolulu died Wednesday in Queen's Hospital. She was born in Canton, China. She is survived by husband Ren Zhi Chen; sons Zhong Sheng Chen, Shun Sang Chan, Yi Sheng Chen and Rich Ki Sang; daughters Rui Na and Hui Ping Ding Chen; brothers De Shiang, De Ming and De Ciang; sister Anne Gulars, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Private services.
Donald F. Ling, 86, of Honolulu, a retired maintenance man with Ling Brothers Ltd., died May 25 in St. Francis Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sisters Ella Wong and Dorothy Shea. Graveside services: 3 p.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. In lieu of flowers, donations suggested to Palolo Chinese Home.
Faivalu A. Mafi, 3, of California died Tuesday in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. She was born in Lakewood, Calif. She is survived by parents Manusiavao and Mellene; siblings Manu Jr., Malani, Sharlene, Maui, Telenoti, Mika and Nala, and grandparents Masa and Sharlene Niko, Melvin Pomroy, Telenoti and Faivalu Mafi. Services: 11 a.m. tomorrow at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kaneohe Ward. Call after 9 a.m. Burial in Tonga.
Roderic H. Oshiro, 49, of Pearl City, a former Mid-Pac Lumber manager in the Appliance Division, died Sunday. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Patricia "Pat"; son Cameron; daughters Marlo and Shanna; father Robert N.; brother Alexander; sisters Shirley Ann Mansinon and Devonne "Dee Dee" Crowton, and a grandson. Memorial services: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Arthur F. Rogers, 94, of Kailua, a printer, died Wednesday in St. Francis-West Hospice. He owned and operated the Rogers Printing Co. He was born in London. He is survived by daughters Romayne Rozunko, Patricia Casey, Terri Petersen, Mary Boynton and Nell Lindburg, 13 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. Private services.
Inez M. Tabar, 63, of Waimanalo, a retired 7-Eleven store manager, died last Friday in Kailua. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband William; sons William Jr., Jerome, Vernon and Jason; daughter Sherry Maranan; brothers William Kouhou and Edward, Louis and Michael Lange; sisters Melba Huihui and Edith Swails, nine grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 10:15 a.m. Tuesday at the mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.
Dennis N. Tsuda, 50, of Honolulu, a cook at Leahi Hospital, died Saturday at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by parents Shizukazu and Helen S., and brothers Frederick S., Barry I., Robert K. and Roderic A. Memorial services: 6 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Inurnment services: 1 p.m. Tuesday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.
Violet T. Uno, 79, of Honolulu, a retired employee of housekeeping services at the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani, died Wednesday in Queen's Hospital. She was born in Hana, Maui. She is survived by sons Ronald and Glen; daughters Linda Payanal and Karen Uno; brother Masaichi Okada; sisters Peggy Moriwaki, Mitsuko Kurisu, Fumiko Watanabe and Patsy Neal, and seven grandchildren. Memorial services: 4 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire.
Carlson F.Y. Young, 56, of Honolulu and Lanai, a retired reactor plant general foreman at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, died Wednesday. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Sylvia; son Rodney; daughter Wendy Ogawa; father Ah Yen; brother Alvin; sister Donna Young-Miller, and four grandsons. Memorial services: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Central Union Church. Casual attire. No flowers.
Jennie K. Young, 66, of Honolulu, a retired photo processor for Fox Photo, died Tuesday at home. She was born in South Hilo. She is survived by sons Jacquline E. Tripp and Louis K. Kaholo; daughters Kuloha and Linda Kaholo; brothers Bishop Robert, Rupert and Randall Tripp; sister Ella Chesbro, and three grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
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.
