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Gregoria V. Afaga, 78, of Kapaau, Hawaii, died July 4 at home. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Pedro; sons Pedro Jr. and Jason; daughters Andrea Velasco and Regina Gantala;, brother James Valdez; sister Mary Sasan, nine grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Rosary: 9 p.m. Friday at the family home, 54-362 Union Mill Road. Call after 5 p.m. for an all-night visitation. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hawi. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Hawi County Cemetery. Casual attire.Constante P. Baldeviso, 86, of Lanai City, a retired field supervisor for Dole Pineapple, Lanai, died Monday in Lanai Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Roberta S.; sons Anthony, Eric and Dean, and four grandchildren. Call from 10 a.m. Friday to 9:45 a.m. Saturday at the ILWU Hall in Lanai City for an all-night visitation. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Hearts Catholic Church. Burial: Lanai Cemetery.
Mary L. Burgess, 94, of Haiku, Maui, a retired planter/trimmer for the Libby Cannery, died Sunday in Kula Hospital. She was born in Olowalu, Lahaina. She is survived by son Donald; daughters Dorothy Helms, Sadie Miller, Evangaline Alania and Judith Rosa; brothers Henry and Albert Louis, 15 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Kingdom Hall, Haiku. Call from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Aloha attire.
Sue Nishimoto Chun, 84, of Honolulu died Sunday in Tripler Army Hospital. She was born in Ninole, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Irving and Gary; daughters Evelyn Kusek and Cora Chun; sister Mitsuko Fukagawa, and five grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Joseph "Joe" Clamucha, 35, of Mililani, who worked for the state Department of Accounting and General Services, died Friday in Kuakini Hospital. He also worked for the Stan Sheriff Center, Blaisdell Center and Aloha Stadium. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Dona Pires, and mother Consolacion "Connie." Services: 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Manuel U. "Nolie" Clemente, 38, of Waipahu died June 18 in St. Francis-West Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Nancy V.; daughters Maureen V. and Mae Jessica V.; mother Filomena; brothers Leonardo U., Godofredo U., Lorenzo U., Rogelio U., Ernesto U. and Orlando U.; sisters Nelie Clemente and Lemelyn C. Sapaden, and grandparents. Wake services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Call again from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Loreto A. Cristobal, 53, of Waialua, an employee with Pan Pacific Construction and Waialua Sugar Co., died June 17 in Waialua. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Fely L.; sons Joewe Martinez and Loreto Jr. and Jason Cristobal; daughter Lorifel; brothers Francis and Prudencio, and sister Mary Glory Zara. Memorial services: noon Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Inurnment: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Rosalie A. English, 78, of Haiku, Maui, died Saturday in Maui Memorial Hospital. She was born in Paia, Maui. She is survived by husband Richard; sons Richard and Wayne; brothers Frank and Tony Borge; sister Cressie Silva, and seven grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Friday at St. Rita's Church in Haiku. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.
Shuet Chau Fong, 85, of Honolulu died July 2 in the Convalescent Center of Honolulu. She was born in China. She is survived by husband Tai On Wong; son Kin Fai Wong; daughters Kin Mui Wong, Kin Har Cheng and Mei Lee Chan, 13 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Taoist services: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Burial: Valley of the Temples.
Lee J. Frame, 66, who retired from the Navy, died June 14. He was born in Fort Morgan, Colo. He was also an engineer for Crowley Maritime. He is survived by wife Conchita "Connie"; son Larry J., and sister Violette Kunz. Services and burial: 10 a.m. Friday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers.
John B. Gagnon, 73, of Mililani died Sunday in Honolulu. He was born in Louiston, Maine. He is survived by daughters Mary Lambert and Donna McLaughlin; son Tom; sister Rose Cunioun, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services in Maine.
Wan Sung Han, 81, of Honolulu, a retired supervisor, died Sunday in Honolulu. He was born in Seoul, Korea. He is survived by wife Bu Won; sons Richard and Devin; daughters Chong Hee Yoon, Ok Hee Kim, Gina Young Hee Yamashiro, Jeannette Hover, Monica Kim and Sonya Lau, 11 grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. Services: 12:30 p.m. tomorrow at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after noon. Burial: Valley of the Temples.
Shane A. Hirosane, 31, of Kaneohe, an expediter for BKA Builders, will be remembered in memorial services at noon Saturday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Inurnment: Valley of the Temples. Casual attire. No flowers. He died June 25 in a car accident on the H-1 freeway in Pearl City. He is survived by parents Frank and Corrine, and sisters Lisa Yee and Stacy Galima.
Alfredo B. Ibarra, 94, of Naalehu, Hawaii, retired proprietor of Alfredo's Bus Service, died Monday in Kau Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sons Samuel and Roy Kaluna and Alfred Jr., Felix and Philip Ibarra; and daughters Shirley, Kathleen and Eleanor Ibarra, Betsy Wittman, Josephine Silva and Marlene Kahoopii. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Naalehu Methodist Church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Naalehu County Cemetery. Casual attire.
Marion K. Jones, 75, of Honolulu, an employee at Queen's Hospital, died June 30 in Maunalani Nursing Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by brother Clarence Jr. Services: 11:45 a.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park.
Frances G. Kalehuawehe, 54, of Kahului, a cashier for a grocery store, died Saturday in Maui Memorial Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by companion Horace Kuhaulua; son Jacob; daughters Kristina Kalehuawehe and Trini-Ann Yoshida; stepchildren Zachary and Michael Kalehuawehe and Jessica Conaway; brothers Abdon, John, Robert, James and Richard Garcia; sisters Alberta Demecilio, Rosita Gracioza, Juanita Rose and Judith Kaeka, and eight grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Cremation to follow. Aloha attire. No flowers. Family is accepting donations.
Alvin K. Kaolulo, 55, of Honolulu died July 2 in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Kealii; daughters Adah-Louana McCord and Anna-Louise Dymond; nine grandchildren, and brothers and sisters. Private services.
Tadashi Kobayashi, 77, of Lahaina died Saturday. Incorrect information for an obituary published Monday was provided by the mortuary.
Katherine K. Low, 76, of Honolulu, a retired housekeeping supervisor at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, died Monday in Castle Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son George Jr.; daughters Tudy Drumgold, Elaine Gist and Dana Shaffer; sisters Margaret Silva and May Nahalea, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 4 to 8 p.m. Private scattering of the ashes. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Joseph K.S. "Joe" Lum, 86, of Honolulu, a retired collector with the Internal Revenue Service, died Saturday in Queen's Hospital. He also retired from Hawaiian Trust Co. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Hazel C.; sons Ronald and Bertram; daughters Joana Taba and Lynette Yap; brother Bruno; sisters Bernice and Marietta Wong, 13 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Mass of Christian burial: 11:30 a.m. today at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Call after 10:30 a.m. Private inurnment.
Clinton E. Lunt, 99, formerly of Hawaii, died Sunday in Salt Lake City. He was born in Nephi, Utah. He is survived by wife Erma; children Spencer and Nancy Lunt and Marilyn and Ray Phillips; sister Mabel Lunt Russon; stepson John W.; 16 stepgrandchildren, 15 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Services on the mainland.
David M. Manuel, 67, of Volcano, Hawaii, a warehouse foreman for the Army/Air Force Exchange, died Saturday in Hilo Hospital. He was born in Kau, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Primrose; sons Keith Farley and David Jr., Marvin and Michael Manuel; daughter Starr-Lyn Ricard; brothers George and Jokin; sisters Kamaka Wahilani and Mary Lou Nakao, and 16 grandchildren. Services: noon Friday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Aloha attire.
Yowada L.L.B. Namahoe, 58, of Hilo, a cafeteria worker for Hilo High School, died Sunday in Hilo Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Pakaualani; sons Maxfield, Daniel and Wadsworth; daughter Renee Namahoe-Ibarra; hanai sons Thomas and Duane "Mousie" Spegar; stepmother Janet Bray; half sisters Haunani Bray, Malia Thompson and Lahapa Perez; half brothers Rex, Parker and Hale Bray, and six grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. Friday at Haili Church. Call after 5 p.m. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Aloha attire.
Ernest T. Nishihara, 91, of Honolulu, a retired engineer for the city, died July 4. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Ruth; daughter Yoko Saiki, and two grandchildren. Private services.
Pelfati G. Pagan, also known as "Ferra" or "Tia," 92, of Kahului, Maui died Sunday in Kula Hospital. She was born in Hamakuapoko, Maui. She is survived by son Joseph; hanai daughters Hattie Lopes, Madeline Kahoohanohano and Dorothy Santiago; hanai sons Antone and John Lopes Jr.; nine grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at Christ the King Catholic Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Maui Memorial Park.
Rachel K. Saiki, 80, of Honolulu died July 3 in St. Francis Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Karl; brothers James and Ronald, and two grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire.
Kazuo Sakagawa, 83, of Honolulu, a retired electrician from the Navy Public Works Center, died last Wednesday in Maunalani Nursing Center. He was born in Puunene, Maui. He is survived by wife Tsuyako "Ruth"; son Larry K.; daughters Ellen K. Nakasone, Ann L. Kiyono and Kay S. Okada; brothers Isamu and Francis Y.; sisters Mae Taketa and Eileen Kishinami, and seven grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Inurnment of the ashes: 11:30 a.m. Monday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.
William B. "Willy" Sanchez, 48, of Wailuku, Maui, a retired mechanic for Smiles Auto, died Saturday in Maui Memorial Hospital. He was born on Maui. He is survived by wife Suzette L.; daughters Sarena and Shannon; sons Dylan and Keala; brothers Robert, John and Albert Rivera and Frank Jr. and Marcelo Sanchez; sisters Alberta Piano, Patricia Miguel, Loretta Sanchez, Anna Peterson and Mary Jane Kridler, and three grandsons. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 1 p.m. Private family services. Burial: Ka Home Ma Ha Mau. Casual attire. No flowers.
Folototo Sania, 66, of Honolulu died June 18 in Queen's Hospital. He was born in Iliili, American Samoa. He is survived by sons Folototo Jr., Tauilo and Lauvale; brother Taumata, and sisters Mote Pauu, Fa'atugaese Elisara, Fa'aluuluga Galletes, Latuaoa Ma'ileoi and LusiaWallace. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Missionary Baptist Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Sunset Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Joaquin P. "Sonny" Silva, 72, of West Covina, Calif., is also survived by sister Iwalani Dabbs. The additional information for an obituary published Saturday was provided by the mortuary.
John O. Takamura, 70, of Honolulu, a retired Chevron specialist in traffic and distribution, is survived by wife Lily and daughters JoAnn Strawn, Jonnell Takamura and Lianne Buhs. Incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday was provided by the mortuary.
Tomiichi Tanaka, 86, of Waipahu, a retired carpenter, died Thursday in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Masako; son Reginald H.; daughter Ruthene Nakanishi, two granddaughters and two great-grandsons. Memorial services: 6 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Higino B. Tapec, 89, of Ewa died Sunday. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by children Yolanda Arreola, Leonardo Jr. and Mel Sugue, Eliza Antonio, Ronnie and Ernesto Tapec, Esther Cantu and Carmelita Axalan; brother Raymundo; sister Dominga Dabalos, 20 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. Memorial Mass: 7 tonight at Immaculate Conception Church. Services: 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. 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.