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Alice Kamaka dies
Alexander L.L. "Alika" Ahlo, 79, of Honolulu died July 1 in Queen's Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughters Ursula Witzel and Christa Smith; stepchildren Reginald Malabey and Barbara Kapahua; brothers Henderson and Charles, 18 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire.Frances Chang Akana, 86, of Kalihiwai, Kauai died yesterday. He was born in Waimea, Kauai. He is survived by daughter Linda A. Sproat; son John F.; brothers Alvin and Kenneth Chang, and three grandchildren. Memorial services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Christ Memorial Church in Kilauea. Aloha attire.
Nora Y. Borges, 97, of Honolulu, a retired teacher and principal, died Thursday at home. She was born in Honolii, Hawaii. She is survived by daughter Vinora Johnson; son James Jr., two grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Services: noon Saturday at Holy Trinity Church. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Cipriano M. "Cippie" Castillo, 76, of Waipahu died June 28 in the Philippines. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Cresencia; sons Mario, Alex, Albino, Robert and Ludivico; daughters Andrea and Corazon Castillo and Chona Kaleikini, six granddaughters and two grandsons. Wake services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 8:30 a.m. Saturday at St. John the Baptist Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Esperanza B. Criste, 88, of Lahaina, Maui died Monday in Hale Makua. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by sons Alipio and Manuel; daughter Elizabeth; nine grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Lahaina United Methodist Church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers. Leis welcome.
Susumi "Sus" Daida, 86, of Pua Loke, Kauai, a retired truck driver with Kauai Electric Co., died Monday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Aipo Valley, Kauai. He is survived by wife Natsuko; sons Melvin and Clifford; daughter Doris Kikuda; brothers Sadamu, Masami, Sueto and Masao; sister Machie Fukushima, and four grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Friday at Garden Island Mortuary. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
William Dermott, 78, of Hatboro, Pa. died July 16 in Queen's Hospital. He was born in Ince, United Kingdom. He is survived by daughters Diane Bennett-Jacob and Donna Rumnock, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services on the mainland.
Craig S. Fouts, 38, of Kaneohe died July 10 in Kaneohe. He was born in Peoria, Ill. He is survived by life partner Todd Robertson; mother Clella; father Ed, and brother Trent. Private services. Donations suggested to the Maui Aids Foundation or the Life Foundation of Hawaii.
Chito I. Hatanaka, 105, of Honolulu died July 17 in Pearl City Nursing Home. She was born in Kumamoto, Japan. She is survived by daughter Betsy Suzuki; five grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren. Private services.
Alice O. Ikeda, 93, of Honolulu died July 10. She was born in Kona. She is survived by daughter Lillian Yamamoto; son Edward, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Private services.
Jenyei Isa, 83, of Honolulu, a retired bottle watcher for Primo Brewery, died Tuesday in Hale Nani Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. He was born in Kukuihale, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Tamayo; sons Roy N., Paul H. and Norman I.; brothers Robert J. and Jentoku; sisters Umeko Kaneshiro and Yasuno Isa, six grandchildren and a great-grandson. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Shawn Kaikala, 35, of Mountain View, Hawaii will be remembered in services at 10 a.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Alae Cemetery. Casual attire. She died in Hilo Hospital after a car accident Thursday. She is survived by companion John Krause; daughter Shantel K. Cabral; sons Jason K., Mark K. and Kepa J. Cabral and Kawena, Keanu and Kahekili Krause; parents Joseph and Eve; brother Joey; sister Sunnie K. Hueu; and grandparents Ellen K. Cooper and Wendell and Hilma Stephenson.
Haines M. Kauwenaole, 64, of Mapulehu, Molokai died Thursday in Kaunakakai, Molokai. He was born in Hoolehua, Molokai. He is survived by wife Rose Marie "Eleanor"; daughters Corinna Seitz, Johnette Spencer and Lisa Dudoit; sons Kalani, John and Donovan D.; mother Josephine "Pine"; sisters Alicia Lopez, Dinah Carlos, Kananai Palmer, Gladys Kalilikane, Georgina Kawamura and Josephine Reinecke; brothers Antone Jr., Eddie and Kenneth Silva, John Kauwenaole and Albert Reinecke, and 14 grandchildren. Memorial services: 11 a.m. Saturday at the home of Jhonette Spencer at lot No. 22 Kapaakea Loop in Kapaakea, Molokai. Call after 9 a.m. Scattering of ashes at a later date.
Yoshiko Kuratani, 85, of Honolulu, a retired supervisor at Lanakila Crafts, died Tuesday in Honolulu. She was born in Makaweli, Kauai. She is survived by husband Yoshio; sons Lawrence Y., Roy T. and Stanley J.; brother Saburo Tanaka; sisters Lillian Nanbu and Jeanette Doi, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Private services.
Severo G. "Bill" Navaja, 97, of Kailua, a retired barber for Mario's Barber Shop in Kailua, died July 10 in Kailua. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by son Henry; daughters Nellie Ornellas, Mildred Silva and Ruth E. Rodrigues; 18 grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren and 43 great-great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Sunset Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Mary H.P. Niu, 60, of Laie, former co-owner of Niu's Laie Chevron Service, died last Wednesday. She was born in Wairoa, New Zealand. She is survived by husband Sione; sons David, Sione Jr. and Shaun; daughters LaRae Sullivan and Chantelle; brother Baden Powell Pere, and five grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Laie North Stake Center. Call from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Burial: Laie Cemetery. Sunday attire.
Mildred Y. Okimoto, 87, of Honolulu, a retired diner owner, died Sunday in Kaiser Foundation Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by brother George Kuwada and sister Sumiyo Kashiwamura. Services: 3 p.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Congregational Church. Call after 2 p.m. Burial: 10 a.m. Monday at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers. No koden.
Raymond R. Orta, 74, of Honolulu died July 13 in St. Francis-West Hospital. He was born in Paia, Maui. He is survived by wife Teresita A.; brothers Antone, Valentine and Louis; and sisters Carmela Ceballos, Emily Amadeo, Adeline Torres, Antonia Martin, Nettie Paraqueles, Katherine Martin and Rosalyn Garcia. Mass: 11:30 a.m. tomorrow at St. Joseph Church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery.
Marie K. Ray, 83, of Waianae, a retired cook, died July 16 in Honolulu. She was born in Arkansas. She is survived by daughter Lisa; son Michael; sister Dorothy Tisdale, and six grandchildren. Memorial services: 11:30 a.m. Monday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire. No flowers.
Kamakana'u'ukumaikeakua Rodrigues-Kurkowski, infant daughter of Leiana M.K. Rodrigues and Steven Kurkowski Jr., died Thursday in Maui Memorial Hospital. She is also survived by grandparents Douglas and Kawika Souza and Terry and Steven Kurkowski. Private services.
Alice A. Ruiz, 64, of Kaneohe died last Wednesday in Kaneohe. She was born in Paia, Maui. She is survived by companion Bernard Champlin; sons Adello, Carlos, Steven and Richard; daughters Mary, Margaret and Alice Jean Ruiz, Carmen Entendencia and Michielle Lee Fong; stepchildren Tina, Donna and James Champlin; brother John Andrews; sisters Annie Martin and Beverly Estrella, 30 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 10 a.m. Monday at the mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples.
Kenneth T. Shimonishi, 69, of Hanapepe, Kauai, who worked for Anaconda Co., died July 8 in Queen's Hospital. He is survived by mother Natsumi; brother Fred, and sisters Mary Yokomichi and Jane Takeshita. Private services. No monetary contributions.
Yoshiaki Shiraishi, 74, of Honolulu, a retired fiscal officer for the state Harbors Division, died last Wednesday in Veterans Affairs Center for Aging. He was born in Keei-Kona, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Carole; daughters Mae Shinsato and Janis Nakagawa; brothers Michael, Harry, Herbert and Shigeo; sisters Mildred Yamamoto, Carol Shiraishi, Ruth Furuta, Clarice Kishi, Edna Tanna and Lynda Oue, and five grandchildren. Memorial services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 1 p.m. Casual attire.
Pat M. Valencia, 88, of Wahiawa, a retired truck driver, died Tuesday at home. He was born in the Philippines. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He is survived by daughters Dolores Barnes, Patty Reis and Susanna Valencia; brothers and sisters in the Philippines, 11 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. 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.