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Wong, 75, helped build
television in HawaiiLlewellyn Aloiau, also known as "Frank" or "Wong," 74, of St. George, Utah, formerly of Honolulu, a former tugboat captain, died Aug. 7. He was also co-owner of L&L Drive Inn in Windward City Shopping Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Brenda; son Michael C.; daughters Lea Ann Reynolds, Monica Castro and Melody Hayase; brothers Harold and Richard, and three grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Joaquin B. Aquino, 88, of Honolulu, a retired marine machinist for Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Shop 38, died Aug. 24 in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Santa Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Victoria R.; sons Joaquin R. "Joe," Robert "Bobby," Norman R., Wendell R. and Vernon R.; daughter Lorna Sabol; sisters Dolores and Juana, 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Dionicio A. "Don" Cole, 78, of Waianae died Aug. 19 in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born in Koloa, Kauai. He is survived by sons John Olanda and Phillip Cole; daughters Mildred Ries, Jeannette Chang, Dinah Naumu, Justina Cabunoc, Margaret Lee, Virginia Sandobal, Olivia Sakata, Bella Abang, Mercy Aiu and Bernadette Yoshikawa; sister Candida Hammonds, 44 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. Mass: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Sacred Heart Church. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: noon Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Celerina B. "Paning" Dicion, 94, of Waialua died Aug. 23 in Castro Valley, Calif. She was born in Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. She is survived by sons Ciriaco, Federico, Ubaldo and Aurel; daughters Fely Bagarijan and Jovita Sison, 26 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. Mass: 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. Michael Church. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park.
Adriano E. Garcia, 88, of Honolulu, who retired from Queen's Medical Center, died Aug. 23 in Queen's Medical Center Hospice. He was born in Agoo, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Amor; sons Burt and Edgar; daughters Josephine Marcos, Mamita Salibad, Clarita Benito and Adelaida Canlas, 26 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. Wake services: 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Honolulu Central Seventh Day Adventist Church. Services: 9 to 11 a.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Ruperto Gelbolingo, 96, of Eleele, Kauai, an irrigator for McBryde Sugar Co., died yesterday in Kauai Veterans Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Fely L., daughter Rufel and a brother and three sisters in the Philippines. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Kauai Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 10 a.m. Sept. 9 at Eleele Sacred Hearts Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Hanapepe Filipino Cemetery. Casual attire.
Marcela B. Guerpo, 95, of Honokaa, Hawaii died Aug. 23 in Hale Ho'ola Hamakua in Honokaa. She was born in Santa Praxedes Cagayan, the Philippines. She is survived by son Florencio, daughter Consolacion "Conching" Sanchez, 20 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and 15 great-great-grandchildren. Private services.
Deoma E.F. Hakikawa, 56, of Honolulu, a teacher's aide at Nuuanu Baptist Preschool, died Tuesday in Straub Hospital. She is survived by husband Earl; sons Cy and Michael; daughter Sandra Kochiyama; brother Walter Figueroa; sisters Mary Santos, Yvonne Allbaugh and Marie Kim Seu, and five grandchildren. Mass: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Private burial.
John K. "Jackie" Hashimoto, 71, of Wanini, Kauai died Wednesday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Haena, Kauai. He is survived by wife Tanya; daughters Junedale U. Hashimoto, Jodi K. Omo, Natasya Gundersen and Jhona Briant; brothers George, Thomas and Joseph; sister Violet Goto, six grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Wanini "Anini" Beach Park. Casual attire.
Annie A. Kau, 83, of Waimalu, a deacon of the Ka Makua Mau Loa Church, died Tuesday in Kaiser Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Beulah Arakaki, eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Oahu Cemetery. Call from 5 to 7 p.m.
Edward Kekoa Jr., 65, of Honolulu, a retired city employee, died Aug. 16 in Queen's Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Rebecca "Becky"; sons Edward "Butch," Joseph "Joe," Edward "Eddie" III and Michael; daughters Virginia "Kaui" Kamaunu, Jessie "Moki" Lancaster, Michelle "Ui" Kekoa-Arasato and Darnel "Nel" Kekoa; brothers Kenneth "Buddy," Solomon "Hotch" and Joseph "Joe"; 27 grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at the mortuary. Call from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire.
Melvyn Sung Ho Kwon, 62, of Honolulu, a retired electrician, died Aug. 19 in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Pelepetua Sele; sons Michael, Mark, Matt, Makaala, Kekai, Keaka and Ulelemaikalani; daughters Athena Miles and Maria Kwon; sisters Lorna Park and Greta Uyeki, and five grandchildren. Memorial services: 11 a.m. next Saturday at Oahu Cemetery. Aloha attire.
Russell T. Leong, 57, of Pearl City died Friday in Pali Momi Hospital. He was born in Wailuku. He is survived by wife Margaret; son Randall; daughters Margene and Melveen; mother Betty Satoyo; brothers Norman, Kenneth and Calvin; sisters Lydia Yoshishige and Lorraine Sato, and four grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire.
Yu Qing Liang, 76, of Honolulu died Aug. 25 in St. Francis Hospital. She was born in China. She is survived by sons Jin Cheng, Jin Tu, Jin Zhong and Jin Man Guo; daughters Jin Xin and Jin Qiao Guo and Kam Sau Kwok Fong; brother Hui Serng, and 12 grandchildren. Taoist services: 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Claudia T. Lindo, 94, of Honolulu died Tuesday at home. She is survived by son Stanley, daughter Irma Texeira, brother John Teves, sisters Ida Holbron and Violet Lopez, three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Memorial Mass: 11 a.m. Thursday at St. John Vianney Church, Enchanted Lake, Kailua. Call after 10:30 a.m. Inurnment: Diamond Head Memorial Park. No flowers.
Umeno A. Masuda, 96, lived in Kapahulu. Incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday was provided by the mortuary.
Alfred R. "Freddie" Medeiros, 91, of Waipahu, who retired from Napa Hawaii and S.C. Ranch, died Aug. 24 in Hale Nani Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. He was born in Makawao, Maui. He is survived by son Leslie F.; daughters Yvonne C. McDermott, Colleen Kela, Etta Nobriga and Marjoryann Teixeira; brothers George, Lionel and Everett; sisters Rosalynd VanOrden, Mildred Nazarchyk and Winifred "Tootsie" Rivera, 18 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire.
Betty Lou Mindoro-Poyo, 59, of Kaneohe died yesterday in Castle Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Vic; sons Brian and Vince; brothers Phillip, Moses, Tony and George; and sisters Jessie Lee and Roseline Miller. Memorial services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 5:30 to 9 p.m. No flowers.
Francis S. Nakagawa, 74, of Wahiawa, a retired owner from Community Service Station in Wahiawa, died Aug. 23 in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Wahiawa. He is survived by wife Marian F., daughters Aileen von Dohlen and Gayle Gonsalves, brother Kiyoto, sister Florence Sasaki and five grandchildren. Memorial services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Casual attire. No flowers.
Donald E. "Don" Newbrey, 54, of Kahului will be remembered in services 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Norman's Chapel. Call from 9 to 10 a.m. Burial: Veterans Cemetery in Makawao. Incorrect information for an obituary published Aug. 26 provided by the mortuary.
Kuniko H. Oka, 87, of Hilo died Aug. 27 in Life Care Center of Hilo. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by husband Richard and sister Masako Komenaka. No services. No memorial gifts.
Tamotsu Shimizu, 82, of Pearl City, a retired statistician of the Department of Land and Natural Resources Fish and Game Department, died Aug. 23 at home. He was born in Ewa. He is survived by wife Yoneko, daughter Marsha T., brothers, sisters and two grandchildren. Wake services: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Private inurnment. Casual attire. No flowers.
Larry B.D. Shon, 74, of Hilo, a retired supervising liquor law investigator for the County of Hawaii, died Sunday in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by wife Annie Y.; sons Daniel, Larry L. and David; brothers Robert and Herbert; sisters Ruth Kalinchak and Grace Dailey, and eight grandchildren. Private services.
Robert E. Slaughter, 60, of Waimanalo died Aug. 24 in Waimanalo. He was born in Nashville, Tenn. He is survived by wife Margaret "Stevie," daughters Marsha Harber and Brandi Sam Fong and three grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Olomana Ward. Call after 5:30 p.m. Inurnment: 11 a.m. Thursday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire. Leis only. Donations suggested to American Heart Association.
William A. "Bill" Souza, 59, of Mililani, who worked at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, died Aug. 19 at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Richard E. Silva and William "Billy" K. Souza; daughters Cynthia R. Silva, Laurie A. Flores and Kehaulani E. Souza; parents William and Phyllis; brother Lyle P.; sister Phyllis "Louise" Esclito, and eight grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Scattering of ashes: 10 a.m. Saturday at Keehi Boat Harbor. Aloha attire.
Tatsu Tsuchiyama, 70, of Honolulu will be remembered in services 2 p.m. Wednesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 1 p.m. Cremation to follow. Aloha attire. No flowers. Incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday was provided by the mortuary.
Kiku Yoshino, 99, of Kahului, Maui died Tuesday in Hale Makua. She was born in Chiba, Japan. She is survived by sons Herbert and Hideo; daughters Ikiko Watanabe, Patsy A. Hiyakumoto, Betty Higa, Sachiko Arakawa and Kimiyo Nakamiyo, 20 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren. 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 of the library's microfilm archive, which goes
back several decades, is available via Telnet software.
