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Tatsuo Akamine, 86, of Honolulu, a retired exterminator, died Aug. 26 in St. Francis Hospice. He was born in Hakalau, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Sadako; sons James M. and Vincent T.; daughter Muriel S. Arakaki; brother Kiyoshi; sisters Hatsue Nakamura, Alice A. Tomei, Kimie Funakoshi and Mitsuko Uyehara; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.Leilehua M.B. Billam-Walker, 93, of Honolulu, died Tuesday in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons James and John; daughter Helen Novy; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Inurnment: 5 p.m. Sunday at Kawaiahao Cemetery. Aloha attire.
Chew P. Chun, 65, of Honolulu, died Thursday. She was born in China. She is survived by husband Kam H.; daughters Pauline and Tina; brother Pastor Norman C.H. Choy; and sister Rebecca Miyasato. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Waialae Chinese Baptist Church, 1047 21st Ave. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. Friday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire.
Louis K. "Kaboy" Fernandez Jr., 78, of Honolulu, a retired pipefitter, died Thursday at home. He was born in Kula, Maui. He is survived by sons Kaai "P-Wee" and Randy; brother David "Haha"; sister Sarah "Sweetie" Jones; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers. Burial at a later date on Maui.
Adriano E. Garcia, 88, of Honolulu, a retired dietician for Queen's Medical Center, died Aug. 23 at Queen's. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Amor; sons Burt Sr. and Edgar; daughter Josephine Marcos, Mamita Salibad, Clarita Benito and Adelaida Canalas; 26 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Central Seventh Day Adventist Church. Call after 6 p.m. Additional service at 10 a.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Noon Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery. Casual attire.
Mona T. Ishimoto, 61, of Honolulu, a retired teacher at Roosevelt High School, died Aug. 25 in St. Francis Hospice. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Brian M.; daughter Pamela K.; brother Wade Wasano; sister Cara Young; and two grandchildren. Private services held.
Sook K.T. Kwock, 73, of Honolulu, a retired employee of the Inn of the Sixth Happiness and HonKung Restaurant, died Aug. 27 in Queen's Medical Center. She was born in China. She is survived by husband Chee L.; sons Thomas W.T. and Kenneth C.Y.; daughters Sandra Y.M. Lee, Annie Y.W. Au-Vermillion, Alice Y.M. Fong and Linda Y.H. Racoma; brother Bing K. Tam; sisters Sook H. Yim, Shu X. Tan and Sook Y. Yip; and 11 grandchildren. Taoist services to be held Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call between 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. Burial: Noon Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery.
So S. Lee, 74, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died Saturday in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Korea. She is survived by sons Sang Hoon, Sang Cheol, Sang Yoon, Sang Ouk and Sang Yong; daughters Jung Soon Kim and Jung Sim Oh; and 16 grandchildren. Services: 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Hosoi Garden Mortuary chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Noon Wednesday at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park.
Sumiko Miyahara, 82, of Honolulu, a retired housekeeper, died Thursday in Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by husband Kenichi "Ken"; daughter Juliet S.; brothers Nobu Nagata and Tomo Nagata; and sister Takeko Yoshida. Services: 8 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary.
Tsuyu Miyakado, 86, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died Aug. 22. She was born in Koloa, Kauai. She is survived by sons Allen and Melvin; daughters Jane Higa and Elaine Naito; brothers Kuichi Okamura and Robert Okamura; sisters Kishiye Wakuta, Joyce Tashima, Satsuki Moriwake, Yukiko Okumura, Rose Hackbarth and Nanako Taguma; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Private services held.
Joseph "Joe" Moniz, 83, of Honolulu, formerly of Hakalau, Hawaii, died Tuesday in St. Francis Hospice. He was born in Hakalau. He is survived by wife Dorothy Souza-Moniz; daughter Linda Kuricaj; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Sept. 11 at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. Sept. 11 at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.
Edward T. Nishina, 91, of Gardena, Calif., a retired maintenance supervisor for the Hawaii County Department of Parks and Recreation, died Aug. 6 in California. He was born in Holualoa, Hawaii. He is survived by sons Earl, Vernard and Christopher; daughters Martha Kamada and Mildred Farris; brother Clifford; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Graveside services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Holualoa Japanese Cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers.
Bernadette E. Pearsall, 59, of Kihei, Maui, a homemaker, died Wednesday in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Nome, Alaska. She is survived by husband Kenneth E. and hanai parents Lou Mether and Paul Mether. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Kahului Baptist Church.
Marjorie W. Rankin, 104, of Kihei, Maui, a retired lecturer and flower arranger, died Aug. 28 at home. She was born in Chicago, Illinois. She is survived by caregiver Wayne Belda. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles.
Mabel A. Semeniak, 78, of Honolulu, died Tuesday in Beverly Manor. She was born on Kauai. She is survived by sons Gerald and Joseph; daughters Coreen P. Mata, Sheila M. Lopes, Mary E. Keomaka and Ann C. Amado; sisters Antonina Lee, Mary Nitta, Isabel Takekawa and Beatrice Calizo; 16 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Patrick's Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire.
Julia M. Suyenaga, 80, of Honolulu, a retired seamstress for Carol and Mary, died August 28 in Oahu Care Facility. She was born in Honaunau, Hawaii. She is survived by son Melvin; daughter Sandra; brothers James Morihara, Allen Morihara and Makoto Morihara; sisters Rose Kurisu and Satsuki Motoki; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Private services held.
Eulalio M. Tulang, 95, of Papaikou, Hawaii, a retired boiler tender technician for the former Onomea Sugar Company, died Saturday in Hale Anuenue Restorative Care Center. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Teopista; sons Michael, Gerald and Dennis; daughter Pamela Lyman; sister Cipriana Piollo; 16 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and one great great-grandchild. Wake: 7 p.m. Thursday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Funeral mass: 10 a.m. Friday at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Papaikou. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park, Ilima Section. Casual attire.
Delwin C. Wilkinson, 65, of Kaneohe, a retired Hawaiian Dredging employee, died August 28. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Naomi; sons Michael "Kimo" and Mark; mother Sarah; and seven grandchildren. Services: noon Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. Thursday at 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.