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Adele G. Ahia, 91, of Waianae died Tuesday. She was born in Kona. She is survived by son Louis Sylva, daughters Geraldine Cortez-Baysa and Kehau N. Blythe, brother Thomas Gouveia, sisters Agnes Moreira and Leslie Cabrinha, 19 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Services: 12:15 p.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Burial to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.Harry A.F. Akioka, 93, of Honolulu died Monday at home. He was born in Kailua-Kona. He is survived by wife Hilda J.; sons Harry, Roy, Homer, Hartwell, Haverly and Hallie; daughters Hilda Joyce Alexander, Happy Furtado and Henrietta Gail Sarong; 25 grandchildren; and 41 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Casual attire.
Doris "Dee" Atkinson, 97, of Volcano, Hawaii, died Monday in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Wales. She is survived by daughter Alana McKinney, three granddaughters and six great-grandchildren. Services held. Donations suggested to Pacific Tsunami Museum Inc., 130 Kamehameha Ave., Hilo 96720.
Dr. Grover H. Batten, 83, of Honolulu, a retired surgeon, died Wednesday. He was born in Honolulu. He had been president of the Oahu unit of the American Cancer Society. He is survived by wife Eileen; daughters Eileen, Kay and Lynne; sister Anna Mitchell; and five grandchildren. Memorial services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Andrew's Cathedral. Private inurnment. No flowers. Donations suggested to American Cancer Society and the Hawaii Medical Library.
Mauricio C. Fabro, 86, of Kapaa, Kauai, formerly of Eleele, Kauai, a laborer with Kauai Pineapple Co., died Thursday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Nina, son Mauricio "Bo" C. Jr., daughters Priscilla Banasihan and Maurina Borgatti, hanai son Melvin Damasco, 14 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Garden Island Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Kauai Memorial Gardens. Casual attire.
Masako Kato, 89, of Wailuku, an independent housekeeper, died Thursday in Hale Makua. She was born in Waiehu, Maui. She is survived by son Douglas; daughters Dianne Taise and Suzanne Kameya; brother Tamotsu Kidani; sisters Rose and Fusano Okamura and Satsuki Miyamoto; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Monday at Wailuku Hongwanji Mission. Call after 3 p.m. Graveside services: 9 a.m. Tuesday at Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Bunji "Nori" Matsuoka, 79, of Kona, Hawaii, a retired coffee farmer, died yesterday in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Kona, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Hatsuko; sons Alvin and Jay; daughter Nora Tokumura; brothers Fumio, Fumikichi, Ben, George and James; sister Pat Hatami; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Wednesday at Kona Hongwanji Mission. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Pearl I. Oliva, 56, of Waianae died Wednesday in Waianae. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Alfred; sons Alfred Jr. and Kinsley; daughters Tammy Matautia and Mechelle Uyeda; parents Walter Kahumoku Jr. and Eunice Kaina; brothers Moses Jr. and Aulden Kaina and Walter Kahumoku II; sisters Watty and Kalae Kaina and Naomi Ahuna; and seven grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Burial: 11 a.m. Thursday at Greenhaven Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Rose L. Pavao, 49, of Hanamaulu, Kauai, a sales associate with Liberty House, died Thursday at home. She was born in Cebu, the Philippines. She is survived by son Ralph Dumlao; daughters Sheila Balisacan and Jasmine Bigornia; brothers Godofrido and Mariano Bendulo and Mark and Vincent Lecena; sisters Curita Legara, Carolina Alisna and Roquit Catubig; and a grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Cross Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Kauai Veterans Cemetery in Hanapepe. Casual attire.
Solomuli Pitolo, 52, of Waianae died Sept. 20 in Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center. He was born in Aua'Tutuila, American Samoa. He is survived by wife Jennie; sons Solomuli Jr. and Robert; daughter Grace; father Isaako Isaako; mother Leigaga; brothers Kaua Isaako and Misikupa, Tagilima, Gao and Siaki Pitolo; sisters Faaleleiga, Violeta and Toa; and a grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire.
Thelma H. Scanlon, 73, of Honolulu, a retired salesclerk for JC Penney and F.W. Woolworth, died Thursday at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughters Sheila Akui and Paula and Anita Moniz; sister Eleanor White; 20 grandchildren; and 35 great-grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.
Ann Townsley-Schofield died Sept. 17 in Auckland, New Zealand. Memorial Mass: 7 p.m. Monday at St. Pius X Catholic Church on Lowrey Avenue in Honolulu.
King Po Young, 75, of Honolulu died yesterday in Kuakini Hospital. He was born in Canton, China. He is survived by wife Sau Ying; son George; daughters Bonnie Cheung, Nancy Loui, Cindy On and Kim Lee; sister Kwai Mui; and 10 grandchildren. Call from 9 to 11:45 a.m. Wednesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: Valley of the Temples.
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.