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Elizabeth S. Bautista, 43, of Alpharetta, Ga., an attorney, died Sept. 27 in the University. of Washington Memorial Hospital at Seattle. She is survived by sons Evan and Aaron; brothers Robert Sofio and David Sofio; sister Ellen Sofio; parents Constance Sofio and Gilbert Sofio, and grandmother Alma H. Sofio. Services were in California. Interment will be held at a later date in Honolulu. Donations are suggested to the St. Vincents Comprehensive Cancer Center, c/o Sundar Jagannath, 170 W. 12th St., New York, N.Y. 10011.Leopoldo C. Bringas Sr., 84, of Honolulu, died Wednesday in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Consuelo; daughter Gloria Bautista; sons Rosito, Henry, Manuel, Gary, Leopoldo Jr. and Paul, 22 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services at 9:30 a.m. Friday at the mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park.
Jane C. Brooks, 96, of Honolulu, died Sept. 30 at home. She was born in Plattsburg, N.Y. She is survived by son Wendell F. Jr. and a grandchild. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Donations suggested to Hospice Hawaii.
Eugenia A. Cabo, 80, of Wahiawa, died Oct. 8 in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by sons Gerardo, Mauro, Benito, Monico and Nestor; daughters Dominga C. Racho, Violeta A. Cabo and Teresita A. Cabo; sister Catalina A. Etrata, 15 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Memorial Park and Mortuary, Mauka Chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: Noon Saturday at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, 1403-A California Ave., Wahiawa. Call after 10:30 a.m. Interment: 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Francisco E. Castro, 89, of Honolulu died Oct. 8 at home. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Leonora; sons Peregrino, Chris and Juanito; daughters Josefina Paat, Cristina Ugale and Clemencia Barayuga, 18 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony Church, Kalihi. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park.
Samuel J. David Jr., 82, of Capt. Cook, Hawaii, a retired crane operator, died Tuesday at home. He was born in Capt. Cook, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Ivy L.; sons Samuel III and James "Kimo"; stepsons Gervacio Pasion and Clayton Pasion; daughters Madeline Hiramoto, Sandra Smith, Maxine Hensley and Noella P. Smith; stepdaughters Lina Tagudin and Florence Ellazar; brother Russell; sisters Katherine Lleces and Primrose Medeiros, 14 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at St. Benedict's Catholic Church Hall. Call after 6 p.m. for the all night vigil. Mass: 8 a.m. Saturday at the church. Burial to follow at St. Benedict's Catholic Church Cemetery. Aloha attire.
Alfred E. "Hoppy" "Sonny" Ferreira Jr., 78, of Kaneohe, died Oct. 9 in Kailua. He was born on Maui. He is survived by wife Justine; son Carleton; daughters Lana G. and Sydney M.; sister Margie Dias, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services held. Thge additional information was provided by the family.
Gerald E. Franklin, 77, of Honolulu, a retired Gaspro employee, died Friday at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Lucille; son Gary; daughters Karen Lee and Cindy Shimabukuro, and five grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. Casual attire. No flowers.
George L. Free, 89, of Honolulu, a retired pharmacist, died Oct. 9 in Hale Nani Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. He was born in Iowa. He is survived by son David; daughter Suzanne Coleman, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at First Presbyterian Church of Honolulu. Aloha attire.
John M. Fujioka, 79, of Honolulu, a dentist and co-partner of Fujioka Dental Group, died Tuesday in Maine. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by wife Betty; sons Robert and Lawrence; daughters Patricia Ohtani and Joanne Wahba; brother Tsutomu, and nine grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 2 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
George A. Halstead, 86, of Honolulu, a retired U.S.Department of Agriculture meat inspector, died Wednesday in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Bloomfield, Neb. He is survived by wife Maxine; sons Richard and Charles; daughters Muriel Parker and Betty Ladwig; 10 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and four great great-grandchildren. Services: 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Peter & Paul Church, Kaheka Street. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to St. Peter & Paul Church.
Clarence S. Inaba, 93, of Kula, Maui, a retired clerk for Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company, died Wednesday in Hale Makua. He was born in Puunene, Maui. He is survived by son Lloyd; daughter Helen Freitas; sister Akiyo Matsumoto; six grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and a great great-grandchild. Services were private.
Mary M. Kaukini, 73, of Honolulu died Oct. 2 in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Dennis Rivera and Raymond Jesus Jr.; daughters Evangelyn Lewis and Mary Kama; brothers Nobuto Tokunaga, Criss Tokunaga and Richard Tokunaga, and four grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Palolo Hongwanji. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Alice S.S. Kim, 86, of Honolulu, a retired Navy Laundry employee, died Wednesday in Kaiser Hospital. She was born in Kauai. She is survived by sons Ronald T.H., Melvin T.Y. and Donald T.S., and a grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Paul Y. Lee, 78, of Pearl City, a retired driver salesman for Holsum Bakery, died Oct. 6 at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Dwight M.C.H. and Carl M.C.K.; daughters Darlene Kaholokula and Paula Villanueva; brothers Robert S.Y. Lee and Raymond Ng; sisters Ah Wan Costa and Lorraine Balles, 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services were private.
Margaret Y. Makino, 84, of Honolulu, a retired secretary for former state Senator David McClung and Congressman Spark Matsunaga, died Oct. 5 in Moonlight Vista Care Home. She was born in Honomu, Hawaii. She is survived by brothers Walter and Suenobu, and sisters Shizuka Nomura and Yoshie Oyama. Services were private.
Mary Jane Medairy, 71, of Kihei, Maui died Tuesday in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Dayton, Penn. She is survived by sons Michael L., Terry A., Douglas B. and William S. Moyers Jr.; sister Evelyn D. Mcintire, and six grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Thursday at Maalaea Harbor, Slip #37.
Yoshio Miyashiro, 80, of Honolulu, a retired mason for Global Construction Co., died Wednesday in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honomu, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Fumiko; son Lawrence; daughter June Groenen, and brother Masao. Services: 2 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 1 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Masuko Ogawa, 71, of Honolulu, a retired accounting clerk for Frito Lay Inc., died Oct. 8 in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by brothers Kazumi and Tamotsu, and sisters Matsue and Yaeko. Private services held.
Yoshikatsu Sato, 76, of Honolulu, a retired warehouseman for the Army Kapalama Military Reservation, died Friday in Kuakini Medical Center. He is survived by sons Wade K. and Derwin N.; daughter Dawn T.; brothers Wallace Tadataka and Yoshitada Sato, and sisters Elsie Nakamura and Lillian K. Asato. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m.
Satoko F. Tachibana, 86, of Honolulu, a retired cafeteria cook for Moanalua Elementary School, died Friday in Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Kukuihaele, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Masami; daughters Marilyn K. Nishioka, Lucille S. Tamura and Georgiana C. Kobayashi, six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary Chapel. Casual attire. No flowers.
Shizue Urata, 92, of Honolulu, died Oct. 9 in Kuakini Geriatric. She was born in Lihue, Kauai. She is survived by sons Ernest T. and Glenn N.; daughter Lorna K. Kawahara, and two grandchildren. Services held.
Teodocia P. Valdez, 74, of Honolulu, died Oct. 1 in St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Rufino; son Al; daughters Olympia Corpuz and Vivien Labuguen; mother Bonnie Pascua; brother Philip Pascua, 10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Call again on Saturday between 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. at the mortuary. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park.
Casimera C. Villegas, 100, of Ewa Beach died Tuesday in Hale Makua. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by sons Benjamin "Carlos," Domingo "Domi" and Robert J. "Bobby"; daughters Florentina Collier, Dolores "Dolly" Mendoza and Esmeralda "Esme" Munden; 48 grandchildren; 129 great-grandchildren; 111 great-great-grandchildren, and 6 great-great-great-grandchildren. Services: Noon Thursday at Christ the King Catholic Church. Call between 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. at Ballard Family Mortuary. Burial: 1 p.m. Thursday at Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Louis K. Wright, 37, of Honolulu, a utilities steward for the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, died Oct. 8 at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by mother Dona R. Caminos; brothers George Wright III, Sheldon Wright, Allan Wright, Earle Wright, Charles Pang and William Pang, and sisters Alice H.W.R.M. Dilliner and Elizabeth M. Wright. Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Cremation to follow. Aloha attire. Ashes will be scattered at 10 a.m. Saturday near Duke's Canoe Club, Waikiki.
Mariko Yanaga, 84, of Los Angeles, Calif., former owner of Radiant Health Foods, died Oct. 4 in Los Angeles. She was born in Hilo, Hawaii. She is survived by son Barron; brother Joichi "Joe" Muramatsu; sisters Reiko "Lillian" Otake, Tamie "Gwen" Hirai and Kinuyo "Ellen" Miura, and two grandchildren. Private services. Donations suggested to USC-Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1441 Eastlake Ave., Room 8302, Los Angeles, Calif. 90033.
Melvin W.J. You, 86, of Aiea, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard employee, died Thursday at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Shirley; sons Wendyl You and Mike Reid-Selth; daughters Jeri O'Sullivan and Chris Hepner; sisters Katie Teves, Minnie Dunn and Lynn Garcia, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Friday at Oahu Cemetery Chapel.
Susan C. Zadlo, 50, of Honolulu, died Wednesday in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by son Jason; father Satoru Yamashita; brothers Glenn Yamashita, Rodney Yamashita and Wayne Yamashita, and a grandchild. Services: 8 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 7 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
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.