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Miriam L.K. Akana, 94, of Honolulu, a retired soloist with the Royal Hawaiian Band, died Saturday in Honolulu. She was born in Papaikou, Hawaii. She is survived by son Arthur Keawe; brother Harry Ah Mai, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Lanakila Ward. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park.David L. Bitle, 58, of Kailua, a Vietnam veteran, died Sept. 27 in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Oklahoma. Memorial services: 2 p.m. Wednesday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.
Kathleen L. Bitonio, 45, of Kaneohe, who worked for AT&T, died Monday in Castle Medical Center. She was born in Wahiawa. She is survived by daughter Desiree Session; son Darren; brothers Ronald, Patrick, Hal, Kevin, Tony and Arthur Mendoza and Link Merrit; sisters Georgia Kaneao and Paulette, Donna and Tracy Mendoza, and two grandchildren. Memorial Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Hearts Church, Waianae. Call after 10 a.m. Scattering of ashes: 84-191 Makau St. in Waianae. Casual attire.
Karen L. Christiansen, 49, of Honolulu is also survived by sister Susan Allen. The additional information for an obituary published Tuesday was provided by the mortuary.
Audrey J. Cockett, 71, of Bend, Ore., a restaurant catering owner, died Oct. 4. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by mother Cecelia McGeague; brother Barney McKeague; sons Stuart Hollinger and Jake, Shilon and Zack Cockett; daughters Nadine Nero, Liz Shatterly and Yuyen Cockett, and eight grandchildren. Private services.
Eugene Espinda, 60, of Honolulu, a superintendent for Walker Moody Construction Co., died Oct. 8 in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Verna; sons Mark, Lance, Greydon and Eugene H.; daughters Valerie D'amato and Denise Narito; brothers Henry, Douglas, Winston and Roger "Ray"; sister Violet Harrison, and 12 grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Ernest S. Ferreira, 84, of Honolulu, a retired aircraft mechanic for Aloha Airlines, died Monday. He was born on Kauai. He is survived by wife Aileen; sons Patrick and Leonard; sisters Eve Cole, Marie Nishihara, Lydia Sutton and Dorothy Williams; brothers Adam and George, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Graveside services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Roy K. Freitas, 69, of Pauoa Valley died Oct. 4 at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Roy Jr., Rory and Rex; brother Rodney; and sister Juiette Montayre. Services: 1 p.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Graveside services: 10:15 a.m. Monday at Nuuanu Memorial Park.
The Rev. Donald H. Fujiyoshi, 97, of Honolulu, a retired minister of the United Church of Christ, died Saturday. He was born in Lahaina, Maui. He is survived by wife Lily; sons Ronald and Miles; daughter Elaine Ki'ilehua; sister Harue Tokioka, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Manoa Valley Church. Aloha attire. Reception to follow.
Raymond Garcia, 66, of Honolulu is survived by sister Halona Kauhola. Incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday was provided by the mortuary.
Anthony Gouveia Jr., 61, of Honolulu is also survived by father Anthony; brothers John and Clarence, and sister Charlotte Momosea. The additional information for an obituary published yesterday was provided by the mortuary.
Joseph J. Halloran, 82, of Wahiawa, a retired communications supervisor at Wheeler Air Force Base, died Oct. 12 at home. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He was born in Hoboken, N.J. He is survived by wife Sarah K.L.; sons Elliot K. and Ronald A. Lee; brother James Halloran, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Private services.
Ichiro Hirokane, 79, of Honolulu, who retired from Mitsukoshi Hawaii, died Oct. 16 at home. He was born in Haleiwa. He is survived by wife Mieko; daughters Lorraine Kajiyama and Jane Yuen; brother Saburo; sisters Shizuko Tsuruda, Margaret Simpson, Betty Higashi, Nancy Yonamine and Jean Miyasaki, and two grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 4:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Henri Hopp, 79, of Keaau, Hawaii, a retired electrical engineer in Oregon, died Oct. 9 in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Indonesia. He is survived by wife Lucie F. and sons Rene and Andrew. Memorial Mass: 11 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Pahoa. Call after 10 a.m. Aloha attire.
Shigeichi Inouye, of Koloa, Kauai, a retired truck driver with Grove Farm Co., died Oct. 9 in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Koloa, Kauai. He is survived by wife Kii; sons Allen, Marvin and Roger; daughter Faith Muraoka; brother Kiyoshi, and seven grandchildren. Private services.
Edna M. Kagawa, 83, of Aiea, a former employee of Tropical Fish & Vegetable, died Saturday. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Gary; daughter Sandra "Sandy" Nakaya; sister Takako Kanno, and three grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.
Young Woon Koo, 72, of Honolulu, a retired fire captain with the Honolulu Fire Department, died Oct. 9 in Queen's Medical Center. He is survived by sons Michael Kou and James and Johnson Koo; daughters Bunnie Washburn and Janice Koo; brothers Young Man and Young Oh; sisters Sally Bridgens, Young Soo Kim, Young Kyeng Martin and Young Ai Montoya, and three grandchildren. Private services.
Hanale E. "Hana" Kupahu, 9, of Kahului, Maui died Saturday in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Wailuku. He is survived by father Hank III; mother Malia; sisters Nalani and Kuulei, and grandparents Henry Kupahu Jr. and David and Jo Davidson. Memorial services: 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Norman's Chapel. Casual attire.
Robert J. "Buddy" Le Blanc Jr., 41, of Wailuku died Oct. 16 in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in New Orleans. He is survived by parents Robert and June; daughters Chevelle, Rio and Chaun'te, and sons Dallas and Dillion. Services: 9 a.m. Sunday at Secret Beach in Makena. Follow the signs posted. Memorial donations suggested to his family at 2576 Alohia Place, Haiku 96708.
Joseph Lopes Jr., 74, of Paia, Maui, employee of HC&S at Paia Mill, died Oct. 10 in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Hamakuapoko, Maui. He is survived by wife Frances; son Robert; daughter Marie Robello; brothers Harry, Clarence and Richard; sisters Elsie Gomes and Betty Ventura; hanai sisters Prisilla Pereira and Norma Joaquin, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services over the ashes: 8:30 a.m.Saturday at Holy Rosary Church. Mass: 10 a.m. Aloha attire.
Lola McDowell-Robinson, 87, of Eleele, Kauai, died Saturday in Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital. She was born in Scottsbluff, Neb. She is survived by husband Jim M. Robinson; two daughters, two grandsons and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 3:30 p.m. today at Hanapepe Recreation Center.
Marilyn C. McRae, 78, of Kailua, former employee of Kailua Liberty House in the notions department, died Sunday in Kaneohe. She was born in Hilo, Hawaii She is survived by sons Russell, Colin and Lorin; brothers Elmer and Jules Carvalho Jr.; sister Julie Impett, and two grandchildren. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Kailua. Call after 8:45 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to the St. John Vianney School Educational Fund.
Kaipo Perez, 71, of Waimanalo died Sept. 21 in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Kohala, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Margaret R.; sons Kaipo Jr., Kaeo and Daniel; hanai sons Ignatius and Eugene Soriano; daughters Yvonne Kaahanui, Lurline Perez-DeCosta, Antoinette Perez, Venesia "Pomai" Cole and Leona Nordin; sisters Irene Kinney, Eliza "Dolly" Josiah and Hattie "Darlene" Perez, 18 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. next Thursday at Kawaiahao Church. Call from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Cremation to follow. Scattering of the ashes: 11 a.m. Oct. 27 at Kaiona Beach Park, Waimanalo. Casual attire. No flowers. Leis welcome.
Loke Rogers, 48, of Honolulu, warehouse manager at Pacific Creations, died Saturday in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by Aunty Nina and Uncle Lonnie Sheppard; sister Leilani Kellogg, and companion Deb Ragood. Memorial services: 9 a.m. Oct. 28 at Sand Island South Side Park. Scattering of the ashes: Kalihi Channel. Aloha attire.
Tsuru Sewake, 100, of Kohala, Hawaii died Saturday in Kohala Hospital. She was born in Kapaau, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Satoshi R. and Hiromu W.; daughters Yukiko Nakashima, Mitsuko White, Ritsuko Yanagihara and Chieko Tonai; 23 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Kohala Jodo Mission in Kapaau, Hawaii. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial to follow. Casual attire.
Fumie "Flora" Sonobe, 81, of Waialua died Oct. 10 in Pearl City Nursing Home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughters Carol K. Yasaka and Susan Christian; sisters Kay Yamamoto, Lillian Shimabuku and Lynn Toyama, and two grandchildren. Private services. Inurnment held.
Joe Y. Tanaka, 77, of Honolulu, a retired mechanical engineer and president of Heide & Cook Ltd., died Oct. 11 in Las Vegas. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Sharon; son Jay; daughters Beryl Segawa and Ardis Tanaka; sister Lillian Yanagawa, and three grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Inurnment: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire. No flowers.
Talamoa T. Togia, 83, of Honolulu, a retired supervisor for the Samoan government, died Sept. 28. He was born in Pago Pago, American Samoa. He is survived by wife Lepaoa; sons Eleasaro, Panapa, Lesealii, Aimau, Veu, Taeafa and Metusela; daughters Feliuai Faoa, Tapuni Afo, Ianeta Suaava, Fa'amalele Salausa, Sasa Malupe, Lalosea Musu, Tuupao Talamoa and Ianeta Fale; sisters Lemalu, Nainiu, Naipua, So'onata'a and Eseta, 41 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Sunday at Samoan Church of Hawaii, 87-140 Kahau Place. Call again from 9 to10:30 a.m. Monday at the church. Burial: Sunset Memorial Park.
Rose K. Ujimori, 92, of Pearl City died Friday in Nuuanu Hale. She was born in Olaa, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Harold Y.; daughter Shirley A. Nagai; sisters Mickey Donahue, Kumiko Matsuoka and Peggy Takase, and two grandchildren. Memorial services: 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Ken K. Uyeda, 82, of Honolulu, a retired certified public accountant, died Sunday in St. Francis Hospice. He was born in Hanapepe, Kauai. He is survived by wife Akiko; son Kenrick H.; daughter Richelle K.; brothers Joe J. and Norman Y. Ueda; sisters Fusako Ogata and Grace T. Noda, and three grandchildren. Memorial services: 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin. Lions Necrology services: 3:15 p.m. Casual attire.
Bernice V. Vakauta, 36, of Kihei died Saturday in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Viliami F.; parents Henry and Vai Leoso; children Etta, Salote N., Kalo M., Ivan B., Norman V. and Makanesi P., and brothers Kenneth, Jay and Jett Leoso. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kihei Ward. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Makawao Cemetery. Aloha 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.