Advertisement - Click to support our sponsors.
Harold Ching, veteran Hawaii newsman and Star-Bulletin Kauai correspondent from 1966 until his 1975 retirement, died Sunday in Queen's Medical Center. He was 90. Star-Bulletin
More obituaries
reporter Harold
Ching dies at 90By Harold Morse
Star-BulletinChing's career included work on the newspaper Garden Island on Kauai in years 1953-65, including service as news editor, and time as executive secretary of the Kauai County Charter Commission in 1965-66.
"He loved his work," recalled Ray Maneki, now retired and an assistant Star-Bulletin city editor while Ching was Kauai correspondent. "I got the impression he was more interested in bringing us the Garden Island (Kauai) than in retiring or making money. He was devoted to journalism."
Ching was born in Hanapepe, Kauai. He attended McKinley High School and the University of Hawaii. His career included editorship of the Hawaii Chinese News in 1931. He edited the Hawaii Daily Press in Hilo from 1932 to 1946 and the Kauai News in Lihue from 1950 to 1953.
His served as director of the Kauai unit of the American Cancer Society and in other civic activities. His most recent home was in Hanamaulu, Kauai.
He is survived by his wife, Lillian; brother, Dr. Edward T. Ching of California; sister, Constance C. Chu of Kapaa, Kauai; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Services will take place at 11 a.m. Friday at Borthwick Kauai Mortuary in Koloa. Call after 10 a.m. Burial will be in Kauai Memorial Gardens. Casual or aloha attire.
The family asks that flowers be omitted. Those who wish may contribute to their favorite charity.
Kazumi Abe, 82, of Hilo, a retired facility controller for the former GTE Hawaiian Tel, died Wednesday in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Betty H., son Bruce, daughter Jeanne Miyano and a granddaughter. Services: 4 p.m. Wednesday at Dodo Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Frodentio "Don" Dongog, formerly of Lanai City and Lahaina, Maui, a retired U.S. Air Force senior master sergeant, died Nov. 1. He was also a Korean War and Vietnam War veteran. He is survived by wife June; daughters Trina Reyes, Penny Brewer, Andrea Johnson and Nicole Dongog; sons James, Dave, Richard, Derrick and Fred; sisters Clarita Pimental, Linda Ilagan and Millie Encarndo, and 24 grandchildren. Services on the mainland. Memorial contributions suggested to the Lupus Foundation.
Madeline Ernesto, 75, of Ewa Beach died Thursday in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in Waipahu. She is survived by son Frank J.; daughter Madeline Phyllis Woods; brothers William, Adam and Steven Fernandez; sisters Elsie Moniz and Eva Perreira, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Mass: 11 a.m. Thursday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Harry M.L. Ho, 89, of Honolulu, a retired auditor with Hilton Hawaiian Village, died Monday in Straub Clinic and Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughters Harriet Pien, Frances Awa and Jennie Kimura; brother Walter; sisters Shook Geng and Me Lam, and seven grandchildren. Services: noon Dec. 18 at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Yoshiko Imoto, 76, of Honolulu died Thursday in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Shizuoka, Japan. She is survived by husband Takekichi; sons Takeyoshi and Masaru; daughters Terumi Laa, Sachie Imoto and Hisako Kumabe; sister Shin Yuriyama, and three grandchildren. Memorial services: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Cayetano P.L. "Tanoy" Jimeno, 91, of Wahiawa, a retired barber with The 27th Infantry "Wolfhounds" 25th Division at Schofield Barracks and owner of Waipio Barber Shop, died Nov. 30 in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Juanita C., sons Norman and Dennis, daughters Carmelita Paracuelles and Mary Jimeno, brother Solomon, seven grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. Mass: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of Sorrow Church. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: noon Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Pilar A. Jucutan, 87, of Honolulu, a retired schoolteacher for the Department of Education, died Nov. 22 in Kaiser Hospital. She was born in Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. She is survived by sons Filpacifico "Phil" Sotero Jr. and Joseph; daughters Filipinas Jucutan, Maria C. Mendoza and Grace Loe; 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at St. John the Baptist Church. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Friday at the church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Cheryl P.L.H. Kahawaii-Satele, 50, of Honolulu, a senior travel consultant with Regal Travel, died Sunday. She was born in Laie. She is survived by husband Lautoa Satele Jr.; sons Jared, Eric and Elvin Ake; daughters Chanel and Marisha Ake; brothers Robert, George, Solomon, Allen and Harlin Kahawaii and Rodney Dudoit; and sisters Eliza Kahawaii and Charmaine Jefferson. Services: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hawaii Kai Ward. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 9 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kaneohe Stake Center. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire.
Rosalind K.D.K. Kamakea, 80, of Waimanalo died Nov. 26 in Kaiser Hospital. She was born in Kona, Hawaii. She is survived by sons David K. Kaneao, Jr. and Anthony Kaneao; daughters Lorraine Maeshiro, Piilani Inocencia and Pualani Kamakea; brothers Antone Duarte and Rufus Duarte; sisters Adaline Mercer, Julia and Luat Kamakea, Elsie Kennedy, Sally Jane Gardner, Phyllis Hashimoto and Vivian Pinto; stepsons Warren Kaneao and John and Hiram Kamakea; stepdaughter May Lawelawe; 19 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren. Services: 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Kaumakapili Church. Call from 5 to 9 p.m. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Hideji Kaneshiro, 87, of Kailua, a retired Oahu Country Club groundskeeper, died Nov. 1 in Kailua. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brothers Shigemitsu and Steven, and sisters Clara M. Ishihara, Thelma S. Wong and Frances Tengan. Private services.
David Lono, 71, of Ewa Beach, a carpenter, died Nov. 28 in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son David Jr., and sisters Elizabeth Akau, Julia Kunewa, Rebecca Jardine and Victoria Lorenz. Services: 11:30 a.m. next Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Burial to follow. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Ida Martin, 72, of Ewa Beach died Sunday in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Manuel; sons Michael and Robert; daughters Winifred Recamera, Gwendolyn Coelho and LaVern Fox; sister Lorraine Costa, 20 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Ewa Community Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Allen N. Nahooikaika, 76, of Sunset Beach, Hawaii, died Sunday in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Lahaina, Maui. He is survived by wife Loretta; sons Danny, Jerry and Rodney; daughters Priscilla Noble, Gloriana Kamai, Joanne Kalulu and Shirley Cataluna, 19 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 10:15 a.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9:15 a.m. Inurnment: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Lorna T. Nakamura, 60, of Aiea, a former accountant for Yoshino Accounting, died Tuesday. She was born in Ewa. She is survived by husband Hachiro; daughters Lois and Sharon; brothers Roy, Edward, Benjamin and Clifford Sato, and sister Phyllis Sato. Services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m.
Tsuru Okuma, 101, of Honolulu died Tuesday in San Diego. She was born in Gushikawa, Okinawa. She is survived by son Edwin, daughters Janet Aiu and Elsie Fujita, sister Masako Teruya, 27 grandchildren, also great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Helen A. Otake, 89, of Kahuku died Monday in Kailua. She was born in Punaluu. She is survived by daughter Ethel T. Murakami, stepson Mike N., and brothers Yoshio and Yasuo Taguma. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment to follow. Casual attire.
Stephen A. Reed II, 84, of Hilo, an engineer with Hilo Sugar Co. and later C. Brewer & Co. Ltd., died Thursday in Hale Anuenue. He was born in Massachusetts. He and his late wife, Frances Reed, founded Petroglyph Press, opened the Book Gallery and established MidPacific Book Distributors. He is survived by sons Stephen A. III and David, daughter Judith Beeman and four grandchildren. Celebration of life on Coconut Island: 4 p.m. Dec. 23. Lei and loose flowers welcome. Donations suggested to Hilo Adult Day Care.
Helen K. Rosati, 86, of Kona, Hawaii, a retired owner and beautician of Helen's Beauty Shop, died Thursday in Keauhou Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center. She was born in Corning, N.Y. She is survived by son David and four grandchildren. Mass: 6 p.m. Monday at St. Michael's Catholic Church. Casual attire. No flowers.
Helen "Haruno" Taguchi, 88, of Mililani, a retired Reverend of Tenrikyo Church of Hawaii, died Tuesday in Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Pahala, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Stanley K., Edward A. and Stephen S.; daughters Gladys M. Murakami, Ruth A. Lai, Joan S. Ueshiro and Elaine T. Uemura; 20 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Harry M. Takano, 94, of Wahiawa, retired proprietor of Takano Store, died Nov. 28 at home. He was born in Ewa. He is survived by wife Lillian C.; sons Clarence K., Lowell K. and Bernard K.; daughter Elaine Matsumoto; brother Tadashi; sisters Natsue Matsusaka, Yukie Shima and Sakae Ujiki; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Mark G. Tellep, 33, of Lahaina, Maui, died Wednesday in Wailuku. He was born in Pennsylvania. He is survived by wife Debra Gaspar-Tellep, mother Connie, father George and sister Kathy. Private services.
Paul T. Tojo, 49, of Mililani Town, an account executive for Bishop Insurance of Hawaii, died Nov. 23 in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by wife Sheryl H. Furuya-Tojo, son Paul-Spencer, daughters Lacey-Sherae and Lauren-Ashly, father Yasuo and sister Lynette Lukela. Prayer services: 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Margaret E.F. Towler, 79, of Wailua, Kauai, former co-owner of businesses including Hanalei Plantation and Coco Palms Hotel gift shops, died Nov. 25 at home. She was born in Pennsylvania. She was a World War II veteran and one of the first women from the South to enlist. She is survived by daughters Michele Towler and April Kaulukukui, sister Grace Young and four grandchildren. Private services.
Martina P. Tumbaga, 84, of Wahiawa died Nov. 20 in St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. She is survived by sons Irenio, Inocencio, Silvestre and Amadio; daughter Peregrina Barayuga; brother Ignacio Paguirigan; 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Mass: 7 p.m. Thursday at Our Lady of Sorrows Church. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Burial in the Philippines. Casual attire.
John "J.T." Weaver, 83, of Waipahu, who retired from the U.S. Navy, died Tuesday in Tripler Medical Center. He was born in Chattanooga, Tenn. He is survived by wife Juney; sons Richard Jr., Harry and David Montero and Harry Weaver; daughter Donna McCullum, also grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services: noon Thursday at Oahu Cemetery. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers.
Sister Simone Marie Willems, 87, also known as Paula Willems, formerly of Kalihi Valley, a kindergarten teacher at Sacred Hearts Academy and Immaculate Conception School in Lihue, died Nov. 24 in Tongeren, Belgium. She was born in Tongeren, Belgium. She is survived by brothers Frans, Joseph and Raymond. Memorial Mass: 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. Margaret Mary Chapel of Sacred Hearts Academy, Kaimuki.
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.