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Alfred J. Ah Sing, 75, of Kurtistown, Hawaii, a retired security guard, died Dec. 1 in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Piihonu, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Clara D.; sons Kaleo and Alfred Jr.; stepsons Fred C. and Kenneth Victorino; daughter Shirley Ann Thomas; stepdaughters Phyllis Oliva, Dorothy Akau and Sandi Kaneda; brothers Raymond, Walter and Melvin; sisters Margaret Veriato, Katherine Lopez, BettyLou Malanson, Rosemarie Ciaramitaro and Agnes Ah Sing; 11 grandchildren; 10 stepgrandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and 21 step great-grandchildren. Mass: 12:15 p.m. next Thursday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Call from 9 a.m. to noon. Burial: Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire.Ertis "Pete" Basco, 72, of Kaneohe, who retired from the personnel department of the U.S. Air Force, died Dec. 14. He also retired from Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. He was born in Louisiana. He is survived by wife LaVaina; sons Leonard and Kenneth; brothers Larry and Eugene, and two grandchildren. Private services.
Larry M. Beers, 88, a retired podiatrist in Honolulu, died Tuesday in Kailua. He is survived by daughter Peri Compton; sons Mark Q. and Albert W., and four grandchildren. Graveside services: 3 p.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. Monetary contributions suggested to the Baha'i Faith.
Eiko K. Bond, 75, of Kona, Hawaii died Tuesday in Kona Community Hospital. She was born in Japan. She is survived by husband Ernest J.; brother Tako Koizumi, and sister Takako Ejima. Private services. In lieu of flowers, condolences suggested to Ernest J. Bond, c/o Kona Community Hospital Room No. 111, Kealakekua, Hawaii 96750. Call 323-2548 for information.
Hazel P. De Guiar, 69, of Captain Cook, Hawaii, a retired housekeeper, died Sunday in Queen's Medical Center. She was born in North Kona, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Alfred "Freddie"; sons Bernard and Lyons; brothers Herbert, Raymond, Ralph and John Alapai; sisters Ivy Kizler and Valma Kauahi, and five grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at Holualoa Catholic Church. Call after 7 a.m. Burial: Kona Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Hugh R. Fredin, 74, of Kaneohe, a retired major in the U.S. Army, died Saturday in Tripler Army Medical Center. He is survived by sons Peter and Hugh Jr.; daughters Christine Tatum and Celeste Wiley; sister Margaret Fox, and 11 grandchildren. Private services.
Ingrid R. Fuchs, 86, of Kapahi, Kauai died Saturday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Germany. He is survived by son Albert Marx and caregiver Linda Wong. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Borthwick Kauai Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: Kauai Veterans Cemetery in Hanapepe. Casual attire.
Emi T. Higa, 63, of Honolulu died last Thursday. She was born in Keaau, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Tokuzen; son Todd; daughter Evelyn; brothers Nobuyoshi, Masa, Joe and John Takesue; sister Kay Ihara, and six grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Ka Hale Hoano O Ke Akua Church, 1760 Nalani St. Casual attire.
The Rev. Helen E. Jennings, 91, of Makawao, Maui, a retired Episcopalian deacon, died Monday in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Minnesota. She is survived by caregivers Peter and Debbie Winkler. Memorial services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Trinity By the Sea Church. Inurnment: Makawao Cemetery.
Wendell K. Kahaleo'umi, 54, of Waianae, a community worker for Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, died Saturday. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Anita; sons Wendell Jr., Ryan and Kurtis; daughters Anna Hardy-Kahaleo'umi and Pualani, Ashlyn and Michelle Kahaleo'umi; mother Kathryn, and sister Jackie. Mass: 10 a.m. Friday at Sacred Hearts Church, Waianae. Call after 9 a.m. Scattering of ashes to follow. Casual attire.Haruko E. Kim, 79, of Hilo, a retired cashier for Kress Store, died Monday in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by caregivers Joyce Low and Emelyn Ilar. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Homelani Memorial Park. Burial to follow.
Frank A. Koyanagi, 84, of Honolulu, a retired automobile sales manager, died Dec. 11. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by wife Gladys; son Michael; daughter Faye; brother Edward Nakagawa, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Private services.
Kenneth A. Lauahi, 74, of Kaneohe, an electrical contractor, died last Thursday in Kailua. He was born in Hawaii. He is survived by son Marvin Buenconsejo; daughters Terry Daguman and Wendy Pavlo; parents Benjamin and Violet A.; brother Lono; companion Velma Foster, 11 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Jan. 8 at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow. Aloha attire.
James F. Mahoney, 89, of Kailua, a retired deputy chief of the Supply and Maintenance Pacific for the U.S. Army, died last Thursday. He was born in Somerville, Mass. He is survived by sons Edward, Thomas and Robert "Rocco"; daughters Patricia Ferney, Evelyn Palmer, Mary Webb and Kathleen Lynn; sisters Mary Page, Ester Langa, Catherine Devlin and Alice Gallagher, 21 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. John Vianney Church, Kailua. Call after 10 a.m. Inurnment: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Larry S. Miyashiro, 78, of Honolulu, a retired taxi driver, died Dec. 13 in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Paauilo, Hawaii. He is survived by sons Nelson and Jeffrey; daughter Linda Yoshimoto; brothers Thomas and Seiei; sisters Betty Yoshikawa, Irene Tanna, Clara Minamishin, Alice Ashitomi and Dorothy Toole, and four grandchildren. Private services.
Priscilla Morse of Kailua, an office manager, died last Thursday at home. She is survived by husband Merrill "Mike"; sons Michael and James; sisters Helen and Geneva, and four grandchildren. Services: noon Wednesday at Kailua Chapel, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Call from 11 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery.
James Chong Ho Pang, 75, of Honolulu died Friday in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Susan; sons Paul and Harold; daughters Julynne and Jamie; brothers Alfred "Joe," Walter C.J. and Herbert; sister Daisy Dung, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 9 a.m. tomorrow at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 7:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Hamabar B. Pasco Sr., 80, of Wahiawa died Dec. 14 at home. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by wife Lucia; daughters Letisia Pasco Uvas, Marlinda Pasco Formentera, Dadila and Waheni Pasco and Beverling Pasco Flores; sons Arthur and Hamabar Pasco III, and seven grandchildren. Private services.
Bernardeta Delos Reyes Rijhoff, 77, of Honolulu, who retired from the Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel, died last Thursday in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by daughters Evelyn Bautista and Teresita Limqueco; a brother and two sisters in the Philippines, 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Private services.
Quintin Sagisi, 100, of Kapaa, Kauai, a retired groundskeeper, died last Thursday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by son Justo; daughters Dominga Alcaraz, Celedonia Galiza, Cresencia Acojido, Josephine Gascon and Elisa Adaoag; sister Carmen Cadiente, and 33 grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at Garden Island Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Kauai Memorial Gardens. Casual attire.
Keni K. Shigeoka, 74, of Mililani, a Japanese Language School instructor at Waialae Baptist, died Sunday in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was also a retired piano instructor. She was born in Reno, Nev. She is survived by son Ralph S,; daughters Evelyn K. Ng and Karol M. Haraguchi, and four grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Beatrice O.W. Ware, also known as "Bea" or "Bebe," 75, of Waianae, a teacher at St. Andrew's Priory and Waianae Elementary, died last Thursday. She was born in Hawaii. She is survived by husband G. Keith; daughter Sally E. Ware Caminos; son Charles E.; hanai daughter Nora Ha'o, and four grandchildren. Memorial services: 1 p.m. Sunday at St. Philip's Episcopal Church.
Mabel M. Yatsuoka, 72, of Honolulu, a retired supervisor for Andrade Clothing, died Dec. 6. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Katsuto and son Arthur. Private services.
Kaipo'i N.K.N. Young-Tavai, infant son of Keala Young and Jonathan Tavai, died Dec. 18 in Kapiolani Hospital. He is also survived by sister Kealani Young-Rios; and grandparents Vaovai Jr. and Cassandra Tavai and John and Carol Young. Private services.
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.