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Harry T.C. Amano, 73, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard employee, died Dec. 23 in Kaiser Moanalua Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by companion Nina Martin; stepson Clayton Ching; daughters Gertrude Ozaki and Mavis Torikawa; brothers Domingo, Alfred, Roger, Sonny and Rudy Amano and Ronald Char; sisters Veronica, Maggie, Felly and Dolores, and two grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Inurnment: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.Dori L. Baang, 38, of Ewa Beach died Dec. 23. She was born in San Jose, Calif. She is survived by husband Alfred K.; daughter Katrina Weaver; son Joseph Perez; stepsons Alfred, Richard, Simon, Chad, Damien and Justin Baang; mother Charlotte Youth; stepfather Samuel Young; brother Joe Allie; grandparents John and Lorraine Kemmere, and nine grandchildren. Memorial services: noon Saturday at the family home, 91-1009 D Renton Road, Ewa Beach. Call after 11 a.m. No flowers. Casual attire.
Patricia Y.L. Carias, 59, of Honolulu died Dec. 23. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Rodney; daughters Rhonda Nakamoto and Rendi Kanaiaupuni; brothers Edmund, Herman, Clement and Richard Ching; sisters Blossom Jhun and Irene Wong, and six grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.
Edmond A. Char, 64, of Kailua, a pipefitter, died Thursday in Kailua. He was born in Kalaoa, Kona, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Evelyn; children Leanne Kauwe and Edmund, Clarence and Loriann Char; mother Esther Makuaole; sister Hannah Kamoe; brother Joseph Char, and six grandchildren. Services: 9 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kaneohe Stake Center. Call from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at the church. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Gertrudis G. Galicinao, 93, of Honolulu, a retired pineapple picker, died Dec. 19 in St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by daughter Andrea Sagucio, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Mass: 8:45 a.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at the mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.
Honorio Gallap, 76, of Laupahoehoe, Hawaii, a retired service truck driver for the Hamakua sugar plantation, died Dec. 24 in the Life Care Center of Hilo. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Feliciana; daughter Noma Lynn, and sons Christopher, Jeremy and Alan. Mass: 7 p.m. Friday at St. Anthony's Catholic Church. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Prayer service: 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: church cemetery. Causal attire.
Margaret M. Ishihara, 73, of Las Vegas, formerly of Honolulu, a retired Camp Smith housekeeper, died Dec. 19. She was born in Hawaii. She is survived by husband Henry; son Norman Ishii; daughter Marilyn Ishii-Urner; brothers William, Takiji, Takito and Richard Okubo; sisters Mildren Kawakami, Lillian Nakamura and Marion Tanahara, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m.
Song C. Marshall, 45, of Kaneohe, owner of S&K Snacks, died Dec. 25. He was born in Seoul. He is survived by wife Kyong S.; son Insong; mother Okhui; brother Charlie, and sisters Mihui Park, Susie Bacher and Sandra Lee. Services: noon Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Internment service: 10 a.m. Friday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery.
Tony T. Pacheco, 82, of Hayward, Calif., formerly of Maui, a shipyard driver, died Dec. 23 in California. He was born in Kona. He is survived by wife Matilda Aviles Pacheo; son Arthur; daughter Verna; stepson Steven Machado; stepdaughters Dolores Carrillo, Joyce Foussat, Lori Machado, Irene Pennington and Aileen Franklin; brothers David, Henry, Daniel, Santo, Manuel, Richard, Henry and John; sisters Frances Feliciano, Bessie Perry, Maria Gonsalves and Nancy Moniz, three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday and after 8 a.m. Saturday. Burial: Maui Veterans Cemetery.
Jacinto "Joe" Rivera, 73, of Honolulu, a retired aircraft electronics mechanic, died Dec. 15 in Kaiser Moanalua Medical Center. He was born in Hamakuapoko, Maui. He is survived by brothers Pedro J. and Fred P. and sisters Esmenia Galinato, Theresa Sevilla, Katherine Rivera, Ella Osako, Gloria Tenorio and Magdalene Kawamoto. Mass: noon Saturday at Christ the King Church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Maui Memorial Park.
Iritta Spencer, 66, of Honolulu died Dec. 25 in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in South Kohala, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Gene Sheldon and Lionel and Alexander Kahuena Jr.; daughter Leona Kahuena; brothers Moses, Henry and Leland Kawaihae; sisters Susie Grandstaff, Mara Timsing, Barbara Kawaihae and Lenora Jacob, and companion Clarence Medeiros. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.
John N. Takai, 84, of Honolulu, a retired bus driver for MTL, died Dec. 25 in Kuakini Geriatric Care. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Evelyn S.; son Daniel S.; daughter Dayle N. Kobashigawa, and two grandchildren. Private services.
Randall M. Tanaka, 45, of Honolulu died Dec. 22 in Aiea. He is survived by parents Richard and Wilma, and sisters Roxanne Aipoalani and Debra Tanaka. Memorial services: 9 to 10 a.m. Thursday at Castle Hospital Chapel, Kailua. Private scattering of ashes at a later date. Aloha attire.
Tadashi Tsuda and Irene F. Tsuda were remembered in private services. Tadashi Tsuda, 84, of Honolulu, a retired federal auto mechanic, died Dec. 17 in Straub Clinic and Hospital. He was born in Kipu, Kauai. Irene Tsuda, 79, of Honolulu, a retired optical receptionist, died Nov. 17 at home. She was born in Puunene, Maui. They are survived by daughters Frances Matsuoka and Karen Nishimura and a grandchild. He is survived by brother Robert and sisters Nancy Kajioka and Betsy Akama. She is survived by sisters Katherine Nagatori, Dorothy Kusatsu and Clara Harada.
Maurice B. Udo, 77, of Honolulu, a retired plumber, died last Tuesday in Hospice Hawaii Kailua Home. He was born in Kaapahu, Hamakua, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Florence; sons Calvin, Glenn and Ernie; daughter Jo Ann Goya; stepdaughters Jo Ann Masumoto and Lori-Ann Inouye; sister Tatsue Yoshida, eight grandchildren and four stepgrandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 4 p.m. No flowers. Casual attire.
Mercedes A. Vallesteros, 85, of Waipahu died Nov. 11 in the Philippines. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by sons Clemente, Mariano and Teddy; daughters Lucia Sales and Esmeralda Barut; sister Honorata Ranches; 19 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples.
Alberto S. Villaver Sr., 69, of Honolulu, a maintenance man at the city rose garden in Kapahulu, died Dec. 25 in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Brigida A.; sons Richard, Alberto Jr., Rolly and Erwin; daughters Liberty Matas, Thelma Campania, Emilia Daquioag and Amalia Castillo; sister Marciana Zulueta, and 19 grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday and from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Burial: Sunset Memorial Park.
Myra S.Y. Watt, 72, of Honolulu died Dec. 18 at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Philip H.F.; son Eric J.S.; daughters Jennifer L.J. Lau and Karen L.H. Cowan; brother Gregory Tong, and six grandchildren. Graveside services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire. No flowers.
Jessie Wilkinson, 96, of Hawi, Kohala, Hawaii, a retired nurse, died Dec. 25 in Kohala Hospital. She was born in England. She is survived by son Donald, 23 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. 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.