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Fred Hemmings Sr.
Luz M.M. Agulay, 67, of Kekaha, Kauai, a housekeeper for the Lawai Beach Hotel, died Jan. 14 in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Victorio; sons William, Vic and Reynaldo; daughters Aemalita Adriano, Maryric Adena, Maryanne Esteban, Lanie Agulay and Velma Domrequie; brothers Federico, Jesus and Fidel Mendoza; sisters Felicidad DelFredo and Francisca Gelinato, and 22 grandchildren. Services held.Reynard L. Akui, 48, of Waimanalo, owner of Kailua Nursery, died Jan. 11 in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Sterling K.; mother Margaret Y. Baldauf; brothers Dodie and Bryan; sisters Ramona Harris and Dale Gonsalves; half brother Theo Baldauf; half sister Mary Baldauf, and stepbrothers Joseph, Steven and Andrew Baldauf. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Additional services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Valley of the Temples. Burial to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.
Venancio P. "Andy" Andrada, 86, of Kailua, a retired automotive mechanic, died Jan. 13. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by children Beatrice Quadra, Mildred Castaneda, Carol Dela Cruz and Vincent Andrada; brothers Hilarion and Laureano, 14 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m. Additional services: 10:45 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Kailua. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Noon Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Lucio A. Cosare, 89, of Kukuihaele, Hawaii, a retired laborer for Honokaa Sugar Plantation, died Sunday in North Hawaii Community Hospital. He was also a part-time taro farmer in Waipio Valley. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sons Lucio Jr., Henry N., Joseph J., Robert, Stanley, Wallace and Darrell; daughters Esther Battle, Violet Mateo, Mary Chun, Stella Jansen, Julie Lauro, Elizabeth Hernandez and Salley Nachor, more than 50 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. Mass: 7 p.m. Friday at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Honokaa. Call from 5 to 9 p.m. Prayer services: 9 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Honokaa Catholic Church. Aloha attire.
Gasper Daproza, 88, of Honolulu, a retired plantation worker, died last Tuesday in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Helen; son Thomas Young, and three grandchildren. Services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Geraldine G. Dawson, of Damascus, Ore., died Friday at home. She was born in Portland. She is survived by husband Lawrence; son Pieter, and sister Louise Calcagno. Services on the mainland. Memorial contributions suggested to Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children, 3101 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97201 or the American Cancer Society, 330 SW Curry St., Portland, OR 97201.
Antoinette V. "Toni" DeMello, 59, of Kailua died Saturday in Castle Medical Center. She is survived by husband Harold G. Jr.; sons Patrick H., Dean G. and Keith A.; daughters Carole Hope, Darlene D. Sousa and Julie A. DeMello; mother Adeline Cabral; sister Kathleen Bunch; brother George Cabral Jr., and six grandchildren. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at St. John Vianney Church, Enchanted Lake. Call from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Burial: 11 a.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Caryol C. Ehle, 82, of Honolulu died Friday in Hale Nani Rehab and Nursing Center. He is survived by wife Geri; daughters Mary Ehle, Linda Callens and Deborah Bremner; brother Howard; sister Joyce Huseby, seven grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. Mass: 12:30 p.m. Friday at St. Augustine Church, Waikiki. Call from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Inurnment: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.
Martha T. English, 92, of Volcano, Hawaii, an advertising and promotional executive for Miko Meats in Hilo, died Thursday in Life Care Center of Hilo. She was born in Seattle. She is survived by husband Eldon; sons Eldon "Gus" Jr. and Tom; daughters Charlotte Ferreira, Martha Lynn Simmons, Patricia Maglothin and Susan Thompson; brother Thomas Taylor Jr., 12 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Memorial Mass: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Malia Puka O Kalani Catholic Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Scattering of ashes at a later date. Casual attire. No flowers.
George "Slim" Flazer, 86, of Waipahu died Wednesday in Kaiser Foundation Hospital. He was born in Portugal. He is survived by sons George M., Arthur P., Leslie, Howard, Donald and George "Boy"; daughter Sophie Vereze; sister Sophie Riviera, 12 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Juliette F. Franco, 66, of Honolulu, a retired restaurant owner, died Wednesday. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Alfred; daughters Mary Witthans and Mele Anna; parents Richard and Juliette Furtado; brothers Dickie and Robert Furtado; sister Bobby Lou Yeackel, and three grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Imiola Church in Kamuela, Hawaii. Call after 5 p.m. Services: 8 a.m. Jan. 29 at the Outrigger Canoe Club in Honolulu. Scattering of ashes to follow.
Stanley A. "Gunzie" Gonzales, 60, of Mililani died Jan. 13 in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Kinne; sons Biten, Witney, Brian, Ronnie, Stanley Jr. and Daniel; daughter Laurie; stepmother Violeta; brothers Richard Tomisa and David Gonzales; sisters Lisa and Michelle Gonzales and Donna Wexler, 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Casual attire.
Raynette I. Gouveia, 52, of Honolulu, a retired medical clerk for Hickam Clinic, died Jan. 1 in St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Clyde; son Clyde C.; daughter Roselynn M.K. Rosado; brothers Wendell and Frank P. Cho; sister Audrey U. Hartung, and four grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. Friday at St. Philomena Church. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Marian C. Haitsuka, 85, of Honolulu, also known as Chiyoko H. Haitsuka, a retired self-employed seamstress, died Jan. 15 in the Convalescent Center of Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son George; daughters Betty Yonamine, Flora Guthrie and Elaine Sumida; sisters Jeanette Tsubota and Jean Nakata, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Additional services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Burial to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.
Yoshiomi H. Hirata, 89, of Honolulu, formerly of Tokyo, a retired president of Reader's Digest, Tokyo, died Jan. 14 in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Pahoa, Hawaii. He is survived by son Mitsuki; sisters Ruth Kai and Kazumi "Helene" Yonemura, and three grandchildren. Private services.
Satoru A. "Hiro" Hirokane, 75, of Honolulu, a retired warehouse foreman from Hickam Air Force Base, died Monday in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Puhi, Kauai. He is survived by wife Itsuko, children and three grandchildren. Private services.
Lucille M. Kahele, 74, of Waimanalo, an Aloha State school bus driver, died Dec. 14. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Daniel, John K. Jr. and Dana M.; daughters Lucille Kalauokaaea-Kahele, Ladiola E. Moore, Diana Lynn K. Patubo and Lurline K. Manalo; brother Daniel Kalauokaaea; sister Nathaniel N. Lopes, 33 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Additional services: 10:30 a.m. next Tuesday at the mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 11:30 a.m. next Tuesday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Reginald K. "Sonny" Kama Jr., 74, of Kapolei, a retired supervisor at Honolulu Wood Treating Co. and U.S. Army WWII veteran, died Jan. 7. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Reginald K. III; daughters Ernestine Stride, Erma Kama, Leona "Lehua" Brooks, Rhoda "Mokihana" Souza and Edna McMillan; brother Edward Sr.; sisters Margaret Kane and Grace Brook, and nine grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Inurnment: 11 a.m. Friday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.
Helen A. Kim, 74, of Hilo, a retired manager for the former Robin's, died Jan. 13 in Straub Hospital. She was born in Olaa, Hawaii. She is survived by daughters Norma Yamamoto and Holly Kim, brother George Fujiwara, sister Frances Tanaka, two grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. Private services.
Alice S. Kunimura, 82, of Honolulu, a retired sales associate for J.C. Penney Co., died Jan. 8 in Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Neal K., Wayne T. and Clyde R.; daughters Jane S. Kunimura and Carol Y. Lum; brother Charles C. Kimura, and four grandchildren. Private services.
Cornelio B. Mateo, 56, of Waipahu died Jan. 8 in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Rosita D.; sons Rafael, Roger and Ferdinand; daughters Emma Dias and Imelda Mateo; brother Manuel; sisters Bernarda Julian, Nitta Elizaga and Emelyn Damaso; stepfather Lorenzo Pascual, and seven grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Friday at St. Elizabeth Church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Beatrice H. Mayekawa, 71, of El Cajon, Calif. died Oct. 19. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Masamitsu "Masa"; sons Ahren and Daryl, and sisters Gladys Nakagawa and Winifred Maekawa. Memorial services and inurnment: 10:30 a.m. Monday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.
Leonie B. McMahon, 98, of Honolulu died Wednesday in Liliha Health Care Center. She was born in California. She is survived by son Donald, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services held.
Teruko Miyoga, 87, of Aiea died Wednesday in Aiea. She was born in Ewa. She is survived by son Roy M.; daughters Paulette Miyoga, Janet T. Shibuya, Katherine H. Enomoto and Helen T. Nagafuchi; brother Susumu Fujiwara; sister Sueno Fujiwara, 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Private inurnment. Casual attire. No flowers.
Billy M. Montgomery, 74, of Haleiwa died Sunday in Haleiwa. He was born in Altus, Okla. He is survived by wife Mary; sons Mark S. and James M., and two grandchildren. No services.
Susan L. Moriarity, 47, of Bay Village, Ohio, who worked for Adult Friends for Youth, died Jan. 4. She also taught at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She was born in Minneapolis. She is survived by husband Bruce Larson; mother Anne; stepfather Mario Cina, and brother Daniel. Services: 5:30 p.m. tomorrow at Church of the Crossroads, Honolulu. Memorial donations suggested to the Church of the Crossroads, 1212 University Ave., Honolulu, HI 96826, "The Suzie Moriarity Fund for Liturgical Arts."
The Rev. Anthony O'Brien, 97, of Honolulu died Sunday in Maluhia Long Term Care Health Center. He was born in Honolulu. Mass: 12:30 p.m. Friday at St. Patrick's Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. No flowers. Donations suggested to the Retirement of Sacred Hearts Fathers.
Hiram K. "Baba" Olsen, 82, of Honolulu, a retired heavy equipment operator for Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, died Jan. 15 in Kaiser Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Hiram K. and Lanelle N.; daughters Margaret "Leimomi" Kapanui, Norma L. "Naalei" Liana and Nancy LumWon; brothers Myron and Bernard "Busa"; sisters Edith Dyroff, Hannah Chenoweth and Pearl Lang; nine grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cremation to follow. Private inurnment. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Kazuko "Nancy" Omori, 86, of Lihue died Wednesday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born in Kapaa Homesteads, Kauai. She is survived by daughters Shirley Ibe and Barbara Omori; brothers Hajimi and Ayao Terayama, a grandchild and a great-grandchild. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Lihue Hongwanji Mission. Casual attire. No flowers.
Shigeo Ota, 88, of Pahoa, Hawaii, a self-employed farmer, died Sunday at home. He was born in Pahoa, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Toshiko; daughters Gladys Konanui and Nancy Nakamatsu; sister Hisae Doi, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Private services. No koden, or offerings.
Concepcion A. "Conching" Ramiro, 84, of Waipahu died Dec. 30 in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Ricardo; sons Ernesto, Rodolfo, Andres, Eufracio, Felix, Eppie, Jose and Florencio; daughters Neri Yanos and Vicky Avena, 33 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: noon Saturday at St. Joseph Church. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Wilfred F. Sandi, 58, of Kahului, Maui, a sheet metal welder at McDonald Douglas Aircraft, died Wednesday at home. He also worked in the cane fields for Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Co. He was born in Puunene, Maui. He is survived by brothers James, Lauriano, Randy and Dennis Sison, and sisters Barbara S. Harrison and Linda S. Saldana. Private services.
Silvio "Jack" Scellato, 86, of Kaneohe, a jewelry salesman, died Friday in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. He was born in Bronx, N.Y. He is survived by sons Philip and Robert; daughter Terry Croad; brother Mike, two grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Ramona J. Scott, 77, of Pearl City, a retired registered nurse, died Friday in Honolulu. She was born in Bemidji, Minn. She is survived by daughters Kathryn Stamey and Linda Tolson, brother Jerry Hinton; husband, companion and friend L."Buster" Scott, and three grandchildren. Private services.
Gervacio T. Tamor, 90, of Honolulu, a retired state maintenance employee, died Dec. 30 in Straub Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Gertrudiz; daughter Florencia Tamor-Amodo, and a grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Waipahu United Church of Christ. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park Cemetery. Casual attire.
Sergia D. Valdez, 83, of Honolulu, died Dec. 29 in Las Vegas. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Leon; sons Rudy and Edward; daughters Rosita Gustafson and Josie Wong, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.
Raymond Victor, 84, of Honolulu, a retired vice president for GTE Hawaiian Tel, died Jan. 13. He was also a retired associate business manager for IBEW Local Union 1357. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Pearl; sons Roland and Raymond; daughters Raynette Ludington and Pearllette Simano; brothers Bernard, Leslie, Milton and Stanley; sisters Kehau Ramos and Pualani Enos, 10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 11:45 a.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Nuuanu Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Anatilde Wiggin, 97, of Honolulu, died Wednesday in Hale Nani Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She was born in Colombia. She is survived by sons George Bernett and Marcos, Sam and Daniel Wiggin, 15 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren. No services.
Lily L.H. Wilson, 84, of Kaneohe, a retired forewoman at Del Monte Co., died Jan. 3 in Leeward Nursing Home. She was born in Honokua, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Calvin Lee, Joseph S. Wilson and Gordon B. Wilson; daughters Lilly Jaggers, Winifred May, Elizabeth VanWinkle, Uilani Maile and Marvel Seguritan; sister Hazel Holstein; 29 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren and three great great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual 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.