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Jaren K.Y. Ai-Miyake, infant son of Sherry Ai and Jared Miyake, died Friday in Hilo, Hawaii. He is also survived by grandparents Vernon and Sandra Ai and James and Arlene Miyake, and great-grandparents Robert Fukuhara, Agnes Miyake and Yukie Hiraki. Graveside committal services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Homelani Memorial Park, Hilo. Casual attire.Dorothy Ann Arneson, 56, of Waipahu died Feb. 24. She was born in Pepeekeo, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Robert; sons Robert Arneson Jr. and Jeffrey Wagemaker; brothers Leonard and Lawrence Ayala, and sisters Elsie and Lurline Montiho and Betty Gonzalez. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Burial: 11 a.m. Friday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery.
Lillian F. Baptist, 84, of Honolulu died Friday in Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Paul; daughter Arlette Gillers, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Monday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Entombment: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Adriano P. Caraang, 67, of Honolulu died Feb. 22 in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Corazon; son Edwin; daughter Jocelyn; brothers Mauro, Cornelio, Roque, Andres and Ardolfo; sisters Victoria Baguio, Paula Bonilla, Ignacia Dominga and Trinidad Abella, and three grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples.
Ellen M. Spencer Cathcart, 94, of Holualoa, Hawaii died Feb. 25 at home. She was born in Kaawaloa, Hawaii. She is survived by son Albert Spencer; daughters Eleanora DeFries and Jeanette Palakiko;16 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren. Prayer services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hale Hoomalu Pavilion, Kuakini Highway. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow. Casual attire.
Allan "Al" Date, 85, of Honolulu died Feb. 19. He was born in Kipapa, Ewa. He is survived by wife Ethel; sons Calvin, Cary and Randy; daughter Julie Nakamura; brother Genso "Walter"; sisters Mitsuyo "Ruth" and Yoshie "Harriet" Date and Kazuyo "Jane" Kim, and five grandchildren. Memorial services: 5 p.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Edward J. Ebinger, 81, of Kailua, a retired detective with the Honolulu Police Department, died Thursday in Castle Medical Center. He was also a musician with Aloha and Hawaiian airlines. He was born on Kauai. He is survived by wife Violet U.; son Edward Jr.; daughters Winona Anzalone, Edwina Johnson, Deanna McFadden and Loretta Ebinger; brother Abraham Lovell; sister Bernice, 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Allan I. Edwards, 69, of Honolulu is survived by brother Roy Anderson. The mortuary provided incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday.
Hannah K. "Aunty Hannah" Hokoana, 83, of Paia, Maui, died Thursday in Hale Makua. She was born in Lahaina, Maui. She is survived by daughters Rosemond Underwood and Audrey Eddy and son John Deguilmo. Wake services: 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kahului Ward. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call from 8 a.m. to noon. Cremation to follow. No flowers.
Sean R. Hughes, infant son of Thomas and Shannon Hughes, died Friday in Honolulu. He is also survived by brothers Cameron, Stephen and Timothy; sister Kristin, and grandparents Richard and Shirley Burr and Richard and Barbara Hughes. Memorial services: 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Hope Chapel, 45-815 Po'okela St. in Kaneohe. Call after 4 p.m. Aloha attire.
Asofiafia Jennings, 60, of Wahiawa died Feb. 21. She was born in Swains Island, Tokelau. She is survived by sons John, Nomeneta "Nome," Sani, Sataraka and Faamomoiloto; daughters Violeta and Seila Jennings, Violina Pedro, Tulelei Piper, Ausa Van Story, Noanoa Tuliau, Victoria Piper and Donna Vaught; brothers Sani, Kana, Lopati, Vaipapa, Makoa and Lotolelei Jennings and Peleti Peleti Jr.; sisters Ausa Umu, Malelega Domen and Fa'afetai Pitolo, and 27 grandchildren. Wake services: 7 tonight at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at the mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Paul H. Katahara, 88, of Honolulu, a retired road investigator for the city Department of Facility Maintenance, died Feb. 21 in Hale Ho Aloha. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Dorothy; sons Arthur and Nils; brother Harry; sister Esther Kimura, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Private services.
Abraham "Kalani" Kia, 54, of Honolulu, a Waikiki bartender, died March 2 in St. Francis-West Hospice. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Lori Lummen-Kia; sons Kalani Paul and Cody Makana; daughters Patricia K. Finnegan and Aubrey Noelani; mother Henrietta Cypher; stepmother Lavaina "Lovey;" brothers Landford, Albert, Lambert and Blaine Kia and Barney Cypher; sisters Connie Beale, Deldrene Mowat, Laureen Kekahuna, Katherine "Kaui" Kipapa and Dellphene Corpuz, and a grandchild. Memorial services: 3 p.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 2 p.m. Scattering of the ashes: 8 a.m. Sunday at Waikiki, fronting the Outrigger Reef Hotel. Casual attire. Leis only.
Okyea Kim, 89, of Honolulu died Wednesday in Honolulu. She was born in Korea. She is survived by sons Chong Kim and Jhung Kil, and daughters Chong Whee, Chong Sook and Chong Ok. Private services.
Jennifer A. Kishi, 21, of Pearl City, a student at Leeward Community College, died Friday. She was also an assistant at Kumon. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by parents Michael and Noreen; sister Leslie, and grandfather Harry. Memorial services: 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Frederick K. Luck, 51, of Honolulu died Saturday in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughter Rebekah Kanehailua; sons Gabriel and Jesse; mother Ruth Boggs; brothers William and Robert, and three grandchildren. Private services.
Masato Morinaga, 91, of Hilo, a retired clerk at Mauna Kea Sugar, died Friday in Hilo Medical Center. He is survived by wife Akiko; sons Howard, Lloyd, Dennis and Wayne; brother Sueo; sisters Mitsuyo Nakano and Masae Chung, and nine grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home. Call after 3 p.m.
Kazuo Morita, 83, of Honolulu, a retired carpenter for the state Hawaii Government Employees Association, died Sunday in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Olaa, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Kuni "Doris"; daughters Aileen Luginbill, Suzanne Morita, Martha Yamamoto and Edna Joy, seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.
Teodorico B. "Icong" Oamil, 85, of Waialua, who retired from Waialua Sugar Plantation, died Feb. 14. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sons Bernard and Paul; daughter Juanita Sadoy; brother Mariano; sister Camila Pacris, six grandchildren and two great-granddaughters. Rosary: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Michael Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Hideichi Oshiro, 80, of Mountain View, Hawaii, a retired crane operator for the former Puna Sugar Plantation, died Friday in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Olaa, Hawaii. He is survived by sisters Mikiko Gusukuma and Matsue Oshiro. Services: 10 a.m. tomorrow at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Ellen Chung Portuguez, 93, of Honolulu died Feb. 15 at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sisters Daisy Bajadali, Lillian Sambrano, Irene Ching and Fannie Aihara. Private services.
Walter Reis Jr., 48, of Honolulu died Feb. 23 at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Brandon N.; father Walter; brothers Brend, Rolf and Timmy, and sister Susan Cummings. Scattering of ashes at a later date.
Robert W. Santiago, 47, of Hilo died Friday in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by mother Feoctavia "Vicky," and sisters Judyann Riviera, Marian Santiago, Patricia Gamble and Lori Fiesta. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Glad Tidings Church, 116 Kapiolani St., Hilo. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Alae Cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers.
Helen H. Sora, 84, of Kapaa, Kauai died Feb. 25 in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born in Lihue. She is survived by husband Harold H.; sons Richard and Gilbert; daughters Victoria Matsuo, Jeanette Shimabukuro and Edith Kido; brother Robert Inouye, eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Private services.
Alice Louise Stearns, 82, of California and formerly of Lahaina, Maui, an artist for the Valley News in Van Nuys, Calif., died Feb. 7 in Deaconess Hospital in Billings, Mont. She was born in Lincoln, Neb. She is survived by son Michael; daughter Christina, two grandchildren and a great-grandson. Memorial services: noon to 1 p.m. Thursday at Nakamura Mortuary. Scattering of ashes: in the channel off of Papawai Point outside of Maalaea Harbor. Casual attire. Leis only.
Charles B. Steinhoff Jr., 76, a retired binder with the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, died Feb. 22 in Honolulu. He is survived by sister Wilhelmina Costa. Memorial graveside services over the ashes: 3 p.m. Friday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.
Kazue Takazawa, 83, of Pepeekeo, Hawaii, a sales clerk at the former Kodani Florist, died Friday in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Honomu, Hawaii. She is survived by daughter Harriet Nagata; sisters Shizuko Tanaka and Misae Akina, six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Seitoku Uehara, 87, of Honolulu, a retired cook from Princess Kaiualani Hotel, died Thursday in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Puunene, Maui. He is survived by wife Kiku; son Alan S.; daughters Kazuko Minamishin and Tsuyako and Ruby A. Uehara, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Memorial services: 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Thelma E. Victorino, 70, of Waianae died Saturday. She was born in Lahaina, Maui. She is survived by daughters Linda Yee Hoy and Julie Cambra; son Kanak Victorino; sisters Kathrine Freitas, Angie Nobriga and Irene Davies, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. March 14 at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial services: Nuuanu Cemetery.
Gertrude P. Weidig, 101, of Honolulu died Saturday at home. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. She is survived by daughter Patricia W. Bergford; sister Edna Werfelman, a granddaughter and two great-grandchildren. Services at a later date.
Dianne B. Williams, 61, of Kahana, Maui, an administrative assistant, died Thursday at home. She was born in Minneapolis. She is survived by son Charles C. "Cory" III, sister Darlene Skinner, and brothers Larry and Willis McInnis. Celebration of life: tomorrow at Napili Point Resort, Unit No. C-17, 5295 Lower Honoapiilani Highway. Aloha attire. Memorial donations suggested to East Maui Animal Refuge.
Waldo Sun Jake "Dodie" Wong, 65, of Waipahu, a retired electrical engineer at Pearl Harbor Shipyard, died Saturday in Pali Momi Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Louise Ena; son Anthony "Tony"; daughters Gina Marie Williams and Sandra and Lianne Wong; mother Violet; brothers Warren and Glenn; sister Sharie Dale, and seven grandchildren. Prayer services: 2 p.m. Saturday at the Resurrection of the Lord Catholic Church, 94-1260 Lumikula St. in Waipio Gentry. Mass: 2:30 p.m. No flowers.
Sadie Sin Yuk Wun, 87, of Honolulu died Feb. 25. She was born in Pahoa Pun, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Ronald and Randall; daughters Patricia Ling and Jean Mar; brothers Drs. Robert and James and Harry, Albert, Charles, Samuel and Rogers Wong; sister Bertha Kam, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Edward K. Yuasa, 89, of Aiea, a retired auto mechanic and owner of Eddie's Auto Repair, died Feb. 21 at home. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by sons James and Ernest; daughter Doris Kanai; sister Shiyo Shiigi, 11 grandchildren and six 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.