Tino Pajo Alcantara, 34, of Koloa, Kauai, a meat cutter for Lihue Big Save, died April 2 at home. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Oliva, son Austin R. and parents Feliciano and Agustina. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at St. Raphael's Church in Koloa. Call from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. Burial to follow. Casual or aloha attire.Severa Laureto Baraoidan, 97, of Pearl City, formerly of Paauilo, Hawaii, is also survived by daughter Carmen. The mortuary provided additional information for an obituary published yesterday.
Ho Chiang, 95, of Honolulu, died April 7 in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in China. She is survived by daughter Chui Wan Nip, eight grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. Private services.
M. Louis Duby, 79, of Honolulu, a former resident manager for Meridian East, Kailua, died Friday in Honolulu. She was born in Kansas. She is survived by husband Harold, son Ted and sister Lorene Hurley. Memorial services: 3 p.m. Friday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire.
Merlin Orville Ekern, 92, of Hilo, director of the Rehabilitation Center of the Pacific, died Saturday in Hilo. He was also a Mason and Shriner. He was born in Cameron, Wis. He is survived by daughter Karen, sons Keith and Ken, brothers Arland and Duane, and eight grandchildren. Private services.
Takeo Hiroshige, 81, of Pearl City, a retired postal carrier for the federal government, died April 6 in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Kazue; son Clyde T.; daughters Renee A. Matsui, Jamie H. Hiroshige and Patti T. Kaneshiro; brother Kenneth and seven grandchildren. Private services.
Androclis Kaawa Jr., also known as "Ka'moii" or "Andy," 48, of Nanakuli, a Hawaii historian, died April 4 in Tripler Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Jonathan; daughters Andrea and Lauren; parents Androclis and Josephine; brothers Philip and Charles; sisters Cheryl Ann Kong, Doreen Kaawa and Elsa Kaawa-Giddens; and three grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. tomorrow at Nanaikapono Protestant Church, 89-235 Pua Ave. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Sunset Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Harriet T. Kea, 82, of Honolulu died Friday in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Benjamin, son Frank Parker Jr., brother Wilfred Toyoda, sisters Dorothy Iwanaga and Thelma Ching, and two grandchildren. Private inurnment.
Ernest Kaipo Kinney Jr., 70, of Waimea, Hawaii, a heavy-equipment operator, died last Tuesday in North Hawaii Community Hospital. He was born on Kauai. He is survived by wife Martha Ann L.M.; sons Decker and Jaime; daughter Erin Lindsey; brother Warren; sisters Rubellite K. Johnson, Esther K. Rice and Lynnette Sanchez; six grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at the family residence, Kuhio Village, Kamuela. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Waimea Chapel. Call from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Inurnment: West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery. Casual or aloha attire.
Matthew John Krupa Jr., 51, of Honolulu, a U.S. Navy veteran, died Saturday in Tripler Army Medical Center. He was born in Hammond, Ind. He is survived by brother James F. and sister Mary Ann Brunson. Graveside services: 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.
William "Willie" Calaro Lagura, 51, of Waianae, died March 18. He was born in Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Clemencia "Amy"; son William "Billy" Jr.; daughters Mary Dumaoal and Jennyfer and Jocelyn Lagura; parents Nicomedes and Francisca; sister Merly Balicao and a grandson. Wake: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Church. Call after 8:15 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Umeyo "Ella" Miyabuchi, 89, of Kahului, died Sunday in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Puunene, Maui. She is survived by husband Kiyoshi "Slim," son Robert, daughter Jean, sister Doris Funai, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. tomorrow at Kahului Jodo Mission. Reception to follow. Burial: Maui Memorial Park.
Takashi Murakami, 89, of Laupahoehoe, Hawaii, a retired macadamia nut farmer, died Saturday in Kona Community Hospital. He was also proprietor of Murakami Farms. He was born in Laupahoehoe, Hawaii. He is survived by daughters Alison T. and Dr. Ada A.; sons Myrone I., Clyde K. and Jason M.; sisters Toshiko Yamaguchi and Akiko Shiroma; and three grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. tomorrow at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 1 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Joseph Nacional, also known as Jose Nacional Cambe, 79, of Honolulu, a self-employed barber doing business as Joe's Barber Shop, died April 7 in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Pangasinan, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Upeniana, sons Joseph Jr. and Arturo, daughters Josephine K. Carvalho and Josie Lyn Cambe, brothers Isidro Nacional and Moses Cambe, sisters Josefina Bagos and Presentacion Bagos, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Committal services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Ruth "Betty" Ogata, 78, of Kaneohe, died April 5 in Kaneohe. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by husband Charles, son Kalani, daughter Lisa and sisters Marguerite Ooka, Jeanne Rhys and Marjorie Frendo. Memorial services: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Kailua United Methodist Church. Call after 5:30 p.m. Scattering of ashes by helicopter: 9:30 a.m. Saturday over Waimanalo Bay. Family and friends may meet at Kaiona Beach Park in Waimanalo, near Shriner's, to observe the scattering of ashes. Casual attire.
Harriet Kaleinani Rogerson, 80, of Kaneohe, a retired nurse's aide from Hawaii State Hospital, died Friday. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Clifton and Michael Rogerson and James McCabe; daughters Mary Gyure and Yvonne Arakaki; brothers Happy and Mokihana Makaehu; grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Kaneohe Congregational Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Pedro Soriano, 91, of Lihue, a retired field supervisor with Lihue Plantation, died Monday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Pangasinan, the Philippines. He is survived by sons Bernard and Peter, daughter Carmela Pablo and six grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Call after 10 a.m. Private inurnment. Casual attire.
Taeu, 86, of Waipahu, who retired from the U.S. Navy, died April 2. He was born in Fagatogo, American Samoa. He is survived by wife Vatau; son Sam; daughters Liua Leiato, Olive Pereda, Maninoa Brown, Simeata'a Misaalefua, Vavala Pereda and Manino Camacho; brother Tenari Lutu; 44 grandchildren; 60 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. Wake: 7 p.m. Thursday at Subbase Chapel, 708 Oakley Rd., Pearl Harbor. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 12:30 p.m. Friday at Nav. Stat Chapel, 517 Russell Ave., Pearl Harbor. Call after 10:30 a.m. Committal services: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.
Herman Patrick Uo, 71, of Haleiwa, died April 9 at Crawford Convalescent Home. He was born in Kalaupapa, Molokai. Committal services: 3 p.m. Friday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.
Edna Pregana Vincent, 83, of Kailua, is survived by hanai son Frank Ocalvey. The mortuary provided incorrect information for an obituary published Friday.
Helen Pine Waddel, 80, of Waipahu, died April 5. She was born on Kauai. She is survived by daughter Linda Ah Quin, brother Ernest Ferreira, three grandchildren and five great-grandsons. Private services and burial held.
Tomiko Yagi, 80, of Hilo, a retired flower packer, died Thursday in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by husband Edward S., sons Sidney and Nolan, daughter Sharlene Koga, sisters Shizuko Oshiro and Sueko Okuhara, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services over ashes: 5 p.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
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.