Clarence Keehukulani Cypher Sr., 80, of Honolulu, a retired welder for the U.S. Navy, died June 30 in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Verna; sons Clarence Jr. and Barney; daughter Delphine Corpuz; sisters Adeline Wenska, Elizabeth Lau, Mary Jenss, Denise C. DeCosta and Wanda M. Nakamura; hanai brother Joseph Seipel; 10 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren. Services: 1:30 p.m. today at Kaneohe Calvary Episcopal Church, 45-435 Aumoku St. Call after 12 p.m. Burial: 3 p.m. today at Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery. Aloha attire. No flowers.Richard Mamoru Hiroshige, 84, of Honolulu, a retired self-employed public accountant, died Tuesday in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Kalaoa, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Doris A.; son Edwin M.; daughter Mae Lum; brothers Roy, Norman and Chikara; sisters Elsie Shimamoto and Kinuyo Sugimoto; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services were private.
George Ginroku Ikehara, 94, of Honolulu, retired owner and proprietor of Kapahulu Meat Market, died Thursday. He was born in Japan. He is survived by daughters Jane H. Nakaue and Carmen Y. Ikehara-Saito, six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Ernest Charles "Cardboard" Jones, 89, of Honolulu, a retired tool room keeper at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, died Thursday in St. Francis Medical Center West. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brothers Walter and Richard and sister Clara Hughes. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 12 p.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery. Casual attire.
Dr. Robert Soon Duk Kim, 75, of Waianae, a retired dentist, died June 6 in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Jacqueline; son John D.; daughters Roberta Kim Nakamoto, Kathleen G. Kim and Suzan Kushiyama; brothers Richard "Biggie" and Dr. James S.H.; sister Pearl S.O. Umetsu; and eight grandchildren. Services were private.
Teru Abe Koike, 85, of Wahiawa, a retired foreperson with CPC Pineapple Trimmers, died June 30 in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was born in Aiea. She is survived by brother Masaji Abe and sisters Masae Mukai and Grace Abe. Services were private.
Adeline Len Lau, 88, of Kaneohe, died June 24 in St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughters Fanny Kon, Laura Kalai and Jacqueline Miyashiro; brother George Woo; sister Helen Chang; 12 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park Cemetery. Aloha attire.
Florence Yun Choy Lum, 88, of Honolulu, died Wednesday. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Russell and Darrell, brother Howard Lee and two grandchildren. Services: 12 p.m. Thursday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Inurnment: 12:45 p.m. Thursday at Diamond Head Memorial Park Cemetery. Casual attire.
Richard Tavete "Dickie" Moniz, 58, of Pearl City, a retired city and county refuse collector, died June 18 in Leeward Nursing Center. He was born in Kahuku. He is survived by daughters Denise Hunter, Carrie Ann Tualau, and Andria Pacheco; son Simao Pacheco; brother Gene; and five grandchildren. Services: Call from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Hauula Beach Park.
Bessie Tsubota Murashige, 84, also known as Bessie Isumi Murashige, a retired presser at Iolani Sportswear, died June 28 in Liliha Health Care Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by brother Shigeru Tsubota; sisters Sumiye Tanabe, Florence Anbe and Marjorie Hirasaki; and two grandchildren. Services were private.
Khamva Singrattana, 45, of Kapolei, died Thursday in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Laos. He is survived by wife Manichanh; sons Kita and Steve; daughter Rosemary; brothers Kanha, Phayla and Phomma Singrattana and Veth Phengsavath; and sisters Thath Vongsimma, Phai Doumavongsa, Pla Sengdara and Douvanna Singrattana. Services: Call from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary.
Thomas Takeo Tokita, 91, of Honolulu, a retired Honolulu Star-Bulletin linotype operator, died June 30. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Yoshiko; sons Ronald M., Russell S. and Vernon T.; daughter Joyce E.; sister Jenny N. Masaki; and three grandchildren. Services were private.
Delbert "Trey" Turner III, 4, of Wahiawa, died Wednesday. He was born in North Carolina. He is survived by parents Delbert II and Brenda, sister Leilani, grandparents Delbert Turner and Blanche Joye, and great-grandparents Delmar and Nellie. Services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Schofield Main Post Chapel. Aloha attire.
Rosario Miranda Vergara, 83, of Honolulu, died June 28 in Kaiser Foundation Hospital. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by son Alexander, brother Apolinario Miranda, sister Librada Villalobos, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 10 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park Cemetery. Casual attire.
Dorothea Chew Yung Watkins, 69, of Huntsville, Ala., a retired Army supply technician, died June 16 in Alabama. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Bruce A.; daughters Sheila A. Robertson and Sandra Kobashigawa; son Jose M. Vera Cruz; stepdaughter Jennifer L. Jacobs; stepsons Tracy Watkins and Anthony Watkins; sisters Helen Chun, Elsie Smith, Violet Schmidt, Florence Smith and Lily Sutherland; brothers Harry, Wallace, Kenneth, Arthur and Donald Yee; 12 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Inurnment: 1 p.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery. Casual attire.
Laura Fumiko Yokogawa, 81, of Honolulu, a retired cook for Paul A. Johnson, died Saturday in Hale Nani Rehabilitation and Nursing Facility. She was born in Ewa. She is survived by daughters Sharon Lukas and Jo Ann Yokogawa, and brothers Bertram Ikeda and Dr. Kiyoshi Ikeda. Services: 8 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 7 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.