Juricio Valera Borce, 53, of Waianae, died Oct. 7. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Lucita; son Joel; brothers Berly, Pepito, Amador, Robert and Arcenio; and sisters Norma Dela Cruz, Melda Bergonia, Leonora Suyat, Lucena Jimenez, Violet Evasco and Maria. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call 6-9 p.m. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.Genevieve Elizabeth Dods, 88, of Honolulu, died Saturday in Aloha Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Chester A. Jr., Brother James A. and Richard D.; daughter Danielle E. Bedore; eight grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. tomorrow at Star of the Sea Church. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: 12:45 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Roger Fafard, also known as J. Roger Fafard, 76, of Honolulu, a retired supervisor for the Federal Aviation Administration, died Oct. 15 at home. He was born in Fair Haven, Mass. He is survived by sons Leighton H., Robert C. and Raymond R., and James E.K. MacLoves; daughters Jeanette Linville and Joyce Nielsen; brothers J. Donat and J. Hank; sisters Donalda Robitaille, Sister Louise and Sister Mary Rose; 18 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Services: 1 p.m. Friday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.
Emmanuel "John" Garcia, 34, of Waipahu, died Friday. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Michele, son Seth, daughter Kylie, parents Ernesto and Rosita, brother Ernie, sisters Charlene Garcia-Paguio and Jessica Cortez, and grandparents Elena Asuncion and Feliza. Mass: 7 p.m. Friday at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church. Call 6-9 p.m. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Alfonso Hawaii Han, also known as "Fonso" and "Sonny," 65, of Honaunau, Kona, a former painter in Los Angeles, died Monday in Kona Community Hospital. He was also a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. He was born in Pahoa, Puna, Hawaii. He is survived by sons Curtis and Derek; daughter Eva; and sisters Margaret Cagampang, Victoria Mamac, Virginia Hind and Mercedes "Honey" Fox. Services: 9 a.m. tomorrow at West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery. Burial to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.
Tsurue Hirano, 84, of Kapaau, Hawaii, a self-employed seamstress, died Thursday at home. She was born in Papaikou. She is survived by husband Satoshi; sons Sanford and Lyndon; daughters Elsie Takara and Myrtle; brothers Kiyomi and Momoichi Wakida; sisters Yoshino Horio, Ayame Fujiyama, Kathleen Yoshioka, Sumie Tanaka and Mildred Lau; cousin Gladys Nambu; and six grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home. Call after 4 p.m. Services: 3 p.m. Sunday at Kohala Hongwanji. Call after 2 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Ernesto Estores "Ernie" Jorge, 77, of Aiea, a retired maintenance foreman for Public Work Center, Pearl Harbor, died Saturday in Tripler Army Medical Center. Mass: 10 a.m. Friday at St. Elizabeth Church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. The mortuary provided incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday.
William Sui Chong Kam, 81, of Honolulu, a retired employee for the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, died Saturday in Hale Pulama Mau. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Westley G. and Kendall K., sister Emily Jones, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call 6-9 p.m. Graveside services: 9 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Martin "Marty" A. Mortensen, 86, of Kailua, died Oct. 4 in Castle Medical Center. The mortuary provided incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday.
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.