Salustiano Agcaoili Balicoco, 89, of Honolulu, died Oct. 26. He was born in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Anunciacion; sons Wilfred and Bobby; daughters Norma Agno, Tita Ganitano and Eufrecina Hermano; stepdaughters Violeta Gaorian, Benilda Domingo and Mendencia Ganitano; brother Sergio Balicoco; 26 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Memorial Park Mortuary makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony Church, 640 Puuhale Road. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.Robert John Branigan, 79, of Las Vegas and Nanakuli, died Nov. 4 in Las Vegas. He was born in Olivia, Minn. He is survived by wife Juliet; sons Robert Jr. and Mark; daughters Janice Spencer and Paula AhSui; brother Kenneth; sisters Elaine Imperial, Margaret Long, Irene Ruff and Elizabeth Merritt; and 12 grandchildren. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Rita's Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery.
Fujiye Edith Doi, 80, of Kahului, a retired school cafeteria cook, died Oct. 30 in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She is survived by daughters Charlotte Chung, Yvonne Davis and Sheila Escott; brothers Takashi, Barry Satoshi and Makoto Kawano; and sisters Ethel Masako Kagehiro and Edna Azeka. Private services held.
Josephine "Jojo" Hermina Lihau Ferreira, 65, of Kaneohe, died Monday. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Manuel Jr.; son Manuelalbert; daughters Adeline Navarro, Francilyn Arrambide, Chrislene French and Jacqueleen Rosete; brothers William Au Young, Robert, Joseph and Stanley Stender Sr.; sister Hermine Stender; 21 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of the Mount Church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery. Aloha attire.
Yoshio "Jackson" Fujii, 97, of Hilo, a retired Hilo Electric Light Co. bookkeeper, died Nov. 2 in the Life Care Center of Hilo. He is survived by wife Umeko, son Kenneth Keiji Fujii, daughter Marilyn Hoffman and brother John Nakatsu. Private services held.
Ruth Keiko Fujioka, 72, of Honolulu, a payroll clerk for the Deptartment of Water and Power of Los Angeles, died Tuesday. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Kazuto, brother Stanley Ono and sisters Frances Matsumoto and Betty Takamura. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Alfred George Gualdarama, 60, of Waianae, owner of Al's Home Repair, died Nov. 5 at home. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Dolly Mae; sons Eric and Evan Morales and Alfred Jr.; daughters Christine, Rosalind Villanueva, Domines "Dee" Robinson and Candice Ramey; brothers William "Sonny" Morales, Antonio "Tony," Thomas, William and Henry; sisters Lupe Easterbrook and Lolita Bearden; and 18 grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Church, Waianae. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Sunset Memorial Park.
Dr. James Edward Kahoe, 72, of Kula, a dentist with the Aloha Lahaina Dental Clinic, died Oct. 30 at home. He was born in Delta, Pa. He is survived by companion Kathleen Thayer DePalma; sons Douglas A., David R., Daniel L. and James E.; daughter Sara DePalma; and a grandson. Wake: 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary's of the Assumption Catholic Church in Maryland. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Ballard Family Mortuary in Kahului. Casual attire.
Takashi Kimoto, 92, of Pepeekeo, a retired Pepeekeo Sugar Company supervisor, died Thursday in the Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Masako, son George, daughters Jean Couchman and Sheila Kaneshiro, five grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Wednesday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Shoso "Gus" Kitaoka, 73, of Pearl City, a retired Army National Guard contract specialist, died Wednesday in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Kahuku. He is survived by sons Wesley A.K. and Vance L.S., daughter Kimberly U.Y. Silva, brother Tadashi, sister Joyce Anamizu and two grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Inurnment: 9:30 a.m. Friday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Albert Lee Lemen, 83, of Kula, a retired U.S. Army major general, died Nov. 4 in Makawao. He was born in Durham, Mo. He is survived by wife Margaret King; daughters Gail P. Lynn, Margaret Ann and Jennifer Sue; son Vernon E. Begley Jr.; sister Mildred Klemme; four grandchildren; and two great-grandsons.
Marjorie Isabelle Miller, 87, of Kihei, a retired U.S. Forestry Service employee, died Tuesday at home. She was born in Agenda, Kan. She is survived by son Larry, daughter Sandra Bell, sister Betty Brugman and a grandchild. Private services held.
Betty Lou Correa Okamoto, 65, of Pahoa and Hilo, a retired Hukilau restaurant waitress, died Tuesday in the Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by sons Joseph A. Correa, Shawn T. and Shannon L.; hanai son David E. Cushing Jr.; sisters Ethel C. Brown and Phyllis M. Jardin; and three grandchildren. Wake: 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Dodo Mortuary chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Dodo Mortuary chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow at the Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Esther Kawaikini Pacheco, 66, of Mountain View, a homemaker, died Nov. 7 in the Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Hawi. She is survived by daughter Terry Burcena, sons Charles Reyes and Ricky, stepsons Leonard Jr. and Allan, 20 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Malia Puka O Kalani Catholic Church hall in Keaukaha. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow at the Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire.
Norman J. Silva, 67, of Prescott, Ariz., a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard inspector, died Tuesday in Prescott. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Diane, son John, sister Dorothy Siko, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. tomorrow at Arizona Ruffner Wakelin Funeral Home. Donations suggested to Arizona Heart Association, 2929 S. 48th St., Tempe, AZ 85282.
Renae Makani Stooks, infant daughter of Derek and Wendy, died Nov. 3 in the Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by grandparents Bailey and James Stewart, and Susan and Bryant Stooks; stepgrandparents Allen and Kathleen King; great-grandparents Wallace and Eleanor Stooks; and great-grandmother Maxine Stewart. Private services held.
Evelyn D. Victorino, 78, of Maili, a Surety Life Insurance department head, died Wednesday in St. Francis Hospice West. She was born in Pocatello, Idaho. She is survived by husband Frank "Kanak," daughter Julene Ross, brother Bud Christensen, sister Denece Larsen, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Private services held.
Patsy Fumie Watanabe, 77, of Kahului, a retired A & B Commercial Co. payroll clerk, died Wednesday in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Paia, Maui. She is survived by son Ivan, brothers Jimmy and Harry Arakawa, four grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. Services: 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Nakamura Mortuary. Call after 3:30 p.m. Burial: 9 a.m. Wednesday at Maui Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Gozei Yagi, also known as Mrs. Guji Yage and Goze Yagi, 99, of Kahului, a homemaker, died Nov. 3 in the Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Okinawa, Japan. She is survived by sons Seiyei, Harold Seikyo, Seisho and Walter; daughters Emiko Fukuhara, Joyce Kimiko Miyabara, Mildred Hatsuye, Yukie Seredon, Catherine Satsuko Norwood and Geraldine Fumiko Sato; 14 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. Private services held.
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.