Lei shop owner Janet Roberts
Gardner McKay will be remembered in "A Celebration of Gardner McKay's Life," from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Dec. 8 at Diamond Head Theatre, 520 Makapuu Ave.McKay, 69, of Koko Head, an actor, author, artist, athlete, adventurer and playwright, died last Wednesday at home after a battle with prostate cancer. He was born George Cadogan Gardner McKay in New York City.
McKay gained fame as the star of the 1960s television series "Adventures in Paradise." As an accomplished author, McKay's output included the novels "Toyer," "The Last American" and "Trompe L'Oeil," and dozens of plays. Also a recognized sculptor, his work is on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. More recently, his popular radio program "Stories on the Wind," on which he read his own fables and mood pieces, was heard on Hawaii Public Radio for almost seven years.
He is survived by wife Madeleine, brother Hugh Dean McKay, son Tristan Gardner Lebaile, daughter Liza McKay Petree and granddaughter Cheyenne Petree.
Services will include singing, readings from some of McKay's works, and recordings from his radio program. In lieu of flowers, donations are suggested to Hawaii Public Radio.
Emily Amaral, 78, of Mountain View, Hawaii, a retired factory worker for Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Corp., died Nov. 17 in St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in Olaa. She is survived by son Gabriel, daughters Gwendolyn Pajo and Donna Ann Alcosiba, brother William "Billy" Enos, sister Katherine Chiquita, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hilo. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Yoshio "King" Asada, 86, of Captain Cook, Hawaii, a retired baker for Leonard's Bakery, died Saturday in Kona Com- munity Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Kikuno; sons Ray, Richard and Michael; daughter Lynn Cook; brothers Yasuo and Nobuo; sisters Miyo Sato and Toki Goto; hanai son Christopher Cantor; hanai daughters Jaynell Cantor and Chauntelle Guy; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Daifukuji Soto Mission, Honalo. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Seikichi Edward Asato, 83, of Aiea, a retired crane operator for Hawaii State Steel, died last Wednesday. He was born in Wahiawa. He is survived by daughters Judy Seki, Nancy Kuboyama and Esther Lowery; brother Yoshio; stepmother Eitaro Ige; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and numerous stepbrothers and stepsisters. Services: 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire.
Ricardo G. "Cardo" Balbag, 77, of Paradise Park, Keaau, Hawaii, a retired ground utility worker for the former Puna Sugar Co., died Friday in the Life Care Center of Hilo. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Estrella, sons Richard and Royal, and daughter Erica. Wake: 7 p.m. Sunday at Dodo Mortuary. Call 6-9 p.m. Services: 10 a.m. Monday at the mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Charles Kum Chan, 92, of Honolulu, a manager for Kramer's Men's Clothing Store, died last Wednesday in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Waimea, Kauai. He is survived by daughter Nell Imanaka; brothers Albert, William and Robert Chang; sisters Esther Lee and Rose Cobb; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Inurnment: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Edith Fern Knapp Davis, 94, of Kaneohe, died Sunday in Castle Medical Center. She was born in Iowa. She is survived by son Fred G., daughters Jean Davis Doonan and Fern Davis Thompson, sister Eunice Knapp Gager, nine grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Pohai Nani Good Samaratan Kauhale. No flowers. Donations suggested to Kailua United Methodist Church, 1110 Kailua Road, Kailua, HI 96734.
Arturo Garcia, 46, of Kapaa, Kauai, a laboratory aide for Wilcox Memorial Hospital, died Thursday at home. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Elma; sons Sherwin and Shane; father Pedro; stepmother Myrna; brothers Tomas and Fernando; and sisters Ester Agas, Mercedes Ruiz and Mayrose. Services: 7 p.m. Dec. 7 at Borthwick Kauai Mortuary. Call 6-9 p.m. Cremation to follow. Memorial luncheon: noon Dec. 8 at the family residence. Casual attire.
Dorothy Misao Hayashi, 83, of Waikapu, Maui, a retired cafeteria manager for Waihee School, died Thursday in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Waikapu. She is survived by husband Hideo; daughters Arlene Tibayan, Judy Schroeder, and Beverly and Ann; sisters Hazel Okamura and Stella Hirano; and three grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Friday at Wailuku Hongwanji. Private inurnment.
William "Big Man" Kaopio, 73, of Hauula, a retired construction worker, died Nov. 18 in Kaneohe. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sisters Marie Kaahu, Martha Soares and Lucille Rocker; and brothers Bernaldo Aguha and Robert J. Services over ashes: 1-2 p.m. Saturday at 54-029 Kukuna Road, Hauula. Scattering of ashes to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.
Thomas Takeshi Kozuma, 79, of Kaneohe, a retired agricultural technician for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, died Saturday in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Edith; daughters Y. Naomi Sakata, Linda Kawabata, Beverly Wong and Phyllis Morihara; sisters Beatrice Nishimura, Edna Ikeda, Mildred Omura and Ethel Sugawara; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire.
Samuel Kamuela Kumukahi, 79, of Papaikou, Hawaii, a composer, died Saturday at home. He was also a retired inspector for the state Department of Transportation, a wholesale fish auctioneer for the former Suisan Co., a member of the National Guard of the Army Reserve and a consultant for the Archives of Natural Land Sites. He was born in Okoe, South Kona. He is survived by wife Florence Ululani Like; daughter Samie Kuuipo; hookama sons M. Puakea Nogelmeier and Maunaloa; brothers Clement "Sonny" Kuanoni; and sisters Kalei DeSilva, Catherine Akea and Hannah Kaupiko. Services: noon Thursday at Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire.
William Raymond Lyman III, 57, of Kaneohe, a retired truck driver for Grace Pacific, died Nov. 20 in Kailua. He is survived by companion Rosanne Bento; her children Richard Holmes, Margaret O'Sullivan and Kenneth Bento; mother Gladys H.; brothers Douglas, Herbert, Kenneth, Robert, Timmy and James; and sisters Mary and Gladys Kapuwai, Cindy Achong and Lisa Perreira. Services over ashes: 7 p.m. Monday at Ordenstein's Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire.
Frank Gilbert Machado, 90, of Kapaa, Kauai, a locomotive engineer for Lihue Plantation, died Saturday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Kealia. He is survived by sisters Agnes Vasques, Gussie Louis and Margaret Victorino; daughters Beatrice Dias, Josephine Ornellas and Eleanor Carcia; 11 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at Borthwick Kauai Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: St. Catherine's Cemetery, Kealia. Casual attire.
Marie S. Medeiros, 95, of Kalaheo, Kauai, died Sunday in Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital. She was born in Kapaa. She is survived by sons Gilbert and Ernest, daughters Mary Lou Correa and Bernice Perreira, 15 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Friday at Holy Cross Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Holy Cross Catholic Church Cemetery. Casual attire.
Kevin Anthony Ongais, 31, of Hilo, general manager for Horizon Pest Management, died Friday in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by fiancee Cindy Waiau; daughter Kayla Marie; mother Lillian Mattos; father Steven; sister Darlene Yung; hanai daughter Cyerra Mendonca; hanai son Skylar Tioganco; stepsisters Carrie Tulang, Sherrie Mahuna and Dawn Perreira; and stepbrother Lance Tulang. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at New Hope Christian Fellowship. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Mildred Otani, 52, of Makaha, died Nov. 19 in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Henry Jr. and Richard, daughter Christine Alvarez, brother Joseph Pinero, sister Tina Alimoot, 21 stepbrothers and stepsisters, and nine grandchildren. Services: noon Saturday at Coronet Beach Park, Makaha.
Gary G. Otto, 62, of Honolulu, a retired manager for the federal government, died last Wednesday at home. He was born in Esterville, Iowa. He is survived by wife Sun Mi; daughter Mary Ann Hobby; sons Harry Wayne, Larry Carlie and Christopher Thomas Eubanks; brother Frank Joe; and sisters Dawn, Sharon and Jeri. Services with military honors: tomorrow at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.
Florence Chisako Pangkee, 65, of Kaneohe, died Nov. 20. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Roland Medeiros, daughters Linda Viernes and Cindy, brothers Harry and Henry Aoyagi, sister Alma Aoyagi and five grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire.
Cleofe "Openg" Valdez Ragasa, 71, of Halaula, Kohala, Hawaii, a retired waitress for the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, died Monday at North Hawaii Community Hospital. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Andy, daughter Patricia Defiesta, sons Andy Jr. and Crisanto, sister Pacita Angaboy and five grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Friday at Our Lady of Grace Church, Halaula. Call after 4 p.m. Rosary and overnight wake: 7 p.m. at the Ragasa residence. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Hawi. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Sacred Heart Catholic Church Cemetery. Casual attire.
Ruta Sataraka, 46, of Hono-lulu, a mail clerk for Cardinal Services Ltd., died Nov. 15 in St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in American Samoa. She is survived by brothers Tanielu, Keneti, Sofi and Mu; and sister Rita Lemyuen. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Samoan Congregational Christian Church of Honolulu, 616 N. School St. Burial: 1 p.m. at Valley of the Temples.
Larry Kiyomitsu Takamune, 77, of Aiea, a retired estimator for Gem Construction, died Nov. 18. He was born in Paauilo, Hawaii. He is survived by sons Michael and Johnny; father Hatashi; brothers Roy and John; sisters Jessie Tokunaga, Akiyo Takamune and Marjorie Furubayashi; and four grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Warren L. Thomes, 73, of Honolulu, a retired resident manager for the Dynasty Apartments, Waikiki, died last Wednesday in Tripler Army Medical Center. He was born in Boston. He is survived by daughters Linda C. Tierney and Lillian Graham, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. No services.
Leonora Toro Velasquez, 88, of Honolulu died Nov. 12 at home. She is also survived by daughter Maureen Fermin. The mortuary provided incorrect information for an obituary published Monday.
You can also search the Hawaii State Library System's
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The index, which goes back several decades,
is available via Telnet software.