Tadao Abe, 86, of Ewa Beach, a retired Hawaiian Electric Company employee and farmer, died Nov. 27. He was born in Ewa. He is survived by wife Shitsuko, son Thomas, daughter Florence, brother Tadahiro, and sisters Shizue Watanabe and Mitsue Takahashi. Private services.Mary K. Bailey, 76, of Honolulu, died Tuesday in Honolulu, She was born in Kohala. She is survived by husband Samuel H., daughter Kylan McCallum, and grandsons Ka'imiloa and Kainoa Green. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary, mauka chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery. Casual attire.
Consuelo A. Banaga, 83, of Waipahu, died Nov. 26 in Pali Momi Medical Center. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by daughters Priscilla Quibin, Bella Tuzon and Paz Medina; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial at 2 p.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery.
Wilfred Thomas Cabral, 78, of Honolulu, a retired electrician for Kem's Electric Motor Shop, died last Monday. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Julia K. K., sons Sydney R. Kaho'onei and Raymond K. Kaho'onei, daughter Jewel K. Scoggins, sisters Flora Komes and Ethel Helmbolt, hanai daughters from Halau Hula O Pohai Kealoha, three grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl.
Chong Wo "Gerald" "Bongo" Chee, 61, of Hilo, a retired truck driver, died Thursday in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Kohala. He is survived by wife Lulu K.; daughters Yvonne Torres, Sylvia M. McCollum, Nadine Pola, Ala Batalona and Lulynn and Renee "Ray" Chee; mother Mary Iaukea; brothers Joseph Chew, Stevenson Chew, Myron Chew, Douglas Chew, Charles Iaukea, Wallace Iaukea, George Iaukea, Roy Iaukea, Albert Iaukea and Robert Iaukea; sisters Geraldine DeConte, Lehua Facey, June Martin, Edmae Bryson, Shirley Greene and Violet Hackett; 13 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Hilo Glad Tidings Church. Call after 6 p.m. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Alae Cemetery. Burial to follow. Casual attire.
Edward On Yen Chong, 85, of Honolulu, a retired counselor at Jarrett Intermediate School, died Nov. 30. He was born in Hawaii. He is survived by wife Chieko, son Everett, daughter Carol Ogata, brother Lawrence, sister Mabel Chong, and two grandchildren. Private services.
Robert Lang Davis, 81, of Honolulu, formerly of Denver, Colo., died Tuesday. He was born in North Carolina. He is survived by son Lance, daughter Meg, former wife Anne, and sister Janie D. Griffin. Private services.
Mary Estrella, 96, of Maui, died last Monday in St. Francis Hospice West. She was born in Puunene, Maui. She is survived by sons Charles and William, daughter Jane Fernandez, sisters Violet Tumsun and Clara Akina, 18 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren, and 14 great-great-grandchildren. Scattering of ashes: 1 p.m. Saturday at Waianae Boat Harbor. Casual attire. No flowers.
Grace Chun Goo, 87, of Honolulu, a retired S. H. Kress & Co. cook, died Nov. 20 at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Theodore Y. S. and Cleighton K. Q.; daughter Gretchen Y. Y. Jong; brother Leonard K. F. Chun; sisters Violet Lum, Alice Ahu and Bernice Chong Kee; and six grandchildren. Services: noon Sunday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Burial to follow. Aloha attire.
Timothy Ichiro Ishibashi, 81, of Honolulu, a retired co-owner of Kakaako Service Station, died Wednesday. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Florence Fumiko; and sisters Yuri Ishibashi, Yoshie Yano and Florence I. Kimura. Services: 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Makiki Christian Church. Casual attire. No flowers.
Deborah Tet En Kau, 87, of Honolulu, died Nov. 22. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sisters Mary Kau, Esther Yee and Sarah Kong. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow. Casual attire. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Rector's discretionary fund, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 1317 Queen Emma Street, Honolulu, 96813.
James Satoshi Kawasaki, 85, of Honolulu, a retired president and manager for Pioneer Electric Co., died Nov. 24 in Kuakini Geriatric Care, Inc. He was born in Honaunau, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Yukiko, daughter Catherine Miyahira, brother Hiroshi, sister Jane Fukuoka, and two grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Shane Keala Mahoe, 29, of Waianae, a Fleming Foods employee, died Nov. 28. He was born in Kailua. He is survived by parents Harry Sr. and Gladys, brother Harry Jr., and sisters Jacqueline Mahoe and Hana Peahi. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary, mauka chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow. Aloha attire.
Rosa P. Makaya, 49, of Wahiawa, died on Wednesday. She was born in Micronesia. She is survived by husband Herlino; sons Herbert and Herlson; daughters Quty M. John, Qune S. Makaya and Quleen M. Makaya; brother Nickanor P.; and four grandchildren. Services: noon Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Greenhaven Memorial Park Cemetery.
Dominicos "Rus" Mendiola, 82, of Ewa Beach, died Tuesday. He was born in Kahuku. He is survived by wife Rosario "Ruth"; daughters Wanda Posey, Diane Mendiola-Goya, Michaelle Nelson, Francine Doroha and Noelle Nishikuni; brothers Don and Paul; 11 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Mass: 7 p.m. Thursday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Call after 6 p.m. Prayer service: 9:30 a.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary, makai chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Carmen Mokiao, 64, of Gardena, Calif., and formerly of Naalehu, Hawaii, a retired payroll manager for Transamerica Insurance, died Dec. 1 in Gardena. She was born in Pahala, Hawaii. She is survived by sisters Agapita Ignacio, Esther Lacro and Phyllis Kane; hanai brothers Burt Castro and Robert and Gilbert Ganzagan; and hanai sister Arlene Simmons. Mass: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Naalehu Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Call after 6 p.m. Prayer services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Dodo Mortuary Chapel in Hilo. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at the Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire.
Boyd Alexander Richardson, 74, of Waipahu, a Hawaii Shopmen's Union member, died Wednesday in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by sons Boyd G.A., Herbert K. and Fugate S.I.; daughters Alexandria M. Kekumu and Daphne K. Poole; 10 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Services: 12:30 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Private burial. No flowers.
Evelyn Hatsue Rosario, 79, of Honolulu, a retired packer for Dole Cannery, died Friday in Straub Clinic and Hospital. She was born in Puunene, Maui. She is survived by son Marshal, daughters Shirley Shuttlewood and Colleen Fletcher, brothers Yoshio and Yoshimitsu Odo, sister Haruko Samson, eight grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Margaret Nagasawa Saito, also known as Margaret Kotoshi Nagasawa Saito, 83, of Honolulu, a retired Department of Education payroll clerk, died Nov. 28. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by son John; brothers James I., Dr. Herbert T. and Dr. Richard H.; and two grandchildren. Private services.
Ayako Shimizu, 64, of Honolulu, a retired Kalihi Kai Elementary School teacher, died Dec. 2 in Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Olaa, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Allan, son Garner, daughters Cheryl Shimizu and Skye Matsumoto, sister Betty Castro, brothers Harry and Charles Tabata, and five grandchildren. Services: 5:30 p.m. Friday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Casual attire.
Adeline Malalis Stibbard, 57, of Pearl City, died Nov. 22. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by companion Michael Rouch; son James Omoto; daughters Ravenna Omoto, Ramona Kontzamanis and MaryAnn Lambayan; brother Eugene Malalis Jr.; sister Rosaline Lastimado; and five grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Hatsue Sugimoto, 79, of Honolulu, a retired waitress, died Nov. 28. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by sons Shigero and Kaero Yamamoto, and brother Jerry M. Nakamura. Private services.
Ikuko Tanimoto, 73, of Honolulu, a retired seamstress, died Nov. 23 in Maunalani Nursing Home. She was born in Japan. She is survived by son Ernest Y.; daughters Joanne S. Furukawa, Carol R. T. Ayabe and Gail N. T. Kim Han; brothers Hiroaki and Fumio Ohta; sister Yasuko Ohta; and 10 grandchildren. Private services.
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.