Allan W.M. "Mac" Akana, 84, of Honolulu, a retired union representative for the Hawaii Government Employees Association, died Monday. He was born on Kauai. He is survived by sons Wayne Keola and David Kekoa; sisters Loretta Mokihana Lowry, Hannah Kuulei Akina and Judy Holden; and four grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at St. Peter's Episcopal Church. Aloha attire. Private inurnment on Kauai.Seiko Arakaki, 75, of Aiea, a retired U.S. Army platoon sergeant at Pearl Harbor, died Friday. He was born in Pearl City. He is survived by sons Teruo Sawada, William Arakaki and Lawrence Arakaki; daughter Lola Miyashiro; brothers Takeo and James M.; sisters Mitsuko Oshiro and Alice Akie Smith; and 12 grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Lucille Burton, 90, of Kailua, a retired nurse for Pohai Nani Care Center, died Dec. 1. She was born in Knoxville, Penn. She is survived by daughter Patricia Kop, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The mortuary provided additional information for an obituary published yesterday.
Danny Joe Carmack, 48, of Pahoa, Hawaii, a laborer for Ganite Construction Co., died Sunday in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in California. He is survived by son Jason Wayne Carmack and daughter Shilo Lory Carmack. Services on Maui at a later date.
Richard Wing Sheong Chen, 77, of Honolulu, a retired supervisor for Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, died Tuesday in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Beatrice; sons Stephen, Dennis and Patrick; brothers Kenneth and Albert; sister Ellen Fong; and one grandchild. Services: 11:30 a.m. Monday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Lyle Phillips Creadick, 62, of Honolulu, an attorney for Bonded Materials Co., died Monday in Honolulu. He was born in Queens, N.Y. He is survived by wife Jean, son Alexander and daughters Sara and Catherine. Call 3-5 p.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Services: 9 a.m. Monday at Waiokeola Congregational Church. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Aloha attire.
Jesus Perez Dalisay, 70, of Honolulu, a retired member of the Seafarers International Union, died Dec. 4 in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Rosa C.; stepdaughter Vivian J. Santiago; stepson Maximo Juan; sons Jessie, Jaime, Jeorge and Carlos; daughters Carlota D. Manucom, Jovita D. Howell and Josephine D. Nacionales; five sisters; six brothers; four stepgrandchildren; several grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire.
Gary Ferguson, 61, of Newnan, Ga., a former fighter pilot for the U.S. Navy, died Friday. He was also a retired captain for Continental Airlines and a veteran of the Vietnam War. He is survived by wife Bonnie Rhodes Ferguson; son Brian; daughter Tracie Craig; stepchildren Kimberly, Kevin and Christopher Williams; sister Betty DeVries; and seven grandchildren. Services on the mainland.
Lorraine Eleanor Frias, 71, of Honolulu, died Dec. 4 in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by companion Carlos Jr., son Mike, daughter Vanessa Schirripa, brother Patrick Kam, sisters Ruth Nobriga and Carol Santos, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Hatsuko Fujimoto, 86, of Keaau, Hawaii, a homemaker, died Nov. 29 at home. She is survived by sons Roy and James; daughters Emma Koya-nagi, Hattie Kanda and JoAnne Kodama; brother Yoshio Takemoto; sister Yukie Nagata; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Private services.
Mary "Sparky" Makie Fujino, 72, of Kailua-Kona, a retired reservation supervisor for Kona Inn Resort, died Dec. 4. She was born in Waipahu. She is survived by husband Hiroshi; son Craig; daughter Leigh Materne; brothers Seiichi, Susumu and Nobuo Ishimoto; sisters Laura Sakaguchi, Sally Yamanaka and Peggy Nishi-mitsu; and four grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Sunday at Kona Hongwanji. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Masaki Fukunaga, 83, of Kealakekua, Hawaii, a carpenter for J.M. Tanaka Construction Co., died Friday at home. He was born in Napoopoo. He is survived by wife Namiko Tomono Fukunaga; son Wayne; brothers Masachika, Takanari, Yasuteru, Shozo, Yoshikage, Suetaka, Shigeyuki and James Fukunaga; sisters Hanako Miyahara, Fujiko Ito, Setsuko Vallance and Etsuko Sato; and two grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Saturday at Kona Daifukuji Soto Mission. Call after 2 p.m. Aloha attire.
Ursula Agustin Galicinao, 75, of Waialua, an employee for Chaney Brooks Inc., died Nov. 28. She also retired from Work Hawaii. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by sons Domingo Jr., Stanley and Myron; daughter Natalie; sisters Corazon Luz and Maria Bueno; and seven grandchildren. Wake service: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Monday at St. Michael's Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Josephine Solinuu Shimasaki Hagedorn, 62, of Fagaalu, American Samoa, a retired registered nurse in American Samoa, died Dec. 4. She was born in American Samoa. She is survived by husband Cecil; sons Einstein and Kurt; daughters Nee Lun Navarrete and Nee Moe Hagedorn; brothers Francis, Christopher and Gabriel Shimasaki; sisters Antoinette Danielson and Julie Hunkin; and two grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Monday at Oahu Cemetery Chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Cremation to follow. Inurnment in American Samoa.
Harry T. Haitsuka, 67, of Honolulu, a U.S. Army veteran and retired Pearl Harbor worker, died Tuesday. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughter Lori, sisters Mabel Ishimoto and Ellen Brazauski, and father Henry. Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers. Private inurnment.
Angeline "Gigie" Batin Kamakea, 31, of Koloa, Kauai, died Monday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She is survived by husband David, daughters Danielle K. and Anela U., mother Cresencia Batin, sister Catherine Curammeng, brother Ferdinand Batin, half brother Angelo Batin Jr. and grandmother Ana T. Molina. Call 6-9 p.m. Dec. 20 at Borthwick Kauai Mortuary. Mass: 10 a.m. Dec. 21 at St. Raphael's Catholic Church, Koloa. Call after 8 a.m. A procession to Kauai Veterans Cemetery will follow.
Leinet Hake Lee, 49, of Kona, a homemaker, died Sunday in Honolulu. She was born in Kailua-Kona. She is survived by companion Jay Brady, daughter Tatum H. Lee, mother Elizabeth M. Lee, brothers Robert E. Jr. and Reginald K., sister Lorna Lee-Rodrigues and one grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Mokuaikaua Church, Kailua-Kona. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire.
Llewellyn Frederick Lloyd, 93, of Honolulu, a retired employee for the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, died Friday in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in Maine. He is survived by wife Annette J.; sons Richard, Robert and David; daughters Gail Sullivan, Jeanne Light and Deborah Miraflor; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services pending.
Pauline Masako Maeda, 87, of Honolulu, a retired accountant, died Nov. 30 in Straub Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Sheri L., brother Ronald Kaya and sisters Ayano Kishida, Helene T. Hama, Pearl Y. Tomita and Mae N. Kaya. Private services.
Gabina Tanglib Makil, 67, of Captain Cook, Hawaii, a homemaker, died Dec. 3 in Queen's Medical Center. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Roman; sons Gary and Jun; daughters Gloria Decaleng, Sandy Buenavista, Judith Makil and Julieth Aling; brothers Puput and Sapilito Tanglib; and 11 grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Central Kona Union Church. Call after 5 p.m. Final services and burial in the Philippines.
Alfred Palma Martinez, also known as "Freddie" and "Papa," 91, of Hilo, a laborer for Ultramar Chemicals, died Dec. 5 in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sons Rickey and John, daughter Lolita, hanai daughter Summer Becerra, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Wake service: 7 p.m. Monday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Hilo Seventh-day Adventist Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Margaret Moniz-Tavares Morton, 87, of Kahului, a homemaker, died Sunday in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Hamakuapoko. She is survived by son Kenneth Harmon; daughters Trene Boteilho, Dorothy Gouveia, Patsy Daffron and Caroline "Blondie" Cabrinha; sisters Agnes Lopes and Rosie Polson; 23 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and 28 great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Holy Ghost Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: St. John's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Keokea. Casual attire.
Tsunemitsu "Monty" Murakami, 80, of Mountain View, Hawaii, a retired clerk for the U.S. Postal Service, died Dec. 1 in the Life Care Center of Hilo. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by brothers Harry K. and Nobuyuki, and sister Atsuko Cabanas. Private services.
Tsugio Nakamura, 83, of Honolulu, a retired mason for the city and county of Honolulu, died Friday in Maluhia Long Term Care Health Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Matsuye, daughter Christine Kono, brother Kazuo and two grandchildren. Private services.
Tatsuo "Bonsan" "Cowboy" Nakayama, 73, of Keopu, Kona, a retired crusher operator for West Hawaii Concrete, died Monday in Kona Community Hospital. He was also a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was born in Keopu. He is survived by wife Yukiko; daughters Lori Collins and Sadie Miki; brother Shizuo; sisters Hatsuko Kikumoto, Aiko Ichishita and Rose Onaka; and five grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Monday at Kona Hongwanji Mission. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Raymond Tamotsu Nomura, 77, of Aiea, a retired employee for Mutual Welding Co., died Dec. 4. He was born in Aiea. He is survived by wife Mildred; son Jason; daughters Mavis Niino, Raynette Nomura Connelly and Laurie Chang; sisters Hatsuko Oka and Akie Sugai; and two grandchildren. Services: noon Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 11:30 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Carolina Bandarlipe Rania, 62, of Waipahu, a baggage checker for Honolulu International Airport security, died Nov. 21. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Jose "Joe"; brother Prudencio Bandarlipe; and sisters Rosita Ymana, Rizalina Lugto, Conchita Bandarlipe, Felomina Bandarlipe and Teodora Rillera. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 9:30 a.m. Casual attire.
Margaret Nagasawa Saito, also known as Margaret Kotoshi Nagasawa Saito, 83, of Honolulu, a retired Department of Education payroll clerk, died Nov. 28. Donations suggested to Harris United Methodist Church. The mortuary provided additional information for an obituary published Monday.
Penny-Mae Kaui Shea, 46, of Honolulu, formerly of Kona, an assistant manager for Aston Royal Seacliff Hotel, died Dec. 3 at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by parents Gilbert and Carrie, and sisters Cheyenne Shea-Pollock and Cappy A. Shea-Solatorio. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Aloha attire.
Tomeko Sumiki, 93, of Hilo, formerly of Papaikou, died Sunday in the Hale Anuenue Restorative Care Center. She was born in Pahoa. She is survived by sons Jitsuo, Jitsumi, Satoshi and Robert; daughters Rhoda Sumiki and Dale Kuni-mitsu; seven grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 1 p.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.
Takao "Tani" Tanimoto, 80, of Hilo, a former shovel operator for J.W. Glover, died Monday in the Life Care Center of Hilo. He was also a proprietor for the former Smile Inn Restaurant, a retired manager for the former B.J. Furniture Co. and a former employee for Hilo Muni Golf Pro Shop. He was born in Pahoa. He is survived by wife Sachiko; son Brian; daughters Linda Hong, Arleen Yoshimura and April Michaels; brother Susumu; sister Bessie Ishii; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire.
Rosaline Ignacio Vierra, also known as "The Cookie Lady," "Aunty" and "Nani," 86, formerly of Waipahu and Ewa Beach, died Oct. 31 in Queen's Medical Center. She is survived by daughter Judith Ann, son Rodney, sister Anne Pereira, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 6-9 p.m. tomorrow at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Papaaloa, Hawaii. Additional visitation: 8-10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Urn burial to follow. No flowers. Donations suggested to St. Anthony's Building Fund or other charity.
Mildred C. Watanabe, 84, of Lihue, a retired waitress for Tomi's Restaurant in Lihue, died Sunday. She was born in Eleele, Kauai. She is survived by sons Richard and Wesley, daughter Janet, four grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. Services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Garden Island Mortuary. Call after noon. Casual attire. No flowers.
Casey Jordan Keolai-kawailani Woodward, 9, died Dec. 2 in Kahuku. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by father Wesley, mother Jodi "Princess," brother Christopher "Kalamaku" and grandmothers Helen Relacion and Francine Woodward. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Greater Mt. Zion Holiness Church. Call after 9 a.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.
Roy Kiyoshi Yasutomi, 26, of Honolulu, died Dec. 3 in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by father James S., mother Kiyo and brother Robert M. 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.