Carolyn Adelaide Allen, 94, of Kula, Maui, died Dec. 25 at home. She was born in Massachusetts. She is survived by sons Scott and Randolf, brother Fred Surman and three grandchildren. Services to be held in Los Angeles.Theodore Charles "Ted" Buettner, 58, of Honolulu, an AFLAC and Lone Star insurance agent, died Dec. 28 in Tripler Army Medical Center. He was born in Hackensack, N.J. He is survived by daughter Devorah "Debbie" and four grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Mark's Episcopal Church. Call after 6 p.m. Burial: 10 a.m. Friday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery.
Adelaide "Dee" Campbell Cain, 84, of Hawaiian Ocean View Estates, Hawaii, a retired federal government executive secretary and U.S. Army veteran, died Dec. 19 in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Norfolk, Va. She is survived by companion James H. Smith. Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday at Naalehu Community Cemetery.
Gertrude Lai Chong, 94, of Hawi, Hawaii, a retired cafeteria manager at Kohala High School, died Dec. 19 in Straub Clinic and Hospital. She was born in North Kohala, Hawaii. She is survived by daughter Patricia, son Norman, sister Fanny Lee and two grandchildren. Services: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Central Union Church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Additional services: 10 a.m. next Monday at Kalahikiola Congregational Church. Inurnment to follow. No flowers.
Larry Arsenio Coronel, 81, of Waimanalo, who died Dec. 27, is also survived by brothers Alfonso and Thomas, and sister Rosa Taitan. Additional information was provided by the mortuary for an obituary published yesterday.
George Lamont Naipolani Furtado, 58, of Ewa Beach, a retired U.S. Army master sergeant and Department of Public Works maintenance mechanic at Schofield Barracks, died Dec. 31. He was born in Kekaha, Kauai. He is survived by wife Patricia, sons Lionel and Lamont, daughters Lee-Ann Furtado-Smith and LaVonne Furtado, brothers Ezra and Vincent, sister Odetta Naka'ahiki and five grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Waikalua Chapel, Kaneohe. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. Friday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.
Juan Tabbada Guimmayen, 92, of Honolulu, died Dec. 16. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Aniceta; daughter Mercedes Cardenas; sisters Felipa Guimmayen, Celedonia Usita and Adelina Pacleb; brother Simon; nine grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples.
Uta Ikehara, 101, of Aiea, died Tuesday. She was born in Okinawa. She is survived by son Andrew, daughters Janet Anderson and Jane Maekawa, 12 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. Private services.
Eugene Clarence Kalahiki, 48, of Hauula, a roofer at All American Roofing, died Tuesday. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by mother Mary A. Clemente, son Keoni, sisters Marie Tubbs-Kalahiki and Darlene N. Kalahiki, and brothers John R. Jr. and Buddy P. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. John's by the Sea, Kaneohe. Call after 9 a.m. Scattering of ashes to follow. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Karen Kaneko Kalua, 72, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died Dec. 25 in St. Francis Hospice Nuuanu. She was born in Ewa. She is survived by son Gene T., daughter Pauline K. Clyburn, brother Tadashi Oda, two grandchildren and one great-grandchild. No services.
Matsue Kitashima, 83, of Mililani, died Dec. 25. She is survived by husband James, son Glenn, daughters Valerie Kawano and Marsha Kochi, brother Kashiko Kuboyama, sisters Hatsumi Haraguchi and Chiyomi Marugame, eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary, mauka chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Noriyasu "Fred" Komatsu, 84, of Honolulu, a retired assistant chemist at Dole Co. Experiment Station, died Thursday in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brother Shigeru and sisters Chiyeko Komatsu and Yasuko Mita. Services: 4 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Natsuko Komesu, 88, of Kula, Maui, a retired vegetable farmer, died Dec. 29 in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Puunene, Maui. She is survived by sons Stanley Minatogawa, Roy Minatogawa and Melvin Komesu; daughters Lisa Inamasu and Jean Komesu; brothers Ted, Leroy and Leslie Tamashiro; sisters Tamako Gushi, Shizue Tonouchi, Kikue Tengan, Cynthia Wallcott and Lillian Oshiro; 11 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Private services.
Leona Ann Laba, 46, of Honolulu, died Friday. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Raymond Asuncion; daughters Leah Seguin and Raynay, Sandy and Amanda Asuncion; son David Seguin; mother Stella; brothers Leon Jr. and John; sisters Mary Jane Giesbrecht and Jo Ann Kobashigawa; and five grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 10 a.m. Friday at the church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples.
Sancha Lada Melgar, 70, of Honolulu, died Wednesday in Straub Clinic and Hospital. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Froilan Sr.; sons Froilan Jr., Marcelino, Teddy, Nestor, Adrian and Odilon; daughters Jacenta Go and Epifania, Alcoseba and Eugenia Quejada; brother Samuel Lada; sister Claudia Mendiola; and six grandchildren. Services to be held in the Philippines.
Clara Shigeko Omai, 77, of Honolulu, former head of housekeeping at the Waikiki Resort Hotel, died Dec. 27. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Gary K.; daughters Madeline M. Bulacan, Deb-ra K. Waller and Colleen F. Omai-McKay; brother Herbert Horita; sister Florence Toyota; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Inurnment: 10 a.m. Friday at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Fred Shinobu Oyama, 95, of Honolulu, retired owner of Fred's Plumbing Service, died Dec. 31. He was born in Japan. He is survived by son William, daughters Ellen Kumagai and Joyce Fujikawa, four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.
Anna Alberta Rivera, 64, of Waipahu, died Dec. 4 in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by brothers Thomas and Gregorio, and sisters Benjamina Fontanilla and Mary J. Allen. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony Church, 640 Puuhale Road, Kalihi. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: noon Saturday at Sunset Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Raymond "Blue" Robello, 82, of Kula, Maui, died Thursday at home. He was born in Kula. He is survived by wife Lucille, daughters Gerry Moreira and Dee Dee Nelson, sister Frances Fernandez and seven grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Norman's Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Maui Memorial Park.
Annie Kerr Scott, 95, of Kailua, a retired cosmetologist, died Thursday. She was born in Scotland. She is survived by daughters Nancy Hazelbaker and Margaret Wheatley, eight grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Private services.
William J. Scott, 98, of Kailua, a retired beautician, died Dec. 21. He was born in Scotland. He is survived by daughters Nancy Hazelbaker and Margaret Wheatley, eight grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Private services.
Edna Thelma Calistro Sousa, 83, of Honolulu, died Dec. 19 in Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Herbert Sr., son Herbert Jr., brothers Harry Calistro and Leonard Calistro, sisters Elsie Silva and Winona Ferreira, three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Holy Trinity Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
De Truong, 50, of Honolulu, a housekeeper at the Outrigger Waikiki Hotel, died Dec. 30 at home. She was born in Vietnam. She is survived by mother Huu Ly; brothers Stanley, Robert, Johnny and Scott; and sister Maggie Lao. Taoist services to be held Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call between 8:30 and 10 a.m. Burial: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Valley of the Temples.
Brad Hoku Nohea Villamor, 21, of Mililani, an Aiea High School graduate, died Tuesday. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by parents Curtis and Renee, brothers Bronson and Blake, and grandparents Roy and Eleanor. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at the Oahu Cemetery Chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Valley of the Temples.
Clara Fujiko Yamachika, 93, also known as Clara Fujiko Koga, a retired seamstress, died Nov. 30 in Leahi Hospital. She was born in Kekaha, Kauai. She is survived by children May S. Glover, Jack Y. Koga and Jeanette M. Sylva-Pereira; sisters Hazel Y. Eguchi, Eunice C. Izumi and Jean H. Ishii; six grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Services: 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 2:30 p.m. No flowers.
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The index, which goes back several decades,
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