Noboru Furuya / Businessman
Richard Toshio Ariyoshi, 79, of Honolulu, owner of Insurance Service Co., died Tuesday. He was born in Makaweli, Kauai. He is survived by wife Alice K.; daughters Ernestine T. Spence, Claire J. Ariyoshi and Andra I. Cecil; brothers Buster K., Gilbert M. and Robert T.; sisters Winifred T. Morimoto and Virginia A. Inouye; and two grandchildren. Private services.Melvin Winfred Burgo Sr., 64, of Mountain View, Hawaii, a self-employed carpenter, died Jan. 26 in Kona Memorial Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Danny Natividad, Melvin Burgo Jr. and Gordon Burgo; daughters Judy DeCambra and Cheryl Burgo; brothers Harold, Clarence and Alvin; sister Theresa Camara; and 18 grandchildren. Services: 1 p.m. Friday at St. Ann Catholic Church, 46-129 Haiku Road, Kaneohe. Call after 12 p.m. Burial: 2 p.m. Friday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire. No flowers.
Margaret Lin Hong Chang, 78, died Jan. 24 in Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Joe W., daughters Sharon S.H. Chun and Jennifer Harty, sisters Janet Wong and Julia Chin, and four grandchildren. Services: 11:45 a.m. Thursday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Jacob Judah Curran, 4 months, who died Wednesday in Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, is survived by father Robert P. Curran. Incorrect information was published in the Star-Bulletin yesterday.
Edilberto Peralta Dela Rosa, 98, of Honolulu, a maintenance worker at Honolulu Central Seventh-day Adventist Church, died Tuesday in the Convalescent Center of Honolulu. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Anacleta, son Remijio, brother Delfin and five grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Honolulu Central Seventh-day Adventist Church. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 9:30 a.m. next Monday at the church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park.
Clarence K. Farm, 87, of Ewa Beach, died Wednesday. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brothers Joseph K., Theodore C.B., William L. and George F.; and sister Rose K. Green. Private services.
Masae Sataraka Fuatogi, 42, of Honolulu, died Jan. 28 at home. She was born in American Samoa. She is survived by husband Sola; son Andre; mother Taielua Sataraka; brothers Tanielu, Peter, Apisaloma and Neddy Sataraka; and sisters Janice Aipopo, Adeline Sua and Lilieta Alailima. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, 3950 Paine Circle. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. Saturday at Valley of the Temples, Kaneohe.
Antero Burcena Garcia, 88, of Honolulu, a retired First Hawaiian Bank employee, died Jan. 13 in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Purie, sons Manuel and Benjamin, daughters Gina and Mary-Ann, and two grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 10 a.m. Friday at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park.
Nobuto Hanada, 90, of Numila, Kauai, a retired mechanic at McBryde Sugar Co., died Thursday in Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital. He was born in Eleele, Kauai. He is survived by wfie Kii "Ginger," son Burt and daughter Helene. Services: 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Kauai Soto Zen Temple. Casual attire. No flowers.
Mildred Soares Kona, 83, of Honolulu died Jan. 25 in Straub Clinic and Hospital. She is survived by husband Antone, sons Matthew and Stephen, brothers Herman Soares and Rubin Soares, sisters Sylvia Montero and Veronica Zodrow, and nine grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. Friday at Valley of the Temples. Aloha attire.
Sau Kwan Yee Lee, 95, of Honolulu, retired co-proprietor of Grand Market, died Thursday. She was born in China. She is survived by daughter Jennie Chun; sons William, Alson and Richard; 11 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Services: 8 a.m. Wednesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Inurnment: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual or aloha attire. No flowers.
Flora Ching Loo, 83, of Honolulu, a retired school counselor at Kaimuki Intermediate School, died Jan. 28. She was born in Waimea, Kauai. She is survived by daughters Lianne C. Yuen and Linnelle Loo Takeuchi, brother Kenneth Ching, sisters Ruth Liu and Bertha Chew, and four grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Sunday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 2 p.m. Casual attire.
Dora Healani McArthur, 76, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died Tuesday. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Perry "Macky" and Lynley "Lee," daughter Marvel "Honey Girl" Patterson, brothers Henry "Baba" Machado Jr. and Daniel Machado, sisters Genevieve Lapinski and Mabel "Loa" Kong, and 10 grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Aliamanu Ward. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 3 p.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Ruby Kilohana Morse, 80, of Waianae, died Tuesday in St. Francis Medical Center-West. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Jerry A. Lonoikamakahiki; daughters Ruby W. Aila, Renee U. Tavares and Vanessa K. Spake; brother Harry W. Kealoha; sister Violet M. Kowalski; 17 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Oahu Cemetery Chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. Saturday at Oahu Cemetery. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Kim Sing Pang, 96, of Kaneohe, a retired federal government employee, died Jan. 28 in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Waipahu. He is survived by son Denis C.K., daughters Audrey K.H. Choy and Loretta O.Q. Pang, brother Samuel, sisters Jennie Ching and Betty Zane, 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Taoist services to be held Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call between 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Burial: 1 p.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Lucio Felix Ramo Paulino, 68, of Mililani, a retired lead maintenance worker at Kuakini Medical Center, died Jan. 8 in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Florence; brothers Policarpo and Benito; and sisters Rosita Subia, Juanita Medrano, Carlota Dolor and Concepcion Gesteuyala. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 8:30 a.m. Saturday at St. John the Baptist Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples.
Santiago A. Ratuita, 89, of Honolulu died Jan. 22 at home. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Ines, son Sandy Dinong, daughter Susan Gregory, brother Cresencio, sisters Rosita and Felicitas, four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of the Mount Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Dominga Eala Robles, 88, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died Jan. 8 at home. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by daughter Belen San Pedro; brother Crescencio Eala; sisters Lucila Cacabelos, Ciriaca Jadman and Lourdes Lapena; one grandchild; and one great-grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony Church, Kalihi. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park.
Toshiharu Sakotani, 71, of Honolulu, a retired painter at Kamehameha Schools, died Wednesday in Kaiser Moanalua Hospital. He was born in Wailuku, Maui. He is survived by daughter Tracy L., brothers Akira and Hiroshi, and sister Masako. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Inurnment: 2 p.m. next Monday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire. No flowers.
Charles Masao Takara, 88, of Honolulu, also known as "Yago" and "Ufuya," retired proprietor of J&C Store and Jane's Store, died Tuesday at home. He was born in Olaa, Hawaii. He is survived by sons Roy M., Raymond M., Francis M. and Arthur M.; daughter Mae A. Katahara; brother George S.; and six grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Ah Yin Lum Thom, 97, of Honolulu, former owner of Dairy Queen Hawaii, died Thursday in St. Francis Medical Center, Liliha. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Irwin W.C. "Sunny" Jr., daughter Dora T. Cheng, brother Arthur C. Lum, four grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Thursday at Church of the Crossroads. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Thomas Masato Umetsu, 75, of Waipahu, a retired Naval Supply Center stevedore, died Wednesday in St. Francis Medical Center West. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Doris M.; daughters Cynthia M. Tsugawa and Sabrina M. Umetsu; brothers Mac, Larry and George; and sisters Mary Kuniyoshi and Alice Nagai. Services: 4 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire.
Takano Uyehara, D.D.S., 73, of Kailua, a retired dentist, died Jan. 24. He was born in Puu-nene, Maui. He is survived by mother Ushi; brothers Hidehiko, Thomas M. and Manabu; and sister Toshiko Kino. Private services.
Gary Tang Leong Akau Wong Sr., 66, of Waipahu, a retired embalmer, died Jan. 22 in Kaiser Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Mary D.; sons Gary Jr., Glenn, Darryl and Mendel; daughter Lena Celebrado; brothers Richard Jr., Raymond, Delton, Dennis, Rodney, Clifford and Victor Kelekolio; sisters Glenda Kahele, Marilynn Wong and Maile Cole; 13 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 10 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Oahu Cemetery. Aloha or casual attire.
Mary Leinani Wond Young, 78, of Kailua, a retired Watamull's retail salesclerk, died Tuesday in Kaiser Medical Center-Moanalua. She is survived by daughters Carol Young and Eloise Lum, sister Eloise Williams, brother Edmund Wond, five grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Services: 10:15 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. Saturday at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.
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The index, which goes back several decades,
is available via Telnet software.