Fumiyo Akamine, 87, of Honolulu, a retired kitchen helper for Daikoku Tei Catering, died Jan. 27 in Hale Nani Rehabilitation & Nursing Facility. She was born in Honokaa, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Donald T. and Howard H.; daughter Betsy Y. Takamine; brothers Joichi, George J. and Joko Gushiken; sisters June T. Oshiro and Jane H. Gushiken; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Private services.Solomon K. Bishaw, 78, of Honolulu, a retired seaman for the merchant marines, died Sunday in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Ana A.; daughter Kahala; brothers Jackie, Alexander K. and David K.; and sisters Virginia M. Bishaw-Reeves and Evelyn H. Bishaw-Sing. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 1 p.m. Aloha attire.
Clarita Mendoza Cadiz, 66, of Honolulu, died Saturday. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Simeon; son Reynold; daughters Rose Aseret, Edith Leones and Marites Masuda; mother Angela Mendoza; brothers Arsenio, Victorino and Felix Mendoza; sisters Rosalina Andrada and Cirila Aungon; and nine grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call 6-9 p.m. Services: 10:45 a.m. Tuesday at the mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: noon at Valley of the Temples.
Yuk Chun Sin Chun, 99, of Honolulu, a former seamstress for Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, died Feb. 1 in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in Kaneohe. She is survived by daughter-in-law Mildred, nine grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Chinese services: 9-9:45 a.m. Tuesday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Burial: 10:45 a.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Ronald James Delzer, 59, of Kailua-Kona, a building contractor, died Feb. 6 at home. He was born in Portland, Ore. He is survived by sons Jeffrey S. and Thomas, parents Delbert and Frieda, brothers Kenneth D., Norman P. and David C., hanai brother William Taylor and hanai sister Dr. Nancy Stukan. Private services. Donations suggested to Hospice of Kona.
Laurence Edison "Boy" Abitong Evangelista, 49, of Waialua, died Feb. 6. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Valeriana, son Lour Brito, daughter Hazelie Servitas, brother Bernardo Abitong, sister Conchita and one grandchild. Wake: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call 6-9 p.m. Casual attire. Burial in the Philippines.
Robert L. Fritts, 71, of Kailua, a retired public school teacher in Hawaii, died Feb. 4 in Kailua. He was born in Baltimore. He is survived by daughter Allison Mikuni, brothers Donald and Gerald, sister Marylou Palmer and one grandchild. Services: 4 p.m. Monday at Kaimuki Christian Church. Call after 3:30 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers. Private inurnment.
Manuel Gomes, 67, of Milpitas, Calif., formerly of Hawaii, died last Friday in Santa Clara, Calif. He was born in Hawaii. He is survived by wife Maureen and sister Charlotte Akana. Services on the mainland.
Henry Toshio Gushikuma, 77, of Honolulu, a retired electronic engineer for the state Department of Civil Defense, died Feb. 11. He was born in Kohala, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Hattie P.; sons Shad and Hanz Kane; sisters Kimei Oshiro, Janet H. Lee and Marian Mita; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 1 p.m. tomorrow at St. Philomena Church.
Helene T. Kaya Hama, 89, of Las Vegas, Nev., a retired secretary for a university, died Tuesday in Las Vegas. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Clark; brother Ronald Kaya; sisters Ayano Kishida, Pearl Tomita and Mae Kaya; and two grandchildren. Private services.
Ai Hata, 78, of Ewa Beach, former owner of Kasuga Restaurant, died Jan. 30. Services: 6 p.m. tomorrow at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. The mortuary provided incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday.
Fred Hertlein III, 68, of Pearl City, an industrial hygienist and former president of INALAB Environmental Engineers, died last Friday in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in San Francisco. He is survived by sons Fritz and Hans W., daughters Lisa M. Hertlein and Gretel M. Among, brother Fred Jr. and three grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Masonic Lodge, 1611 Kewalo St. Casual attire.
Kaitlyn Rae Higgins, 13, of Paauilo, Hawaii, died Saturday in Kona Community Hospital following an automobile accident. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by parents Michael and Lorilyn; brother Ryan P.; sisters Meghan R. and Shannon M. Higgins, and Alison G. Vrooman; and grandparents Grace T. Higgins, and Doyle and Alice Clifton. Remembrance services: 4 p.m. tomorrow at New Hope Christian Fellowship, Kamuela. Scattering of ashes at a later date. Casual attire.
Masako Hirano, 88, of Numila, Kauai, a homemaker, died Feb. 5 in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Linda Miyamoto, sister Gladys Ishida and two grandchildren. Private services.
Barbara Lee Holden, 64, of Kihei, Maui, a retired self-employed artist, died Saturday at home. She was born in Miami Beach, Fla. She is survived by brother Fred and half sister Peggy Tice. Services on the mainland.
Masayoshi Kajiya, 84, of Kula, Maui, a retired employee for Maui Pineapple Cannery, died Feb. 3 at home. He was born in Makawao. He is survived by sister Jane Y. and brothers Hisashi and Fred M. Private services.
Takashi Kawano, 86, of Haiku, Maui, a retired water distributor for Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co., died Saturday in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Puunene. He is survived by wife Hanako, brothers Barry S. and Makoto "Mako," and sister Edna Azeka. Private services.
George Edwin Kracht, 71, of Honalo, Kona, a retired electrician, died Feb. 7 in Kona Community Hospital. He was also a veteran of the U.S. Navy, a former mayor of Wyoming, N.Y., an employee for Lutheran Good Samaritan Society at the Laniolu Retirement Home, and an employee for Eagle Security in Chico, Calif. He was born in Ni-agara Falls, N.Y. He is survived by fiancee Elaine Weaver, sons Michael and Kevin, daughters Dawnelle Kelley and Kristen Blackburn, brother Kenneth, sister Kathryn King, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Sunday at Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, Kailua-Kona. Casual attire. Donations suggested to Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity.
Hideo Kuratsu, 96, of Hilo, an animal control warden for the County of Hawaii, died Wednesday in the Life Care Center of Hilo. He was born in Olaa. He is survived by wife Kiyoko, son Ronald, daughter Mildred Sugita, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Monday at Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home. Call after 2 p.m. Additional services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Honpa Hongwanji Hilo Betsuin. Inurnment: 12:30 p.m. at Homelani Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Kayoko Lee, 73, of Honolulu, an employee for Japan Airlines, died Jan. 18 in Arcadia Retirement Residence. She was born in Japan. She is survived by one brother. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Arcadia Retirement Residence, 1434 Punahou St. Casual attire.
Frances Tsuneko Matsumoto Levintohl, 81, of Grass Valley, Calif., formerly of Lahaina, a retired employee for Nabisco, died Jan. 30 in Grass Valley. She was born in Puukolii, Lahaina. She is survived by husband Abram "Brownie," brothers Katsuichi "Smith" and Kazuichi Matsumoto, and sister Haruno Kanehiro. Services: 9 a.m. tomorrow at Lahaina Jodo Mission. Reception to follow. Burial: 2 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Rena Muimui Sinclair Mahoe, 86, of La Mesa, Calif., and Honolulu, a retired pastor for Ewa Beach Church of God, died Jan. 27 in La Mesa. She was born in American Samoa. She is survived by daughter Phyllis Pettijohn; brother Elmo Sinclair; sisters Alice Pranger, Connie Reyes and Katherine Allen; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call 6-9 p.m. Services: 9:45 a.m. Thursday at the mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples. Casual attire. No flowers.
Faauliuli Moetoto Maiava, 71, of American Samoa, died Jan. 30. She was born in American Samoa. She is survived by children Anoimalo Taito, Talalai Lemaota, Mulufualava Maiava, Malefai Maiava, of Honolulu, Tulutulu Toa, Mesepa Lamositele, Uiese Moetoto, Pule Maiava and Arieta Kitiona. Services and burial in American Samoa.
Miguel Jose Marcelino, 87, of Kapaa, Kauai, a laborer for Holmes & Narvar, died Tuesday at home. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Erlinda B., son Ferdinand "Fredie" and two grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Catherine's Church, Kapaa. Call 9-9:45 a.m. Burial: Kilauea Public Cemetery. Casual attire.
Sukeichi Matsumoto, 91, of Lahaina, retired owner of Matsumoto Service Station, Lahaina, died Saturday in Fountain Valley, Calif. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by sons Paul, Kenneth and Lawrence; brothers Katsuichi "Smith" and Kazuichi; sister Haruno Kanehiro; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. tomorrow at Jodo Mission of Lahaina. Call after 10 a.m. Reception to follow. Entombment: 2 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Raymond Francis McArdell Jr., 80, of Ewa Beach, died Saturday at home. He was born in New York. He is survived by wife Leonora N.; son Thomas; daughters Christine Goodwin, and Linda and Colleen McArdell; stepson Mark Tapangan; sisters Helen McCall and Gertrude McArdell; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Inurnment: 1 p.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.
Elizabeth Kahanu Medina, 69, of Waianae, died Jan. 26. She was born in South Kona. She is survived by sons Richard Medina, and Patrick and Stanley Santiago; daughters Doreen Medina and Katherine Carter; sister Cecelia Sagarang; 21 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Private services.
Wayne Kenso Miyazaki, 80, of Honolulu, a retired general contractor, died Feb. 5. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Peggy, son Wendell, daughter Claire Groom, sister Jane Yokota, two grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Private services.
Anne Marie Morgan, 76, of Kahului, formerly of Baltimore, a retired administrator for the University of Maryland and the University of Southern California, died Saturday in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Baltimore. She is survived by son Maurice. Services pending.
Miyoko "Mildred" Nakai, 78, of Honolulu, died Feb. 7. She was born on Maui. She is survived by husband Richard; sons Howard, Melvin and David; brothers Wayne, Lloyd and Walter Inayoshi; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Private services.
Shoichi "Winston" Nakashige, 88, of Honolulu, a retired machine operator for a mattress factory, died Feb. 5. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Mitsuko and brother Benson K. Private services.
Mitsuru Ozeki, 90, of Hilo, died last Friday in the Life Care Center of Hilo. She was born in Kohala. She is survived by daughters Fusae Lim, Satsuki Unoki, Tomoe Araishi, Yvonne Nakamura and Gladys Suzuki; brothers Toshio and Hideo Shirasaki; sister Kiyoko Sakai; 15 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren. Private services.
Carley Leilani Kamalei Perreira, infant daughter of Arthur G. and Desiree L.A.K. Perreira, died Feb. 5. She is also survived by sister Chelsey and grandparents Matilda Hesia and Leroy and Tonita Perreira. Private services.
Ricardo "Ricky" Lee Rellin Sr., 45, of Waianae, died last Friday. He was born in Ewa Beach. He is survived by wife Ardean, son Ricardo Jr., hanai son Joseph "Kipu" Yamaguchi, daughters Shailadean and Karlee, parents Saturnino "Roy" Sr. and Sybil Rellin, brothers Sa-turnino "Sonny" Jr. and Rodney "Bono," and sisters Leona Soto and Lorin Firm. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Church, Waianae. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Vicente Ablan Salvador Sr., 92, of Wahiawa, who retired from civil service at Wheeler Army Air Field, died Feb. 5. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Elena; son Vicente Jr.; daughters Dairie Plank, Herminia Belcher and Georgette Mikesell; and seven grandchildren. Wake: 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of Sorrows Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Ann Matsue Takemoto, 91, of Honolulu, retired owner of T. Takemoto Store, Kaheka Lane, died last Friday in Oahu Care Facility. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Henry and Herbert, brother Hajime Koda, sister Kimie Jinde, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Private services.
Jason Yoshiaki Toyota, 38, of Honolulu, a collector for Pioneer Savings & Loan, died Feb. 7. He was also a counselor for Hawaii Counseling Service. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by father George, brother Mark and stepmother Florence. Services: 10 a.m. Monday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m.
Ruth Tomoyo Yamada, 80, Kahului, a retired registered nurse for various hospitals on Maui, died Feb. 7 in Hale Makua, Kahului. She was born in Puunene. She is survived by husband Eichi; daughter Elaine Lum; brother Donald Ikeda; sisters Fusae Nagato, Millie Watanabe, Janet Yokoyama and Jane Kiyohara; and one grandchild. Private services.
Diane Sumiye Yomen, 72, of Honolulu, a retired sorter for Tori Richard's, died Sunday in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in South Hilo. He is survived by sons Thomas H. Jr., Jon A. and Roy M.; brothers Larry M., Terry Y., Daniel Y. and George T. Shimamura; sister Stella H. Komoda; and five grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire.
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.