Kainoa Kahuapomaika'imaikalani Hau'oli Akana-Irvine, infant son of Kekamali'i Irvine and Kanoe J. Akana, died March 18. He is also survived by grandparents Warren Akana, Lydia Akana, Ellory Irvine and Leidene Irvine. Services: 10:15 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai Chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.Eleanor Carman Hanan, 85, of Wahiawa, died March 16. She was born in Buffalo, N.Y. She is survived by son Martin, daughter Linda Weiss and two grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Wahiawa United Methodist Church. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Tori Hirayama, 92, of Honolulu, a retired seamstress, died March 18. She was born in Ewa Beach. She is survived by brother Jingo Haga. Services: 9 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Peggy Fumiko Hong, 80, of Honolulu, died Friday. She was born in Puunene, Maui. She is survived by husband Henry, son Duane, daughter Stephanie Shintani, brother Masao Shibuya, sister Gladys Kanda and five grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Masao Katahira, 84, of Hilo, Hawaii, a retired Hilo Municipal Golf Course employee, died March 18 in the Life Care Center of Hilo. He was born in Waipahu. He is survived by wife Umeyo, son Lawrence, brother Noboru, sisters Kimiko Kameoka and Miiko Ujiie, and three grandchildren. Private services. Family requests no monetary gifts.
Barbara Lendt, 56, of Waianae, died March 18 in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Dennis W. Sr.; son Dennis W. Jr.; daughters Tracy Lendt, Dannette Mokuahi and Heidi Lendt; brothers Dennis Shin and Robert Shin; sister Miriam Hutchinson; and eight grandchildren. Services: noon Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 3 p.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Dae Sun Mah, 81, of Honolulu, a retired Korean newspaper printer, died Saturday in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in South Korea. He is survived by wife Sang Bok L.; sons Myong Chun, Chang Chun, Sang Chun and Yong Chun; daughters Myong Ku Ka, Myong Kyong Cho and Sung Hee Lim; brother Dae Hoo; sister Hee Yong; and 15 grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park.
Melvin "Mr. P" Pililaau, 66, of Waianae, a longshoreman at McCabe Hamilton & Renny and Matson Navigation Co., died March 9. He was born in Waianae. He is survived by wife Maryellen; daughters Dawn Fabrao, Doris Schlitzkus and Donnashane, June and Julie Pililaau; brothers Edward Pililaau and Robert Paaluhi; and three grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, Mauka Chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire.
William Kwai Fong Soon, 89, of Honolulu, a retired letter carrier, died March 9 at home. He was born on Maui. He is survived by wife Dorothy, daughter Sandra Inouye, brother Reynold and three grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Entombment to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Tadayoshi "Walter" Tamasaka, 90, of Paia, Maui, retired proprietor of Kuau Store, died Thursday in Hale Makua, Kahului. He was born in Hana, Maui. He is survived by wife Mitsuko U.; sons Ralph, Leslie and Gordon; daughter Gladys Himori; 11 grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren. Private services.
Kiyo Tanigawa, 103, of Honolulu, a retired housekeeper at the Moana Surfrider Hotel, died March 12. She was born in Japan. She is survived by two grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Private services.
Faiumu "Joe" Gago Uepa, 65, of Waipahu, a former employee at United Tire & Recapping Co., died March 16. He was born in American Samoa. He is survived by sons Joe Jr., David and William; daughters Lisa M. Uepa and Linda P. Quejado; brother Soloso Gago; half brothers Toetaua Gago and Uale Gago; and eight grandchildren. Preceeded in death by wife Linda May Puanani Uepa. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m. Burial: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Ned Byron Wiederholt, 78, of Kailua, a former architect-planner for the American Samoan government, died Tuesday. Born in Wausau, Wis., he also served as a vice chairman for the the state Planning Commission and worked as deputy chief planning officer for the City & County of Honolulu. He is survived by wife Phyllis, sons Marc and Ned, brother Dale, sister Constance and nine grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Keolumana United Methodist Church. Casual attire. No flowers. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.
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.