Anna-Jaye Perez Caneso-Bantolina, infant daughter of Jamon and Angel, died March 11 in Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children. She is also survived by brother Jayden X.; grandparents Florentino Bantolina, Jewel V. Caneso-Solmirin, Ruben Perez and Betty Perez; and great-grandparents Sesinanda Bantolina, Pastor Mariano Caneso, Felicidad Mejia and Euflania Mina. Services: 9:30 a.m. tomorrow at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Interment: 2 p.m. tomorrow at Valley of the Temples.John Costa Brum, 82, of Lihue, a laborer at Lihue Plantation, died Monday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Hanamaulu, Kauai. He is survived by care giver Eileen and sister Roseline Garcia. Services: 9:30 a.m. April 12 at Lihue Public Cemetery. Casual attire.
Edwina Isabel Cortez, 69, of Honolulu, a retired state Department of Education schoolteacher, died last Thursday in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Eugene and daughters Mae-Claire and Lisa. Services: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Mary De Cambra, 89, of Kahului, died Friday at home. She was born in Paia, Maui. She is survived by son Edward, daughter Lorraine Johnson, sister Verna Henry, one grandchild and two great-grand- children. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick/Norman's Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Maui Memorial Park, Wailuku. Casual attire.
Tianee Kiala-Akahaimoanamaikaimaikalani Ebreo, infant daughter of Emerson Ebreo and Desialee Cabalar, died March 17 in Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children. She was born in Honolulu. She is also survived by grandparents James Ebreo, Patricia Ebreo, Felix Cabalar and Elizabeth Morrison; hanai grandmother Marianne Cruz; great-grandparents Bernaldo T. Quanan, Winona Quanan, David Tyrrell and Lucille Pinto; and great-great-grandmother Roline Tyrrell. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Helani Congregational Church, Kahaluu Mauka, Mamalahoa Highway 180. Call after 9 a.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.
Nickolas Tony "Nick" Foytich, 84, of Honolulu, vice president at Steve's Used Cars, died Monday at home. He was born in Clifton, Ore. He is survived by wife Beulah; sons Steven, Richard, Jack, Vincent and Scott; daughter Nicki Burchard; brother Steve; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
C.N. "Taalani" Hanakahi, 58, of Honolulu, died February 26. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by hanai son Michael K. Smith and brothers Clyde Kaaiakamanu Sr. and Daniel, Chester and Joseph Hanakahi. Private services.
Marie Rio Costa Hosino, 93, of Honolulu, died March 21 in Honolulu. She was born in Ho-nolulu. She is survived by sons Ambrose M. Costa Jr. and Gordon M. Costa, daughters Kathleen J. Gomes and Charlotte J. Perry, brothers George Rio and Albert Rio, eight grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grand- children. Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow at 1 p.m. Aloha attire.
Benjamin Kahikina, 57, of Hilo, a Hawaiian legal rights consultant and former Honolulu Police Department officer, died Saturday. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Patricia "Trish"; son Alika; daughters Deborah Lee and Yvonne Kahikina; brothers Mark, Richard, Harold, Thomas, Kenneth and Brad; sisters Lorita Seamster and Irma Dicenzo; and six grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Kaumakapili Church, 766 N. King St. Scattering of ashes: 9 a.m. Sunday at Baby Makapuu (Kailua side), Waimanalo.
Minnie Adeline Coelho Marciel, 86, of Honolulu, a retired cafeteria manager at Punahou School, died March 20 in Hale Ho Aloha Intermediate Care Facility. She was born in Hono-lulu. She is survived by sons Ronald and Robert; daughter Dorothy Allinson; sister Adele Garcia; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services: 9 a.m. Tuesday at Star of the Sea. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Herbert J. Mueller, 85, of Forest Grove, Ore., a retired heavy construction estimator, died Saturday. He was born in Neshota, Wisc. He is survived by wife Francis P., son Kurt R., daughter Janice G., sister Ardel Belkie and two grandchildren. Services to be held April 7 in Oregon.
Victoriano Suliva Nicolas, 74, of Honolulu, died March 11. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Avelina M.; sons Abel, Samuel, Samson, Dan, Nahum and Nestor; daughters Rebecca, Ester, Miriam, Nancy and Debora; brothers Efipanio and Jose; sisters Gregoria Tomas and Flaviana Nicolas; and 27 grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Oahu Cemetery Chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the chapel. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples.
Pia Dahilig Oasay, 83, of Honolulu, died Feb. 27. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by sons Dionisio and Antonio; sisters Leonarda Pagatpatan and Lourdes Pascua; six grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at 11 a.m. Casual attire.
Patsy Umeyo Okamura, 76, of Honolulu, a retired University of Hawaii at Manoa personnel management specialist, died March 17 in Maunalani Nursing Center. She was born in Kekaha, Kauai. She is survived by sisters Alice Noji and Edna Nagatoshi and brother Herbert. Private services.
Anastacia M. "Judy" Pacubas, 69, of Waipahu, died Friday. She was born in Puunene, Maui. She is survived by sons Shawn Pacubas and Eddie Tadeo Jr.; daughters Karen Gollero, Tessie Labra and Nelita Saguibo; brothers Andres Juario and Benjamin Juario; sisters Francisca "Sally" Augustiro and Mary Ocampo; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow at 11 a.m. Aloha attire.
Verilyn Wayne Ramstad, 67, of Hawaiian Ocean View Estates, Hawaii, a retired welder and U.S. Navy veteran, died Sunday at home. He was born in South Dakota. He is survived by wife Elizabeth A.; sons Douglas and Daryl; daughters Donna Leonard, Darla Brauneis and Dawn Ramstad; stepsons Thomas Lee and Darren Lee; parents Oscar and Annetta; brothers Lester and Raymond; sisters Janet Oberg and Joann Fossum; 23 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at the Ramstad residence, Hove. Casual attire. No flowers. Memorial donations suggested to Hospice of Kona, P.O. Box 217, Kailua-Kona 96745.
Kishiko Rokuhara, 95, of Kailua, a homemaker, died March 14 in Castle Medical Center. She was born in Japan. She is survived by son George; daughters Violet T. Anzai, Thelma J. Suzuki and Betsy M. Tani; seven grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Private services.
Lanier Haltom Shipp, 90, of Hilo, a homemaker, died March 20 in the Life Care Center of Hilo. She was born in Texas. She is survived by son Joseph Thompson IV; daughter Cicel Sandeen; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Private services.
Ruben Cuartina Delos Santos Talusan, 74, of Honolulu, died Saturday at home. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Elna; sons Ruel and Elvin; daughters Lualhati "Lou" Aquino, Rowena Cayton, Feby Talusan and Arlene Penaflor; sister Ligaya Ramo-Pante; and seven grand- children. Private services.
Andrew C.W. Tsao, 86, of Honolulu, a retired physician, died Monday in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born in China. He is survived by sons Andy M.C. and Allen M.L., daughters Vivienne and Rita and three grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Valley of the Temples.
Yutaka "Shadow" Unebasami, 84, of Honolulu, a retired dry cleaner, died Sunday in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born in Wainaku, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Yachiyo "Ethel"; sons Howard and Ronald; stepsons Roy Noda and George Noda; stepdaughters Sandra Funasaki and Sharon Masada; brothers Masaru, Richard and Billy; sister Fusae Kamemoto; 12 grandchildren; and nine great- grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at the Jodo Mission of Hawaii. Call after 5 p.m.
Charles Richard "Charley" Whitson, 75, of Captain Cook, Hawaii, died March 21 at home. He was born in Peach Orchard, Ark. He is survived by son Herbert, daughter Irene A. Ray, brother Bob, sister Sue Dreo and three grandchildren. No services.
Ernest Kaaukai "Masa" Wilson, 79, of Hilo, a lineman supervisor at the former Hawaiian Telephone Co., died Monday in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Kau, Hawaii. He is survived by son Lance; daughter Merla Sakamoto; brothers Wilbert, Roy and Arthur; sisters Violet Hue, Virginia Peterson, Julia Ohta and Mabel Kawamoto; and four grand- children. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at the Dodo Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Additional services: noon Tuesday at the chapel. Call after 11 a.m. 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.