Hermogenes "Henry" DeGuzman, 95, of Honolulu, a retired cook, died April 6. He was born in the Philippines. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 9:45 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony Church, Kalihi. Call after 8:45 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park.Diane Itsue Fujii, 59, of Honolulu, a Kapiolani Community College employee, died April 5 at home. She was born in Honolulu. Services: 9:45 a.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Midori K. Fujii, 97, of Honolulu, a retired registered nurse at Kuakini Hospital, died April 22 in Kaiser Permanente Moanalua Medical Center. She was born in Papaikou, Hawaii. She is survived by daughter Betty Hirozawa, sisters Miyoshi Nikaido and Beatrice Takahashi, and three grandchildren. Services: 10:45 a.m. Friday at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Louis Furtado, 92, of Honolulu, a retired U.S. Navy accountant, died April 20 in St. Francis Hospice. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughter Marian Zahn, son Limu, 12 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren. Services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Burial: 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Ricarte Gorgonio Gutierrez, 88, of Honolulu, a retired clerk at Libby's Cannery, died April 22 in St. Francis Medical Center-Liliha. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Florenda; sons Ricarte Jr. and Ben; daughter Carmen Gutierrez-Chandler; sisters Avelina Dulay, Pacienca Bonilla, Caridad Andres and Alejandrina Florentino; and four grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 10:15 a.m. May 6 at Our Lady of the Mount Church. Call after 8:15 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park. Casual attire.
John Waianuhea Kaeha, 56, of Waianae, died April 12 in St. Francis Medical Center-West. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Ruby, son Daryl K. and two grandchildren. Services: noon Saturday at Nanaikapono Protestant Church, 89-235 Pua Ave., Nanakuli. Burial: 2 p.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Wendell Kulina Kau, 80, of Kaneohe, a retired U.S. Postal Service employee, died April 18 in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Angeline; daughters Wendy Valdez, Wanda Shibata, Wynette Bailey, Waverly Kau and Waylene Noel Onion; sisters Lily Kau, Beatrice Park and Rose Torres; brother Rudy; 13 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services: 11:15 a.m. May 6 at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire.
Esther Keliihue Kapu Nakoa, 71, of Waianae, died Friday in St. Francis Medical Center-West. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughters Iwalani Daniels, Beverly Kelii and Rosemary Siliga; sons Michael, Raymond, Henry and Timothy Santiago; brothers Edgar and Buddy; sisters Ipo Kahiamoi, Faith Distajo and Maggie Santiago; 32 grandchildren; and 37 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Diamond Head Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 10 a.m. Friday at the mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Minandro Arcangel Santiago, 26, of Waipahu, a cook at the Pearl Harbor L&L Drive-Inn, died April 22 in St. Francis Medical Center-West. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by daughters Anjanel Gascon and Angelica Santiago, mother Zenaida Arcangel, brothers Michael and Joel, and sister Melanie Monis. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church, 1525 Waimano Home Road, Pearl City. Call after 5:30 p.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.
Caroline Shizuko Shiraishi, 59, of Pearl City, a Pearl Ridge Elementary School employee, died Wednesday. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Dan, son Lance, daughters Dorene Shiraishi and Kristine Takai, brother Milton Kawabata, sister Diane Ponimoi and one grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Memorial Park Mortuary, makai chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Haruko Shiroma, 79, of Mt. View, Hawaii, who died Wednesday in Queen's Medical Center, will be remembered during services at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Puna Hongwanji. Casual attire. Incorrect information was provided by the mortuary for an obituary published yesterday.
Glenn Skeen, 80, of Kaneohe, died April 19. He was born in Sulphur Springs, Texas. He is survived by wife Pauline; sons Peter, Charles, David, Anthony, Guy, Francis, Edwin and Brian; daughters Karen Maynard and Judy Ambrose; brothers Windle, Tom, Jimmy and Duane; sisters Sybil Hastings, Wanda L. Wilson, Edna M. Hoover and Dorethia Hoskinson; 28 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 6:30 p.m. Additional services: 11:30 Friday at the mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. Friday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery.
Tomiji Togashi, 90, of Keaau, Hawaii, died Saturday in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Olaa, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Toshiko, sons Theodore and Grant, daughters Faith Donaldson and Grace Mergenthaler, brothers Hiroji and Kiichi, three grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Services: 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers. Memorial donations suggested to Hospice of Hilo.
Charles Fook Sung Yap, 85, of Honolulu, a retired Hawaii State Tax Office employee and former proprietor of the Regular Shop Restaurant and Bar, died Wednesday in Hale Ola Kino. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughters Charlene Wall, Lynn Cahill and Karen Cahill; brothers Walter and Albert; sisters Alice Lau, Ruth Wong and Betty Mark; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: noon Thursday at Diamond Head Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.
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.