Mary Shirley Goias, 66, of Hanamaulu, a homemaker, died Tuesday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born in Hanamaulu. She is survived by son Manuel; sisters Iida Vidinha, Violet Newcomb, Margie Honor and Emily Furtado; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Immaculate Conception Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Lihue Cemetery. Casual attire.Tamae Imaoka, 89, of Waianae died April 21. Memorial services: 6 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5 p.m. The mortuary provided incorrect information for the obituary published Thursday.
Evelyn Ayako Kaneshiro, 66, of Waipahu died April 23. She was born in Waialua. She is survived by husband Kenneth "Masa"; sons Kenneth Jr. and Lincoln; daughters Valerie Hamora and Cheryl Kaneshiro; brothers Wilbert and Howard Eguchi and August Schrader; sisters Eleanor Stradling, Flora Hun, Jennie Jex and Frances "Lani" Perreira; and six grandchildren. Memorial services: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel, call after 5 p.m.; and 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow in Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Flora Fusako Kataoka, 82, of Wahiawa died April 23. She was born in Waialua. She is survived by daughters Janis and Susan Ishee, brothers Kiyoshi and Kazuo Okimura, sister Doris Okimura, eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Private services.
Mildred Rebeka Lau, 81, of Honolulu died April 15 in Honolulu. She was born in Detroit. She is survived by husband Kenneth K., sons Lawrence and Arnold, and two grandsons. Private services.
Helen Tsuyoko Ah Loo, 83, of Pearl City died April 18. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by husband Arthur Sr.; sons Alvin, Arthur Jr., Patrick, Warren, Samuel and Henry; daughters Joy Medeiros, Faith Fernandez and Hope Loo; sister Dorothy Kuwahara; 34 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Sunset Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Elron Ray Kalani Morris, 42, of Kaneohe, an NEX stock clerk, died last Saturday in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by parents Daniel and Eleanor, brother Darrin, sister Marvis Rezentes and grandmother Alma Phillips. Memorial services: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Ann Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.
Carole Hatsumi Nakamura, 76, of Honolulu, a retired manager for Waikiki Pearls Kyoya Co., died Monday in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Malcolm and Francis, daughter Janet Gapol, mother Mitsuye Nakamura, sister Jane Haraguchi and five grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 4 p.m. Tuesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Thomas Yukio Nakamura, 82, of Honolulu, a retired carpenter, died April 22. He is also survived by sister Kay Imamura. The mortuary provided incorrect information for the obituary published yesterday.
Ellen Yoshie Nakano, 85, of Kapolei, a retired proprietor at Nakatani Drive-in, died April 20. She was born in Pearl City. She is survived by daughter Judy; grandson Kenneth; brothers Roy and Robert Nakatani; and sisters Lillian Sato, Ethel Kunishige and Lorraine Sugihara. Private services.
Marcelia Alcover "Violet" Natividad, 64, of Honolulu died April 5 at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Patrick; daughters Estralita Schnetzka, Melva Ricardo, Rebecca Cabanoc and Deborah Natividad; sisters Dorothy Hadwin, Priscilla Egloria, Corazon Malauan, Beatrice Lastimosa, Natividad Demicillio and Elena Salvador; 20 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Bethesda Chapel. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Mililani Memorial Park.
June Masako Okabe, 75, of Kalaheo died Sunday. She was born in Koloa. She is survived by son Randall, daughters Linda Cody and Charlene Okabe, and two grandchildren. Private services.
Victoria Rios, 93, of Kalihi died Wednesday in Kalihi. She was born in Koloa, Kauai. Her late husband was Frank P. Rios. She is survived by son James Ortiz, sisters Rosenda Santiago and Alice Dukes, caregiver and niece Priscilla Helenihi, five grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Memorial services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow. Aloha attire.
Kamekichi and Mildred Kikuye Shimabuku of Pearl City have died. Kamekichi Shimabuku was 79 when he died on Sunday. He was born in Hauula. Mildred Shimabuku was 77 when she died on April 23. She was born in Waipahu. They are survived by daughters Kathleen Shimabuku and Linda Tamashiro and three grandchildren. Mildred Shimabuku is also survived by brothers Ichiro and Thomas Tamashiro and sister Alice Ige. Memorial services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples. Donations suggested to American Cancer Society, American Heart Association and American Diabetes Association. Casual attire.
Walter Hisao Sunahara, 57, of Kamuela, a United Airlines customer service representative, died Sunday in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Alysandra N., son Lance, daughter Melody, mother Amy Fumie, brother Thomas and one grandson. Memorial services: 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at Kamuela Hongwanji. Casual attire. No flowers.
Joseph Kiong Kit Tom, 86, of Honolulu died April 16. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Josephine, sons Wendell and Vernon, sisters Kwock Lam and Lily Liu, brother Chester, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Private services. Donations suggested to Shriners Hospital for Children.
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.