Francis Shigeo Takemoto / 100th battalion veteran
Yvonne Leinaala McCandless Amano, 62, of Mililani, a homemaker, died May 23 in Tripler Army Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Johnny; daughter Esther; mother Victoria McCandless; brother Kenneth McCandless; sisters Esther Amano, Marie Mattson and Ruth Park; and four grandchildren. Services: 8 p.m. Wednesday at Nuuanu Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.Margaret Borges Asuncion, 92, of Waialua died May 23 in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Gerald and James Avilla, daughters Caroline Punsalan and Patricia Rodrigues, 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Monday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
James Grant Benton, 53, of Kaaawa, a well-known comedian, will be remembered in services 2 p.m. June 8 at the Hawai'i Convention Center, Emalani Theatre. He died Tuesday in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Debra, son Kui, mother Ann Wilms, brothers Jack and Ralph, sister Kathy Ahlo and a grandchild.
Eloy Cyrillo Birtodaso Sr., 77, of Mililani, a retired plant manager for Big 3 Industries and served in the U.S. Navy, died Sunday. He was born in Kukaiau, Kauai. He is survived by son Eloy Jr., daughters Sharlene Jeffries and Eloise Kemner, brother Martin, eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Monday at St. John Apostle and Evangelist Church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual/aloha attire.
Miguel Barayuga Bonilla, 81, of Honolulu died May 10. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Aurea; sons Quirino, Ben and Orlino; daughters Rose Bonilla and Editha Ramos; brothers George, Isayas and Alipio; sisters Elayda Raquel and Jeminiana Coloma; 12 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9:45 a.m. Monday St. Joseph Church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
William Robert Buevens, 74, of Honolulu, an airport engineer, died May 23 in Honolulu. He was born in San Antonio. He is survived by daughters Barbara L. Wiggins and Susan A. Musgrave, and grandchildren Dylan and Rita Wiggins. No services.
Yeisho Higa, 93, of Aiea, a retired C&H Sugar Co. employee, died May 20 in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born on Okinawa. He is survived by wife Mitsuko; daughter Nobu Chinen; brothers Royce, Wallace and Eitoku; sister Shige Yogi; and three grandchildren. Private services.
Shirley Marie Joslin, 74, of Kihei, Maui, a retired Realtor for Jack Carter Realty in California, died May 22 in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Durham, Wash. He is survived by son Michael, daughter JoAnn Pacheco, sister Dorothy Bassett, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Private services. Memorial donations suggested to the American Lung Association, Maui Chapter.
Daniel Kanekoa Sr., 86, of Kailua, a retired refuse truck driver with the City and County of Honolulu, died Sunday in Kailua. He was born on Maui. He is survived by sons Daniel Jr. and Ernest. Funeral services: 6 p.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Private burial. Casual attire.
Kameichi "Larry" Kaneshiro, 82, of Honolulu, a retired carpenter, died Saturday in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Koloa, Kauai. He is survived by wife Hatsue; sons Morris H. and Edward H.; brothers Stanley and Harold; sisters Doris Kaneshiro, Elsie Oyama and Dora Yamada; and three grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire.
Fusayo Kotomori, 77, of Mountain View, Hawaii, a retired barber at Carol's Barber Shop, died May 17 at home. She is survived by sons Melvin and Oren, daughters Lynda Takemoto and Darlene Kuratsu, five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Private services.
Louise Naomi Morikawa, 47, of Honolulu, a financial analyst for Insurance Plus, died last Friday in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by mother Margaret N. and brothers Clifford and Steven. Services: 4 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Hisao Nakamoto, 94, of Waialua, a retired employee for Waialua Sugar, died May 18. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by sons Paul, Walter, Edwin and Ralph; daughter Elaine Agena; brother Chester; sister Umeno Matsuzaki; and 10 grandchildren. Private servcies.
Richard Hajime Omuro, 69, of Wailuku, a school counselor at Maui High School, died Sunday in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Sprecklesville, Maui. He is survived by wife Mae, son Kevin, daughters Lynn Yamauchi and Robyn Omuro, sister Carol Murakoshi and two grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Tuesday at Wailuku Hongwanji. Burial: 9 a.m. Wednesday at Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Mary "Vovo" Souza Paresa, 94, of Honolulu died Wednesday. She was born in Portugal. She is survived by daughters Harriet Veneri and Maryann Maiorino; brothers Joseph, David, Ernest, Tommy and Arthur Souza; sister Frances Drayer; 18 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; and 12 great-great-grandchildren. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Monday at Star of the Sea Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Paul S. Reifsnuder, 43, of Des Plaines, Ill., a pilot for American Airlines, died May 22 in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in New York. He is survived by wife Maria. Private services.
Johnny Bueno Remigio, 69, of Aiea died Monday in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by daughter Lita Ferguson; sons Johnny B.K. Jr., Remy James K., Quirino B. and Mathew Padilla; brother Marcy R.; 28 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Oahu Cemetery Chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Private burial.
Braulio Pobre Salamanca, 92, of Ewa Beach, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard supply clerk, died Sunday in St. Francis Medical Center-West. He was born in Mayantoc, Tarlac, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Martha, daughter Ophelia Daus, son Glenn, brother Thomas and three grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary, call after 5 p.m.; and 9:15 a.m. Monday at Central Seventh-day Adventist Church, call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaiian Memorial Park.
John Patrick Mitsuo Shirota, 39, of Aiea, a former teacher at Lanakila Baptist High School, died Saturday in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was also an administrator at Baptist Bible Institute of Hawaii and a youth director at Lanakila Baptist Church. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived wife Cynthia, son David, daughters Leilani and Leah, parents Mamoru and Margaret, and sisters Gloria Koch and Georgette Maddox. Memorial services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Lanakila Baptist Church. Casual attire. In lieu of flowers, donations suggested to the John Shirota Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Tokio Sugai, 93, of Mililani Town, formerly of Wahiawa, died May 17. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by daughter Frances Oshiro, grandchildren Terrie Yamamoto and Michi Mashiyama, and four great-grandchildren. Private services.
Bunyei Tokumoto, 79, of Honolulu, a retired SIDA taxi driver, died May 19. He was born in Maui. He is survived by wife Ann Y., son Joji and daughters Betty Tokumoto and Nancy Louttet. Private services.
Angeline Rita Tokuoka, 71, of Wailuku, a retired teacher at the Adult Learning Center, died Tuesday in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Kula, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Roland T. Sr.; sons Max F., George, Karl and Mark Coleman; daughters Olanialii McAree, Carol Coleman, Julie Coleman-Crawford and Cindy Coleman-Jakubczak; stepchildren Raymie Cooper, Roland "Toku-Boy" Jr. and Wade Tokuoka; brother Richard Cravalho; sisters Ruth Gomes and Louise "Nicki" Mitsumara; 24 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Celebration of life services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Kiyomatsu Tsuha, 91, of Honolulu, a retired distiller for California Packing Corp., died Saturday. He was born in Makaweli, Kauai. He is survived by sons Clayton and Wesley; daughters Laraine D'Amico, Marsha Chang, Hatsuko Higa and Susan and Charlene Arellano; brothers Peter, Tatsuji and Mitsuo; sisters Fusae Ueda, Helen Sasaki, Ethel Yoshimura and Haruko Tokuda; 16 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Caroline Kiyomi Uwono, 64, of Honolulu, a retired state Department of Education teacher at Aliiolani School, died Sunday in St. Francis Hospice-West. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Roy; daughters Gwen Okamoto, Traci Yoshida and Lynne Uwono; and two grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Nuuanu Congregational Church. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Barbara G. Wadsworth, 79, of Honolulu, retired owner of Wadsworth Inc., died Monday in Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Pasadena, Calif. She is survived by son David R., daughter Karen N.W. Meyer and four grandchildren. Memorial services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Parish of St. Clement. Call after 10 a.m. Private scattering of ashes to follow. Aloha attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to American Cancer Society or American Lung Association.
Norman R. Williams, 73, of Hilo, formerly of Honolulu, a comptroller at Alexander & Baldwin, died Sunday in Portland, Ore. He was born in Hermiston, Ore. He is survived by brothers W. Dave and Bryant M.; nephews Michael and David; and nieces Doreatha Pickieniak, Wilinda Neuman, Debbie Barrington, Darlene Warden and Donnell Fowler. Services to be held in Portland.
Shigeto Yamaguchi, 67, of Lihue, a district engineer with the state Department of Transportation, died Tuesday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Kalaheo, Kauai. He is survived by wife Esther, son Duane, daughters Wendy Ya-maguchi and Cadice Pascual, sister Masu Batchelder and numerous grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Garden Island Mortuary. Call after 1 p.m. Burial to follow at Kalapaki Bay Memorial Park. Casual 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.