Maximino "Max" Dela Cruz, 57, of Wahiawa died last Monday. He was born in Wahiawa. He is survived by wife Nadine; son Darren; hanai son Bryce Cleaver; daughter Denise; hanai daughter Darnet Sene; brothers Larry "Loddy," Diosdado "Dado" and Elvis; sisters Lucy Kamealoha and Lita Price; and nine grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire.Julie Marie Ellison, 39, of Pahoa, Hawaii, a proprietress of the Art of Gardens and a former emergency medical technician, died Wednesday in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by father Robert, mother Fay, brothers Barry and Brian, and sister Cristan. Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Kona Outdoor Circle Educational Center, 76-6280 Kuakini Highway. Call 329-7286 for directions. Call after 1 p.m. Aloha attire.
Marge Goldschneider, 85, of Kapolei died Thursday in Kapolei. She was born in Canada. She is survived by daughter Linda Dooman, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Private services. No flowers. Donations suggested to the American Cancer Society or other charity.
Takashi "Uncle T" Harada, 89, of Honolulu, a retired Lewers and Cooke plumber, died Tuesday. He was born in Lihue. He is survived by wife Margaret S. and brother Haruto. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire.
Doris Yaeko Ikeda, 72, of Honolulu and Hilo died June 6 in St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in Kohala, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Herbert; sons Harry, Roy and Earl; daughter Cleo Nham; father Heizo Kiriu; sister Itsuko Sugai; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Private services.
Larry Neal Jones, 67, of Honolulu, a retired talk show host and sportscaster, died June 5 in Honolulu. He was born in Indiana. He is survived by companion Helen de Castro; sons Lee, Scott, Jay and David Jones and Bradley de Castro; daughter Lisa Wendell; half-sister Janet; half-brother David; 10 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Private services.
Charlene Dutchess Kane-Tynan, 53, of Honolulu died Tuesday in St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Shannon F.A. Kane; father Raymond Kane; grandmother Annie R. Mace; brothers Dennis, Robert and Mike; sisters Blanche, Florence, Marcella, Emma and Joann; and one grandchild. Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Waimano Home Road, Pearl City. Call after 6 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Margaret Tom Lum, 84, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died June 16. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughters Yvonne and Brenda Fry, and five grandchildren. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Star of The Sea Church. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Annie K. Makanui Martinez, 83, of Honolulu died June 16 at St. Francis Hospice-West. Casual attire. Incorrect information was printed in an obituary published yesterday.
Marcelina Dabis Medford, 69, of Waipahu died June 15. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Henry; son Henry Jr.; daughter Jo Ann McNeal; brothers Jerome, Bernabe, Pascual and Esteban Dabis; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Wapio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Scattering of ashes: 1 p.m. Saturday at Barbers Point Harbor. Casual attire. No flowers.
Mervin Kalaihau Miner, 69, of Ewa Beach died May 21 at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brothers William "Peter" and Bert K., and sister Philomina "Piilani" Wrege. Committal services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire. No flowers.
Etsuo Miyake, 73, of Aiea, a retired Walker-Moody Construction Co. carpenter, died June 15. He is survived by wife Mitsuko, son Lawrence, daughter Emi Bourgeois, brothers Ernest and Edwin, sisters Kinue Osaki and Jane Kawamura, and one grandchild. Private services.
Annie Roberts, 77, of Honolulu, a costume department shop steward for ABC television, died June 10 in St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Barbara Roberts; brothers Tex, Alfred "Fred," Walter and Norman Teixeira; sisters Mabel Gomes, Dorothy Younger, Agnes Chuck and Nicki Rawlins; and one grandchild. Services: 9:45 a.m. Wednesday at St. Patrick's Church. Burial to be held in California. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Bertha Yukiko Sakamoto, 80, of Honolulu, a retired State of Hawaii Traffic Violations Bureau assistant supervisor, died June 13 in St. Francis Hospice Puiwa. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Joseph M.; son Gary K.; daughter Dale K.; brothers William and David Suzuki; sisters Dora Yamamoto, Dorothy Takahashi and Doris Ojiri; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Private services.
Ramon Robles Salvalosa, 76, of Waipahu, a retired civil engineer for the Philippine government, died last Monday in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Estelita; sons Edward Serac and Lenin; daughter Rema; brothers Andres, Perfecto and Eliseo; and eight grandchildren. Mass: 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Church, 94-675 Farrington Highway, Waipahu. Call after 6 p.m. Burial to be held in the Philippines. No flowers.
Henry Matsuo Takaki, 86, of Sunset Beach died June 13. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by sons William Jacobsen and Paul and Phillip Petschow; daughters Dianna Preister, Susan Foster, Mary Kay Aplaca and Pamela Revera; brother Nobuo Takaki; sister Yukie Minagawa; 17 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Private services.
Shirley Ann Tenn, 67, of Kailua, a housewife, died Thursday in Kailua. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Reynold Tenn Sr.; sons Reynold Jr., Todd and Tyler; daughter Kellee; hanai daughter Stacey Opiopio; sister Alberta Coelho; and seven grandchildren. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Sui Ing Young Tong, 83, of Honolulu, a retired owner of Chun & Tong Market in Pauoa, died June 14 in Queen's Medical Center. She was born in China. She is survived by sons Joseph H.Y. and Albert H.L., daughter Josephine S.C. Yamasaki, brother In Kee Young, four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Taoist services: 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: 1 p.m. at Lin Yee Chung Manoa Chinese Cemetery.
Horace Tatsuzo Yanagi Sr., 96, of Pearl City, a retired coffee farmer, died June 10 in Straub Clinic and Hospital. He was born in Holualoa-Kona, Hawaii. He is survived by sons Welsy, Carl and Horace Jr.; daughters Ruth Kam and Janet Yanagi; sister Thelma Shibasaki; 13 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Kona Hongwanji. Call after 1 p.m. Aloha attire.
Sarah Shizuko Yoshikawa, 83, of Honolulu, a retired Iolani Sportswear presser, died June 14 in Straub Clinic and Hospital. She was born in Kau, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Donald, Alvin, Wayne, Glenn and Paul; brothers Tom and Hideharu Taise; sisters Noreen Hirohata and Nancy Oki; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Frances Yoshiko Zane, 74, of Honolulu, a retired Ace Hardware sales clerk, died June 5 in St. Francis Hospice. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Dexter, daughter Darlene Walden, brothers George and Albert Uechi, and four grandchildren. Services: noon Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Private burial at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha 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.