Wendy Kwai Lan Abear, 37, of Las Vegas, formerly of Honolulu, died June 25. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband David, daughter Adrienne, son Clayton, parents Alfred and Frances Balasbas, brothers Alan and Warren Balasbas, and sister Cindy Gin. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at St. John Apostle and Evangelist Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.Clifford Koon Sing Au, 82, of Honolulu, a U.S. Army veteran who served in World War II and retired from the Veterans Administration, died June 29 in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brothers Raymond and Clarence; sisters Annie Chang, Lillian Leong and Ellen Wong; and two grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Dwight R. "Baretta" Blake Jr., 45, of Honolulu, a Bellows Air Force Station garden tractor leader, died June 24 in Kaiser Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by mother Constance and sister Donna. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Burial: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Jack Tai Yuen Chan, 81, of Kaneohe, a retired courtesy clerk for Safeway on Beretania Street, died June 25 at St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in China. He is survived by wife Amy Y., son Peter Y.H., daughter Amy C.L.C. Tsark, two grandchildren, three brothers and four sisters. Private services.
Benjamin Fook Wah Fong, 84, of Honolulu died June 30 in St. Francis Hospice West. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by son Robert Sr., brother Archie, sister Eleanor Watson, one grandchild and one great-grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Our Savior Lutheran Church, 98-1098 Moanalua Road in Aiea. Call after 6 p.m. Cremation to follow. Aloha attire.
Luis G. Garde, 88, of Aiea, a retired state Harbors Division vector control exterminator, died Tuesday in the Convalescent Center of Honolulu. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by godson John Lara and caregiver Incha Lara. Services: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.
William Megumi Hirose, 64, of Mililani died Wednesday in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Debbie; sons Chris, Scott, Keaka and Willie; daughters Robin Higa and Gabrielle; sisters Hilda Morishita and Florence and Helen Doi; and five grandchildren. Private services. No flowers.
Herbert Chow Hoy, 74, of Hilo, a retired Hawaii County Department of Water storekeeper, died Wednesday. He was born in Papaikou, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Janet A.; sons Alan and James; brother Thomas; sisters Margaret Chong, Rose Chow Hoy and Amy Nielson; and two grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home. Call after 5 p.m. Additional visitation: 9 to 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial to follow at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire.
Setsuko Kato, 87, of Wailuku, a retired Maui Pineapple Co. trimmer, died Tuesday in Hale Makua, Wailuku. She was born in California. She is survived by sons Kengo, Hiroshi and Kenneth; daughters Sister Elizabeth Kato and Catherine Yee; brother Kenichi Hamamoto; sisters Fujie and Ritsuko Hamamoto; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Private services.
Benjamin Paul Kekona, 88, of Hilo, an owner and operator of Kekona Tours and Northshore Shuttle Bus, died June 28. He was born in Kahakuloa, Maui. He is survived by wife Tamae; sons Ronald and Richard Kekona, Alan Oshiro and Dennis and Kevin Kekona; daughters Diane Graves, Paulette Kawakami and Kathryn Kekona; brother Andrew Apuna; 20 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Irene "Aunty Irene" Aurea Keohokupa, 73, of Waimanalo, a retired State of Hawaii dietitian, died Thursday in Kailua. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Joseph Jr.; sons Joe Gomes and Purdy and Glenn Keohokupa; daughters Jonella Peters, Madonna Keohokupa-Meria and Vannessa Dela Cruz; brothers Rado, Toi and Lawrence Lagapa; sisters Phyllis Dano, Resti Lam Ho, Nene Manalo and Pat Royos; 26 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Soonee Tanja Kim, 37, of Kaneohe, owner of Waikane Fruit Stand, died June 26. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Richard Davis and daughter Tiana Kim-Davis and their father, Richard Davis. Also survived by father George B.M.; brother Johan; and sisters Cynthia Kim, Mia Kim-Porter and Lill Kim-Nahoopii. Services: 9 a.m. Saturday at Waikane Congregational Church, 48-419 Kamehameha Hwy. Casual attire.
Francis Mitsuji Kudo, 83, died May 17, 2001, and his wife Hisako Kobayashi Kudo, 87, died May 19, 2002, both of Torrance, Calif., formerly of Kualapuu, Molokai. He was born in Waipahu and was a retired TRW Corp. electrical engineer. She was born in Concord, Calif., and was a homemaker. He is survived by sister Florence Iwamoto. She is survived by sister Mary Hamasaki. Private services held.
John "Keoni" K. Lino, 53, of Kaneohe died June 29 in Castle Medical Center in Kailua. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by mother Evelyn, sister Catherine and brothers Michael and Timothy. Services: 2:15 p.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 12:30 p.m. Aloha attire.
Matsuko Matsuno, 89, of Hilo, a former Laupahoehoe Elementary School teacher, died June 27 in the Life Care Center of Hilo. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by brother Rex Matsuno and sister Mitsuko Yanagawa. Private services. No monetary donations.
Adalina Opista, also known as "Tita" and "Domen," 75, of Waianae died June 25. She was born in Kapaa, Kauai. She is survived by daughters Beverly Domen, Vicky Madeira and Carmen "Nina" Figeroa; brothers John, Henry, William, Phillip, Manuel, George and Douglas Domen; sisters Rose Villanueva, Elizabeth Henriques, Helen Cenal, Margaret Shepard, Diana Vasques and Gloria Wallace; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services: noon Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Hermogenes Mata Paraoan, 80, of Waipahu, retired from the former Hawaiian Telephone Co., died June 23 in Honolulu. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Andrea; son Jeremiah; and sisters Romula Agunat, Mary Fagarang and Irene Aquino. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 8:30 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.
Angeline Rodrigues, 99, of Honolulu, a Dole Cannery forelady, died June 25 at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by hanai son Tony Contento, hanai daughter Julia Kamai, sister Julia Mac Lachlan, seven grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
John Yonting Sabey, 78, of Waipahu, a U.S. Army veteran who served in World War II and a retired maintenance supervisor of fire vehicles at Hickam Air Force Base, died Tuesday. He was born in Waipahu. He is survived by wife Lucinda; sons Patrick, Dennis, Jonathan, Christopher and Nathan; daughters Lourdes Wilson, Cecilia Cruz, Katherine Sabey-Cadiente and Lisa Namoc; brothers Danny Yonting and Charles and Michael Luta; sisters Lily Acoba, Julita Peterson, Elizabeth Daniel and Olena Luta; 27 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Committal service: 2 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.
Crispin Credo Tablit, 83, of Papaaloa, Hawaii, a retired tireman for the former Kohala Sugar Co., died Wednesday in Hale Anuenue Restorative Care Center. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Isidra, sons Magno and Greg, brother Juan, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Mass: 7 p.m. Friday at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Papaaloa. Call after 6 p.m. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Burial to follow at Alae Cemetery in Hilo. Casual attire.
Kunio Tamura, 83, of Honolulu, retired from the U.S. Post Office, died June 15 in Kailua. He was born in Lihue. He is survived by wife Harriet, sons Keith and James, sister Clara and two grandchildren. Services held.
Jerry Sakae Watanabe, 76, of Honolulu, a retired State of Hawaii senior building inspector, died June 29 in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Kohala, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Ruby T.; son Addison; daughters Jennifer Holland and Lexine Okouchi; brother Donald; sisters Jeanette Fujii, Shizue Ishihara, Kazue Granich and Ethel Lam; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Private services.
Reginald O. White, 80, of Honolulu, retired from the New Jersey state police department, died Thursday. He was born in Baltimore. He is survived by son Bruce Daryl and sisters Vivian Conway and Natalie Mack. Private services.
Cecilia Lum Wood, 78, of Kaneohe, a retired Lanakila Rehabilitation Center executive secretary, died last Monday in Castle Medical Center. She was born in Pearl City. She is survived by son Emroy K., daughters Ceseli "Kaina" Awaa and Mamo and MaryLou U. Wood, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services: 12:30 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Inurnment: 3 p.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Dinah Hatsume Yafuso, 49, of Honolulu, a retired State of Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations supervisor, died last Monday at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by father Morikichi, mother Fumie and brother Alvin. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Inurnment: 9:30 a.m. Friday at Oahu Cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers.
Katherine C. Young, 90, of Honolulu died Friday in Hale Ho Aloha. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by sons Erwin and Dr. Earl; daughters Dolores Yuen, Judy Ann Ching and Carol Jean Ching; brother Man Hing Chong; sister Harriet Yin; 16 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church, 720 N. King St. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Manoa Cemetery. 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.