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Patrick William Campbell, 63, of Keaau, Hawaii, a marine engineer, died last Thursday at home. He was born in Havre, Mont. He is survived by wife Carol R., sons Richard Stockton-Campbell and Michael R. and Matthew A. Campbell, daughter Julia, hanai daughter Elizabeth Schnell and sisters Virginia Boegli and Katherine Kutschke. Private services.

Kok Ung Chee, 96, of Kahului, a retired First Hawaiian Bank employee, died July 2 in Hale Makua Kahului. He was born in Paia, Maui. He is survived by daughter Evelyn Nemeth, brother Ah Hong Chee, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Celebration of life: 4 p.m. tomorrow at Kahului Union Church. Call after 3:30 p.m. Aloha attire.

Donald Neil Groves Sr., 83, of Honolulu died Tuesday in Honolulu. He was born in Oklahoma. He is survived by sons Dave, Mike and Don Jr.; partner in life Myong Delong; and six grandchildren. Private services.

Carol Leimomi Ahmad Houssein-Smith, 60, of Honolulu, died June 30 in Honolulu. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by daughters Halawe Atwood and Sonja Plietez; son Steven E. Atwood; sister Halawe Bohrear; brothers Puhipau Ahmad, Harrub Ahmad-Houssein, Walter Paulo and Jullian and Antone Henriques; and six grandchildren. Private services.

Kiyogi Inouye, 79, of Waipahu, a retired Oahu Sugar Co. truck driver, died July 4 at home. He was born in Waiahole. He is survived by son Ralph, daughter Aileen M. Akiyama, sister Michiko Adachi and four grandchildren. Private services.

Jane Y. Kaizawa, 80, of Honolulu, a retired Surfrider Inc. seamstress, died Sunday in Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Kohala, Hawaii. She is survived by brothers Frank and Soken Itomura and sisters Kathleen Chun-Ming, Hideko Ishibashi, Sue Yamamoto, Sachi Cox and Linda Miike. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Tadashi Kamite, 83, of Honolulu, a retired U.S. Postal Service mail carrier, died last Thursday in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Amy Emiko, son Dennis T. and daughters Lavonne Hara and Pauline Kamite-Dorsey. Private services.

Anela Kamilipua Kauhaihao, 3, and Kuulei Camille Kauhaihao, 12, of Waihou, Hawaii, will be remembered in a celebration of life 10 a.m. Sunday at the Kauhaihao residence in Waihou. Call after 8 a.m. The girls were killed Monday when a family pickup truck accidentally rolled over them. They were born in Kona. They are survived by parents John and Lilinoe; sisters Charley K. and Pualani L.; grandparents Edwin and Barbara Nobriga, and Shirley and Lyle Ikeuchi; and great-grandmother Kapua Heuer. Casual attire. Flowers welcome. Donations suggested to Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Kona Historical Society, HHSRA Keiki Memorial Fund or Hulihee Palace.

Chiyoko Kubota, 85, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died Monday. She was born in Kukaiau, Hawaii. She is survived by son Ronald, daughter Karen Cox, brothers Howard and Herbert Hoshide, four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m.

Esther Kwai Tau Lee, 71, of Honolulu died Saturday. She was born in Waiau. She is survived by husband David; son Bill; brothers Robert and Albert Foo; and sisters Lily Lum, Janet Mau and Alice Young. Private services.

Frederico Lagon Sr., 74, of Las Vegas died June 26. He was born in Waipahu. He is survived by wife Theodora; sons Patrick Lagon-Melillo and Frederico Jr., Robert, Michael, Albert and Jon Lagon; daughters Barbra and Jayne; brothers Lucas Laoron, Lawrence Movera and Frank, Dan and Vinito Lagon; sisters Christine Turner and Philomena Goode; 13 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Jean Cornelia Macy, 69, of Kaneohe, a retired computer technician, died June 28 in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Gerald Chun-Fook and Peter and Barrett Loo; sisters Charlinne Barios, Yvonne Gray, Stephanie Gonzalez and Nina May Tapia; brothers Conrad Chun-Fook and Billy, Michael and Robert Musselman; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services pending.

William Maluo Makua, 82, of Hilo, a retired County of Hawaii custodian, died Tuesday in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Mountain View, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Gloria, daughter Mary, sister Mary K. Rapana and three grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Alae Cemetery in Hilo. Casual attire.

Kama Momohara, 103, of Laupahoehoe, Hawaii, a homemaker, died Tuesday in North Hawaii Community Hospital. She was born on Okinawa. She is survived by sons Hideo, Yoshio, Sadao, Matsuo, Shigeo, Mitsuo and Hiroo; daughter Mae Matsushige; 20 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. Services: 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Dodo Mortuary in Hilo. Call after 2:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Namiko Nakagawa, 82, of Honolulu died June 26 in Kuakini Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Dennis, Wayne and Ray; daughter Wendy Kato; brothers Herbert and Ronald Nakayama; sisters Helen Tanouye, Grace Chikuma and June Kaneshiro; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Private services.

Minoru Nitta, 87, of Waimea, Kauai, died Wednesday in Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital. He was born in Kekaha, Kauai. He is survived by wife Fumie; sons Stephen and Owen; daughter Diane Smith; brother Isao; sisters Amako Fujihara, Yoshimi Kawahara and Toyoko Miyazaki; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Garden Island Mortuary. Call after 3:30 p.m. Casual attire.

Tavesi "Mosi" Paleafei, 50, of Honolulu died June 30. He was born in American Samoa. He is survived by wife Rosa; sons Tony M., Tavesi, Mark, Christopher, Lee, Hogan and Tanu; daughters Sipepa T. Puletu and Zipporan and Tutuila Paleafei; brothers Leuia, Issako and Leuma Paleafei and Domingo and Roy Laurita; sister Sipepa P. Taliulu; and six grandchildren. Services: 9:30 a.m. Monday at Hawaii First Samoan Assembly of God Church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.

Evelyn T.K. Perreira, 64, of Waimea, Hawaii, a homemaker, died July 2 in North Hawaii Community Hospital. She was born in Holualoa, Hawaii. She is survived by son Francis K. Jr., daughter Daisy Hooper, brother Peter Kuilipule, sisters Adele Bagey and Emelia Horie, hanai daughter Lee Tavares-Kealoha, hanai son Jan Perreira, 15 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. today at Annunciation Puako Catholic Church in Waimea. Call after 6 p.m. Graveside services: 10 a.m. tomorrow at Waimea Catholic Cemetery. Casual attire.

Jeannette Schuchman Rosen, 88, of Hana, Maui, a homemaker, died July 2 in Hale Makua, Kahului. She was born in Newport, Ky. She is survived by sons Charlie Butterfly, Froyam Edel and Merlen Hatter; sisters Ruth Rosenthal and Edith Berlin; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Memorial service and celebration of her life: 10 a.m. July 21 at 15 Oki Place, Waihee, Maui. No flowers. Donations suggested to Hana Arts, P.O. Box 686, Hana, HI 96713.

Frank L. Spillman, 81, of Honolulu, a retired U.S. Navy commander and former broker for Kona Kai Realty, died Saturday. He was born in St. Joseph, Mich. He is survived by wife Mary J.; son Frank; daughters Ginny Riley, Sylvia Farias and Jeanette Pocan; and four grandchildren. Private services. Inurnment at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at a later date.

Herbert "Kona" Tanaka, 83, of Kaneohe died July 4 in Honolulu. He was born in Holualoa, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Violet; sons Herbert Jr., Timmy, Michael and Jordon; daughter Fay Chang; sister Kunie Odagawa; brother Katsuki Tanaka; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Private services.

Pearl Elizabeth Ullyot, 86, of Hawaii Kai, a homemaker, died July 3. She was born in Webster, S.D. She is survived by daughters Tamara Baker and Wendie Wong, son Isaac Ullyot, brother Kennedy Gregerson, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services to be held in Wickenburg, Ariz., at a later date.

Carolyn Sue Walkabout, 76, of Hilo, a retired systems analyst for the federal government, died last Friday in Life Care Center of Hilo. She was born in Tulsa, Okla. She is survived by son Jerry, brothers Stephen and William Pappan, and a grandchild. Services on the mainland.

Henry George Warren, 92, of Kailua-Kona, a retired owner and manager of a trailer park in Oregon, died June 27 at home. He was born in Custer, S.D. He is survived by wife Mary, sons William and James M., daughter Irene L. Murphy, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild. No services.

Annie E. Leialoha Yamane, 86, of Kahului, a retired Maui Pineapple Co. factory worker, died Tuesday in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Paia, Maui. She is survived by son Richard "Putt" Jr.; daughters Yvonne "Hideko" Zachman and Stephanie "Kuchie" Kapoi; sisters Myrna Kaholokula, Mary Zanakis and Genevive Gilderseeve; brothers Robert, John and Arthur English; eight grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park.

Audrey Nani Yip Chow, 71, of Wailuku, a Maui Beach Hotel front desk cashier, died Tuesday at home. She was born in Puunene, Maui. She is survived by son James; daughter Ferrene; sister Rowena Hong; brothers Matthew, Colbert and Gordon Mitchell; a grandchild; and a great-grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. tomorrow at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kahului Ward. Call after 10 a.m. Cremation to follow.

Vivian Chang Young, 81, of Mililani, a retired Hickam Air Force Base secretary, died last Friday in St. Francis Hospice-West. She was born in Kahuku. She is survived by daughters Patricia Skelton and Vernette Fukuda, brother Franklin Chang, sisters Alice Doyle and Gildea Downing, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Private services.



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.



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