Robert Wernet / journalist
and former press secretary
Santiago Alinado Abalos, 87, of Kilauea, Kauai, an irrigator, died July 16 in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Lorette A.; sons Alvin, Benigno, Jose and Martin; daughter Marcelina Magalong; brother Victoriano; 30 grandchildren; and 35 great-grandchildren. Visitation: 6-9 p.m. Friday at the family residence, 4372 Kilauea Road. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Sylvester's Church in Kilauea. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Kilauea Public Cemetery. Casual attire.Francisca "Rosie" Arcangel, 66, of Kahului, a retired Westin Maui Hotel housekeeper, died last Wednesday in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by sons George and John; daughters Georgiana Nagata, Leona Rodrigues, Francine Arcangel and Donna-Marie Medeiros; companion Pua Kama; 14 grandchildren; two hanai grandchildren; and a stepgrandchild. Services: 3 p.m. Saturday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 2 p.m. Cremation to follow. Burial to be held at a later date.
Daniel Damaso Biacan Sr., 88, of Waipahu, died July 9. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Gloria; sons Daniel Jr., Francisco, Roger, Winford, Eugene, Swinerton and Elbridge; daughters Nymia Visteres, Helen Fernandez, Genefer Biacan, Ligaya Garingo, Erwin Fernandez, Rhodesia Herrera, Drexelaine Cabigas and Ardith Biacan; sister Maria Roy; a brother; 31 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9:45 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Church. Call after 8:45 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
James Louis Catala, 68, of Honolulu, a Hawaiian Electric Co. employee, died Saturday in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Rosary, daughters Thaela and Jacelynn, brothers Ronald and John, and sister Lois. Mass: 6 p.m. Friday at Mystical Rose Chapel. Call after 4 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to James Louis Catala scholarship fund.
Hui Sheng Cheng, 56, of Honolulu, died Friday in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in China. She is survived by husband Qing Yuan Ruan; son Zi Hang Ruan; daughters Joey and Sally Ruan; brothers Po Ko and Po Lam; sisters Feng Hua, Feng Zhu, Feng Hui and Hui Nong; and two grandchildren. Services: 8 a.m. Saturday at Oahu Cemetery Chapel. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Valley of the Temples.
Catherine A. Cordes, 81, of Honolulu, died June 11. She was born in North Kohala, Hawaii. She is survived by daughter Kathleen Fischer; sons Fred G., Thomas P., Martin and Ian; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services: 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Central Union Church. Scattering of ashes to be held off Waikiki beach. Aloha attire.
William Haven Dizer, 79, of Kihei, Maui, a U.S. Army veteran during World War II and the Korean War and a retired U.S. Army Reserve colonel, died July 12 in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Stoughton, Mass. He is survived by wife Ikuko N. and brother John T. Private services. Donations suggested to Alzheimers Association of Maui or the Maui Memorial Medical Center Foundation.
Frank Edward Donaldson of Aiea, a retired federal civil service employee and a U.S. Air Force veteran who served in the Vietnam War, died Saturday in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in South Pittsburg, Tenn. He is survived by wife Peregrina "Nanette," daughter Cheri Diana and sister Marilyn Jackson. Services: 6 p.m. Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Burial: 11 a.m. Monday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.
Mona Lee Kehaulani Kelekolio Fong, 39, of Hilo, a homemaker and former dancer at the Polynesian Cultural Center, died July 14 in St. Francis Medical Center. Services: 6 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hilo Stake Center, 1373 Kilauea Ave. Call after 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Burial to follow at Alae Cemetery. Additional information was provided by the mortuary for an obituary published Sunday.
Velma Keaho Foster, 64, of Honolulu, an Advanced Electric office coordinator, died July 14 in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Robert, Moses, Kimo and Noah; daughters Cheryl Hayes and Robin Foster; brother James Kukualani; sisters Della Y. Martin and Kendall Hopkins; 11 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Harvest Chapel. Call after 9:30 a.m.
Catherine "Cathy" Wainape Ha'o, 58, of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, a retired custodian at Kealakehe Elementary School, died July 8 in Kona Community Hospital. She was born in Kalaoa, Hawaii. She is survived by primary caregiver Nora; son Randy H.; daughters Roberta Ann P. and Blossom P.; brothers Edwin and Rofley; and sisters Annie Mandaquit, Jane Serion and Darlene Sanoria. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Kekaha Mauna Ziona Congregational Church in Kalaoa, Kona. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at church cemetery. Casual attire.
Fay Heger, 92, of Honolulu, died Thursday in Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Australia. She is survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Services: 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Sacred Heart Church on Wilder Avenue. Committal services to follow at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.
Marjorie F. Hulsey, 81, of Cape Coral, Fla., died July 11 at home. She was born in Washington, D.C. She is survived by son David D. Jr., daughter Elizabeth H. Kinne, sisters Elizabeth Turon and Dorothy F. Gershater, and four grandchildren. Services held in Florida. Donations suggested to Cape Coral Kiwanis Club Scholarship Foundation.
James "Kimo" Mack Keolamauloa Kaanapu, 47, of Kalaoa, Kona, Hawaii, a Mokulele Flight Services office manager and Hilton Waikoloa former employee, died Friday at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by parents John and Beverly Aikele, brothers Peter M.K. Kaanapu and Jonathan Aikele, and sisters Ginger L. Kaanapu and Sandra Mayberry. Services: 6 p.m. today at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kalani Street, Kailua-Kona. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Paul "Baba" Koloa Kahalewai, 47, of Honolulu, a Fort Shafter Bowling Alley service technician, died July 15 in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brothers David K., Dean L. and Dane K. Services: 6 p.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 4 p.m. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Monday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Aloha attire.
Mildred Y. Kanda, 71, of Kapaau, Hawaii, a retired account clerk at Kohala Hospital, died Saturday at home. She was born in Kohala, Hawaii. She is survived by sisters Akimi Sakamoto, Dorothy Umemoto, Doris Shigeta and Elaine Yanazaki. Services: 2 p.m. Friday at Hawi Jodo Mission. Call after 1 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Iris Tomiko Kita, 58, of Haleiwa, a retired Haleiwa Elementary School teacher, died last Wednesday. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Walter, son Benson, brothers Roy and Allen Kurizaki, and sisters Jane Kim and Doris Lee. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Waialua Ward. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Chiyoko Kodama, 87, of Honolulu, a Kodama Photo Supply & Studio owner, died Friday in Aiea. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons George and Raymond, four brothers, a sister, seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Monday at Ordenstein's Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Reception to follow. Inurnment of ashes to be held privately at a later date. Casual attire. No flowers.
Yuriko Kudo, 85, of Pahoa, Hawaii, a homemaker, died Sunday in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Lahaina. She is survived by sons Paul and Kenneth H.; brothers Toshiyuki and Michiro Mizutari; sisters Yukiko Kawai, Fusako Nishikawa and Masako Yoshioka; and four grandchildren. Services over ashes: 4 p.m. Saturday at Puna Hongwanji Mission. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Charlotte Chiyoko Mekata, 86, of Honolulu, a retired sales associate for the Army & Air Force Exchange Service at Hickam Air Force Base, died Sunday. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by brother Shiro Yokayama, sister Amy Konno, and three grandchildren. Services: noon Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Aloha attire.
Roland Kulakauka Mendoza Sr., 57, of Hilo, a retired Arakaki Mechanical boilermaker, died July 15 in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Nadine Austin; sons Reno and Roland Jr.; daughters Colleen Rezentes, Jessie Mendoza, Jennifer Omija and Rachel Galante; brothers Richard Savilla and Milton Mendoza; sisters Chris Adams, Rose Kaoiwi, Pauline Shoves, Sonia Leonard, Ding Kennedy, Lana Fowler and Leona Otani; and 15 grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Dodo Mortuary in Hilo. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 10 a.m. Monday at the mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park in the old section. Casual attire.
Shari Joanne Middleton, 61, of Kaneohe, a retired general manager of Windward Marine Resort, died July 17 in Kailua. She was born in Oregon. She is survived by son Michael Neale, daughters Tami N. Wong and Debra Chong, brother Greg Wagner, 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Services: 3 p.m. Friday at Windward Marine Resort. In lieu of flowers, donations suggested for the grandchildren. Aloha attire.
Seiei "Boxer" Nakasone, 79, of Mililani, died July 12. He was born in Waianae. He is survived by sons David, Daniel and Steve; brother George; sisters Shizuko Dombroski, Yoshino Toguchi, Sarah Uchima and Sueno Murakami; and four grandchildren. Private services.
Laura Brenda Nobles, 56, of Kahana, Maui, a real estate broker and an employee at Consolidated Real Estate and Embassy Suites, died July 14 in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in New York. Private services. Donations suggested to the American Diabetic Association, Memorial Program, P.O. Box 2680, North Canton, Ohio, 44720.
George Moriso Oasa, 69, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Shop 31 general foreman, died Friday in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born in Makaweli, Kauai. He is survived by wife Janet C., daughters Claire Muraoka and Lorraine Chun, sisters Jane H. Wataru and Joan Y. Boyd, and three grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Jean Sumiko Okada, 77, of Kahului, died Sunday at home. She was born in Sprecklesville, Maui. She is survived by son Kevin K., daughters Kiko P. and Karen K., sister Janet Smith, two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Private services. Donations suggested to Cameron Center.
Vernon Porter Peck Jr., 84, of Honolulu, a U.S. Air Force veteran and a Pex of Hawaii owner, died last Wednesday. He was born in Berkley, Calif. He is survived by daughters Pamela Zak and Deborah Peck, and sister Etoile Grace. Celebration of life and scattering of ashes: 8:30 a.m. Friday at the Outrigger Canoe Club. Casual attire.
Chase Rios, infant son of parents Jesus and Martha, of Ewa Beach, died Friday in Tripler Army Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is also survived by sister Jessica, and grandparents Gloria Morin and Amanda Rios. Private services.
Manuel Antonio Sagucio, 79, of Hanapepe, Kauai, a retired Kilauea Agronomics guava picker, died Thursday in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by son Jay-Jay "Erning"; daughters Lorenza Mariano, Gimena Antonio, Prescilla Labuguen, Shirley Viquelia and Nora Galiza; brother Paulo; 30 grandchildren; and 38 great-grandchildren. Visitation: 6-9 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Kauai Mortuary in Koloa. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. John Episcopal Church in Eleele. Call after 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Hanapepe Public Cemetery. Casual attire.
Dorothy M. Sakai, 87, of Waipahu, died July 13 at home. She is survived by daughter Sheilla K. Yoshinaga. Incorrect information was printed in an obituary published yesterday.
Janet Elizabeth Aitken Sanborn, 88, of Honolulu, a retired Punahou School secretary, died Friday in Honolulu. She was born in Buffalo, N.Y. She is survived by sister Caroline Kreitner,sons Alan, Peter and J. William, 12 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Services: 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Central Union Atherton Chapel. Private burial services. Aloha attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to Central Union Church or other charity.
Federico Bagay Santos, 65, of Pearl City, a cook at Pearl Harbor Shipyard, died July 6 in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Victoria, daughter Julie Ann, mother Emma, sister Marcelina Martin, stepdaughter Maria Eugenio and one grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Thursday and 8:30 a.m. Friday. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.
Elsie Amoy Seith, 97, of Kaneohe, a retired vice principal at Benjamin Parker School, died Sunday. She was born in Nahiku, Maui. She is survived by daughters Jewell L. Tuitele and Alice V. Aona, 16 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kaneohe 2nd Ward, 45-150 Waikalua Road. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Greenhaven Memorial Park Cemetery. Aloha attire.
Obed "Buddy" Sniffen Sr., 66, of Haiku, Maui, a Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. truck driver, died last Wednesday in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Wailuku. He is survived by companion Joan Jacobs; sons Roger O., Morgan, Obed Jr., Brian, Edwin H. and Darren J. ; daughters Shelyn E., Shannon K., Sherlyn M. and Tracy Sniffen-Jacobs; brothers John, Daniel, Frederick "Freddy," Bert "Pung" and Allen "Clover"; sisters Leocadia "D-Girl" Koki, Gladys "Tita" Christopherson and Elaine Turner; and 14 grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at St. Anthony's Church. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Dominique Kahealani Souza, infant daughter of Tanya Tavares and Shannon C. Souza, of Las Vegas, died July 14 in Palo Alto, Calif. She was born in Las Vegas. She is also survived by grandparents Fredrick and Mona Tavares, and Edward and Joan Souza; maternal great-grandparents Luana Smith and Dorothy Akamine; and paternal great-grandparents Maile Mattos, and Agnes and Victor Souza Sr. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary in Hilo. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Mel Ugale Ugale, 57, of Honolulu, a Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort employee, died Saturday in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Nena, and sisters Peregrina Udarbe and Aurelia Dig. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Nuuanu Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 8:30 a.m. Friday at St. John The Baptist Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples.
Byron Lee Vickery, 72, of Lawai, Kauai, an engineer, died Saturday at home. He was born in Alabama. He is survived by wife Lydia, sons Donald and James Hall, daughter Dia, brother Bill Clarke, sisters Sue and Kate, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 5:30 p.m. Sunday at Lee Rosendaal house, 4388 Ahopueo Drive, Kalaheo. Casual attire.
Henry Young Yau Wong, 87, of Honolulu, a retired budget analyst, died July 11. He is survived by wife Chan L., son Clayton Y., daughter Linda L.J. Lam and two grandchildren. Private services.
Suk Chae Yi, 84, of Oregon, died July 16 in Portland, Ore. She was born in Korea. She is survived by sons William and James; daughters Tammie Chang, June Min, and Ashley and Sandra Kim; 17 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Private burial.
Fumiko Yoneda, 87, of Honolulu, a retired pineapple trimmer at the former California Packing Co., died July 13 in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Waialua. She is survived by daughters Florence Kansaki, Dorothy A. Tone, and Mildred C. and Ethel Y. Yoneda; brother James Y. Yazawa; sister Kiyoko; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: noon Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. 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.