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Virginia Poepoe Cruz, 77, of Wahiawa, a deaconess at Wahiawa Seventh Day Adventist Church, died Aug. 2. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Charles, Jona and Jonathan; daughters Joanna DeFreitas and Virginia Hostetler; brother Gulstan; sister Theodora Koidel; 10 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Burial: 10 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.Herman "Boy" Kealoha Gilman III, 43, of Waianae, a contracting foreman for Gentry Homes, died Aug. 3 at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife of 20 years Lydia Anderson and wife of one year Rhonda Lagarejos-Gilman; sons Ikaika, Helemano and Kaipo; daughter Lana; mother Fannie; sisters Ramona Yandaza, Dee Wright, Sweety Emmsley, Kahale Tulua and Rebeca Gilman; and brothers Derick and Asai. Services: 6-9 p.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Kaneohe stake center, across from King Intermediate School. Scattering of ashes: 10 a.m. Saturday at Kailua Boat Ramp, followed by family and friends gathering at noon. Aloha attire. Flowers welcomed.
Hanayo Haida, 90, of South Gate, Calif., a homemaker, died Aug. 3 in Maluhia Long Term Care Health Center. She was born in Waialua, Oahu. She is survived by sons Kenneth and Walter; daughter Clara Kramer; brother Jack Yoshida; sister Dorothy Okada; and two grandchildren. Private services.
Velma Lou L. "Leina" Hoohuli, 63, of Nanakuli, Hawaii, a Community Action Program substitute teacher for the Department of Education, died last Sunday. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Josiah "Black"; sons Ivanhoe "Boy," Josiah "Juna" Jr. and Donald "Macky"; daughters Rachel "Momi" Kailianu, Charlene "Ipo" Flint-Clendenin and Olinda "Nina" Fisher; brothers Lawrence Jr., Bernard and Reginald Adams; sisters Charlene Kaeha, Miriam "Cheena" Hokoana and Lou Ann Kaaloa; 16 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday and 11 a.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. Friday. Burial to follow at 12:30 p.m. Aloha attire.
Kazuo Kawahara, 87, of Kaneohe, died Wednesday. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by sister Mary Watanabe and brother Barney. Inurnment: 8:30 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Memorial Park.
Shizue "Doris" Koyama, 90, of Lahaina, died Aug. 2 in Hale Makua, Wailuku. She was born in Lahaina. She is survived by caregiver Lori-Ann; sons Dennis, Leonard and Paul; brothers Masaru, Fred and Tomio Nakamoto; and eight grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Wednesday at Lahaina Hongwanji Mission. A reception to follow the service at the church social hall.
Dorothy Medeiros Lara, 87, of Honolulu, died Tuesday in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son John W. Nobrega; and nieces and nephews. Mass: 10:15 a.m. Thursday at Blessed Sacrament Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 11:30 a.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Ella K. Liu, 76, of Honolulu, a retired pineapple checker at Dole Cannery, died Aug. 1 in Kaneohe. She is survived by sons David Kaawa and Von, Sonny, Ray, Willie and James Liu; daughters Kehau Lee and Terri Ebbitt; brothers Isaac, William and Liwai Kaawa; 18 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow. Aloha attire.
Evelyn Mahelona, 54, of Puhi, Kauai, died Tuesday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born in Honomu, Hawaii. She is survived by fiancee Nelson Packard; son Andre Perez; daughters Johnette Stevens and Lahela Kinimaka; parents Daniel and Eleanor Carvalho; sister Sylvia Vidinha; and eight grandchildren. Services held.
Tsukiyo Noda Nakamura, 81, of Hilo, a retired employee for the Big Island Educational Federal Credit Union, died Wednesday in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Keaau, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Edward S.; sons Terrence and Leslie; daughter Joyce Ramm; brother Masaji Noda; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Friday at the Church of the Holy Cross, 440W Lanikaula St., Hilo. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Helen Shinayo Niide, 81, of Pearl City, died Monday. She was born in Kalaoa, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Richard, Daniel and Wayne; daughters Diana Kuhns, Margaret Niide, Maureen Harada and April Whiting; brothers Clarence, George, Norman, Stanford and Robert Tsuji; 14 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Thursday at Haleiwa Shingon Mission, 66-469 Paalaa Road. Casual attire. No flowers.
Nanci A. Paiva, 52, of Hilo, a housewife and community activist, died July 27 in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Idaho. She is survived by husband James Jr. and brother Gene Klassen. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary Chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Alae Cemetery. Memorial gifts may be sent to Dodo Mortuary, Inc. Casual attire. No flowers.
Florence Barona Sambueno, 74, of Waipahu, formerly of Maunaloa, Molokai, a homemaker, died Aug. 3 in Nuuanu Hale. She was born in Lahaina. She is survived by son Roland; brothers Pedro "Pete," Raymond "Ming" and Lucio "Noi" Barona; sisters Cristita Reyes, Mercedes Espaniola, Loretta "Tetta" Santiago, Rebecca "Bing" Villarimo and Lucie Abilay; and two grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Sophia's Catholic Church, Kaunakakai, Molokai. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Kapaakea Cemetery.
Josephine Ella Kahalekipaokealohaokalani Pua Spencer, 79, of Hilo, a homemaker, died Tuesday at home. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by sons Walter, Rudy and Bryant; daughters Lavaina Lindsey, Georgia-Ann Remmers and Hawley Reese; brothers George "Nolan," Stephen and John Pua; sister Harriet "Didi Branco; 21 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. Wake services: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Dodo Mortuary Chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Mass: 12:15 p.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hilo. Call after 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery #1. Casual attire.
Robert Shigeru Tokumoto, 97, of Wahiawa, a retired foreman at Dole Hawaiian Pineapple Co., died July 28. He was born in Waialua, Hawaii. He is survived by son Bill; sister Jean Hamamura; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Inurnment: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Memorial Park. Luncheon to follow at 64 Kuahiwi Ave., Wahiawa.
Penny Witkosky, 52, of Hilo, a homemaker, died Wednesday at home. She was born in Pennsylvania. She is survived by son Bill; daughters Christine Mata and Beth A. Witkosky; mother Margaret Obergoss; sister Margie Heidorn; and eight grandchildren. Private services.
Jane Misano Yamada, 89, of Wailuku, died Aug. 3 in Hale Makua, Kahului. She was born in Kihei, Maui. She is survived by son Alvin; daughters Janet, Harriet Yoshino and Rene Kimura; brother Fred T. Ishibashi; sisters Peggy Arizumi, Joyce Kimura, June Kanada and Molly Tokunaga; 13 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. 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.