Yolanda Marie Adams, 46, of Kailua, a teacher for Windward Christian Academy in Kaneohe, died Saturday. She was born in Hollywood, Calif. She is survived by husband Col. Paul Adams USMC, son Stephen, daughters Joy and Heather, mother, four sisters and three brothers. Celebration of Life: 7:30 p.m. today at Kaneohe Marine Corps Base Chapel. Funeral services to be held in California. Casual and aloha attire.Dr. Richard Turberville Arnest Jr., 77, of Max Meadows, Va., a retired U.S. Navy veteran who commanded naval medical operations in Vietnam and Pearl Harbor, died Saturday in Virginia. He was born in Pennsylvania. He is survived by wife Susan O.; sons Richard T. III, John J. and David E.; daughter Valerie Kanuma; and nine grandchildren. Services to be held at a later date. Donations suggested to American Cancer Society, Memorials, c/o Jean Lester, P.O. Box 778, Wytheville, VA 24382.
William Carvalho Sr., 87, of Honolulu, a retired Public Works Center mason, died Aug. 6. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Alfred, daughters Marilyn Alejado and Deborah Kupau-Bailey, sister Helen Camara, 11 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Burial: 9 a.m. Saturday at Oahu Cemetery.
Walter W.C. "Hoppy" Chee, 75, of Waipahu, a retired city maintenance supervisor, died July 31 in Waipahu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brothers Albert and Gilbert; sisters Ellen Lui, Miriam Kong, Natalie Young, Susie Lapid, Betty Keahi, Janet Maunupau; and caregiver Hildegard "Lani" Akee. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.
William Fook On Chong, 91, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard electrical estimator planner, died Friday in Honolulu. He was born in Hawaii. He is survived by wife Rose Chong; sons Jerry, Dana and Wesley; brother Herbert; sisters Mildred Lau, Lillian Pardee and Mabel Ching; and seven grandchildren. Visitation: 9-11:30 a.m. Sunday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Paula Irene Dias, 63, of Kapolei, died Aug. 3 in Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Ohio. She is survived by husband Donald P., daughter Elizabeth, sons Donald II and Ronald, sister Gail Hoover, brothers Mike and Lee Hoover, 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Private services.
Eduardo "Narding" Mendoza Flores, 77, of Waipahu, a former teacher in the Philippines and a retired Hilton Hawaiian Village employee, died Saturday. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Eladia; sons Benjamin, Jimmy, Angelito and Rafael; daughters Violeta Paraiso, Nenita Cabato, Gloria Gagarin, Felicidad Mallari and Esther Tabangcura; brother Prudencio; sister Marcelina Bautista; 26 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11:15 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Gloria Mayos Gorospe, 27, of Pepeekeo will be remembered in visitation 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary in Hilo. Services: 12:30 p.m. Sunday at Honpa Hongwanji, Hilo Betsuin Church, 398 Kilauea Ave., Hilo. Call after noon. Gorospe was found dead July 30 on the floor at home. She was born in the Philippines and was a manager for the Kaikodo Building in Hilo. She is survived by husband Warlito C., daughter Amber J., parents Francis R. and Erlinda A. Mayos, and brother Francis A. Mayos. Burial to follow at Alae Cemetery.
Fowler "Al" Leach Jr., 75, of Kaneohe, a swap meet jeweler, died Monday in Ewa Beach. He was born in Los Angeles. He is survived by wife Betty, son Jim, daughters Sandy Adams and Donna Street, sister Dorothy Ereck and four grandchildren. Private services.
Frank "Blackie" Niihau, 70, of Waimanalo, a retired heavy-equipment operator, died Saturday. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Victoria Kiesel-Niihau; sons Frank Jr., Charles "Chuckie," Manny Jr., Ike, Russell and Felix; daughters Johnette Tai-Stauffer, Jaunita "Susie" Kaopuiki, Victoria "Vicky Girl" Wago, Naomi Ballesteros, Joann Tabara, Doreen Galletes and Leeann Frias; parents Josep and Violet Santiago; sisters Margaret Victorino and Rosalia "Lokalia" Dias; brother Gene; 13 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Niihau's residence, 41-692 Bell St. Call after 9 a.m.
Seichi Nosaka, 78, of Honolulu, a retired certified public accountant, died June 22 in Tripler Army Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brothers Charles and Raymond, sister Terry Akizuki and caregivers Henry Iwasa Jr. and Katherine Kawasaki. Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. No flowers.
Albert Kiyoshi Onaka, 88, of Honolulu, a retired business owner, died Aug. 1 in Hale Ho Aloha Nursing Home. He was born in Holualoa, Kona, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Doris; sons Wayne, Calvin and Leslie; brothers Bunji Nakamura and Rodney Onaka; sisters Kikue Yamata, Kiyono Matsunami, Adele Kumamaru and Rochelle Ashikawa; and two grandchildren. Private services.
Dara Rei Onishi, 26, of Honolulu, will be remembered in services 6 p.m. Monday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Onishi died Friday when a 6-ton boulder tumbled down a steep hillside into her bedroom and landed on her bed. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by parents Patrick and Gail and brothers Brady and Blaine. Cremation to follow. Casual attire.
Nicholas "Sonny" Alfred Ortiz, 64, of Kahului, a Star Market stock clerk, died Aug. 7 in Hale Makua, Wailuku. He was born in Wailuku. He is survived by son Nicholas A. Jr., brother Herman Patao and sisters Florence S. Bersamin and Patricia Baum. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at Christ the King Church. Call after 9 a.m. Scattering of ashes to follow in the ocean.
Remegio Baniaga Pascua Sr., 77, of Lanai died Saturday in Lanai. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Irene; sons Ray and Alec Pascua and Arthur and Adrian Haban; daughters Deborah Pascua, Anita Haban, Nadine Malunay, Kelly Siruno and Mei Li Akana; brother David; sister Betty; 15 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Mass: noon Saturday at Sacred Hearts Church. Call after 8 a.m. Cremation and private scattering of ashes to be held at a later date.
Ernest "Groucho" Silva, 84, of Kahului, a telephone repairman for the former GTE Hawaiian Tel, died Saturday at home. He was born in Puunene, Maui. He is survived by wife Katherine, daughters Ann Estrella and Jean de Ville, sons Jeffrey and Patrick, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Christ the King Church in Kahului. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to take place at Maui Veterans Cemetery in Makawao. Aloha and casual attire.
Sencere Leinaala Sugimoto, also known as "Lei" and "Cere," 50, of Wahiawa, died Aug. 5. She was born in Waialua. She is survived by husband Ernest; daughter Rachel "Suala" "Alamoto" Navarro; brothers Raymond Jr. and Thomas Kawahakui; sisters Debrapat Oliveira, Arlene Kawahakui and Naomi Kanakaole; and two grandchildren. Services: 11 p.m. Saturday at Liliouokalani Protestant Church. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire.
Tsuyomi Ogata Takahama, 88, of Kailua died Aug. 1 in Kaneohe. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by son Ronald, daughters Eileen Natori and Gail Shore, sister Nasuyo Doi, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Private services.
Ben Nia Taualo, 24, of Waianae, a Kapolei Middle School security attendant, died Friday in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by parents Fiamalo Jr. and Maipo; sisters Christy L., Cassandra L. and Chelsea T.; and grandparents. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Waianae United Methodist Church, 85-693 Farrington Hwy. Call after 3:30 p.m. Additional services: 10 a.m. Monday at the church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Sunset Memorial Park.
Catherine Itsuko Tomita, 69, of Honolulu, formerly of Maui, a retired typist and bookkeeper for Atlas Insurance Agency, died Monday. She was born in Paia. She is survived by husband Melvin "Mike"; son Mikey K.; daughters Gail A. Shimizu, Lauren M. Clark and Roxsanne M. Tomita; brother Fred T. Arai; sisters Patsy F. Araki, Rose T. Ohashi, Mildred M. Nitta and Harriet H. Goshi; and nine grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Jack Arthur Wood Jr., 70, of Hawaii Kai, a retired pharmacist for Costco and a veteran of the U.S. Army and Air Force, died Saturday in Straub Clinic and Hospital. He was born in Los Angeles. He is survived by wife Tami and daughter Aletha. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.
Agnes Gonsalves Kaululaau Wright, 79, of Kaneohe, died Friday in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Thomas K.; son Thomas M.K.; daughters Linda Tom, Janis Kaululaau-Gerwien and Carolmae Anderson; brothers Ernest, George and Walter Gonsalves, sisters Cecilia Robello and Dorothy Fuller; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services: 9:45 a.m. Saturday at St. Ann's Church, 46-129 Haiku Road, Kaneohe. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: 11 a.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Ruth U. Yamada, 92, of Honolulu, a former proprietor for Kukui Sausage Factory, died Sunday in Waipahu. She was born in Lahaina. She is survived by daughters Mildred Kawaguchi, Harriet Nagao and Lilian Hiratani; brother Tetsuyuki Nakamoto; sister June Randall; 10 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Private services to be held at a later date.
Dolores Marie Yamaguchi, 74, of Pearl City, died July 29. She was born in Vanceburg, Ky. She is survived by son Yasu J., daughter Regina Robertson, brother Charles Dunaway, two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Memorial Park and Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at the park. Casual attire. No flowers.
James Masao Yoshihara, 87, of Kaneohe, a retired SALTA Construction owner, died July 30. He was born in Haiku, Maui. He is survived by wife Misao; son Patrick; daughters Susan Tamanaha, Linda Masuoka and Irene Tamashiro; brothers Koichi and Isami; sisters Misao Tamura, Sumiko Kikiloi, Janet Hieber and Elaine Lawrence; and seven 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.