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Geraldine "Gerry" Ah Yo, 70, of Hilo, a St. Joseph Elementary and High School supervisor, died Monday at home. She was born in Olaa, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Gabriel K. Sr.; sons Gabriel K. Jr., Wilson J. and Gordon T.; daughters Teresa L. and Margaret M.; hanai son Paul K. Jr.; brothers Wilfred and Willington Park; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Visitation: noon-2 p.m. Sunday at 30 Kauhane Ave., Hilo. Services: 3:30 p.m. at St. Joseph School cafeteria in Hilo. Call after 2 p.m. For more information, call 935-1625. Casual attire.Mary Luahiwa Beck Avant, 102, of Honolulu, died Aug. 21 in Hale Ho Aloha in Honolulu. She is survived by son George McMillan-Gordon, daughter Katherine Farm, eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. The mortuary provided incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday.
Asako Terada Cooke, 86, of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, a retired Keaukaha Elementary School cafeteria manager, died Sunday in Kona Community Hospital. She was born in Ninole, Hawaii. She is survived by son Richard; daughters Winona Kitaoka and Barbara and Chrisana N. Cooke; sisters Hanako Kuwaye, Yoshiko Kishinami, Yuriko Yahiro, Mieko Hiramoto and Yaeko Kunishige; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Private services.
Anita Shirley Coppel, 80, of Kailua, a homemaker, died Sunday in Kailua. She was born in New York. She is survived by son Steve G. and brother Alfred Goldman. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Temple Emanu-El, 2550 Pali Hwy., Honolulu. Call after 10:30 a.m. Inurnment: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.
Angeline Clara Dinon, 89, of Kalaoa, Kona, Hawaii, a homemaker, died Monday in Kona Community Hospital. She was born in Saginaw, Mich. She is survived by daughter Norma Armstrong and hanai grandson Christopher Armstrong. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Kahaluu, Kona. The boat Happy Times will depart from Honokohau Harbor for scattering of ashes at sea.
David K.S. Eum, 72, of Lompoc, Calif., a U.S. Air Force major, died June 13. He was born in Waipahu. He is survived by wife Akiko; sons Timothy, John, James and David; daughters Esther, Rachel, Sarah and Mary; and nine grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. today at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.
Gilbert Manuel Feliciano, 77, of Kahului, a retired meat cutter, died Monday at Hale Makua in Kahului. He was born in Paia, Maui. He is survived by daughters Jo-Ann F. Potter and Tracy Feliciano, sons Mark J. and Garret A., brothers Daniel and Frank Feliciano and Leroy Fernandez, sister Dorothy Ayella, seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 2:30 p.m. at Maui Veterans Cemetery.
Roseanna Maria Freimark, 37, of Kapaa, Kauai, died Friday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by father James, brothers Leonard and Thomas, stepbrother Wesley Costa, sisters Jamie Freimark and Sindey Perrles, and stepsisters Debra Quicusan and Mona Hill. Services pending.
Betty Jane Henderson, 71, of Mililani, died Aug. 1 in Mililani. She was born in Melbourne, Ky. She is survived by sisters Marion Greis and Delores Pigg. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. John Apostle and Evangelist Church, 95-370 Kuahelani Ave., Mililani. No flowers or donations.
Thomas H. Ige, 86, of Honolulu, a University of Hawaii-Manoa economics professor, died last Thursday In Hale Nani Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. He was born in Waipahu. He is survived by wife Hiroko H.; son Glenn; daughter Diane; brothers Yasuichi, Kosaburo and Hiroshi; sisters Alice Y. Ikehara; and a grandchild. Private services.
Dr. Richard Seiyu "Doc" Inamine, 56, of Honolulu, a self-employed medical physician, died Friday in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Brenda Gay; son Clinton; daughter Jessica Inamine; brothers George Shimabukuro, Robert and Henry Shimabuku and Dr. Gary Inamine; and sister Florence Yogi. Services: noon Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Robert Allan "Bobby" Kamelamela, 43, of Hilo, a driver for Cantor Bros. Hauling Service Inc., died Friday in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Oceanside, Calif. He is survived by wife Lee Ann; sons Ikaika and Makaha'aheo; daughters Kau'ikiele and Pepedolly; mother May K.; brothers Mallory and Derrick; sisters Eliza Poaipuni, Danette "Sis" Kamelamela, Jacque Hiro and Karen-Jo McMichael; and two grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Dodo Mortuary in Hilo. Call after 5 p.m. Cremation to follow. Private scattering of ashes to be held at a later date. Casual attire. No flowers.
Teruo Kitayama, 87, of Papaikou, Hawaii, died last Thursday in Life Care Center of Hilo. He was born in Papaikou. He is survived by wife Mitsuye, sons Wallace T. and Oren K., daughter Phyllis A. Withers, sisters Mitsuko Haraguchi and Tsuyako Takato, and four grandchildren. Private services.
Toyoko Kiyomoto, 77, of Kula, Maui, died Aug. 17 in Kula. She was born in Kahului. She is survived by husband Ayato; son Daniel; daughters Sharon Iwasaki and Arleen Shoemaker; brothers Masayuki, Tom and Kazuo Miyake; sister Mieko Yamada; and two grandchildren. Private services. Burial to be held at Makawao Veterans Cemetery.
Kanao Koga, 85, of Papaaloa, Hawaii, a retired replant supervisor for the former Hamakua Sugar Co., died Aug. 17 in North Hawaii Community Hospital. He was born in Kaapahu, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Sadako, son Alan, brothers Manabu and Tokuichi, and two grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Sunday at Dodo Mortuary in Hilo. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Mary Matildo Levinthol, 73, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died Aug. 11 in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by brother Raymond Matildo; daughter Lillian; sisters Minnie Ortiz, Rosita Garcia and Lucy Feathers; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Private services.
Henry Quong Chee Mark, 90, of Honolulu and Kapolei, died Aug. 16 in Ka Punawai Ola. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Clyde, daughter Lea-Ann Shimabukuro, brothers George and Charles, sister Lena Hung and four grandchildren. Services held.
Edythe Marie Minton, 83, of Paia, Maui, and La Mesa, Calif., a homemaker, died Monday in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Kansas. She is survived by husband Francis M., daughters Carol Nigro and Coreen Gardella, and four grandchildren. Private services.
Toshi Orite Morimoto, 82, of Kahului, died Aug. 18 in Kahului. She was born in Sprecklesville, Maui. She is survived by husband Munaki; sons Clyde, Michael and Allan; daughter Sandy Imura; brothers Yukio Orite and Henry and Richard Noda; sisters Nancy Taba and Fay Zukeran; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Private services.
Tsuyako Okazaki, 75, of Honolulu, died last Thursday in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Waimea, Kauai. She is survived by husband Masao, son Glenn, daughters Cynthia Nakazaki and Gale Le Gros, brother Teiichi Sano, sisters Tomie Inouye and Hamae Ijima, seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. today at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire.
Winifred Tom O'Rourke, 94, of Kaneohe, a retired State of Hawaii schoolteacher, died last Thursday in Kaneohe. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughters Francis Fuller and Jean C. Borges, brother Richard Tom, sisters Mildred Young and Edna Ching, 11 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Services: 12:30 p.m. Sept. 9 at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Burial to follow at the park cemetery. Call after 11 a.m.
George William Poole, 67, of Makawao, Maui, a realtor for Carol Ball and Associates, died Friday in Kahului. He was born in New Jersey. He is survived by wife Vera L.; mother Helen; son David W.; sisters Dorothy, Barbara, Rita and Eileen; and two grandchildren. Celebration of life and potluck: 11 a.m. Sunday at Kanaha Beach Park. Scattering of ashes to follow services.
Elena Ann Tran, 35, of Hilo, died Saturday at home. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by husband Nien; sons Nien Jr. and Tony; daughter Elaine; mother Eliza Cruz; sisters Rachel Arrojo and Linda, Elizabeth, Margarita, Monalisa, Nancy, Chica, Keleeda and Nena Cruz; brother Gillyboy Cruz; and a grandchild. Services: noon Saturday at Dodo Mortuary in Hilo. Call after 11 a.m. Casual attire.
Michael J. Walsh, 66, of Kailua-Kona, an engineer and builder, died June 9 in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Ireland. He is survived by brothers Sean, Paddy, Francis and Matthew; and sisters Bridget Hill, Peggy Emmison and Monica Rogers. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Michael's Catholic Church on Alii Drive in Kailua-Kona.
Irene Weaver, 82, of Chalan Pago, Guam, formerly of Kaaawa, died Tuesday at home. She was born in Omaha, Neb. She is survived by daughters Beverlea Weaver and Barbara Kanda, and five grandchildren. Services to be held in Guam.
Walter F. Yamaguchi, 95, of Kaneohe, a retired painter for Kaneshige Contractors, died Aug. 21 in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Japan. He is survived by sons Phillip T. and Rodney I., daughter Sharon Tamashiro, brother Itsuo, sister Sueko Nose and six grandchildren. Private services.
Harry H.S. Young, 90, of Mililani, a retired Hawaiian Electric Co. employee, died Aug. 13. He was born in Puueo, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Margaret, son Calvin, daughters Lynn Martin and Lorraine Young, brothers John and Hood, sisters Ellen Yee and Betty Lum, and five grandchildren. Services: 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 2:30 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Clifford Kwock Mun Yuen, 76, of Honolulu, a retired McKinley High School auto shop teacher, died Aug. 21 in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Sheron and sons Clifford K.F., Carlton K.C. and Charles K.H. Services: noon Saturday at Punahou School Thurston Chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park.
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.