James L.F. Ching, 63, of Honolulu, a radar operator, died Tuesday. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Karen, brothers Elmo and Robert, and sister Yuk L. Chung. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Memorial Park and Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6:30 p.m. Burial: 9 a.m. Friday at Nuuanu Memorial Park.Samuel Albert Cornelio, 66, of Kahului, a Mason helper, died Aug. 23 in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Kohala, Hawaii. He is survived by son Samuel; daughters Susan D. Silva and Kathleen Franco; hanai daughters Roberta William and Paulette and Percilla Freitas; brothers Henry and Alfred; sisters Margaret Hubin, Juanita Alverez, Connie Rodrigues, Mary Caravalho and Lourdes Basque; and seven grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Nakamura Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire.
Alice Grace Giubilato, 68, of Honolulu, a retired educator with the Department of Education and Kamehameha Schools, died Sept. 1 in Honolulu. She was born in Glenridge, N.J. She is survived by sons Jim and Jack, daughter Jo and three grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Sunday at Giubilato's home. Call 383-8453 for more information. Inurnment: 8:30 a.m. next Monday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Donations suggested to Hospice Hawaii. Call 924-9255.
Stanley Tokunobu Hamamura, 85, of Honolulu, a retired dental technician and a U.S. Army veteran who served in the 100th Battalion and 442nd Infantry Regiment, died Aug. 30 in Queen's Medical Center. The mortuary provided additional information for an obituary published Saturday.
Misano Imanaka, 87, of Hilo, formerly of Papaikou, Hawaii, died Tuesday in Kuakini Geriatric Care. She is survived by son Hisashi; daughters Yasuko Hee, Masako Okumura, Patsy Murakami and Karen Sato; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. The mortuary provided incorrect information for an obituary published Saturday.
Robert "Uncle Lani" Waiola Kanahele, 57, of Pahoa, Hawaii, a Hawaiian musician and entertainer and a Hawaiian-language teacher at the University of Hawaii-Hilo, died Aug. 29 in Hilo Medical Center. He was born on Niihau. He is survived by father Henry W., brothers Henry and Joseph A., and sister Helen. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary in Hilo. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Alae Cemetery. Casual attire.
Hwa Sook Kim, 76, of Honolulu, died Saturday in Honolulu. She was born in Korea. She is survived by sons Youngchul, Youngho and Youngkyo; daughters Youngja Masters, Jinja Woolard, Jessica Kim and Ester Broome; 17 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.
Francis Pua Labajo, 50, of Wahiawa, a Hertz Rent a Car employee and an Island Magic Band member, died Aug. 28 in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Mary; sons Francis and Michael; daughters Sandee Malina and Stacy Labajo-Duran; brothers Peter Tinao and Joe, Kimo, Matt and Leonard Labajo; sisters Jay Sabate and Mary Nelson; and seven grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire. No flowers.
David Yoshimasa Okubo, 80, of Honolulu, a retired budget analyst for the federal government, died Aug. 29 in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Alice, daughter Twyla Kim, brother Richard, sister Ruth Yamagata and three grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Richard Kisei Oshiro, 89, of Waipahu, a retired Mason employee, died Aug. 31. He was born in Ewa. He is survived by wife Fumiko; sons Herbert and Stanley; daughter Eunice Irinaka; brothers Larry, Yoshio and Kitoku; sister Fumie Asato; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Evan Barboza Souza, 89, of Kaneohe, died Aug. 26 in Honolulu. She is survived by son Francis, brother Charles Barboza, sisters Ida Freitas and Josephine Latonio, 10 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. Mass: 12:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Ann's Catholic Church. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Sialofi Va'a Sula, 96, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died Tuesday at home. She was born in Western Samoa. She is survived by sons Simetoa, Sakaio, Lipine and Fa'afetai Sula and Saunoa Mula; daughters Fetaiai Ta'amu, Lemasani Tuzon and Salaevalu Mua; sister Fa'afalega Va'a; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. next Monday at Mililani Memorial Park and Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.
Benito Barlaan Tano, 91, of Wahiawa, a retired Dole Co. employee, died Friday in Kauai Care Center. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Beatrice; sons James, Lawrence, Melvin, Edwin, Darrel and Dean; daughters Marjorie Magaoay and Beverly Heder; sister Angela Tubon; 35 grandchildren; and 30 great grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Newton Chapel, 95-530 Kaahele St. Call after 4 p.m. Burial: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Joseph Jiro Tokumoto, 74, of Aiea, a retired Airways Service owner and a Miyazaki Service employee, died Thursday in St. Francis Hospice West. He was born in Paauilo, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Mary, son Vance, daughters Jan McManaman and Holly Brock, sisters Gladys Yamanoha and Ruby Goto, and two grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Committal service and inurnment to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.
James Douglas Valite-Andersen, 53, of Honolulu, a systems engineering vice president for Bank of Hawaii, died Wednesday at home. He was born in Michigan. He is survived by wife Arlinda E., sons Nicholas V. and Gregory D., brother John D. and sister Gerry. Services: 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m.
Harry Young He Whang, 73, of Honolulu, a retired carpenter for George S. Soranaka, general contractor, died Aug. 28 in Straub Clinic and Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughters Sharon Ito, Janice Tom and Faith Kimura; sisters Agnes O'Reilly and Lily Lima; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 9 a.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Committal service and burial to follow at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha 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.