Eliseo Bala Agor Sr., 89, of Pearl City, an electrician for the federal government, died Friday in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Teodosia; son Mike; daughters Pat Gose, Cathie Agor-Haynes and Tici Glen; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of Good Council Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.Noriaki Atsuumi, 92, of Honolulu, a retired Shimaya Shoten employee, died last Tuesday at home. He was born in Papaikou, Hawaii. He is survived by son Norris, daughter Judith Tanaka, mother Hiro and three grandchildren. Private services.
Robert Maurice Baker, 63, of Ocean View, Hawaii, a retired research laboratory technician for the federal government, died Aug. 31 in Kau Hospital. He was born in Pennsylvania. He is survived by wife Carole, daughters Marya and Heather, and sister Betty Dorfan. Private services.
George Oyangorin Camarillo Sr., 68, of Hilo, founder of Waiakea Intermediate School Ukelele Band and a retired teacher for Kalanianaole School and Waiakea Intermediate School, died Wednesday in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Koloa, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Connie; sons Rama, George Jr. and Davin; daughters La Roma Tomosada and Lila Parong; brothers Diosdado and Pat; sister Angela Almonte; and 18 grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary in Hilo. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at New Hope Christian Fellowship Hilo gathering place. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Alfredo Diego Dela Cruz, 77, of Honolulu, a former farmer in the Philippines and a construction worker in Hawaii, died Sept. 2. He was born in Kahuku. He is survived by wife Gavina; daughters Juliete Baoit and Josephina Dela Cruz; brother Simeon; sisters Maria Solidad and Dinang and Marga Dela Cruz; nine grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary, East Chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. John the Baptist. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Valley of the Temples.
Richard Toshio Funai, 93, of Waialua, a retired teacher and athletic director for Waialua High School, died Aug. 25. He was born in Kawailoa. He is survived by wife Eiko, son Dr. John, daughters Marilyn Yu and Louise Funai, sister Hajime Yoshimoto, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Memorial Park and Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 4 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Fred Nikolao Hahn, 74, of Waianae, died Aug. 28 in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in American Samoa. He is survived by sons Elmer and Frank "Ed," daughter Theresa Fuga, sisters Margaret Auten and Elizabeth Fuata, 12 grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Mass: noon Saturday at Sacred Hearts Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.
Shurei Hirozawa, 83, of Honolulu, a retired Honolulu Star-Bulletin news reporter and a retired First Hawaiian Bank vice president, will be remembered in services at 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. The family requests casual attire and that flowers be omitted. He died Thursday at home. He was born in Eleele, Hawaii.
Charles Shigemi Ikeda, 83, of Wahiawa, a retired Pacific Construction carpenter, died Aug. 26 in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Hookena, South Kona, Hawaii. He is survived by sons Howard, Mervin, Wilfred, Milton and Wayne; brother Stanley; sister Ethel Keyes; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: noon Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Aloha attire.
Alice Pauline Turner Littell Kaawa, 78, of Hawaiian Ocean View Estates, Hawaii, a substitute teacher for Naalehu Elementary School, died Aug. 30 in Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Alger, Ohio. She is survived by husband Archie; sons Joseph, Terry, Loran and Scott Littell; daughter Judith L. Garcia; hanai sons Wayne Tamura, Clifford Salmo, Gary Kellam, Ross Esperon and Justin Kanakoole; hanai daughters Pua O. Randall, Arnell Tamura and Gail Olson; eight grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kau Ward in Naalehu. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Naalehu Community Cemetery. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Gary Satoshi Kawasaka, 59, of Hilo, a Department of Water Supply engineering division head for Hawaii County, died Saturday in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Wilma M., son Garett I., daughter Kim N., mother Matsuko Asuka, brother Dennis and sisters Carol Ikeda and Sandra Matsuda. Services: 5 p.m. Thursday at Honpa Hongwanji at Hilo Betsuin. Call after 3:30 p.m. Casual attire.
Shizuko Kubo, 88, of Waipahu, a retired sales clerk for Oahu Market, died Saturday in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in Kapaa, Kauai. She is survived by son Kenneth, brother Kazumasa Morita, sister Hazel Shimabukuro, 11 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Kikuye "Patsy" Kurisu, 78, of Honolulu, a retired MK Equipment Corp. vice president, died last Tuesday in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Fred S., son Marvin, daughter Amy E. Chagami, brother Isami "Clarence" Sakaguchi and four grandchildren. Private services.
Hatsue Liederbach, 67, of Pearl City, died Friday at home. She was born in Japan. She is survived by son Kenelm and five grandchildren. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 1525 Waimano Home Road, Pearl City. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.
Asano Matsunaga, 91, of Honolulu, died Friday. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Milton T. and Ford T., daughters J. Yasue and Patsy H. Matsunaga and Joyce R. Nakamura, brother Torao Otsu, sisters Hazel C. Ishihiro and Doris T. Hirahara, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Mortuary, East Chapel. Casual attire. No flowers.
Mildred Shimae Namba, 87, of Kaneohe, died last Tuesday at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughters Kimiko Donion and Naomi and Marilyn Namba, five grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. Private services.
Jose Tolentino Rania, 94, of Waipahu, a Queen's Medical Center personnel department director, died Aug. 31. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sister Maria Lichauco and caregiver niece Lumen Morin. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Albert "Tuko" Rodrigues Sr., 75, of Koloa, Kauai, a McBryde Sugar heavy-equipment operator, died Thursday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Koloa, Kauai. He is survived by companion Susan Butacon; son Albert "Bully" Jr.; daughter Stephanie; brother Julio; sisters Helen and Carmen; stepdaughters Paulette Kaiwi, Dorothy Torres, Betty Louis and Rosemarie Texidor; stepsons Joseph Carveiro and Douglas Butacon; and two grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Raphael's Church in Koloa. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at the church cemetery. Casual attire.
Eleanor Taeko Ishii Sakamoto, 86, of Honolulu, a retired State of Hawaii assistant librarian, died Sept. 2 at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Toshiyuki, son Edric and brother Henry T. Ishii. Private services.
William Joseph Sakamoto, 94, of Honolulu, died Sept. 2 in Leeward Nursing Home. He was born in Pukoo, Molokai. He is survived by son Powell K.N. and brother James "Kana." Services: 8:30 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 10 a.m. at Valley of the Temples. Aloha attire.
Alfonso "Fonso" Sanchez Jr., 33, of Haleiwa, died Aug. 27. He was born in Wahiawa. He is survived by son Phillip Sanchez-Barr; daughter Victoria Sanchez-Barr; father Alfonso Sr.; brothers Alfred Pacheco, John Sergave and Mathews Sanchez; and sisters Stephanie Sanchez, Audrey Morrison and Crystal Sergave. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire.
Elaine Patricia Santiago, 79, of Honolulu, a retired Kahala Elementary School teacher, died Aug. 31 at home. She was born in Minnesota. She is survived by husband William J. and son William G. Services: 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Inurnment: 10:30 a.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.
Tsutomu "Tom" Sato, 83, of Honolulu, a retired owner of T. Sato Express, died Aug. 28. He was born in Kawailoa, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Yoshiko; half brothers Richard M. and Ford H. Konno; and half sisters Jean K. Koizumi, Frances A. Parker and May S. Tomimatsu-Kauweloa. Private services.
Patrick Joseph Semmig, 37, of Mililani, a Hosoi Garden Mortuary embalmer, died Aug. 26 in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Silver Spring, Md. He is survived by father James A.; parents Donald E. and Margaret M. Van Gieson; grandmother Bridie O'Donnell; brother James A. and Michael F.; and sisters Suzanne M. Beck, Maureen T. McCall and Mary S. Berry. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Patrick Church.
Toshisada Shimoma, 79, of Kihei, Maui, a retired Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Co. supervisor, died Aug. 28 in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Kihei, Maui. He is survived by wife Susie; sons Rick Shimoma and Calvin Taketa; daughter Doreen Matsumoto; sisters Reiko Yamashiro, Jane Okubo and Jean Villarimo; five grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Private services.
Amanda Louise Slaughter, 36, of Glenwood, Hawaii, a homemaker, died Aug. 12 in Toms River, N.J. She was born in Flagstaff, Ariz. She is survived by husband Kenneth V.M.; daughters Krystl, Kena and Hana Slaughter-Miyamoto; parents Helen and Charles; and brother David. Services: 5 p.m. Saturday at Kilohana Methodist Church, 5829 Mahimahi St., Honolulu. Private scattering of ashes.
Alfred Moses Smythe Jr., 55, of Mililani, a retired federal government project manager, died Aug. 23. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Rebecca "Becky"; sons Alfred Smythe III, Chris Reagan and Anthony and Markus Tilton; mother Miriam; brother Edward; sisters Sharlene Steele, Gaylen Paio and Susan Capinia; and two grandchildren. No services.
Louis Soto Jr., 81, of Kapahi, Kauai, a federal government laborer, died Friday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Eleele, Kauai. He is survived by wife Elsie N., son Michael, daughters Beatrice Conant and Lois Soto, brother Masulino, sister Josephine Rodrigues, a grandchild and three great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary in Koloa. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Kauai Memorial Gardens. Casual attire.
Tsunemichi Yokote, 87, of Wahiawa, died Aug. 30. He was born in Makaweli, Kauai. He is survived by wife Satsuki; sons Michael and Ricky; sisters Marian Gima, Alice Almadova and Beatrice Kikugawa; and four 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.