Joseph Ah Puck Jr., 62, of Lahaina died Sunday at home. He was born in Waipio Valley, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Lizzie K.; sons Joseph "Boy" III, Edmund K. and Maurice K.; daughters Earllet L. Branco; brother Hardy, Clinton and Handie; sisters Gertrude Lorenzo, Pansy Kawabata, Priscilla "Iwa" Ah Puck and Gail Pali; and nine grandchildren. Mass: 7 p.m. Thursday at Maria Lanakila Church. Call after 6 p.m. Services: noon Friday at Nakamura Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park, Garden of Meditation. Reception to follow at the mortuary.Teunisse Virginia Breese-Rabin, 55, of Honaunau, Kona, Hawaii, an artist and teacher, died Monday at home. She was born in El Paso, Texas. She is survived by husband Arnold Rabin, sons Peter and Eric Rabin, daughter Miriam Rabin, mother Virginia D. Breese, brother Peronneau Breese and sister Nancy Breese-Holmes. Celebration of life: 5 p.m. tomorrow at the Puuhonua O Honaunau Picnic Grounds in Kona. Potluck gathering to follow. Casual attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to Skea Building Restoration Fund.
Alfred Choy Chang, 73, of Honolulu, a retired U.S. Air Force master sergeant, died Sept. 1 in Tripler Army Medical Center. He was born in Hono-lulu. He is survived by wife Betty A.; son Michael; daughters Shari Plummer and Sandy Fukumoto; brother Donald Chang; sisters Kay Leitgeb, Lena Palama and Sharlene Chang; eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Inurnment: 9:30 a.m. Monday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Hilda DeMello, 84, of Hono-lulu, a retired Mother Rice Preschool employee, died Aug. 9. She was born in Wainaku, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Joseph Jr. and Randolph, daughters Barbara Wong and Kay Brilliande, brother Frank Farias, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services: 9:30 a.m. Friday at St. Ann's Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: 11 a.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. No flowers.
Mitsuko Emoto, 92, of Hono-lulu died Aug. 23. She was born in Eleele, Kauai. She is survived by sons Conan, Laurence, Lowell and Medwin; brother Tadashi Igawa; sister Haruko "Rene" Moritsugu; and three grandchildren. Private services.
Donald Thomas Evans, 43, of Honolulu, a trolley driver for Enoa Tours, died Saturday. He was born in Argentina. He is survived by wife Barbara, son Noah, daughter Lacy Sagurea, parents Tom and Lora L., brothers Larry and Ron, sister Jan Casteel and two grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Jehovah's Witnesses Diamond Head Kingdom Hall.
Shigeyoshi Fujii, 89, of Hilo, a retired Hilo Coast Processing Co. garage supervisor, died Aug. 30 in Life Care Center of Hilo. He was born in Mountain View, Hawaii. He is survived by son Carl S., daughter Ella M. Iseri, sisters Shigeko Tomita and Kimiko Nakatsu, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Private services. No monetary gifts or flowers.
Juan Bolloso Galo, 77, of Honolulu, a retired forester for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in the Philippines and a Philippine veteran who served in World War II, died Aug. 15 in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Norma V.; daughters Gertrudes G. Patague and Noreen V., Nathalie V. and Jonahlee V. Galo; brothers Ildefonso B. and Maximo B.; sisters Faustina B. Galo and Magdalena G. Dolor; and two grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Our Lady of Peace Cathedral, 1184 Bishop St. Call after 4:30 p.m. Mass: noon Tuesday at the cathedral. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.
Bill Wayne Howard, 70, of Honolulu, a Hale Koa Hotel maintenance engineer and a retired U.S. Air Force veteran, died Sept. 2. He was born in Abernathy, Texas. He is survived by sons Roby Wayne, Randy Keith and Michael Aliifua Howard; brother Al; sisters Diane Ferguson and Thelma Tostie; 10 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: noon Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.
Harriet Keonaonalaulani Purdy Kauaihilo, 96, of Kapolei, a professional hula dancer, died Aug. 26 in Kapolei. She was born in Waimea. She is survived by son Bill, daughters Laulupe K. Dempster and Harriet Clark, hanai sister Olive S. Purdy, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grand- children. Private graveside services.
John Yohan Ko, 83, of Hono--lulu, co-founder of Playmate School in Makiki and former educator at St. Francis Convent and College of Commerce, died Saturday in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Hono-lulu. He is survived by wife Miyo-Hee; sons John, Francis and James; daughters Mary Whiteman, Margaret Lee, and Maureen Ko; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Shizuko Kubo, 88, formerly of Liliha St., a retired sales clerk for Wang's Kim Chee and a vegetable stand in Oahu Market place, died Saturday in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. The mortuary provided incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday.
Angeline Marina Malterre, 83, of Waipahu, a retired state Department of Education teacher, died Thursday. She was born in Pearl City. She is survived by sons Harold and Ernest, daughter Constance Murphy, brother George Ornellas, sister Matilda Pacheco, seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Mildred Shimae Namba, 87, of Kaneohe died Sept. 3 at her home. She is survived by daughter Kimiko Donlon. Incorrect information was printed in an obituary published yesterday.
Albert Noriega, 77, of Kapaa, Kauai, a mechanical engineer for Bectel Engineering Co., died Sunday at home. He was born in Los Angeles. He is survived by wife Claudette C., sons Bill and Curtis, daughter Kathy Silber, brothers Ernie and Phil, sisters Mary and Jay Jones, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services to be held at Hanalei Bay. Casual attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to Hanalei Canoe Club Youth Division.
Evelyn T.S. Pang, 86, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died Aug. 27 in Honolulu. She was born in Kohala, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Everett and Earle Pang; daughters Ernelle Leong and Ellarene Sue; brothers Paul, Tet Choi, Richard and James Fung; sisters Agnes Pobre, Anna Ching, Hilda Soon and Esther Kong. Services: 3 p.m. Sunday at Epiphany Episcopal Church in Honolulu. Call after 2 p.m. Inurnment to follow at the church.
Rosemary Lopez Ramirez, 69, of Kailua-Kona, a homemaker, died Thursday in Hono-lulu. She was born in Hollywood, Calif. She is survived by sons Nasi and Arthur L. Zabala and David R. Villalpando; daughters Shirley A. Naulls, Dorothy M. Lozano and Rosalind and Diana Ramirez- Villalpando; 12 grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Private services.
William B. Suan Roylo Rodrigues, 72, of Mililani, a retired postal worker, died Friday. He was born in Hono-lulu. He is survived by wife Bernarda, son William Jr.; daughters Gloria Pham and Darlene Rodrigues; brothers Jose Cole and Emiliano and Frank Suan and Peter, Luis, Frank and Charles Roylo and Sherwood and Earl Rodrigues; sisters Agnesia Roylo-Ching and Melbarene Gomes; and two grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at the mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Frances Alice Rogo, 83, of Honolulu, formerly of Illinois, a retired cashier, died Saturday. She was born in Hartshorne, Okla. She is survived by sons Joseph and David Wolniak, daughters Judy Viskocil and Cheryl Lenart, sisters Isabel Bartolomeo and Connie Saviano, six grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services and burial to be held in Illinois.Donations suggested to Leukemia and Lymphoma Society or Hospice Hawaii.
James Tulafono Taa Sr., 89, of Las Vegas, a retired maintenance man, died Monday in Honolulu. He was born in American Samoa. He is survived by sons Alvin T. Harrington and Vernon and Tulafono Taa Jr.; daughters Nellie Jacques and Carol Evangelista; 10 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. tomor- row at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Auwaiolimu Ward, 1931 Lusitana St. Burial: noon at Laie Cemetery.
Haruko Toyama, 88, of Waimanalo, a homemaker, died Aug. 29 in Hale Nani Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She was born in Waipio. She is survived by sons Robert K. and James Y.; daughters Gayle H. Yasuda, Alma K. Miyashiro and Janet M. Glessner; brothers Frank I. and Isao Ikehara; sister Midori Nakama; 10 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Private services.
Grady Bynam Wells Jr., 60, of Halawa died Sunday in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Aiea. He is survived by sons Kaipo and Garrett; brothers Joseph, Edward and Napua; sister Lydia Escuadro; father John Halemano and three grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Sunday at Kamehameha Schools Bishop Memorial Chapel. Call after 2 p.m. Cremation to follow. Aloha attire.
Michael Lee Wilson, 49, of Waimanalo died Sept. 3 in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Toledo, Ohio. He is survived by sons Michael L.K. Wilson and Christopher R. and Shaun S. Navarre; daughters Derrylynn Tuia and Terrylynn Navarre; companion Crystal Navarre; mother Jane Wilson; sisters Linda Musechek, Cindy Wilson, Candy Price and Christy Wilson; and grandfather Richard Yamashiro. Memorial gathering: 11 a.m. Sunday at Kaiona Beach Park in Waimanalo.
Fred Shuichi Yamachika, 83, of Waimanalo died Sept. 1 in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Roddy and Clyde, daughter Adele Ishii, sister Mabel, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: noon Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Yuk Ying Loui Yeung, 82, of Honolulu, a retired janitor, died Sunday. He was born in China. He is survived by sons Shu, Chun, Luk and Mei Wing and Qi Rong and Bing Yuen; daughters Bing Yim and Bing Lai; 14 grandchildren and a great-grand-child. Visitation: 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.
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.