Melanie Margaret Arcudi, 52, of Haiku, Maui, a teacher and practicioner of Chinese medicine and acupuncture, died Tuesday in Haiku. She was born in Pasadena, Calif. Services to be held in Santa Barbara, Calif. Potluck celebration: 5:30 p.m. today at 267 Nakoa Drive in Wailuku. Call 244-8891. Donations suggested to the International Bamboo Foundation, P.O. Box 790716, Paia, HI 96779.Frank Foon Au, 85, of Honolulu, a retired Hawaiian Telephone technician, died Tuesday in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by companion Kate. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Private burial.
Amy Lum Fern, 92, of Honolulu, a retired teacher, died Sunday. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Robin Loomis, three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. tomorrow at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 1 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to Oahu Retired Teachers Association Fund c/o HEA, 1649 Kalakaua Ave., Honolulu 96826.
Kameyo Funamura, 96, of Koloa, Kauai, a homemaker, died Saturday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born in Japan. She is survived by daughters Dora Kawate and Florence Shimokawa, eight grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. Private services.
Wendell Gabriel Sr., 63, of Kapolei, a retired Hawaiian Bituminals & Paving truck driver, died Saturday in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Laverne; sons Wendell Jr., William "Buddy," Winston, Warrick and Waylane; daughter Werdell Sales; sisters Hala Kapuniai and Gwen Barcass; brother Hayden; and 11 grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kapolei-Makakilo chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Cremation to follow. Inurnment of ashes: 3 p.m. Wednesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Sumiko Arashiro Hamabata, 80, of Hanapepe, Kauai, founder and owner of Green Garden Restaurant, died Tuesday. She was born in Kapaa, Kauai. She is survived by sons Mitchell and Matthews, daughters Gwen and Marla, brothers Yonezo and Takeo Arashiro and sister Natsuko Matsuda. Services: 4 p.m. Monday at Hanapepe United Church of Christ. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire.
Ada D. "Davy" Huntzinger, 80, of Aiea, a homemaker and a U.S. Navy veteran who served in World War II, died Tuesday at home. She was born in New Orleans. She is survived by husband Bob, sons David and Doug, sister Dorothy Grant, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Committal service: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire.
Norman Kenichi Kato, 63, of Kaneohe, a retired owner for Mitsu's Auto Body Inc., died Sept. 2 in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Heeia. He is survived by sons Norman, Derick and James; mother Haruno; and sisters Hazel and Thelma Masuda and Audrey Misawa, Frances Sakamoto, Lillian Greenbaum and Sheila Novak. Services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Patrick Kalani Kinney, also known as Kalani Kinney and "Pit Da Pat Kinney," 56, of Volcano, Hawaii, a retired entertainer, died Aug. 31 in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Mano A. White, daughter Kehaulani N.N. Madrigal and sister Leilani Lee. Private services.
Thomas Mariano "Tommy" Lapera Sr., 83, of Waimanalo, a retired Fort Shafter motor pool foreman, died last Friday in Waimanalo. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by wife Louise "Lani"; sons Patrick and Thomas Jr.; daughters Patsy LaDue, Carmel Valeros and Charlene Hilo; hanai son Aaron Nee; sisters Rose Lum and Mary Tabar; brothers Martin and Manuel Lapera and Frank Lapira; 25 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Burial to follow at the park cemetery. Aloha attire.
Jerry Martinson Muller, 49, of Mililani, died Monday in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Beverly, sons Braddah and Pookela, daughter Hinano Angco, brothers Thomas H. Jr. and Rodney, and two grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Oahu Cemetery Chapel. Call after 4 p.m. Aloha attire.
Mitsuyo Nomi, 83, of Lawai, Kauai, a Kauai Pine Co. warehouse worker, died Sept. 2 in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born in Waimea, Kauai. She is survived by son Marvin; brothers Masayoshi, Shime and Hisashi Yamakawa; sisters Patsy T. Watanabe, Florence U. Ikari and Carole A. Yukihiro; and two grandchildren. Private services.
Evelyn T.S. Pang, 86, of Honolulu, died Aug. 27 in Honolulu. She is survived by eight grandchildren. Incorrect information was printed in an obituary published Wednesday.
William Claussen Ridgeway, 76, of Paradise Park, a merchant mariner during World War II and a retired chief mate for the University of Hawaii oceanography vessel, died Monday at home. He was born in Bisbee, Ariz. He is survived by son Richard and five grandchildren. Visitation: 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday at Hospice of Hilo, 1011 Waianuenue Ave.
Zenwa Shima, 97, of Honolulu, a retired carpenter, died last Friday in Oahu Care Facility. He was born in Japan. He is survived by wife Fumiko, son George, daughter Irene Whitaker, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: noon Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Haru Tanaka, 100, of Kula, Maui, died Wednesday in Kula Hospital. She was born in Japan. She is survived by son Richard, daughters Florence Yotsuya and Betty Shishido, 10 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Celebration of life: 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Makawao Hongwanji Mission. Call after 3:30 p.m. Casual attire.
Annie Thompson, 18, of Waipahu, died Sept. 5 in Kapiolani Medical Center. She was born in American Samoa. She is survived by mother Pepe T.; brothers George, Maninoa, Eliapo, Jack, Young, Dallas and Pio; and sisters Tasi Vaaiga and Tilomai and Debra Thompson. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Lighthouse Assembly of God, 94-230 Leokane St., Waipahu. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: noon at Sunset Memorial Park.
Toku Otsuka Walter, 77, of Kapolei, a homemaker, died Sept. 4 at home. She was born in Japan. She is survived by husband Paul Jr. "Spike," sons James and David, daughter June Fye, five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Private services.
Mildred Wong, 69, of Honolulu, died Saturday in Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Herbert, daughter Bernadette Rowe, brothers William Ayres and John Teixeira, sister Josephine Carreira, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services: noon Wednesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Lillian Asako Yamada, 92, of Kapaa, Kauai, a homemaker, died Tuesday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born in Lawai, Kauai. She is survived by sons Allen and Wayne, brother Kenji Doi, sister Emi Schaefer, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Sunday at Kapaa Hongwanji Mission. Casual attire.
Harry Takashi Yanagihara, 73, of Kaneohe, a retired architectural draftsman, died Aug. 28 in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Irene; sons Gregg, Vance and Keith; daughter Joy Higa; brothers Tadashi, John and Harold; sisters Ruth Flores and Betty Goto; and six 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.