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Pearl Harbor SurvivorRenaldo "Tommy" Canon, 63, of Haleiwa died Oct. 11. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by sons Guy and John, daughters Valray "Nani" Canon and Lisa Jones, father John, brothers Roy and Ronald "Ronnie," 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Mass: 7 p.m. Friday at St. Michael Church. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Marion Sales Cortez Sr., 92, of Aiea died Thursday. Services: 10 a.m. tomorrow at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 8:30 a.m. The mortuary provided incorrect information for an obituary published Sunday.
Violet Gouveia Costa, 76, of Honolulu died Thursday in Straub Clinic and Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Jessie James, Robert Bates and Allen Costa; daughter Sheila; sisters Emily Revell, May Galacia, May Toro and Theresa Mercardo; brothers John, Gilbert, Walter and Albert Gouveia; 18 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Friday at St. John the Baptist Church in Kalihi. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.
Samuel Mun Sung Ho, 81, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard estimator planner, died Oct. 6 in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Koloa, Kauai. He is survived by wife Lillian, son Garret and sisters Minnie and Nellie Pang, Mabel Wong and Jacqueline Ho. Private services.
Fumiko "Florence" Ikeda, 81, of Kailua, a retired Hawaiian Telephone Co. employee, died Oct. 9 in Honolulu. She was born in Moiliili. She is survived by husband Masayoshi; sons Albert, Raymond, Wayne and Brian; brother Torao Tokuyama; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Private services. Donations suggested to charity.
Thomas Kameichi Kobashigawa, 59, of Honolulu, a retired U.S. Air Force airman, died Oct. 16. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by father Tokuichi, brothers Gary and Steve, and sisters Doreen Fujita and Florence Kiang. Private services.
Dorothy Natsue Kobayashi, 87, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died Oct. 20. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by sons Harold and Stanley; daughters Beverly Shimabukuro, Charlotte Newport, Naomi Finan and Kay Yoshida; brother Hideo Saito; sister Kay Ueki; 11 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Private services.
Marie Fe Larrobis, 16, of Lahaina will be remembered in a Mass at 9 a.m. Friday at Maria Lanakila Catholic Church. Call after 8 a.m. She died Friday in Maui Memorial Medical Center after a two-car accident Thursday. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by parents Filomena and Edilberto; brothers Ruben, Alfonso, Isagani, Ronnie, Eddie Jr., Rollychito and Erwin; and sisters Marina and Lorina Amby, Rhea Dialimas and Lowela Larrobis. Visitation: all night Thursday at Larrobis' residence, 875 Kopili St., Lahaina. Call after 3 p.m. Burial to follow at Valley Isle Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Fuga Faimafili Laulu, 74, of Laie died Friday in Honolulu. He was born in Western Samoa. He is survived by wife Talaave; sons Faimafili Jr., Paina, Loi, Steve, Fetu and Siaki; daughters Momoe Mikaele, Auafa Toa, Taufaoa Lal, Talitiga Mcfaul, Maylyn White, Malaea Jensen, Leone Faafolau, Sauimalae Lee and Lisa Laulu; mother Vaolele Toti; sisters Lagimaina Winterstein, Tafaumu Savea, Taofaga Tupai, Fusi Sipa, Malaea Fa'alogo and Talitiga Liuaana; brothers Ma'au, Leo, Tevaga and Enitima Laulu; 44 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Visitation: 9-11 a.m. Saturday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hauula 5th Ward. Burial: 1 p.m. at Laie Cemetery.
Esther E.A. Lee, 70, of Honolulu died Saturday at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Bob Lee, daughter Annette Stahulijak, brothers Daik and Ricky Kim and two grandchildren. Services: noon Thursday at Christ United Methodist Church, 1639 Keeaumoku St. Call after 11 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park.
Betty Lou Luk, 65, of Aiea died Oct. 19. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Thomas "Billy"; sons Timothy Sr. and Paul; daughters Cynthia Luk-Tampos, Doreen Estranero and Cheryl-Ann Alvarez; brother William Valgas; sisters Elizabeth Caires, Margaret Figueroa and Dorothy Garcia; 15 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Elizabeth Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Efraim Mencias Melo, 86, of Waipahu, a retired APCOA parking attendant, died Oct. 15. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sons Rolando and Virgilio, sister Juanita Felicitas, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary, west chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11:15 a.m. Saturday at St. John the Baptist. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Valley of the Temples.
Sophie Rodrigues Parker, 87, of Honolulu died Oct. 21 in Leahi Hospital. She was born in North Kohala, Hawaii. She is survived by son Benjie Rodrigues; daughters Angie Kekua, Violet Andrews, Rose Soto, Isabelle Viernes, Helena "Clara" Carrancho and Mabel Sedeno; 31 grandchildren; 58 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. Services: 12:30 p.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire. No flowers.
Francine Perry, 52, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died Oct. 20. She was born in Papaikou, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Daniel; sons Elden and Harlan Pader and Sean and Christian Perry; daughter Deverlyn Baquiring; mother Violet Baquiring; sisters Marlene Palacol, Yolanda Ishii and June Batalona; brothers Gregorio Jr., Leopoldo, Edmund and Terence Baquiring and Robert Asuncion; and two grandchildren. Private services.
Edward K. Peters, 75, of Waimanalo, a retired Merchant Marine chief engineer who served in World War II, died Saturday in Kailua. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Wesley, Richard and Wendell Peters; daughter Susan Peters; hanai son Shanten Peters; brother Albert Long Jr.; sisters Elizabeth Cornelius, Rosebelle Leiwalo and Marjorie Menor; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 10 a.m. Friday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Aloha attire.
Annie Kealoha Ramsey, 84, of Captain Cook, Hawaii, a homemaker, died Oct. 19 in Ewa Beach. She was born in Honolulu. She is su
rvived by son John W.L. Cambra, daughters Dolores Kong and Clara Chung, 30 grandchildren, 87 great-grandchildren and 54 great-great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 1:45 p.m. Saturday at the cemetery. Call after 11 a.m. Burial to follow at the cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers.
Tomoe T. Stevens, 77, of Kalaheo, Kauai, a homemaker, died Oct. 4 in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born in Japan. Private services.
Mary Young Stewart, also known as "Sugar," "Nani Sugar" and "Queen Mary," 74, of Honolulu died Oct. 21 at home. Services: 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the Outrigger Canoe Club. Scattering of ashes to follow in front of the club. A memorial gathering and toast: 6 p.m. at the club. The mortuary provided incorrect information for an obituary published Saturday.
Paul "P.P." Pung Wong, 88, of Kaneohe, a retired city firefighter, died Oct. 20 in Kailua. He is also survived by brother Henry Wong. The mortuary provided additional information for an obituary published Sunday.
Jennie Keali'ikahiko'okalani Yin, 83, of Aiea, a retired Hawaiian Candies and Nuts employee, died Oct. 18. She was born in Kapahu, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Thomas, William, Robert and Wilton; daughters Winona Matsuzaki, Yolanda Passi and Ivannette Lee; brother Solomon Hezekia; sisters Flora Pearl and Williamina Rodrigues; 37 grandchildren; and 58 great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at Kawaiahao Church. Call after 9 a.m. Committal service: 1 p.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. 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.