Jean Yoshimi Abe, 90, of Aiea, a retired Libby's & McNeill and Dole Cannery crater and packer, died Oct. 12. She was born in Makaweli, Kauai. She is survived by sons Richard and Raymond; daughters Lillian Yamane, Ethel Masagatani, Betty Oishi and Phyllis Isawa; 11 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Private services.Henry Kenichi Doi, 90, of Honolulu, died Oct. 9. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Helen C.; daughters Phyllis Takahashi, Janice Tsuda, Carol Yamashiro and Irene Makiya; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Private services.
Marta S. Domingcil, 84, of Keaau, Hawaii, died Oct. 25. She was born in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. She is survived by husband Teofilo; son Florencio; daughters Juana Antonio, Maxima Mendez, Marina Asuncion and Avelina Ortiz; brothers Istanislao and Inocente Calma and Bibing Carlos; sister Susima Carlos; 14 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Services: 11:45 a.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. Donations suggested in lieu of flowers.
Jerry Allen Johnson, 61, of Keaau, Hawaii, a drywall installer, died Saturday in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Jason, sister Juliet Kaleimamahu, brother Moses and a grandchild. Services at a later date.
William Russell Johnson, 87, of Honolulu, died Oct. 21 in Honolulu. He was born in Moravia, Iowa. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park.
Yukiko Kimura, 99, of Honolulu, a retired research sociologist, died Sunday. She was born in Yokohama, Japan. Services: 4 p.m. Thursday at the Arcadia Chapel in Honolulu.
Kazuo Komatsu, 88, of Lahaina, died Wednesday at home. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by daughters Vickie Misaka and Janet Green; brother Sachio "Peggy"; sisters Tsuyako Reasor and Ann; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. tomorrow at Lahaina Jodo Mission.
Se Yul Kwak, 62, of Honolulu, died last Saturday. He was born in Dae Jeon, Korea. He is survived by wife Sang Sook, sons Sean and Min Chul, daughters Joy Lee and Sunah Ji, mother Soon Yi Ho and a grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.
Sharon Leionalani Mishina, 57, of Honolulu, a retired medical doctor, died Thursday in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Roger; mother Lydia Horita; brothers Howard and Gregg Horita; and sisters Sandra Muraoka, Gayle Lum and Donna Horita. Services: 10:45 a.m. Tuesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Roy "Choy" Choyie Nakasone, 60, of Mililani, died Tuesday. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Gale; son Kelly; daughter Bari; brothers Kenneth and Dennis Nakasone and James Jerviss; and sisters Nancy Nakamura, Alice Fujiuchi, Jane Oshiro and Gerrie Nakamura. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Twingo Wayne Scarborough, 50, of Pearl City, a retired police officer of the Honolulu Police Department, died Wednesday in Pearl City. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Mary; son Jonathan; daughter Heather Heshiki; mother Louise; stepfather Charlie; brothers Roland Jen- kins, Kevin and Eric; sisters Leialoha Kobernik, Charmaine Codenys and Monica Twilligear; and three grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m. Burial: 10 a.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Marshal Lawrence Alton Smith, 75, of Canada, a part-time resident of Maui, died Monday in Maalaea, Maui. He was born in Canada. He is survived by daughters Lori Patricia Houston and Tricia C.M and Shannon Estelle Smith; sister Lola Lange; and seven grandchildren. Services: 1 p.m. Sunday at Hope Chapel, 300 Ohukai Road, No. C-210, in Kihei, Maui. No flowers. Donations suggested to the chapel.
Mikiyo Yamane, 100, of Kaneohe, a homemaker, died Oct. 24 in Castle Medical Center. She was born in Hiroshima, Japan. She is survived by sons Eugene, Edward, Herbert, Toru and Hisashi; daughters Elizabeth Hino, Margaret Morimoto and Lillian Tamabayashi; 11 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren. Private services.
Israel Amir, 99, the first commander of the Israeli air force, died yesterday in a Tel Aviv hospital.
According to a statement issued by the Israeli Air Force, Amir was born Israel Zblodovsky in Russia in 1903, and in 1923 he immigrated to what was then British-ruled Palestine. He soon joined the Hagana underground, the forerunner of the Israeli army.
In 1942, after holding a number of field commands, Amir was made head of the Hagana's information department.
In February 1948, shortly before Israel declared its independence and was attacked by Arab armies, Amir was sent to Europe to recruit and train thousands of young Jewish survivors of the Nazi Holocaust for combat upon their arrival in the new state.
In May 1948, after Israel achieved independence, he was appointed to head the country's fledgling air force. At the time, the air force consisted of eight secondhand light aircraft, and it did not have one usable airstrip. He held the post just 10 weeks, but by the time he left, the air force had 3,000 personnel, two airfields, and training schools for pilots and technicians.
He then moved to the defense ministry, where he held various administrative posts until retiring in 1969.
Karl Eric Knutsson, 70, a former deputy director of the U.N. Children's Fund, died Thursday in Stockholm, Sweden.
An expert on Ethiopia, he was named head of the East Africa office of UNICEF in 1980 and deputy director of the organization three years later.
Lionel Poilane, 57, whose handmade bread was featured in gourmet restaurants in Europe and the United States and turned into a multimillion-dollar industry, died in a helicopter crash off the French coast, authorities said yesterday in Brest.
Poilane was piloting the helicopter when it disappeared in heavy fog late Thursday.
His wife, Irena, was also on board.
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.