Bumpei Akaji left large imprint on local art scene Conrad "Sugar" Negrone Caravalho, 82, of Honolulu, a retired cable car operator in San Francisco and a semiprofessional boxer, died Oct. 22 in Kaiser Medical Center. He is also survived by sisters Mary, Anita, Margaret and Benerita; and brothers Joe, Manuel, Frank and Ernest. The mortuary provided additional information for an obituary published Friday.Thomas Kwan Lin Ching, 78, of Kaneohe, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard electrician, died Sunday in Kailua. He was born on Oahu. He is survived by wife Ellen; sons Wendell, Marvin and Kelvin; brothers Stanley Ching and David Kailio; sisters Lena Kawelo, Beatrice Ng, Leilani Chung and Ella; and two grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 6 p.m. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Nelson Mariano Daguro, 47, of Honolulu, a Meadow Gold Dairy head machinist, died Oct. 12. He was born in Dingras, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by mother Gertrude, brothers Walter and Jerry, sister Bernadette Mendoza and grandmother Visitacion Mariano. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Theresa Co-Cathedral. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.
Richard Eitaro Endo, 87, of Honolulu, a state government mechanic and 100th Infantry Battalion veteran, died Wednesday. He is survived by wife Momoyo and sister Doris Fujimoto. Services: 6 p.m. tomorrow at Nuuanu Mortuary, west chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Cremation to follow. The mortuary provided incorrect information for an obituary published Sunday.
Sueko Susan Harano, 66, of Kealakekua, Hawaii, a Jack's Tours tour guide, died Friday in the Life Care Center of Kona. She was born in Fukuoka, Japan. She is survived by husband Makoto; son Lloyd; daughters Lynn Nakamura and Lisa; brother Kiyota Aoki; sisters Hitomi Tsueno, Teruyo Kaida, Misao Aso, Hiroe Marubayashi and Kazue Sakurai; and one grandchild. Services: 5 p.m. tomorrow at Kona Hongwanji Mission in Kealakekua. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Reese Hanohano Harrington, 85, of Honolulu and Kona, a retired Waimano Training School and Hospital supervisor, U.S. Navy veteran and a greeter at the Wal-Mart store in Kona, died Oct. 24 in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Hookena, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Alice D. Kanekoa; sons Clifford and Melvin Harrington and Glen D. Kanekoa; daughters Jane Mitchell, Leilani Whitehead, Norma MacShane and Alice J. Kard; brother Sonny Cipriano; sisters Vicenta Lapera and Emily Chun; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Pukaana Congregational Church in Kealia, South Kona. Call after 8:30 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Myles "Uncle Myles" Isami Igarashi, 52, of Honolulu, co-owner of Sears Copy & Printing Center, died Oct. 23 in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brother John M. and sister Susan H. Cho. Services: 1:45 p.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 1 p.m. Inurnment to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Linda Ibanez Ilagan, 61, of Wahiawa, formerly of Lahaina, died Oct. 28 in Tacoma, Wash. She was born on Lanai. She is survived by husband Armando "Randy"; sons Walter Ilagan and Donovan, Derek and Darrell Gonzalez; daughters Valerie Perez and Tammy Paoletto; sisters Clarita Pimentel and Millie Encarnado; and 13 grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Wahiawa. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Aloha attire.
Aloma Loika Lee, 60, of Kapolei, a Science and Technology International security manager, died Friday in Kaiser Skilled Nursing Facility. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Jimmy Leon Alexander; daughters Analee L. Valladares, Antoinette P. Carvajal and Anjanine Alexander; mother Grace K.; brothers Henry, Thomas and Richard; sisters Evelyn L. McCuin and Edwina L. Wong; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. tomorrow at Makakilo Baptist Church. Inurnment: 11 a.m. Friday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.
Hideo Matsuo, 84, of Honolulu, a retired City and County of Honolulu accountant, died Oct. 22 in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Harriet H., daughter Joy H. Faletti, brothers Satoru Inouye and Larry K., and sister Bessie E. Okazaki. Private services.
Kiyoko Miyao, 81, of Makaweli, Kauai, an insurance agent, died Friday in Hale Kupuna Heritage Home. She was born in Lihue. She is survived by husband Uichi; sons Verne, Lance, Randy, David and John; daughter Vicky Rivera; brothers Kazuo and Yoshiaki Iwatate; sisters Yuriko Kimura, Fumie Kasahara and Suzue Phillips; and four grandchildren. Services: 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Garden Island Mortuary. Call after 3:30 p.m. Casual attire.
Ethel Aiko Mukai, 88, of Pearl City, retired co-owner of Mukai Store, died Oct. 22 in Hospice Hawaii Kailua Home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Eugene S., William A. and Edwin T.; daughters Jean Tokita and Elaine Shinsato; sister Beatrice Kajiwara; 10 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Olivia Mae Pia Muschek, 49, of Nanakuli, a caregiver, died last Tuesday in Ewa Beach. She is survived by husband Walter; son Nicholas; daughters Regina Hirakawa, Misty Pall and Lindsey Muschek; parents Kenneth and Segunda Pia; brothers Stephen Maglinte and Michael and Kenneth Pia; sisters Joan Hall and Patricia Basso; and five grandchildren. The mortuary provided incorrect information for an obituary published Sunday.
Louis Yoshinori Nakagawa, 86, of Kaneohe, a retired Oahu Transport Co. employee, died Friday in Ann Pearl Nursing Home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Mildred; sons Terry and Mark; daughters Kathleen Inouye and Maura Tanaka; brothers Paul, Robert and Tetsuo; sister Marilyn Kuroda; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Mass: 6 p.m. Friday at Blessed Sacrament Church. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Masae Okamura, 93, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died last Tuesday in Hale Nani Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Kukaiau, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Harold and Clarence; brothers Kikuji, Kazuo and Edward Tojio; sisters Shizue Sakaguchi, Toshie Fukushima and Nancy Kagami; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Private services.
Kiyo Oshiro, 71, of Aiea, a housewife, died Oct. 24 in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in Sapporo, Japan. She is survived by husband Mitsuo; son Hideki; daughters Lena C. Katekaru and Shelbi Takahashi; brothers Tsuneo and Yoshimi Takahashi; sisters Someko Mano, Kazuko Nakata and Kuniko Takahashi; and one grandchild. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary.
Maria Encarnacion Melegrito Osorio, 88, of Ewa Beach died Oct. 18. She was born in Mountain View, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Rogelio, Rodolfo, Jesus and Andres; daughter Rosie Dela Cruz; 20 grandchildren; and 26 great-grandchildren. Mass: 7 p.m. Friday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Call after 6 p.m. Rosary: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.
Diego Estanislao Aguon Pua Jr., 22, of Papaikou, Hawaii, a former construction laborer, died Oct. 27 in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Tamuning, Guam. He is survived by companion Janeen Miura, father Diego Sr., mother Bonnie Fujimori, sisters Deanna Pua and Naomi Kamimura, hanai brother Curt McManus, paternal grandparents Damian and Encarnation Pua, and maternal grandparents William Blake and Laura Noquez. Services: 3 p.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary in Hilo. Call after 2 p.m. Inurnment to follow at Alae Cemetery. Casual attire.
Benjamin Gascon Somera, 80, of Ewa Beach, died Oct. 22. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Milagros; sons Elmer, Bernard, Robert and Alvin; daughters Marilyn Cadavona, Roxanne Amante and Melinda Almeida; brothers Segundo and Melecio; sisters Felicitas Ulpindo and Raymunda Habon; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Immaculate Conception Church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
William Seichi Takaezu, of Honolulu, who died Oct. 31 in Las Vegas, was a member of the 100th Infantry Battalion, Company B. Additional information was provided for an obituary published yesterday.
Teruo "Blackie" Tanonaka, 76, of Honolulu, a retired U.S. Army interpreter and World War II veteran, as well as a member of the Military Intelligence Service, died Saturday in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Yasuko, brother Clarence and sister Jane Imada. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Segundina Corpuz "Dinang" Tolentino, 73, of Keaau, Hawaii, died Oct. 26 in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Matias, sons Florencio and Paulino, daughters Tereza Agpawa and Anita Andres, brothers Isidro and Inocencio Corpuz, sister Elena Sotto and nine grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. Friday at Pahoa Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at same church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Dr. Terry Chen Yi Wong, 64, of Honolulu, a Queen's Medical Center physician, died Oct. 28 in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Kathleen; son Jeffrey; daughters Lisa Samtani, Kristina Wong and Lara Dao; brother Ronald; and sister Jean. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Thurston Memorial Chapel at Punahou School. Call after 12:30 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Lily Ho Yim, 87, of Honolulu, a retired Westinghouse Electric Corp. clerk, died Oct. 26 in St. Francis Hospice. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband George T.P.; daughter Stephanie Miwa; brothers Steven and Philip Ho; sisters Eva Kim, Phyllis Lee and Phoebe Bock; and two grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 4 p.m. Graveside services: 10:45 a.m. Friday at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
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.