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Takuji Akiyama, 90, of Wailuku, a carpenter, died Nov. 16 in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by sons Alvin and Michael; daughters Naomi Kohagura and Barbara Woo; brothers Satoshi, Kenichi and Hachiro; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Private services.

Maria Tagupa Cadiz, 91, of Honolulu, died last Thursday. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by son Phillip; daughters Augustina Galario, Concepcion Eugenio, Naomi Tangonan, Estrella Bolosan, Lolita Caneso, Lina Lumives-Nakagawa and Shirley Cadiz; and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Services: 9:45 a.m. Wednesday at Full Gospel Temple, 2464 N. School St. Burial: 11 a.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Kenneth Yip Mung Chock, 73, of Kaneohe, a retired self-employed travel and tour agent, died Nov. 20. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Joyce K.; sons Steven and Paul; daughter Keala; sisters Lorna Collier, Elaine Ohye and Sandra Eng; and three grandchildren. Private services.

Irene "Cookie" Chong Kee, 53, of Wailuku, a Maui Family Support Services social worker, died Monday in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in New Mexico. She is survived by husband Kenneth J.; son Chris Chavez; daughters Kelsey and Lacy; sisters Gloria Rael and Patsy Sena; and brothers Albert, Larry, Michael and David Sena. Services: 5 p.m. Monday at Nakamura Mortuary.

Chuck E. Crawford, 66, of Mililani, a Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Hawaii Inc. managing director, died Nov. 20 in Wahiawa. He was born in Orange County, Calif. He is survived by son David and brother Henry "Bud." Private services. Scattering of ashes held at sea.

Rosalyn Leona Ululani DelaCruz, 49, of Waianae, died Monday. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Ernest Sr.; sons Ernest Jr., John Ambrose, Roy-Anthony DelaCruz and De-Paul Telles; daughters Crystal-Ann DelaCruz-Telles, Maddalynn Ashton, Heather Edal, Melissa Durupan, Julie-Anne Ozuna and Tiffany Willis; brother Samuel Hauoli; sisters Sarah Larinaga, Esther Uta, Winona Yamamoto, Mary Gerard, Martha Ramsey, Marilyn Kaleiopu and Madeline "Lolani" Kekipi; and six grandchildren. Services: noon Sunday at Lualualei Beach Park, Middle Park. Casual attire.

William Joseph Donnelly III, 46, of Ewa Beach, a retired police officer for the Honolulu Police Department, died Friday in Ewa Beach. He was born in Livorno, Italy. He is survived by wife Lori "Wada," sons William "JT" and Christopher "Kiki," daughter Chelsea, father William Jr., brother Joseph, sister Patricia "Patty" Givens, hanai parents James and May Wada, hanai sister Lynn "Wada" Kearns, hanai brother Kacey Kearns and hanai sons Miki and Buddy. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 5 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Bert Seiyei Enokawa, 87, of Honolulu, a retired Royal Hawaiian Hotel sous chef, died Oct. 27. He was born in Wahiawa, Kauai. He is survived by sons Marvin S., Wilfred H. and Sterling J.; daughters Doris S. Inafuku, Janice J. Kunichika, Diana M. Yamada and Elaine E. Enokawa; sister Masae Iha; and 11 grandchildren. Private services.

Winifred Kuulaniopuu Robertson Fisher, 93, of Waimea, Hawaii, a retired preschool teacher, died Nov. 16 in Kona, Hawaii. She was born in Waialua. She is survived by son Leonard K., daughter La Verne L. Chow, sister Elizabeth Godfrey, hanai daughter Winnie Thomas, hanai sons Henry H. and Alexander S. Judd, 22 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at the cemetery. Casual attire.

Mercedes Sobrado Topas Guadiz, 79, of Makakilo, a retired Wahiawa General Hospital employee, died Nov. 19. She was born in Naalehu, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Bernard Topas and Robert Guadiz; daughters Bernice Modjeska, Jennie Rutherford and Anita and Lizbeth Guadiz; brothers Philemon and Abraham Sobrado; sisters Elaine Cottingham and Magdalina Castillo; 16 grandchildren; and 32 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 10:30 a.m. Monday at the mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Irene Uemura Imada, 76, of Aiea, a retired Tripler Army Medical Center practical nurse, died Nov. 18. She was born in Lahaina. She is survived by husband Hajime "Jimmy," daughters Faith Castillo and Deborah "Debbie" Mizokawa, and six grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire.

Kim "Kimo" Kuuhokuolani Kaholokula, 31, of Honolulu, died last Thursday. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Kahekili, daughters Kaualani and Kamalani, and father Russell. Services: 1 p.m. Sunday at Magic Island Beach Park, Ala Moana.

Edward Torao Kawano, 64, of Kailua, a retired state store clerk, died Nov. 15 in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Carol U., mother Miyoko and brother Clifford. Services: noon Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Inurnment: 10 a.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Grant Tadao Kodama, 77, of Pearl City, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard electrician, died Nov. 8 in St. Francis Hospice-West. He was born in Hawaii. He is survived by wife Dot; sons Jason, Thomas and Dennis; daughters Christine Nakasone and Karen Lombardo; sister Janice Uno; and six grandchildren. Private services.

Karl E. Lange, 85, of Hawaii Kai, a retired schoolteacher, died Sunday in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Beat Barblan, sisters Eska and Ruth, and three grandchildren. Private services.

Bernard Joseph Lavin, 78, of Kailua, an U.S. diplomatic corps public affairs officer for the American embassies in Indonesia, South Africa and South Korea, died Sunday in Castle Medical Center. He was born in New York. He is survived by wife Dr. Ruth Jaroslava. Mass: 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. John Vianney Catholic Church, 920 Keolu Drive, Kailua. Call after 9:30 a.m. Private scattering of ashes.

Antonia Maria Luparello, 90, of Honolulu, died Nov. 16 in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Buffalo, N.Y. She is survived by son Anthony Marsella, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Private services.

Alister Wilson Macdonald, 91, of Honolulu, founder of Macdonald and Porter Ltd., died Saturday. He was born in Seattle. He is survived by wife Suzanne B., son Robert W., daughter Kathleen S., sister Margaret Donaldson and three grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 2:30 p.m. Private burial. Aloha attire. No flowers.

John Iwao "Iwa" Mamiya, 91, of Honolulu, a retired Honolulu Fire Department captain, died Nov. 18 in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Eloise; son Robert; daughters Melba Jezierski, Wanda Takemoto, Bridgette Boyd and Sandra Miranda; five grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Private services.

Clarence Noboru Matsuda, 82, of Monterey Park, Calif., died Nov. 16 in California. He was born in Honomu, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Dorothy; son Warren; daughters Karen Samaniego and Sandy Hata; brothers Motto, Katsu, Robert and Paul; sisters Betty Shimabukuro and Tomi Lau; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Private inurnment. Casual attire.

June Sueko Murakami, 67, of Wailuku, died Sunday at home. She was born on Lanai. She is survived by husband Richard; son Duane; daughters Lori Murakami and Joni Leval; brothers Saichi, Hisao, Masaru and Henry Fukutani; sisters Helen Uyeda and Florence Yamamoto; and three grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Saturday at Nakamura Mortuary.

Haruko Nagata, 86, of Pasadena, Calif., died Oct. 3 in Arcadia, Calif. She was born in Lahaina. She is survived by sons Isamu, Richard and Alvin; daughters Yoshiko Matsumori, Matsue Abe and Tsurue Yoshimura; brother Shoyei Tengan; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Inurnment: 12:45 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Sonoma-Cali Ho'ola Nelson, infant daughter of Glin and Trinidad Nelson, of Waianae, died Friday in Kapiolani Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is also survived by brother Edwin K.K. Kawai, sisters Twila K. Kawai and Sedona-Ariz L.K. Nelson, and grandparents Lorus and Juanita. Private services.

Dorothy L. Newman, 80, of Honolulu, a retired Bank of Hawaii librarian, died Nov. 18 in Hospice Hawaii Kailua Home. She was born in Chicago. Services: 11:30 a.m. Monday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.

Shizuko Kujubu Okumura, 93, of Mililani, formerly of Pahoa, Hawaii, died Nov. 16. She was born in Pahoa. She is survived by sons Setsuo, Richard and Kenneth; daughter Nancy Kawakami; and four grandchildren. Private services.

Nhan Thi Pham, 88, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died Sunday in Honolulu. She was born in Vietnam. She is survived by daughters Kim Carter, Diep Dang and Moon Ton; son Thanh Nguyen; nine grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Private services.

Hune Kahoomana Phillip Jr., 81, of Kohala, Hawaii, a retired Kohala Sugar Co. cane truck driver, died Sunday in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Kohala. He is survived by wife Edna K.H.; sons Hune Phillip III and Andrew K. Kaiawe; daughters Edna L., Lily Maliikapu, Lois K. Phillip and Ruth L. Parker; brothers Phillip and John Pilipi and Charles and James P. Phillip; sisters Rose Pilipi, Katherine K. Cain, Theresa K. Mahi, Esther E. Maeda, Daisy L. Naihe, Sylvia C.K. Hatanaka and Vivian L. Kim; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kohala Ward, Kohala. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Niulii Cemetery. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Edward Michael Queair, 65, of Makakilo, a retired U.S. Army sergeant major and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served in the Vietnam War, died Nov. 19. He was born in Philadelphia. He is survived by wife Karan, son Edward, daughters Alison and Patricia, brothers Earl Ulmer and Dick Crawford, sister Erma Mauz and three grandchildren. Ceremony of life: 2 p.m. Saturday at the Grosshuesh residence in Kaneohe.

Mariano Razos, 83, of Kilauea, Kauai, a Kilauea Guava Plantation Agronomic laborer, died Saturday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Filomena; son Hipolito; daughters Rosita and Carmelita Razos and Leonardo Billwayen; brothers Donicio and Ricardo Razos; and five grandchildren. Mass. 11 a.m. Monday at St. Sylvester Catholic Church in Kilauea. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Kilauea Catholic Church Cemetery.

Naty "Grandma" Sapida, 76, of Mililani, died Nov. 18. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Fortunato Sr., son Fortunato "Sonny," stepdaughter Janice Tung, stepsons Rodney and Michael Magsayo, two grandchildren, four step-grandchildren and numerous hanai grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. John Apostle and Evangelist Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Harry "Yosuke" Yoshimitsu Sekigawa, 67, of Pearl City, a retired Island Movers Inc. employee and a retired Hawaii Army National Guard veteran, died Saturday. He was born in Wahiawa. He is survived by wife Patsy T.; sons Edwin, Paul and Lance; daughters Diane and Joan; brothers James, Wallace and Robert; sister Lillian Okamura; and five grandchildren. Services: 9:30 a.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Casual attire.

Sumie Helen Suzuki, 74, of Honolulu, died Nov. 19 in St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in Waiakea Homestead, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Shigeo, daughter Sharon Kokubun, brother Masanori Matsumoto and sister Peggy Yahiku. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Inurnment: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Honolulu Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Arthur Minoru Takamori, 57, of Honolulu, founder of Hawaii Isshinkan Karate Do and Tai Chi, died last Thursday at home. He also was a carpenter and state building inspector. He was born in Kahuku. He is survived by wife Lorraine K.H.; sons John and Christopher; and brothers Gordon, Britton, Clinton, Clifford and Michael. Services: 12:30 p.m. Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Scattering of ashes at a later date. Aloha attire.

Arsenio Abdon Talastas, 77, of Honolulu, died Friday in St. Francis Hospice-West. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Nena Q.; sons Arthur and Manolo; daughters Susan Bautista, Dina Castro and Amelia Talastas; brothers Jose and Pedring; 12 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Philomena Church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples.

Julia Perida Viernes, 75, of Honolulu, a retired Columbia Inn employee, died Nov. 19. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by companion Anthony Faria Sr.; sons Edmund "Mundo" Canto and Robert Viernes; daughters Liberta "Lee" Pacheco, Jennifer "Coby" Kersting, Leslie "Lolli" Mokuahi, Leona Kalua, Christine "Tina" Faria and Annette "Buffy" Viernes; sisters Rose Skelton, Mary Bartolome, Dorothy Varde, Sarah J. Andrews, Clara Mainaaupo, Gloria Nagata, Dolores Castillio, Melva Beckham and Belinda Cheney; 11 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Inurnment: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Daisy Etsuko Yamamoto, 88, of Pearl City, a homemaker, died Nov. 18 at home. She was born in Honaunau, Hawaii. She is survived by son Kenneth, daughters Hazel Villegas and Jean Nishimoto, brother Raymond Yamano, sisters Harriet Yasumori and Sally Nakashima, 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.

Blanche Shizuko Yamashita, 83, of Honolulu, died Nov. 16. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Carl T.; daughters Yvonne M. Awaya, Ellen K. Watanabe and Sharon T. Ikari; sister Doris Okamoto; 10 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Private services.

Tadashi Yasutake, 85, of Honolulu, a retired electrician, died Nov. 17 in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Glenn and Gary, and sister Tsugi Naito. 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.



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