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Shigeo Aoki, 88, of Kaneohe, a retired carpenter, died Dec. 11 in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Paauilo, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Misao; son Gordon; daughters Janice Aoki, Susan Imamura and Joyce Aoki; sisters Misako Fujii, Kiyoko "Rose" Yoneyama, Sumiko "Grace" You, Yumiko "Alice" Takahashi and Kinuyo "Jane" Burgard; and two grandchildren. Private services.

Hatsuno Asato, 90, of Pearl City, a homemaker, died Dec. 7 in Kapiolani Medical Center, Pali Momi. She was born in Hana, Maui. She is survived by husband Kasuke; sons Henry and Richard; daughters Doris and Florence Asato and Nancy Inouye; brothers Noboru and Richard Taira; sisters Dorothy Taira and Betty Chang; and six grandchildren. Private services.

Maria Sales Batalon, 103, of Ewa Beach, died Dec. 11. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by sons Alfredo, Felipe, Florencio and Juanito; daughters Nora Taloma, Connie Banao, Sheila Henderson and Lolita Fejes; 24 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Friday at Immaculate Conception Church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Frank James Chambrella Jr., 71, of Ewa Beach, a retired Oahu Transit Services dispatcher, died Tuesday at home. He was born in Waianae. He is survived by wife Mildred, sons Frank III and Robert, daughters Cynthia Cabral and Cheryl Lopez, sister Aileen Neves, 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Mass: noon Saturday at Immaculate Conception Church. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Wallace Seiko Chinen, 87, of Honolulu, a retired Times Super Market meat cutter, died Tuesday. He was born in Kailua, Maui. He is survived by son Carlton; daughters Eunice Dela Cruz and Karleen and Joyce Chinen; brothers Hideo and Masahide; sisters Lorraine F. Chinen, Florence Yoshimoto, Dorothy Doi and Cindy Naylor; and one grandchild. Services: noon Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Aloha attire.

Bernadette Tiare Chung, 63, of Aiea, died Dec. 5. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by companion Herbert Pulawa; sons Edward Jr., Lester, John, Ernest, Earl and Paul; daughters Vanessa Helsham and Patricia Chung; brother Joseph Terry; sisters Theresa Niau, Madeline Akiu and Shirley and Beatrice Terry; and 13 grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at St. Elizabeth Church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Annie Balatico Cobb-Adams, 85, of Kaneohe, died Dec. 15. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by husband Coates Cobb-Adams Sr.; sons Coates Jr., Frederick, Charles and Benjamin; daughters Kathleen "Kathy" Burgo and Jo-Ann Eddy; brothers Lawrence and Harry Balatico; 34 grandchildren; 49 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Valley of the Temples Chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: noon at the cemetery. Casual attire.

Belen Cruz Diaz, 75, of Honolulu, died Wednesday in St. Francis Hospice-West. The mortuary provided an incorrect first name for an obituary published yesterday.

Constancio Honrales Domanguera, 76, of Mililani, a retired Kaneohe Marine Corps NCO Club employee, died Dec. 13 in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Anita; sons Esperdion, Perfecto, Felipe, Noel and Jay; daughters Violeta Mayock and Mercedes Raneses; and 15 grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at St. John Apostle and Evangelist Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Julia Lahela Berdon Rosa Erice, 84, of Waipahu, a retired Libby-McNeill Pineapple Cannery forelady and trimmer, died Wednesday in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Arnold and Reggie Berdon and Frank Erice; daughters Sarah J.B. Albano, Ana L.B. Llanos and Connie C. England; 17 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at the cemetery. Aloha attire.

Michael Harrell, 41, of Mililani, a Cutter Dodge sales manager, died last Monday in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Milwaukee. He is survived by son Micah, father Roosevelt, mother Ruby Roby, brothers David and Christopher, and sister Rebecca. Services to be held in Milwaukee. Condolences may be sent to Paradise Memorial Funeral Home, 7625 W. Appleton Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53222.

The Rev. Thurston Norio Higa, 53, of Hilo, a Waiakea Intermediate School educational assistant and former pastor of Kaumana Drive Baptist Church, died Thursday in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Veronica "Ronnie," son Brad, daughter Stephanie, brother Kenneth and sister Thelma Shima. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary in Hilo. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

You Heen Ho, 73, of Honolulu, a retired T. Tech Inc. of California employee, died Nov. 24 in California. He was born in Kona, Hawaii. He is survived by brother You Hoon and sister Yuk Jan Young. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.

Stacy Ann Kahealani Isaia, 25, of Honolulu, died Wednesday in Minnesota. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Anthony; father Mighty Milo Isaia; stepmother Malia; mother Cindy Lindsey; stepfather Lawrence Alvaro; brothers Mighty and Hokukela Isaia and Keala Alvaro; sisters Sherry Magallanes, Anela Alvaro and Hana and Lokalia S. Isaia and Muaau Siania; and grandparents Thomas and Sarah Lum. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Private scattering of ashes. Aloha attire.

James Panini Kaliko, 39, of Kaneohe, a concrete saw cutter for Concrete Coring Co. and formerly for National Concrete Sawing, died last Monday in Aiea. He was born in Ewa. He is survived by wife Rae Peterson-Kaliko; sons Sterling and Di- mitri; parents Samuel and Eleanor; brothers Sam, Ronald and Robert; and sisters Beverly Moriano, Gwendolyn Hepa, Eleanor Kaikala, Aldenette Kalama, Dale Wong and Myrah, Abbie, Helen, Gale and Penny Kaliko. Services: noon Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Inurnment: 2 p.m. at the cemetery. Casual attire. Leis welcome.

Harry Masao Kaneta, 86, of Honolulu, founder, president and chairman of Hawaiian Packing & Crating and Interncontinental Industries Inc., died Nov. 27 in St. Francis Hospice-West. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Tomiko; sons Sidney, Lester and Mark; daughter Merle Gee; sisters Kimiko Ito and Susan Nakashima; and 10 grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to Kuakini Foundation or St. Francis Hospice.

Toshimi Kato, 85, of Wailuku, a F&M Contractor carpenter, died Dec. 13 at home. He was born in Wailuku. He is survived by daughters Karen Yoshioka, Janice Pung and Sandra Kato; brother Kengo; and two grandchildren. Private services.

Kamaolipua Irmgard "Kammy" Miyamoto, 75, of Honolulu, a retired state Department of Human Services Foster Home Finding Unit supervisor, died Thursday in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Edmund M.; son David P.; daughters Diane "DeeDee" Grace, Luukia Abbley and Helene K. Fergerstrom; brother Henry N. Thompson Jr.; 11 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Community Church of Christ, 1666 Mott-Smith Drive. Call after 5:30 p.m. Inurnment: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Kataichi "Kats" Ninomiya, 74, of Kaimuki, a semiretired land surveyor for ControlPoint Surveying Inc., died Tuesday in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Ruth, sons Keith and Kevin, daughters Colleen Uyematsu and Susan Colby, brother Larry, sisters Jane Iwamoto and Janet Terada, and four grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Waialae Baptist Church, 1047 21st Ave. Call after 5 p.m. Private inurnment to be held at a later date. Casual attire. No flowers.

Sakae "Aunty Sayan" Oka, 89, of Honolulu, a retired maid for the Robert E. MacGregor family, died Dec. 8 in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Waialua. She is survived by nephews Raymond and George Tobita and Arthur, Daniel, Maurice and Warren Miura; and nieces Iris and May Miura. Private services.

Encarnacion Ramos, 74, of Honolulu, died last Monday in Queen's Medical Center. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Gelacio, son Gregory, daughters Erlinda Bumanglag and Carol Martin, seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Friday at Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa Catholic Church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: noon at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.

The Rev. Fa'aituala T. Savea, 80, of Kaneohe, formerly of Tafatolu Samoan Congregational Christian Church, died Dec. 12 in Castle Medical Center. He was born in American Samoa. He is survived by wife Tafaumu; sons Enitima, Iatua, Sai, Faigofie, Faigata, Tofiga and Faleono; daughters Silulu Hollister, Talopala Malufau and Vaolele Fa'avesi; brother Fa'aleaoga; sister Faleese Voli; 38 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 9 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Hayano Fukuda Sugawa, 87, of Kahului, a Kauai Island Tour Japanese narrator, died Dec. 10 in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Kaupakalua, Maui. She is survived by sister Kiyono Ebisu. Private services.

Meledico Cabrera Supnet, 63, of Waipahu, a retired Dole Co. heavy equipment operator, died Dec. 8. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Felisa; sons Esteve, Conrad, Jay, Flo and Gary; daughters Ester Zambrano, Carmelita Agag and Julie and Glenda Supnet; brother Jose; sisters Emelia Cabana, Eufemia Fontanilla, Dominga Antonio, Francisca Gasmen and Caridad Contillo; and 14 grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Sorrows Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Fudeko Tanouye, 95, of Honolulu, died Dec. 14 in Honolulu. She was born in Puhi, Kauai. She is survived by son George H., daughter Nancy Hironaka, brothers Roy and Mervyn Masumura, sister Ellowis Tatsuno, five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Private services.

Futoshi "Buster" Tsuchi- yama, 84, of Wailuku, a retired Kahului Rail Road employee and a U.S. Army veteran who served in World War II, died Wednesday in Kahului. He was born in Kahului. He is survived by wife Dorothy, son Glen, brothers Bill and Roy, and caregiver Ann Garcia. Services: 10 a.m. today at Kahului Union Church. Reception to follow. Inurnment: 1 p.m. at Maui Veterans Cemetery. 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.



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