Services for prominent local attorney Peter Char will be held Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Central Union Church. Memorial services set
for attorney Peter CharStar-Bulletin staff
Char, a partner in the law firm of Char Hamilton Campbell & Thom and a top campaign official for Honolulu Mayor Jeremy Harris, died Sunday. He was 59.
Supporters are establishing the Peter C.P. Char Memorial Fund at First Hawaiian Bank for donations to benefit various causes advocated by Char.
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Celestin Abella, 59, of Kapaa, Kauai, a yard maintenance employee, died Saturday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by sons Denis and Rodel; daughters Ludivina Dela Cruz, Tessie Cummings, Eden Aladin and Aida, Ednalyn and Elsie Abella; four sisters; two brothers; and 13 grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Kapaa Assembly of God Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Kauai Memorial Gardens. Casual attire.Glen Augusto, 48, of Waimea, Kauai, died Thursday. He was born in Kapaa. He is survived by wife Katherine, stepsons Corbin and Qunitin; hanai sons Siosaia and Robb; sister Alberta; and brothers Van, Neil and Cornell. Services: 4 p.m. Friday at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church. Call after 3:30 p.m. Private scattering of ashes to be held at a later date. Casual attire.
Benny Balanay, 95, of Captain Cook, Hawaii, a retired coffee and macadamia nut farmer, died Jan. 3 in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sons Romeo Corpuz and B., Robert and George Balanay; and nine hanai grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at St. John's Catholic Church. Call after 6 p.m. Graveside services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Kona Memorial Park Mausoleum. Entombment to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.
Moana Nathine Cotes Balles, 29, of Pahoa, Hawaii, will be remembered in services 10 a.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Balles died Friday after her 1979 Toyota flatbed truck crossed the center line of Volcano Highway and hit a larger pickup head on. She was born in Los Angeles and was a Yamashiro Farm Inc. employee. She is survived by father Douglas Jr.; mother Elena C. Quezada; son Manuel A. Arruda; daughter Precious Arruda; brothers Raymond Garcia Jr., Jose Jr. and Adrian Quezada, Alden and Isaac Pauline and Ikaika and Dustin Balles; sisters Marie Garcia and Tiffany and Chelsey Balles; and grandmother Victoria. Burial to follow at Alae Cemetery. Casual attire.
Jose Natividad Corpuz, 78, of Waialua, a retired Waialua Sugar Plantation employee, died Dec. 18 in Pearl City. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Angelita; daughters Jovita "Jovie" Espiritu, Jeanette "Jan" Bushey and Merilyn Thompson; sons Roger, Jose Jr. and Dave; brother Ulrico; 10 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Michael Church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.
Phillip Kawaiolena Hatori Jr., 81, of Kaneohe, a retired Oakland Naval Base electrician, died Sunday. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Louise; sons Phillip III and Isaac; daughters Beatrice Anderson, Phyllis McCory, Lurline Woolard and Monica, Inez, Frances, Josephine, Rose, Sarah and Lee A. Hatori; brothers Richard, George and Arthur Goings; sisters Daisy Sherwood and Gladys Onishi; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Kaneohe Congrega- tional Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.
Benny Leimomi Hoopii, 79, of Waipahu died Jan. 7 in St. Francis-West Medical Center. Burial: noon at Valley Isle Memorial Park. A reception to follow. The mortuary provided additional information for an obituary published yesterday.
Mattie "Sue" Hosaka-Parks, 59, of Aloha, Ore., a teacher, died Dec. 30. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Albert Parks; sons Thomas and Mark Watson and Kaleo, Toshi, and Joshua Hosaka; daughters Mary Cesar and K'Lynn Belles; stepmother Edith Mckinzie; sister Jolene Chavez; and four grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Friday at Waianae Boat Harbor, near tennis court. Scattering of ashes to be spread at sea following service.
Venus Kuuleimomi Kaeha, 24, of Waianae will be remembered in services 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Waianae Beach, in front of Coronets. Kaeha died on Jan. 5 after her vehicle crossed the median on Nimitz Highway and crashed into a concrete pillar near Ahua Street. She was born in Honolulu and was a homemaker. She is survived by son Paepaeive Silifaiva, daughter Kisha, mother Geraldina, brother Thomas Reynolds, sister Audrey, and companion Paepaeiva Silifaiva Sr.
Robert Yasuo Kanemitsu, 71, of Wailuku died last Wednesday at home. He was born in Wailuku. He is survived by wife Masayo; son Donald; daughter Lynn N. Yamashita; brother Tetsuo Kanemitsu; sisters Jeanne Kawabata, Hiroko Takamiya, Katsue Kanemitsu and Alice Hamamoto; and four grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Wailuku Hongwanji.
Tomi Kaneshiro, 86, of Koloa, Kauai, died Sunday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born in Koloa, Kauai. She is survived by brothers Sei H., Seiso, Satoshi "Sugar," Mamoru, Susumu, Danny and James; and sister Yoneko Gushiken. Services: 3 p.m. Sunday at Koloa Missionary Church. Call after 2 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Michael Toichi Kato, 61, of Honolulu died Friday in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by daughter Michele Kato, stepson Shane Kane, mother Blanche, sister Ruth Y., caregiver Roy "Toki" Tokifuji, and six step-grandchildren. Services: noon Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Carol Reiko Kinoshita, 69, of Honolulu, a retired Bank of Hawaii employee, died Dec. 30. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Isaac S., daughters Anne K. Kinoshita and Mae M.K. Kuba, brother Eli H. Baba, sister Ruth M. Asato and a grandchild. Private services.
Andres Mabanag Mabanag, 81, of Honolulu died Jan. 3 in Hale Nani Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sons Moises and Rogelio; daughters Elena Resmenia, Galicia Abad, Melani Mabanag and Elia Ubaldo; brothers German and Arsenio; sister Gregoria Colcol; 16 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.
Mitsugi Nakahara, 82, of Hilo, a retired Meadow Gold Dairies Inc. driver and salesman, died Monday in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Tsutae, son Miles, daughters Diana Tomori and Jan Nakahara, hanai daughter Helene Makuakane-Hayselden, brother Kazuyoshi Hayashida, sisters Natsue Yamanaka and Kazuno Ogata, three grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Hiroto Nishita, 78, of Honolulu died Dec. 22 in Kuakini Medical Center. He is also survived by brothers Haito Joe, Yoshito Bruce, Shizuto Paul, Jitsuo Frank and Toru Bill; and sisters Kiyoko C. Mito and Tameko J. Shoda. The mortuary provided additional information for an obituary published Jan. 6.
Aiko Okada, 75, of Kaneohe, a retired state Department of Education baker, died last Wednesday. She was born in Kekaha, Kauai. She is survived by husband Noboru, daughters Myra Okada-Hargrove and Cassandra Tokoro, brothers Zenko and Yoshio Matsuyoshi, and sister Yoshiko Matsuyoshi. Services: 6:30 p.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m. Burial: 10 a.m. Tuesday at the cemetery.
Alejandro Urata Onza, 79, of Wahiawa, a retired carpenter, died Dec. 24 in Texas. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Elena P.; sons Donato, Juan, Nicanor, Louie and Ramon; daughters Josefina Ugalino and Bessie Antonio; sister Consolacion Villena; 20 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Sorrows Church. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.
Yoko Sabal, 56, of Honolulu, a Kintetsu International tour guide, died last Wednesday in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Japan. She is survived by son Sean, daughter Stephanie, father Seigi Shioda, mother Chiyo Shioda, and sisters Yoshiko Hori and Yasuko Suzuki. Services: 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary.
Miyako "Toots" Sakai, 86, of Hilo, a retired Hawaii Island Trucking Co. secretary, died Jan. 5 in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by brother Itsuo; and hanai sons Wayne, Calvin, Ronald and Donald. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Rosario Sagabaen Subia, 58, of Keaau, Hawaii, died Dec. 21 in Hilo Medical Center. Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. The mortuary provided incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday.
Taape Kasipale Taape, 4, of Honolulu died Jan. 1 in Kapiolani Medical Center. He was born in American Samoa. He is survived by parents Kasipale and Fofoa; brother Kevin; sisters Cassandra, Adrianne, Rosalina and Painuulasi; and grandparents Tila F. and Luisa Taape, Tagilima Faaogea and Fili Tagilima. Graveside services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Sunset Memorial Park in Pearl City.
Mineji Tanaka, 78, of Pearl City, a retired J.M. Tanaka Construction Co. employee, died Friday in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Ann; sons Russell and Wayne; daughter JoAnne Tanahara; brothers Richard, Walter, Ernest, Harry and Kelvin; sister Ruth Narahara; and four grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary- Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Yukichi "George" Teruya, 84, of Honolulu, a retired landlord, died Jan. 6 at home. He was born in Waiakea, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Yoshino; son Dexter Y.; daughters Linda Teruya and Iris Teruya-Mita; brothers Shinichi and Shinyei; sisters Haruko, Yoshiko and Kikue Uehara, Tomiko Teruya, Miyoko Kinjo and Toyoko Takara; and seven grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary.
Adele Ruth Texidor, 64, of Honolulu died Saturday in Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Santiago "Tolo"; sons Walter and Ronnie Grilho; daughters Christine S. Maximiliano, Brenda Ramos, Ruthie Molina and Vanessa Grilho; brother Samuel Sedeno; sisters Cookie Sedeno, Theresa Romero, Millie Perriera, Claudia Romain and Virginia Torres; 14 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Shigeyo Urata, 90, of Hilo, a homemaker, died Saturday in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Hawaii. She is survived by son Richard, daughter Blanche Kutsunai, brother Dr. Shohei Shirai, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Daisy Vidinha, 85, of Kalaheo, Kauai, a homemaker, died Sunday in Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital. She was born on Kauai. She is survived by husband Lawrence; sons Adam "Ronnie" Sr. and Patrick Brun; daughters Marjorie Cerny, Adele Bruan, Linda Nawai, Anthonella Schumacher, Maryann Yorkman and Lexandra Borengasser; stepson Lawrence Jr.; stepdaughter Charlene Medeiros; sister Mae Andrade; brothers Albert and George Rapozo; 26 grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; and 34 great-grandchildren. Mass: 10:30 p.m. Monday at Holy Cross Church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow at church cemetery. Casual attire.
Anthony B. Waltjen Sr., 50, of Mililani, a former police officer and an attorney general investigator, died Jan. 6 in Kailua. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Claudette P.; son Anthony "T.J." Jr.; daughter Tifani K.; mother Eleanor; sisters Stephanie Kamakeeaina and Jacqueline and Deborah Waltjen, Gwendolyn Harrington, Barbara Antonio, Brenda DeVincent and Diane Dizon; brother John; stepson Judd Engleman; stepdaughters Kimi Oura, Lori Engleman and Kristy Padayao; and four grandchildren. Mass: 12:30 p.m. Monday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Call after 11 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha 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.