Theodore Achin Ah Loy, 79, of Kaneohe, died Jan. 19 at home. He is also survived by Barbara Umiamaka. Incorrect information was printed in an obituary published Sunday.Harold H. Araki, 70, of Hilo, a retired meat cutter for Kulana Foods and Safeway Food and Drug, died Jan. 18 in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Haruyo "Betty"; daughter Joy Higa; brothers Kenichi "Jackie," Albert and Dennis; sisters Kay Smith, Maizie Nago, Janet Loo and Jean Potter; and two grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 4 p.m. Committal services: 10 a.m. Monday at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire.
Jason Filamor Kainoa Bisarra, 19, of Waipahu, will be remembered in services 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Bisarra was a front-seat passenger in a car on Jan. 11 that crossed the center line when it entered Waipio Uka Street from Lumikula Street and was hit broadside by a pickup truck. Bisarra was crushed on impact and died at the scene. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by parents Filamor Jr. and Adriane "Adriana"; brother Ryan K.; and grandparents Filamor Bisarra Sr., Mary Ochinang and Eloise Aldueso. Committal services: 10 a.m. Friday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Carmela D'Ambrosia Blank, 92, of Honolulu, died Thursday at home. She was born in Colorado. She is survived by husband Virgil F., brother Joseph D'Ambrosia and sister Frances Snider. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Friday at Star of the Sea Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Donations suggested to Star of the Sea Catholic Church.
Elizabeth Kaipoakalaninuiaomamao DeCaires, 72, of Kapolei, died Thursday at home. Services: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 94-210 Kahualii St., Waipahu Stake Center. Call after 10 a.m. Committal services: 2 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. The mortuary provided incorrect information for an obituary published Sunday.
Joseph Hulihe'e DeGrandis, 75, of Kaneohe, died Thursday. He is also survived by daughter Joleen Cordeiro. Incorrect information was printed in an obituary published Sunday.
Phillip Manalo Demitrial, 65, of Waianae, a retired Army National Guard veteran and a U.S. Postal Service employee in Waianae, died Jan. 16 in Waianae. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Rosalia "Rosita Lanet"; son Richard; sisters Loretta Barques and Rosita De Leon; brothers Dado, Ricarte and Rueben Demitrial and Florencio "Blackie" Rita; and one grandchild. Mass: 10:45 a.m. Friday at Sacred Hearts in Waianae. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. No flowers.
Haruko Higa, 89, of Honolulu, a retired Higa Market owner, died Saturday in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by daughters Takako Higa and Gail Murakami, brothers Eichi and Seigi Teruya, sisters Yoshiko Miyashiro and Mitsuko Goya, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Katherine Hulama, 78, of Nanakuli, died Jan. 20 in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in Kona, Hawaii. The mortuary provided incorrect information for an obituary published Sunday.
Lawrence Itsuo Inouye, 86, of Honolulu, an International Ball Room Dance Club dance director, died Jan. 19 in Las Vegas. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Bernice M. Kajiki-Inouye; daughter Laureen Okumura; brothers Tsugio, Saburo and George; sisters Marion Inouye and Thelma Takazawa; two grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Inurnment to be held at a later date. Casual attire. No flowers.
The Rev. Ronney Lee Keawekane Sr., 57, of Hilo, a heavy equipment operator and a retired owner of B & R Services, died Dec. 31 in Hilo Medical Center. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. The mortuary provided incorrect information for an obituary published Sunday.
Charlotte Umeyo Kohatsu, 79, of Honolulu, a retired sales clerk for the former J.C. Penney, died Jan. 19 in Kuakini Geriatric Care Inc. She was born in Wahiawa. She is survived by husband Kenneth T., son Marvin, daughter Karen H. Kuraoka, brother Matsuo Inouye and five grandchildren. Private services.
Francis Kong Ming Lau, 90, of Lahaina, a landscaper, died Jan. 18 in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Wahiawa. He is survived by wife Nina; sons Vernon K.C., Gerald K.K. and Leslie K.T.; brother David; sisters Helen Lau and Florence Haars; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. No services.
Juana Aleganga Lauro, 97, of Pahala, Hawaii, died Friday in Pahala Hospital. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by sons Alfred Lauro and Claudio Pacyao; daughters Encarnation L. Evangelista and Lordes Galapir; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Holy Rosary Catholic Church. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at the church cemetery. Casual attire.
Elizabeth K.L. Lewis, 88, of Honolulu, died Wednesday in Los Angeles. The mortuary provided incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday.
Georgianna Kuuleialoha Mafnas, 41, of El Paso, Texas, died July 21, 2000. She was born in Haleiwa. She is survived by husband Daniel; daughters Bonnie and Beverly Mafnas and Michelle, Abigail and Elizabeth McCormick; and brothers Solomon L. Jr. and Lono P. Kuni. Scattering of ashes: 8 a.m. today at Alii Beach Breakers.
June Wakako Matsuoka, 93, of Honolulu, a retired owner for Ginza Restaurant and Little George's Restaurant, died Jan. 19 in Maunalani Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Olaa, Hawaii. She is survived by brother Hideo Yanazaki, sister Tatsuko Hino, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Private services.
Eleanor Momi Post, 89, of Pearl City, died Jan. 12 in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Vhonda L. Crawford, son Benton Post, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Celebration of life: 6-9 p.m. Thursday at First Assembly of God Church, 3400 Moanalua Road, Red Hill.
Leticia Balala Sampaga, 60, of Honolulu, died Jan. 14 in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by brothers Prescillano N. and Avelino N. Balala. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Call after 7:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire. No flowers.
Teiichi Sano, 87, of Kahului, a retired carpenter, died Sunday in Hale Makua Kahului. He was born in Waimea, Kauai. He is survived by wife Tomie, sons Jerome and Harvey, daughters Karen Muramoto and Patricia Dunlap, sisters Tomie Inouye and Hamae Ijima, eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Thursday at Nakamura Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Burial: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Maui Memorial Park.
Isaac Seichi Shimabukuro, 36, of Kaneohe, died Jan. 20 in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by companion Natalie PangKee, sons Isaiah and Ivan PangKee-Shimabukuro, daughter Natasha PangKee-Shimabukuro, mother and stepfather Dorothy and Ted Sakamoto, father Glenn, sisters Iris and Inez, stepbrother Ted Sakamoto, grandfather Richard Miyashiro and grandmother Misao. Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 6 p.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire.
Gabina "Jovita" Saturno Somera, 86, of Waipahu, died Jan. 3 in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Geronimo "Cosme," sons Alberto and Benjamin, 13 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. Mass: 7 p.m. Friday at St. Joseph Church, 94-675 Farrington Highway, Waipahu. Call after 6 p.m. Services: noon Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Mildred Misako Tanimura, 72, of Honolulu, a Hale Koa Exchange cashier, died Jan. 15. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Clinton T.; sons Frank, Robert, James and Mark; brothers Lawrence, Stanley, George and Edwin Kawamoto; sisters Jane Shirafuji and Aileen Fukunaga; and two grandchildren. Private services.
Tadashi "Tako" Tazawa, 79, of Ewa Beach, died last Tuesday in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in Ewa. He is survived by son Claude "Masa"; daughters Lynn I. Takimoto and Annette Y. and Cora S. Higa; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Private services.
Ned Eugene Thurston, 78, of Honolulu, a retired U.S. Navy veteran, died Thursday at home. He was born in Buchanan, Mich. He is survived by wife Kimi; daughter Joni Chin; brothers Dick, Tom, Bob, Carl, Ralph and Ted; sister Honorene Hojara; and four grandchildren. Services: 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Waialae Baptist Church. Call after 1:30 p.m. Burial: 11 a.m. Monday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.
Peggy Kam Yuk Wong, 86, of Honolulu, a Chop Suey Center owner, died Jan. 20. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Tai Hing, son Alvin, daughter Coletta Shiroma, brothers Harry and Leonard Yee, sister Pat Yee, six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Private services.
Gladys Satsuye Yamaguchi, 80, of Pearl City, a retired Pagoda Hotel housekeeper, died Wednesday in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Clinton Y. and Gordon T., daughters Norma J. Lavy, brother Henry Kono, four grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Cremation to follow.
You can also search the Hawaii State Library System's
Hawaii Newspaper Index online for older obituaries at:
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The index, which goes back several decades,
is available via Telnet software.