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Roy "Dr. Detroit" Gerald Andrade Sr., 64, of Honolulu, a retired Oahu Transit diesel mechanic, died Jan. 21 in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Haina, Hawaii. He is survived by sons Roy Jr., John and Raymond; sisters Dorothy Remers and Josephine Wheeler; and 12 grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at the mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Committal services: 2 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.

George Kahaunani o Maunakea Apuna, 84, of Waimanalo, a retired Fort Shafter power plant operator and formerly employed at the state Sheriff Division, died Jan. 21 in Honolulu. He was born in Kohala, Hawaii. He is survived by daughters Victoria "Bobbi" Kahalewai and Georgilyn Apuna; hanai son Louis Ui Zarko; brother Charles "Sonny"; sisters Carrie Keili'i, Henrietta Goo, Mary Tim and Edna Ariz; five grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Services: 8 p.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Waimanalo Chapel, 41-972 Oluolu St. Call after 5 p.m. Private burial to be held at a later date. Aloha attire. Leis welcome.

Lillian Odillia Barclay, 75, of Waipahu, died Jan. 21 in St. Francis Hospice West. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons William L. Rejincos Jr. and John G. Kerston; stepson George W. Jr.; daughters Linda O. Enfield, Toni L. Loa, Jeri D. Koanui and Lynette B. Paonessa-Keanu; brothers Frank and Richard Ramos and Manuel Torres; sisters Ellenora Rezentes, Vivian Martin and Catherine Ramos; 22 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 3 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Emeterio Mandac Felipe, 67, of Honolulu, a retired McKesson Pharmaceutical Corp. senior shipping clerk, died Jan. 24 in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Flordelina; sons Walter, Russell and Alfred; mother Encarnacion; brothers Rizal and Florentino; sister Josephine Caddali; and one grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at St. John the Baptist Church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire. No flowers.

Katherine Y. Fujino, 82, of Honolulu, died Thursday in Aloha Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Gail Tice, sisters Edith Takeya and Eleanor Ing, and one grandchild. Services: 5 p.m. Saturday at Kaimuki Christian Church. Call after 4 p.m. Private burial.

Felipa Siazon Garo, 63, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died Jan. 23 at home. She was born in Kilauea, Kauai. She is survived by sons Jarrett and Michael Villanueva; daughters Joni Villanueva and Sharon Ayala; brothers Dennis Bumanglag and Emil, Tony, Felipe and Larry Siazon; sisters Helen Vidad and Emmy Pascua; 12 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of the Mount Catholic Church. Call after 8 a.m.

Rose Galarza Griep, 78, of Pearl City, a retired waitress at Coco's Restaurant and Mikey's Favorites Unlimited, died Wednesday in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in Kalopa, Hawaii. She is survived by son Anthony Ayala, sister Mary Smith, brother John Galarza, four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Thomas Masakazu Higa, 81, of Waipahu, a retired Schofield auto mechanic and a retired U.S. Army veteran of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team who served in the Korean War, died Jan. 24 in St. Francis Hospice West. He was born in Pearl City. He is survived by wife Kiyo J., daughter Amy L.H. Makishi, brother Edward "Mako," sisters Kiyoko Higa and Alice Hansen, and two grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Doris Setsuko Itokazu, 66, of Honolulu, died Jan. 23 at home. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by brothers Rikio Izumi and Tom and Richard T. Itokazu, and sister Gloria Itokazu-Knight. Private services.

Hitoshi Katsumoto, 84, of Honolulu, a retired carpenter, died Jan. 24 in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Makawao, Maui. He is survived by wife Betsy U., daughter Linda Kitsuwa, sisters Akiye and Harriet Maeda, son-in-law and primary caregiver Gordon Kitsuwa and one grandchild. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 1 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Lily Yin Lai Lum, 94, of Honolulu, a Lealani Sweet Shop owner, died Jan. 9 in Maunalani Nursing Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Richard and Winfred, daughters Nancy Chu and Bobbi Mew, 12 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 11:45 a.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Kazue "Kay" Yamada Nakamura, 94, of Honolulu, a Kay Nakamura Sewing School owner, died Jan. 17 in Hale Pulama Mau at Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Kealia, Kauai. She is survived by brothers Hideichi, Soichi and James Yamada; sister Isano Yasuda; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services held.

Leon C. Nono, 98, of Kalaupapa, Molokai, died last Monday in Kalawao, Hawaii. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sons Simong and Ligorino "Dong"; daughters Adela Gorospe, Philidelphia "Peling" Mendonca and Leonora "Sally" Pa; brothers Ragino and Agapito; sister Isang; 20 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; and 11 great-great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary in Honolulu. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 11 a.m. next Monday at St. Francis Church in Kalaupapa. Burial to follow at Kalaupapa Cemetery.

Helen Correa Robello, 88, of Wailuku, a retired Maui News bindery supervisor, died Wednesday in Hale Makua, Kahului. She was born on Maui. She is survived by son Ernest L. and sisters Rosalie Feiteira and Agnes Conant. Mass: 11 a.m. tomorrow at St. Anthony Catholic Church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Komano Sugai, 108, of Ewa Beach, died Wednesday in the Convalescent Center of Honolulu. She was born in Japan. She is survived by sons Wallace R., Gilbert M., Kiyoshi, Bruce M. and Walter F.; daughters Margaret C. Matsufuru and Esther A. Mori; half brothers Masnao, Taira, Shiro and Hachiro Funayama; half sisters Chiyoko Wakui, Michiko Nakata and Yoshiko Matsukado; 26 grandchildren; 20 great-grand children; and six great-great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Haruko "Helen" Takahashi, 79, of Kahului, a homemaker, died Thursday in Hale Makua, Kahului. She was born in Hana, Maui. She is survived by husband Ichiro; sons Herbert Glassen and Stanley, Kenneth and Warren Takahashi; daughter Katherine Moritomo; sister Yukiko Oya; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Grace Bible Church. Call after 10 a.m. Cremation to follow. Committal services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Shinichi "Sunshine" Tamanaha, 80, of Kualapuu, Molokai, a retired Del Monte Corp. time keeping supervisor, died Thursday in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by wife Janet Y., sons Michael and Rick, daughter Arlynn Tsugawa, brothers Seichi and Frank, sisters Ethel C. Kumura and Roberta Takara, and seven grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary in Honolulu. Call after 1 p.m. Additional services: 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Kalaikamanuhou Church in Molokai. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Chung Lau "Richard" Tang, 76, of Honolulu, a retired Hilton Hawaiian Village employee, died Jan. 26 at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Calvert; daughters Nelline Araki, Rita Kaku and Norine Runyan; sister Rita Yeung; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m. Inurnment: 10 a.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Hikoichi Tokuda, 82, of Waipahu, a retired Pacific Machinery heavy equipment mechanic, died last Monday in St. Francis Hospice West. He was born in Honohina Hakalau, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Edith K.; sons Albert K. and Ronald S.; daughters Doris A. Nakasone, Velma S. Harless and Diane S. Donah; brother Yukio; half brother Thomas Nakadomari; sister Lillian Cerelejia; half sister Mildred Williams; 10 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Beverly Yolanda Wallace, 54, of Honolulu, an assistant nursing coordinator, died Thursday in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in Wahiawa. She is survived by daughter Maria Gruber, father Irineo Hilario Jr., brother Bruno Gavino Jr., sisters Abigail and Audrey N. Hilario, and one grandchild. Services: 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Burial: 11 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Florence "Flossie" May Mokihana Williamson, 75, of Kailua, died Tuesday in Kailua. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Frederick Jr., daughters Judy Williamson- Budroe and Dale Williamson-Brito, sister Marjorie Gomes, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Friday at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Kailua. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery. Aloha attire.

Natalie Ann Puanani Wright, 53, of Hawi, Hawaii, a homemaker and former employee for Sea Life Park, died last Monday at home. She was born in Lihue, Kauai. She is survived by husband Thomas Wright; daughter Kahailani Wright; hanai sons Glenn M. and Robert K.S. Davis; hanai daughters Kathleen K., Ana K.S. and Kiele S. Davis and Kahau, Puanani, Kamalani and Kaulu Tayan; sisters Heather Romero, Debra "Debbie" Davis, Dale Villa, Dutchee Kaupu, Kuuipo Medeiros and Hualalai Tayan; and one grandchild. Visitation: all night Friday at Hualalai Tayan's residence in Halaula, Kohala, Hawaii. Call after 5 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hawi Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow at church cemetery. Casual attire.

Maka Yonashiro, 105, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died last Monday in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born Japan. She is survived by sons Wayne and Walter; daughters Kimie Narimatsu, Sue Mizak and Geanette Kida; sister Kamado Nakada; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Cremation to follow. 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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