Ethel K. Abreu, 72, of Haiku, Maui, a Maui Land & Pineapple Co. lab technician, died Tuesday in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born on Lanai. She is survived by sons Louis, Lloyd and Randall; daughter Bernadette Gentry; brothers Charles Kwan and Sam Chin; sister Mary Gibson; hanai daughter Hazel Oliveira; two grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and five hanai grandchildren. Mass: 12:30 p.m. tomorrow at St. Joseph Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Maui Veterans Cemetery.Ernest "Benny" Benevides, 80, of Honolulu, a Benny's Tax Service proprietor and a retired U.S. Army veteran, died Jan. 30 in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Paia, Maui. He is survived by son Ernest Jr.; daughters Yvette Gomez, Erminie Reyes and Bernadette Gordon; sisters Georgina Ornellas and Mildred Higashiguchi; 13 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Mass: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. Theresa Co-Cathedral Church. Call after 6 p.m. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire. No flowers.
Walter Phillip "Wally" Burton, 76, of Honolulu, a retired Hawaiian Fluid Power general manager, died Monday in Pearl City. He was born in Santa Cruz, Calif. He is survived by wife Mary; sons David, Mark, James and Philip; daughter Catherine; brothers David and Edward Burton; sister Barbara Owen; and nine grandchildren. Services: 9 a.m. tomorrow at Central Union Church. Reception to follow. Private inurnment at a later date. Aloha attire.
William "Noble" Ellanna, 17, of Ewa Beach, will be remembered in private services. Ellanna was riding a bicycle and collided with a truck after veering into oncoming traffic on Fort Weaver Road. He was taken to the Queen's Medical Center in critical condition and died on Jan. 23. He was born in Los Angeles. He is survived by father Willie Villagran, stepmother Teresa Duque and stepbrother Shawn Medeiros.
Miyo Fujima, 70, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died Jan. 27 in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in Japan. She is survived by husband Lawrence T. Fujima. Private services.
Joseph Kamae Ha'o, 83, of Hilo, a retired Federal Aviation Administration facilities chief, died Jan. 30 in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Paia, Maui. He is survived by wife Caroline N.; sons Joseph Jr., Bryan H.K. and Jack K.; daughters Dorothy K. Alexander, Betty Johnson, Bambi Hifo, Ashley Lopes, Hinano Lee, Ululani Sherlock, Nanialoha Langridge, Poni Morgan-Daines and Brenda, Joanne and Rose Ha'o; brother Drake; sisters Peggy Ha'o-Ross and Bernice Hokoana; 15 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Private services.
Atsushi Hirano, 88, a McBryde Sugar Co. surveyor, died Wednesday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Wahiawa, Kauai. He is survived by son Glenn, daughters Maureen Miyashiro and Susan Hirano, brothers Take and Alfred Hirano, sisters Edith Takahashi and Sumiko Kubota, and four grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. tomorrow at Kauai Soto Zen Temple in Hanapepe. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire.
Robin Kehaulani Jackson, 42, of Waianae, died Jan. 26 in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Oakland, Calif. She is survived by son Josiah Torres-Jackson; brothers Monte, Jamey, Noel and Robert; and sisters Abbie Lyau, Colette Sanchez and Teri Archer. Services: 1 p.m. tomorrow at Waianae Army Recreation Center. Casual attire.
Sarel Joice, also known as BetsyLou Leimamo Harris Mercado, 60, of Hilo, a homemaker, died Jan. 29 in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Paauilo, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Paul K. Mercado Jr. and Kawehi A. Garo; daughters Davieanna K., Paula A.K. and Jonelle A.P.L.K. Mercado; brother John K. Harris Jr.; sisters BettyLou L. Raymond, LanaLee K. Simeona and Tedieth P. McColgan; hanai children Donald K.H. and Leimamo P. Garo and Kehau Tamure; 12 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and two hanai grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at the mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Alae Cemetery. Casual attire.
Nobue Kaitoku, 84, of Kohala, Hawaii, a homemaker, died Tuesday in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Kahuku. She is survived by sons Thomas and George, daughters Elsie Higa and June Ono, brothers Mitsuo and Katsumi Kawaoka, sisters Chieko Chakumoto and Yaeko Nakata, 10 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Tuesday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 4 p.m. Additional services: 11 a.m. Feb. 22 at Kohala Koboji Mission in Kapaau. Casual attire. No flowers.
Evaline Kanahele, 62, of Hanapepe, Kauai, a lei maker, died Wednesday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born on Niihau. She is survived by sons Oihana L. Jr., Wilson, Bernard and Tom; daughters Evaline, Doreen and Mileka P.; brothers John Kaaumoana, Bernard Kamala and George Kanala; sister Eddna Simao; 27 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Private services.
Doris "Dodie" Lumsden, 91, of Honolulu, died Jan. 19. She was born in Las Vegas. She is survived by son George, sisters Frances Doll and Jane Haugse, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Private services.
Tatsuyuki Maeshiro, 81, of Pearl City, a retired hog farmer and limousine driver, died Sunday in Pearl City Nursing Home. He was born in Kukuihaele, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Yoshiko; son Alton; daughters Rita Kunitake, Audrey Maeshiro, Wanda Wauke, Karean Zukeran and Kate Ardona; 12 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at Oahu Cemetery. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire.
Edward "Eddie" Hiram Marciel, 98, of Wailuku, a sugar plantation blacksmith toolmaker, died Monday in Wailuku. He was born in Kipahulu, Maui. He is survived by wife Katherine; sons Peter, Aloysius and Ernest Marciel and Samuel Kaai; daughter Rowena Anomoto; brothers Kenneth and Leland; sisters Wilhelmina Atai, Pauline Gregoire, Ivy Doke and Alma Reeves; 15 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Monday at St. Anthony Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Maui Memorial Park.
Robert Masashi Matsuda, 63, of Honolulu, a Times Super Market Ltd. meat cutter, died last Friday in Straub Clinic & Hospital. The mortuary provided incorrect information for an obituary published Wednesday.
Barbara M.H. Okimoto, 84, of Honolulu, a retired state Department of Health secretary and a retired travel agent for Superjet Travel, died Jan. 30 at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Randall H., son Donald, daughter JoAnn Fujii, brothers Robert and Takuma Honke, sister Lillian Sato and five grandchildren. Private services.
Alfred Prado Sr., 63, of Waialua, a retired karate instructor, died Sunday in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Hauula. He is survived by sons Alfred Jr. and Robert Prado and Mariano Pasigan IV, Raymond Jr., Louis Freitas and Douglas and Maka Herrod; daughters Renee and Shelly Prado and Francine Kawahakui, Michelle Peru, Kendra Saito and Iwalani Herrod; 13 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Private services.
Janet Marie Pucong Procopio, 55, of Hilo, a restaurant proprietress, died Wednesday at home. She was born in Kona, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Michael; daughters Moana Kelii and Shaina Procopio; parents Lorenzo and Magdalena Pucong; brothers Albert, Patrick and David Pucong and Clifford Milar; sister Carol Pucong; and two grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Sunday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 10:30 a.m. Mass: 10:30 a.m. March 1 at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Honalo, Hawaii. Inurnment to follow at the church cemetery. Casual attire.
Russell Sampson Quaintance, 88, of Honolulu, a retired Hopaco stationery store employee and a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, died Tuesday at home. He was born in New York. He is survived by wife Laura M., son Michael, daughter Michelle Lutz, six grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Mass: 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Waikiki. Inurnment to be held at a later date.
Eusebio Jose Rivera, 78, of Honolulu, a retired K Masonry employee, died Jan. 25 in Honolulu. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Valentina, son Jaime, daughter Elvinia R. Castillo, brothers Felix and Silvino, sister Avelina, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 8 a.m. Monday at Full Gospel Chapel, 2464 N. School St. Call after 7:30 a.m. Interment to follow at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.
Daniel "Sonny" K. Spencer, 76, of Honolulu, a retired Leahi Hospital housekeeping superintendent, died Saturday at home. He was born in Kamuela, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Gladys "Sweeney," son Kimo, daughters Georgienna Hopfe and Sharon Pang, brother Thomas, sisters Oinah Anakalea and Mary Dennison, and three grandchildren. Services: 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 7:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Aloha attire.
Mary Luciana "Lucy" Kaailehua Kialoa Makuakane Tripp, 70, of Captain Cook, Hawaii, formerly of Kailua-Kona, a retired Kona Tiki Hotel room maid, died last Friday in Kona Community Hospital. She was born in Kahaluu, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Jimmy Nakapaahu, Archie Keliikuli and Richard Tripp; daughter Roberta T. Carvalho; hanai daughter Jacy Medina; brothers James Simmons and Allan and Jack Makuakane; and six grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Keei Ward. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Kona Memorial Park in Holualoa, Hawaii. Reception: 2 p.m. at Yano Hall in Captain Cook. Casual attire. No flowers.
Camaron David Daniel Tuupoina, 22, of Honolulu, will be remembered in services 10 a.m. Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Tuupoina died Tuesday when he fell from a Waikiki hotel and landed on the roof of a van that had stopped at a Kuhio Avenue stoplight. He was born in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., and was a Royal Steak & Seafood restaurant employee. He is survived by father Alfred, mother Jeanette Renneberg, sister Amber, half sisters Elizabeth Voss and Courtney Sprague, half brothers Gregory Voss and Michael Tuupoina, and hanai sister Meagen Ables. Private scattering of ashes.
Shiau Ya Zun, 75, of Honolulu, a retail salesclerk, died Jan. 17. She was born in Hong Kong. She is survived by son John Chen; daughters Pi Y. Yee, Reiko Onuki and Hiroko Akutsu; brother Jai H. Cheng; and nine grandchildren. Private services.
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Hawaii Newspaper Index online for older obituaries at:
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The index, which goes back several decades,
is available via Telnet software.