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Harold Kaopua Ahuna Sr., 70, of Waianae, a Jack Endo Electric and Ray's Wiring Service employee, died Jan. 29 in Inglewood, Calif. He also was an InterIsland Electric and Reliable Electric employee. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Harold K. Jr., August K. and Wally Y.K. Ahuna and Andrew Kalaukoa; daughters Lorraine K. "Sweetie" Braithwaite; hanai parents Mr. and Mrs. Wally Yee; brothers Robinson "Blackie" and Harold; sisters Adele Greenleaf, Gladys Welsh, and Nani and Ellen Pahinui; and eight grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: noon Monday at the mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

William H. "Maui Bill" Aipelena, 75, of Honolulu, formerly of Paia, Maui, a retired Hawaiian Airlines mechanic, died Saturday in Aloha Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born in Makawao, Maui. He is survived by sons Donald Kalani, and Richard and Thomas Kahakui; daughters Keola F. Aipelena-Thoren and Caroline Andrews; 28 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 12:45 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Mitsuko Akazawa, 86, of Honolulu, a retired barber for First Hawaiian Barber Shop, died Feb. 2 in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in Waialua. She is survived by daughter Phyllis K. Nomura, sister Nobue Nishimoto, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Private services.

Malia Elizabeth-Ki'ilani Bakutis, 29, of Waianae and Hana, Maui, died Feb. 3. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by parents Robert E. and Gail K., sister Ane, half sister Helena M. Bakutis-Kekaula and grandparents Fred E. and Martha Killebrew. Private scattering of ashes. Donations suggested to Searider Video Productions at Waianae High School, 85-251 Farrington Highway, Waianae 96792.

Eloise Mercedes Emalia Basques, 72, of Waimanalo, a retired Kamehameha Schools employee, died Feb. 2 in Castle Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Ben and Llewelyn Chun; daughters Mercy Haney, Valerie Danao, Stanette Keaunui and Renee Akana; brothers Walter and Rowell "Puggy" Yim; sisters Melba Ching, Miala Leong, Lani Soon and Charmaine Bowers; 13 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Services: 1 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Private burial.

Leona Cablayan, 94, of Makaweli, Kauai, a homemaker, died Feb. 4 at home. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by son Rudy, daughters Marina Galiza and Teresita Cabotaje, sister Eufracia, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services held.

Pedro Nono Cacalda Sr., 86, of Waianae, a retired Department of Education employee, died Feb. 3 in Ka Punawai Ola. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Leonora C.; sons Vicente and Pedro Jr.; daughters Myrna Gutfreund, Norma Hara and Arlene Mendoza; 12 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9:45 a.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Church. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.

Arthur Lewis Camara, 84, of Honolulu, a U.S. Army veteran, died Sunday in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Curtis Camara and Dwayne T.N. and Keith Enos; daughters Mary A. Whitman-Mansfield and Patricia McDonald; brother Edward; 13 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 9:30 a.m. tomorrow at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.

Kyong Soon Chung, 82, of Honolulu, died Friday in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in South Korea. She is survived by sons Steve K.H. and Kyu "Q"; daughters Myong Lee, Myung Chung and Christin Cho; seven grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 4 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Burial: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Rosalina Duarte, 87, of Kalaheo, Kauai, a homemaker, died Monday in Hale Kupuna Heritage Home. She was born in Puhi, Kauai. She is survived by sons Donald and Skippy; sisters Gloria Perreira, Julia Ferreira and Emily Lopez; 10 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren. Services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Holy Cross Catholic Church. Call after noon. Burial to follow at Hanapepe Public Cemetery. Casual attire.

Evan Naliko English, 72, of Hoolehua, Molokai, died Saturday in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Hoolehua. She is survived by husband George "Sonny"; sons George and Clayton; daughter Melody Alcon; sisters Alice Chun, Katherine Lau, Mokihana Alama, Anna Bishaw, Naomi Wilkinson, Poli Machado and Leialoha Ganon; 28 grandchildren; and 46 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Kalamaula, Molokai. Burial to follow at Kanakaloloa Cemetery in Hoolehua.

Harold J. Falk Jr., 78, of Kailua, a retired deputy police chief and administrator of the state prisons, will be remembered in services at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Falk died Friday. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. He is survived by wife Priscilla J.; son Harold J. III; daughters Carol-Louise Carper and Michele Wilson; brothers Raymond, William, Ernest and Alan; sisters Carolyn Arcand and Adele Phillips; and four grandchildren. Burial: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Van Alan Faria, 58, of Honolulu, died Jan. 30 in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by mother Doris G. Lee, brothers Owen and Noel, and sisters Karen and Mavis. Private services.

Elizabeth Paiva Fernandez, 77, of Honolulu, died Feb. 1 in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Nelson A. Pasatiempo, daughters Helena P. Lamoya and Bernadette P. Gray, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Monday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 12:15 p.m. Tuesday at the mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Michael Joseph Freitas, 66, of Waianae, a retired Aloha Airlines employee, died Feb. 2 in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Puunene, Maui. He is survived by wife Lani Varde; sons Michael W. and Edward; stepchildren Carol J. Merez, Lee Schierburg, Estelle Mullen and Val, James, Walter and David Varde; brothers Joseph and Andrew; sister Patricia Wong; and a grandchild. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 1403-A California Ave., Wahiawa. Call after 8:30 a.m. Inurnment: 1 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Edith Mae Puanani Hernandez, 55, of Kihei, Maui, a postal clerk for Kihei Post Office, died last Thursday at home. She was born on Lanai. She is survived by husband Leonard; son Daniel J.; daughters Danyal Correira, Tammy-Lynn Manuel, Lena M. Boyce and Marisa A. Hernandez; father William Tolentino; brothers Charlie, Ernest "Chili" and John Kim; sisters Rose Alcomindras, Alice Tracey and Shirley "Momi" Tolentino; and two grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 11 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Maui Veterans Cemetery.

Jinsei Higa, 86, of Kahului, a retired Kahului Railroad and Ameron welder, died Feb. 4 in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Kaheka, Maui. He is survived by wife Kimie "Lorraine," sons Warren and Les, daughter Janice Dote, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services held.

Keun Sung Hong, 80, of Honolulu, a retired Korean Electric Co. engineer, died last Thursday at home. He was born in Korea. He is survived by daughters Kyong Ae Yi, Kyong S. Tidey, In S.J. Yokota, Kristie In S. Ling and Grace H. MacMaster; and 12 grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Ruriko Karimoto, 89, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died Feb. 5 at home. She was born on Kauai. She is survived by sons Herbert and James, daughters Elsie Y. Kawakami and Shirley Willis, 13 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire.

Clara Kimiko Kawato, 82, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died Feb. 3 in Oahu Care Facility. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Stanley, daughter Nora Hidano, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Private services.

Ito Konno Kinase, 113, of Kaneohe, died Jan. 24. She was born in Japan. She is survived by son Seichi Konno; daughters Lily Zaima, Jeanne Shioshi and Joyce Iwamuro; 16 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Private services.

Richard Kazuto Kitamura, 81, of Lihue, a retired Kauai Surf cook, died Feb. 2 in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by nephew Alvin Y. and nieces Arlene S. Takai and Gail S. Walker. Private services.

Kiyoko Koyanagi, 77, of Kahului, a retired Maui Memorial Medical Center cook, died Jan. 20 in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by sons Alan and Dennis; brothers Kazue, Hakaru and Satoshi Nitahara; sisters Sally Hadley, Thelma Suzuki, Betty Tsung and Jean Shinyama; and two grandchildren. Private services.

Waichi Kunimitsu, 83, of Kahului, a retired accountant for Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Co. Budget and Cost Control Administration Department, died Feb. 4 in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Paia, Maui. He is survived by sons Lee and Mark, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 4:30 p.m. tomorrow at Makawao Hongwanji Mission. Call after 3:30 p.m. Reception to follow at church hall. No flowers.

Faleagafulu Taaitulagi Leituala, 74, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died Sunday. She was born in Samoa. She is survived by daughters Sula M. Ah Fook, Tuigaiata A. Schuster, Taiaopo V. Tuimalealiifano and Fiaavae L. Salanoa; brother Leituala Tuise; sister Vaoesea L. Su'a; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Visitation: 4:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Moanalua Second Ward. Burial to be held in Samoa.

Darryl Shawn Hokulani Leslie, 42, of Honolulu, a bookkeeper, died Monday. He is survived by father Herbert Jr.; brothers Wayne, Bryan "Kalani" and Michael; sister Patricia "P.D." Kaniho; and companion Phil Richards. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at 1230 Kuuna St., Kailua. No flowers.

Donald Chew Wo Lum, 69, of Honolulu, a former manager for Mac's Market, died Monday in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Verna; son Darryl; daughters Vernette Munthe, Donelle Oda and Vernessa Lum; brothers Dr. Edmund and Wilfred; and four grandchildren. Services: 12:15 p.m. Wednesday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Inurnment to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Nirmal Gunamal Mahtani, 64, of Honolulu, died Feb. 5 in Honolulu. He was born in Japan. He is survived by daughter Sabine Mendonca; brother Prem; and sisters Shani, Pushpa and Tamoo. Private services.

Dennis Yasuji Matsuda, also known as "Denny" and "Yasu," 75, of Wahiawa, a Hawaiian Dredging general foreman, died Friday in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Evelyn K.; son Wade Y.; daughter Denise T. Haruki; brothers Steve, Richard and William; sister Violet Yoneshige; and four grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m.

William Lee "Bill" Morse, 62, of Birmingham, Ala., a radio and television broadcast industry employee and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, died Friday. He is survived by wife Felicitas L., son Frank K., daughters Suzanne K. Patton and Krystal L.G. Morse, father Frank Jr., brother James, sisters Carol A. Mingucci and Barbara J. Cramer, and six grandchildren. Services held.

Roman R. Nacapoy, 96, of Honolulu, a retired utility man for Hawaii Construction and Dredging Ready Mix Department, died Monday in the Convalescent Center of Honolulu. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Alfonsa, sons Amancio and Greg, sister Catalina Vea, five grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. next Thursday at St. John the Baptist Church, 2324 Omilo Lane. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Alice Nelson, 83, of Kapaa, Kauai, a sales manager, died Monday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born in Indiana. She is survived by daughter Jane Stone, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Kapaa First Hawaiian Church. Casual attire.

Katsuyo Oekawa, 99, of Kealakekua, Hawaii, a retired Honaunau postmaster and seamstress, died Jan. 23 in Kona Community Hospital. She was born in Honaunau, Hawaii. She is survived by son Hiroshi, five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Private services.

Chom Im Pak, 76, of Honolulu, died Sunday in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was born in Korea. She is survived by husband Francis C.C., sons Glen D. and Roy N. Kim, stepson Gary Y.K., daughter Hea S. Kim, sisters Diane Kim and Bonnie Walker, and four grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10:30 a.m. Inurnment: 2 p.m. at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Miles Wyman Richardson, 76, of Honolulu, an International Paper Co. Pacific manager, died Friday in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Massachusetts. He is survived by wife Maxine, daughter Cynthia Cohen and sisters Marjorie Carleton and Marilyn Olsson. Private services.

Denichi "Joe" Sato, 85, of Honolulu, a retired federal engineering technician for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Fort Shafter, died Feb. 3 in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Jane T., daughter Suzanne M., brothers Jitsuo and Goichi, sisters and two grandchildren. Private services. No flowers. No monetary gifts.

Thomas Silva Sr., 67, of Hanapepe, Kauai, a heavy equipment operator for the construction industry, died Feb. 5 in the University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center. He was born on Kauai. He is survived by sons Thomas Jr., Antonio E., Edward R. and John T.; daughter Brenda Morando; sisters Helen S. Obrero and Loretta S. Krueger; and five grandchildren. Services: 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the Old Koloa Church. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Helen Kahihilani Sterling, 81, of Kona, a retired Sterling Thimble proprietress, died Feb. 5 at home. She was born in Waimea, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Leon A.P. and Wayne H.; daughters Marion K. Salazar and Rebecca K. Kala; hanai children Dale, Linda, Frankie, Alan and Frosty; sister Leilani; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 1 p.m. tomorrow at the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Honalo. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Feb. 21 at Oahu Cemetery in Honolulu.

Cleo Lee Thompson, 74, of Pahoa, Hawaii, a butcher and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, died Saturday at home. He was born in Tokyo, Texas. He is survived by son Jack and a grandchild. Private services.

Jennifer Sueko Thornton, 48, of Honolulu, a Waolani Judd Nazarene School teacher, died last Thursday at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by mother Doris C. and brothers Skip, Rodney and David. Services: 1:30 p.m. Monday at New Hope Christian Lead Center, 290 Sand Island Access Road. Call after 12:30 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.



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The index, which goes back several decades,
is available via Telnet software.



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