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Louis Borge Advincula, 89, of Wahiawa, retired owner of a masonry contracting company, died Feb. 10 in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Santa, Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. He is survived by companion Rose Pacheco, daughter Cresencia Rulloda, two grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.Margaret You Len Chee, 80, of Honolulu, died Tuesday in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Pauwela, Maui. She is survived by husband Sai Man; sons Yuen Hee, Patrick, Frederick, Kenrick and Derrick; daughters Jade Fo, Pearl Chan, Jewel Lee and Gemie Arakawa; 19 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Visitation from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Taoist services. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park.
Mitsue "Emily" Fukumura, 90, of Honolulu, a retired Kaimuki High School cafeteria worker, died Feb. 19 in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Ookala, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Toshiyuki; son Gary; daughters Karen Nakaki, Jean Fukumoto and Elaine Matsushige; brothers Sakuichi and Teruo Takayama; sisters Dorothy Hamamoto, Toshiko Kohashi and Toyoko Tanaka; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Private services.
Meta Lokepua Anahu Gapol-Manuel, 69, of Kailua, a retired Kaiser Medical Center accounting clerk, died Feb. 14 in Kaiser. She was born in Kilauea, Kauai. She is survived by husband Cipriano Manuel; daughters Meta and Melissa Asagra, Melanie Asagra Manuel, Mignon Asagra Butterfield, Monique Asagra Richmond, Morae Asagra Salis and Ginger Gapol Armstrong; 18 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Charles Earle Grune Jr., 57, of Honolulu, died Sunday at home. He is survived by son Charles III, mother Aileen Van Gieson, sister Earleen Rapoza and brother Richard. Additional information was provided for an obituary published Thursday.
Leslie Minoru Hashimoto, 50, of Waipahu, a retired Hickam Air Force Base contract specialist, died Feb. 19 at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Lynn, daughter Kelsi S., parents Stanley T. and Thelma T., brothers Milton and Randall, and sister Donna-Jean Bradley. Services: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Teruto "Ted" Hata, 84, of Honolulu, founder and president of T. Hata Electrical Contractor Inc., died Feb. 19 in Straub Clinic & Hospital. Additional information was provided for an obituary published yesterday.
Claire Shigemi Hayashida, 56, of Honolulu, a state Department of Accounting & General Services computer operations scheduler, died Feb. 21 in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Lihue. She is survived by husband Rodney, daughters Lauri and Lynette Shinn, father Fred Nishimura, sisters Susan Horikawa and Nora Napoleon, and one grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Masayoshi Ikeda, 89, of Kailua, a retired carpenter, died Feb. 5 in Honolulu. He was born in Spreckelsville, Maui. He is survived by sons Albert, Raymond, Wayne and Brian; brother Tadashi; sister Harue Matsumoto; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Private services. No monetary offerings.
Frank Joseph, 93, of Kailua-Kona, died Dec. 31 in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Hawaii. He is survived by brother Steve DeLeon and sister Mercedes Salmasan. Graveside services: 11 a.m. today at Alae Cemetery. Burial to follow. Casual attire.
Thomas Aarona Kekaula, 78, of Laie, a retired teacher and coach, died Tuesday in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Eleele, Kauai. He is survived by wife Blossom K.E., daughters Thomasene Kinikini and Luella K. Muaina, sisters Cecelia Luis and Mary Kekaula, and nine grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hawaii Stake, 55-415 Iosepa St., Laie. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: noon at Laie Cemetery. Sunday-best attire.
Safotulafai Moananu Hunkin Ulugaono Lalau, 79, of Kapolei, a retired Tripler Army Medical Center civil service employee, died Tuesday in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Afao, American Samoa. She is survived by sons Fil, Jeremiah, Andrew, Richard, Adam, Alan, Eric and Ellis; daughters Rose Lalau, Misifeleni York, Anna Rosemond, Jane Kalolo, Betty Ann Olo, Betty Schroeder, Fogavai Scott and Sisamoa Ahsam; sister Aneva Noa; 37 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Makakilo Stake Center, 92-900 Makakilo Drive. Call after 5 p.m. Friday and after 8 a.m. Saturday. Burial to follow at Laie Cemetery.
Hing Lun Louie, 81, of Honolulu, died Feb. 10 in Hale Nani Nursing Home. He was born in China. He is survived by wife Chew Quon, son David K.H., daughter Mary M.L., brothers Hing Chin and Hing Tow, and two grandchildren. Taoist services: 9 a.m. today at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: 11:30 a.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Roy Koichi Nakamura, 85, of Honolulu, a retired public accountant doing business as Roy K. Nakamura, Public Accountant, and a 100th Infantry Battalion veteran, died Feb. 15 in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Maizie K., daughters Gail Nakamura and Gwen Suda, brothers Keisaburo and Ishio, several sisters and one grandchild. Private services.
Masao Okabayashi, 89, of Honolulu, a retired Campbell Avenue Service Station auto mechanic, died Sunday in Kuakini Geriatric Care, Inc. He was born in Captain Cook, Kona, Hawaii. He is survived by son Gary S., daughter Karen S. Matsumura, brother Ben M., sisters Emi Kato and Satoe Okamura, and one grandchild. Private services.
Eugenia Pinero, 94, of Lihue, a homemaker, died Monday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born on Maui. She is survived by sons Joseph M. Torres, John Davis Sr., Jose and Albert Carrancho, and Leroy J. Pinero; daughters Gloria Alvarez, Juana Silva, Theresa Harley and Carmelita Iserman; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Mass: 7 a.m. Monday at Immaculate Conception Church. Casual or aloha attire.
Keiko Ray, 77, of Honolulu, a dressmaker, died Feb. 14 in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Tokyo. She is survived by daughter Grace E. and brothers Hiroshi Yasuda and Yasunosuke Shibuya. Private services.
Leo Dias Souza, 74, of Kaneohe, a retired attorney, died Feb. 20 in Ewa Beach. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Dennis and Leo Jr.; daughter Leona; brothers Richard, Downey and Theodore; sisters Christine Bright, Doris Osher and Irene Farias; and one grandchild. Services: 9:45 a.m. Thursday at St. Ann's Church in Kaneohe. Call after 9 a.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.
Fitu Tafaoa Sr., 69, of Waipahu, a pastor at Free Will Baptist Church of Waipahu, died Wednesday in Honolulu. He retired from the U.S. Marine Corps and was the honorary consul general for Samoa and Tonga. He was born in American Samoa. He is survived by wife Joyce; sons David and Fitu Jr.; daughters Sheila Dickerson and Sherry Sykes; brother Falefuafua; sisters Vaifale Ilasa, Salote Viena and Soama Mane; and six grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Free Will Baptist Church, 94-531 Waipahu St. Private burial. Aloha attire. No flowers.
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The index, which goes back several decades,
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