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Richard L. "Chip" Campbell Jr., 56, of Kailua, a U.S. Department of Defense employee and a retired U.S. Navy veteran, died Feb. 24 in Kailua. He was born in Baltimore. He is survived by wife Anni, son Tyler, daughter Summer, brothers Chuck and Tyler, mother Margaret Davis and two grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. John's Lutheran Church. Casual attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to Hospice Hawaii or Pacific Health Ministries.

Roberto Galano Castillo Sr., 64, of Napili, Maui, a Maui Pineapple Co. Honolua Division supervisor, died Friday in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Ewa Beach. He is survived by wife Charita; sons Roberto Jr. and Charito P. Castillo and Clayton Cockett; daughters Cherrie Aquino and Kimberlee Castillo; brothers Gregorio, Leon Jr. and Calixto; sisters Juanita and Esther Casil, Bienvenida Pascual and Leonora Cabingas; and six grandchildren. Services: 8 p.m. Friday at Nakamura Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 1 p.m. Saturday at St. Ann's Church. Call after noon. Burial: 2 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park.

Rose Na'auao Pelayo "Maka" Crabbe, 68, of Kailua-Kona, a retired United Airlines employee, died March 4. She was born in Wahiawa. She is survived by husband Mogul; sons Michael, Moses, Mark, Kamana'opono and Maurice; daughters Catherine Crabbe and Monica Lu'uwai; brothers Alcario and Alvin Pelayo; sisters Alice Richmond and Jeanette Kawailani; and eight grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary, Maunakea Chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at the mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire.

Edward Peter Dupras Jr., 83, of Honolulu, a retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel, died Friday in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Rhode Island. He is survived by wife Marie, son Edward R., daughter Patricia M. Wilson, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Mass: 9 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Church, Wilder Avenue. Scattering of ashes: 10:30 a.m. off Elks Club in Waikiki. Aloha attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 1701 Wilder Ave., Honolulu 96822.

Doris Kim Choi Epperson, 84, of Hilo, a retired barber, died Feb. 25 in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Hono-lulu. She is survived by daughters Ellen Leeteg, Alberta Sakamoto and Linda Yama-moto; two brothers; three sisters; and nine grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m.

William Beattie "Bill" Fowler Jr., 79, of Waipahu, a retired Aloha Precast Inc. employee and a U.S. Navy veteran who served in World War II and the Korean War, died Feb. 27 in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born in Seattle. He is survived by wife Yoshiko; sons Steven and Martin; daughters Leslie Phillips, Susan Garcia, Marilyn Parrott and Karen Fowler; sisters Lillian Staudt; nine grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka cha-pel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Aloha attire.

Herbert Hiroshi Hamaguchi, 78, of Kaneohe, a retired King Intermediate School teacher, died Thursday in St. Francis Hospice-West. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife May K., daughter Nami Wong, and sisters Barbara Okino and Ruth Matsuura. Services: noon Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Torasaburo Ige, 99, of Hono-lulu, a retired Marumi Tei store and restaurant owner, died Feb. 22 in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born on Okinawa. He is survived by wife Beatrice Y.; son Herbert; daughters Florence Nakasone, Florine A. Westerly and Mildred M. Ige; and four grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Inurnment: 2 p.m. Monday at Honolulu Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Fred Shigeo Kashiwagi, 77, of Honolulu, a retired Yokota Air Base civil engineer, died last Wednesday in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Kahuku. He is survived by wife Mitsuko, son Ronald, daughter Vivien Kanemitsu, brothers George and Thomas, sister Joyce Koga and two grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Scottish Rite Cathedral, 1611 Kewalo St. Casual attire. No flowers.

Bronson Ikaikaloa Kenji Keohuloa, 19, of Ocean View, Hawaii, died Saturday in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by father Brian; mother Lorraine; sisters Alexis Pua and Lianne and Kayla Keohuloa; and grandparents Richard and Emily Keohuloa and Ellen Omija. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Kauahaao Congregational Church in Waiohinu. Call after 9 a.m. Cremation to follow. Scattering of ashes to be held at a later date. Aloha attire.

The Rev. George W. Kiyabu, 82, of Kainaliu, Hawaii, a Kona Seventh-day Adventist Church pastor and a Kona Community Hospital chaplain, died Saturday in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Kekaha, Kauai. He is survived by wife Hiroyo, son James, daughters Grace Downs and Naomi Smith, sisters Edna Ishikawa and Violet Oshiro, and four grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. tomorrow at Seventh-day Adventist Church in Captain Cook, Kona Highway. Call after 3 p.m. Additional services: 11 a.m. Sunday at Aiea Seventh-day Adventist Church on Oahu. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Byrne Kazuo Kubo, 44, of Hilo, a self-employed maca-damia nut farmer, died Thursday in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by parents Katsuki and Jane, brothers Bryce and Earl, and sister Janelle. Services: 10 a.m. Sunday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Mary Kuulei Lum, 74, of Waimanalo, a retired postal clerk, died Thursday in Kailua. She was born in Puna, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Arthur K.; sons Bert Kanoa and Gerald and Arnold Lum; daughter Sandra Dias; mother Rose Canoa; brothers Albert Canoa and William, Lawrence and Charles Kanoa; sisters Florence Fukui, Eleanor Noel, Jeanne Nases, Beatrice Dela Cruz, Mildred Yamanouchi, Carol Oshiro and Joyce Alfiler; 10 grandchildren; and eight great- grandchildren. Services: 1:15 p.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 11:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire. No flowers.

Kazuo Miyazawa, 88, of Ho-nolulu died Sunday in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Aiea. He is survived by wife Asako I.; sons Francis and Kenneth; daughters Jean and Lillian Miyazawa and Doris Wada; brother Hideo Miyasawa; sister Fumie Kaneda; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Adam Pontes Moniz, 78, of Waianae died Feb. 27 at home. He was born on Kauai. He is survived by wife Beverly P.; sons Ronald, Adam Jr. and Charles; daughters Angelina, Mapu, Ruth and Angeline; 12 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren. Committal service: 10:30 a.m. Monday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.

Violet Masako Nagano, 89, of Honolulu died March 2 in Las Vegas. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by daughter Patricia Donohue, eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Inurnment: 11 a.m. tomorrow at Valley of the Temples, Byodo-In-Temple. No flowers.

Edward Satoru "Ed" Nakamura, 96, of Hilo, a retired Hilo High School teacher, died Sunday in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Keaau, Hawaii. He is survived by sons Terence and Leslie, daughter Joyce Ramm, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 3:45 p.m. Sunday at Church of the Holy Cross, 440 W. Lanikaula St., Hilo. Call after 2:45 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Wiley Masao Nomura, 54, of New York, formerly of Hono-lulu, a Bouley Restaurant general manager in New York, died Feb. 12. He was born in Hono-lulu. He is survived by mother Sumiko; brothers Lawrence, Herman and Stephen; and sisters Gail Tomiyoshi and Lynn Horio. Services: 5 p.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Duke Katsunosuke Nosaka, 46, of Hilo, a professional cosmetologist, died March 1 in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by parents Charles and Doris, and sisters Pomai and Sybil. Services: 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 1 p.m. Additional services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Queen Emma Summer Palace, 2913 Pali Highway, Honolulu. Casual attire.

John "Sonny" Perreira, 78, of Kalaheo, Kauai, a Nelson Construction Co. laborer, died Saturday at home. He was born in Koloa, Kauai. He is survived by son John Jr.; stepsons Alfred and Wayne Medeiros; stepdaughters Brenda Durant, Elaine Kealoha, Eleanor Haumea, Clara Leasau, Mary Kealoha, Donna Medeiros and Cookie Silva; brothers Stephen and Norman; sisters Delphine McCormick, Lillian Jardin and Adelaide Ross; 25 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Holy Cross Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Kauai Veterans Cemetery in Hanapepe. Casual attire.

Dr. John Holmes Peyton Sr., 87, of Honolulu, a Honolulu Medical Group pediatrician and a state Department of Health Division of Community Hospitals medical director, died Saturday in Honolulu. He was born in Nashville, Tenn. He is survived by wife Johannah, son John H. Jr. and daughter Margaret Bloisa. Services: 4 p.m. Monday at Arcadia Retirement Residence Chapel. No flowers. Donations suggested to Arcadia Foundation or the Honolulu Medical Library. Aloha attire.

Anita Rebecca "Aunty Tita" Pua, 92, of Hilo, a homemaker, died Saturday in Life Care Center of Hilo. She was born in Olaa, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Peter Jr. and Isaac Pua and Raymond Subia; daughters Lily P. Kaipo and Anita McMorrow; brother George Kauhi; sister Louise McShane; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services: noon Friday at Seventh-day Adventist Church in Hilo. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Helen Alani Tung Loong Puha-Kuoha, 94, of Wailuku died Saturday at home. She was born in Hawaii. She is survived by sons Clarence and Walter Puha, daughter Elizabeth Hoopii, 20 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kahului Ward. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Valley Isle Memorial Park.

Calixto Constantino Ramil, 79, of Wailuku, a Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. irrigator, died March 2 in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Pacita; daughters Expedita "Del" Aningat, Dorothy "Dottie" Juan and Loi Ramil; brothers Diosdado and Domingo, sisters Carlota and Frieda; and two grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at St. Anthony Church. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at Christ the King Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Maui Memorial Park.

Joseph Raphael Jr., 79, of Honolulu, a retired electrician, died Friday at home. He was born on Molokai. He is survived by sons Alvin and Paul, daughters Lorraine Kuahulu and JoAnn Raphael, sister Loretta Maemori, seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Kalihi Congregation.

Alvin Christian Saake, 88, of Honolulu, former University of Hawaii basketball coach, will be remembered in private scattering of ashes. He died Feb. 27 in Honolulu. He was born in New York. He has no known survivors. Donations suggested to University of Hawaii Foundation-men's basketball program, UH Foundation-athletic training program or UH Foundation leisure science.

Momoe Momi Suyama, 79, of Honolulu, a retired Kauluwela Elementary School principal, died Feb. 27 in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in Mountain View, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Teruo B., stepson Dr. Alan T., stepdaughter Susan R. and sister Tsuruko Ohye. Private services.

Florence Nakamura Toyota, 70, of Honolulu died Monday in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in Hono-lulu. She is survived by husband George; son Barry Nakamura; stepson Mark; daughters Iris and Kathleen Nakamura and Susan Ricks; and a grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Private inurnment. Casual attire.

Donald Vegas, 76, of Hono-lulu died Feb. 26 in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Oakland, Calif. He is survived by wife Lupe; sons Robert and Donald; and daughters Shirley Ployez, Patricia Padavana and Lisa Hall. Private services.

Yoshiko Watanabe, 94, of Wahiawa died Feb. 28 in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Wilfred, Andrew, Kenneth and Stanley; daughters Janet Carmichael and Lillian Katahara; brother Teruo Matsumura; sister Betty "Tome" Nagao; 15 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Private services.

Eric K. Young, 35, of Farmington, N.M., died last Wednesday in Farmington. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by father David S.H., mother Linda Espiritu, sister Liana Grande, brothers Nicholas and Matthew, and grandmother Helen Gess. Services: 9 a.m. Saturday in Hawaii Kai at the boat launch area, near Hawaii Kai Drive. Scattering of ashes to follow at sea.

Robert Koon Bow "Youngie" Young, 66, of Haiku, Maui, an estimator for Endo Painting and J.D. Painting Co., died March 1 in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Lorraine S.; sons Robert S.L., Rodney K.H., Russell K.J. and Randall K.C.; daughters Rene L.I. Young, Rhoda L.O. Montoya and Loretta L.J. Kikuchi; mother Violet; brothers Daniel and Victor; sisters Roberta Olorasa, Waynie Schempers, Sonia Ching, Rachel Cho and Sharlene Young; and 20 grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Saturday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 1 p.m. Sunday at the mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley Isle Memorial Park. 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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