Michael L. Barrett, 46, of Honolulu, a city groundskeeper supervisor, died Wednesday. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Charlene, son Michael Jr., daughter Chantell, brother Edward, sister Cheryll-Ann and two grandchildren. Services: noon Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 3 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.Otoyo Miyashiro Bise, 91, of Honolulu, a Hawaiian Tuna Packers trimmer, died March 13 in Leahi Hospital. She was born in Hawaii. She is survived by sons Gary and Richard; daughters Jane T. Kaneshiro, Ruth Higa, Wilna Oshio and Marion Yoshikami; sister Kaneko Kubota; 12 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Ervin Kango Furukawa, 76, of Gardena, Calif., formerly of Honolulu, a U.S. Army veteran, died Feb. 17 in Montana. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Dean, Reid and Wade; stepdaughter Gina Pohlabel; brothers Herbert and Howard; sister Helen Shiroma; and two grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Wednesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Private inurnment to be held at a later date. No flowers.
Misano Hozaki, 102, of Kahului, died last Saturday in Hale Makua, Wailuku. She was born in Japan. She is survived by sons Yoshimitsu and Sueharu; daughters Fumiyo and Mary Shishido, Miyoko Oishi and Ethel Tanaka; 24 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Monday at Kahului Jodo Mission. Call after 4 p.m. Reception to follow. Committal services: 9 a.m. Tuesday at Maui Memorial Park.
Eddie Don Hunkin, 46, of Honolulu, died March 12 in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in American Samoa. He is survived by wife Marcella "Marcie"; son Eddie Jr.; daughters Kristin Lono, Jennifer Quinonez and Amelia and Sarah Hunkin; and five grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Calvary Chapel of Honolulu, 1190 Nuuanu Ave. Call after 5:30 p.m. Burial: 11 a.m. Thursday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.
Isaiah Maikai Kalama, 46, of Honolulu, a Hawaiian Airlines flight attendant, died Thursday. He was born in Lihue. He is survived by wife Marlene, mother Memory Cummings and brother Ainsley Paki Jr. Services: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 3 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire. Leis welcome.
Taiji "Harry" Murakami, 82, of Lahaina, a Nagasako Supermarket warehouse supervisor, died Tuesday at home. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by wife Yoshiko, son Melvin, daughter Susan Reinhardt, sisters Fumie Akagi and Shizuka Yoshihara; and two grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Tuesday at Nakamura Mortuary. Call after 4 p.m. Reception to follow.
Lloyd Iwao Murashige, 80, of Honolulu, a retired Hirano Brothers Ltd. building inspector and a retired city Department of Planning & Permitting Building Division employee, died March 11 in St. Francis Hospice-West. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by wife Catherine C.; son Floyd; daughter Pamela Seeney; brothers Calvin S., Herman A., Ronald K. and Gordon T.; sister Evelyn A. Sibilla; and a grandchild. Private services.
Hilda Fujiko Nakashima, 96, of Honolulu, a retired dental assistant, died March 13 in Nuuanu Hale Nursing Home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by brothers Roy, Richard and Fusao Hamada; and sister Amy Watanabe. Private services.
Emilia Igarta Oasay, 67, of Las Vegas, died Feb. 24 in Las Vegas. She was born in Sinait, Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. She is survived by sons Mariano I., Charito I., Ronolfo I., Antonino I. and Manolito I.; daughters Emily O. Ruiz, Elizabeth O. Palafox, MaryAnn O. Emerson and Emma I. and Marlene I. Oasay; brother Carlito Igarta; sisters Loreta I., Alicia I. and Venhamita I. Igarta; and 13 grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 91-1004 North Road, Ewa Beach. Call after 10 a.m. Committal services: 1 p.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Casual attire.
Mildred M.Y. Range, 80, of Ewa Beach, died March 14 in Ewa Beach. Graveside services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. The mortuary provided incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday.
Kikue Takamatsu, 89, of Honolulu, a retired Royal Hawaiian Manufacturing Co. seamstress, died March 12 in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Frances Makiyama and two grandchildren. Private services.
Kengo "Yama" Takemura, 84, of Honolulu, retired owner of City Car Service, died Tuesday. He was born in Kilauea, Kauai. He is survived by wife Sumiko; son Miles; daughters Bessie Takahata, Claire Nishioka and Patsy Nakayama; brothers Robert and Tadashi Yamamoto and Shigeru Ikeuchi; 11 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Richard Yaw Sr., 68, of Honolulu, a retired Hunters Inc. cabinetmaker, died Thursday at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Richard Jr., Joseph, Edmund, David and Reno; stepson Ernest Auwae; daughters Dinita Franca; stepdaughter Lorraine Auwae; sister Shirley Young; 30 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Private inurnment to be held at Mililani Memorial Park. 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.