David Yeibin Arakaki, 86, of Kaneohe, a retired proprietor and auto mechanic doing business as 24 Hours Service and a former stock car builder and mechanic, died April 6 in Beverly Manor Convalescent Center. He was born in Lihue. He is survived by wife Betty M.; sons Dennis and Willie; daughter Wendy Ginoza; brothers Terry, Tommy and Richard; sisters Kameyo "Kay" Levy and Nancy Muraoka; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 2 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Gilbert Kenzu Arakaki, 81, of Honolulu, a Moana Surfrider Hotel employee, died March 28 in Kaimuki. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by sons Earl, Walter and Eric; daughter Aileen; brothers Noboru and Takeo; and six grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Nuuanu Mortuary, East Chapel. Graveside services: 10 a.m. next Monday at Hawaii State Veteran Cemetery, Kaneohe.
Betty-Anne Rabe "B.A." Boyd, 75, of Honokaa, Hawaii, a retired Honolulu Police Department dispatcher and a landscape artist, died April 2 in Honolulu. She also was a Waimea Falls resident manager. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Tommy, Manu, Jim and John; brother Eric "B" Rabe; and four grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Oahu Cemetery. Call after 10 a.m. Private scattering of ashes. Aloha attire. Leis welcome.
Juana Cabbab Cantorna, 82, of Vallejo, Calif., formerly of Hawaii, died March 29. She was born in Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. She is survived by sister Margarita, 15 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sunday. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.
Lonise Ioane Faasili, 59, of Honolulu, died Wednesday. She was born in American Samoa. She is survived by sons John J. and Jory F.; daughters Glory Hunkin and Grace and Malaefou T. Faasili; hanai daughter Dian Liulama; brothers Mamea, Mamao and Simeta Tua; sisters Malae Fuimaona, Leiu AhKey, Efarata Lave and Moli Letuli; and five grandchildren. Services: 9 a.m. Saturday at Freeway First Assembly of God. Call after 8 a.m.
Mika Keala Toshio Fuiava, 21, of Waialua, died March 31 in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Camp Pendleton, Calif. He is survived by parents Valaile and Dorcas, brothers Keola and Pita, sister Lahela and grandparents the Rev. Edward and Marie Fujinaga. Services: 7 p.m. Friday and 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Haleiwa Baptist Church, 66-415 Haleiwa Road. Call after 6 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. No flowers.
Mildred Yoshimi Funasaki, 93, of Kaneohe, a retired self-employed housekeeper, died March 30 in Castle Medical Center. She was born in Kaneohe. She is survived by sons Edwin M., Roy N., Herbert M., Raymond K. and James S.; daughters Alice M. Kinoshita and Ruth H. Ota; sisters Sueno Ogasawara and Tomiko Yamanouchi; 17 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. Private services.
Thomas Seiei "Soup" Higa, 92, of Wahiawa, a retired coach for the state Department of Education and a retired Leilehua High School teacher, died April 2 in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Ewa. He is survived by wife Charlotte C.; daughters Charlene Kincaid, Christine Fukuda and Terry Ann Higa; brothers Robert and David; sisters Grace Teruya and Sue Jones; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services: noon Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Casual attire.
Elizabeth Kauwahinehelelaokaiona Kalama, 71, of Waianae, a former reverend for Jesus is the Light of the World Church, died last Monday in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons John K., Clarence and Lionel K.; daughters Nancy L. Babington and Genevieve K., Ramona M. and Virginia H. Kalama; 18 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. Services: 11:45 a.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 9:45 a.m. Inurnment: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Thanh-Tin Van Le, 29, of North Carolina, formerly of Honolulu, a cook and a former Kahala Shell employee, died April 5 in North Carolina. He was born in Vietnam. He is survived by parents Ky Van and Lan Thi, brother Trung-Truc Truong and grandparents Thi Phan and Nguyen Hoa Thi. Buddhist services: 5-8 p.m. tomorrow at Oahu Cemetery. Cremation to follow.
Mary T. Mattos, 93, of Waianae, died April 5 at home. She was born in Honomu, Hawaii. She is survived by daughter Lucille Ayala, two grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Tadao Miyagawa, 88, of Kealakekua, Hawaii, a retired County of Hawaii mechanic, died April 6 in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Kealakekua. He is survived by wife Tamako, hanai son Tor Koyanagi and several grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. tomorrow at Kona Hongwanji Mission. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Yoshiaki "Tunk" Miyamoto, 75, of Kaneohe, a retired Hickam Air Force Base electronics technician, died April 4 at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Yaeko "Leatrice"; son Dan; daughters Doris Oshiro, Naomi Kobayashi and Cordia Lea Miyamoto-Kelton; brother Glenn; sisters Betty, Shirley and Judith; and nine grandchildren. Private services.
Yoshio Munekata, 86, of Hilo, died Tuesday in Hilo Life Care Center. Flowers welcome. Incorrect information was printed in an obituary published yesterday.
Mary A.C. Myers, 91, of Honolulu, died Friday in Hospice Kailua. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park, Mount Calvary Garden. Flowers welcome. Incorrect information was printed in an obituary published yesterday.
Philip Haruteru Ninomiya, 96, of Haleiwa, a retired Haleiwa Elementary School teacher, died March 28 in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Haleiwa. He is survived by wife Masako, son Andy T. and two grandchildren. Private services.
Chiu Hong Chow On, 75, of Honolulu, died April 5 in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in China. She is survived by sons Henry, David, Stephen, William and Johnny; daughters Nancy, Winnie and Rosemary On and Rosalinda On-Lawson; two brothers; two sisters; and 10 grandchildren. Visitation: 8:30-10:30 a.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: 11 a.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Charles Ikuji Otsuka, 80, of Honolulu, Tower Construction Inc. president, died Tuesday in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Wailuku. He is survived by wife Grace, son Dr. Clive, daughter Gail Ayabe, brother Tsutomu, sisters Yaeko Terao and Sumiko Nishi, and four grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin, 1727 Pali Highway. Casual attire. No flowers.
Janice Choko Shiroma, 58, of Wahiawa, a Mililani Waena Elementary School teacher, died April 4 in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Lawrence S., father Shigeo Muromoto, brother Glenn Muromoto and sister Norma Muromoto-Maeda. Services: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Ronald Yoshio Takara (Yago Mii Iri Gushikuda), 80, of Kaneohe, a retired Kau Kau Korner cook, died Tuesday in Castle Medical Center. He was born in North Kohala, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Susan H. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Fred M. Yamada, 63, of Pearl City, died March 20 at home. He was born in Puunene, Maui. He is survived by son Frank; daughter Lauren Takashima; sisters Ruby Suenishi, Dorothy Imada, Agnes Amuro, Winifred Fujimoto, Mae Suemori and Sally Takamatsu; and one grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
John Yoshio Yamada, 71, of Honolulu, a retired Tripler Army Medical Center lab technician, died March 24 in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brothers Leness, Raymond and Brian; and sisters Hilda Kono, Merle T. Masuda and Thelma Lum. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. 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.