Jim Bartels / 1945-2003 Jesse Jesus Alicuben, 85, of Papaikou, Hawaii, a retired power mower operator for the former Hilo Coast Processing Co., died Friday in Hale Anuenue Restorative Care Center. He was born on Maui. He is survived by wife Maura. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire.Frank Kun Chun, 67, of Honolulu, a Pony Taxi Co. driver, died Thursday in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Korea. He is survived by wife Grace C.; sons Steven, James and Jason; brother Man Sik Chun; sisters Chong Hee Shin and Chong Eun So; and three grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Committal services: 1 p.m. at Valley of the Temples.
Teresita "Tessie" Pantorilla Coronel, 50, of Waipahu, a St. Francis-West Medical Center Nutrition Center cook, died Saturday in St. Francis Hospice-West. She was born in Manila. She is survived by husband Jerry; son Jerrol; daughter Charlotte; parents Ponciano and Vicenta Pantorilla; brothers Millard, Jorge and Loreto Pantorilla; and sisters Saturnina "Nonie" Lu and Merilyn Alexander. Mass: 11 a.m. Thursday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.
Gabino Salcedo Dela Cruz, 93, of Makakilo, a retired Toledo Dairy Farm employee and a Pearlridge Center custodian, died April 3 in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in Camiling, Tarlac, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Francisca A.; son Felix; daughters Florentina Kailimai and Amy Ramiscal; brothers Primo and Conching; sisters Dominga Marcos, Lucrecia Gomez, Florentina Fernandez and Lucina Tabon; 23 grandchildren; 49 great-grandchildren; and 11 great-great-grandchildren. Services: 8 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Jude Church, 92-104 Leipapa Way, Makakilo. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Lynette Elizabeth Alapai DeLima, 65, of Honolulu, a retired state tax examiner, died April 13 in Ka Punawai Ola. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Abner; daughters Lori and Leini DeLima, Lisa Stone and Lani Rae Lave; brothers Samuel Alapai and Jacob "Kopa" Maka; sister Bernadette Mahuiki; and five grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Mass: 1 p.m. Saturday at Holy Trinity Church. Call after 11 a.m. Burial: 3 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Aloha attire.
Heung Boon Dixon, 76, of Dublin, Calif., died March 25. She was born in Inchon, South Korea. She is survived by son Jonnie, daughter Jackie and four grandchildren. Burial: 10 a.m. Friday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.
Sosima "Sosing" Baltar Gallero, 92, of Aiea, died March 29 in Kapiolani Medical Center. She was born in Abra, the Philippines. She is survived by husband Monico "Ico," son Roger Sr., daughters Lilia Galacinao and Zenaida Gallero, and 21 grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church, 99-312 Moanalua, Aiea. Call after 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.
Susan Niniaukapeali'i Grindstaff, 78, of Honolulu, a retired bartender, died Feb. 14 at home. She was born in Waimea, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Carl and John Engleman; daughter Kathrine Scrimshaw; brothers Harvey, Henry and Leland Kawaihae; sisters Myrna T. Sing, Barbara Stevenson and Leonora Jacob; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Imiola Congregational Church in Waimea. Call after 10 a.m. Burial to follow at family cemetery. Casual attire.
Geraldine Ham-Young, 69, of Honolulu, a retired Sprint Communications telemarketer, died Wednesday at home. She was born in California. She is survived by son Troy Oden, brother Peter Cook and six grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kaimuki Ward, 4847 Kilauea Ave. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 10 a.m. Monday at Valley of the Temples.
Masaichi "Forty" Hasebe, 80, of Pearl City died April 11 in Ka Punawai Ola. He was born in Ewa. He is survived by wife Eleanor T., daughters Claudia K. Nakachi and Lorenne A. Fujii, sister Shigeko Abe and five grandchildren. Private services.
Edison Tsutomu Kaichi, 71, of Honolulu, a retired drywall hanger for Alii Drywall, died Wednesday in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Sharon M., son Kevin, daughter Stacie and brothers Takeshi, Richard and Howell. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
John Yoohan Kim, 78, of Pearl City, a retired Leeward Bus Co. dispatcher, died Thursday at home. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Constance A., son Michael, daughters Gail Kim and April Kikuta, sister Stella Conner and five grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire.
Levi Joshua Kirby, 21, of Haliimaile, Maui, will be remembered in a visitation 6-9 p.m. today at Ballard Family Mortuary. Kirby died April 14 after his car crashed into a utility pole on Pulehu Road on Maui. He was born in Muir, Mich. and was a Maui Pineapple Co. truck driver. He is survived by parents Beverly Kirby-Bush and Lee Kirby, brother Jeremiah, hanai brother Manolo Yadao, sister Heather Deckard and grandparents Carol Schultz and Jennie and Tom Griffithes. Cremation to follow.
Donna Ann Knowles, 60, of Kalaoa, Hawaii, a retired teacher, died Wednesday in Kona Community Hospital. She was born in Stockton, Calif. She is survived by husband Dennis K., son David W., daughters Clara Schmidt and Rita Calvan, sister Sharon Fite and three grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. today at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at Holualoa, Hawaii. Additional services: 10 a.m. tomorrow at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Kailua-Kona. Call after 8 a.m. Casual attire. Donations suggested to the food bank at St. Michael's Catholic Church.
Kaikela "Tukie" Hanauhope Medeiros-Dancel, infant son of Gerilynn "Moku" Medeiros and Gilbert "Junyah" Dancel Jr., of Kau, Hawaii, died March 24 in Kau Hospital. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by brothers Kaimanu and Kainalu; sister Kianie; grandparents Clif Une, Gilbert "Boonie" Medeiros Jr. and Carleen Poist; great-grandparents Lucy "Kula" Kuikahi, Gilbert Medeiros Sr., Margaret Dancel and Mary Ann Manuel; and great-great-grandmother Lucy "Grandma Lady" Loa. Visitation: 6-9 p.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary. Services: noon Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hilo Stake Center, 1373 Kilauea Ave., Hilo. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park, Ilima section. Casual attire.
Ulpiana "Up" Martinez Melendres, 74, of Waialua, a retired Kabuki Restaurant employee, died March 24 in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was born in Kilauea, Kauai. She is survived by husband Ben Y.; sons Inocencio and Romulo; daughters Luz Coronel, Donnalyn Rafanan, Elsa Yadao, Marilyn Boyman, Precita Basilio, Anelia Melendres and Romelia Shiroma; brothers Elpidio, Feliciano and John Martinez; sisters Maria Miranda, Trinidad Barbosa, Precedes Busto and Loreta Apilado; 25 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Michael Church, 67-390 Goodale Ave., Waialua. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Tamako Miyamoto, 84, of Hilo, a retired Sure Save Supermarket Ltd. department manager, died Sunday in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Papaikou, Hawaii. She is survived by son Richard, daughters Mildred Kaneshiro and Merle Yoshino, brother Tomoo Okuyama, sister Harriet Okino, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Thursday at the Church of the Holy Cross, 440-W Lanikaula St., Hilo. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Gary Rikio "Naka" Nakagawa, 51, of Hilo, a Hawaiian Dredging carpenter, died April 13 in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Sandra "Aunty Sandi" K. Claveria; sons Titus Nakagawa and Marcus Hanson; daughters Ashley and Lisa-Ann Nakagawa and Keonali Hutley; brother Tom "Tommy"; and two grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday at New Hope Christian Fellowship Gathering Place on Kupulau Road. Call after 6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Emelia U. "Mila" Ojano, 75, of Hilo, a homemaker and former employee of Family Liquor Store, died Friday in Life Care Center of Hilo. She also was a Woolworth Co. employee. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by husband Regino D. Sr.; sons Donn, Reggie Jr. and Rudy; daughters Elvira Yoneoka and Bernie Medeiros; brothers Joseph, James, Harold, Severino Jr. and Delbert Urubio; sisters Katherine Tamala, Eleanor Aquillio, Rose Marantan and Kay Ramos; 16 grandchildren; and eight great- grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 12:15 p.m. Friday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hilo. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Homelani Memorial Park. Casual or aloha attire.
James Seiei Oshiro, 78, of Honolulu, a retired cook, died April 12 at home. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Shigeko, sons Paul K. and Morris, and a grandchild. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire.
Robert A. Pelletier, 72, of Honolulu, died April 13 in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He is also survived by daughter Annabelle. The mortuary provided additional information for an obituary published Friday.
Basilisa Ermano Raquel, 78, of Waipahu, died April 4 in St. Francis Medical Center. She is also survived by son Oscar Sr. The mortuary provided incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday.
John Ernest Reinburg III, 70, of Pearl City, a Sun Estates principal broker and a U.S. Army veteran who served in the Vietnam War, died Thursday in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in San Pedro, Calif. He is survived by wife Mildred F. Lareau, sons John E. IV and James H., and two grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 10:30 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Felipe Fernandez Tabangcura, 75, of Eleele, Kauai, an irrigation engineer, died Thursday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Estelita, son Philip, daughter Estela Derr, brother Stan, sisters Mely Bushkonig and Delelis Tabangcura, and a grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Holy Cross Church in Kalaheo. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Kauai Veterans Cemetery in Hanapepe.
Okiyo Tengan, 92, of Pearl City, a homemaker, died April 10. She was born in Waipahu. She is survived by husband Teishu, son Edwin, brothers Shigemi and Goro Arakawa, sister Joan Taba, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire.
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.