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Kameshiro Abe, 103, of Pearl City, a retired Ewa Plantation supervisor, died April 27 in Ka Punawai Ola. He was born in Fukushima, Japan. He is survived by son Teruyuki, James T. and Ernest T.; daughter Itsuko; 14 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Private services.

Beatrice Alvarico, 80, of Canyon Lake, Calif., a homemaker, died Thursday in Wildomar, Calif. She was born in Olaa, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Arnold, Francis and Frederick; daughters Iris Agan and Paulette and Rusielyn Alvarico, Laureen Leach, Randy Marino, Pauline Noyes and Diana Whipple; brother Teofilo Villiacorte; sisters Angelina Gallano and Rose Navarro; 47 grandchildren; 78 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren. Services: 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 3:30 p.m. Cremation to follow. Private inurnment. Casual attire.

Constance Tsuneko Asao, 94, of Honolulu died May 6. She was born in Kona, Hawaii. She is survived by brothers Ernest T. and Raymond Nogawa, and sister Eiko Okimoto. Private services.

Shirley Yuk Lan Chun Ching, 95, of Las Vegas, formerly of Honolulu, died March 11. She is survived by son Vernon; daughters Theresa A. Ching-Saito and Leonora Ching; brothers Chew Nam and Fred, Robert, Bertrand and Melvin Chun; caregiver Nathan Lunn; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Kaneohe Congregational Church. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: 11:30 a.m. at Manoa Chinese Cemetery.

David C. Cooper, 84, of Kihei, Maui, a former vacation salesperson for Maui Lu Resort, died Saturday in Haiku, Maui. He was born in California. No survivors. Private services.

Nicholos "Spook's" Foster Jr., 72, of Honolulu, a retired city refuse truck driver and a Windjammer Aikani and Polynesian Hospitality tour bus driver, died May 5 in the Queen's Medical Center. He also was a U.S. Army veteran who served in the Korean War. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Natalie; sons Preston Morales, Colin "Small," Craig "Bo," David "Wika" and Louis "Wigie" Kahui; daughters Viola "Cookie" Josiah, Kathlene "Candy" Holden, Elnora "Nora" Akana and Melody "Nickie" and Megan Foster; brothers Jeremiah Denne and Preston Foster; sisters Lydia Spencer, Beatrice Mencoza, Isabella Rosada and Ida Lou Stevens; 21 grandchildren; and 26 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. May 22 and 9:30 a.m. May 23 at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. May 22 and 8 a.m. May 23. Burial: 11 a.m. at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.

James Tsugio Furukawa, 83, of Kaneohe, a retired Department of Defense contract specialist for the federal government, died Monday. He was born in Isleton, Calif. He is survived by wife Eiko, son Ronald, daughter Kristine, brothers Roy and Susumu, sister Yoshiko Toyama and three grandchildren. Graveside services: 3 p.m. Monday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.

Tsutae Sato Hayashi, 92, of Aiea died Friday. She was born in Pearl City. The mortuary provided incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday.

Chris Kanani Holt, 44, of Las Vegas, a cleaning franchise owner, died April 15 in Las Vegas. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Susan; sons Chance and Cheyne; brothers Greg Pa and Winston Myers; and sisters Melanie Holt, Terry Castillo, Kimberly Akamu, Tammy Carson, and Lisa DeSa. Memorial services: 5:30 p.m. Friday at Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints, Hilo. Call after 4:30 p.m. Private scattering of ashes.

Alva Issac Kalanikupuhulu Kapahua Sr., 64, of Honolulu, a taxicab driver and a U.S. Navy veteran, died April 20. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by sons Mark, Alva Jr. and Antone; brothers Alvin, Clifford, Patrick and Reynold; sisters Melva Saturnio, Helen Young and Audrie Quirino-Antonio; and three grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Kalihi Baptist Church, 1888 Owawa St., Honolulu. Visitation: 3-6 p.m. Monday at Glad Tidings Church, 116 Kapiolani St., Hilo. Inurnment: 11 a.m. Tuesday at East Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2, 110 Laimana St., Hilo. No flowers.

Harry Suk Soo Kim, 70, of Waianae, a retired Kim's Towing owner, died Monday in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in Wahiawa. He is survived by wife May H.; sons Eric W., Darin E. and Alan V.; daughters Tammy K. O'Brien and Chanda S.S. and Shayanne V. Pontin; brother James Y.S.; sisters Lillian Tan and Margaret Lau; and seven grandchildren. Services: 12:15 p.m. Friday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Casual attire.

Megumi Kitano, 83, of Hilo, a retired Hawaii Transportation and Terminal Co. stevedore and a U.S. Army veteran who served in World War II, died May 6 in Hale Anuenue Restorative Care Center. He was born in Hakalau, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Esao, son Eric, sisters Fusako Doi and Hideko Okimoto, and two grandchildren. Private services.

Yukie Kobayashi, 88, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died May 2 in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Roy; daughter Nancy T. Yamanaka; brothers Ralph and George Saiki; sisters Nobuko Morihira, Kimie Shoji and Marjorie Nakata; two grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Private services.

Marcos A. Laureta, 79, of Hilo, a retired Mauna Kea Agribusiness seed cutter, died April 23 in Hilo. He was born in Solsona, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Juanita; daughters Virginia Lorenzo, Margarita Laureta, Lucena Lumabao and Zita Laureta-Gomes; hanai daughter Aida Miyazaki; 13 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Thelma Faria Neves Lopes, 92, of Galt, Calif., formerly of Honolulu, died May 5 in Lodi, Calif. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by brother Joe "Dodie" Neves Jr. and a grandchild. Graveside services and burial: 11 a.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Harry Cruz Martines, 74, of Waimea, Hawaii, a Hawaii County Police Reserve veteran and a retired truck driver for Yamada Transfer and Kuwaye Trucking Inc., died Sunday in North Hawaii Community Hospital. He also was a U.S. Air Force veteran. He was born in Papaaloa, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Sophie, daughters Julie A. Fujitani and Susan M. Williams, brother George and a grandchild. Mass: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Honokaa. Call after 6 p.m. Services: noon Friday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire.

Frederick Endrina Masicampo, 60, of Waipahu, a civil service employee and a retired U.S. Air Force captain, died March 4 in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Lanai City. He is survived by wife Lita; daughters Michelle Van Ostrand, Melissa Masicampo and Susan Masicampo-Hayburn; mother Corazon; brothers Mariano and Richard; sister Barbara Kuhar; and four grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at Lanai Sacred Heart Church, 815 Fraser Ave., Lanai City. Call after 9:30 a.m. Casual or Aloha attire.

Mitsue Masusako, 78, of Makawao, Maui, an owner of M's gas station in Makawao, died Saturday at home. She was born in Kihei, Maui. She is survived by daughters Pearl Yamamoto and Merle and Gayle Masusako; sisters Teruko Yoneda, Yukie Iwaishi, Amy Iwamasa, Miyuki Kimura, Hanami Matsuda, Kiyomi Morishige, Kazue Kadosaki and Koyumi Oda; and two grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Friday at Makawao Hongwanji. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Neva Hirleman Mitchell, 97, of Hilo, a Hilo Intermediate School and Hilo High School teacher, died May 4 in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Iowa. She is survived by son Dr. Donald, daughter Gayle M. Lambert, brother Donald Hirleman and a grandchild. Private services. No flowers. Donations suggested to charity.

Samuel Mun Wai Mock Chew, 79, of Kukuihaele, Hawaii, a Waipio Valley taro farmer, died Saturday in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Waipio Valley, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Hazel; sons Dennis, Jayson, Lyle and Brad; daughters Sylvia Tompkins, Cynthia Kanekoa, Debbie Texeira and Moana R. Ford; brothers Moses Mock, Nelson Mock Chew and Hiram Hee; sister Rozalina Graham; numerous hanai children; 15 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Sunday at Samuel and Hazel Mock Chew residence in Kukuihaele. Casual attire. No flowers.

Mabel Kiyoko Urata Nakai, 81, of Wahiawa, a retired Nakai Saimin Stand owner in Haleiwa, died May 6 at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Linda Hirano, sister Evelyn Nakamoto, brother Shigeru Urata, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Johnson Park, 87, of Kailua, a retired electronics technician, died May 1 in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Gertrude; son Michael; daughters Laurie and Sheila Park, Marcia Kono and Cheryl Nomura; brother Youngson; sister Mae Whang; and six grandchildren. Private services.

Lucia Delapena Piris, 73, of Waipahu died Friday in Tripler Army Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Michael, Joseph, Phillip, Sterling and Danie; daughters Virginia Gureski, Doreen Piris, Marie Dunston and Catherine Lowe; 17 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Services: 10:45 a.m. Monday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, 1184 Bishop St. Call after 8:30 a.m. Committal services: 11:30 a.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.

Theresa Ann Rayburn, 54, of Haiku, Maui, died Thursday in Haiku. She was born in McCook, Neb. She is survived by husband Richard; daughter Desiree; mother Ardis Harmon; and brothers Merlin, Timothy and Robert Harmon. Services pending.

The Rev. Richard Floyd Settle, 65, of Honolulu, a Bethel Baptist Church pastor, died yesterday at home. He was born in Madera, Calif. He is survived by wife Freeda, son Leon, daughter Calleen Spigner, brother Louis, sisters Marjorie Dunn and Virginia Hampson, eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 2 p.m. Friday at Bethel Baptist Church, 9th Avenue, Kaimuki. Call after 12:30 p.m. Burial to be held in Arkansas at a later date. No flowers.

Monica Joyce Pualani Solaita, 62, of Waipahu, a retired Navy Exchange Distribution Center Receiving Department warehouse supervisor, died May 4 in Ewa Beach. She was born in Lahaina. She is survived by husband Faasao "John"; sons Anthony and Wayne; daughters Elizabeth Hansbrough, Carol Savaiinaea and Teresa Letalu; brothers Donald, David, Dennis, Steven and Allan Paahana; sisters Carol Paahana, Doris Bullard, Patricia Tolentino, Marilyn Cozo and Mahi Husemann; 15 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 6:45 p.m. tomorrow at Koinonia Christian Center in Waipahu. Call after 6 p.m. Committal services: 10 a.m. Friday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Aloha attire.

Ronald Kumaichi Suwa, 85, of Honolulu died April 27 in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Clara, son Cyril "Cy," daughters Sandra "Sandy" Ida and Rachel Kashiwabara, sisters Grace Fujimoto and Peggy Vallido, and six grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m.

Dorothy Yoneko "Dot" Tamashiro, 86, of Aiea, a homemaker, died April 30 in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in Waianae. She is survived by son Jerry H., daughters Patsy M. Sekigawa and Anita N. Yamada, brothers Jason and Ernest Maeshiro, sisters Beatrice and Mildred Kaneshiro, 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Luzviminda Defiesta Tamayo, 53, of Honolulu, a Royal Hawaiian Hotel housekeeping manager, died May 7 in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. She is survived by husband Donato C. Sr.; sons Donald and Donato Jr.; daughter Delimar T. McKay; mother Luz Defiesta; brothers Modesto, Sonny and Mitchell Defiesta; sisters Ludivica Mariano, Lillian Corpuz, Lolita Bautista, Lilibeth Asera and Lynette Defiesta; and two grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Saturday at Full Gospel Temple, 2464 N. School St. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 10 a.m. Sunday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 11:30 a.m. at Valley of the Temples.

Marghret Elizabeth Tamosan, 92, of Hilo, a retired private secretary for Underwood and Underwood in Washington, D.C., died Friday in Life Care Center of Hilo. She was born in Hyattsville, Md. She is survived by son Dennis, daughter Dolly Siemons, five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Mass: 12:15 p.m. Friday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hilo. Call after 11:30 a.m. Inurnment to be held in Virginia at a later date. Casual attire.

Haru Tanabe, 92, of Hono-lulu, a homemaker, died May 5 in Hale Malamalama. She was born in Tacoma, Wash. She is survived by husband the Rev. Shigeo, son Dr. Gilfred, brother Yutaka Semba, sister Mayme Nishimura, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Harris United Methodist Church. Call after 1 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Genee Viernes, 47, of Kahului, a self-employed para-medical examiner for multiple insurance agencies, died April 25 in the Philippines. She was born in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. She is survived by son Virgilio "V.J." Jr.; daughters Princess Footitt Jr. and Caress Viernes; mother Elena; brothers Arman, Mario and Ernesto Valite and Julian Viernes; and sister Gloria Valite. Services: 7 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday at First Assembly of God Cathedral. Call after 6 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday. Burial: 11:30 a.m. at Valley Isle Memorial Park. Light colored casual attire.

Virgilio "Ver" Viernes, Sr., 52, of Kahului, an International Longshore and Warehouse Union business agent, died April 25 in the Philippines. He was born in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by son Virgilio "V.J." Jr.; daughters Princess Footitt Jr. and Caress Viernes; brothers Faustino and Mario; and sisters Erlinda Domingo, Francisca Llego, Angie Manlansing, Bella Maitoza and Vessie Funtanilla. Services: 7 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday at First Assembly of God Cathedral. Call after 6 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday. Burial: 11:30 a.m. at Valley Isle Memorial Park. Light colored casual attire.

Alakeita Fonua Wolfgramm, 60, of Ewa Beach, a Raytheon Systems semi-conductor technician in California, died May 6 in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Haapai, Tonga. He is survived by sons William, Edmund, Emil August, Emil Frederick Wolfgramm and Siosateki Malani and Mosese Raymond; daughters Charlene Wolfgramm and Lutimila Nola; brothers Fineasi, Latai, Malakai, Isileli, and Uase; sisters Palutea, Ailine, Meleseini, Taina, Amelia and Luseane; and 19 grandchildren. Visitation: 6-10 p.m. tomorrow at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Waipahu Stake Center, 94-210 Kahualii St. Services: 9:45 a.m. Friday at the church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: noon at Laie Cemetery.

Toyoko Yasuda, 88, of Kaneohe died May 6 in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Kaneohe. She is survived by sons Stanley and Ronald, daughters Carole Haitsuka and Shirley Tanaka, brother Bert Ikebe, sister Inez Suenaga, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Private services.

Bernice Fook Yin Young, 85, of Waipahu, a Bernice's Beauty Shop owner in Waipahu, died May 5 in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in Waipahu. She is survived by nieces and nephews. Services: noon Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 11 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. 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.

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