Kameshiro Abe, 103, of Pearl City, died April 27 in Ka Punawai Ola. No monetary offerings. Additional information was provided for an obituary published Wednesday.
Fred Azada, 71, of Honolulu, formerly of Molokai, a Holmes and Narver and Raytheon Services Nevada construction supervisor. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Bernie; son Ray M. Ho; daughter Lynette S. Cline; brothers David, John and Daniel; sisters Lisa Dimalanta, Rose Arevalo and Claire Alkahaidi; 17 grandchildren; and three great-grandchild. Services: noon Sunday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Gardner K. Brown, 78, of Pauoa Valley, a retired Servco Pacific Inc. auto inventory controller, died Sunday in Honolulu. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by sons Gardner A. and Paul K.; daughters Tanna M.K. Pestana, Christianna N. Brown and Adele L.B. Ornellas; brothers Gilbert and Kanani F.; sisters Aha Paeaina B. Williams and Alona O'Neal; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Kawaiaha'o Church. Call after 4:30 p.m. Additional services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Booth District Park Gymnasium. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 11:30 a.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. See story on page B-8.
Joan Daphne Gosling Burgess, 73, of Kapolei, a retired Sears employee, died May 7 at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Brady H., two grandchildren, a step-grandchild and a great-grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Joyce Yap Close, of Pearl City, died May 8 in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born on Maui. She is survived by husband Veldon H.; sons George Newbeck, Earl Harper and Donald and Stephen Yap; daughters Pearl Lara and Ginger Ronquillo; brothers Pete and Marvin Yap; sister Miriam Saberon; 23 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Aloha attire.
Doris Fujiko Amine Coe, 84, of Wahiawa, died May 2 in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in Nahiku, Maui. She is survived by sons Robert E., Charles E., John H. and Gerald H.; daughters Jean V. Temblor, Betty J. Rezentes and Debra A. Haina; and 14 grandchildren. Private services. Donations suggested to the American Lung Association.
Emily F. Enos, 100, of Kailua, died May 8 at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Rhoda E. Lamitie, sister Flora Machado, 27 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and 16 great-great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Monday at St. Anthony's Church in Kailua. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire. No flowers.
Lillian Yoshie Kano, 80, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died May 3 in Kuakini Geriatric Care Inc. She was born in Ewa. She is survived by sons Gradon and Vernon; daughters Ann Nagahiro, Carolyn Taniguchi and Danette Matsuoka; sisters Margaret Kakesako, Frances Takeshita, Mildred Nomura and Dorothy Teraoka; 11 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Private services.
Barbara Jean Leite, 60, of Papaikou, Hawaii, a retired sales clerk for the former J.C. Penney Store, died last Friday at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Herbert, son Russell Simpliciano, daughter Barbara Corbin, sisters Nancy Ader and Shirley Torres, and three grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Monday at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Papaikou. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Mauna Kea Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Jaime Badanguio Madigal, 77, of Waipahu, died May 6 in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in Currimao, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived sons Benny and Artemio, daughter Relinda Jara, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 7:15 p.m. Tuesday at Mililani Memorial Park, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Burial to be held in the Philippines at a later date.
Charles K. Martin, 90, of Hilo, a retired police inspector for Hawaii County Police Department and a U.S. Army veteran who served in World War II, died Sunday in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Etsuko; sons Michael, Glenn and Robert; daughter Leilani Los Banos; brothers Joseph and Donald; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Dodo Mortuary in Hilo. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire.
Cecilia Laura "Cecily" Mayne-McClay, 48, of Honolulu, an M.A. Robinson Trust project assistant, died May 6 at home. She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is survived by husband Jerry McClay, daughters Sara and Alicia "Ali," mother Alicia Kurth and brothers Diego "Jimmy" and Alan Mayne. Services: 12:30 p.m. Sunday at Thurston Memorial Chapel, Punahou School, 1601 Punahou St. No flowers. Donations suggested to McClay Children's Educational Fund, c/o Rhett Taber, 1132 Bishop St., Suite 1925, Honolulu 96825.
Fred H. Odanaka, 88, of Kaneohe, a U.S. Army veteran who served in World War II, died April 29 in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Portland, Ore. He is survived by sons Erick and Michael, daughter Susan Osada, sisters Emy Hirano and Naoko Saito, and three grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Osamu "Sam" Ogata, 73, of Hilo, a Petroleum Equipment Maintenance proprietor, died Sunday in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Keei, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Masako; sons Ricky Ogata and Walter Janado; daughter Joy Seto; brothers Shigemi, Seigo, Hayami, Shigeki, Katsumi, Makoto and Ronald; sisters Shigeko Hirota, Mitsue Ozaki, Natsue Nakano, Yoshie Ueno, Anne Ogata and Charlotte Masaki; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Private services.
Guy Kazuo Ohigashi, 52, of Kahului, a taxiab driver, died last Friday at home. He was born in Wailuku. He is survived by brothers Glenn Ohigashi and Edwin Bonnell. Private services.
Samuel Michael Paradiso, 91, of Pukalani, Maui, an engineer, died Monday at home. He was born in Illinois. He is survived by daughters Rosalie Seaton and Marilyn and Elizabeth Paradiso; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Celebration of life: 3-6 p.m. Sunday at Paradiso residence, 414 Alalani St., Pukalani. Casual attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to Makawao Library Upcountry Book Builders or Maui Memorial Medical Center Auxilliary.
Richard Isao Sakamoto, 71, of Lahaina, an Aloha Airlines senior customer service agent, died Saturday in Honolulu. He was born in Puunene, Maui. He is survived by wife Elsie, son Rick, daughter Jill Miura, brother Edward, sisters Alice Hirano and Diane Sueno, and six grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Monday at Nakamura Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: noon at Maui Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Elizabeth Sumie Shishido, 80, of Kailua, died last Friday. She was born in Kurtistown, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Clifford T. and Terry J.; stepsons Francis and Eric; daughters Carolyn Berchtold, Patty N. Migita and Amy M. Fukunaga; brother Daniel T. Hata; sisters Teruyo Nakamoto, Seiko Grote, Mary M. Nakashima and Alice Spencer; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Nuuanu Mortuary, East Chapel. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Dionicia A. Torres, 92, of Aiea, died Tuesday in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in Candon, Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. She is survived by sons Dr. Ignacio, Dr. Mariano and Samuel; daughters Natividad Lagaso, Pacita Delos Reyes, Tarcila Harp and Ignacia Craddock; 16 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 10:30 a.m. Monday at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 1352 Liliha St. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. No flowers.
Herbert Hideo Watanabe, 92, of Kaneohe, a retired Chun Hoon Super Market stock clerk, died Tuesday in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by wife Alice T.; sons Melvin and Jerry; daughter Charlotte Isa; brothers Atsushi, Ted, Sadao and Satoru; sisters Mitsuru Miyamoto and Edna Honda; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Robert Windsor, 84, of Kailua-Kona, will be remembered in private services. Windsor died May 2 in Kona Community Hospital due to a two-car collision in Kailua-Kona. He was born in Pittsburgh and was a stock broker and actor. He also was a U.S. Navy veteran who served in World War II at Pearl Harbor. He is survived by wife Audrey, son Daniel J., daughters Charlotte Stradtman and Katherine Junger, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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.