Jinki Asato, 87, of Kaneohe, a retired Y. Hata Co. heavy equipment mechanic, died June 14 in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Kohala, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Haruko; sons Robert, Bernard and Edwin; sister Thelma Upton; and five grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Aloha attire.
Kenneth F.A. Chan, 36, of Village Park, formerly of Papakolea, died June 10 in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by father Richard; stepmother Caroline K.; brothers Edwin, Richard Jr. and Douglas; sisters Gay, Barbara, Joanne and Allison; and grandmother Hazel K. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Walter Butt Kui Chu, 86, of Honolulu, died June 13 in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brother Raymond and sisters Rose Ching, Beatrice Chu and Florence Hiu. Private services.
Mabel Kam Yuk Chun, 89, of Honolulu, died May 30 in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Aiea. She is survived by sister Eileen Tam. Private services.
Audrey C. Ing, 46, of Honolulu, died June 9 at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by father Henry S.; brothers Ronald and Gerald; sisters Kathleen Tasaka, Patricia Chun and Karen Uchiyama; and companion Anotia Bruno. Private services.
Sinatala Tulau King, 94, of Kaneohe, a homemaker, died last Monday at home. She was born in Manua, American Samoa. She is survived by son Bobby, three grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Patrick's Church, 1124 7th Ave. Call after 9:30 a.m. Inurnment: 11:30 a.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.
Clarence James Miehlstein, 92, of Honolulu, a Bank of Hawaii employee, died Tuesday in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sister Agnes Haynes. Services to be held at a later date.
Alfonsa R. "Ponsa" Nacapoy, 93, of Honolulu, died June 15 in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. She is survived by sons Amancio R. and Greg M., five grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Violet Fumiyo Okamura, 65, of Kailua, a retired EDP Hawaii Inc. secretary, died June 11 in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Puna, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Robert T.; son Todd; brothers Richard and Royden Hirae; sisters Aileen Iha, Katy Shon and Jane Manchip; and one grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Jeanette Kisayo Oshiro, 83, of Honolulu, a retired Kress store sales clerk, died last Monday in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Kaanapali, Maui. She is survived by sons Lee and Glenn, daughter Christine, brother Jitsuo Tsubaki, sister Lynn Tanaka, two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Sakai Shimaura, 83, of Mililani, died June 11 in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Wahiawa. He is survived by wife Fujiko, son Stanley E., daughters Dale K. Shimaura and Cheryl C. Moriyama, brothers Takashi and Tadashi, sister Norma Yamaki, five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire.
Stephen Kaleihawaii Smythe, 78, of Kailua-Kona, a Matson Navigation Co. electrician, died June 15 in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Kona, Hawaii. He is survived by daughter Lillian-Agnes Harrison and three grandchildren. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hale Hoomalu Cemetery, Kailua-Kona.
Harue Tsuji, 87, of Wahiawa, died May 22 in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Paauilo, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Gordon and Wayne, daughter Lucille Sato, brothers Yoshimi and Yasuo Matsumura, sister Tsuyuko Hasegawa and nine grandchildren. Private services.
Henry Wilkens III, 63, of Mililani, died Tuesday in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Galveston, Texas. He is survived by wife Barbel L., son Peter M., daughter Heidi W. Armstrong and three grandchildren. Private services.
Patrick Yoshio Yamashita, 83, of Kailua, a retired Honolulu Gas Co. credit representative, died Tuesday in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Hakalau, Hawaii. He is survived by sons Patrick M. and Robert J., daughter Gwendolyn Navarre, brother Paul "Utaka," sister Nancy "Matsuko" Ho, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Inurnment: 9 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. 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.