Adelaida "Ida" Alahina Cho, 74, of Honaunau, Hawaii, a retired Kona Community Hospital housekeeping supervisor, died June 21 in Kona Community Hospital. She was born in Lahaina. She is survived by son Joe K., daughters Elizabeth Cho and Lorraine Sniffen, seven grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Mass: 6:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Benedict Catholic Painted Church in Honaunau. Call after 5 p.m. Scattering of ashes: 2 p.m. Sunday at Honaunau Beach. Casual attire.
Makoto Fujisaki, 90, of Honolulu, a retired amusement repairman, died June 13 at home. He was born in Punaluu, Hawaii. He is survived by caregiver and nephew Larry T. Taone. Private services.
Olivia Leilani Hoopiiaina, 65, of Waimanalo, a Palama Settlement groundskeeper, died Tuesday in Castle Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Harvey; sons Raymond Kalilikane and Edward and Solomon Hoopiiaina; daughter Harvelynn; brothers Samuel, Rodney, Edward and Peter Kalilikane; sisters Hannah Nakea, Mary Ellen Frink, Winona Salcedo and Ruth Lain; 10 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Honolulu Central Seventh-day Adventist Church, 2313 Nuuanu Ave. Call after 6 p.m. Cremation to follow.
Rowena Mele "Kapule" Kali, 65, of Ewa Beach, formerly of Kalia, died June 14 in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She is survived by sons John Lott and Albert Kali; daughters Rebecca, Christina and Annette Kali and Rowena Kaulia; sisters Ellen M. Muth and Elvera Kaiu; and seven grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Waipahu Stake Center. Call after 9 a.m. Scattering of ashes to be held at a later date.
Violet Hee Lum, 96, of Honolulu, died June 16 in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Richard M.C., Charles T.C. and Frederick Y.C.; daughters Dorothea W.S. Lum-Lee, Theresa W.T. Lum-Leong and Gladys W.H. Lum-Monroe; brother David Ah Fo Hee; 14 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Services: 9:30 a.m. Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: 1 p.m. at Manoa Lin Yee Chung Cemetery.
Lorraine Hatsuko Miyagawa, 88, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died June 22 in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Kapulena, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Roy S. and Glenn Y.; daughter Gene T. Yukumoto; brothers George K. and Roy Akamine; sisters Misao B. Ogata, Irene U. Hamada, Betsy M. Takara and Pauline Hisatomi; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Yukie Nakatsu, 86, of Honolulu, a retired seamstress for Hawaiian Togs and Kelii's, died June 21 in Oahu Care Facility. She was born in Papaikou, Hawaii. She is survived by daughter Charlotte Dias; brothers Jerry G., Tadayoshi, Kazuto and Yoshinori Ojiri; and sisters Sueno Takata and Irene Honjo. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 1 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Nancy Kam Sun Shinn, 81, of Honolulu, a retired Consolidated Amusement employee, died May 27 in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Richard and Lawrence; daughters Carolyn Lyum, Rhoda Kam and Stephanie Tonokawa; brother Donald Ching; sisters Alma Goo and Barbara Kawahara; 15 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Private services.
John Keoni Keanu Wailani Jr., 74, of Oregon City, Ore., formerly of Milolii, Hawaii, and Hilo, a retired fisherman and musician, died Jan. 27 in Oregon. He was born in Pahala, Hawaii. He is survived by daughters June M.H.D. Samante and Tracy Ann U.W. Alverez; brothers Mitchell Wailani and Phillip Kamakea; hanai brother Arthur Mahi; sisters Lilian Kamakea, Elizabeth Palacio and Mona Paulo; caregiver Naga Senthirajah; 15 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Lincoln Park in Hilo. Call after 8 a.m. Inurnment: 11:30 a.m. at Homelani Memorial Park in Hilo. Casual attire. No flowers.
Mary Malia Kahele Enos Andrade Wailani, 80, of Oregon City, Ore., formerly of Milolii, Hawaii, and Hilo, a homemaker, died April 26 in Oregon. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Frank A., George A., Edward A. and Jay B. Enos; daughters Shirley A. Valentine, Colleen M. Friend and Deanna Enos; hanai brother Arthur Mahi; caregiver Naga Senthirajah; 20 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; and 14 great-great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Lincoln Park in Hilo. Call after 8 a.m. Inurnment: 11:30 a.m. at Homelani Memorial Park in Hilo. 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.