Amy Charlotte Kaelehiwa Akao, 73, of Hilo, a retired Hawaii Community Correctional Center captain of the guards, died Friday at home. She was born in Kalopa, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Ernest; sons Nephi and Lehi Brown; hanai son Gregory Brown; hanai daughter MaryAgnes Kila; brothers Charles and Henry Kekoolani; sisters Katherine Dambley, Myra Chartrand and Winifred Silva; 11 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hilo Stake Center, Cultural Hall. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Alae Cemetery. Aloha attire.
Eusebio P. Aranda, 93, of Lihue died June 27 in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by children Wilson, Jovencio, Constantino, Mariano, Ruben, Fernando and Victory Aranda and Antolina A. Ranjo; 43 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary in Koloa. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Lihue Cemetery. Casual attire.
Victoria "Toyang" Bitun Arrocena, 77, of Kihei, Maui, a homemaker, died Friday in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by caretaker Agnes Ambrosio-Bersamin; sons Noel and Edwin; daughters Vangie Galvin, Rosemarie Jabon, Rowena Aguda and Editha Arrocena; 19 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Christ the King Church. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 10:30 a.m. at Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Mark Anthoney Bathe, 46, of Kalaoa, Kona, Hawaii, died June 15 in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in San Rafael, Calif. He is survived by son Mark A. Jr., mother Bernice B. Warren, brothers Bill and Dennis, and sister Patricia Ann Heath. No local services.
Caroline Ululani Brown, 64, of Hilo, a retired Hilo Hawaiian Hotel sous chef, died Tuesday in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by sons Eugene, Celsus and Joseph Brown and Edwin Nilson; daughters Bernadine Christian and Emily Slavey; brother Ronald Halualani; sisters Haleloke Goo and Eva Driskell; 15 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Services: noon Friday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 1. Casual attire.
Herbert A.K. Campos, 68, of Wailuku, a retired fire chief for Maui County, died July 1 in Wailuku. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Leilani; sons Paul L., Herbert and Michael; daughter Helen Pahukoa; brother Patrick R.; sisters Marielena Meyer and Haunani Olds; 11 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Mass: noon Saturday at St. Anthony Catholic Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Cremation to follow. Aloha attire. No flowers. Leis welcome.
Leonila J. Carlos, 69, of Lihue, a Lihue Airport janitor, died Thursday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by children Gil, Noel, Jolly and Asprenio Carlos, Mary Bran and Bessie Fulgencio; sister Rosita Bacani; brother Rogelio Juico; and 11 grandchildren. Visitation: 5 to 9 p.m. July 20 at Borthwick Kauai Mortuary. Casual attire.
David Bung Fong Chun, 87, of Honolulu, a retired Hopaco salesman, died Friday in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Myung Hee; son David D.S.; daughter Sharon Ingram; stepson John Bailey; stepdaughter Yong Soon Blackaby; brothers Robert, Albert and Wilfred; sisters Inez Ching, Jane Vickers and Janet Park; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at the cemetery. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Dathan Paul Chung, 55, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl City High School art teacher and Waianae Intermediate School teacher, died June 10 in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Patricia B.; son Charles-David F.; daughter Kanani J.; mother Julia Chang Chung; and sisters Glenda Hinchey, Sylvia Thompson, Nedra Chung and Lucille Helmbrecht. Services: 11 a.m. tomorrow at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park.
John Wendall Dayne Espinal, 50, of Ewa Beach, a Trans Hawaii and Hawaii Coaches tour bus operator and Qantas Airlines and Canadian Pacific Airlines employee, died June 24 at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Guadalupe N., son Alexander J., daughters Christina A. and Jennifer H., and sisters LeVonne Kukahiko and Clara Marie Coite. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday and 10 a.m. Monday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m. Sunday and after 8:30 a.m. Monday. Burial: noon at Valley of the Temples. Aloha attire.
Tsutomu "Tom" Fukushima, 91, of Omao, Kauai, a brewer, died June 24 in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Roland, daughters Amy Oshiro and Dora Lane, brothers Kunio "Fred" and Chester A., two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. July 20 at Borthwick Mortuary in Honolulu, makai chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire.
Seisuke Higa, 84, of Waianae, a retired hog farmer, died Monday. He was born in Paia, Maui. He is survived by wife Doris H.; sons James and Eugene "Geno"; daughters Sharon Kobashigawa and Elaine Higa; brothers Yoshiaki and Goro Higa; sisters Hatsue Kinoshita, Sally Kumabe, Clara Kajiwara and Miye Miyashiro; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Mortuary, east chapel. Call after 1 p.m. Inurnment: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Hanaye Hiranaka, 78, of Lihue, a homemaker, died June 29 in Hale Kapuna Heritage Home. She was born in Wahiawa, Kauai. She is survived by sons Baron and Mark, sister Chiyomi Morimoto and three grandchildren. Private services.
Gwen Matsuye Inouye, 78, of Honolulu, a retired city Department of Budget and Finance clerk-typist, died Friday at home. She was born in Paia, Maui. She is survived by husband Tsuneo, son Patrick, brothers Isamu and Larry Hiyakumoto, sister Bernice Ueoka and one grandchild. Services: 1 p.m. tomorrow at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Dan Takuo Iseri, 79, of Kaneohe, a retired Hawaiian Electric Co. employee, died July 1 in Kaneohe. He was born in Pahala, Hawaii. He is survived by sons Wayne and Brian, brother Kiyoichi, sister Taeko Uchimura and five grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 5:30 p.m. Private inurnment. Casual attire. No flowers.
Joseph Keaweopala Kekoa, 66, of Waianae, a retired Wastewater Collection Maintenance district superintendent, died June 15 in Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Warren K. Albert, daughter Lorelei K. Albert, brothers Kenneth "Buddy" and Solomon "Hotch," and three grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Friday and after 9 a.m. Saturday. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Edith M. Kuttner, 87, of Honolulu, a retired high school foreign language teacher, died Saturday in Straub Clinic and Hospital. She was born in New York. She is survived by daughter Bonny Tinebra, four grandchildren and one great- grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. today at Temple Emanu-el. Graveside services to follow at Mililani Memorial Park.
Kaililaau Jaymen Lindsey, 11, of Honokohau Valley, Maui, a student at King Kamehameha III School in Lahaina, died Thursday in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Wailuku. He is survived by parents Leimaile Marciel and James Kimo Lindsey; sisters Kolea and Lokelani; brothers Kapona, Kaaiohelo and Kawaiola; half-sisters Jaimie, Jessie and Makanalani; grandparents Rose-Agnes Kaililaau, William Marciel, Clara May Holmes and James Lindsey Jr.; and great-grandparents Esther Kaililaau and Rose Marie Lindsey. Services: noon Friday at Borthwick Norman's Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire.
Kazuo Matsuda, 85, of Pearl City, a retired merchant seaman, died June 22 in Kuakini Geriatric Care, Inc. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Walter and Richard, daughters Katherine K. Takishita and Winifred Tenno, brother Takashi, sisters Haruko Yokomoto and Shizuko Sumiye, and four grandchildren. Private services.
Mary Elizabeth Mattos, 72, of Honolulu died June 28 in St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Raymond S. "Ray Boy" Jr., sister Elizabeth Nishimoto and three grandchildren. Private services.
Thomas John McEnroe, 81, of Waianae, a retired prison guard, died June 29 at home. He was born in Hawaii. He is survived by brother Loughlin; sisters Syble Lynch, Caroline Afong, Katherine Crest and Ann Cates; caregivers Adrienne, Keoni, Chelsey and Clayson Kealoha; and numerous grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Church, Waianae. Call after 6 p.m. Scattering of ashes: 9 a.m. July 19 at Waianae Boat Harbor. Aloha attire.
Tiny Dwayne Earl Mehringer, 66, of Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii, a self-employed wood and ivory carver and merchant marine, died Sunday. He was born in Kinsley, Kan. He is survived by mother Velma, brother Marvin E. and sister Diane Foster. A celebration of life will be held 10 a.m. Saturday at Puuhonua O Honaunau (City of Refuge) near the picnic grounds. Casual attire. No flowers.
Betty Kimiko Miyazaki, 82, of Lihue, a retired Kojima Store salesclerk in Kapaa, Kauai, died Wednesday in Kealia, Kauai. She was born in Kapaa. She is survived by husband Hideo Miyazaki, son Melvin Miyasaki, daughters Elaine Downs and Sharon Ito, sisters Evelyn C. Furutani and Sue Abe, four grandchildren and one great- grandchild. Services: 3 p.m. Saturday at Kapaa Hongwanji Mission. Call after 2 p.m.
Jessie Jane Mizunaka, 55, of Ewa Beach, a Shiatsu Therapist of Hawaii employee and state Department of Education special education teacher, died Saturday in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by parents Tom A. and Margaret M.; and brothers Charles, Glenn and Mark. Services: 3 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Kay Naka'ahiki, 50, of Waimea, Kauai, a Shell Vacations Club Realtor, died Monday at home. She was born in Henderson, Nev. She is survived by husband Radford, son Ryson K., mother Phyllis Hamilton, and sisters Jan Griewe and Christine Oda. Services: 3 p.m. Saturday at Garden Island Mortuary. Call after 2 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Libert Kanialama Naka'ahiki Sr., 81, of Lihue, a Princeville Corp. project engineer, died Sunday at home. He was born in Kekaha, Kauai. He is survived by wife Mary; sons Wilbert, Wilfred and Patrick; daughter Victoria; brother Benjamin Sr.; 10 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Lihue Ward. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Kauai Memorial Gardens. Aloha attire.
Sakaye Tamada Oda, 82, of Honolulu, a retired Fort Shafter secretary, died June 24 in Kuakini Geriatric Care, Inc. She was born in Kent, Wash. She is survived by son James; daughters Diane Cuneo and Teresa Yamasaki; brother Henry Tamada; sisters Mary Soyeshima, Kiyo Iwata and Amy Mayeda; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Private services.
Leslie Steven Fernandez Ragil, 49, of Mililani died June 20 in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Belinda D.; sons Brandon, Anthony C.L. and Atreyu S.; daughters Jeremie and Shawnee B.; sister Cheyenne Mae Dela Fontaine; and parents Anthony S. and Margaret Fernandez Ragil. Services: 7 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire.
Ambrosia Joaquin Sapaden, 90, of Ewa Beach died June 24 in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in Batac, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. She is survived by sons Eliezer, Samuel, Ismael, Antonio, Macario and Samson; daughters Ligaya and Imelda; brother Modesto Joaquin; and 40 grandchildren. Rosary: 7 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Burial in the Philippines. Casual attire.
Goro Shibayama, 91, of Honolulu, retired sole proprietor of Paradise Fruit Co., died Friday at home. He also served with the Military Intelligence Service during World War II. He was born in Kealakekua, Hawaii. He is survived by brother Minoru, sister Itsumu Morikawa and caregivers Jean and Wilfred Miyashiro. Private services.
Takeshi Shigemura, 90, of Honolulu, retired owner of Japan Silk Co. Ltd. (doing business as JAHACA Textile Importing Co.), died last Wednesday in Straub Clinic and Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Irene H., sons Norman and Gary, daughter Joyce Ueda and six grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Wakayo Singletary, 81, of Wahiawa died June 19 in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Kalihiwai, Kauai. She is survived by son Jan G.; daughters Shirley A. Gold and Barbara M. Ono; brothers Misao, Alan, Toshisada, Henry, James and Richard Tamura; and four grandchildren. Private services.
Mary Kaihe Sur, 80, of Ewa Beach, a homemaker, died July 1 in Tripler Army Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Mervin Sur; daughters Leilani Kane, Rosemary Abe and Shirley Miller; brother Abraham Kapana; 11 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren. Mass: 9:45 a.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, 99-312 Moanalua Road in Aiea. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.
Tamotsu Takemoto, 87, of Hilo, a retired welder for the state Department of Transportation, died June 28 in Papaaloa, Hawaii. He was born in Keopu, Kona, Hawaii. He is survived by brother Yutaka. Private services.
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.