Teresita Rivera "Tess" Amor, 59, of Honolulu, a Hilton Hawaiian Village employee, died Monday in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Cavite, the Philippines. She is survived by sons Caezar and Benjie Mercado, sister Lucita Pagano and five grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Burial to be held in the Philippines.
Sharleen Waipuilani Badgley, 51, of Honolulu, died June 16. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by mother Elizabeth Palacia. Inurnment: 12:30 p.m. Monday at Mililani Memorial Park.
Charles W. Basso, 87, of Honolulu, a retired Public Works Center utility supervisor, died Sunday at home. He was born in Shiawassee, Mich. He is survived by wife Hannah; sons Charles and Herbert; stepsons Gabriel and Tyrone Kaneakua and Samuel Kaauwai; daughter Abigail Chase; stepdaughters Hanakia Tui, Christine "Ala" Kaneakua, Sybil "Pete" Huihui and Liz Bustillo; 28 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Auwaiolimu Ward. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire.
Angelo "Sam" Canevali, 89, of Hilo, a retired truck driver for the former Wailoa Tire & Recapping Co. in Hilo, died Wednesday at home. He was born in Fresno, Calif. He is survived by wife Eleanor S., son Ralph, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: noon Tuesday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire.
Gordon Alexander Chapman, 64, of Waikoloa, Hawaii, an environmental planner, died last Friday at home. He was born in Van Nuys, Calif. He is survived by wife Renne, son Adam and brothers Gerald, Alan and Thomas. Private services.
Shilbina Palmer Mata Ferreira, 76, of Hilo, a retired governess, died Sunday in Hale Anuenue Restorative Care Center. She was born in Honomu, Hawaii. She is survived by daughters Shirley Castillas, Shannon Morton, Sharon Hunter and Stephanie G. Nations; brothers Albert, James and Michael JoJo Mata; sisters Irene Visaya, Violet Ramirez and Ronnie Mata; 11 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and 10 a.m. Wednesday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Tuesday and 9 a.m. Wednesday. Burial to follow at Alae Cemetery. Casual attire.
Sally Lee Hyman, 77, of Kalaheo, Kauai, died Monday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born in Kansas City, Mo. She is survived by sister Martha Schmidt. Graveside services: 1 p.m. Sunday at Lihue Cemetery. Donations suggested to Koloa Union Church, the Mokihana Club or the National Tropical Botanical Garden volunteer organization Na Lima Kokua.
Mildred Akiko Kanemitsu, 86, of Honolulu, died July 7 at home. She was born in Waipahu. She is survived by husband Masayoshi; daughters Elaine Yagi, Geraldine Kobayashi and Trudy Kanemitsu; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Private services.
Bernice Veronica Keoho, 84, of Kailua, a retired bookkeeper for Mutual Telephone and GTE Hawaiian Tel, died Sunday in Kailua. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Joseph M. Sr., son Joseph M. Jr., brother Robert Vierra and a grandchild. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 8:30 a.m. Luncheon: 11:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at the cemetery. Aloha attire.
Helen Rebecca Larson, 96, of Honolulu, died Monday. She was born in Hawaii. She is survived by son Jon H., daughters Helen Larson-Dalton and Gail Hutchinson, and five grandchildren. Private services.
Katherine Lopes, 80, of Waianae, a homemaker, died last Friday in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in Waianae. She is survived by sons Elias Jr., Walter, Raphael Sr., John, Matthew and Wilfred Garcia; daughters Mary Wong, Dorothy Morse, Leatrice Davis and April Garcia; sister Rose Lyau; 33 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Sacred Hearts in Waianae. Call after 6 p.m.
Tsuneto Mizusawa, 81, of Honolulu, died July 4 at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brother George and sister Nancy. Private services.
Beatrice N. Molina, 65, of Hilo, a retired Waiakea Intermediate School teacher, died Monday in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by husband Roman, son Dwayne A., hanai son Wendell Austria, daughters Dwyna Potter and Denise Pila, brother William Montania, sisters Ann Williamson and Maxine Moniz, and 14 grandchildren. Mass: 12:15 p.m. Monday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hilo. Call after 10 a.m. Inurnment to follow at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire.
Exequiel Paguyo Nicolas, 94, of Aiea, a retired Oahu Sugar Co. employee, died June 27 at home. He was born in Laoag, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by daughters Nicolasa "Lasing" Edrada, Caridad Doronio and Erlinda Narciso; brother Gualberto; sister Coleta; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Mass: 7 p.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Church, 99-312 Moanalua Road. Call after 6 p.m. Services: noon Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Ramon Carlos Perez, 48, of Hanamaulu, Kauai, a Checkers salesclerk and driver, died July 10 in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in California. He is survived by wife Acela; son Ramon Jr.; daughters Rexy-Ann and Lorena D.; brothers Antonio, Robert and David; and sister Patricia Guiterez. Mass: 11 a.m. Monday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Lihue Cemetery. Casual attire.
Christina Jamito Perreira, 47, of Hilo, an Anheuser-Busch Sales of Hawaii employee, died last Friday in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by husband Carl J., sons Jason and Kevin, daughters Carly and Jillian, sisters Loraine Pacheco and Asucena Kamahele, and six grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Dodo Mortuary in Hilo. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 12:15 p.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hilo. Call after 10 a.m. Cremation to follow. Inurnment to be held at a later date. Casual attire. No flowers.
Edith Elizabeth Dobbel Wurdeman Sawyer, 98, of Honolulu, a retired educator and former director of admissions for Punahou School, died Saturday. She was born in Palo Alto, Calif. She is survived by son Richard D. Wurdeman and two grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Clement's Episcopal Church. Burial: 11:45 a.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to Edith Wurdeman Sawyer Endowed Scholarship Fund at Punahou School.
Alan Genichi Shinsato, 48, of Mililani, died Saturday. Services: 4 p.m. July 27 at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. The mortuary provided additional information for an obituary published yesterday.
Irene Yet Lin Siu, 78, of Honolulu, died June 28 in Ka Punawai Ola Nursing Home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Clayton, daughters Sharon Ching and Loretta Siu, brothers Richard and Herbert Mew, sisters Betty Wung and Anita Chong, and three grandchildren. Private services.
Fumiyo Kitagawa Tamura, 84, of Kahului, a homemaker, died Sunday in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Puunene, Maui. She is survived by sons Edward and Clyde, daughter Sandra Ota, brother George Kitagawa, sister Alma Maeda and three grandchildren. Private services.
Harold Yeiichi Tome, 83, of Aiea, a retired GTE Hawaiian Tel dispatcher, died July 8 in St. Francis Hospice. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by wife May M., sons Jason and Halford, daughters Brenda Adres and Daphne Manago, brother Richard, sister Margaret Chung and four grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Aloha attire.
Roy S. Warner, 66, of Hawi, Hawaii, died June 24 in the Queen's Medical Center. Services: 2 p.m. tomorrow at Mahu Point. The mortuary provided additional information for an obituary published yesterday.
Cecilia Osato Yamase, 86, of Waimea, Kauai, died Jan. 17 in Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital. She was born in Waimea. She is survived by sons Melvin and Harold. Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Waimea United Church of Christ. 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.