Clarence Aberakama Benito, 63, of Hilo, a retired Hawaii Army National Guard first sergeant, died July 6 in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Waipio, Honokaa, Hawaii. He is survived by son Sean; daughter Uilani Fatanum; brothers Ralph Benito, Mark Ohumukini, and Wayne and Ray Waipa; sisters Rose Arvidson, Jane Victorine and Ginger Ohumukini; and three grandchildren. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hilo Stake Center. Services: 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire.
Evelyn Estelle Cantillion, 99, of Kailua died last Sunday in Kaneohe. She was born in Virginia. She is survived by daughter Shirlee Blakeney and two grandchildren. Private services.
Emeliano Moises Cappal, also known as "Rico," 75, of Kihei, Maui, died Friday in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Barrio Cabileo, Cuyapo Nueva Ecija, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Leonida; sons Frankie and Bobby; daughters Estrella Versola, Josie Salvador, Mindy De Chalus and Melani Campos; brothers Leon, Leonito and Marcelo; sisters Teresita Cabanting and Lolita Cabang; 15 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Koinonia Pentecostal Church in Honokawai. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Norman's Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: noon at Valley Isle Memorial Park, Haiku. A reception will follow at the family residence. Casual attire.
Romeo Luna Celes Sr., 59, of Waipahu died July 12 in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Elizabeth; sons Alex and Romeo Jr.; daughters Esperanza and Rosemarie; brothers Florante and Rolando Sr.; and sisters Rosita Alaba, Susana Ramos, Petronila Romero, Myrna Bueno and Joey Marzan. Mass: 7 p.m. Friday at St. Joseph Church, 94-675 Farrington Highway. Call after 6 p.m. Burial at a later date in the Philippines.
Dr. Jonathan Y.C. Ching, 52, of Chatsworth, Calif., formerly of Honolulu, a trauma physician, died July 5 at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by father Frederick and brother Christopher. Services: 5 p.m. Tuesday at Punahou School's Thurston Memorial Chapel. Private burial. In lieu of flowers, donations suggested to the American Cancer Society, 2370 Nuuanu Ave., Honolulu 96817.
Coates Cobb-Adams Sr., 87, of Kaneohe, a retired antenna rigger at Pearl Harbor, died July 7. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Coates Jr., Frederick E., Charles S. and Benjamin; daughters Kathy Burgo and Jo-Ann Eddy; 34 grandchildren; 49 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Valley of the Temples. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: noon at the cemetery. Casual attire.
Daphne Cuesta, 41, of Pearl City, died July 12 in Kapiolani Medical Center, Pali Momi. She was born in Wahiawa. She is survived by mother Apolonia Ann Hampton; brother Francisco "Bully" Jr.; sisters Denise and Drucilla Caracol, Diane "Anna" Moen, Devena "Vena" Tavares and Dierdre Hrabal; and caregivers Carmelita Resuello and Steven Bival. Services: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 1525 Waimano Home Road. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire.
Matsuko K. Fuke, 86, of Hilo, a homemaker, died Thursday in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Olaa, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Stanley, Chester, Sidney and Milton; brother Al Kozohara; sister Yoshie Nishihara; and three grandchildren. Private services. No monetary offerings.
Genevieve Mildred Ganigan, 72, of Waianae died July 12 at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Irenio T., Guy S. and Garrald C.; daughters Laurie J.E. Larita, Feliza M. Mondido and Marvilyn J. Ganigan; brother Frank Freitas Jr.; 14 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph Church, 94-675 Farrington Highway, Waipahu. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Antone "Bull" Gomes, 93, of Hilo, a retired Hamakua Sugar employee, died July 8 in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Kalopa, Hawaii. He is survived by sons Antone Jr. and Charles, daughter Doris Smith, sister Adelida Hart, 13 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Church in Paauilo. Call after 6 p.m. Friday and after 9 a.m. Saturday. Burial to follow at Kalopa Catholic Cemetery.
Paul Gurtiza, 68, of Honolulu, a retired U.S. Air Force tech sergeant, died June 24 in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Makaweli, Kauai. He is survived by mother Eleanor Abe; sisters Helen Takanishi and Jeanne Razalan; brothers Merlin, Sidney, Rodney and Stanley; and companion Chong Hui Kim Park. Services: 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Kate Anni Haenish, 90, of Honolulu, a retired U.S. Army Nurse Corps major, died Tuesday at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Richard and caregivers Peggy Broderick and Beppie Shapiro. Services at a later date. Donations suggested to charity.
Sadao Haitsuka, 89, of Kapoho Beach Lots, Pahoa, Hawaii, formerly of Kaneohe, retired co-owner of Haitsuka Brothers Ltd., died Wednesday at home. He was born in Papaaloa, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Minnie W.; sons Edmund, Roy, Harold, Milton and Charles; daughters Kay Davidson, Lorna Matsukado and Miriam Uyeminami; brothers Henry, Stanley and Jack; 27 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Private services. No flowers. No monetary offerings.
Wilfred Nyuk Wo Heu, also known as "Kulu" and "Sonny," 80, of Aiea, a retired city accountant, died July 12 in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Ruth; stepson Kevin Leong; stepdaughters Michele Inouye and Laura Henderson; brother Morris; sisters Helen Ing, Bertha Ho, Esther Mau, Frances Onaga, Ruby Choy, Charlotte Sue, Cornelia Tahara, Marilyn Law and Sylvia Carruthers; and three grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Evelyn Michie Koike, 87, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died last Sunday at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Kenneth M. and Edward T.; brother Walter Kobayashi; sisters Ethel Sakai, Hilda Saito, Miharu Okimura, Elsie Matsukawa, Beatrice Mizuno, Betsy Takahama and Shirley Yamamura; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Dorothy Michiko Kusano, 88, of Honolulu, formerly of Kohala, Hawaii, died July 12 in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Harold, Jerry, Earl, Ben and Robert; daughter Pauline Amina; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. No services.
Matthew T. Lau, 26, of Waianae, an American Piping & Boiler employee, died Tuesday at home. He also served in the U.S. Army Reserve. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Amber L., son Bronson K., daughters Bayli A. and Brooke M., father Herman K.W., mother Marilyn Akau, brothers Kevin and Jory, sister Chelsea and grandparents Adele and Lorenzo Ramos. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 10:45 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Da Yop Parros, 75, of Kahului died Friday in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Jun Nam, Korea. She is survived by sister Sun Yop Chu. Private services.
Roseline Kealoha Pawai, 87, of Honolulu died Tuesday in St. Francis Hospice. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons David Puakela and Richard C. Pawai; daughters Vivian Perreira, Wyomie Tanis, Roseline Pedro and Esther Armbruster; brothers Melvin and Paul Kalahiki; sisters Agnes Freitas, Eunice Cullen, Nona Aoki and Lani Pahio; 37 grandchildren; 71 great-grandchildren; and 17 great-great-grandchildren. Services: noon Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Greenhaven Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Elpidio B. Rabino Sr., 61, of Kaunakakai, Molokai, a Mycogen field worker, died July 9 in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Santa Catalina, Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Loreta; sons Elpidio Jr. and Marino Rabino and Delfin Rabara; daughters Felicisim Artieda, Delfina Biri, Janet Pablico, Margie Cordero and Edelyn and Melinda Rabino; brother Cesario; sisters Maria Rabara, Filomena Ragasa and Maura Rabino; and 18 grandchildren. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at St. Sophia's Church, Molokai. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Kapaakea Cemetery.
Ohide Shimamoto, 91, of Pearl City, a homemaker, died July 9 in Liliha Health Care Center. She was born in Waikapu, Maui. She is survived by husband Eizun; sons James, Stanley and Marshall; daughters Emiko Tengan and Sonia Miyagawa; brothers Isamu Agena and Mori Nakamasu; sisters Doris Arakaki and Ruth Shiroma; eight grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Yukiko Shirota, 100, of Papaikou, Hawaii, a homemaker, died last Sunday in the Life Care Center of Hilo. She was born in Yamaguchi Ken, Japan. She is survived by son Edward T.; daughters Ruth K. Yamamoto, Margaret M. Yamasaki, Mitzi M. Sako and Kay N. Shirota; 15 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Private services.
Carolyn Ursula Smith, 86, of Hilo died June 23 in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Baltimore, Md. She is survived by sister Mildred Hargrave. Private services.
Melvin Mateo Santos Somera, 58, of Honolulu, a Polynesian Adventure Tours bus driver, died July 8 in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu, He is survived by wife Deborah; daughter Shantel; brothers Ronald and Robert Somera, Joseph Bueno and James Lorenzo; and sisters Rosalinda Cantiberos, Emily Reese, Patricia Vicari and Hana Pospichel. Services: noon Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 10 a.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.
Isaac Pioiva Su'a-Godinet, infant son of Pio and Carol of Kailua, died Thursday in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is also survived by brothers Kekoa and Noah; sisters Francine and Noelle; grandparents Tuaefu and Lemalu Tauilo and Patricia Su'a; and great-grandparent Beatrice McBrayer. Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 12:30 p.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at the cemetery. 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.