Elizabeth Curtis Blair, 75, of Kailua, a Realtor, died July 19, 2003, at home. She was born in Clarke County, Miss. She is survived by husband Nelson A., son John N., daughters Elizabeth Blair-Morin and Rebecca B. Harutunian, and a grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church. Aloha attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, Grand Central Station, P.O. Box 4777, New York, NY 10163.Mary Misao Ebesu, 83, of Honolulu, a retired co-owner for State Chemical Co., died July 16, 2003, in San Jose, Calif. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Milton; daughters Karen Adams and Earlyn Mosher; sisters Barbara Suganuma, Alice M. Nishimura and Gladys Yamamoto; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Harold Yukihiro Fukaya, 86, of Wahiawa, died July 15, 2003, at home. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Kay K., sons Chris Y. and Robin H., brother Ronald K. and two grandchildren. Private services.
Beatrice Fusako Hino, 83, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died July 9, 2003, in St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Hisashi; sons Robert, Albert and Herbert; daughter Charlotte Amerman; brother Takeshi Kajikawa; sister Helen Kajikawa; and three grandchildren. Private services.
Mitsugu Jio, 85, of Pukalani, a Maui Pine supervisor, died July 21, 2003, at home. He was born in Haiku, Maui. He is survived by wife Rachel M.; sons Nathan, Stacey and Tilden; daughter Beryl Jim; brother Nobuyoshi; sisters Hatsue Misawa, Sumiko Suzuki and Tomiko Tagawa; and five grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Makawao Hongwanji Mission. Call after 3 p.m. Reception to follow. Burial: 9 a.m. Monday at Maui Veterans Cemetery.
Emily Keonaonapua "Emma" Johnson, 82, of Keauhou, Hawaii, a retired Sizzler's Steak House cook, died July 18, 2003, in Kona Community Hospital. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by sons Joseph L. Nailau, Bruce W. Bernard and James J. Jr., Jeffrey J. and Dewey B. Johnson; daughters Claudia M.K. Hamilton, Julia J.P. Bonomi-Romero and Johnette J. Alderson; brother Charles Moore; sisters Beatrice Bernard and RoseMarie Mara; 22 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren. Services: noon Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kona Second Ward, at the top of Kalani Street in Kailua-Kona. Call after 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Kona Memorial Park in Holualoa, Hawaii. Casual attire.
George Kawana, 79, of Pearl City, a retired Fort Shafter employee, died July 7, 2003, in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Fumie, son Steven A., daughter Sharon Y., brother Clarence E. and a grandchild. Private services.
Nobuo Kochi, 91, of Waipahu, a retired Oahu Sugar Co. employee, died July 15, 2003, at home. He was born in Hamakuapoko, Maui. He is survived by sons Dan, Robert K. and Clifford T.; daughter Faith Kubo; sisters Velma Nakamura, Helen Kihara and Barbara Ornellas; three grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Private services.
Florence Yamada Lau, 78, of Honolulu, a retired Aina Haina Elementary School teacher, died July 15, 2003, in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Koloa, Kauai. She is survived by husband James and daughter Lisa Bachman. Graveside services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Jean Madamba, 49, of Wahiawa, a caregiver, died July 11, 2003, at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by stepmother Helen L.; brothers Julian Galindo and Ben and Richard Madamba Jr.; and sisters Cynthia DeJesus and Belinda Tongson. Services: 8 a.m. Sunday at Maili Beach Park. Scattering of ashes to follow.
Joan Simpson Matheson, 52, of Colorado Springs, Colo., formerly of Kailua, died July 13, 2003, at home. She was born in Alabama. She is survived by husband Scott; sons Wade, Garrett and Alex; brother Floyd; and two grandchildren. Services held in Colorado Springs.
Stanley Rudolph Moniz, 75, of Honokaa, Hawaii, a state heavy equipment operator and an Antone Ruis Dairy ranch hand and foreman, died July 21, 2003, in North Hawaii Community Hospital. He also was a ranch hand and supervisor for Jack S. Ramos Ranch. He was born in Honokaa. He is survived by wife Madeline P., son Garrett S., daughter Annette S. Kaipo-Valera, brothers Alfred and Donald, sisters Mary M. Gomes and Christine Johansen, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Mass: 7 p.m. Monday at Our Lady of Lourdes-Honokaa Catholic Church. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire.
Mary Kauhane "Mamie" Naito, 83, of Waimanalo, a Hawaiian Pine forelady, died July 18, 2003, in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Kenneth and Walter; daughters Verna Yamamoto and Janice Naito; brothers Rawlins, Oliver, Charlie, Grant, Kapu, Melvin, Jerry and Killarney Kauhane; sister Alice Yap; 10 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at the cemetery. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Miguel Fagaragan Pascua, 98, of Waipahu, a retired E.E. Black Co. explosive specialist, died July 14, 2003, in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Badoc, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Arsenia; sons Johnny Sr., Herbert Sr., Michael Sr., Harry Sr. and Stanley; daughters Katherine Frystak and Dorothy and Janet Pascua; brother Julian; 18 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Mass: 6 p.m. Sunday at St. Paul Church. Call after 5 p.m. Services: 10 a.m. Monday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Incorrect information ran in yesterday's obituary.
Sin Cha Kim Price, 62, of Honolulu, a retired Realtor, died June 27, 2003, in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Seoul. She is survived by son Harold Chung, daughter Erica Lembo and two grandchildren. Private services.
Mayming Iris Quinsaat, 45, of Paia, Maui, a Maui Department of Parks and Recreation secretary, died July 19, 2003, in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by fiancee Michael Anderson; son Cory Kealoha; parents Pauline and Augustin; brother Augustin D.; sisters Norinne Suzuki, Charlyne Ramolete and Sandra L. and Dreanne Quinsaat; grandparent John K. Travis; and two grandchildren. Services: noon Saturday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Cremation to follow. Leis welcome.
Patricio "Pat" Rojas, 67, of Waipahu, a retired Hawaiian Dredging iron worker, died July 11, 2003, in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Makaweli, Kauai. He is survived by sons Patrick P. and Michael G.; daughters Dreanna F. Sawa and Julie C.K. Lonetti; sisters Flora Camalliri, Ruth Surveyor, Loretta Lum and Josephine Refamonte; and three grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire.
Jack Dunbar Sims Jr., 57, of Lanai City, owner of "J"s Painting and Drywall, died July 16, 2003, in Lanai City. He was born in California. He is survived by companion Mapuana Soriano; sons Jacques and Nicholas K.; stepchildren Kamuela, Laikealoha and Keao Soriano; father Jack Sr.; sister Nellie Fletcher; eight half brothers and sisters; and a grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Aug. 2 at Kalokahi Oka Malamalama Church at Koele, Lanai. Call after 8 a.m. Private scattering of ashes at a later date. Aloha and casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Hymie Kekaula "Smitty" Smith, 78, of Waipahu, a retired Hickam Air Force Base 15th Transportation Squadron operations general foreman and a U.S. Army veteran, died July 10, 2003, in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Puunene, Maui. He is survived by wife Rosalina S.B. "Alice"; sons Glen H.K. and Alan W.; sisters Theresa Gomez, Abigal Akima and Lillian Salbedo; and two grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Aloha attire.
Wallace J. Takemoto, 88, of Wailua Homesteads, Kauai, a retired Wally's Mobil proprietor in Minneapolis, died July 19, 2003, at home. He was born on Kauai. He is survived by wife Tsugime, son Jack J., daughters Lei Ann and Joyce F., brother Makoto, sisters Kimiyo Fujimoto and Natsue Nagai, a grandchild and a great-grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Kauai Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.
Blanche Kealoha Timbal Von, 75, of Honolulu, a federal government employee, died July 19, 2003, in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in Kukuihaele, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Macario D.K. Timbal and Aaron Von; daughters Schyler A. Stewart, Sandra P. Burgess and Stephanie K. Von; brother Thomas Timbal; sisters Rose Cablay, Esther Misajon and Evangeline Kekaualua; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m. Visitation: 8:30 a.m. Monday at the mortuary. Burial: 10 a.m. at Valley of the Temples.
Harold Yamamoto, 85, of Koloa, Kauai, owner of Y. Yamamoto Store in Koloa, died July 16, 2003, at home. He was born in Koloa. He is survived by son Robert; daughter Joanne McDowall; brothers Hubert and Walter; sisters Margie Piccadura, Janet Gerboc, Amy Hand and Barbara Hataishi; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Monday at Garden Island Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. 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.
