Robert Amodo Acena, 65, of Waipahu, died July 21, 2003, in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in Lapaz, Laoag City, the Philippines. He is survived by mother Emiliana A., brothers Felimon and Felipe, and sister Phebe Quiton. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Waipahu United Church of Christ, 94-330 Mokuola St., Waipahu. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire.
Eracelo Baroga Agustin, 90, of Kalaupapa, Molokai, died Aug. 8, 2003, at home. He was born in Tarlac, the Philippines. He is survived by brother Tranquilino and caregiver Sebastiana Fernandez. Services: 12:30 p.m. next Thursday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.
Shigeru Amihara, 85, of Hanamaulu, Kauai, a retired County of Kauai employee, died Aug. 8, 2003, in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Hanamaulu. He is survived by wife Fujiko and son James. Private services.
Robert Jintoku Awakuni, 86, of Honolulu, a retired brick layer, died Aug. 2, 2003, in Malama Ohana. He was born in Honomu, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Clara K.; sons Roy, Edwin and Gene; daughter Sandra Miyasato; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Edna Mae Manulani Boyd, 51, of Waianae, died Aug. 6, 2003, in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Kohala, Hawaii. She is survived by husband William "Dukie"; sons Kevin and Jory; hanai daughter Alana K. Spragling; parents Malo and Helen Katina; brothers David Avilla and Junior Corpus; sisters Lenora Brownlee, Rose Spragling and Helen Boyd; and five grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Graveside services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.
Melecio Almadrigo "Mell" Cachero, 82, of Waipahu, a retired Honolulu Gas Co. employee, died July 19, 2003, in St. Francis-West Hospice. He was born in Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Lolita R.; sons Pete, Romulo and Theo; stepson Gerald Cabalo; daughter Jessie Acosta; stepdaughters Dinah Cabalo and Ellen Aguila; sisters Antera Rosendo and Clara Mendoza; 11 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and a step-grandchild. Services: noon Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Federico Gascon Deriza, 96, of Pepeekeo, Hawaii, a retired heavy equipment operator for the former Hilo Coast Processing Co., died Aug. 10, 2003, in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. He is survived by hanai family Esperanza Bautista, Miriam Rivera, Catalina Cabasa, Felisa Valdez, Ruben Nerona and Leo Ancheta; and three grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Monday at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Papaikou. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Alae Cemetery. Casual attire.
William Lucio Ferreira, 91, of Honokaa, Hawaii, a retired Honokaa Sugar Co. ranch hand, died Aug. 9, 2003, in North Hawaii Community Hospital. He was born in Kalopa, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Alice C., son William J., daughters Nell L. Ferreira and Mae Jean Cordeiro, sister Minnie Fontes, seven grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Aug. 23 at Our Lady of Lourdes, Honokaa Catholic Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at church cemetery. Casual attire.
Vesta Feuling, 92, of Wainiha, Kauai, died Aug. 11, 2003, at home. She was born in Enterprise, Ore. She is survived by daughter Tanya Hashimoto, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services pending.
Jean Catherine Graham, 78, of Kailua-Kona, a homemaker, died Aug. 11, 2003, in Kona Community Hospital. She was born in Pennsylvania. She is survived by daughters Donna J. Miller and Deborah Oreopulos, hanai daughter Kris Hazard and a grandchild. Mass: 3:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Peter's Catholic Church on Alii Drive in Kona. Scattering of ashes: 5:30 p.m. at Kailua Pier aboard the vessel Body Glove Cruises. Leis and loose petals welcome.
Rika Hijirida, 103, of Lihue, a retired Olokele Sugar Co. field worker, died Aug. 9, 2003, in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born in Yamaguchi Ken, Japan. She is survived by stepsons Jack and Satoru, and stepdaughters Betty Oshio, Aileen Grymes and Sue Fukumoto. Private services.
Edith Dung Leong Kam, 74, of Pearl City, an employee for numerous food service industries and Waimano Homes, died Aug. 11, 2003, in Pearl City. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Ronald K.Y., sons Chester K.L. and Jeffrey K.M., daughters Ronette K. Belasco and Carol Ann Y.L. Kam, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m. Visitation: 8-9:15 a.m. Tuesday at the mortuary. Burial: 10 a.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.
Tomiko "Ruth" Kashiwabara, 87, of Mililani, died Aug. 3, 2003, in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in Kau, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Norman A., Thomas M. and Paul H.; daughter Joyce M. Sugiyama; caregivers Dr. Jeronimo and Norma Tenorio; brothers Kichisuke and Sojiro Uyeda; sisters Hatsuyo Yoshiyama, Tsuneyo Uyeda, Yoshi Yoshika and Sekiyo Otani; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Private services.
Goichi Kobayashi, 87, of Honolulu, a retired city construction inspector, died Aug. 7, 2003, in Maunalani Nursing Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Yaeko; sons Roger, Bertrand and Carl; daughters Florence Kassab and Gale Kobayashi; sister Fukiko Nagata; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Private services.
Tamotsu Kouchiyama, 79, of Honolulu, a retired steelworker, died Aug. 4, 2003, at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brothers Robert C. and Charles H., and sisters Elsie S. Kubo, Bless K. Ebesugawa and Lydia T. Pai. Private services.
Dorothy Jeanne "Dottie" Meisner, 77, of Kailua, a retired political assistant for former state Reps. Eureka Forbes and Whitney Anderson and the state House Minority Research Office, died Aug. 10, 2003, at home. She was born in Watertown, N.Y. She is survived by sons George C. and Marc T., sister Carolyn Craft, gramps George R., six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Private services. Donations suggested to Hospice Hawaii, 860 Iwilei Road, Honolulu 96817.
Albert Dennis Moscotti, 82, of Honolulu, a University of Hawaii-Manoa Asian studies emeritus professor and a U.S. Department of State foreign service officer, died Aug. 7, 2003. He also was a U.S. Air Force captain who served in World War II. He was born in Atlantic City, N.J. He is survived by brother Dr. Richard W. Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Church of the Holy Nativity. Call after 10 a.m. Inurnment: 1 p.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to Church of the Holy Nativity or a charity.
Joseph Mun, 82, of Honolulu, a Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Shop 06 electrician and a Mahalo Market clerk in Kalihi, died July 26, 2003. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brothers Alfred K.Y., Kenneth K.L., George K.C. and James K.W.; and sisters Margaret K.Y.M. Chun and Ellen M. Hee. Private services.
Candice Munger, 47, of Colo-rado Springs, Colo., died Aug. 7, 2003. She was born in Seattle. She is survived by husband Richard, son Joshua, daughter Rachel, sister Lyn and a grandchild. Services held in Colorado Springs.
Albert Masanobu Nishida, 72, of Wahiawa, a Garlow Petroleum purchasing agent, died Aug. 6, 2003, in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born in Kunia. He is survived by wife June S., sons Grant K. and Kenne I., brother James, sisters Betty Chinen and Judy Hennessey, and three grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Inurnment: 1 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Kiyoshi Ohori, 97, of Wahiawa, a retired Dole Pineapple Cannery utility job foreman, died July 31, 2003, in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Fukushima, Japan. He is survived by wife Florence; son Dennis; stepsons John, James and Albert Yap; daughters Yoshiko Ohori and Mildred Kobayashi; and grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Private services.
Cherie K. Quist, 38, of Jacksonville, Fla., formerly of Mililani, an employee at the Wolfsons Children Hospital and Arlington Young Men's Christian Association, died Aug. 1, 2003, in Florida. She was born in Hemett, Calif. She is survived by husband James, son Dane, daughters Brianne and Noelle, parents Ditmar and Jean Bezold, and brother Yeayin Saepae. Services held in Jacksonville. Donations suggested to the Cherie K. Quist Special Cancer Fund c/o Wachovia Bank.
Albert Rapozo, 78, of Pearl City, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Supply Center storage supervisor, died Aug. 4, 2003, in Ewa Beach. He was born on Kauai. He is survived by wife Eleanor, daughters Ellie Mae Dees and Rochelle Victorino, brother George, sister Mae Andrade, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 12:15 p.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 10 a.m. Committal services: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.
Violet-Marie Mahela Rosehill, 74, of Kaneohe, an educator in Hawaiian music and culture at Kamehameha Schools, died Aug. 6, 2003, at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Marcus, daughter Marvi Ching, brothers George E.K. Jr. and Joel N. Awai, sister Gladys Lennox and two grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary, 20 S. Kukui St. Call after 9 a.m. Aloha attire. Leis welcome.
Muriel Holly Seeker, 69, of Mililani, died Aug. 12, 2003, in Tripler Army Medical Center. She was born in Chicago. She is survived by husband Max D., son Randolph D., daughters Sheila A. Davis and Leslie K. Toyozaki, foster daughter Denise L. Sasaki, brother Carl Tillinghast and eight grandchildren. Committal services: 2 p.m. tomorrow at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to American Cancer Research-Hawaii Chapter.
MaryLou Sherman, 57, of Kilauea, Kauai, a secretary, died Aug. 10, 2003, at home. She was born in Pennsylvania. She is survived by husband Richard; son Stephen; daughters Lauren, Rebecca and Lesley; and sister Ann Stemmy. Graveside services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Hanalei Cemetery. Casual attire. Donations suggested to Kauai Hospice, P.O. Box 3286, Lihue, HI 96766.
Melva LaVerne Costa Vidinhar, 64, of Kaneohe, a Holiday Mart sales representative, died Aug. 7, 2003, in Kaneohe. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Kevin, Bruce and Brian; daughter Deborah Miyahana; brother Merlin Costa; sisters Ann Won, Marjorie Vannatta and Evelyn Smith; and eight grandchildren. Services: 11:45 a.m. Monday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kaneohe Stake Center, 46-117 Halaulani St., Kaneohe. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Eleanor Pung Wong, 84, of Honolulu, a retired Dole Pineapple Cannery personnel manager, died Aug. 5, 2003, in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Creighton and Randall, daughter Maydeen Stout and six grandchildren. Private services.
Harry Yoshio Yamashita, 75, of Honolulu, a retired carpenter, died July 18, 2003, in Maluhia Hospital. He was born in Hawaii. He is survived by stepbrother James Togami, sisters Emily Higa and Elizabeth Okada, and stepsister Florence Yamada. 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.
