Servellano Garcia Bandonill, 82, of Honolulu, died Aug. 12, 2003, in Honolulu. He was born in Sison, Pangasinan, the Philippines. He is survived by sons Virgilio, Delfin, Eduardo and Benjamin Bandonil; daughter Virginia Nonan; brothers Luis and Santiago Cantor; sister Eufemia B. Dispo; companion Florentina Ritarita; 16 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Burial to be held in the Philippines.Siofia Bloomfield, 14, of Nanakuli, died Aug. 18, 2003, in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in Tonga. He is survived by parents Sunia and Losalina; brothers Paula, Lea, Sione and Siua; and sisters Hulita, Loseli, Teleta, Lose, Ofa and Seni. Visitation: 6-9 p.m. tomorrow and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday at Tongan Methodist Church, 87-349 Hakimo Road, Waianae. Tongan services. Burial: 2 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.
Richard James "Dick" Buckley, 70, of Kaneohe, a retired city electrical inspector and electrician, died July 31, 2003, in Honolulu. He was born in South Boston, Mass. He is survived by wife Jean, son David, daughters Janet Buckley and Diane Tsubota, brothers Robert and Raymond, sisters Joan Carty and Irene Collorone, eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Ann's in Kaneohe. Reception to follow. Aloha attire. Flowers welcome.
Ronald Wayne Callahan, 60, of Kailua, formerly of Baltimore, a retired social worker, died Aug. 16, 2003, in Castle Medical Center. He is survived by daughters Lisa Patterson and Rhonda Andrews, sister Barbara Hicks and six grandchildren. Private services.
Woodrow Louis "Woody" Deitch, 52, of Hilo, a Tesoro Hawaii Corp. cashier, died Aug. 18, 2003, in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by stepsons Edward, Christopher and Anthony Cuba; daughter Desiree Pasco; stepdaughter Regina Raposas; parents Charles and Myrtle; brothers Chucky and Kayne; sisters Noreen Rasmussen and Renee "Puddy" Deitch; and 11 grandchildren. Private services.
Take "Sumi" Enomoto, 90, of Pearl City, a retired Nakahara General Store clerk in Hawi, Hawaii, died Aug. 8, 2003, in Pearl City. She was born in North Kohala, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Franklin and Stanley, daughter Luella Lum, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Private services.
David Russell Frazier, 35, of Captain Cook, Hawaii, a West Hawaii Painting and Decorating Co. painter and a U.S. Navy veteran, died Aug. 10, 2003, in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Kosciusko, Miss. He is survived by wife Dawn; daughters Donna, Sara, Savannah and Lily; mother Linda J.; brother Daniel; sisters Mary Sanders and Barbara Frazier; and grandparent Mildred Jenkins. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Philly Deli, Mamalahoa Highway, Kainaliu, Hawaii. Casual attire. No flowers.
Phyllis Akiko Tojo Fujimoto, 68, of Phoenix, formerly of Waialua, a retired Defense Logistic Agency procurement lead technician at the Department of Defense, died Aug. 7, 2003, in Phoenix. She was born in Waialua. She is survived by husband George Y.; daughters Fern Mei Fujimoto and Imi S. Tojo; brothers Walter, Tadashi and Makoto Tojo; and sisters Thelma Kimura and Elaine Otholt. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Wahiawa Ryusenji Soto Mission, 164 California Ave., Wahiawa. Private burial.
Harry Haruo Furushima, 90, of Honolulu, a retired U.S. Army stock room director, died Aug. 8, 2003, at home. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by caregiver Randall, daughter I.H. Omori and a grandchild. Private services.
Joyce Glasmann Heftel, 82, of Honolulu, a hula dancer and teacher, died July 27, 2003, at home. She was born in Ogden, Utah. She is survived by sons Chris, Terry and Richard; daughters Catharine Rolph, Lani Donohoe, Margeaux "Peggy" Siemion and Susan Heftel-Liquido; sister Gene Hatch; 21 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Private services.
Jason Kekoa Hokulani "Jay" Idica, 24, of Punaluu, will be remembered in services 11 a.m. Saturday at Greater Mount Zion Holiness Church in Hauula. Call after 9 a.m. Idica died Aug. 16, 2003, in a single-car accident near Malaekahana State Park. He was born in Honolulu and was a Crouching Lion Inn Restaurant employee. He is survived by father Eric, mother Diane U. Huddy, stepmother Delia, brothers Wayne "Ikaika" Huddy and Christopher Idica, and sisters Auriel Huddy and Crystal Idica. Scattering of ashes to follow at Kaluanui Channel, across the street from the church. Casual attire.
Paul Tomohiro Inafuku, 99, of Pearl City, died Aug. 11, 2003, in Nuuanu Hale. He was born on Okinawa, Japan. He is survived by wife Tamako; sons Paul T., Francis and Benjamin; daughter Naomi T. Terukina; 14 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Private services.
Atsumu Kajiwara, also known as "Atsu" and "Kaji," 72, of Waialua, a retired Federal Aviation Administration employee, died Aug. 17, 2003, in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born in Haleiwa. He is survived by wife Kinuko; sons Alan and Randy; brother Harold A.; sisters Setsuko Nakamura, Nobuko Tsue, Nancy Yamamoto and Alice Niimi; and four grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Roberta Mailekini Lindsey Kaleo, also known as "Babe" and "Honeygirl," 49, of Ewa Beach, a retired assistant vice president and consumer loans approval manager for Bank of Hawaii, died Aug. 15, 2003. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Norman, hanai son Mark K. Villamor, daughters Summer Kamalii and Norla Kaluhea, father Charles R. Lindsey Jr., mother Molly Lindsey, brother Charles R. Lindsey III, and sisters Kathleen L. Lindsey and Laverne M. Kanakanui. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday at Oahu Cemetery. Services to be held at a later date. Casual attire. Leis welcome. Incomplete information ran in yesterday's obituary.
Karen Misako Kamiya, 62, of Honolulu, died Aug. 16, 2003. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by brothers Everett and Larry, and sisters Ethel Shimabukuro, Janet Matsumoto, Judy Ota and Gail Oura. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Private inurnment to be held at a later date. Casual attire. No flowers.
Thomas Sadato Kawamata, 58, of Mililani, a retired Links mechanic supervisor at Kuilima, died Aug. 8, 2003, in the Convalescent Center of Honolulu. He was born in Kahuku. He is survived by wife Carol R.; sons Kendall K., Brian S., Jamie S. and Nathan M.; brothers Gilbert K., James K. and Dennis G.; sisters Chiyoko Ito, Gladys Miyazaki, Esther Asato and Judy Nakama; and eight grandchildren. Private services.
Dolores D.B. "Del" Kelekoma, 88, of Hanamaulu, Kauai, a retired Hawaii Folder Service island contractor, died Aug. 14, 2003, in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born in Hayward, Calif. She is survived by sons Richard and Martin Arthur; stepsons Alexander, Clay, Ainsley and David Kelekoma; stepdaughters Ann Hinshaw, Luella Moniz and Darlene Oshiro; 95 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren; and 36 great-great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Lawai Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church. Casual attire.
Kyung-Soon Kim, 76, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died Aug. 17, 2003, in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Kyung Ki To, Korea. She is survived by sons Yun Young, Byung Yong and Sang Yong; brother James Kwang Soo Shin; sister June Shin Lee; and three grandchildren. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Pius X Catholic Church, 2821 Lowery St. in Manoa. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park.
Shinichi Kubo, 99, of Mililani, a retired Amfac watchman, died Aug. 18, 2003, in a care home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Richard S., James M. and Francis; brothers Makoto and Noboru; 10 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire.
Matthew Lee, 88, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard employee, died Aug. 14, 2003, at home. He was born in Hakalau, Hawaii. He is survived by son Paul K., daughters Paulette Bumbalough and Lucinia Bryant, brothers Paul and John, sisters Eleanor Lee and Clara Manke, 13 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Private services.
Concepcion Ballan Madamba, 83, of Honolulu, died Aug. 17, 2003. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by son Julian Jr.; daughters Marina Batoon, Rosario Ungos, Bernadette Agarma and Tessie Madamba; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Mortuary, East Chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Monday at St. John the Baptist. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 11:30 a.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.
Abel Kelii Makekau, 61, of Kailua, a U.S. Coast Guard landscaper, died Aug. 13, 2003, in Kailua. He was born in Wailuku. He is survived by wife Diane; sons Darryl, Eric, Craige and Warren; brothers Stanley and Charles; hanai brother George "Feet" Kauhi; sisters Ethel Nahinu, Cecilia Napihaa and Diana Nakamoto; and a grandchild. Visitation: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday at Kalama Beach Park. Services: 11 a.m. Committal of ashes at sea near Kalama Beach. Casual attire. Leis and loose flowers welcome. Incomplete information ran in Tuesday's obituary.
John L. Moyer, 84, of Honolulu, a retired Moyer Sales owner and a U.S. Army veteran who served in World War II, died Aug. 1, 2003, in Honolulu. He was born in Chicago. He is survived by brother Henry Mauger and caregiver George Hall. Committal services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.
Kaneko Murakami, 90, of Honolulu, died Aug. 16, 2003, at home. She was born in Waialua. She is survived by son Richard; daughters Rachel Nishiguchi, Jane Fukuhara, Doris Uehara and Nancy Sato; brother Mamoru Nakagawa; sister Florence Y. Kiyono; nine grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
John Papaliilii-Adams "Pops" Naeole, 68, of Waimanalo, a Dole Co. employee and a retired city Kailua-Kapaa Yard employee, died Aug. 2, 2003, in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Johnnie and Jaimie, daughters Janielle Fraser and Yvonne "Rena" Naeole, father John K., brothers Joseph and Clifford, sister Annie Helepololei, six grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: noon Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Waimanalo Ward, 41-972 Oluolu St. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 3 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Yoshihiko "Naka" Nakahara, 84, of Keaau, Hawaii, a retired car salesman for the former Hilo Motors, died Aug. 10, 2003, in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Olaa, Hawaii. He is survived by brothers Kumao, Takehito, Kunio, Sueo, Shigeru and Jitsuo; and sisters Tamae Fuse and Fumie Sayegusa. Private services. No monetary offerings.
Edna Kinuko Nikaido, 76, of Kaneohe, a retired Merilyn's Specialty Shoppe salesclerk, died July 9, 2003, in Castle Medical Center. She was born in Waiahole, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Nelson T., brother Nobuo Kariya and sisters Betty Oshima and Lillian Lindsay. Private services.
Maurice Fumito Nishimura, 83, of Honolulu, a retired Foremost Dairies accountant, died Aug. 10, 2003, at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Grace T., son Keith A., daughters Carol May Okai and Lynn Watanabe, sister Dorothy C. Murashige, nine grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Private services.
Antonio Padilla, 93, of Waimanalo, died Aug. 9, 2003, in Castle Medical Center. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sons Bernaldo Villanueva, Carlos and Jose Padilla, and Miguel, Manuel, Inigo and Allan Josue; daughters Corazon Tolentino, Rosalina Takis, Rosita Daong, Gloria Trogdon and Lattie Villanueva; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. George Catholic Church in Waimanalo. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Ricardo Ramiro Ramiro, 90, of Waipahu, a retired Philippine government water collector, died July 29, 2003, in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by sons Rodolfo, Andres, Eufracio, Felix, Eppie, Reyne and Florencio; daughters Neri Yanos and Victoria Avena; brother Pepe; 34 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Church, 94-675 Farrington Highway, Waipahu. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Piilani Andrietta Ramler, 79, of Hilo, a court reporter, died July 23, 2003, in Hilo. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Siegfried, sons David and Laurance, daughters Dita and Malia, sister Sister Rose Annette and 12 grandchildren. Private services.
Victorio Sagun Ramos Sr., 80, of Honolulu, a retired Pacific Micronesia Line Inc. marine engineer, died Aug. 12, 2003, in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Batac, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Brigida, son Victorio Jr., sister Dorothy Alcarion and two grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Tuesday at St. Philomena Church. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire. No flowers.
Nick "Papa" Rodrigues, 77, of Ewa Beach, a retired American Airlines Sky Chef's employee, died Aug. 4, 2003, at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Nick Jr. and Rodney Sr.; daughters Nancy Rodrigues-Miguel and Monica L. Rodrigues; brothers George, Peter and Danny; sister Hattie; nine grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire.
Alveira Florence "Vera" Rushlow, 76, of Hilo, a homemaker, died Aug. 13, 2003, in Hilo. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by companion William Silva; sons Donald and John; brothers Able, Sebastian, Albert and Edward Mattos; sisters Gladys Potter, Eleanor Finch, Theresa Baumgarner and Lillian Taylor; 12 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 11 a.m. Saturday at the Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: noon at Alae Cemetery. Casual attire. Incomplete information ran in yesterday's obituary.
Ku'ulei Georgina Stanley, 40, of Kunia, a Montvale contracting employee at Schofield Barracks Commissary and a U.S. Navy veteran, died Aug. 15, 2003. She was born on Oahu. She is survived by parents Peter and Emma; brothers Emmanuel, Peter Jr., Atamaifalani and Pe'o; and sisters Uila Coloma, Emily Davis and La-Sirena Stanley. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.
Robert Stayner, 57, of Reno, Nev., a retired United Airlines ramp service agent, died Aug. 16, 2003. He was born in Salt Lake City. He is survived by mother Joan M. and sisters Linda Melis, Mary Stayner and Anne Havarth. Services to be held in Sparks, Nev. Donations suggested to American Heart Association.
Shigemi Takayama, 80, of Hilo, a retired carpenter and a U.S. Army veteran who served in World War II, died Aug. 14, 2003, in Hale Anuenue Restorative Care Center in Hilo. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Toshie; sons Reid and Hal; daughters Diane Shiro, Gwen Kitamura, Lynne Lura and Jan Inn; brothers Kazuto "Slim" and Dr. Al; sisters Kimiyo Matsuoka, Masae Saito and Ruth Shinno; 11 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 2 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Kazuo Takekawa, 86, of Honolulu, a retired Honolulu Board of Water Supply water inspector, died Aug. 18, 2003, in St. Francis-West Hospice. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Winifred C.; sons Steven H. and Neil M.; daughter Gwen K. Murakami; brothers Claude, Herbert and Glenn; sisters Leatrice Kodani, Lorine Yamamoto, Florence Goya and Margaret Bennett; and seven grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Marion F. Thorburn, 85, of Honolulu, died Aug. 17, 2003. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by nephews and nieces. Celebration of life: 5 p.m. Tuesday at One Kalakaua Senior Living, 1314 Kalakaua Ave. No flowers. Donations suggested to Daughters of Hawaii.
Warren Edward Verhoff, 82, of Pearl City, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard electronic technician, died Aug. 14, 2003, at home. He was born in Denver. He is survived by wife Boon Son and sons James H. Neff and Robert Verhoff. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.
Rhoda Lee Wong, 90, of Wahiawa, a Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard clerk and a Hawaiian Pine timekeeper, died Aug. 14, 2003, in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was born in Hakipu. She is survived by son Darryl E., daughter Cynthia J. Fingleman, sister Eleanor Lum and two grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Burial: 10 a.m. Monday at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Marcelino Yago, 42, of Puhi, Kauai, died Aug. 14, 2003, in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by parent Estanislao and sister Elizabeth Yago-Nunes. Visitation: 6-9 p.m. next Thursday at Borthwick Kauai Mortuary in Koloa. Mass: 11 a.m. Aug. 29 at Immaculate Conception Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Kauai Memorial Gardens. Casual attire.
Shinichi Yamamoto, 85, of Kailua, a retired furniture sales representative, died Aug. 11, 2003, in Kailua. He is survived by sons Ken, Dean and Dave; daughter Linda Suzuki; sister Joan Yoneshige; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Private services.
Tsutomu "Ralph" Yamasaki, 78, of Honolulu, died Aug. 1, 2003, in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Waianae. He is survived by wife Lillian; daughter Linda Iwanaka; brother Roger; sisters Avis and Leatrice Watanabe, Carol Kai, Lila Nacion and Ethel Ray; a grandchild; and two great-grandchildren. Private services.
Charles Zablan, 88, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Shop 02 employee, died Aug. 16, 2003, in Kaiser Malama Ohana. He was born in Kapaau, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Leatrice, sons Gregory and Richard, daughter Yvonne Lui, brother James and sister Adelaide Schleuss. Services: 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. 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.
