Harold C. Ching, 84, of Honolulu, a former owner of Harold's Restaurant, died Aug. 14, 2003, at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Rose W.; son Halson; daughter Haldis Maeda; brothers Chester, Percy and Ronald; sisters Mabel Woo, Gladys Dye, Alice Young, Bea Delpino and Bernice Chong; and two grandchildren. Services: 9:30 a.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Francis Yau Yen Chun, 73, of Honolulu, a retired D.F. Builder Corp. president, died Aug. 15, 2003, in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Juliette; sons Ronald, Jeffrey and Kammy; daughter Julianne; brothers Herbert and Henry; sisters Madeline Lum, Aileen Cobb-Adams and Betty Hutchison; and seven grandchildren. Private services.
Vidal Gomez, 66, of Waipahu, a retired BMY Builder Co. mason, died Aug. 18, 2003, in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Sinait Sur, the Philippines. He is survived by sons Ricky Torres and Ben, Jon, Dennis and Vidal Gomez Jr.; daughters Maria Lopes, Lita Torres and Christine Foster; brother Lorito; sisters Connie Laporga, Essie Opiana-Lee, Terry Valdez and Nita and Angie Gomez; and 17 grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire.
Fred Manasas Jr., 64, of Kailua-Kona, a retired electrical inspector for Hawaiian Electric Co., died Aug. 20, 2003, in Kailua-Kona. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Beatrice, son Curtis, daughters Lorrie Manasas-Liu and Monica Fo, father Fred Sr., mother Nancy, brother Randall, sister Cassie Kawahara and four grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire.
Barbara Lois McCann, 62, of Honolulu, died Aug. 12, 2003, in St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in Philadelphia. She is survived by daughter Susan B. Leoncio and two grandchildren. Private services.
Chieto Mukai, 76, of Waialua, a retired mechanic for Waialua Sugar Co. and Hawaii Bitumuls and Paving Co., died Aug. 11, 2003. He was born in Wahiawa. He is survived by sister Florence K. Okimoto. Private services.
Haruko Nakamoto Murakami, 101, of Honolulu, a former schoolteacher, died Aug. 4, 2003, in Honolulu. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by son Arthur, daughter June Ikeda, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Private services.
Glenda Gwendolyn Salyer, 84, of Carmel, Calif., formerly of Honolulu, a Realtor, died Aug. 9, 2003, at home. She was born in Newton, Kan. She is survived by husband Everett, daughters Saundra Salyer and Susan Kelleher, and two grandchildren. Private services. Scattering of ashes to be held at sea.
Beatrice "Ceno" Singson, 73, of Ewa Beach, died Aug. 13, 2003, in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in Waipahu. She is survived by husband Eduardo C.; sons Leo and Andrew Baricar and Nathan and Wendell Singson; daughters Rose Jackson and Brenda Singson-Mizo; brothers Anthony "Tony" and Charles "Charlie" Ceno; sisters Juliana Orbina, Gloria Sabando and Diane Tejada; 16 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. Services: 9:15 a.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Committal services: 11 a.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.
Thomas Edward Walsh, 58, of Keaau, Hawaii, an attorney, died Aug. 15, 2003. He was born in Canada. He is survived by wife Carmen Murphey-Walsh, son Richard Bicknell and brother Denney. Visitation: noon Wednesday at Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.
Henry Joseph Young Jr., 65, of Kailua, a former REM Hawaii president, died Aug. 9, 2003, in Castle Medical Center. He was born on Molokai. He is survived by wife Nancy, sons Mark and Brad, daughters Deborah Ozaki and Deana Teramoto, and three grandchildren. 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.
