Joseph Wayne Bautista, 53, of Kihei, Maui, an Associated Steel journeyman steelworker, died Aug. 27, 2003, at home. He was born in Pepeekeo, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Lorna; son Shannon; daughter Jolleen; brother Mitchell; sisters Sandra Teer, Katherine Burns and Lucille Okano; and three grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Wake: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the mortuary. Cremation to follow. Casual attire.
Sylvia Luana Mahealani Cash, 59, of Nanakuli, a retired Nanaikapono Elementary School educational assistant, died Aug. 28, 2003, at home. She was born in Ewa. She is survived by brothers Rolland Cash and Quincy "Ala" Nahalea, and sisters Aileen Barrett and Charlotte K. Tamarra. Services: 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Nanaikapono Protestant Church, 89-235 Pua Ave., Waianae. Call after 6 p.m. Aloha attire.
Happy George Crowder, also known as George H. Crowder, 74, of Kaneohe, a retired Honolulu Fire Department captain, died Aug. 27, 2003, in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Kahaluu, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Carolyn O.; sons George C., Joseph N. and Malcolm John M.; daughters Audreen C. Williams and Carolyn C. Crowder; brothers Joseph and Bertram; sisters Margaret Freitas, Elvina Alexander and Gladys Crowder; and eight grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Ann Church. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Edwin Desa Sr., 72, of Pepeekeo, Hawaii, a heavy equipment operator, died Aug. 26, 2003, in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Honomu, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Bettylou; son Edwin Jr.; brothers Alfred "Freddy," Manuel and Henry; sisters Cecelia Masaoka and Mildred Bautista; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. Friday at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Papaikou. Call after 6 p.m. Thursday and after 8:30 a.m. Friday. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park in Hilo. Casual attire.
Brunhilda "Hilda" Gonzalez, 69, of Mountain View, Hawaii, a Mountain View Bakery employee, died Aug. 12, 2003, at home. She was born in Quebradilla, Puerto Rico. She is survived by sons Steve and Richard, brothers David and Junior Tieso, sister Louise Cano, two grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at New Hope Christian Fellowship. Call after 6 p.m. Burial held in Long Island, N.Y.
Stephen Gouveia, 81, of Sacramento, Calif., a U.S. government computer operator, died Aug. 20, 2003. He was born in Honokaa, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Matilda Texeira-Gouveia; son Paul; daughters Jeanette Osmundson, Marie Harris, and Fay Lynn; and brother Thomas Gouveia. Graveside services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.
Charlotte K.H. Ho, 77, of Honolulu died Aug. 25, 2003, in St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Kevin M.F.; brothers David S.C., Howard S.Y., and George S.H. Luke; and sister Dorothy K.I. Pacheco. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 5:30 p.m. Burial: 9 a.m. Saturday at the cemetery.
Hilda Toshiko Ichioka, 93, of Honolulu, a retired self-employed barber at Dillingham Barber Shop, died Aug. 14, 2003, in the Convalescent Center of Honolulu. She was born in Wakayama, Japan. She is survived by daughter June T. Wataoka, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Private services.
Lawrence Enos Indie, 84, of Waianae died Aug. 21, 2003, in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughter Rose M. Kalima, sister Adeline Hooper and three grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 11:30 a.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to American Cancer Society-Hawaii Chapter.
Raymond Takao Katsura, 62, of Honolulu died Aug. 10, 2003. He was born in Honolulu. No services.
Tamotsu Kitagawa, 74, of Kapaau, Hawaii, proprietor of Kohala Nursery and Big Island Plant and Foliage Co. in Hilo, died Aug. 24, 2003, at home. He was born in Honohina, Hawaii. He is survived by daughter Dawn T.; brothers Mitsuo and Hiroshi; sisters Kay Kadota, Patsy Ota, and Mae Eclipse; and three grandchildren. Private services.
Tiana Kaohulani "Tita" Naipo, 17, of Honolulu died Aug. 26, 2003, in Kapiolani Medical Center. She is survived by grandmother and caretaker Karen "Granny" Rowe; grandmother Eliza; father Kamakapu; mother Karen Rowe; brothers Kaulana Rowe and Dwight "Mana Boy," Kainoa, and Kaleo Naipo; and sisters Darrah Rowe, Tiare N. Caldwell and Kulia Naipo. Services: 8 p.m. Wednesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Burial: 10 a.m. Thursday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Aloha attire.
Yakue Natsuyama, 90, of Honolulu died Aug. 25, 2003, at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Eric, daughter Harriet, and two grandchildren. Private services.
Lawrence James Norton, 63, of Honolulu, owner of LJN Enterprises, died Aug. 12, 2003. He was born in Boston. Services to be held at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl, at a later date.
Masami Oishi, 73, of Honolulu, a retired city Employees' Federal Credit Union manager, died Aug. 26, 2003, in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Puunene, Hawaii. He is survived by brother Darrell M. and sisters Hazel H. Hoke and Tokie Lancaster. Private services.
Toyoko "Beatrice" Okamoto, 87, of Honokaa, Hawaii, a retired Mauna Kea Beach Hotel seamstress, died Aug. 28, 2003, at home. She was born in Kalopa, Hawaii. She is survived by son Eugene Y., two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Thursday at Hamakua Jodo Mission. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire.
Shigeno Otsuka, 88, of Honolulu died Aug. 26, 2003. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by two grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Private graveside services.
Hisoon Chung Pack, 85, of Honolulu, a retired state social worker, died Aug. 24, 2003. She was born in Koloa, Kauai. She is survived by husband Woon Yong, daughters Karen Pack and Linda Cuskaden, brothers Yoon Cho and Robert M.J. Chung, sisters Alice Williams and Alma Yang, four grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Private services.
Rose Frances Perenin, 95, of Honolulu, a retired federal government executive secretary, died Aug. 20, 2003, in Queen's Medical Center. She was born in California. Services to be held in California at a later date. Incorrect information given in an obituary Thursday.
Carol Mary Procaccino, 56, of Wailuku, an Aloha Market sales manager, died Aug. 25, 2003, at home. She was born in Trenton, N.J. She is survived by son Anthony Ritardi, parents Daniel and Jenny, sister Kathleen Kato and one grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Donations suggested to American Lung Association, Maui Humane Society, Kihei-Wailea Rotary Club or Soroptimist of Maui.
Walter Gilliam Putney Jr., 71, of Honolulu, a retired bookkeeper and purchasing agent in the tobacco industry, died Aug. 16, 2003. He was born in Farmville, Va. He is survived by wife Gloria and stepsister Elizabeth A. Brown. Private services.
Tailor Sam, 80, of Waipahu, a homemaker, died Aug. 27, 2003, in St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in Ebeye, Marshall Islands. She is survived by sons Kintaro Balos and Harry, Michael and Robert Sam; daughters Keorong Hitchfield, Nira Harry, Tiadrik Chong-Gum, Sherta Sam, Toene Lanwe and Marisa Hosia; sister Telina Aister; 47 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. Services: 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Community Church of Honolulu, 2345 Nuuanu Ave. Call after 3:30 p.m. Burial to be held in the Marshall Islands.
Karen Chun Staub, 57, of Honolulu, a U.S. congressional legislative assistant, died Aug. 28, 2003. She was born on Maui. She is survived by husband Jerry, father Richard Chun, mother Frances Chun, brother Greg Chun and sister Ginny Serikaku. Services: 4 p.m. Tuesday at Central Union Church, Atherton Chapel. Call after 3:30 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Deborah "Candy" Stone, 40, of Ewa Beach died Aug. 22, 2003, in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Larry Jr., mother Charlotte P. "Tootsie" Palama, brother Ezra Cruz and sisters Jodie Brede and Royce "Cookie" Ruiz. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Ewa Community Church, 91-1258 Renton Road, Ewa. Call after 9 a.m. Scattering of ashes: 11 a.m. at Hau Bush in Ewa Beach.
Toshio "Tosh" Takayama, 66, of Westminster, Calif., formerly of Wahiawa, a retired McDonnell Douglas computer analyst, died Aug. 13, 2003, in California. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by wife Joan; son Kurt; daughters Kim Fukushima and Kris Hart; brothers Fred, Robert, Mitsuo and Hiroshi; sisters Yoshiko Kaneshige, Rose Morinaga, Michie Takita, Harumi Lavarias, Sadako Shintaku and Elaine Higuchi; and two grandchildren. Private services.
Louise Masako Tanaka, 90, of Ewa Beach died Aug. 9, 2003, at home. She was born in Laie. She is survived by sons Albert, George and Edwin; daughters Ellen Tangonan, Frances Heatherman and Loreen Tanaka; sister Mildred Sato; 15 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Private services.
Mike Mitsuo Uyesu, 71, of Honolulu, a retired Department of Transportation civil engineer, died Aug. 22, 2003, in Kaiser Malama Ohana. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by wife Eunice N., daughters Lenora Uyesu-Kaneshiro and Dale Uyesu-Barcelona, sister Kikue Chinen and two grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. 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.
