Ezekiel Kalani "Barefoot" Abraham, 52, of Hilo, an employee for Del Monte Papaya Co., Fielders Roofing Co. and Hilo Roofing Co., died Sept. 20, 2003, in Hilo Medical Center. He also was a U.S. Army veteran who served in the Vietnam War. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Myradean; sons Timothy K., Makaio C., Peter M. and Pelika P.; daughters Hokuaoalohilohi N. Abraham and Marie P. Gomes-Abraham; mother Rebecca P. "Becky" Baji; brothers Marshall Jr. and Wade K. Baji Sr.; sister Maylene P. Tereqeyo; hanai sister Piilani Keahi; and five grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Thy Word Ministries, 113 Kuawa St., next to Waiakea Shopping Plaza in Hilo. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: 1 p.m. at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire.
Edward Kazunori Aihara, 77, of Mililani, a retired civil service employee, died Sept. 25, 2003, in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Wahiawa. He is survived by sons Carlton and Wesley; daughter Julia; sisters Toshiko Tamura, Masako Saito, Takeko Masada and Edith Horimoto; and three grandchildren. Services: 5:30 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 4:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Grace Saiko Akiyama, 79, of Honolulu, a Young Dental Supply accounts receivable clerk, died Sept. 23, 2003, in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Roy, daughter Irene Hatakenaka and three grandchildren. Private services.
Betty Sadako Arakaki, 79, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died Sept. 19, 2003, in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Keiyei, son Leslie, daughter Jo-Ann and sister Doris Katsura. Private services.
Edward R. Brady, 68, of Hilo, a retired Federal Aviation Administration manager at Hilo International Airport and veteran of the Korean War, died Sept. 26, 2003. He is survived by wife Theresa, sons Edward J. and Matthew, daughter Jeanette Olive, brother Otto and sister Margaret J. Walters. Services: 7 p.m. today at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 12:15 p.m. tomorrow at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hilo. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park.
Earl F. Broglie Jr., 51, of Kapaa, Kauai, a self-employed carpenter, died Sept. 24, 2003, at home. He was born in Maryland. He is survived by wife Susan; son Ian; daughter Natalie; brothers Andrew, Michael and Brian; sisters Pamela Kuzmak and Michele Rogers; and two grandchildren. Services: 6:30 a.m. Thursday at Black Pot Beach at Hanalei Pier. Visitation: noon at 6611 Kipapa Road, Kapaa. Casual attire.
Jack A. Fiero Sr., 73, of Honolulu, a retired chief engineer, died Sept. 26, 2003. He was born in Wilmington, Calif. He is survived by wife Barbara A., sons Jackchrystal and Nick, 20 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. tomorrow at St. Theresa's church on School Street. Aloha attire.
Nora Okada Hubbard, 75, of Kaneohe, a retired state Department of Education early childhood educational specialist, died Sept. 23, 2003, in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Waimanalo. She is survived by son Gavin, daughter Carolin Hubbard-Reddy, brothers Walter and Sonny Okada, sisters Gail Tom and Amy Arai, and a grandchild. Services: 1 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Aloha attire.
Kimie Imamura, 89, of Hilo, died Sept. 25, 2003, in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Kealakekua, Kona. She is survived by sons Rodney and Paul; daughters Constance Imamura and Patsy Imanaka; sisters Hisayo Yamasaki, Mitsuye Unebayashi and Bessie Komuro; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Dale Richard Jones, 49, of Waikiki, a security officer, died Sept. 19, 2003. He was born in Mason, Mich. He is survived by wife Patricia; son Jacob; daughters Joy and Lisa; mother Imy Walbrun; brothers Doug, David, Don and Dexter; and sister Diana. No services. Donations suggested to Patricia Jones, 1911 Kalakaua Ave. Apt. 303, Honolulu 96815; or Transplants of Hawaii Association.
Kenneth Kaleo-Anthony Kahaulelio, 43, of California, an employee in the construction industry, died Sept. 16, 2003, in California. He was born in Hauula. He is survived by wife Susan; son Warren AhNee; daughters Kayla, Kaylynn and Kayala; mother Maxine; stepfather Thomas Wright; brothers James, Gabriel and Nathan; and sister Debra Manantan. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at the cemetery. Aloha attire.
James Miyuki Kuromoto, 71, of Honolulu, a retired Hawaiian Airlines aircraft mechanic, died Sept. 16, 2003, in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Evelyn T., sons Todd and Glen, daughter Traci Sylva, brother Paul, sisters Joan Togikawa and Joyce Matsuda, and four grandchildren. Private services.
Mele Sivale Langi, 71, of Honolulu, died Sept. 23, 2003, in Honolulu. She was born in Tonga. She is survived by husband Viliami; sons Havea, Isikeli, Mosese and Pila; daughter Lute; brother Saia Moungatonga; and sisters Leavai, Sini Tuionuku, 'Oloka Aniseko, Tuna Tatafu and 'Ana Tupou. Services: 8:30 p.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church, 1020 S. Beretania St. Call after 6:30 p.m. Visitation: 7:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Burial: 9 a.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park.
Paula Fukofuka Lauhingoa, 50, of Hauula, died Sept. 25, 2003, in Hauula. He was born in Tonga. He is survived by wife Fifita; daughter Tapaita; brothers Pesalili, Apolosi and Onehunga; and sisters Siosiana Kalamafoni, Keipi Hoeft and Elenoa Tupou. Services: 1 p.m. Thursday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hauula 5th Ward. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Laie Cemetery.
Fortunata Leonida, also known as "Natang" and "Ann," 92, of Honolulu, died Sept. 13, 2003, in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Dumaguete, Oriental Negros, the Philippines. She is survived by sons Dr. Domingo, Joseph "Joe" and Anthony "Tony"; daughters Aurora Los Banos, Laura Seibert and Maria "Joy" Inocelda; 12 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.
Harry M. Lono Jr., 40, of Mesquite, Texas, a U.S. Army veteran, died Feb. 14, 2003, in Albuquerque, N.M. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Cheryl, sons Joshua Plaza and Zachary Lono, daughter Tara, mother Ruby K., brothers Rudy and Samuel, and sisters Leimomi Ho, Marian Kapuaala and Christine Elizalde. Services: 10 a.m. tomorrow at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Inurnment to follow at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.
Lucy B. Makekau, 94, of Hilo, a homemaker, died Sept. 24, 2003, in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Hookena, Hawaii. She is survived by son Walter Chung, daughter Bertha Makekau and Florence Medeiros, 17 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Domingo Martillian, 86, of Hilo, a retired Hilo Naniloa Hotel employee, died Sept. 20, 2003, in Hilo Medical Center. He is survived by companion Loretta Sextimo and grandson/caregiver Robert Kaupu. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home. Call after 10 a.m. Cremation to follow.
Annabel Pualani Ah Heong Mashino, 66, of Haliimaile, Maui, a retired Maui Pine harvester driver, died Sept. 26, 2003, at home. He was born in Pauwela, Maui. He is survived by sons Stan, Edwin and Clayton Oshiro; daughters Josephine Tom, Joyce Duarte and Aisley and Jodi Mashino; hanai daughters Joyce Corpuz and Annie Kuhlmann; brothers Dorong Rin and Herman, Anthony and Leroy Yap; sisters Barbara Kahulokula, Harriet Tau-a, Theresa Honokaupu, Mattie Len Wai and Evangeline Yap; 11 grandchildren; and eight grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. tomorrow at Nakamura Mortuary. Call after 4 p.m.
Jeanne Marie McAllister, 83, of Honolulu, died Sept. 11, 2003, in St. Francis-West Hospice. She is survived by son Frederick M., a brother, five sisters, two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Augustine Catholic Church. Scattering of ashes to be held at a later date.
Fumiko H. Moratin, 77, of Kaneohe, a Japanese language teacher, died Sept. 20, 2003, in Kailua. She was born in Fukuoka, Japan. She is survived by husband Alvin; sons Alvin, Richard, Russell and Michael; and seven grandchildren. Services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after noon. Private inurnment. Casual attire. No flowers.
Corinne Ann Lenore Nishimura, 59, of Honolulu, a retired legal secretary for Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel law firm and Watanabe Ing & Kawashima law firm, died Sept. 21, 2003. She was born in Toronto. She is survived by husband Ernest S., daughters Sheri M.P. and Lisa A.P., brother Jerry Jackson and sister Shirley Pelligrini. Services: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Burial: 1 p.m. Saturday at Valley of the Temples. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Recardo Jessie "Rico" Reyes, 39, of Waianae, died Sept. 18, 2003, in Waipahu. He is survived by sons Recardo J. Jr. and Ryan J., daughter Cheryl M., parents Joseph and Hattie Torres, brothers George Jr. and Matthew J. Sr., sisters Blanche M. Naehu and Lisa Ann Pabon, and a grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at St. Rita Catholic Church in Nanakuli. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Sunset Memorial Park in Pearl City. Casual attire.
Archibald Akira Takaaze, 76, of Honolulu, a retired electrician, died Sept. 26, 2003, in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sisters Irene C. Morita and Florence Takaaze. Services: noon Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Kiyoshi Tanoue, 78, of Honolulu, a Tropic Fish & Vegetable Center owner, died Sept. 25, 2003, in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Katherine K.; son Glenn H.; daughter Gail Y. Sumner; brothers Hideo, Eishiro "Dyke," Harry E., Gerald I. and Roy S.; sisters Grace H. Tonokawa, Edith K. Maeda and Karen E. Au; and five grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire.
Marcelino Sampayan Tupinio, 83, of Honolulu, a retired Hawaiian Bitumuls machine operator, died Sept. 26, 2003, in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Laoag, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Myrna; sons Dominador, Jesse, William, Michael and Mark; daughters Renee Matsuo, Bridget Kamalii and Delailah Tupinio; brothers Marcelo and Herminigildo; sisters Juliana Santos, Maximina Ventura, Maura Santos and Rosario Geronimo; 18 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Graveside services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.
Mercedes Cabrera Ventura, 90, of Pahala, Hawaii, died Sept. 24, 2003, at home. She was born in Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. She is survived by son Leodegario, daughters Donata Ventura and Priscilla delos Santos, seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Pahala. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 7:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Homelani Memorial Park in Hilo. Casual attire.
Mark Edward Chung Kon Wolfe, 47, of Hanahan, S.C., a U.S. Navy senior chief radioman, died Sept. 16, 2003, at home. He is survived by wife Linda Fay, sons Mark E. Wolfe and Travis J. Wade, daughter Jennifer M., father Howard and sisters Colleen Capello and Collette Kuriki. Services: 8:30 a.m. Nov. 25 at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Interment to follow.
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.
