Wallace M. Arizumi, 64, of Hilo, a handyman, died Oct. 18, 2003, in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Caroline, son Walden, daughters Carrie Apao and Ursula Hose, sisters Janet and Violet, brother Sidney and 11 grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Thy Word Ministries Faith Center of Hawaii. Casual attire. No flowers. Incorrect information was published in an obituary yesterday.
Marjorie Makuahine Burdette, 80, of Kapolei, died Oct. 16, 2003, in Ka Punawai Ola Nursing Home. She was born in Hawaii. She is survived by son Robert Jamieson, daughters Kahala Jamieson and Nancy Durett, 14 grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mililani Ward. Call after 10 a.m. Scattering of ashes to follow. Aloha attire.
Virginia Rose Burns, 103, of Kailua, died Oct. 19, 2003, in Kailua. She was born in Korea. She is survived by daughters Agnes Oh and Gladys Tigner, son Eugene Limjap, 15 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and 19 great-great-grandchildren. Private services.
Michael J. Devich, 62, of Manoa, a retired Outrigger Hotels Hawaii employee, died Oct. 20, 2003, in Honolulu. He was born in Duluth, Minn. He is survived by wife Vikki; sons Michael Devich Jr. and Paul Lucken; daughters Laurie Kelner, Jennifer Pritchard and Christine Elcombe; mother Bernice; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m.
George "Sonny" English, 77, of Hoolehua, Molokai, a retired Del Monte Pineapple Co. forklift operator, died Sept. 11, 2003, in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Kahului. He is survived by sons George and Clayton, daughter Melody Alcon, brothers Parker and William "Honey Boy," 28 grandchildren and 48 great-grandchildren. Services held.
Elizabeth Juan Ferrer, 42, of Waipahu, a Liliha Health Care employee, died Oct. 2, 2003, in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in Laoag City, the Philippines. She is survived by husband Victor A., son Bryan, daughter Marika, father Rosario M. Juan, brothers Rosario Jr. and Joseph Juan, and sisters Emerita Cuaresma and Maria C. Juan. Wake 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.
Samuel Nahoopii "Esos" Flores, 72, of Kaunakakai, Molokai, died Oct. 12, 2003, in Molokai General Hospital. He was born in Kualapuu, Molokai. He is survived by son Calvin Sr.; brothers Daniel Flores, Romeo Elano and Anthony Cariaga; sisters Clara N. and Lilian S. Flores, Roberta Pemberton and Teresita Neuhart; and five grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Ka Hale Laa O Iruselema Hou Church in Kalamaula. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Kapaakea Cemetery.
Robert Akiyuki Fujita, 69, of Honolulu, a retired self-employed accountant, died Oct. 18, 2003, in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brothers Edwin and Kenneth, and sister Edith Takaki. Services: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 10:30 a.m. Committal services and inurnment to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.
Rudolph Mejia Gomez, 70, of Wahiawa, a retired Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co. foreman, died Oct. 12, 2003, in Kaiser Medical Center, Moanalua. He was born in California. He is survived by wife Ilda A. and daughters Cristina M. and Mary Ellen. Mass: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, 1403-A California Ave., Wahiawa. Call after 6 p.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire.
Charles Kiyoto Hachikubo, 96, of Kauai, died Sept. 20, 2003, in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Hanamaulu, Kauai. He is survived by sons Roy Y. Yoneji and Rodney K. Hachikubo, daughter Florence H. Sato, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Sunday at Kapaa Jodo Mission, Kauai. Casual attire. No flowers.
Keio Ikehara, 78, of Kapaa, Kauai, a county purchasing clerk, died Oct. 19, 2003, in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Kapaa. He is survived by wife Yukiko; sons Lyle, Guy and Marc; daughter Karen; brothers Seio and Keiji; sister Haruko; and four grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at the Kapaa Jodo Mission. Casual attire. No flowers.
Richard Harold Jose, 83, of Honokaa, Hawaii, a retired Hawaiian Telephone Co. employee and rancher, died Oct. 20, 2003, at home. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and received a Purple Heart. He was born in Holualoa. He is survived by wife Betty, sons Richard and Peter, daughter Angella Brandt, sister Lillian "Susie" D'Andrea, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Honokaa. Call after 8 a.m. No flowers.
Flora Dolores "Flo" Kim, 64, of Hilo, a Keaau Physical Therapy office manager, died Oct. 18, 2003, in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Honokaa, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Lowrey and James; daughters Sharilyn Kim and Charmaine Arakawa; brothers Martin Jr., Richard and Dennis Ganigan; sisters Elizabeth "Betty" Torres, Lorraine Camara, Marilyn Asia and Gloria "Jeannie" Delo Santos; and five grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Dodo Mortuary, Hilo. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Carol Konishi, 41, of Lihue, a Gary's Service Inc. employee, died Oct. 20, 2003, in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Lihue. She is survived by parents Gary and Marjorie, brother Glen and sister Gail Haruki. Services: 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Garden Island Mortuary. Call after 3:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Emma Kaleinani Kuhaulua, 67, of Lihue, a Lihue Veterinary Clinic employee, died Oct. 20, 2003, in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born in Hoolehua, Molokai. She is survived by brothers Benjamin Jr., Kaleihoku and Abraham; and sister Lynette Kuhaulua Lanning. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Kapaa First Hawaiian Church. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire.
William Y.C. "Bill" Lai, 84, of Hilo, a retired music instructor at Bill Lai's Music Studio and manager of Metronome Music Store in Hilo, died Oct. 20, 2003, in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Canton, China (American sector). He is survived by wife Dorothy Akana Lai, sons Melvin and William, daughters Midgie Wong and Merle K. Lai, brothers Clifford and David, nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. tomorrow at Kaumana Baptist Church. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire.
James Hisashi Okano, 82, of Honolulu, a retired civil engineer, died Oct. 15, 2003, in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife May, daughters Elaine Okamoto and Sally Beaulieu, sister Edith Namba and two grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Casual attire.
Lambert Kuhia Pa'aoao, 59, of Kahuku, died Oct. 20, 2003, in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Pearlann R.; children Derwin, Lambert "Jun Boy" Jr. and Paris "Kini" Pa'aoao, Samantha Gooden, Elizabeth "Haunani" Luczon, Julia Rose and George Keli'i; mother Helen Miles; stepmother Mildred Kaiminaauao; brothers Austin "Kamaki," Mitchel and Richard Miles, Lambert and Kalani Kaiminaauao, and Paul, Reuben J. and Thomas Pedro; sisters Gail Shultz, Vienna Miles, Charlene Wong, Sarah "Papoose" Hohner, Beverly Kauanui, Anna Laranio, Josephine Siangco, Bernice and Irene Pedro, Maryann Cavaco and Evelyn Kaleikini; and 14 grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Monday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kahuku 2 Ward. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples.
Anuhea Alielle Kealohilani Paet, infant daughter of Kiley K. and Susanna C.M., of Kailua, died Oct. 13, 2003, in Castle Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is also survived by grandparents James and Kathleen Paet, and Gregory and Susan Hunt; and great-grandparents Masato and Lynn Tamashiro. Private services.
Dwight Burton Phillips Sr., 50, of Waimea, Hawaii, an Isemoto Contracting Co. operating engineer foreman, died Oct. 19, 2003, in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Wahiawa. He is survived by wife Charmaine "Mainey"; son Dwight "Brada Burt" Jr.; daughter Monica Parker; brother Sherwood; sisters Lani Akamine, Beverly Kahikina and Phyllis Schweinsberg; and two grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at St. James Episcopal Church, Waimea. Call after noon. Burial to follow at the church cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers.
Edward Rapoza Sr., 86, of Waianae, a Mid-Pac Electric Co. employee and a communication-cable splicer at Public Works Center at Pearl Harbor, died Oct. 7, 2003, in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Edward Jr., daughter Patricia, sister Hazel Cooper, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 10:15 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Sylvia Consita "Honey" Reese, 69, of Halawa, a retired Kelly's Coffee Shop and state employee, died Oct. 12, 2003, in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in Aiea. She is survived by son Arthur Pantohan; daughters Elizabeth Mattos, Yolande Libre, Francesca Pantohan and Debra Lee; brothers Donald, Howard and Wallace Reese, and Amando, Noble, Nolan and Dennis Garcia; sisters Carlene Garrigan and Shirley Spencer; 16 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Rosary: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Church, 99-312 Moanalua Road, Aiea. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Edward Neil Ryan, 93, of Laupahoehoe, Hawaii, a retired assistant manager for the former Laupahoehoe Sugar Co., died Oct. 20, 2003, in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Los Angeles. He is survived by sons Terence and Alan, daughter Kathleen Chiampou and four grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Papaaloa. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire.
Fred Masakuni Sakamoto, also known as "Mayan" or "Cappy," 87, of Kaneohe, a retired Honolulu Fire Department captain, died Oct. 13, 2003. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Michael T., brothers Larry T. and Wallace K., sister Eliese Y. Muramoto, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Mortuary, east chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Kiichi Sakamoto, 75, of Pearl City, a retired Aloha Shoyu Co. general manager and Korean War veteran, died Oct. 10, 2003, in Kapiolani Medical Center, Pali Momi. He was born in Lanai City. He is survived by wife Akiko; son Dean; daughter Kay Nagata; brothers Soichi, Shoichi and Kihachiro; sisters Yoshiye Abe and Kimiko Nakagawa; and three grandchildren. Private services.
Norman Akio Sayegusa, 57, of Kaneohe, a Better Income Tax Service accountant, died Oct. 18, 2003, in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Iris M., daughters Jennifer Yoshizawa and Carey, and brother Dennis. Services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Committal services and inurnment: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Mitsue Takehara, 82, of Aiea, died Oct. 9, 2003, in Liliha Health Care Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Rodney Y. and Glenn K.; daughter May H. Matsumoto; sisters Alice K. Kawata, Sally T. Matsuyama, Flora Y. Yanagi and Elsie H. Suyenaga; and four grandchildren. Private services.
Aileene Yan Kam Wong, 94, of Honolulu, a retired schoolteacher, died Oct. 10, 2003, in Palolo Chinese Home. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by brother Charles and sisters Annie Tanouye and Wini Davis. Private services.
Fumiko Yoshinaga, 81, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died Oct. 9, 2003, at home. She was born in North Kohala, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Tetsuo, sons Howard and Glenn, daughters Edline Nakamura and Gail Otake, brother Shojin "Sarge" Arakawa, sisters Nellie Komoto and Ruth Ishiara, and eight 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.
