Seigi Adaniya, 80, of Aiea, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard machinist and U.S. Army veteran, died Oct. 26, 2003, in the Queen's Medical Center. He served with the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and was the recipient of three Purple Hearts. He was born in Ewa. He is survived by daughter Renee, brother Mitsuo and sister Jane Fujinaka. Memorial services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Jovencio "Ben" Arista, 67, of Waipahu, a Pacific Enviromental Services employee, died Oct. 14, 2003, in Kapiolani Medical Center, Pali Momi. He was born in Ayusan Sur, Vigan City, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Rosalina; sons Benjamin, Leo, Jimmy, Ronnie, Jay, Joel, and Allan; daughters Clarita Francisco and Margie Arios; brother Amante; sisters Luciana and Consuelo Arista; and 25 grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary, makai chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Additional services: 11:45 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Shirley Murane Bickford, 81, of Haiku, Maui, a saleswoman, died Oct. 30, 2003, at home. She was born in Detroit. She is survived by sons James and John, daughters Julie Hale and Jeannie Becker, and nine grandchildren. Private services.
Gerald William Duarte, 65, of Kaneohe, the founder and grandmaster of Hawaii Budo the Duarte System of Martial Arts, Sciences and Philosophies, died Oct. 23, 2003, in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Koloa, Kauai. He is survived by wife Kay H.; son Thayne K.; daughters Jhameel L.S., Jhaneen K.S. and Chaneza O.M.; brothers Damien, Harry and Terrence; sisters Betty Snowden, Beryl Souza, Beverly Kapahu, Mabel Kampstra and Rachelle Mairui; and hanai brother Ronald Perriera. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Librada "Loring" Latonio Gabrillo, 76, of Honolulu, a
retired Waikiki Malia Hotel employee, died Oct. 26, 2003, in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Calasio, Pangasinan, the Philippines. She is survived by sons Rudy and Emmit, daughters Gloria Kawelo and Rita Debebar, sisters Init de Guzman and Paping Unagtam, 11 grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Mass: noon Friday at St. Philomena Church, 3300 Ala Laulani. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Anna Teruko Izawa, 69, of Mililani, a retired Tokyo Bento cashier and counterwoman, died Nov. 1, 2003, in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons John, Robert and Randall; daughters Lisa A. Bosman and Lori Wong; brothers Yoshio, Francis and Ryan Kamisato; sisters Grace Yokoyama, Dorothy Chinen, Lillian Isagawa, Lorraine Otsuka, Vivian Takahashi and Sharon Wada; and nine grandchildren. Services 10 a.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire.
Ruby Mahialani Kaopuiki, 79, of Waimanalo, died Oct. 26, 2003, at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Albert, Aldon, Alenn, Alan, Alika and Alward "Al"; daughters Gail I. Chambers and Annie M.; brothers Albert R. and Andrew D. McGurn Sr., and Peter C. Ahlo; sisters Henrietta K. Holt, Alvina K. Weir, Clothilde R. Mendonca, Mavis L. McGurn and Alexa U. Cardoza. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Cremation to follow. Aloha attire.
John Clinton McDonald, 62, of Mountain View, Hawaii, a construction worker and race car driver, died Oct. 20, 2003, in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Doraline Natividad; daughters Doree and Ashley; brother Steven; sisters Barbara DeSilva, Betty Willis and Diane Vares; and two grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire.
Lawrence T. McGranaghan, 81, of Honolulu, a retired
proprietor of McGranaghan Co., in Hancock, N.Y., died Oct. 25, 2003, in St. Francis Hospice. He was born in Hancock, N.Y.. He is survived by sons Matthew and Luke, sister Clarinda J. Ripperger and two grandchildren. Private services. A Mass in his memory will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday at St. Augustine's Church in Waikiki. An additional memorial Mass will be held at St. Paul's Church in Hancock, N.Y., at a later date.
Sue Shizuko Miyahira Nakasone, 80, of Mililani, a retired St. Francis Hospital business office manager, died Oct. 27, 2003, in St. Francis Medical Center-Liliha. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by sons Gerald K. and Dale M., daughter Sharen K. Miyashiro, brothers Yasunobu and Kiyoshi Miyashira, sisters Charlotte Y. Hanai and Pauline O. Saiki, seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Aloha attire.
Harold A. Parks, 81, of Kailua, a retired U.S. Air Force serviceman, died Oct. 29, 2003, at home. He was born in Illinois. He is survived by wife Margaret; sons Jim, Clyde, Greg and Bill; daughters Sonja and Brenda Parks, and Alice Hayden; brother Bill; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Private services.
Arthur Flor Garcia Pascual, 21, of Ewa Beach, a manager of Razor Concepts at Pearlridge Center and Kapiolani Community College student, died Oct. 11, 2003. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by parents Arthur D. and Florentina G., brother Allen-Charles, sister Junie and grandmother Ursula Garcia. Mass: 7 p.m. Fri. Nov. 7 at Immaculate Conception Church, 91-1298 Renton Road, Ewa. Call after 6 p.m. Prayer service: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary, mauka chapel. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Darleen Angel Rodrigues, 47, of Waianae, died Oct. 18, 2003, in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons David, Michael "Mike" and Shane Rodrigues and Shawn Skarban; daughter
Angela Skarban; brothers Angel and Wendell Rodrigues, and Ronald and German Ilae; mother Ethel; sister Deborah Thomas; and five grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary, makai chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Jane Aino Shoda, 86, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died Oct. 18, 2003, in Nuuanu Hale Hospital. She was born in Kahului. She is survived by sons Gregory M. and Lester N., brothers Tom and Michael Yamada, and four grandchildren. Private services.
Leonilo Q. Taganas, 95, of Pahala, Hawaii, a retired Kau Agribusiness push rake operator, died Oct. 30, 2003, at home. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Carmelita; sons Ronald, Jay and Rodney; and seven grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. Friday at Pahala Holy Rosary Catholic Church. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at the church cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers.
Dolores Keala Toledo, 74, of Mililani, an Ola Loa Retirement Community resident, died Oct. 19, 2003, in St. Francis Hospice-West. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband James B., son Ernest Kahler Jr., daughters Sharon Frantz and Paula Kahler, brother Benjamin Cockett Jr. and sister Pauline Isaacs-Lean. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary, mauka chapel. Call after 9:30 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Kwong Fuk Yee, 48, of Honolulu, a certified public accountant for Leong and Fongs CPAs, died Oct. 30, 2003, in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Chung Shan, China. He is survived by wife Yin S.; sons Herman and Raymond; mother Wan Ying; and sisters Jeannie, Sharon, Sau Kei Iu and Lily Wong, and Sandy Apana. Taoist services: 11 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Sat Nov. 8 at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: 2 p.m. at Valley of the Temples.
Simon Yesan, 92, of Eleele, Kauai, a laborer, died Oct. 31, 2003, in Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Fidela, sons Romy and Pascual, daughters Evelyn Frazer and Mila Siapol, and five grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Kauai Mortuary in Koloa. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Kauai Veterans Cemetery. 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.
