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Harry Kau Aki Jr.
Nov. 24, 2003
Harry Kau Aki Jr., 57, of Waianae, a professional singer, died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Gloria; sons Ryanson, Harry III, Gino and Richard; daughters Francine Munar, Roberta Ko and Gina and Christine Aki; brothers William and Donovan; sister Ellen Dias; and 14 grandchildren. Services: 9 a.m. Saturday at Kaumakapili Church Hall. Casual attire.

Jessie M. Amaral
Dec. 5, 2003
Jessie M. Amaral, 96, of Kahului, died in Kula Hospital. She was born in Linares, Spain. She is survived by sons Alvin, Gilbert and Bernard; daughter Mildred Cambra; 11 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren. Private services.

Rodolfo Abol Cagulada Sr.
Nov. 13, 2003
Rodolfo Abol Cagulada Sr., 81, of Las Vegas, formerly of Ewa Beach, a retired machinist at Schofield Barracks, died at home. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sons Rodolfo A. "Rudy" Jr., David and Kenneth; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Inurnment: 11:30 a.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Isaac David James Carlstrom
Dec. 7, 2003
Isaac David James "Zicky" Carlstrom, 24, of Kalaoa, Kona, Hawaii, a self-employed mechanic, died in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by father John R., mother Jennifer M., sister Sarah and grandparents William and Mildred Carlstrom and Dorothy Graydon. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Pine Trees, Kaloko, Kona, Hawaii. Beach attire. Bring your own board.

Henry Yau Fat Chong
Dec. 5, 2003
Henry Yau Fat Chong, 86, of Kaneohe, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Shop 56 coppersmith, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Kahaluu. He is survived by wife Marion Y.T., daughters Cynthia C.L. Smith and Colleen Y.M. Leonardo, sister Alice K.C. Chang and three grandchildren. Services: 9:30 a.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at the cemetery. Casual attire.

Valentine Manuel DeCorte
Dec. 6, 2003
Valentine Manuel DeCorte, also known as Butch Laws, 51, of Waianae, owner of Leeward Coast Aviaries, died in Waianae Coast Comprehensive Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Pua'imohala; son Valentine Jr. "Butchie Boy"; daughter Odsella-Maiono Bardon; sisters Valerie and Vanette DeCorte and Vanessa "Tina" LaVilla; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 11:15 a.m. Wednesday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:45 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Takao Doi
Dec. 6, 2003
Takao Doi, 99, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Lihue. She is survived by daughters Edith and Helen Doi, Mildred Kosaki and Grace Kuribayashi; brother Tom Tateishi; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Visitation: 9-10 a.m. Monday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Private services to be held at a later date.

Edith Fumiko Ebisuya
Nov. 30, 2003
Edith Fumiko Ebisuya, 93, of Waipahu, died in Pearl City Nursing Home. She was born in Waipahu. She is survived by sons Calvin and Owen; daughter Frances Okuno; brothers Kenji, Koso, Itsuto and Roger Furukawa; sisters Shirley Kagemoto and Lillian Komatsubara; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Private services.

Helen Lorraine Enos
Dec. 7, 2003
Helen Lorraine Enos, 73, of Mililani, died in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughters Karen K. Nota, Susan L. Hiona, Joycelyn D. Ke-a, Marilyn R. Macias and Sherilyn S.W. Morales; sisters Peggy and Thelma Potts, Dale Reantaso and Lucille and Josephine Feliciano; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. Monday at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Lucia Ganiron
Dec. 9, 2003
Lucia "Luz" Ganiron, 59, of Kapaa, Kauai, a Burger King employee, died in Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Alfredo Jose "Fred"; son Wilborne Liberato; brothers Catalino, Severo and Herminio Masulit; sisters Loreta Benidictos and Josepha Supnet; and one grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Borthwick Kauai Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Kalapaki Bay Memorial Park Cemetery in Lihue. Casual attire.

Ismael B. Imperial
Dec. 6, 2003
Ismael B. Imperial, 61, of Wahiawa, died. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Rosie, son Michael, daughters Rhomela Lindo and Lily Ann Silva, brother Jimmy, sister Lillian Cruz and three grandchildren. Private services.

Hildegard Gertrude Mary Johnston
Dec. 7, 2003
Hildegard Gertrude Mary Johnston, 84, of Kahului, died in Hale Makua, Kahului. She was born in Berlin. She is survived by sons David and James, and brother Ernie Nearman. Services to be held at a later date.

Kenneth Kenji Kumashiro
Nov. 29, 2003
Kenneth Kenji Kumashiro, 68, of Kailua, a retired DTRIC vice president, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Sherrie L.; sons Kent, Kevin and Keane; daughter Kristin; brother Takeru; and sisters Grace Unemori and Florence Doi. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Rudolph B. Legaspi
Dec. 7, 2003
Rudolph B. "Rudy" Legaspi, 70, of Hilo, an executive assistant to Mayor Stephen Yamashiro, died at home. He also was a U.S. Army veteran who served in Korean War and a Bank of Hawaii Hilo branch employee. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Barbara P.; son Randall; daughters Laura Murashige, Lisa Legaspi and Liana Tipton; brother Jerry Estabilio; sister Joy Lee; and 11 grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment to follow at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire. No flowers.

Stanley Jun Matsuura
Dec. 7, 2003
Stanley Jun Matsuura, 61, of Honolulu, a retired GTE Hawaiian Tel/Verizon equipment repairer, died in Kaiser Medical Center. Born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughter Beverly M., mother Rose, sister Jayne Honda and one grandchild. Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. No flowers.

Everett Lawrence Medeiros
Dec. 7, 2003
Everett Lawrence Medeiros, 80, of Wahiawa, a retired U.S. Air Force master sergeant, died in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Makawao, Maui. He is survived by sons Robert A. and Richard D.; brothers George and Lionel; sisters Rosalind Van Orden, Mildred Nazarchyk and Winifred Rivera; and six grandchildren. Services: 9:30 a.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 10 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Shoso Nakahara
Nov. 25, 2003
Shoso Nakahara, 76, of Pearl City, died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in Wahiawa. He is survived by wife Sharon T., sons Russell S. and Norris N., daughters Ann A. Baldomero and Donna R. Komiyama, sister Thelma Kawamata and seven grandchildren. Private services.

Mong Yee Ng
Dec. 4, 2003
Mong Yee Ng, 81, of Honolulu, died in St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in Canton, China. She is survived by son Paul Yeung; daughters Anita B. Chow, Mei Yu Eriksen and Catherine K.L. Yeung; brothers Tong San and Chau Ming; 13 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Buddhist services: 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: 3 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Alma Fumiko Phillips
Dec. 4, 2003
Alma Fumiko Phillips, 93, of Kaneohe, a retired housekeeper, died in Hale Nani Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She was born in Papaoloa, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Daniel R. and Raymond E. Morris, three brothers, three sisters, four grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Private services.

Matsuno Sasada
Nov. 20, 2003
Matsuno Sasada, 82, of Kahului, a homemaker, died in Hale Makua, Wailuku. She was born in Niigata, Japan. She is survived by caregiver Winifred Fujimoto. Private services.

Tokuichi Shimabuku
Dec. 5, 2003
Tokuichi "Shima" Shimabuku, 79, of Honolulu, a retired meat cutter for Young Meat Provision and Halekulani Hotel, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Shizuko, son Kenneth, daughter Sueanne Metz, brothers Joseph E. and Henry Y., and sisters Carol H. Dawson and Grace S. Chinen. Services: 4 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary.

James Fat Tong
Nov. 30, 2003
James Fat Tong, 98, of Honolulu, owner of Tong Photography Studio, died in Honolulu. He was born in Honouliuli. He is survived by wife Katy Kit; daughters Carolyn T. Chee, Ramona T. Young, Ginger T. Chock and Tina T. Yee; sister Yuk Kuen; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services: 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 2:30 p.m. Private graveside services. No flowers.

Toshiko Tranzillo
Nov. 28, 2003
Toshiko Tranzillo, 69, of Ewa Beach, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Naha, Okinawa. She is survived by husband Daniel. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 91-1004 North Road, Ewa Beach. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Chan Sau Vong
Dec. 5, 2003
Chan Sau Vong, 89, of Honolulu, died in the Convalescent Center of Honolulu. She was born in Vietnam. She is survived by sons Song Lan, Tong Lan and Hau Lan Chenh; daughters Su Lan, Mui Lan, Mao Lan and Phong Lan Chenh; 23 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Buddhist services: 10-11:15 a.m. Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: noon at Valley of the Temples.

Yutaka Yamashige
Nov. 29, 2003
Yutaka Yamashige, 84, of Kahului, a Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. carpenter, died in Hale Makua, Kahului. He was born in Pulehu, Maui. He is survived by wife Nobuko, son Wayne, daughter Susan Michibata, brother Fred, sisters Shirley Tobita and Yoshiko Yoshioka, and two grandchildren. Private services.

Margaret Yoshiko Yoshimoto
Dec. 1, 2003
Margaret Yoshiko Yoshimoto, 98, of Honolulu, a retired GTE Hawaiian Tel personnel assistant, died in Leahi Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Lawrence K.; brothers Reuben and Lawrence Kawamoto; sisters Lillian Doi, Agnes Okumoto and Helene Doi; three grandchildren; and four great-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.

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