Charlyn Takako Nakamoto Chang
Jan. 22, 2004
Charlyn Takako Nakamoto Chang, 59, of Honolulu, a retired state Department of Education librarian, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Keaau, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Tyrus K.L., son Trevin K., mother Charlotte S. Nakamoto and sisters Alicia Keller and Celese Ishizu. Services: noon Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.Sai Kun Lee Cheong
Jan. 23, 2004
Sai Kun Lee Cheong, 81, of Honolulu, a retired Royal Kitchen employee, died in Ho-nolulu. She was born in Chung Shan, China. She is survived by husband Jun Duck, sons George and John, daughter Ellie Chun, six grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Visitation and Taoist services: 9-noon Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: 1 p.m. at Valley of the Temples.Wai Man Cheung
Jan. 20, 2004
Wai Man Cheung, 60, of Ho-nolulu, a Club Laimu cook, died in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Canton, China. He is survived by wife Yun Ho, son Kelvin, daughters Suzanne and Landy, sisters Lai Hing Wong and Siu Won Heu, and a grandchild. Visitation: 9:30-11:30 a.m. Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: noon at Hawaiian Memorial Park.Joanna Nalanionakupuna Crozier
Jan. 25, 2004
Joanna Nalanionakupuna Crozier, 59, of Kihei, Maui, a Maui Memorial Medical Center licensed practical nurse, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Gerald F.; children Kelly, Shane and Terry; brothers Arthur W. Dock and Grant, Gordon and Glen Isigawa; sisters Pamela Medeiros, Dagma Noa, Minnie Ceccarelli and Rosaline Hernandez; and seven grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after noon. Cremation to follow. Private inurnment.Conchita Antonio Dejesus
Jan. 24, 2004
Conchita Antonio Dejesus, 72, of Honolulu, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Manila. She is survived by husband Rufino Sr.; sons Manolito, Rufino Jr. and Antonio; daughters Corazon Fajardo and Luzviminda Joson; 19 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m.Edward Fook Chorn Fong
Jan. 14, 2004
Edward Fook Chorn Fong, 83, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard electrician, died in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Kula, Maui. He is survived by wife Lillian; sons Michael, Ronald and Gregory; daughters Winona Pestana, Christine Banziger, Nadine Nagano and Lori Aguilar; brother George; sister Mabel Lee; 12 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Private services.Richard Wayne Fontes Sr.
Jan. 19, 2004
Richard Wayne Fontes Sr., 62, of Honolulu, a the Cab taxi driver, died in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Hono-lulu. He is survived by companion and caregiver Harriet Ilac; sons Greg and Richard "Rick" Jr.; hanai sons John, Tim and Neal Ilac; daughter Violet Fontes-Ringor; hanai daughter Laurie Limatoc, Karen Cruce and Bernie and Tina Ilac; brother Ernest Jr.; sisters Alexandrea Machado and Ernestine Punalei; 23 grand-children; and five great-grandchildren. Gathering: 11 a.m. Saturday at Campbell Beach Park.Tatsuo Fujisaki
Jan. 20, 2004
Tatsuo Fujisaki, 88, of Hilo, a retired heavy equipment mechanic for the former Puna Sugar Co., died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Olaa, Hawaii. He is survived by sons Norman and Eric, brothers Ian and Ernest, sister Namie Kobayashi and four grand- children. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Puna Congregational Christian Church in Keaau, Hawaii. Call after 10 a.m. Causal attire. No flowers.Jean Y. Goshi
Jan. 2, 2004
Jean Y. Goshi, 63, of Pearl City, died in Pearl City Nursing Home. She was born in Hono-lulu. She is survived by husband Thomas Y. "Tommy"; son Calvin; brothers Richard, Robert and Clarence Sonomura; and sisters Misao Nakagawa, Ruth Oshio and Dorothy Shinbo. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 9:30 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers. Inurnment: 11:30 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.Veronica Kaipolani Gouveia
Jan. 22, 2004
Veronica Kaipolani Gouveia, 64, of Hilo, a former Piihonua Headstart preschool teacher, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Pahala, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Richard; sons Darcy and Donny; daughters Darilyn Naihe and Kimberly Gouveia; brothers Edward Y.S. Sr., Norman K. and Darrell Wong Chong; sisters Linda Sanchez, Audrey Motonaga, Rachel Kurahashi and Rhoda Tinker; 10 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hilo Stake Center on Kilauea Ave. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire.Hisaharu Inokuma
Jan. 21, 2004
Hisaharu "Fish" Inokuma, 81, of Haliimaile, Maui, a Maui Land and Pineapple Co. machinist, died at home. He was born in Kaupakalua, Maui. He is survived by wife Matsue, sons Myles and Sidney, daughter Janice Aquinde, brother Minoru, sister Mitzi Itamura, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Paia Mantokuji Mission.Annette Moto Isobe
Jan. 24, 2004
Annette Moto "Keiko" Isobe, 48, of Kauai, a retired County of Kauai tax appraiser, died. She was born in Puunene, Maui. She is survived by husband John, mother Michie Moto and sisters Patricia Kan, Katherine Hashiro and Sharon Takasaki. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary in Wailuku.Samuel Kaaumoana Kalama III
Jan. 5, 2004
Samuel Kaaumoana Kalama III, 85, of Honolulu and Azusa, Calif., a businessman, died in Azusa. He was born in Kahuku. He is survived by wife Violet; sons Sam and Wayne Kalama and Henry Denetso; daughters Nalani Fonoimoana, Valerie Varner and Renee Wise; 39 grandchildren; and 43 great-grandchildren. Services held in California.Iosefo Filioalii Tuiteleleapaga Laumatia
Jan. 12, 2004
Iosefo Filioalii Tuiteleleapaga Laumatia, 95, of Kapolei, a Roman Catholic Diocese missionary catechist in Samoa, Tokelau and Hawaii, died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in Leone, American Samoa. He is survived by sons Paulo Tuiteleleapaga and Ikenasio I., Nikolao and Ioane F. Laumatia; daughters Malia S. Tuifagu and Katalina Silva; brothers Talaia F., Mau S. and Fa'aniniva L.; sister Tafale; 15 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; 20 great-great- grandchildren; and four great-great-great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at Sacred Hearts Church, 85-786 Old Government Road, Waianae. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Aloha attire.Sueko Misaka
Jan. 25, 2004
Sueko Misaka, 84, of Lahaina, a Pioneer Mill employee, died in Hale Makua, Kahului. She was born in Lahaina. She is survived by sons Larry Sugimoto and Michael Misaka, and a grandchild. Services: 4 p.m. Friday at Lahaina Jodo Mission.Joseph Duarte Moniz Jr.
Jan 12, 2004
Joseph Duarte Moniz Jr., 62, of Ewa, a former Kaimuki Plumbing and Hickam Air Force Base employee, died in Ewa Beach. He was born in Hono-lulu. He is survived by wife Robin L. Hermance-Moniz; sons Daniel, Michael, Paul and Joseph III; daughter Cheri Kinard; mother Dorothy; sister Linda Kuricaj; and former wife Eloise Rodrigues. Mass: 8 a.m. Saturday at St. Patrick's Church, 1124 7th Ave. No flowers.Benita Rivera Hapal Morales
Jan. 7, 2004
Benita Rivera Hapal Morales, 89, of Honolulu, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Vintar, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. She is survived by daughter Cathie O'Hanks, sister Juliana Japal Soriano, three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services: 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 2:15 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.Francisca Lomongo Nabong
Jan. 8, 2004
Francisca Lomongo "Inkay" Nabong, 84, of Waianae, died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in Waianae. She is survived by sons Romeo and Alexander; daughters Virginia Mari, Josefina "Josie" Ruiz, Rosalinda Sualog and Leonita Genciana; brother Demetrio Lomongo; 14 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Hearts Church, 85-786 Old Government Road, Waianae. Call after 9:15 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.Vivian Kiyoka Nakamoto
Dec. 29, 2003
Vivian Kiyoka Nakamoto, 86, of Wahiawa, a retired bookkeeper for Hawaii Tax Bookkeeping Service, died at home. She was born in Waianae. She is survived by brother Wallace "Seichi" Kanemoto. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.Masami Ohata
Jan. 12, 2004
Masami Ohata, 86, of Kainaliu, Hawaii, a retired University of Hawaii Experiment Station agriculture technician in Kona, died in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Kealakekua, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Yaeko, sons Alvin and Neal, daughter Jo Ann Kay, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Friday at Kona Hongwanji Mission in Kealakekua. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.Walter Hisao Shinkawa Sr.
Jan. 19, 2004
Walter Hisao Shinkawa Sr., 76, of Pearl City, a retired Oahu Plumbing and Sheet Metal estimator, died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in Hawaii. He is survived by sons Walter H. Jr. and Keith, daughters Susan Hirate and Sandra Tanaka, sisters Alice Masuda and Betty Shinkawa, and six grand- children. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.Helen T. Ventura
Jan. 24, 2004
Helen T. "Leilani" Ventura, 76, of Kahului, formerly of Kula, Maui, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by husband David Sr., sons David Jr., Conrad, Anthony and Eric; brothers Clarence and Richard Tavares; sisters Audrey Kissell and Madeline Yamada; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at Christ the King Church. Call after 9 a.m. Entombment: 2 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park.Sharolynn Bernita Gonzaga Yamabe
Jan. 12, 2004
Sharolynn Bernita Gonzaga "Lyn" Yamabe, 53, of Waipahu, a Foodland cashier at Ewa Town Center, died in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Wayne; son Markus; daughters Michelle Pantil and Kristen Yamabe; brothers Roy Talaroc and Douglas, Don and Robert Gonzaga; sister Susan Telles; and two grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire.Donald Yoshikazu Yanagihara
Jan. 19, 2004
Donald Yoshikazu Yanagihara, 73, of Wahiawa, a Leilehua High School teacher and Hono-lulu Community College dean of instruction, died in St. Francis Hospice. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by wife Rits, son Lyle C., daughters Lynn and Donna, brother Robert, sisters Thelma Miyahara and Lea Sato, and five grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Memorial Park, makai chapel. Call after 5 p.m. inurnment to be held at a later date.
You can also search the Hawaii State Library System's
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The index, which goes back several decades,
is available via Telnet software.