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Alice Moon Yuk Artita
Jan. 31, 2004
Alice Moon Yuk "Girlie" Artita, 78, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Alfred, sons Melvin and Clayton, daughters Brenda J. Wandasan and Cynthia Artita-Guerrero, brother the Rev. Kwai Sing Chang, sisters Clara Wong and Dorothy Kwock, and six grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 10:30 a.m. Casual attire.

Matsujiro Awa
Jan. 24, 2004
Matsujiro Awa, 82, of Honolulu, a retired J.A. Thompson Co. heavy equipment mechanic, died in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Waimea, Kauai. He is survived by wife Margaret, sons Clayton and Milton, daughters Susan Ichimasa and Karen Awa, sister Yuriko Miyashiro and six grandchildren. Private services.

Dorothy Jean Brass
Jan. 29, 2004
Dorothy Jean "Dottie" Brass, 64, of Waialua, a retired Queen's Medical Center operating room technician and employee for Dr. Gregory Caputy, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Niagara Falls, N.Y. She is survived by companion Robert Elisala, daughters Sundi L. Brass and Vikki Jo Rekito, brother Thomas Michaels, sisters Patricia Solusod and Betty Rizzo, two grandchildren and two step-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Memorial Park, makai chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Roselani Ka'iliha'o Na'auao Robins Butler
July 19, 2003
Roselani Ka'iliha'o Na'auao Robins Butler, 74, of San Diego, a retired executive secretary in the admissions office at the University of California San Diego Medical Center, died. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Wallace; sons Dudley Dudoit and Derwin and Vaughn Butler; daughters R. Nawahine Dudoit and Denise Dudoit-Meyer; brother Roy Robins; 12 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. Services: 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Kamehameha Schools Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop Memorial Chapel. Call after 1:30 p.m. Private scattering of ashes.

Frank Edward Ceccarelli
Jan. 26, 2004
Frank Edward "Pete" Ceccarelli, 76, of Kaneohe, a retired urologist, died in Honolulu. He was born in New York. No survivors. Services pending. Donations suggested to Castle Medical Center or American Autoimmune Related Disease Association, 22100 Gratiot Ave., East Detroit, MI 48021.

Jessie Ferreira Ching
Jan. 28, 2004
Jessie Ferreira Ching, 93, of Honolulu, died in Ewa Beach. She was born in Hanamaulu, Kauai. She is survived by son Carleton, daughter Cherie Stoddard, six grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. Services: 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hawaii Kai Ward. Inurnment: 9:30 a.m. Monday at Diamond Head Memorial Park.

William Burhl Dorris
Jan. 17, 2004
William Burhl Dorris, 80, of Waikiki, a retired illustrator for an architect firm, died. He was born in Oklahoma City. No survivors. Scattering of ashes: 10 a.m. Saturday at Waikiki Elks, Lodge 616, oceanfront. Aloha attire.

Tircila Priscilla Oga Edayan
Jan. 28, 2004
Tircila Priscilla Oga Edayan, 74, of Wahiawa, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Public Works Center No. 85 ground maintenance worker, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Waialua. She is survived by sons Lambert and Crescens Caracol; daughters Linda and Rena Caracol and Marieatte Perkins; brother Conrad; 11 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday and 10:30 a.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Sunday and 9 a.m. Monday. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Sharla Lee Edrozo
Jan. 29, 2004
Sharla Lee Edrozo, 33, of Waianae, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Billy-Joe Edrozo-Kekawa and Tyler Edrozo, mother Sharon Texiera, father Frederico, brothers Rick Edrozo and Kelly Texiera, sister Carla Book and grandparent Lillian. Private services.

June Hokulani Navas Egami
Jan. 23, 2004
June Hokulani Navas Egami, 37, of Hawaiian Beaches, Hawaii, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Kailua-Kona. She is survived by husband Darrell K. Sr.; sons Darrell K. Jr. and Andrew; daughter Jessica K.; father Joseph Navas Sr.; brother Joseph Navas Jr.; sisters Renee Hunkin, JoAnn Puaoi, Elizabeth Navas and Bernadette Turner; and a grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Glad Tidings Church in Hilo. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Albert Silva Farias
Jan. 29, 2004
Albert Silva Farias, 87, of Honolulu, a retired Honolulu Police Department lieutenant, died in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Kahului. He is survived by wife Ruth Oyadomari; sons Richard and Patrick; daughters Sandra Barclay, Jacqueline Cabrinha and Patricia Williams; sister Helen Grady; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. tomorrow at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 10:30 a.m. Entombment to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Leroy Stanley Harms
Jan. 28, 2004
Leroy Stanley Harms, also known as Stanley Harms, 75, of Honolulu, a retired University of Hawaii at Manoa Department of Communications professor, died in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Spink County, S.D. He is survived by wife Joan Y.; sons John W. and William F.; daughters Kristina Kekuewa and Kathleen H. Sheffield; sisters Arlene Baseman, Beverly Gerlach and Lucille Gruenwald; and five grandchildren. No services. Scattering of ashes at sea.

Esther Kalehua Ho
Jan. 27, 2004
Esther Kalehua Ho, 90, of Kaneohe, a homemaker, died in Kailua. She was born in Waikane. She is survived by husband Joseph K.M., sons Paul and Glenn, daughters Jean Ahu and Eleanor Ho, six grand- children, seven great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. Private services.

Walter A. Jones
Feb. 1, 2004
Walter A. Jones, 84, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard employee and Mel's Market co-owner in Waimanalo, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Emily; sons Wade, Gregory and Barry; daughter Gail Lynn Jones; brother Richard; sister Clara Hughes; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at the cemetery. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Ariana Nalani Ku'umomimakamae Kamahele
Jan. 24, 2004
Ariana Nalani Ku'umomimakamae Kamahele, infant daughter of John Kamahele and Nalani Saltus, of Hilo, died in Kapiolani Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is also survived by brother John Jr.; sisters Nicole Saltus and Arella Kamahele; grandparents Andrew Kamahele and Theresa and Matthew Saltus; and great-grandparents Louis Saltus, Donald Sniffen and Irene Gamache. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Immaculate Heart Catholic Church in Papaikou. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at church cemetery. Casual attire.

Yukie Kawamoto
Jan. 18, 2004
Yukie Kawamoto, 87, of Pearl City, a retired Kawamoto Saimin Stand proprietor, died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Mountain View, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Ted M. and Paul Y., daughters Flora H. Wakahiro and Mary K. Tanaka, sister Fumie Kawano, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Private services.

Thomas Martin Kekaha
Jan. 28, 2004
Thomas Martin Kekaha, also known as "Popo" and "Tiny," 55, of Honolulu, died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brothers Douglas, Richard and Paul Carreira; and sisters Lillian and Jo Ann Carreira. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at Blessed Sacrament Church. Call after 10 a.m.

Ichiro Kitasato
Feb. 2, 2004
Ichiro Kitasato, 80, of Pahala, Hawaii, a retired Kau Sugar Co. mechanic, died at home. He was born in Pahala. He is survived by wife Mitsue, sons Miles and Tye, and two grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Monday at Pahala Hongwanji Mission. Call after 3 p.m. Burial: 9 a.m. Tuesday at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire. No flowers.

Leonard Labrador
Feb. 1, 2004
Leonard Labrador, 53, of Koloa, Kauai, an Up to Date Cleaners sales representative, died in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Lihue. He is survived by wife Mercy, son Landon, daughter Larissa, parents Lenor and Lillian, brother Loren and sister Dwan Boyd. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Raphael's Church. Call after 8 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Gail Hatsue Laumilo
Jan. 21, 2004
Gail Hatsue Laumilo, 50, of Mililani, a Marujyu Super Market employee, died in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Carol H., mother Irene Y. Kikuchi and brothers Ted, Jim and Les Kikuchi. Private services.

Yau Sing Leong
Jan. 30, 2004
Yau Sing Leong, 105, of Honolulu, a retired University of Hawaii at Manoa economics and statistics professor, died at home. He was born in Punaluu, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Elizabeth; daughters Loretta Chun, Betty Barker and Carol Wooten; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Beverly J. Lires
Jan. 3, 2004
Beverly J. Lires, 86, of Pahoa, Hawaii, a retired Mermaid Restaurant waitress in California, died at home. She was born in Wisconsin. She is survived by daughter Judith Fero, stepdaughter Linda Shores, brother Kenneth Andrews, 11 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren. No services.

George Thompson Spencer Mano
Jan. 30, 2004
George Thompson Spencer Mano, 68, of Kailua-Kona, a Pacific Concrete truck driver and Marine veteran, died in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Carolyn; sons Thompson K. and Spencer K.; stepsons William and Kip Larson; daughters Georeen Yamada and Marnett K. Mano; brothers James L. Kinimaka and David P. and John P.A. Lima; sisters Ella K. Hanohano, Arline Valmoja and Nani Moku; and eight grandchildren. Celebration of life: 10 a.m. Saturday at Kamakahonu Beach, in front of King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel in Kailua-Kona. Flowers welcome.

Kaleonahe Raymond Noel Merseburgh-Lopez
Jan. 20, 2004
Kaleonahe Raymond Noel Merseburgh-Lopez, infant son of Gregory and Alison Lopez, of Keaau, Hawaii, died in Hilo Medical Center. He is also survived by grandparents James Handenshild, Delthia Lopez and Deede Aganas; and great-grandparents Theresa Kapaona and Martin and Alma Tappen. Private services.

Myra A. Moore
Feb. 2, 2004
Myra A. Moore, 99, of Hilo, a retired Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. payroll clerk, died in Life Care Center of Hilo. She was born in Pennsylvania. She is survived by son Edwin S. Jr., daughter Dorothy Schlothan, three grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. No services.

Helen Haruye Nakamura
Jan. 27, 2004
Helen Haruye Nakamura, 79, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Neal K., daughters Norynn Clark and Allyson Uchimura, brothers John and Henry Shimabukuro, six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Private services.

Evelynne Noelani Pagador
Jan. 24, 2004
Evelynne Noelani Pagador, infant daughter of Errol and Eliza An, of Kaneohe, died in Kaneohe. She was born in Honolulu. She is also survived by grandparents Justin and JoAnn Pagador and Victorio and Lani Cadavona; and great-grandparent Lucea Martinez. Private services.

Barbara Jean Pavelle
Jan. 30, 2004
Barbara Jean Pavelle, 80, of Kailua, died in Kailua. She was born in Brawley, Calif. She is survived by husband James R., sons James C. and Clay Thompson, and daughter Meredith Palmier. Private services. Burial to be held in Virginia.

Alexander Takeshi Sakamoto
Jan. 16, 2004
Alexander Takeshi Sakamoto, also known as "Aku" and "Blackie," 67, of Kahului, a self-employed auto mechanic, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Kyle "Kimo" Lee, daughters Cheryl Ann Achong and Darlene Nakamura, hanai daughter Melissa Cousineau, mother Thelma, brothers Jona and George, sisters Lorraine "Miki" Ishikawa and Karen Mancino, and six grandchildren. Private services.

Diane Marie Shimokawa
Dec. 24, 2003
Diane Marie Shimokawa, 60, of San Francisco, died. She was born in Lahaina. She is survived by mother Merle; brothers Edwin, Owen and Brian; and sister Susan. Services held in San Francisco. Private inurnment.

Tsuneko Shintaku
Jan. 21, 2004
Tsuneko "Dorothy" Shintaku, 95, of Honolulu, a retired seamstress, died at home. She was born in Hanamaulu, Kauai. She is survived by daughter Irene Uyehara, three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Private services.

James Naea Stevens
Jan. 27, 2004
James Naea Stevens, 77, of Kaneohe, a retired city refuse collector, died in Kailua. He was born in Waiakea, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Juliette; children James and Kerry Stevens, April Delos Santos, Wayland Peahi, Vanessa Hawn, Avery Fukumoto and Ivan Ho-Stevens; 12 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Aloha attire.

Dr. George Minoru Takushi
Feb. 3, 2004
Dr. George Minoru Takushi, 75, of Honolulu, a retired radiologist and physician doing business as George M. Takushi M.D. Inc. and band leader for "Dr. T's" Big Band Hawaii, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Violet S.; sons Michael G. and Galen S.; daughter Georgette S. Deemer; brothers Leslie K., Norimasa, Tetsuo and James H.; sisters Dorothy M. Sakuma and Mildred Y. Urabe; and a grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Dianne N. Tamanaha
Jan. 16, 2004
Dianne N. Tamanaha, 52, of Kihei, Maui, a Maui Memorial Medical Center registered nurse, died in San Diego. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by mother Florence, brothers Roy and Terry, and sisters Gail Cruz and Lori Tamanaha-Soares. Services: 10 a.m. Feb. 14 at Grace Bible Church on Maui. Burial: 10 a.m. Feb. 16 at Hawaiian Memorial Park in Kaneohe. Aloha attire.

Sanico Tumpap
Feb. 2, 2004
Sanico "Sonny" Tumpap, 69, of Wailuku, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Lihue. He is survived by wife Consolacion; sons Joseph S. and Francisco J.; daughters Victoria L. Matsubayashi, Patricia Ann Kulm, Juliana Tumpap Bibao and Angelina Tumpap Klampe; hanai daughter Avelina A. Garcia; brother Virgilio; sisters Rosalina Tumpap Tolentino and Juanita A. Ramos; and 11 grandchildren. Visitation: 6-8 p.m. tomorrow at Borthwick/Norman's Mortuary. Services: 9 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Burial: 10:45 a.m. at Valley Isle Memorial Park. Lunch to follow at Hideaway Restaurant in Kahului.

Louise Toshie Oshiro Wakakuwa
Jan. 29, 2004
Louise Toshie Oshiro Wakakuwa, 63, of Pearl City, a retired Princess Kaiulani Fashions seamstress, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Franklin C.; brothers Roy, Ronald O. and Francis Oshiro; and sisters Suzanne and Grace Oshiro. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

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The index, which goes back several decades,
is available via Telnet software.