Esperanza Menor Alipio
March 10, 2004
Esperanza Menor Alipio, 77, of Honolulu, died in Honolulu. She was born in La Paz, Laoag City, the Philippines. She is survived by husband Tranquilino A., daughters Filomena Alipio Agcanas and Chitalyn Alipio Maldonado, brother Benjamin Sampayan, sister Felicidad Amodo and five grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Full Gospel Temple, 2464 N. School St. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the temple. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Valley of the Temples.Gary Hitoshi Arizala
March 20, 2004
Gary Hitoshi Arizala, 65, of Mililani, owner of Alphabetland and Merry-Go-Round preschools, died at home. He was born in Waimea, Kauai. He is survived by wife Amy E., sons Garrett and Kyle, daughter Leinell Newman, brothers Andy II and Donald, sister Joy Kumakura and two grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Aloha attire.Olga Leilani Louise De Ponte
March 23, 2004
Olga Leilani Louise De Ponte, 88, of Pukalani, Maui, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by son Michael Aheong, daughters Ynez Acain and Beverly Kealaluhi, 16 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Casual attire. Services: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Cremation to follow.Elena Alonzo Dumbrigue
March 17, 2004
Elena Alonzo Dumbrigue, 67, of Ewa Beach, died at home. She was born in Laoag City, the Philippines. She is survived by husband Pacifico; son Pacifico Jr.; daughters Liza Halunajan and Lorna Kidd; brothers Emilio, Florencio, Paulino and Bernabe Alonzo; sister Veronica Alonzo; and one grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.Marjorie Franca
March 21, 2004
Marjorie Franca, 79, of Waipahu, a retired child caregiver, died in Ewa Beach. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Manuel; sons Earl and Warren; daughters Carol Hartman, Cynthia Brown, Jewel Lee and Linda Kondo; brother Stanley Martin; sister Lorraine Peralta; 23 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire. In lieu of flowers, donations suggested to the American Diabetes Association.Charlotte Tazuko Goya
March 27, 2004
Charlotte Tazuko Goya, 84, of Hilo, a retired dress shop owner, died in Life Care Center of Hilo. She was born in Hawaii. She is survived by sons Tommy and Harold, daughter Sandra Nagata, brother Robert Hongo, sister Lily Inouye and five grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Wednesday at Church of the Holy Cross in Hilo. Call after 3:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.Masami Ishihara
March 19, 2004
Masami "Skip" Ishihara, 87, of Honolulu, a retired carpenter, died at home. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by wife Shizue; sons Michael and Russell; daughters Eileen Clarke, Linda Nishiki and Sandra Ishihara-Shibata; 14 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.Philip Robert Kennedy
March 24, 2004
Philip Robert Kennedy, 68, of Kihei, Maui, a retired ARCO employee, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Long Beach, Calif. He is survived by wife Barbara, son Scott, brother Don and two grandchildren. Services: 2:30 p.m. today near the Maui Prince Hotel (take the first right past the hotel). Scattering of ashes to follow, aboard the hotel's catamaran. Casual attire. In lieu of flowers, donations suggested to the American Lung Association, Cameron Center, Wailuku.Dixon Yoshio Kodama Sr.
March 13, 2004
Dixon Yoshio Kodama Sr., 62, of Honolulu, a retired Honolulu Police Department sergeant, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Lalona "Lana"; sons Arthur, Curtis, Daniel, Dixon Jr. and Dean Kodama, and Ikua and Kolomona Purdy; daughters Kahealani and Mahealani Purdy; brothers Raymond and Conan; and eight grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.Peter Macaheleg
March 23, 2004
Peter "Mackie" Macaheleg, 83, of Pupukea, a World War II U.S. Army veteran and retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard employee, died in Kailua. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by sons Jerome and Peter Jr.; daughters Geraldine Gutierrez, Mercedes Ho, Charlene Turner and Roxanne Smith; 16 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 3 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.Florencio Manglallan
March 11, 2004
Florencio Manglallan, 97, of Honolulu, a retired Dole Cannery operator, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Barangay 34, Guisit, Batac, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Maria, son Jason, daughter Jenice, and sisters Trinidad Manglallan and Dolores Agacia. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 8:30 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples.Larry Shigeo Matsuda
March 14, 2004
Larry Shigeo Matsuda, 91, of Honolulu, retired Sterling Wood Craft owner, died at home. He was born in North Kohala, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Gladys H., sons Ronald T. and Dean T., daughters Lorraine S. Kanamu and Wanda N. Emilyon, brother Ralph S., sister Clara C. Uyechi, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.Alexander Riberio Redo-Aina
March 24, 2004
Alexander Riberio Redo-Aina, 29, of Hana, Maui, a Hotel Hana cook, died at home. He was born in Hana. He is survived by parents Debralee and Samuel; son Bryan L. Carvalho; brother Samuel Jr.; sisters Valei and Daisy K.; and grandparents Leinaala Redo and Alexander and Jennie Aina. Services: noon Saturday at Kaupo Protestant Church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial to follow at the church cemetery. Casual attire.Bernard Pong Mun Song
March 14, 2004
Bernard Pong Mun Song, 67, of Honolulu, a retired Hickam Commissary meat cutter, died in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughters Rochelle M.L. Bonilla and Meagan M.L.N. Song, brothers Wallace Ito and Stanley Song, and three grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Nuuanu Mortuary, east chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.Kikue Sunaoka
March 12, 2004
Kikue Sunaoka, 89, of Kaneohe, a homemaker, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Roy T., brothers Masao and Yoshio Yamamoto, sister Haruko Sato, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary.Shirley Synowka
March 4, 2004
Shirley Synowka, 71, of Honolulu, died in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in Grenfell, Australia. She is survived by sons Danny and Michael D. Evans, brother Fred Hind, three grandchildren and two step-grandchildren. Graveside services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.Magdalena Saragosa Totman
March 22, 2004
Magdalena Saragosa Totman, 71, of Pahoa, Hawaii, a Consolidated Theaters packer, died at home. She was born in Aiea. She is survived by husband Richard; sons Lonnie W., Michael A. and Steven R. Wilson, and Nathan J. and Patrick M. Totman; daughters Mae K. Clifford and Bernadette J. Totman Souza; brother Sandiego Saragosa; sisters Mary Malvas, Hilidina Maning and Theresa Abordonado; 30 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Saint Rita's Catholic Church, Nanakuli. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.Billye Pauahi Kahelemauna Pilialoha Waiohu
March 23, 2004
Billye Pauahi Kahelemauna Pilialoha "Mauna" Waiohu, 44, of Waimea, Hawaii, a homemaker and former employee of Waimea McDonald's, Mauna Kea Beach Hotel and Kamuela Meat Market, died in North Hawaii Community Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Samuel H.; sons Kaeo K. and Aukai M.K.; stepsons Samuel K. Jr. and Justin C.; father Wray T. Straus; brothers Naea K. and W. Keeaumoku Straus; sisters Dayna K. Wright, L. Auhea K. Puhi and W.D. Keomailani Case; and two grandchildren. Services: noon Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Waimea. Call after 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Waimea Cemetery, Mormon section. 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.
