Emiliana Amodo Acena
April 2, 2004
Emiliana Amodo Acena, 97, of Waipahu, a homemaker, died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She is survived by sons Felipe and Filemon, daughter Phebe Quiton, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Waipahu United Church of Christ, 94-330 Mokuola St. Call after 6 p.m. Cremation to follow.Charles V. Aiona Jr.
April 10, 2004
Charles V. "Chucky" Aiona Jr., 52, of Hilo, a heavy equipment operator and mason for various general construction companies, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Josephine Oili "Honey Girl"; sons Wayne and Alvin; daughters Davin Aiona-Martinez, Monique Hoke, Michelle Medeiros-Ross, Kelii McKeen-Tirrell and Katherine Nakapaahu-Tirrell; parents Charles V. Sr. and Clara; brother Robert "Bobby" Kendrick; sister Charlene P. Kubota; and 15 grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Sunday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.Amelia Kauilanuiileleiwi Noa Alesna
Nov. 10, 2003
Amelia Kauilanuiileleiwi Noa "Amey" Alesna, 76, of Las Vegas, a retired Alaska School System food service manager, died in Las Vegas. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Catalino; sons George, John, Kaimi and David; daughters Nadine, Julie-Ann, Nalani and Kala; brothers James and John Noa Jr.; sister Juanita Cardus; 16 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire.The Rev. Rachael Lahela Barretto
April 1, 2004
The Rev. Rachael Lahela Barretto, 83, of Honolulu, founder and pastor of the Door of Hope and Charity, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Kaupo, Maui. She is survived by sons Manny, Philip, Frank and Randy; daughters Marion Naauao and Linda Ah Lee Sam; sister the Rev. Sarah Kila; 29 grandchildren; 60 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday and 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday. Burial: 2:15 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire.Susan L.C. Chan
April 11, 2004
Susan L.C. Chan, 78, of Honolulu, a retired seamstress, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Canton, China. She is survived by husband David M.F.; sons Walter, Wai Leung, Victor and Dayton; daughters So Har Lau, Lynette Yu and Sandra Miu; brother Sam Loo; sisters Lo In So and Lo Mai Au; 17 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.Imelda Mendoza Duque
April 5, 2004
Imelda Mendoza Duque, 72, of Waipahu, a security employee for Freeman Guards at Honolulu Airport, died in Maluhia Nursing Home. She was born in Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. She is survived by husband Alejandro; sons Garry Reyes and Agner Duque; daughters Dorris Reyes, Loida Dizon, Menchy Valderrama, Nolia Pegram, Karen Turner and Fenita Bautista; sisters Lerma, Josie and Cely; and 16 grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Monday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. Monday. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples.Carmel L. Kama
March 30, 2004
Carmel L. Kama, 74, of Honolulu, a retired teacher for Jarrett Intermediate School and Waianae High School, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Arthur Lee Ong, daughter Victoria Ong-Mizumoto, brother Ben Lee, sisters Adele Kaplan and Dorothea Char, and three grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Olivet Baptist Church. Call after 1:30 p.m. Committal services: 8:30 a.m. Monday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention.Sadao Kato
April 3, 2004
Sadao Kato, 80, of Pearl City, a retired branch chief for the U.S. Army at Fort Shafter, died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born in Lihue. He is survived by wife Chieko, son Jefferry, daughter Karen S. Tanoue and four grandchildren. Services: noon Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.Victoria Pia Morton
April 8, 2004
Victoria Pia Morton, 86, of Wailuku, a homemaker, died in Hale Makua, Wailuku. She was born in San Jose, Calif. She is survived by nephews and nieces. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kahului. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.Tsukasa Muramoto
March 23, 2004
Tsukasa Muramoto, 91, of Wahiawa, a retired Del Monte Pineapple Co. employee, died in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Ewa. He is survived by son Michael K., daughter Louise M. Black, brothers Masabumi and Thomas H., sister Mitsuko M. Sato and caregiver Daniel Stevens. Services: 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.Robert Yoshito Muranaka
April 3, 2004
Robert Yoshito Muranaka, 89, of Honolulu, a retired mechanic, died in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Lihue. He is survived by wife Misue; daughters Amy Y. Matsuda, Carol Miura and Susan Yamane; brothers Sunao and John; sister Barbara Muraoka; and four grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire.Katie Lindeola Opuulani Keao Nahina
April 11, 2004
Katie Lindeola Opuulani Keao Nahina, 66, of Lahaina, a retired restaurant manager, died at home. She was born in Lahaina. She is survived by sons Daniel and Alden; daughter Linda; brothers Carl Kahalewai, Alvin Moriera and Samuel Keanini and Kimo, George and Ronald Lindsey; sisters Marilyn Ross and Rose M. Duey; and four grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Saturday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 1 p.m. Sunday at Waiola Church in Lahaina. Call after 11:30 a.m. Burial: 2:30 p.m. at Nahina Family Cemetery in Napili, Maui. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.Antone Palmeira
April 6, 2004
Antone Palmeira, 76, of Wailua Homesteads, Kauai, a state laborer, died in Mahelona Samuel Memorial Hospital. He was born in Wailua Homesteads. He is survived by brothers Ernest, James and Wally. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Catherine Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire.Antonia Ompad Pamat
April 11, 2004
Antonia Ompad Pamat, 89, of Lahaina, died in Hale Makua, Kahului. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by sons Remegio and Henry, daughter Rita Moon, seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Mass: 8 p.m. Friday at Maria Lanakila Church. Call after 6 p.m. Services: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Burial: 10:30 a.m. at Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire.Gertrud R. Rohde
April 8, 2004
Gertrud R. Rohde, 79, of Waipahu, a former Makaha Hair Styles owner and stylist, died in Honolulu. She was born in Stuttgart, Germany. She is survived by daughter Cookie Beck, brothers Karl and Fritz Weissinger, a grandchild and two great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Friday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire.MaryEvelyn Kalili Adams Santos
April 11, 2004
MaryEvelyn Kalili Adams Santos, also known as Evelyn Kalili Adams Santos, 71, of Kaneohe, died in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by children Thomas S. II, John K. and Gregory K. Santos and Angelina K. Hoffman and Marjorie K. Tilton; sister Sophia K. Adams Akui; 17 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at St. Ann Catholic Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: noon at Greenhaven Memorial Park. Aloha attire.Abraham Sapaden
March 25, 2004
Abraham Sapaden, 87, of Waianae, a Sears, Roebuck & Co. maintenance man in Pearl City, died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in Palongpong, Batac, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Felicidad P.; sons Juanito, Alerto, Rolando and Jesus; daughters Elizabeth Puyaoan, Charlita Sapaden, Editha Sabas, Maria De Leon, Eunice Daquip and Ofelia Jesme; sister Juanita Taguding; 36 grandchildren; and 26 great-grandchildren. Mass: 6 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Burial to be held in the Philippines. Casual attire.The Rev. Ruth M. Tabrah
April 8, 2004
The Rev. Ruth M. Tabrah, 83, of Honolulu, a Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin minister, died in Arcadia Retirement Residence. She was born in Buffalo, N.Y. She is survived by sons Joseph and Thomas, brother Robert Flock, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin, 1727 Pali Highway. Call after 3:30 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.Marian Asako Nonaka Taguma
April 8, 2004
Marian Asako Nonaka Taguma, 73, of Hauula, a homemaker, died in Kahuku. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Yasuo, brother Goro Nonaka and sisters Helen Suzuki, Eleanor Nonaka and Evelyn McKeon. Services pending.Bernadine K.Y. Tenn Thurmond
April 5, 2004
Bernadine K.Y. Tenn Thurmond, 62, of Brier, Wash., a Seattle Department of Transportation employee, died. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Robert; son Walter; daughter Mari-Esther; brothers Junius, Ronald, Donald and Alvin Tenn; and five grandchildren. Services to be held in Bothell, Wash.Toalua Mariota Tuiasosopo
April 9, 2004
Toalua Mariota Tuiasosopo, 48, of Hawaii, a homemaker, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Fagatogo, American Samoa. She is survived by hanai sons Mariota K. Tuiasosopo and James M. Betham V; hanai daughters Mere R., Margaret T. and Christina Betham; brothers Mariota, Tanielu, Abraham, Brownie and Leonid; and sisters Venise Shazier, Jacqueline Mata'u and Eleanor and Indira Tuiasosopo. Services: 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, 99-312 Moanalua Road. Call after noon. Burial to be held at a later date in American Samoa.Michael Kazuo Wakana
March 24, 2004
Michael Kazuo Wakana, 44, of Hawaiian Acres, Kurtistown, Hawaii, an ocean recreation specialist and carpenter, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Florida. He is survived by sons Piiwailani and Kilinahe, daughter Kristy Hewett, brothers Kenichi and S., half brother AJ Davis and a grandchild. Services: 8 a.m. Sunday at Richardson Ocean Park in Keaukaha, Hawaii. Scattering of ashes to follow. Casual attire.Meade David
Wildrick Jr.
March 15, 2004
Meade David Wildrick Jr., 81, of Richmond, Va., and Honolulu, a retired Hawaiian Electric Co. employee and U.S. Army veteran, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Nancy H.T., children Meade C. Wildrick and Lindsay W. Dodge, four stepchildren, five grandchildren and 12 step-grandchildren. Services to be held at a later date in Honolulu. Donations suggested to Massey Cancer Center in Richmond and the Association of Graduates United States Military Academy at West Point, West Point, N.Y. 10996.
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 goes back several decades.