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Bessie Ngit Wah Loo Chang
August 10, 2004
Bessie Ngit Wah Loo Chang, 94, of Honolulu, died in Walnut Creek, Calif. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Renny, Wayne and Earle; daughters Verna Ng and Melva Arakaki; sisters Nancy Dung and Amy Chun; and eleven grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Rose Sau Yeu Choy
July 11, 2004
Rose Sau Yeu Choy, 92, of Honolulu, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Clement, daughters Loretta Mah and Priscilla Chan, 14 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren. Private services.

Ramona Cuyno
August 1, 2004
Ramona Cuyno, 94, of Ewa Beach, died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in San Fernando, Cebu, the Philippines. She is survived by sons Cecilio "Joe," Abraham, Ted, Patrick and Louis; daughters Marilyn Fernandez, and Paz and Sandra Cuyno; brother Rafael Genobatin; 25 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday and 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Call after 5:45 p.m. Friday and after 9:30 a.m. Saturday. Burial: 12:45 p.m. at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Ralph A. Demello
August 7, 2004
Ralph A. Demello, 49, of Aiea, a Top's Waipahu and Victoria Station cook, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Alden, daughter Amber, mother Dorothy and brother James. Services: noon Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park.

Roy Alfonso Dikito
August 11, 2004
Roy Alfonso Dikito, 48, of Waipahu, a carpenter, died in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by mother Queenie K. Dikito Ebinger; brothers Gary, Glenn, Leroy and Domingo "Bunny"; and sisters Corazon "Dai" Morrissey, and Lovey Mae and Clara "Tee" Dikito. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio. Call after 6 p.m. Aloha attire.

Raymond Figueroa
August 15, 2004
Raymond Figueroa, 77, of Hawaiian Acres, Hawaii, a retired machinist, died at home. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Lorena; sons Shannon Hassard, and Raymond, Augie and Abe Figueroa; daughter Marsha Guringer; stepsons Tim and Larry Collins; stepdaughter Sylvia Seddon; brother Adam; sisters Helen Range, Thelma Pihana, Anita Camarillo and Rena Baker; 15 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren. Services 7 p.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary, Hilo. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Glad Tidings Church, Hilo. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Augustine Fortuna Geyrozaga
August 8, 2004
Augustine Fortuna Geyrozaga, 78, of Honolulu, a Honolulu International Airport porter, died in Nuuanu Hale nursing home. He was born in Lihue. He is survived by son Brian, daughter Ethel G. Birceno, brothers Primitivo and Guillermo, sister Buenaventurada and a grandchild. Services: 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Honolulu Central Seventh-day Adventist Church. Casual attire. No flowers.

Takako Ikehara
August 15, 2004
Takako Ikehara, 84, of Honolulu, a retired Punahou School cafeteria worker, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Fred S., daughter Janet Shigaki, sister Masue Sato and a grandchild. Private services.

Francis K. Kalawe
August 7, 2004
Francis K. Kalawe, 68, of Honolulu, a musician and Aina Haina Shopping Center security guard, died in Tripler Army Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sisters May Mason and Queenie Kalawe, stepsons Keith and Myman, stepdaughter Muskie Sparks and six grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Inurnment: 9:30 Monday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire.

Eunice Kamanu
August 14, 2004
Eunice "Momi" Kamanu, 64, of Waimanalo, a retired Waimano Home and Honokaa Hospital licensed practical nurse, died at home. She was born in Kailua. She is survived by brothers Eugene and Harvey, and sisters Jane Kamanu, Lurline Badeaux and Patricia Kaleohano. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Umeichi Kanemoto
August 4, 2004
Umeichi Kanemoto, 94, of Mililani, died. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by son George S., daughters Shirley M. Yonemura and Dawn T. Tokunaga, and four grandchildren. Private services.

Godfrey Kealalio II
August 19, 2004
Godfrey "Kaipo" Kealalio, 57, of Kapaa, Kauai, a Kauai Boy Scouts of America senior district executive, died in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Joan; sons Godfrey "Kaipo" III and James; daughter Kiilani Kealalio-Puli; brothers Leroy, Lawrence "Sooky" and Scott; sister Faye Umalla; and a grandchild. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after noon. Services on Kauai to be announced. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Yoshiko Takaki Kimura
August 2, 2004
Yoshiko Takaki "Charline" Kimura, 78, of Riverside, Calif., a retired State of Hawaii secretary, died In Riverside, Calif. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Leslie Y. Nakafuji, sister Michiko Mashita and a grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m.

George Lapinad
July 31, 2004
George Lapinad, 74, of Waimanalo, a retired University of Hawaii Agriculture Department employee, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Barbara; sons Jim Jim Faria, and Robert and James Lapinad; daughters Laura Nahoopii and Roxanne Paraon; 10 grandchildren; and five great-great grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Ordenstein's Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Aloha attire.

Elaine Ing Lau
August 16, 2004
Elaine Ing Lau, 95, of Honolulu, a retired schoolteacher, died in Malama Ohana at Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Hawaii. She is survived by son Kelvin, daughter Connie Miller, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Graveside services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Esther Kealoha Misajon
August 20, 2004
Esther Kealoha "Sweetheart" Misajon, 78, of Ewa Beach, a retired Longbeach V.A. personnel director, died. She was born in Olaa, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Clarence "Chuck" M., Roland M., and Andrew S.; daughter Barbara L. Scheurer; brother Thomas "Sonny Boy" K. Timbal; sisters Rose K. Cablay and Evangeline "Honey" Kekaualua; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Aldersgate United Methodist Church. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 1 p.m. Wednesday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after noon. Burial at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Dr. Donald Y. Miura
August 8, 2004
Dr. Donald Y. Miura, 87, of Honolulu, a retired dentist, died in St. Francis Hospice. He was born in Kapaa, Kauai. He is survived by wife Ellen; sons Vernon, Thomas, Robert and Christopher; brother David; sisters Masako Ishii, Hatsue Masuoka and Satoko Masamura; and six grandchildren. Private services.

Elsie L. Raymond
August 7, 2004
Elsie L. Raymond, 91, of Aiea, a homemaker, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Elwin; daughters Delphine Keli'ipule'ole and Lisbeth White; brothers Arthur, Harold and George Aoki; sisters Katherine Soares and Molly Lindsey; 15 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Keneti Sataraka
August 17, 2004
Keneti Sataraka, 46, of Honolulu, died in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in American Samoa. He is survived by wife Tauilo A.; daughter Faafiti; brothers Sataraka, Sofi and Mu; and sister Rita Lam Yuen. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Ierusalema Fou Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: noon at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park.

Robert Torres
August 15, 2004
Robert Torres, 66, of Pearl City, a heavy equipment operator, died in Pearl City. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Robert; daughters Regina Wilson and Ronette Morales; sisters Olga Jean Cartajena, Barbara Pagan, Frances Jones and Anita Letreta; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Greenhaven Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Harumi Yamada
August 15, 2004
Harumi Yamada, 94, of Kaneohe, retired KYD Inc. dba K. Yamada Distributors owner, died in Kuakini Geriatric Care Inc. She was born in Kumamoto, Japan. She is survived by sons Gilbert, Roy and Dexter; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

You can also search the Hawaii State Library System's
Hawaii Newspaper Index online for older obituaries at:

www.librarieshawaii.org
The index goes back several decades.

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Obituaries SEE ALSO: VITAL STATS Bessie Ngit Wah Loo Chang August 10, 2004 Bessie Ngit Wah Loo Chang, 94, of Honolulu, died in Walnut Creek, Calif. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Renny, Wayne and Earle; daughters Verna Ng and Melva Arakaki; sisters Nancy Dung and Amy Chun; and eleven grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire. Rose Sau Yeu Choy July 11, 2004 Rose Sau Yeu Choy, 92, of Honolulu, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Clement, daughters Loretta Mah and Priscilla Chan, 14 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren. Private services. Ramona Cuyno August 1, 2004 Ramona Cuyno, 94, of Ewa Beach, died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in San Fernando, Cebu, the Philippines. She is survived by sons Cecilio "Joe," Abraham, Ted, Patrick and Louis; daughters Marilyn Fernandez, and Paz and Sandra Cuyno; brother Rafael Genobatin; 25 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday and 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Call after 5:45 p.m. Friday and after 9:30 a.m. Saturday. Burial: 12:45 p.m. at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Casual attire. Ralph A. Demello August 7, 2004 Ralph A. Demello, 49, of Aiea, a Top's Waipahu and Victoria Station cook, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Alden, daughter Amber, mother Dorothy and brother James. Services: noon Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Roy Alfonso Dikito August 11, 2004 Roy Alfonso Dikito, 48, of Waipahu, a carpenter, died in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by mother Queenie K. Dikito Ebinger; brothers Gary, Glenn, Leroy and Domingo "Bunny"; and sisters Corazon "Dai" Morrissey, and Lovey Mae and Clara "Tee" Dikito. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio. Call after 6 p.m. Aloha attire. Raymond Figueroa August 15, 2004 Raymond Figueroa, 77, of Hawaiian Acres, Hawaii, a retired machinist, died at home. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Lorena; sons Shannon Hassard, and Raymond, Augie and Abe Figueroa; daughter Marsha Guringer; stepsons Tim and Larry Collins; stepdaughter Sylvia Seddon; brother Adam; sisters Helen Range, Thelma Pihana, Anita Camarillo and Rena Baker; 15 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren. Services 7 p.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary, Hilo. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Glad Tidings Church, Hilo. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers. Augustine Fortuna Geyrozaga August 8, 2004 Augustine Fortuna Geyrozaga, 78, of Honolulu, a Honolulu International Airport porter, died in Nuuanu Hale nursing home. He was born in Lihue. He is survived by son Brian, daughter Ethel G. Birceno, brothers Primitivo and Guillermo, sister Buenaventurada and a grandchild. Services: 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Honolulu Central Seventh-day Adventist Church. Casual attire. No flowers. Takako Ikehara August 15, 2004 Takako Ikehara, 84, of Honolulu, a retired Punahou School cafeteria worker, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Fred S., daughter Janet Shigaki, sister Masue Sato and a grandchild. Private services. Francis K. Kalawe August 7, 2004 Francis K. Kalawe, 68, of Honolulu, a musician and Aina Haina Shopping Center security guard, died in Tripler Army Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sisters May Mason and Queenie Kalawe, stepsons Keith and Myman, stepdaughter Muskie Sparks and six grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Inurnment: 9:30 Monday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire. Eunice Kamanu August 14, 2004 Eunice "Momi" Kamanu, 64, of Waimanalo, a retired Waimano Home and Honokaa Hospital licensed practical nurse, died at home. She was born in Kailua. She is survived by brothers Eugene and Harvey, and sisters Jane Kamanu, Lurline Badeaux and Patricia Kaleohano. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. Umeichi Kanemoto August 4, 2004 Umeichi Kanemoto, 94, of Mililani, died. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by son George S., daughters Shirley M. Yonemura and Dawn T. Tokunaga, and four grandchildren. Private services. Godfrey Kealalio II August 19, 2004 Godfrey "Kaipo" Kealalio, 57, of Kapaa, Kauai, a Kauai Boy Scouts of America senior district executive, died in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Joan; sons Godfrey "Kaipo" III and James; daughter Kiilani Kealalio-Puli; brothers Leroy, Lawrence "Sooky" and Scott; sister Faye Umalla; and a grandchild. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after noon. Services on Kauai to be announced. Aloha attire. No flowers. Yoshiko Takaki Kimura August 2, 2004 Yoshiko Takaki "Charline" Kimura, 78, of Riverside, Calif., a retired State of Hawaii secretary, died In Riverside, Calif. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Leslie Y. Nakafuji, sister Michiko Mashita and a grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. George Lapinad July 31, 2004 George Lapinad, 74, of Waimanalo, a retired University of Hawaii Agriculture Department employee, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Barbara; sons Jim Jim Faria, and Robert and James Lapinad; daughters Laura Nahoopii and Roxanne Paraon; 10 grandchildren; and five great-great grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Ordenstein's Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Aloha attire. Elaine Ing Lau August 16, 2004 Elaine Ing Lau, 95, of Honolulu, a retired schoolteacher, died in Malama Ohana at Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Hawaii. She is survived by son Kelvin, daughter Connie Miller, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Graveside services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire. Esther Kealoha Misajon August 20, 2004 Esther Kealoha "Sweetheart" Misajon, 78, of Ewa Beach, a retired Longbeach V.A. personnel director, died. She was born in Olaa, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Clarence "Chuck" M., Roland M., and Andrew S.; daughter Barbara L. Scheurer; brother Thomas "Sonny Boy" K. Timbal; sisters Rose K. Cablay and Evangeline "Honey" Kekaualua; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Aldersgate United Methodist Church. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 1 p.m. Wednesday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after noon. Burial at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire. Dr. Donald Y. Miura August 8, 2004 Dr. Donald Y. Miura, 87, of Honolulu, a retired dentist, died in St. Francis Hospice. He was born in Kapaa, Kauai. He is survived by wife Ellen; sons Vernon, Thomas, Robert and Christopher; brother David; sisters Masako Ishii, Hatsue Masuoka and Satoko Masamura; and six grandchildren. Private services. Elsie L. Raymond August 7, 2004 Elsie L. Raymond, 91, of Aiea, a homemaker, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Elwin; daughters Delphine Keli'ipule'ole and Lisbeth White; brothers Arthur, Harold and George Aoki; sisters Katherine Soares and Molly Lindsey; 15 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. Keneti Sataraka August 17, 2004 Keneti Sataraka, 46, of Honolulu, died in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in American Samoa. He is survived by wife Tauilo A.; daughter Faafiti; brothers Sataraka, Sofi and Mu; and sister Rita Lam Yuen. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Ierusalema Fou Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: noon at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park. Robert Torres August 15, 2004 Robert Torres, 66, of Pearl City, a heavy equipment operator, died in Pearl City. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Robert; daughters Regina Wilson and Ronette Morales; sisters Olga Jean Cartajena, Barbara Pagan, Frances Jones and Anita Letreta; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Greenhaven Memorial Park. Casual attire. Harumi Yamada August 15, 2004 Harumi Yamada, 94, of Kaneohe, retired KYD Inc. dba K. Yamada Distributors owner, died in Kuakini Geriatric Care Inc. She was born in Kumamoto, Japan. She is survived by sons Gilbert, Roy and Dexter; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers. You can also search the Hawaii State Library System's Hawaii Newspaper Index online for older obituaries at: www.librarieshawaii.org The index goes back several decades.	— ADVERTISEMENTS — — ADVERTISEMENTS —

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