George Takenori Akahoshi
Oct. 13, 2004
George Takenori Akahoshi, 72, of Hilo, a retired University of Hawaii at Hilo auxiliary service officer and University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources administrative officer III, died at home. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Yasuko, son Roy, daughter Deanna Iwamoto and two grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Monday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Lei Aloha
Sept. 30, 2004
Lei Aloha, also known as Leinaala Kaili, 62, of Honolulu, formerly of Keaukaha, Hawaii, a Duty Free Shoppers Hawaii customer service representative, died at home. She was born in Keaukaha. She is survived by husband Kenso Toyama; hanai son Chuck Kaina; daughters Sharon Hawkins, Suezette Mercado, Jane Sato and Laroma Parker; hanai daughter Tracey Barretto; brothers Timothy Nathaniel, Daniel John, Francis Naope and Israel Kaulupali; sisters Danielle Dooley, Philbertha Kaili and Clare Kaleleiki; and 11 grandchildren. Gathering: 10 a.m. Saturday at Puhi Bay, Hilo.

Milton Tin Yau Chang
Oct. 9, 2004
Milton Tin Yau Chang, 68, of Honolulu, a retired Honolulu Police Department criminalist, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brothers Stanley and Walter, and sisters Noreen Chang, Judy Young, Edith Lo and Jane Yee. Mass: 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Augustine Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Eleanor Morton Chun
Oct. 17, 2004
Eleanor Morton Chun, 83, of Kailua, a homemaker, died in Castle Medical Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by sons Michael, Gregory and Paul; daughter Penny Burns; sisters Sarah Silva, Catherine Peters and Blossom Perry; and two grandchildren. Mass: 10:45 a.m. Saturday at St. John Vianney Church. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. In lieu of flowers, donations suggested to Na Pua O Pauahi Foundation.

Audrey Jacqueline Dougherty
Oct. 13, 2004
Audrey Jacqueline Dougherty, 72, of Honolulu, a retired Immigration and Naturalization Service inspector, died in Hale Nani Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Jamrey, Kenard, Rovin and Carnor Sumida; brother Alfred; and five grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Joseph Flores
Sept. 30, 2004
Joseph Flores, 76, of Honolulu died in Honolulu. He was born in Paauilo, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Alicia K. "Haulani," son Desmond, daughters Joechelle Serrano and Daynna Flores, brother Eugene Yambaw and four grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary, 20 S. Kukui St. Call after 6 p.m. Burial: 11:30 a.m. Monday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.

Malia V.K. Fotu
Oct. 11, 2004
Malia V.K. Fotu, 80, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died at home. She was born in Tonga. She is survived by sons Molimoto, Fetuliki, Otoota, Palauni, Pasimi and Paea; daughters Elisiva Tonga, Malia Lakalaka and Tolokina Tupa; brother Maungatai Tuikeitei; sister Mele Tuikeitei; 54 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. Services: 8 p.m. Sunday and 11:30 a.m. Monday at St. Augustine Catholic Church. Call after 7:30 p.m. Sunday and 8:30 a.m. Monday. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples.

Esteban Baltazar Gumayagay
Sept. 29, 2004
Esteban Baltazar Gumayagay, 89, of Waialua, died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in Laoag City, the Philippines. He is survived by son Anacleto; daughter Neta Nely G. Asuncion; brothers Fernando and Pedro; sisters Eugenia Ibana, Veronica Butay and Remedios Gumayagay; and 10 grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Monday at St. Michael Church, 67-390 Goodale Ave. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.

Mitsuaki Hanayagi
Oct. 15, 2004
Mitsuaki Hanayagi, also known as Viola I. Hosokawa, 89, of Honolulu, a Hanayagi Dance Academy principal and founder, died in St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sister Ruth Lee. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Nichiren Mission of Hawaii, 33 Pulelehua Way. Cremation to follow.

Anna Maybelle Hughes
Oct. 13, 2004
Anna Maybelle Hughes, infant daughter of Tom and Shannon Hughes of Kaneohe, died in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is also survived by brothers Cameron, Stephen, Timothy and James; sisters Kristin and Emma; and grandparents Richard and Barbara Hughes and Richard and Shirley Burr. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Kailua Community Church, 250 Oneawa St. Private burial.

Haruko Kaneshiro
Sept. 29, 2004
Haruko Kaneshiro, 92, of Honolulu, a retired Crispy Foods packer, died in Aloha Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Lahaina. She is survived by sons Mitsuo and Seiki Kaneshiro and Seiei Oshiro; daughters Akiko Luke, Miyoko Oato and Violet T. Shiira; brothers Robert I., Noboru and Sueo Nakama; sisters Shizuko Masaki, Itoyo Uejo and Florence Igarashi; 17 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Private services. Additional information for an obituary printed Monday.

David Hercules Lauriano
Oct. 15, 2004
David Hercules Lauriano, 48, of Aiea, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Lori Ann; children Maile, Kanoe and Kawika; mother Joy; brothers Michael and Dennis; sisters Diane Blanchard and Debbie Kamanao; and two grandchildren. Services: 11:15 a.m. Saturday at St. Patrick Church, 1124 7th Ave. Call after 9:30 a.m. No burial.

James Clifford Lloyd
Oct. 17, 2004
James Clifford Lloyd, 70, of Waianae died in St. Francis-West Hospice. He was born in Columbus, Ga. He is survived by daughters Sheryl Brown and Peggy Laughlin, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 9 a.m. Saturday at Jay and Sheryl Brown residence. Casual attire.

Leila Ayako Lui
Oct. 12, 2004
Leila Ayako Lui, 55, of Honolulu died in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Justin "Dusty," son Dustin, daughter Leilyn, brothers Kenneth and Robert Shigematsu, and sister Janet "Nachan" Busche. Services: 7 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary, 20 S. Kukui St. Call after 6 p.m. Inurnment to be held at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl, at a later date. Casual attire.

Ward M. Mareels
Oct. 18, 2004
Ward M. Mareels, 54, of Kailua, a Ward Air Aviation owner and operator, will be remembered in services at 5 p.m. tomorrow at Honolulu Airport T Hangars No. 136 and 138. He died when his small plane crashed into Haleakala on Maui. He was born in Belgium. He is survived by wife Miwa, son Frederik M., father Jan, mother Irene and brothers and sisters.

Nancy Miles
Oct. 15, 2004
Nancy Miles, 66, of Kalaheo, Kauai, a homemaker, died at home. She was born in Chicago. She is survived by husband Raymond L., son John, daughter Laurie Driskill, sister Margaret Peyton and five grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Kauai Mortuary in Koloa. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to Kauai Hospice, P.O. Box 3286, Lihue, HI 96766.

Lola Estelee Moss
Oct. 17, 2004
Lola Estelee Moss, 89, of Honolulu, a retired Pohai Nani Retirement Community caregiver, died. She was born in Graham, Young County, Texas. She is survived by sons James Jr. and Kenyon, five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services: 9:15 a.m. tomorrow at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Honolulu Tabernacle. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Sally Hatsue Okamura
Oct. 15, 2004
Sally Hatsue Okamura, 79, of Waipahu, a retired Arakawa store employee, died in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in Waipahu. She is survived by husband Wallace I.; son Gordon M.; daughter Suzette S. Killough; brothers Robert, Harry and Norman Oshiro; sisters Dorothy Moromisato, Margaret Miyashiro, Doris Kram, Betsy Kaneshiro and Becky Nakasone; and three grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5 p.m.

Takeru Oshiro
Aug. 30, 2004
Takeru "Tak" Oshiro, 86, of Wahiawa, a Tak's Hair Styling owner and retired Aloha State Transportation Co. tour driver and guide, died at home. He was born in Ninole, Hawaii. He is survived by son Sidney, daughter Pat Deatherage, brother Robert, sisters Margaret Gusukuma and Jane Goto, and two grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Wahiawa Hongwanji, 1067 California Ave. Casual attire. No flowers. No monetary offerings.

Delfin Paco Rodillas
Sept. 30, 2004
Delfin Paco "Del" Rodillas, 89, of Honolulu, a retired Hawaiian Dredging Construction employee on Guam, died in St. Frances Medical Center. He was born in Laoac, Pangasinan, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Tomasa O., son Delfin "Jack," daughter Fe, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony Church, 640 Puuhale Road, Kalihi. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Valley of the Temples in Kaneohe.

Angelina Dulay Rubio
Oct. 18, 2004
Angelina Dulay Rubio, 82, of Honolulu, a retired federal government employee for the U.S. Coast Guard, died in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in Ookala, Hawaii. She is survived by daughters Patti Rock, Yolanda Yount and Faye Rubio; brothers George and Alfred Dulay; sister Gertrude Pizarro; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 1 p.m. Aloha attire.

Wallace Kim Kui Shim
Oct. 9, 2004
Wallace Kim Kui "Ah Jack" Shim, 79, of Honolulu, a city Department of Public Works street cleaning supervisor and former Pacific Casket Co. owner, died in St. Francis Medical Center. He also was an embalmer and funeral director for Moanalua, Borthwick, Hosoi and Nuuanu mortuaries. He was born in Kohala, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Lynette D.C.; sons Jonathan, Wally and Michael; daughter Wallyne Nakamura; brothers Edward, Richard, Leonard, Francis and Roland; sister Florence Heu; 10 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 3 p.m. Sunday at St. Elizabeth Episcopal Church, 720 N. King St. Call after 1 p.m. Private inurnment. Aloha attire.

Stacy Yoshiro Sonoda
Oct. 15, 2004
Stacy Yoshiro Sonoda, 49, of Honolulu, a Honolulu Police Department mechanical technician, died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sister Bonnie Hasselfeld and companion Linda Josefovicz. Services: 6:30 p.m. today at Mililani Downtown Mortuary, 20 S. Kukui St. Call after 6 p.m. Burial to be held at a later date. Casual attire.

James Tano
Oct. 6, 2004
James "Jimmy" Tano, 69, of Wahiawa, a retired James Campbell High School teacher, died in Garden City, Utah. He was born in Ewa. He is survived by wife Beatrice F.; sons Dean J. and Derek L.; daughters Deanne L. Titus and Danette M. Griffiths; mother Beatrice Y.; brothers Lawrence, Melvin, Edwin, Darrel and Dean C.; sisters Marge Magaoay and Beverly Heder; and 16 grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mililani Stake. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Mosiula Tatupu Sr.
Oct. 14, 2004
Mosiula Tatupu Sr., 70, of Honolulu, father of retired professional football running back Mosi Tatupu Jr., died in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in American Samoa. He is also survived by son Joseph Scanlan; daughters Maude Tuipala, Sina Afe, Belle Tatupu-Suka and Joelyn Sevao; brothers Po and June; sister Leemo Uia; companion Salaevalu Mua; 24 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary, 20 S. Kukui St. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to be held at a later date. Casual attire. No flowers.

Richard Sergio Tranilla
Oct. 12, 2004
Richard Sergio Tranilla, 83, of Las Vegas, formerly of Lahaina, a U.S. Army retiree who served in World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars, died in Las Vegas. He also was a Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Shop 38 machinist and Dillingham Shipyard employee. He was born in Cebu, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Sophie G.; sons Richard S. "Rico" Jr., Patrick "Pat" and Thomas "Tom"; brothers Poncie, Crisologo and Maximo; sisters Piling Gonsalves, Maria Garcia and Angelisa and Benidicta Sique; seven grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Ana Paini Vehikite
Oct. 12, 2004
Ana Paini Vehikite, 47, of Kihei, Maui, a homemaker, died in St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in Tonga. She is survived by husband Ofa; sons Lyndon and Viliami Finau Jr. and Ofa Vehikite Jr.; daughters Amelia Fonua and Palu and Veni Finau; brothers Sionemoleni, Senituli, Alifeleti, Viliami, Kifi and Folaumoeloa Taione; and sisters Melesiale Wolfgram, Mataika K. Talamai and Melehifo Latuila. Visitation: 6 p.m. tomorrow at St. Theresa's Church in Kihei. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park.

James Ventura
Oct. 7, 2004
James "Jimmy" Ventura, 43, of Hilo, a Hilo Lanes Bowling Alley janitor, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by mother Thelma L. and sisters Sharon Crivello, Charlene Kiriu, Debra A. Campbell, Pat A. Sagon, Sandra L. Mariano and Lisa Berman. Services: 7 p.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire.

Mattie Luka Vero
Oct. 8, 2004
Mattie Luka "Peoples" Vero, 64, of Mililani, a Holiday Inn executive housekeeper at Waikiki, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons John P.K. and Brian T.K. Galera; daughter Sheleigh C.K. Solis; brothers Atillio and James Leonardi and Curtis Davis; sisters Jonarie Correa and Naomi Rodrigues; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Kamehameha Schools' Bernice Pauahi Bishop Memorial Chapel. Casual and aloha attire.

Yoshinobu Yoshino
Oct. 19, 2004
Yoshinobu Yoshino, 78, of Lahaina, a retired Pioneer Mill surveyor, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by brothers Yoshikazu and Katsuichi Yoshino and Kameo and Joe Tanaka; and sisters Tsuruyo Hoshide, Kikue Kanemoto and Kathleen Miyakawa. Services: 5 p.m. Saturday at Lahaina Hongwanji Mission. No flowers.