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Marilyn Fernandez
Nov. 24, 2004
Marilyn Fernandez, 58, of Kunia, a Del Monte Corp. marketing specialist, died in Ewa Beach. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband John Jr.; daughter Laurie Maele; mother Leopolda MacDonald; brothers Michael, Richard, Freddy, Edward and Paul Pasoquen; and three grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at the cemetery. Casual or aloha attire.

Tsuneyo Gohara
Nov. 23, 2004
Tsuneyo Gohara, 100, of Pukalani, Maui, died in Kula Hospital. She was born in Puunene, Maui. She is survived by sons Walter, George and Roy; daughter Patricia Arakawa; brothers Takeo and Harry Otsubo; sister Yoshino Terao; nine grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services held.

Yon Hoy Goo
Dec. 7, 2004
Yon Hoy Goo, 83, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard employee, died at home. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Eva, sons Vincent and Jonathan, daughter Marjorie, sister Kawie Tsent and three grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Friday at Community Church of Honolulu. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Alejandro Raymonda Goroza
Dec. 5, 2004
Alejandro "Candro" Raymonda Goroza, 92, of Pearl City, a retired Naval Supply Center employee and U.S. Army veteran who served in the Korean War, died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in Urdaneta, Pangasinan, the Philippines. He is survived by sons George L., Alejandro L., Ernesto L. and Alfredo L.; 12 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Fusae Hatashima
Nov. 28, 2004
Fusae Hatashima, 87, of Aiea, a retired Aiea Supermarket employee, died in Kapiolani Medical Center, Pali Momi. She was born in Paia, Maui. She is survived by son James, daughters Yoshiko Yoshimura and Mae Hatashima, brother Takashi Yamada, sisters Setsue Shimomura and Sumako Yamada, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Private services.

Shoyei Higa
Nov. 22, 2004
Shoyei Higa, 88, of Honolulu, owner of Monsarrat Delicatessen, died in Honolulu. He was born in Hawaii. He is survived by daughter Jean Miyashiro and four grandchildren. Private services.

Norman Saburo Iwai
Dec. 5, 2004
Norman Saburo Iwai, 62, of Kapaa, Kauai, a retired computer programmer, died at home. He was born in Lihue. He is survived by daughters Cheryl Courtright and Melodie Iwai, mother Tameko Iwai, brothers Howard and Paul, and sister Patsy Imano. Private services.

Wallace Puako Kema
Nov. 28, 2004
Wallace Puako "Blue" Kema, 68, of Kainaliu, Hawaii, a coffee picker and handyman for Richard Kaiawe Sr. and Richard Matsumoto Coffee Farms, died in Kona Community Hospital. He also was a Sandy's Drive Inn employee, Kona Property Management private landscaper and King Kamehameha Hotel maintenance worker. He was born in Opihali, South Kona, Hawaii. He is survived by godchild Anthony Gardner. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden on Mamalahoa Highway (at mile marker 110). Call after 10 a.m. Scattering of ashes, a luncheon and fellowship will follow. Casual attire. Loose flowers and leis welcome.

Raymond Keiji Kitsu
Dec. 4, 2004
Raymond Keiji Kitsu, 91, of Honolulu, a retired U.S. Army master sergeant and University of Hawaii and McKinley High School ROTC instructor, died at home. He was born in Ewa Beach. He is survived by wife Betty C.Y.; sons James K., Curtis K. and Raynard; daughters Linda L. Taniyama and Reiko L. Nomura; brother Yoshio; sister Ruby Yabiku; seven grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Military inurnment: 9:30 a.m. Friday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Gladys Yasuko Kuwahara
Dec. 9, 2004
Gladys Yasuko Kuwahara, 80, of Pearl City, a retired Leahi Hospital registered nurse, died. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Thomas and Arthur, daughter Barbara and three grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Nuuanu Memorial Park & Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Maxine Eloise Elliott Laughlin
Dec. 8, 2004
Maxine Eloise Elliott Laughlin, 85, of Hilo, a homemaker, died in Mountain View, Hawaii. She was born in Indiana. She is survived by son Arthur Elliott, daughter Susan Gabriel, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services pending.

George H.N. Lee Sr.
Dec. 9, 2004
George H.N. Lee Sr., 86, of Honolulu, a retired Honolulu Police Department major, died in Maunalani Nursing Home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son George Jr.; daughters Marytina Choy, Myra Kau and Georgia Apana; and six grandchildren. Services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after noon. Burial: 3 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. No flowers.

James Taneyuki Maeda
Dec. 4, 2004
James Taneyuki Maeda, 100, of Honolulu, a retired Hawaiian Dredging and Construction carpenter, died at home. He was born in Yamaguchi, Japan. He is survived by sons Ronald and Steven, daughters Rachel Comeaux and Jaynee Nakamura, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Ethel Fujiko Matsuyama
Dec. 6, 2004
Ethel Fujiko Matsuyama, 85, of Honolulu, retired owner of Ethel's Delicatessen, died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in Lihue. She is survived by husband Harry A.; daughter Evelyn S. Coss; sisters Hiroko Hirata, Dorothy Narikawa, Betty Umeda and Jane Yoshino; and two grandchildren. Private services.

Alice Cox Kaina Haole Moratin
Nov. 30, 2004
Alice "Baby Lei" Cox Kaina Haole Moratin, 72, of Kailua, formerly of Papakolea, a retired Kaiser Medical Center medical records clerk and Honey's Cafe performer with Don Ho, died in Castle Medical Center. She was born in Haleiwa. She is survived by sons William "Boysie" III, L. Dutch and Wendell "Wengie" Haole; daughter Valerie Haole; father of her children William P. Haole Jr.; brother Wendell De Freitas; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony's Church, Kailua. Call after 9:30 a.m.

Kuniyoshi Motomura
Nov. 28, 2004
Kuniyoshi Motomura, 77, of Captain Cook, Hawaii, a retired coffee farmer, died in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Captain Cook. He is survived by brothers Fred S. and Jerry S., and sister Fusaye Murayama. Private services. No monetary offerings.

Eileen Frances Nakanelua
Dec. 8, 2004
Eileen Frances Nakanelua, 82, of Honolulu died at home. She was born in Laupahoehoe, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Dayton and Mel, daughter Verna Makanani, brother Tadasuke Suzuki, sisters Violet Chung and Lillian Nishioka, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Tashichi Nomura
Dec. 5, 2004
Tashichi Nomura, 90, of Kailua, a retired Ameron quarry supervisor, died in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Haruko; sons Richard Y., Thomas T., George T. and Myles K.; daughters Carol H. Moriaki and Cheryl S. Nomura; and two grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Recolano Abalos Pagaduan
Dec. 8, 2004
Recolano Abalos Pagaduan, 91, of Honolulu, a retired McCabe, Hamilton & Renny Co. stevedore, died in St. Francis-West Hospice. He was born in Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. He is survived by sons Remy, Roger and Roland; daughters Kandie Stevens and Rufina Pagaduan; brother Antonio; sister Maxima; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 11 a.m. Friday at St. John the Baptist Church. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.

Alice Wailani Simeona Ravencraft
Dec. 6, 2004
Alice Wailani Simeona Ravencraft, 77, of Papakolea, died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Kaimuki. She is survived by husband Kenner; sons Harry, Lee Roy and Vincent Sonoda, and Mervin, Noah and Paul "Tiny" Kauhane; daughters Alice Kauhane-Morris, Ruth Kauhane-Garza and Faith "Pinky" Kauhane-Leao; brothers Abel and July Simeona; sisters Rhoda Simeona-Burgo and Estelle Simeona-Fatu; 30 grandchildren; 52 great-grandchildren; and several great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Aloha attire.

Agustin Achuela Saducos
Nov. 19, 2004
Augustin Achuela Saducos, 96, of Kapolei, a retired Board of Water Supply maintenance worker and former Halekulani Hotel employee and plantation worker, died in Ewa Beach. He was born in Pinili, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by children Susan and Jose Danao, and two grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 91-1004 North Road, Ewa Beach. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.

Hayami Sato
Nov. 15, 2004
Hayami "Russ" Sato, 84, of Denver, retired from U.S. military intelligence and a former Green Thumb Landscaping superintendent, died in Denver. He was born in Pahoa, Hawaii. He is survived by husband Teruma "Terry"; sons Glen and Brian; daughter Kathleen Westlake; brothers Hiroo, Terumi, Charles T. and Roy; sisters Marian Nishioka, Yasuko Honda, Elain Soga, Leatrice Ogata, Eileen Kajiyama and Barbara Tsukamoto; and two grandchildren. Private services.

Thomas Donovan Schoen
Dec. 8, 2004
Thomas Donovan Schoen, 58, of Honolulu, an international wrestling official, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Mineola, N.Y. He is survived by sons Thomas and David, brothers Robert and Daniel, sisters Jane Lance and Elizabeth Benjamin, and two grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Hiroshi Seto
Dec. 3, 2004
Hiroshi Seto, 75, of Hilo, a retired sales manager for the former 7-Up Bottling Co. and a Korean War veteran, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Henrietta M., son Michael H., daughter Cathi L., brother Ellsworth, sisters Mona Byrne and Jane Nakano, and a grandchild. Private services. No monetary offerings.

Beatrice Shigetomi
Nov. 24, 2004
Beatrice "Bea" Shigetomi, 75, of Mililani, a retired secretary and co-owner of Island Neon, died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by son Carlton, daughter Charlyn Nishiuchi, sister Florence Limon-Miyashiro, stepsister Hilda Toshi, stepbrother Ivan Toshi and three grandchildren. Private services.

Yaeko Takata Shimabuku
Nov. 27, 2004
Yaeko Takata Shimabuku, 79, of Keaau, Hawaii, a retired Hilo Termite and Pest Control secretary, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Keaau, Hawaii. She is survived by daughters Olga Hayashi, Dale Nakayama, Velma Adviento and Lynn Ancheta; brothers Katsuto and Edward Takata; sisters Miyako Ono and Amy Scharfinski; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Private services.

Ellen Misao Shiraki
Nov. 24, 2004
Ellen Misao Shiraki, 92, of Honolulu, a retired Waikiki Grand Hotel housekeeper, died in Maunalani Nursing & Rehab Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Earl M., Roy M. and Stanley T.; brother George Iwai; sister Sueno Yoshishige; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Private services.

Robert Etuale Sua
Nov. 27, 2004
Robert Etuale Sua, 27, of Waipahu died in Waipahu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by parents Etuale and Faleupolu; hanai mother Irene Salis; brothers Jerome, Apolosio, Etuale Jr., Nelson, Alomalietoa, John, Edward and Ryan Souza; and sisters Tina "Veti," Sesilia and Emalata. Services: 10:45 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Church, Waipahu. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: noon at Sunset Memorial Park, Pearl City.

Ethel Fujie Tanaka
Dec. 10, 2004
Ethel Fujie Tanaka, 92, of Las Vegas, formerly of Hawaii, a homemaker, died in Las Vegas. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Jay Tanaka and daughter Bertha Hall. Services in Las Vegas. No monetary offerings.

Carlyn Hanaye Tomomitsu
Dec. 8, 2004
Carlyn Hanaye Tomomitsu, 48, of Honolulu died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by father Kwan K., brother Karlton and foster parents Pete and Angelica Nance. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii, 1727 Pali Highway. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire.

Takao Tsuda
Dec. 6, 2004
Takao "Bob" Tsuda, 82, of Lihue, a retired Kauai Community College instructor and World War II veteran, died in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Kipu, Kauai. He is survived by wife Alice H., daughter Siri, sons Randal and Elston, sisters Nancy Kajioka and Betsy Akama, and three grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Wednesday at Lihue Christian Church. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire.

Kin Chin Wong
Dec. 9, 2004
Kin Chin Wong, 81, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard employee, died in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in China. He is survived by son Andrew S.Q.; daughters Joyce H.C. Lau, Irene W. Choy, Mayette K.I. Goya, Edith H.W. Wong and Karen M.S. Laitila; and four grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Aloha attire.

Helen Chong Yee
Nov. 23, 2004
Helen Chong Yee, 93, of Honolulu, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Roosevelt; daughters Mildred Tong, Nora and Venus Young, and Waldene Chiang; extended family members Rose Pagdilao, Malia Utoofili and Melanie Leao; 12 grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren. Private services.

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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