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McPhee services
next Friday

Service for Roderick Fulton McPhee, former Punahou School president, will be held next Friday at Central Union Church, 1660 S. Beretania St., starting at 4 p.m.

Aloha attire is requested. In lieu of flowers or wreaths, the family asks that donations be made to the Roderick F. and Sharon McPhee Scholarship Fund at Punahou School for students in financial need.

McPhee, president of Punahou School for 26 years, died last Friday at his Manoa home due to complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 76 years old. He is survived by wife Sharon and son Dennis.

Ashes will be scattered at sea during a private service at a later date.




Barbara Joyce Graft Chun
Feb. 22, 2005
Barbara Joyce Graft Chun, 72, of Kaneohe, a retired Halawa Correctional Facility registered and public health nurse, died in Kaneohe. She was born in Vienna, Ohio. She is survived by son George V.; stepchildren Chrysanthemum Grigg, Georgenette Kam and Colleen Cortez; brother John Graft; sisters Bonita Knopp and Marilyn Stoneman; and three grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Inurnment: 10 a.m. March 12 at Diamond Head Cemetery. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Filomeno Collado DeGracia
March 1, 2005
Filomeno Collado DeGracia, 90, of Waipahu died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. He is survived by son Dr. Dioniso, daughters Teresita Angeles and Rose Choy, sister Caridad Mendoza, seven grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. tomorrow at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Burial: 10 a.m. Monday at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Richard Mamoru Fujitani
Feb. 19, 2005
Richard Mamoru "Mamo" Fujitani, 68, of Pearl City, a retired federal government electronic technician, died at home. He was born in Waipahu. He is survived by wife Lorraine; son Randy; daughter Traciann Shimabukuro; brothers James, Ralph, Kenneth and Larry; sister Sharon; and a grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 5 p.m.

Donald Masaru Hiraoka
Feb. 26, 2005
Donald Masaru Hiraoka, 76, of Lihue, a retired Tire Warehouse tire specialist, died at home. He was born in Hanamaulu, Kauai. He is survived by son Gregory; brothers Bob and Stanley; sisters Kiyoko Aoki, Tsuneko Kingman, Shigeko Yamashita and Masako Yukimura; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Burial: 1 p.m. tomorrow at Kauai Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Natsuki Iijima
Feb. 28, 2005
Natsuki Iijima, 38, of Honolulu, a self-employed writer, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Tokyo. He is survived by wife Hiroko; sons Hiro Mario, Goro Paolo and Tamaki Micah; daughter Konatsu Nani; mother Mayumi Tanaka; and brother Toshiki. Services: 5:30 p.m. today at Makiki Christian Church. Call after 4:30 p.m. Cremation to follow. No flowers.

Wauneta Marie Johns
Feb. 28, 2005
Wauneta Marie Johns, 83, of Honolulu, a retired bridal consultant and buyer, died in Honolulu. She was born in East Lake, Colo. She is survived by daughters Janet R. Woodard, Ellen M. Goff and Anita J. Johns; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Tuesday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire.

Morgan Kelley Jr.
March 1, 2005
Morgan Kelley Jr., 56, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard welder, died in St. Francis-West Hospice. He was born in Jamaica. He is survived by wife Priscilla, daughters Josephine Sparks and Cila A.B. Monson, and three grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Committal services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire.

So Dam Kim
Feb. 23, 2005
So Dam Kim of Honolulu died in Honolulu. She was born in Pyung Yang, Korea. She is survived by sons Myung Chul, Myung Chill, Myung Song and Myung Han; daughters Myung Ja and Jennifer Myung Hui; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. tomorrow at Christ United Methodist Church, 1639 Keeaumoku St. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Victoria Keola Lorenz
Feb. 27, 2005
Victoria Keola "Vicky" Lorenz, 66, of Kurtistown, Hawaii, a homemaker, died in Life Care Center of Hilo. She was born in Kailua-Kona. She is survived by sons Joseph Jr. and Victor Sr.; daughters Stevanna Sykes, Joven Russell and Tammy Sanchez; sisters Elizabeth Akau and Rebecca Jardine; 18 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 3 p.m. tomorrow at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 2 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Russell Hayden Mau Jr.
Feb. 20, 2005
Russell Hayden Mau Jr., 38, of Kahului, a Rojac Trucking Co. truck driver and Alii Leis employee, died in Kaupo, Maui. He was born in Wailuku. He is survived by daughter Kilie, parents Lydia U. and Russell H. Sr., brothers Ricky and Rory, sister Lorianna and grandparent Elizabeth Alapai. Visitation: 6-9 p.m. today at the Lord's Team Ministry. Services: 11 a.m. tomorrow at the church. Call after 9 a.m. Scattering of ashes to be held at a later date. Reception to follow services at Hawaiian Homes Community Center. Casual attire. Condolences suggested to P.O. Box 880462, Pukalani, HI 96788. Incorrect information was given in an obituary Tuesday.

Isabella Miles
Feb. 28, 2005
Isabella Miles, 88, of Kailua, a homemaker, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Melvin and Donald, sisters Margaret Gomes and Theresa Garner, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. John Vianney Church. Call after 10 a.m. Private scattering of ashes.

Takuichi Okajima
March 1, 2005
Takuichi "Taku" Okajima, 88, of Hilo, a retired welder for the former Honiron in Hilo and U.S. Army veteran who served in the 100th Battalion during World War II, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Yasuko, sons Robert and David, daughter Jeri Kimura, brother Eiichi, sisters Hanako Okamura and Janet C. Yasuda, and seven grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire.

Richard Lawrence Patterson
Feb. 19, 2005
Richard Lawrence Patterson, 85, of Ewa Beach, a teacher, died in Ewa Beach. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by former wife Shirley A., daughters Charlotte L. Wilson and Shirley C. Patterson, brother Lawrence L. and two grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. tomorrow at Scottish Rite Cathedral, 1611 Kewalo St., Honolulu. Aloha attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to Scottish Rite Children's Center.

Thelma E. Racker
Feb. 26, 2005
Thelma E. Racker, 100, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died in Honolulu. She was born in Lake Charles, La. She is survived by son Lester, daughter Jacquelyn Johnson, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Celebration of life and scattering of ashes: 8 a.m.-noon Sunday aboard the Maggie Joe at Kewalo Basin. Casual attire.

Nathan Francisco Ripa
Feb. 26, 2005
Nathan Francisco "Moki" Ripa, 46, of Kunia, a Del Monte Corp. forklift operator, died in St. Francis-West Hospice. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by wife Geraldine C.; sons Max and Kalani M.; daughters Mahela, Chastity, Tammy and Tisha A.; brothers Martin Bergonia, Reginald Remigio and Benadict and Caesar Ripa; and sisters Maria Yamada, Rose A. Bergonia and Victoria Lagpacan. Services: 11:30 a.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Richard S. Sarae
Feb. 27, 2005
Richard S. Sarae, 76, of Pearl City, a Pearl Harbor Fleet Industrial Supply Center systems analyst, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Miriam L.W., son Robert H., daughter Dawn P.K. Klausing, sisters Mildred Muranaka and Sally Peterson, and three grandchildren. Inurnment: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire. No flowers.

Selbourne Lloyd Anthony Shaw
Feb. 26, 2005
Selbourne Lloyd Anthony Shaw, also known as "Sherlock," "Shamus," "Shamrock," "Tony" and "Rasta Mon," 52, of Kahului, a Kahului Safeway clerk, died at home. He was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He is survived by sons Jay V. Hosino-Shaw and Shamari; daughters Ruby-Mae Hosino-Shaw and Nyasha and Monorah Shaw; mother of children Christie A. Hosino; brothers Linton, Noel and Winston; sisters Annette and Urasia; and three grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Sunday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 2 p.m. Casual attire.

Severina Castro Vidad
Feb. 19, 2005
Severina Castro Vidad, 78, of Waialua, a Dole Pineapple Co. employee, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Visaya, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. She is survived by husband Remigio Sr.; children Pilar Ballungay, Perlita "Ligaya" Raquel Sr. and Janet Coelho and Rolando Sr., Porfirio "Raynie," Remigio "Reggie" Jr., Edward and Dennis Vidad; sisters Natividad Tunac and Rosalina Castro; 18 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Michael Church, 67-390 Goodale Ave., Waialua. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual and aloha attire.

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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