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Agnes Kealohaokalani Kamakawiwoole O Kamehameha Akahi Akau
March 25, 2005
Agnes Kealohaokalani Kamakawiwoole O Kamehameha Akahi Akau, 76, of Honolulu died in Palolo Chinese Home. She was born in Paauhau, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Samuel K. Jr.; sons Randall H., Ronald L. and Roddy K.; brothers Abraham and Reynolds K.O.K. Akahi; sister Gwendollyn Yamamoto; 11 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 1 p.m. Aloha attire.

Blossom Mokihana Choy
April 2, 2005
Blossom Mokihana Choy, 71, of Nanakuli, a retired Ilikai Hotel employee, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by children Ashlyn, Avery, Jarrett, Jordan and Ally Choy, Paulette Dibibar and Alane Villamor; sister Violet Alfapada; 16 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Aloha attire.

David Kalanikapu Copp Jr.
March 25, 2005
David Kalanikapu Copp Jr., 80, of Kaneohe, a retired Honolulu Police Department police officer, died in Kailua. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Jeanette; sons David III, Paul and Guy; daughters Charlene Kiyabu and Mona Nakihei; sisters Elsie and Ethel; 11 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.

Olivia Barbara Dilda
March 24, 2005
Olivia Barbara Dilda, 71, of Honolulu, a former Kuakini Medical Center licensed practical nurse, died in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Eugene; sons Steven and Michael; daughters Donna Fa'ainuinu, Patricia Hoe and Kathy Abbley; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: noon Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at the cemetery. Aloha attire.

David Keiliuli Dotimas
March 31, 2005
David Keiliuli Dotimas, 56, of Eleele, Kauai, an Olokele Sugar Co. truck driver, died in Kekaha, Kauai. He was born in Waimea, Kauai. He is survived by sons David K. Jr. and Kalin K. Dotimas and Jon K. Bonachita; mother Helen K.; brothers Gilbert, Mark, Tony and Jerome; sisters Eileen Farias, Gloria Callejo and Gladys and Avis Dotimas; and two grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. tomorrow at Garden Island Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Hanapepe Public Cemetery. Additional information for an obituary printed yesterday.

Leticia Rabago Eugenio
March 26, 2005
Leticia Rabago Eugenio, 52, of Honolulu, a Convention Center and ABC Stores mailing department employee and Liliha Bakery salesclerk, died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Ablan, Burgos, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. She is survived by sons Leandro R. "Tonton" and Leichelle J.R.; parents Paulino and Josefa Rabago; brothers Romeo, Paterno, Joselino, Emmanuel and Alex Rabago; sisters Corazon Garalde, Fidela "Ludy" Batoon, Mercedes "Mercy" Manligot, Belma "Rose" Rabago and Marisa Bumagat; and a grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Burial to be held in the Philippines.

Kilimi Foafoa
March 27, 2005
Kilimi Foafoa, 69, of Pearl City, a homemaker, died in Pearl City Nursing Home. She was born in Ofu Manua, American Samoa. She is survived by sons Aliipule, Iosua, Perosi, Mealii and Uini; daughters Pule Payne and Kilimi Ufiufi; brothers Malaetia, Simolea and Tiai Niumata and Mao Tauili'ili; sisters Puni Logoituau and Siuupolu Tafaoa; 15 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Monday at Bethel Assembly of God. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Sunset Memorial Park.

Kee Fook Fong
March 24, 2005
Kee Fook Fong, 86, of Waipahu, a retired Fort Shafter motor pool auto mechanic and inspector, died in St. Francis-West Hospice. He was born in Kapaa, Kauai. He is survived by sisters Gwendolyn Hughes and Cecilia Fong, and caregiver Judy Sajot. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Our Lady of the Mount Catholic Church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.

Philomena Franco
April 4, 2005
Philomena Franco, 94, of Kahului, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Hawaii. She is survived by children Elaxie Citra, Adeline Soon, Steven Franco, Vi Phillips-Hall and Theresa Jarnesky; 19 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at church cemetery. Casual attire.

Vailolo Fualii Gico
March 31, 2005
Vailolo Fualii Gico, 82, of Mililani, a homemaker, died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in Tutuila, American Samoa. She is survived by son Lucky S. Yandall; daughters Georgina M. Baptiste, Ruth La S. Maxwell and Shirlie V. Kotomaitacirua; sister Emma Stanley; 12 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Trinity Missionary Baptist Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Marianne Antonie Koch Horowitz
April 2, 2005
Marianne Antonie Koch Horowitz, 85, of Honolulu, a retired registered nurse, died in Honolulu. She was born in Mainz Rhine, Germany. She is survived by hanai sons Stephen Saul and Dominic Lamberti; stepdaughters Alice Saul and Lynda Lawson; hanai daughters Krisan, Jessica, Selena and Krista Lamberti; and hanai sister Ellen Steinhart. Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday at Oahu Cemetery. Casual attire.

Martha Patricia Kaili
April 5, 2005
Martha Patricia Kaili, 64, of Wailuku died at home. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by brother Leonard, sisters Geraldine and Veronica, and two grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Monday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Cremation to follow. Mass: 9 a.m. Tuesday at St. Anthony Church. Private scattering of ashes to follow.

Irene Chung Kee
April 5, 2005
Irene Chung Kee, 91, of Honolulu died. She was born in Canton, China. She is survived by sons Lawrence, Melvin and Francis; daughter Edith Eng Tow; 16 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. Services: 9 a.m. Monday at Nuuanu Memorial Park and Mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 10:30 a.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Albert C.K. Kim
March 18, 2005
Albert C.K. "Dutchy" Kim, 88, of Mililani, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard general foreman shipwright, died. He was born in Koloa, Kauai. He is survived by son Eldon, daughters Gloria J. Yoshikami and Alison K. Raymond, six grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Private services. Donations suggested to Olive United Methodist Church, 108 California Ave., Wahiawa, HI 96786.

Calvin Makoko Maka Jr.
March 30, 2005
Calvin Makoko "Bo" Maka Jr., 57, of Honolulu, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Bonnie V.; sons Richard, Jeff and Kawika; daughter Jeanelle; and 14 grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary, 20 S. Kukui St. Call after 5 p.m. Cremation to follow. Scattering of ashes to be held at a later date.

Wayne Kazunori Miyata
March 21, 2005
Wayne Kazunori Miyata, 63, of Hermosa Beach, Calif., a surfer, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughter Tava M. Stanford, former wife Mary, parents Wallace and Hiroko, brother Gavien and sisters Charlotte DeWitt and Allen Novak. Services: 3:30 p.m. tomorrow at Waikiki Beach, fronting Outrigger Waikiki. Celebration of life to follow at Duke's. In lieu of flowers, donations suggested to the Surfrider Foundation (call 800-743-7873 or visit https://host.trustcommerce.com/surfrider/donation. htm) or the National Foundation for Cancer Research (call 800-321-2873 or visit www.nfcr. org).

Keith Shigeto Nakamoto
April 2, 2005
Keith Shigeto Nakamoto, 51, of Honolulu, a bartender, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughters Robyn and Keilyn, stepmother Avis, hanai mother Rose Miyamoto and a grandchild. Services: 5 p.m. Monday at Harris United Methodist Church.

Veneida Beverly Pare
March 28, 2005
Veneida Beverly Pare, 80, of Los Gatos, Calif., died in Kealakekua, Hawaii. She was born in McCleary, Wash. She is survived by sons Randy and Mark, daughter Marsha Parham, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services held.

Leonardo Manalastas Simbajon
March 24, 2005
Leonardo Manalastas Simbajon, 67, of Ewa Beach, a retired maintenance worker, died in Ewa Beach. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Delia, sons Noel and Nelson, brother Louisito and three grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Valley of the Temples.

Hiroko Ito Tanaka
April 4, 2005
Hiroko Ito Tanaka, 82, of Honolulu died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Sacramento, Calif. She is survived by daughters Elaine Tanaka and Skye Smith; brothers Frank, George and Raymond Ito; sister Reiko Osaki; three grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Graveside services: 1 p.m. Tuesday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.

Seikichi Uehara
March 31, 2005
Seikichi Uehara, 54, of Wahiawa, an Aloha State Tour and Transportation dispatcher and driver, died in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Oroku, Okinawa, Japan. He is survived by wife Puanani, sons Tad and Keoni, daughter Tammy, mother Chiyoko, sister Tomiko Iturralde and four grandchildren. Private services.

Fusako Umano
March 20, 2005
Fusako Umano, 98, of Haleiwa died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Waialua. She is survived by son Raymond Y.; daughter Irene F. Abraham; sisters Nanae Kawashima, Evelyn Yamakawa, Yaeno Hirai and Tokiko Sasaki; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Private services.

Dorothy Jane Wildman
April 2, 2005
Dorothy Jane Wildman, 96, of Lihue died in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born in Port Orchard, Wash. She is survived by son Grant, daughters Marjorie Mackay and Joyce Lande, sister Rhoda Hovde, 12 grandchildren, numerous great-grandchildren, numerous great-great-grandchildren and a great-great-great-grandchild. Services to be held at a later date.

Masaaki Yamagata
April 1, 2005
Masaaki Yamagata, 89, of Makawao, Maui, died in Hale Makua, Kahului. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by sons David, Dennis and Carl; daughter Faith Ito; brothers Susumu, Satoru and Setsu; sisters Ellen Kawahakui, Louise Uchiyama and Jean Shimizu; 15 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Private services. No flowers. No monetary offerings.

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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