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Ellis Larue Adams
April 13, 2005
Ellis Larue Adams, 52, of Honolulu, an automobile mechanic, died in Honolulu. He was born in Benton, Pa. He is survived by wife Carmen; daughters Denise Worcester and Laraine and Tara Ci Adams; mother Sarah Ford; and sisters Ann, Martha, Donna and Bonnie. Services: 2 p.m. tomorrow at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.

Mabel Likelike Lucas Davis
April 11, 2005
Mabel Likelike Lucas Davis, 86, of Honolulu, a retired University of Hawaii Student Health Services nurse, died in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Allan H., son Allan H. Jr., daughters Likelike Davis-Nutt and Kaiulani Nelson, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Oahu Cemetery. Call after 9 a.m.

Socorro Hernandez Domondon
April 13, 2005
Socorro Hernandez Domondon, 84, of Honolulu died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Bangar, La Union, the Philippines. She is survived by sons Alfredo Sr., Gerardo, Rolando, Ricardo, Antonio and Constante; daughters Regina Simon, Susima Laguna and Barbara Cacho; 24 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Mass: 7 p.m. April 28 at St. John the Baptist Church. Call after 6 p.m. Burial to be held at a later date in the Philippines.

Margarita Fernandez
April 10, 2005
Margarita Fernandez, 63, of Kekaha, Kauai, a Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital housekeeper, died in Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Enrique Sr., son Enrique Jr., daughter Marites Zina, brothers Eduardo and Ermelino Avila, sisters Estelita Tabangcura and Magdalena Cortez, and a grandchild. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Theresa's Church in Kekaha. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Kekaha Public Cemetery.

Norman Minoru Fujii
April 14, 2005
Norman Minoru Fujii, 58, of Honolulu, a retired U.S. Post Office mail carrier, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Kyle and daughter Jana Koerte. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Memorial Park and Mortuary. Casual attire.

Melvin Leslie Ho
April 2, 2005
Melvin Leslie Ho, 70, of Aiea died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Holly H.; sons David, Shawn J., Shenan P., Shane J. and Shiloh S.; daughter Serene C. Kanae; brother Edmund C.Y.; and six grandchildren. Mass: 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire.

Shinji Ikeda
April 16, 2005
Shinji "Shun" Ikeda, 80, of Pahoa, Hawaii, a retired farm manager for the former Puna Fruit Packers, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Kapoho, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Janet, sons Leighton S. and Layne M., daughter Phyllis I. Nakamura, sisters Matsuko Honda and Ayako Takahashi, and four grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. tomorrow at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire.

Juan Aradanas Jacobe
March 20, 2005
Juan Aradanas Jacobe, 81, of Ewa Beach, a retired sugar plantation laborer, died in Honolulu. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Asteria, daughters Cherelyn and Wienee Jacobe, and sister Francisca Tomacder. Mass: 7 p.m. Friday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Call after 6 p.m. Services: 9 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 10 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.

Arman Bernard Johnson
April 13, 2005
Arman Bernard Johnson, 44, of Kona, Hawaii, formerly of Hilo, a social service employee, licensed massage therapist, athletic trainer and former disc jockey, died. He was born in Seattle. He is survived by mother Vivian Rauls; hanai mother Jeanette Bader; brothers Chester and Brian; hanai brothers Steven, Shane, Vaughn and Vance Bader; sister Leah McElroy; and hanai family Sam and Dee Dee Wana and Shane, Kelden and Vince P. Ogawa and Glenn-Dee Kuwawa. Services: 5 p.m. tomorrow at Wailoa State Park big pavilion in Hilo. Additional services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Solid Rock Ministries in Kona.

William Henry Kalilikane Jr.
April 9, 2005
William Henry Kalilikane Jr., 43, of Waianae, a Tripler Army Medical Center computer operator, died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by father William Sr., mother Alma and sister Kelly. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Nanaikapono Protestant Church. Call after 9 a.m. Cremation to follow.

Margaret Christina Watson Kealohanui
April 3, 2005
Margaret Christina Watson Kealohanui, 60, of Waianae died in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Raphael R. II; son Raphael R. IV; daughters Odelia K. Kealoha and Rachel K. Beltran; brothers Bill Kaneakalau and David and Hiram Watson; sisters Agnes and Ruth Watson and Annie Sotelo; and eight grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. tomorrow at Mililani Memorial Park and Mortuary, mauka chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Aloha attire.

Katherine K.S. Kim
April 16, 2005
Katherine K.S. Kim, 88, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Harold and Harrison; daughters Marsha Onaga and Johanna Kim; brother Milton Lau; sisters Doris Ching, Colleen Ng, Bernice Gan and Dorna Layer; 11 grand- children; 12 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. today at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Burial: 10 a.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Leslie Wray Kim
April 8, 2005
Leslie Wray "Shorty" Kim, 49, of Halawa died in Kapiolani Medical Center, Pali Momi. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brothers Darryl and Leonard, and sisters Darylynn Willette, Lori Kim, Wendie Kim-Acierto, Wynnett George, Eraldine Choy-Kim and Eralynn Kim-Murillo-Arellano. Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Waianae Shield of Faith Christian Ministry. Call after 5 p.m. For more information, call the family at 429-5192. Incorrect information was given in an obituary Sunday.

Michael Lee Kaleokalani Larinaga
April 16, 2005
Michael Lee Kaleokalani Larinaga, 32, of Honolulu, formerly of Waimanalo, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by parents Leroy M. Larinaga and Linda Gayle K. Kaimikaua, brother Leroy M. Jr., and sisters Cheryl A. Borges and Sherrie L. Kunishige. Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kaneohe Stake Center. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: noon at Valley of the Temples. Aloha attire.

David Aea Leialoha III
March 30, 2005
David Aea Leialoha III, 45, of Honolulu died in Honolulu. He was born in El Paso, Texas. He is survived by wife Christine; sons David E. and Christopher; daughter Iwalani-Kamaka O'kalani; mother Lena H.; brothers Joseph Leialoha, John Dequire and Harold Stewart; sisters Bertha, Sylvia and Healani R. Leialoha and Lena Thompson; and two grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Sunday at Japanese Seventh-day Adventist Church. Call after 9 a.m. Graveside services: 11 a.m. Monday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Incorrect information was given in an obituary yesterday.

James Robert Manaolanaikanaauao Makekau
April 13, 2005
James Robert Manaolanaikanaauao Makekau, 16, of Pukalani, Maui, died in Maalaea Maui. He was born on Oahu. He is survived by father Robert K.; mother Karen "Kalena" Dougher; sister Tori D. Olaitiman; grandparents James M. Makekau, Thomas Dougher Sr. and Victoria Mendoza; and great-grandparents Narciso Mendoza and Anna Dougher. Visitation: 6-9 p.m. Friday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Waiola Church. Call after 10 a.m. Cremation to follow. Aloha attire.

Hanako Mashino
April 15, 2005
Hanako Mashino, 91, of Wailuku, a Maui Land & Pineapple trimmer/packer, died at home. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by son Alan "Dana," brother Masao "Nancy," four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Nakamura Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Reception: 11 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Herman W. Matthews
April 7, 2005
Herman W. Matthews, also known as "Matt" and "Uncle John," 66, of Hauula, a DWS Inc. maintenance services project manager and U.S. Marine Corps veteran, died in Honolulu. He was born in Clinton, N.C. He is survived by wife Tina; children Tina-May, Kristina, Pierre, Herman M., Zena, Zachary and Levi Holt-Matthews; and sister Joyce Dowd. Services: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Kahuku United Methodist Church, 56-449 Kamehameha Highway. Call after 5 p.m. Graveside services: 10 a.m. next Wednesday at Valley of the Temples. Aloha attire.

Antonio Medina
April 14, 2005
Antonio "Tony" Medina, 79, of Omao, Kauai, a Lihue Plantation equipment operator, died at home. He was born on Kauai. He is survived by wife Mabel Y., stepsons Steven and Milton Yamase, stepdaughter Laurie Sloan, hanai daughter Antonette, five sisters, 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick/Kauai Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire.

Pedro Mendoza Jr.
April 10, 2005
Pedro "Pete" Mendoza Jr., 63, of Honolulu, a retired Albers Milling Co. supervisor and former Waikiki Broiler employee, died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Rachel-Ann; daughters Shelly-Ann Tassill and Malisa-Ann Lono; parents Helen and Jim Daly; brothers Justin, Ben, Edwin, Stanford and Ernest; sisters Linda Delapena, Ellen Peleras and Sylvia Medeiros; and five grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Sunday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at the cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers.

Helen Rodrigues Pagan
April 14, 2005
Helen Rodrigues Pagan, 79, of Honolulu died in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Koloa, Kauai. She is survived by husband Raymond C. Sr.; sons Raymond C. Jr., Leroy J., Robert A. and Richard L.; daughter Marlinda Nakasone; brothers James M. Sr. and Richard M. Sr.; sister Nora Vegas; 14 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Services: 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 3:30 p.m. Additional services: 11:30 a.m. Monday at the mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:45 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Richard Yoshio Tanaka
April 11, 2005
Richard Yoshio Tanaka, 92, of Ewa, a retired Oahu Sugar carpenter shop foreman, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Melvin Y., daughters Katherine N. Hall and Yvonne M. Dunsworth, sister Nancy K. Okuno, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire.

John Vidinha Sr.
April 16, 2005
John Vidinha Sr., 90, of Kekaha, Kauai, a Gay & Robinson employee and Vidinha's Feed Store proprietor, died in Hale Kapuna. He was born in Kalaheo, Kauai. He is survived by sons John M. Jr., Michael, Wayne Sr., Harold and Leslie "Chala"; daughter Rose Dahle; brother Ernest; 18 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Theresa's Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Kauai Memorial Gardens in Lihue. Casual attire.

Herbert Wong
April 17, 2005
Herbert Wong, 81, of Kapaa, Kauai, a Kam's Express truck driver, died in Mahelona Samuel Memorial Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughters Bernadette W. Rowe and Regina L. Wong; brothers William "Billy," George and Clarence; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. tomorrow at Kauai Veterans Cemetery in Hanapepe, Kauai. Casual attire.

Ferrine Mapuana Yip Chow
April 16, 2005
Ferrine Mapuana Yip Chow, 51, of Makawao, Maui, died at home. She was born in Puunene, Maui. She is survived by companion Philibert Freitas, son Wyatt A.K. Freitas and brother James Yip Chow. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Private burial. Casual 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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