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Wai Ching Wong Au
Aug. 24, 2005
Wai Ching Wong Au, 63, of Honolulu, a seamstress, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in China. She is survived by husband Koon Sung, son Tony, daughters Tammy Lee and Amy Tashiro, and seven grandchildren. Visitation: 9:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Taoist services. Burial: 1 p.m. at Valley of the Temples.

Ursula K. Pirl Foutts
Aug. 23, 2005
Ursula K. Pirl Foutts, 88, of Honolulu, a Kaiser Medical Center nurse, died in Honolulu. She was born in Glogau, Germany. She is survived by sons Jorg and Andreas Pirl, daughter Rosemarie McElhaney, sisters Zita Rostek and Brigitte Kurtze, 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Private services. No monetary gifts. Donations suggested to Hawaiian Humane Society.

Ruth Ah Lin Hale
Aug. 22, 2005
Ruth Ah Lin "Keahi" Hale, 89, of Honolulu died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Kenneth L. and Larry W.; daughters Odetta M. Lacayanga and Viola P. Dela Cruz; sisters Ah Lan Ah Mai, Helen Ford and Evelyn Padeken; 21 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Nuuanu Memorial Park and Mortuary, east chapel. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Harry Naoto Kawamoto
Aug. 18, 2005
Harry Naoto "Naro" Kawamoto, 79, of Honolulu, a retired federal government civil service employee in Okinawa, Japan, died in Hale Nani Rehabilitation and Nursing Facility. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Yoshiko, son Floyd T., daughters Amy H. and Debbie A., brothers George S. and Clarence O., and two grandchildren. Services: noon Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Tomeko Koshi
Aug. 22, 2005
Tomeko Koshi, 96, of Captain Cook, Kona, Hawaii, a school cafeteria manager and Kona Hospital cook, diet at home. She also was a coffee and mac nut farmer, baker and dressmaker. She was born in Kurtistown, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Junichi, Harry and Lorrin; hanai son Jerry; daughter Jean Firebaugh; sister Yuriko; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Saturday at Kona Hongwanji Mission. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire.

Daniel Nakoa Napuunoa
Aug. 13, 2005
Daniel Nakoa "Uncle Dan" Napuunoa, 83, of Waianae died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born on Maui. He is survived by wife Agnes F.M. "Aunty Aggie"; sons Rocky W. "Jimmy," Dan "Yala" and Naune Napuunoa and Frank "Beaver" Mendiola III; brother Joseph Nakoa; 12 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Aloha attire.

Charles Jitsumi Okimoto
Aug. 25, 2005
Charles Jitsumi Okimoto, 87, of Waimanalo, a retired vegetable farmer, died in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Lily Y.; sons Dean and Roy; daughter Linda Kato; brothers Shigeru and George; sisters Chiyoko Nakamura, Kay Hironaka and Lillian Kaneshiro; and two grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 2 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Yoshie Oyama
Aug. 18, 2005
Yoshie Oyama, 91, of Honolulu, a retired private housekeeper, died at home. She was born in Honomu, Hawaii. She is survived by son Ted, brother Suenobu Makino, caregiver Pat, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire.

Doris Shizue Saito
Aug. 18, 2005
Doris Shizue Saito, 84, of Wahiawa, a retired Iliahi Elementary School cook, died in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Ronald K. and Glenn T., sisters Asako Kimura and Dorothy Kawate, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Laurito Panoy Semetara
Aug. 15, 2005
Laurito Panoy Semetara, also known as "Crispin" and "Larry," 81, of Ewa Beach, died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born in Papaikou, Hawaii. He is survived by sons L. Gabriel, Laurito Jr., Millard, Hector and Edmund; daughters Aster, Wellen and Lusil; sister Ignacia "Lucy" Garcia; companion Georgia; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Visitation: 6-9 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Services: 9 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Stanley B. Tabura Sr.
Aug. 23, 2005
Stanley B. Tabura Sr., 91, of California, formerly of Hawaii, a retired painter, died. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Fortunata; sons Stanley Jr., Jonathan "Dicky" and David; and daughters Dolores Pfligenstofer, Grace Garner and Patricia Keresom. Services to be held in Grand Terrace, Calif.

Hisa Yamamoto
Aug. 18, 2005
Hisa Yamamoto, 101, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Japan. She is survived by daughters Ethel T., Harriet M., Barbara T. and Helen M. Yamamoto and Maris H. Terada; 12 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Private services.