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Felicidad Cada Barber
March 13, 2006
Felicidad Cada Barber, 83, of Fremont, Calif., a plant nursery worker, died in Fremont. She was born in Duman, Delores, Abra, the Philippines. She is survived by brothers Miliano and Hermo Cada; sisters Isha Domingo and Virginia and Isang Cada; children Erlinda Lampano, Grezelda Booth, and Billy, Agerico, Mario and Andy Barber; 13 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Visitation: 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the mortuary. Burial: noon at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

John Feliciano Bargas Sr.
March 8, 2006
John Feliciano Bargas Sr., 86, of Wahiawa, a retired roofer, died in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Dorothy; sons Timmy, John Jr., Charles and Richard; daughters Mary Doss, Caroline Bargas, Dorothy Rego and Rosemarie Kmouse; stepsons Duane and Frank Bonilla; stepdaughters Betty Ann Rodrigues and Carmen Liaga; brother Henry Riveira; sisters Emily Bonilla and Marie Ah Sing; 36 grandchildren; 95 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Cremation to follow.

Concepcion Pagaduan Ben
March 4, 2006
Concepcion Pagaduan Ben, 89, of Lanai City, died in Honolulu. She was born in Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. She is survived by nephews Michael, Gerald and Robert; and nieces Tina Salon, Nina Jimenez and Sheryl Brady. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Oahu Veterans Center, Foster Village. Call after 6 p.m. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at Lanai Union Hall. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at Lanai Catholic Church. Burial: 11:30 a.m. at Lanai Cemetery. Flowers welcome.

William Henry Brash
March 16, 2006
William Henry Brash, 67, of Kuliouou, a retired Young Brothers Ltd. maintenance worker, died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Daryl and Wade, daughter Cheryl and three grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire. Leis welcome.

Telesforo Cachola Cablay
March 7, 2006
Telesforo Cachola Cablay, 79, of Honolulu, a retired Tripler Officers Club food preparer, died in Honolulu. He was born in Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Edith; sons Renie, Edgar, Teddy, Joel and Erwin; daughter Bernadette; and six grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Tuesday at St. John's the Baptist Catholic Church, Kalihi. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery.

Felixberto Sales Calina
March 21, 2006
Felixberto Sales "Felix" Calina, 87, of Pepeekeo, Hawaii, a retired Hilo Coast Processing Co. garage parts department foreman, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Abrigail L., son Tristan Paul K.S., daughters Ivy Mae Sadamoto and Helen Gail Carter, brother Leon and six grandchildren. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Papaikou, Hawaii. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire.

Kwai Yeu Choy
March 18, 2006
Kwai Yeu Choy, 78, of Wahiawa, former owner of Wahiawa Tire Center, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Harriet; sons Glen and Kelvin; daughters Tammy and Carol; brothers Kwai Lum, Kwai Cho, Kwai Fong and Kwai Tin; sisters Lai Seu Wang and Lai Yung Kam; and four grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Barbara Lou Fedor
March 19, 2006
Barbara Lou Fedor, 75, of Volcano, Hawaii, a state Department of Health public health nurse at the Kaneohe Clinic, died in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Michael and John J., daughter Carol Shellabarger and four grandchildren. Private services. No flowers. Donations suggested to Conservation Council for Hawaii, 250 Ward Ave., #217, Honolulu 96814.

Ernest Tadashi Fujimoto
March 10, 2006
Ernest Tadashi "Ted" Fujimoto, 81, of Honolulu, a Honolulu Police Department retiree, died in Honolulu. He was born in Koloa, Kauai. He is survived by wife Florence; sons Mark, Chris and Ross; brother Herbert; sister Joyce; and two grandchildren. Private services.

Frank William Gouveia
March 18, 2006
Frank William Gouveia, 91, of Haliimaile, Maui, a retired Maui Land & Pineapple Co. trucking supervisor, died at home. He was born in Kokomo, Maui. He is survived by sons Warren and Harold, daughters Nanette Dancil and Lois Rose, brother Gilbert, 15 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Church. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 1 p.m. Friday at the church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2:30 p.m. at Maui Veterans Cemetery.

Mary Ha'alo'u Sills Gregory
March 20, 2006
Mary Ha'alo'u Sills "Aunty Mary" Gregory, 89, of Waianae, a former Honolulu Lithograph Co. employee, died in Waianae. She also worked in the state Legislature's Senate Print Shop. She was born in Wahiawa. She is survived by sons Forrest K., Wayne H. and Michael K.; daughters Sandra M.K. Peterson and Patricia J.K. Torres; brother Robert Sills; sisters Margaret "Margie" Ramsour, Agnes "Aggie" Cordeiro and Eleanor "Cupie" Muller; 20 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Fujiye Hashizume
March 15, 2006
Fujiye Hashizume, 83, of Honolulu, a retired Duty Free Shops clerk, died in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Sadanobu. No services.

John Kapua Kaimi III
March 16, 2006
John Kapua Kaimi III, 69, of Wahiawa, a Waikiki Beach Boy, Waikiki Neighborhood Board member, and state Senate Print Shop business machine operator, died in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughters Susie Miller, Lani Calixtro, and Tani and Danielle Kaimi; sister Emilie "Noe" Cummings; and four grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Oceanside services: 7:30 a.m. Saturday at the Outrigger Waikiki Hotel. Aloha attire.

Marilyn Toshiko Kainuma
March 22, 2006
Marilyn Toshiko Kainuma, 83, of Honolulu, a retired waitress at the Halekulani and Pacific Beach hotels, died in Maluhia Hospital. She was born in Lahaina. She is survived by son Morris T., daughter Karen S. and brother Henry Nakamura. Services: 2 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Myra Kalei Apo Chai Kala'i
March 14, 2006
Myra Kalei Apo Chai Kala'i, 84, of Kailua, a retired legal clerk, died in Kailua. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by husband Daniel, son Danson, sisters Shirley Kaleikini and Geraldine Brown, brother Calvin Chai, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at St. John Vianney Catholic Church, Kailua. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Mary Yun Yin Tson Kamai
March 18, 2006
Mary Yun Yin Tson Kamai, 80, of Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaii, an Interim Personnel Pool secretary and accountant, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Kapaau, Kohala, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Kalfred C.Y. and Roderick C.S. Au, and William N.K. Kamai III; daughter Mary P.; brother Joseph Tson; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Dodo Mortuary Chapel, Hilo. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Chiyo Miyoko Kokubun
March 10, 2006
Chiyo Miyoko Kokubun, 99, of Honolulu, co-owner of Palama Watch Store, died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Ewa. She is survived by sons Ernest T. and Walter K., daughter Esther K. Tanaka and two grandchildren. Private services.

William Bruce Lane Sr.
March 22, 2006
William Bruce Lane Sr., 89, of Kailua, a railroad machinist, died in Kailua. He was born in Brooklet, Ga. He is survived by son William B. Jr., brother J.W., sister Gladys Mae Thomas, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 160 Mookua St., Kailua. Aloha attire. Donations suggested to Windward Adventist School.

Alexander Antone Lopes Sr.
March 23, 2006
Alexander Antone Lopes Sr., 94, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard crane operator, died in Oahu Care Home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Alexander Jr. and Leonard H., daughters Cecilia A. Nombris and Wailani Lopes, and numerous grandchildren, great- grandchildren, great-great- grandchildren and great-great-great-grandchildren. Visitation: 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Graveside services: 11 a.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Doris Keonaona Louis-Heneralau
March 18, 2006
Doris Keonaona Louis-Heneralau, 74, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Sonny; sons Gregory and Hansen Nakahara; daughter Leona Nakahara; brothers Peter, Edmund and Arthur Louis; sister Harriet Leong; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at St. John the Baptist Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.

Charles K. Mahoe Sr.
March 8, 2006
Charles K. Mahoe Sr., 90, of Honolulu, a retired Hawaii Sugar Planters Association field engineer, died in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Charles K. Jr. and Stanley Mahoe, Jerome Werner, and Joseph, Norman and Melvin Goo; daughters Barbara Goo, Ernestine Akeo, Elizabeth Lanoza and Levinia Woo; 30 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren. Services held.

Victor Glenn Medina
March 17, 2006
Victor Glenn Medina, 50, of Hawaiian Beaches, Pahoa, Hawaii, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughter Christine Bennett, mother Adeline M., brother Matthew and sister Sandra Bailey. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: noon at Alae Cemetery. Casual attire.

Suehiro Ofuji
March 15, 2006
Suehiro Ofuji, 50, of Honolulu, a Sushi King sushi chef, died at home. He was born in Fukuoka, Japan. He is survived by son Nicholas; daughters Sharlene Ofuji and Robyn DeMello; brothers Tomohiro, Yasuhiro, Kunihiro and Takehiro; sisters Yoshiko and Toshiko; and a grandchild. Private services.

Tatsue Ogata
March 15, 2006
Tatsue Ogata, 87, of Honolulu, a retired seamstress, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Kau, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Ray N., son Brian H., brother Sadashi Ohara, sisters Isomi Kawasaki and Fujie Yoshizawa, and a grandchild. Private services. No monetary offerings.

Tadao Otsuji
March 14, 2006
Tadao "Joe" Otsuji, 87, of Honolulu, an ironworker, died at home. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by sons Wallace and Clyde; daughter Karen Totoki; sisters Aiko Sukimoto, Yaeko Kobayashi and Masako Ito; and eight grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Oahu Cemetery Chapel.

Ceferino Pascua
Feb. 27, 2006
Ceferino "Efrain" Pascua, 98, of Honolulu, a retired rice farmer, died in Honolulu. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sons Conrado, Diego and Efren Jr.; daughters Veronica Tumamao, Magdalena Gungab, Leonida Cabel, Lourdes Tabon and Leticia Bareng; brother Valentin; 23 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Holy Family Catholic Church. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Philomena Catholic Church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Valley of the Temples.

Alfredo M. Perez
March 16, 2006
Alfredo M. Perez, 70, of Kailua, died in Center for Aging. He was born in California. He is survived by daughters Linda Piimauna and Rosanne Perez, and five grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Graveside services: 11:30 a.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.

Irene Ah Sing Peterson
March 10, 2006
Irene Ah Sing Peterson, 92, of Brooklyn, N.Y., formerly of Hilo, a retired registered nurse in Brooklyn and for Hilo Memorial Hospital, died in Brooklyn. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by sister Evelyn and hanai sons Vincent and Richard Criscuola. Mass: 10 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hilo. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park, Section 5, Hilo. Casual attire.

Clara E. Putzulu
March 14, 2006
Clara E. Putzulu, 81, of Wahiawa, died in Kaiser Medical Center, Moanalua. She was born in Kawailoa, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Anthony, Paul and Salvatore Jr.; daughters Ann Campbell and GeriLynn Waites; sisters Agnes Paz and Geraldine Franks; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 1403 California Ave., Wahiawa. Call after 9:30 a.m. Committal services: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery . Aloha attire.

Anselmo Quillayen Sr.
March 23, 2006
Anselmo "Ansing" Quillayen Sr., 78, of Lahaina, a Pioneer Mill Co. labor truck operator, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by children Ash Rodrigues Jr. and Anselmo Jr., Effren and Michael Quillayen; brother Susing; nine grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Norman's Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Maui Veterans Cemetery.

Kaoru Sakai
March 16, 2006
Kaoru Sakai, 77, of Hilo, a carpenter, died in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Amy Y., sons Leslie and Russell, daughters Carol Lombardi and Grace Uehana, and six grandchildren. Private services.

Brian Ronald Sanchez Sr.
March 21, 2006

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Brian Ronald Sanchez Sr., 49, of Ewa Beach, a foreman, plumber and Army civilian employee at Schofield Barracks, died in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Rachelle V., sons Brian R. Jr. and Brandyn, daughters Dawn Hernandez and April Sanchez, father John Jr., brothers John W. and Milton, sisters Debbie Sanchez-Gibbs and Sharleen Sanchez, and two grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 10:30 a.m. Aloha attire.

Michael Santos
March 4, 2006
Michael "Mikey" Santos, 19, of Ewa Beach, died in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Suffolk, England. He is survived by father Robert, mother Michelle Hashimoto-Santos, brother Christopher, grandparents Frederick M. and Barbara E. Santos, and Willard Sr. and Mary Ann Hashimoto, and step-grandparent Emily. Services: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Mass: 9:45 a.m. Wednesday at Immaculate Conception Church, 91-1298 Renton Road, Ewa. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Kyoichi Sugiyama
March 14, 2006
Kyoichi Sugiyama, 73, of Pearl City, a retired Hawaiian Telephone Co. electronic technician, died in Kapiolani Medical Center, Pali Momi. He was born in Pearl City. He is survived by wife Joyce M.; son Dean K.; daughter Amy K. Furutani; brothers Wilbert, Mitsuyoshi, Tadashi and Masaharu; sisters Jean Kansaku, Hazel Hirata, and Aiko and Sara Sugiyama; and three grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire.

Emilio T. Sumabat
March 17, 2006
Emilio T. Sumabat, 86, of Wailuku, a Hyatt Hotel houseman, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Butobot, Magsingal, Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Paula T.; children Amelia Riglos and Ernesto, Manolito and Michael Sumabat; brother Florendo; sister Patrocinia Ragamat; 11 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Norman's Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Saint Anthony Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Maui Veterans Cemetery, Makawao. Casual attire.

Holly Emi Takara
March 18, 2006
Holly Emi Takara, 39, of Honolulu, a Board of Water Supply civil engineer, died in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by parents Howard K. and Jane A., brother Ethan, hanai sister Robyn Ishisaka and grandparent Haruko. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Faapalafu A. Tauanuu

March 15, 2006

Faapalafu A. Tauanuu, 65, of Honolulu, died at home. She was born in Western Samoa. She is survived by sons Vao J. and Toiva Jr.; daughters Asotolu Julie and Tapuitea Helen; brothers Iosia, Poufitu and Solomona Tuia; 19 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Sunset Memorial Park.

Edith Tsuyuko Yamamoto
March 22, 2006
Edith Tsuyuko Yamamoto, 66, of Pearl City, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband George A.; sons Greg A., Michael D. and Roy I.; daughters Leanne Kato and Terry L. Sasano; brothers Paul and Raymond Matsumoto; sisters Marjorie Moriji and Barbara Tyau; and three 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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