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Rev. Chester Terpstra / 1917-2007

Tranquilina Agtang Agpalza
April 14, 2007
Tranquilina Agtang Agpalza, 81, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died in Honolulu. She was born in Corba, Cagayan, Philippines. She is survived by sons Dionicio, Valeriano Jr., Romeo and Frudencio; daughters Maria Baniel, Herminia Agbayani, Violeta Domingo and Alma Bungcayao; brothers and sisters; and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Services: 9:45 a.m. Sunday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Valley of the Temples.

Thomas Barry Botelho
April 13, 2007
Thomas Barry Botelho, 62, of Honolulu, a former Oahu Roofing Co. owner, died in Convalescent Center of Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Dino and Khris, daughter Leslie Winters, eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 5 p.m. tomorrow at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 98-530 Kaahele St., Aiea. Call after 4 p.m. Inurnment: 9 a.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Hilda Puanani Bungo
April 9, 2007
Hilda Puanani "Koco" Bungo, 66, of Nanakuli, a retired Waianae Coast Culture and Arts Society office manager, died in Hawaii Medical Center West. She was born in Hawaii. She is survived by sons Earl, Vincent III and Jesse; daughters Earlyn Kamana and Jaycene Manuel; brother Jimmy Boy Van Gieson; sisters Hiwa Pae and Nettie Hoohuli; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Monday at St. Rita Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Nanakuli Homestead Cemetery.

Jack Campbell
April 14, 2007
Jack Campbell, 79, of Honolulu, a retired U.S. Navy captain, died in Honolulu. He was born in Butler, Pa. He is survived by wife Loretta, son Scott, daughters Sally Iwamoto and Susan Campbell, and two grandchildren. Services to be held Monday in National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.

Harriet Kanaha Chong
April 8, 2007
Harriet Kanaha Chong, 88, of Honolulu died in Kuakini Medical Center Hale Malama Mau. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Daniel and John, brother Hubert Kanaha, five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Helen Bo Hing Chu
April 16, 2007
Helen Bo Hing Chu, 89, of Hanapepe, Kauai, a retired American Factors Financial loan administrator, died at home. She was born in Canton, China. She is survived by sons Joseph and Henry; daughters Rosalyn Nobrega, Helene Kanahele and Josephine Greenly; 17 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren. Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Saturday at Borthwick Kauai Mortuary, 3168 Poipu Road. Services: 9 a.m. Sunday at the mortuary. Burial to follow at Hanapepe Hawaiian Cemetery. Aloha attire.

Catherine Lin Dung Conchee
April 17, 2007
Catherine Lin Dung Conchee, 97, of Honolulu, a retired seamstress, died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Pearl City. She is survived by daughters Alberta Yamada, Loretta Conchee and Juanita Tom; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Celebration of life: 11 a.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Call after 10 a.m. Private burial. Casual attire. No flowers.

Homer Dumas
April 7, 2007
Homer Dumas, 81, of Honolulu, a carpenter, masonry tile setter and U.S. Army cook and paratrooper, died at home. He was born in Thomaston, Ga. He is survived by wife Sharon B., son James E. and daughter Mary F.D. Schroeder. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church of Honolulu. Donations suggested to St. Francis Hospice, Attn: David Wo, 24 Puiwa Road, Honolulu 96817.

Liberato V. Estioko
April 8, 2007
Liberato V. "Esti" Estioko, 94, of Lomita, Calif., formerly of Kaneohe and Kailua, a retired Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station crater and packer, died in Torrance, Calif. He was born in Urdaneta, Pangasinan, Philippines. He is survived by wife Rose; sons Jeff, Albert and Vernon; 11 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and 11 a.m. Wednesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 5 p.m. Tuesday and 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Reception to follow. Committal services: 2 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.

Brian Tuilape Faiai
April 6, 2007
Brian Tuilape Faiai, 26, of Waipahu died in Hawaii Medical Center West. He was born in Pago Pago, American Samoa. He is survived by wife Nusipepa; sons Berealeanavaotaua Faiai and Malouamaua Teo; daughter Gingerleikareila Teo; mother Sindou; brothers Berea, Sitivi, Lealofi and Leone Faiai and F. Petelu Sele; sisters Belva and Mele Faiai and Tumua Sele; and grandparent Merita Maae. Services and burial in American Samoa.

Frank Gomes
April 12, 2007
Frank Gomes, 84, of Wailuku, a Wailuku Sugar Co. heavy equipment operator, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Waihee, Maui. He is survived by wife Lucitta; sons Frank Jr., Ronald M. and Nicolas P.; daughters Carmen M. Ching, Edith J. Koahou and Donna C. Gomes; and sisters Lottie Cabral, Linda Clark, Ramona Gomes, Evelyn "Honey" Ford and Clarita "Sweetie" Williams. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday at Nakamura Mortuary. Burial: 2 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Dorothy Ellen Kelsey Hunt
April 8, 2007
Dorothy Ellen Kelsey Hunt, 85, of Kaneohe, a retired pilot and instructor, died in Kaneohe. She was born in Kansas. She is survived by husband George and sister Martha Elger. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Pohai Nani Retirement Community Club Room. Aloha attire. No flowers.

George Oana Irvine
April 11, 2007
George Oana "Bags" Irvine, 85, of Kailua-Kona, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Shop 56 employee and Federal Aviation Administration employee stationed in Wake Island, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Alan C. and Clyde "Keala," daughters Georgialynn Dainard and Shelley Texeira; sisters Winifred Lum, Edith Kahakelii and Beverly Kamahele; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.

Clifford Fook Choy Jim
April 10, 2007
Clifford Fook Choy Jim, 79, of Ewa Beach, a retired U.S. Army sergeant first class who served in World War II and the Korean War and a civil service supply officer, died in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Clifford Jr., Stanley and Matt Jim and Leroy and Cajetan Sajulga; daughters Debra Householder, Caroline Paaluhi, Bobbie Kelii, Toni Respicio, Lorna Leonard, Delilah Drane, Linda Preuc and Wanda Sajulga; 34 grandchildren; and 55 great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 91-1004 North Road, Ewa Beach. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire.

Michael Wayne Keaulana
March 29, 2007
Michael Wayne Keaulana, 58, of Waianae died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Cynthia L.; sons Laine and Lance; daughter Lee "Deedee"; brothers Joseph, Samuel, Jerry, Sherwood and Hauoli Iokia and Harold Peters; sisters Debra Lawson, Josette Iokia and Velva Yamaguchi. Services: 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m.

Carolynn Sarah Latrick
April 2, 2007
Carolynn Sarah Latrick, 40, of Honolulu, a Roberts Hawaii bus driver, died. She was born in Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands. She is survived by husband Ajiel, son Michael, daughters Tanalynn and Allelynn, parents Bwia and Tome Limkadre, brothers Tony and Bradley, sisters Helenty and Kaiboke, and 15 grandchildren. Services: 10:15 a.m. Saturday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Waipahu Stake Center. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Laie Cemetery. Incorrect information was given in an obituary yesterday.

Mildred Tatekawa Mesaku
April 7, 2007
Mildred Tatekawa Mesaku, 85, of Wahiawa died in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Hawaii. She is survived by son Milton, brother Clarence Tatekawa and a grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.

John Botelho Rapozo IV
April 15, 2007
John Botelho Rapozo IV, 22, of Waimea, Kauai, who worked for the Transportation Security Administration at Lihue Airport, died in Lihue. He was born in Waimea, Kauai. He is survived by son Keola I., mother Carol Pimental, father John III, fiance Veronica Llego, brother Kainalu Gomes, sister Nona and grandparents John Rapozo Jr., Mitsue Gomes and Yvonne Carineo. Visitation: 6-9 p.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary. Services: 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Kekaha Methodist Church. Call after 1:30 p.m. Burial to follow at Hanapepe Public Cemetery. Casual attire.

Edward Alexander Stroup Jr.
April 11, 2007
Edward Alexander Stroup Jr., 51, of Volcano, Hawaii, died in Hilo. He was born in Downey, Calif. He is survived by parents Edward and Betty Lou, and sisters Dorbett Bagor and Abigail K.K. Kawananakoa. Services: 3 p.m. tomorrow at Oahu Cemetery. Call after 2 p.m. Inurnment to follow.

Myrtle Kam Hee Pang Tom
April 14, 2007
Myrtle Kam Hee Pang Tom, 94, of Honolulu, a hairdresser and Mandarin Beauty Salon, Myrtle's Beauty Salon and Hilton Hawaiian Beauty Salon owner and Moana Beauty Salon part owner, died in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Larry V. and James D.S., daughters Shirley Ann Lam and Bette Dale Lum, 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Services: 12:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Pius X Church. Call after 11:30 a.m. Burial: 2:15 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Jeannette Mitsue Toriano
April 16, 2007
Jeannette Mitsue Toriano, 74, of Hilo, a retired Naalehu Post Office mistress, died at home. She was born in Honuapu, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Edward; sons Lloyd and Ted; daughters Debra L. Yamamoto and Sharon Allcorn; brothers Rex and Ken Yamasaki; sisters Irene Kohara, Beatrice Yokomizo and Thelma Nino; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 3:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.



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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