Delbert Eugene Araujo Sr.
June 13, 2007
Delbert Eugene Araujo Sr., 79, of Hilo, a retired Hilo Municipal Golf Course superintendent and Hawaii County Police Department police officer and U.S. Marine Corps veteran, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Janet L., son Delbert E. Jr., daughters Janyce Oki and Annette Kotomori, brother Harvey and six grandchildren. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at East Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire. No flowers.
Richard E. Brun Sr.
June 15, 2007
Richard E. Brun Sr., 70, of Kalaheo, Kauai, a golf course superintendent, died in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born on Kauai. He is survived by wife Betty; son Ricky; daughters Debbie Pulawa and Peanut Aviguetero; brothers John Jr., Herbert and Francis; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Holy Cross Church in Kalaheo. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Kauai Veterans Cemetery in Hanapepe, Kauai. Casual attire.
Albert Walohan Empron
June 2, 2007
Albert Walohan "Al" Empron, 73, of Ewa Beach died in St. Francis-West Hospice. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Helen A.; sons Stephen "Steve" and Nolan; daughters Jennifer , Alana Empron and Lynette Fujimoto; sisters Josephine Floyd and Rebecca and Marcides Tavares, Evangeline Lacadan and Debonaire Akau; 14 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 91-1154 North Road, Ewa Beach. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Thomas L. Gutowski
June 12, 2007
Thomas L. Gutowski, 60, of Waianae, a retired mechanic, died in Ewa Beach. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Miriam L., mother Anne O., brothers Kipakia and Kimo, and sisters Pat, Harriet and Annetonett. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Oahu Cemetery Chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Inurnment: 11:30 a.m. at the cemetery. Casual or aloha attire.
Danford Paul Kalanilono Hanohano
June 12, 2007
Danford Paul Kalanilono Hanohano, 56, of Laie, a 7-Eleven convenience store manager and former bishop of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hauula Second Ward, died in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Blanche; sons Danford "Lono," Hans "Heremoana" and Heirama; daughter Tehani; brothers Peter Jr., Clayton, Chad and Neal; sisters Valerie Kahanu and Arlene Kahawaii; and three grandchildren. Services: noon Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hauula 3rd Ward, makai chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1:45 p.m. at Laie Cemetery. Casual attire.
Bernadette Inouye
June 14, 2007
Bernadette Inouye, 78, of Kahului, a correctional facility kitchen manager, died in Hale Makua, Kahului. She was born on Molokai. She is survived by husband Pete, daughters Dale Nakamura and Keri Inouye, brother Robert Yamamoto, sister Nancy Ribellia and two grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. tomorrow at Christ the King Church. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire.
Charmaine Ha'aheo Kaaikala-Travis
May 17, 2007
Charmaine Ha'aheo Kaaikala-Travis, 52, of Waipahu, a former FBI employee, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Lihue. She is survived by husband the Rev. John Travis Jr.; daughters Elison, Robin and Jalene Travis; stepchildren Jonnette Sylva and Sheena and David Kaina; brother Louis Kaaikala Jr.; sisters Dolores Kaaikala and Oei Lan Kahale; and eight grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Aloha attire. Flowers welcome.
Dona Edith Kaiu
June 10, 2007
Dona Edith Kaiu, 92, of Lihue, a retired aerospace company spot welder, died in Garden Isle Health Care. She was born in Minnesota. She is survived by companion William Kolo, daughter Charlona Suzuki, brother William Evans, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: noon Saturday at Kalapaki Beach Park. Call after 11 a.m.
Meyer Roland Kealoha
May 27, 2007
Meyer Roland Kealoha, 49, of Waimanalo, a mason, died in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by companion Erin M. Tagupa; sons Roland and Dane; hanai son Bradley Tagupa; daughter Rowena Kealoha-Tagupa; hanai daughter Briana Tagupa; brothers Peter Kealoha and John and William Waiamau Jr.; and sister Betty J. Waiamau. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Kaiona Beach Park, Waimanalo. Scattering of ashes: 10 a.m. Casual attire.
Chung Chiu Lam
June 16, 2007
Chung Chiu Lam, 84, of Honolulu died. He was born in Chungshan, China. He is survived by wife Bo Wing Lee, sons Peter H.C. and Howman, daughter Connie Lau and seven grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: noon at Manoa Lin Yee Chung Cemetery.
Fumiko Mabuni
June 16, 2007
Fumiko "Ellen" Mabuni, 85, of Mililani, a retired Hilo Meat Co. meat wrapper, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Pepeekeo, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Yasumori, son Clayton T., daughters Charlotte Ann H. Locke and Genevieve A. Goto, brothers Henry and Willis Yamaguchi, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. tomorrow at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
James Joseph Nobriga
June 7, 2007
James Joseph Nobriga, 83, of Ewa, a retired city refuse collector, died in Hawaii Medical Center West. He was born in Waipahu. He is survived by wife Angeline; sons James R., Charles M. and Steven J.; daughter Joan M. Rivera; sister Eleanor Fulcher; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at New Hope Chapel Waipahu, 94-050 Farrington Highway. Call after 10:30 a.m. Inurnment: 2 p.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire. No flowers.
Richard Rivera
May 26, 2007
Richard "Hapa" Rivera, 69, of Wahiawa died in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Waipahu. He is survived by wife Ellen; sons Michael and Richard; daughters Eileen Nakasone, Pamela Guerrero, Renee Mata and Sandra Rivera-Smythe; brothers Robert, Raymond, Rickey, Nicholas Jr., George and Bernard; sisters Brenda Paahana, Lorraine Taniguchi and Shirley Pinerio; 31 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Wahiawa Ward. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. Incorrect information was given in an obituary yesterday.
Richard Yoshio Shinoki
June 16, 2007
Richard Yoshio Shinoki, 77, of Kaneohe, a retired United Airlines aircraft maintenance foreman, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Amy, son Wayne, daughters Janice Bennett and Janine Clifford, and two grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Hawaii Jodoshu Mission. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Gary Yukio Shishido
June 11, 2007
Gary Yukio Shishido, 80, of Kahului, a retired Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. supervisor, died. He was born in Paia, Maui. He is survived by son Nelson, daughter Faith Leong, brothers Miles and Lawrence Shishido, and sisters Hisako Sano, Sandra Choi and Patsy Matsumura. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Nakamura Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Lorraine Ola'akalanilauloa Toyota
May 15 2007
Lorraine Ola'akalanilauloa "Makahilahila-Kia" Toyota, 71, of Waianae, a retired Oahu Correctional Community Center officer, died in Hawaii Medical Center West. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Sherman and Ezra Kolowena; daughters Lowena and Nattany Kolowena and Tessie Coyle-Kolowena; sisters ErmmaJean Yadao and Jenny K. Marshall; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Tomiyo Uyematsu
June 14, 2007
Tomiyo Uyematsu, 91, of Lihue died in Garden Isle Healthcare. She was born in Hanamaulu, Kauai. She is survived by sons Allen and Wayne; daughter Nora Uyeda; sisters Kiyoko Doi, Sueko Hamada, Yoshie Shibuya and Yaeko Teraoka; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Lihue Hongwanji. Call after 9:30 a.m. Casual attire.
Hatsuko Uyetake
June 8, 2007
Hatsuko Uyetake, 83, of Honolulu, a retired Tropicana Sportswear seamstress, died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Kobe, Japan. She is survived companion Hirakazu and sisters Yoshiko Nabeshima and Hiroko Tonegawa. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 1 p.m. Aloha attire.
Helen Yue
May 26, 2007
Helen Yue, 89, of Wahiawa died in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was born on Kauai. She is survived by sons Dennis, Elliott and Russell; brothers Stanley, Larry, Howard and Raymond Yuh; sister Ella Hong; six grandchildren; and seven grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Olive Methodist Church, 108 California Ave., Wahiawa. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: 2 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
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.