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Ruth Roselani Kelley Aki
April 25, 2008
Ruth "Aunty Honey" Roselani Kelley Aki, 84, of Waianae died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Rodney Sr.; daughters Malinda Lou Kapaona, Tylette Hun, Penny Wilna Speer and Naomi Aki; brothers Clinton Yoshikawa and Christopher Kekipi; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Monday at 1st Assembly of God, 3400 Moanalua Road. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire.

Nora Margaret Horn
May 3, 2008
Nora Margaret Horn, 99, of Kaneohe, a retired Bishop Trust secretary, died in Kaneohe. She was born in San Francisco. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Shizue K. Inouye
April 20, 2008
Shizue K. Inouye, 91, of Pearl City died in St. Francis Hospice West. She was born in Waipahu. She is survived by son Douglas, daughters Ann Kon and Carol Hirata, hanai daughter Sister Michaeleen Cabral, brothers Katsuji and Isamu Kawamura, six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Private services.

Elliott William Keliipookalani Kamaka
April 30, 2008
Elliott William Keliipookalani Kamaka, 70, of Waianae, a retired painter and U.S. Marine Corps veteran, died in Waianae. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by sons Gregory and Darrell Del Mundo, Richard and John Takayama, Cranston Kamaka and Paul and George Barber; hanai son Paul Fernandez; daughters Paulette Soon, Deborah Raposa, Pauline Orpilla, Belinda Ahina, Roxanne Takayama, Theodosia Tolentino and Leiona Balalio; brothers Howard, Cranston, William and Jonathan; sister Patricia Kamaka; 46 grandchildren; and 65 great-grandchildren. Wake services: 6:30 p.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary, mauka chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Burial: 1 p.m. Tuesday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery of the Pacific. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Leatrice Fujie Kinoshita
May 1, 2008
Leatrice Fujie Kinoshita, 88, of Kaneohe, a homemaker, died in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Glen and Clifton, and daughters Joyce Masui, Wilma Ishiara and Faye Nakaeuni. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Koboji Shingon Mission.

Ann Rebecca Malo
April 19, 2008
Ann Rebecca Malo, 66, of Honolulu, formerly of Norwich and New London, Conn., and Boston, died. She was born in Massachusetts. She is survived by husband Makia, mother Edith Grant, brother Andrew Grant and sisters Betsy Durham and Amy Vender. Memorial services: 7 p.m. Friday at the Church of the Crossroads, 1212 University Ave. Private scattering. Additional information for an obituary that was published April 22.

Phyllis Umeko Morita Matsunaga
May 5, 2008
Phyllis Umeko Morita Matsunaga, 95, of Honolulu died. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sisters Myrtle Shizue Nanbara, Mae Misue Oyadomari, Janet Kikue Tanaka and Evelyn Chiyome Mitchell. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Ann Murdoch
May 5, 2008
Ann Murdoch, 70, of Hot Springs, Ark., formerly of Kaneohe, a retired Mokapu Elementary School special-education teacher, died in Hot Springs, Ark. She was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She is survived by husband Charles Murdoch, daughters Kathy Leyshon and Martha Leschber, and three granddaughters. Memorial services to be held at a later date. Donations suggested to the American Cancer Society.

Edward Akira Nakamura
April 30, 2008
Edward Akira Nakamura, 96, of Honolulu died. He was born in Kilauea, Hawaii. He is survived by sons Edward Akira Jr. and Harlan Takeo; daughters Bernice Kiyono Koike, Karen Akiko Motosue and Ann Yoko Uradomo; sisters Yaeko Okubo and Betty Hiroko Masaki; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Betsy Aiko Sakado
April 30, 2008
Betsy Aiko Sakado, 93, of Kamuela, a retired vegetable farmer, died. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Raleigh Toshiichi; daughters Mildred Kinue Hirokawa and Elsie Tomoe Fujita; brothers Kazumi, Toshio and Tadashi Okura; sisters Yaeko Kaneshiro, Toshiko Tanabe, Setsuko Ota, Jeanette Horii and Elaine Honma; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Private service. No monetary offerings.

Susan Pangacian Sencio
April 20, 2008
Susan Pangacian Sencio, 83, of Aiea, a retired U.S. Army veteran with more than 50 years of service, died in Apex Hospital in Texas. She was born in Waimalu, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Proto "Fred," son Bryan, daughter Cynthia Sencio-Freedman, sister Mary Sandobal, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 10:30 a.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary, mauka chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 11:30 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Edith Miyoko Tabarejo
May 1, 2008
Edith Miyoko Tabarejo, 76, of Honolulu, a retired St. Joseph School in Waipahu cafeteria worker, died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Joseph, Jason, Sherwood and Terry; and eight grandchildren. Prayer services: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11:30 a.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl. Aloha attire. Flowers welcome.

Joseph Knight Tagudin
April 18, 2008
Joseph "Joe" Knight Tagudin, 78, of Wahiawa, a retired City and County of Honolulu Waste Management Department inspector and mechanic and U.S. Army Korean War veteran, died in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Wahiawa. He is survived by brothers Alfredo "Al" and Domingo "Tag" Jr., and sisters Roseline Wasierski and Dolores Williams. Eulogy: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Prayer services: 7 p.m. at the mortuary. Mass: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 1403 California Ave., Wahiawa. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual and aloha attire. Flowers welcome.

Lanette L. Watanabe
April 26, 2008
Lanette L. Watanabe, also known as Lanette L. Gonzales, 60, of Honolulu, a Department of Transportation, Airport Division employee, died in Ewa Beach. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by her mother Emily "Tweedie" Lyman-Rabe, brother Andrew Mamane and sister Marvie Gormley. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Graveside services: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.



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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