March 13, 2011
Ruby Chieko Yamada, 93, of Hilo, a homemaker, died in the Life Care Center of Hilo. She was born in North Hilo. She is survived by sons Richard, Raymond, Wallace and Lawrence; daughters Mildred Jackson and Betsy Nishioka; 10 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Visitation: 3 p.m. Wednesday at Dodo Mortuary, Hilo. Services: 4 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

March 9, 2011
Elisapeta M. Tago, 67, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died at home. She was born in American Samoa. She is survived by son Tanu Tema; daughters Joyce to, Felicia Tago and Jackie Tema; brother Tanu Tema; and 12 grandchildren. Visitation: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Oahu Cemetery Chapel. Services: 10:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Feb. 27, 2011
Veronica Louise “Roni” Souza, 56, of Wahiawa, a former medical records transcriptionist, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Donn J.; sons Aaron P. and Allan L. Duran and Justin J. Souza; mother Loretta Wright; stepfather Glynn Wright; brothers Duane and Corey Aleviado; sisters Virginia Malanog, Nancy Cristobal, Glynnis Wright, Eliza Aleviado, Melanie Mundon, Rena Pantohan and Melina Acasio; and five grandchildren. Visitation: 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Wahiawa. Services: 5:30 p.m. Casual attire.

March 4, 2011
Lee Wayne “Nature” Soto Sr., 62, of Waianae, a fumigator, died in Makaha. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Lee W. Jr.; daughters Rosalind Gonsalves, Lisa Soto and Malia Leon; hanai son Charles Murray; hanai daughter Lili Diop; mother Matilda Rivera; brothers Donald, Robert, Ralph and Steven Soto, Joe Rivera and John Jr., Lawrence and Paul Desoto; sisters Diana Carrion and Mary Jane Leon; 12 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: noon Sunday at Neal Blaisdell Park in Pearl City. Casual attire. No flowers. Balloons welcome.

March 9, 2011
Jodi Emily Mapuana Scharsch, 51, of Honolulu died in Ewa Beach. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by mother Esther L.H., brothers Gregory and Charles, and sisters Raelyn Wallace, Tammy Keawe and Darlyn “Lei” Thomas. Visitation: 10 a.m. Monday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Services: 11 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Feb. 9, 2011
John R. Pasadava, 80, of Waianae, a retired Army sergeant first class and Star Protection Agency security officer, died in Hawaii Medical Center West. He is survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation: 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph’s Church, Waipahu. Services: 9 a.m. Inurnment: 11 a.m. Hawaii State Veteran’s Cemetery, Kaneohe. No flowers.

Feb. 24, 2011
Lucille Harumi “Luci” Onosaki, 71, of Honolulu, a retired electrical parts and supply bookkeeper, died in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Raymond G., daughter Ramona Stutzmann, brother George Y. Isagawa, sister Nancy Isagawa, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Private services.

Feb. 21, 2011
Vaughn William Newman, 80, of Kaneohe, a truck driver, Safeway manager and Navy veteran, died in Kailua. He was born in Warren, Ohio. He is survived by wife Fay; daughter Valerie; stepdaughters Wilma Keller, Evelyn Elworth and Daphne, Beverly and Kimberly Matayoshi; sister Jean Sheildes; and four grandchildren. Visitation: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Services: 10:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.

March 4, 2011
Patricia M. “Pat” Nagafuchi, 86, of Honolulu died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Shigenobu, daughters Sandra Oku and Sharon Okura, sisters Gwendolyn Wong and Edwina Kajioka, and five grandchildren. Visitation: 5 p.m. Monday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Services: 6 p.m. Private inurnment at a later date.

Feb. 2, 2011
Thomas John Murphy, 77, of Pearl City, a former merchant seaman and Marine Corps first lieutenant, died in Pearl City. He was born in Charleston, Ill. Committal services: 1 p.m. Monday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire. No attire.

Feb. 23, 2011
Ernest “Ernie” Morinaga, 82, of Pearl City, an AMPCO employee and retired Lockheed, Japan Airlines, Aloha Airlines and Leilehua Golf Course employee, and an Army veteran, died in Honolulu. He was born in Waipahu. She is survived by son Lawrence “Larry”; brother Takeo; sisters Kathleen Torigoe, Jane Miyashiro and Barbara Y. Moore; and a grandchild. Private services.

Feb. 28, 2011
Paulina Aluag Lucas, 98, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died in Honolulu. She was born in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. She is survived by grandsons Edibodi “Eddie,” Leonardo “Leon” and Jerry Daguro; granddaughters Benedicta “Bennie” Soliman, Marilou Rivera and Evangeline “Vangie” Gabatino; 16 great-grandchildren; and 11 great-great-grandchildren. Visitation: 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Services: 6:30 p.m. Additional visitation: 9 a.m. Wednesday at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park. Mass: 10:15 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Valley of the Temples.

March 6, 2011
Kahauanu Lake, 79, of Honolulu, a Hawaiian scholar, historian, composer, musician and Army veteran, will be remembered in services 6:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Augustine Church, Waikiki. He died in Kaneohe. He was born in Wailuku. He is survived by hanai sons Gordon Umi Kai, Walter K. Kawai’ae’a Jr., George Helm and Michael “Pili” Pang; and hanai daughter Luana L. Kawai’ae’a. Visitation: 4:30 p.m. Thursday. Flowers and lei welcome.

March 9, 2011
Iris Masako Kiso, 73, of Mililani died. She was born in Naha, Okinawa. She is survived by husband Melvin, sons Lance and Jason Yamamoto, daughters Mary Loo Kuhaulua and Janice Lee, and numerous grandchildren. Private services.

March 10, 2011
Kimberley Kidwell, 43, of Kahului died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Orange County, Calif. She is survived by husband Phillip; daughter Puanani S.; brothers Daniel and Donald Bourne and Kawai Sellers; and sisters Kathy Bourne-Mejia and Betty Jo and Christy Sellers. Visitation: 2 p.m. tomorrow at Kahului Church of the Nazarene.

March 11, 2011
Lawrence “Hawaiian” Kaneapua, 74, of Hanapepe, Kauai, died in Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by wife Mabel; sons Lawrence Tupulua and Ipo, Alexander and Joseph Kaneapua; daughter Melanie-Elena; hanai sons Glenn and Gavin Freitas; brother Gene; and 10 grandchildren. Services: noon Sunday at Salt Pond Beach Park in Hanapepe. Casual attire.

March 4, 2011
Yoshiko Ishikawa, 90, of Pukalani, Maui, a seamstress, died in Honolulu. She was born in Old Kailua Village, Maui. She is survived by daughters Joyce Itokazu and Sharon Ishikawa, sister Yaye B. Miyashiro, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Private services. Burial: 1 p.m. tomorrow at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Feb. 22, 2011
Isami “Lefty” Ippongi, 86, of Honolulu, a retired K. Nagata Construction Inc. foreman, died in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Aiea. He is survived by daughters Susan R. Ippongi, Barbara M. Ushijima and Amy E. Ippongi-Ching; brother Eugene T.; sisters Eleanor R. Niino and Elaine S. Nikaido; and a grandchild. Private services.

March 10, 2011
Dick “Take” Hotema, 91, of Honolulu, a retired Dick’s Body & Fender owner, died in Queen’s Medical Center. He was born in Waikapu, Maui. He is survived by wife Bessie T.; sons Richard, Francis and Patrick; daughter Sally Onoye; sister Betty Hamamoto; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Visitation: 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Services: 5:30 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Feb. 21, 2011
Lorna “Aunty Oli” Hiers, 79, of Waianae, a retired Waialua High School teacher, died in Waianae. She was born in Waialua-Haleiwa. She is survived by son Charles, daughters Elnora Hiers and Charla Moore, brother John Kalili, sister Amy Asano and 10 grandchildren. Visitation: 5:30 p.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Services: 7 p.m. Burial: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Schofield Post Cemetery. Aloha attire. Flowers welcome.

March 13, 2011
Christopher Edward Gencarelli, 45, of Kailua, a horticulturist, died in Kailua. He was born in Kailua. He is survived by father Edward, mother Joan and sister Elizabeth Simon. Services: 9:30 a.m. today at Saint Mark Lutheran Church, Kaneohe.

Feb. 20, 2011
Dorothy Tsuyoko Fukumoto, 96, of Pearl City died in Renton, Wash. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Rickey, Ralph and Raynor; daughter Naomi Pang; brother Kazuyoshi Saito; sisters Rose Nakamura and Ellen Kuranishi; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Private services.

Feb. 13, 2011
William Robert Clegg Sr., 96, of Kaneohe, a teacher of Latin, Greek and American history at White Plains High School in White Plains, N.Y., and a Navy lieutenant who served in World War II, died in Kaneohe. He was born in Providence, R.I. He is survived by wife Beryl R., sons William R. Jr. and Timothy T., daughter Judith E., brother Rick, sister Elizabeth, six grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Services: 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Pohai Nani in Kaneohe. Inurnment to follow in April in East Greenwich, R.I. Aloha attire. No flowers. Donations may be made to Hawaii Opera Theatre.

March 14, 2011
Ethel Kum Lin Ung Chong, 93, of Wailuku, a Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. executive secretary, died in Wailuku. She was born in Spreckelsville, Maui, and raised in Waihee. She is survived by husband Walbert S., son Alan D., daughter Cathy L. and three grandchildren. Graveside services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Maui Memorial Park.

Feb. 25, 2011
Clayton Charles En-Sing Ching, 55, of Honolulu died at Hawaii Medical Center West. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by father Curtis L.; mother Winifred W. Rodrigues; stepmother Val Krohn-Ching; twin brother Clifton; sisters Christine Takushi, Paula Ann Ching and Valerie Buenconsejo; half brother Max Krohn-Ching; and half sisters Tracie Ryan and Tiana Krohn-Ching Maslanka. Private services.

March 13, 2011
Guillermo Calano “Gimo” Balagat, 88, of Hanamaulu, Kauai, a retired Lihue Plantation employee, died. He was born in Dingras, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. He is survived by wife Marina, sons Ceny and George, daughter Grace Hee, brother Feliciano, 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Visitation: 8 a.m. Thursday at Immaculate Conception Church. Services: 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Kauai Memorial Gardens.

March 5, 2011
Misao Aoki, 93, of Kaneohe, a homemaker, died in Castle Medical Center. She was born in Ookala, Hawaii. She is survived by son Gordon, daughters Janice and Joyce, and two grandchildren. Private services. No monetary offerings.

March 12, 2011
Stanley Joseph Antone, 84, of Honokaa, Hawaii, formerly of Pahala, a retired Kau Sugar Co. tractor operator, died in Hale Ho’ola Hamakua. He was born in Pahala. He is survived by caregiver Jolette Rapozo, nieces Audrey Maxwell and Daphne McKeeham, and nephew Paul Andrade. Visitation: 8 a.m. Monday at Dodo Mortuary, Hilo. Services: 10 a.m. Burial: 11:30 a.m. at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire. No flowers.

Feb. 14, 2011
Kiyoko Yoshida, 88, of Wahiawa died in Honolulu. She was born in Schofield Barracks. She is survived by sons Melvin, Elbert and Thomas; daughter Margaret Toba; brother Wilfred Iwasa; and five grandchildren. Private services.

Feb. 26, 2011
Allen M. Yokoyama, 78, of Puhi, Kauai, a retired Shioi Construction carpenter, died at home. He was born in Hanapepe, Kauai. He is survived by wife Yuriye, son Robert Kato, brother Victor and a grandchild. Private services.