April 27, 2011
Jeffrey M.J. Yee, 58, of Honolulu, owner of Ohana Seafood, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Debby; sons Winston and Jefferson; daughters Lena and Kerrie “Bear”; father Wadsworth; mother Hunnie; and brothers Alan, Randall and Brian. Visitation: 5 p.m. Wednesday at Nuuanu Memorial Park & Mortuary. Services: 6:30 p.m. Private scattering of ashes. Casual attire.

April 13, 2011
Lloyd Ben Yatogo, 52, of Waipahu died in St. Francis Hospice-West. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Taylor; daughter Lyndsey; father Koji; mother Elsie; and brothers Jason, Nathan and Harvey. Visitation: 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Services: 1:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

June 8, 2010
Reno Kawai Velleses, 36, of Waianae, a laborer, died in Waianae. He was born in Glendale, Calif. He is survived by companion Janny Pappas; sons Fabian K.V. Paris and Vegas B. Velleses; daughters Adrianna K.V. and Bianca K.V. Paris; father Henry K. “Hanalei” Jr.; mother Brenda N.; brothers Henry R.K. “Mano” III and Nevada S.K.; and sisters Terrena A.E. Kaimimoku and Shirelle M.K. “Sherry” Paris. Services: 9 a.m. Saturday at Waianae Baptist Church. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

April 27, 2011
Jo Ann Lauae Kanakaole Veincent, 76, of Hilo, a retired office assistant for the former Farmers Corp. in Hilo, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by sons Michael Jr., Lehua M., Kimo and Keone; brother Kahuwila Kanaka’ole; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Visitation: 9 a.m. Thursday at Haili Congregational Church. Services: 11 a.m. Cremation to follow at Dodo Mortuary. Graveside committal services: 1:15 p.m. Friday at Homelani Memorial Park,
Ilima section. Casual attire.

April 17, 2011
Rosalia Ekuale Mata’utia Vaielua, 50, of Waipahu, a homemaker, died in Hawaii Medical Center West. She was born in Afono, American Samoa. She is survived by husband Aleki L.; sons Sa’ole’le’lemataginofofealofani L. Vaielua and Clayton K. Sivaivai; daughter Nofofealoai A.; brothers Tovio Gaono, To’i Matautia, Iakopo Alesana, Aloali’i Etuale, and Sagele and Talalelei Alesana; and a grandchild. Visitation: 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Moanalua Mortuary Chapel. Services: 5 p.m. Cremation to follow.

April 25, 2011
Ethel Mary Tennis, 91, of Mokuleia, an Army veteran who served in World War II, died at home. She was born in New York. She is survived by daughters Janet Newton, Helen Navesky and Alice Telford; hanai daughter Linda Rowan; sister Margaret Granchelli; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Visitation: 9 a.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Services: 10 a.m.
Burial: 11:30 a.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.

March 31, 2011
Erich Paul Szubinski II, 42, of Honolulu, a carpenter, died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is
survived by parents Erich and Loretta, sisters Raelene Almeida and Selene Soares, and grandparent Frances. Visitation: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Services: 10 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Additional information for an obituary published yesterday.

April 10, 2011
Masako “Frances” Suga, 78, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died. She was born in Kagawa-ken, Japan. She is survived by husband Harry K.; daughters Audrey Suga-Nakagawa, Molly Tomita and Daphne Suga; brothers Keizo and Hajime Iwahashi, and Shigemi Torizawa; and five grandchildren. Visitation:
5 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Services: 6 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.

April 19, 2011
Liane U. Stewart, 76, of Makawao, Maui, a state Department of Education employee and retired intermediate school teacher, died. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by brother Robert “Bobby.” Visitation: 9:30 a.m. Friday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Services: 10:30 a.m. Scattering of ashes: 10 a.m. Saturday off the shores fronting Hawaiian Canoe Club. Online condolences: www.ballard familymortuaries.com.

April 16, 2011
Dale MacFarlane Sproat, 60, of Hauula, a retired plumber with PAMCAH-UA Local 675, died in Hauula. He was born in Niulii, North Kohala, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Ailene M.H.Q.; sons Anson and Gaman; daughters LaRae Mortensen, Dreana Sproat, Twyla Livingston and AuraLae
Farapapau; mother Leialoha; brother Elray; sisters Jacqueline Makakoa, and Carolyn and Kehaulani Sproat; and 14 grandchildren. Services: 9 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hauula makai chapel. Visitation: 10 to 11:45 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire. Online condolences: www.borthwickoahu.com.

April 1, 2011
Stanford Takeshi Shirota, 60, of Honolulu, self-employed, died at home. He was born on Maui. He is survived by sons Shane, Jarrett and Jayden; daughter Tamara Tanaka; brothers Dr. Teitsu Jr. and Arnold; sisters Janet Tamura and Naomi Guillermo; and three grandchildren. Visitation: 5:30 p.m. Friday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Services: 6:30 p.m. Online condolences: www.ballardfamilymortuaries.com.

April1 28, 2011
Doris Mitsuyo Shimizu, 97, of Honolulu, a retired secretary for retired attorney Yoshiro Nakamura, died. She was born in Aiea. She is survived by daughter Pauline M. Nagata, caregivers/sons-in-law Ralston Nagata and Dennis Masaki, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Visitation: 5 p.m. Thursday at Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin, 1727 Pali Highway. Services: 6 p.m. Aloha attire. No
flowers.

April 24, 2011
Donald Howard Robinson, 73, of Hawaii Kai, a retired biology educator for Azusa High School in California, died at home. He was born in Tulsa, Okla. He is survived by wife Mary,
son Christopher, daughter Carolyn Araki, brothers Allen and Alvin, sister Mary Lou Edwards and six grandchildren. Visitation: 3 p.m. Saturday at Kilohana United Methodist Church. Services:
4 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations suggested to St. Francis Hospice. Online condolences: www.borthwickoahu.com.

April 13, 2011
Bobby “Domingo” Rio Sr., 86, of Ewa Beach, a Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard retiree and an Army veteran, died in Ewa Beach. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Domingo A. Sr., Charles, Randall and George Rio, Bulla Lepen, Abner Nunes and Richard Murton; sisters Marjori Bixby, Martha Kamaka and Madeline Augalo; 33 grandchildren; and 44 great- grandchildren. Visitation: 9 a.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Services: 10 a.m. Committal services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

April 26, 2011
Restituto “Resty” Parubrub, 88, of Kekaha, Kauai, an Olokele Sugar Co. sugar processor, died in Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital. He was born in Ilocos Norte, Philippines. He is survived by wife Magdalena; sons Henry, Dusty and Wilbert Parubrub, and Noel Layaoen; daughter Lily Millare; 20 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at Garden Island Mortuary. Services: 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Kauai Memorial Gardens. Casual attire.

April 25, 2011
Sukye Pak, 76, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died in the Queen’s Medical Center. She was born in Gochang, Korea. She is survived by son Kiya; daughters Kihui Kamae, Kisuk and Kinam Kim, and Kiok and Debbie Pak; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Visitation: 8:30 a.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Services: 10 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery.

April 17, 2011
James Hitoshi Okinaga, 85, of Kealakekua, Hawaii, a retired Kona Community Hospital maintenance worker and a coffee and macadamia nut farmer, died in Hawaii Medical Center West. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Clifford, Wesley and Aaron; sisters May Oekawa, Grace Kaiawe and Gertrude Go; and two grandchildren. Visitation: 8 a.m. Saturday at Christ Church Episcopal, Kealakekua. Services: 10 a.m. Luncheon to follow at the church; burial to follow at Kona Memorial Park, Holualoa.

April 22, 2011
Dorothy Edna Moen, 86, of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, a homemaker and seamstress, died at home. She was born in Milnor, N.D. She is survived by husband Bud, son Randall, daughters Karen Valentine and Shelley Hoist, and four grandchildren. Celebration of life: 5:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Kona Outdoor Circle. In lieu of flowers, donations suggested to Hospice of Kona, P.O. Box 4130, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740. For information, call 937-1774.

April 22, 2011
Jeremiah “Miah” Mahuiki, 51, of Haena, Kauai, an artist and musician, died in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Lihue. He is survived by wife Mahtia; son Daniel Alapai; daughter Savanna Reis; brothers Roland, Russell, Doiron, Ezera, Randy, Matthew, Stanley and Mark; sisters Ardella Sperling and Tira, Jolly Ann and Lukela Mahuiki; and four grandchildren. Celebration of life and potluck gathering: 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Haena Beach Park. Scattering of ashes to follow.

April 16, 2011
Wai Hung Leung, 74, of Honolulu, a retired self-employed herbalist, died in Hale Nani Rehabilitation & Nursing Center. He was born in Hong Kong. He is survived by wife Kit Ying, son Ken K.F., daughter Janice S.F. Lee, brother Leung Wang, sisters Tim Lok Young and Wim Fong Leung, and two grandchildren. Services: 8 a.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary.

April 19, 2011
Lisi Vaoga Leti, 61, of Waimea, Hawaii, a former Samoa Packing housekeeper, died at home. She was born in Samoa. She is survived by husband Vaoga L.; sons Biron, Faatiuga, Momoe and Billy S. Vaoga; daughters Faaeteete Iona and Vaitoelau Vaoga; sister Faava Luamanu; 29 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Visitation: 8 a.m. Thursday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Waimea. Services: 11 a.m. Burial to follow at Waimea County Cemetery, Mormon section. Casual attire.

April 8, 2011
Robert Allan “Robby” Leahey, 50, of Waianae, a Donaldson Enterprises explosive ordnance technician, died in Waikele. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brothers James “Jim,” Charles “Chuckie” and Michael “Mickey”; and sister Charlize “Charlee” Leahey Irvine. Celebration of life: 2 p.m. Saturday at the Saunders Estate, 173 Kakahiaka St., Kailua. Scattering of ashes to follow at Kailua Beach during sunset. Aloha attire. No flowers. For information, call 389-4862 or email ssaunders@hawaii.rr.com.

April 27, 2011
James T. Kojima, 84, of Hilo, a retired Hawaii County Fire Department captain, former employee of L.K. Appliance and Army veteran, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Sue S., daughter Lorraine Martin, sister Alice Kadowaki and a grandchild. Visitation: 9 a.m. Tuesday at Dodo Mortuary. Services: 10 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers. No monetary offerings.

April 28, 2011
Chongson Kim, 69, of Pearl City died in Pearl City. He was born in Korea. He is survived by wife Young Boo, sons Daesik and Daehyun, daughter Junhyun K. Johnson, brothers Wonsun and Jonghub, sister Pokye Hockenberry and four grandchildren. Visitation: 9 a.m. Thursday at Aiea Korean United Methodist Church, 99-101 Laulima St. Services: 10 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.

April 1, 2011
Viola May Kauakanilehua Kasparovitch, 83, of Honolulu, a retired State Judiciary employee, died in St. Francis Hospice. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by daughter Cathy Arnold; sons Keith, Kevin and Cass K.; sister Johanna Lawrence; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Services: 11 a.m. Inurnment: 12:45 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park.

April 20, 2011
William N.K. “B” Kamai III, 48, of Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaii, a diesel mechanic for Wayne’s Diesel Service, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sister Mary P. and half brother Kalfred Au. Visitation: 9 a.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary, Hilo. Services: 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park, Lehua section. Casual attire. In lieu of flowers, donations suggested to American Cancer Society.

April 12, 2011
Lydia E. Espiritu, 67, of Lahaina died. She was born in San Esteban, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. She is survived by husband Jun, son Jerry, daughters Miraflor Velasco and Michelle Mahuna, brother Lloyd Reyes and four grandchildren. Visitation: 6 p.m. Thursday at Kalanianaole Hall, Molokai. Services: 8 p.m. Burial: 9 a.m. Saturday at Kapaakea Cemetery, Kaunakakai. Online condolences: www.ballardfamily mortuaries.com.

April 1, 2011
Hannah Naai En Oe Costa, 92, of Hilo, a retired employee of the former Mamo Theater, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Kohala, Hawaii. She is survived by sons John Costa Jr. and Thomas Aiona Jr.; daughters Hannah De Motta, Adeline Cho and Marion Kim; hanai sons Clifford, Larry and Leonard Aiona; hanai daughters Laura Yamamoto and Eva Caravalho; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren and great-great-great-grandchildren. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at Haili Congregational Church. Services: 10 a.m. Inurnment to follow at Alae Cemetery, Section J. Casual attire.

April 7, 2011
Allan Teodorico “Braddah” Cortez, 63, of Keaau, Hawaii, a retired union electrician for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1186 and an Army medic specialist and veteran who served in the Vietnam War, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Beverly, son Allan S., daughters Allyson Cortez-Hewetson and Allyssa Cortez, brother Milton, sister Bernadette Cortez-Camero and a grandchild. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary, Hilo. Services: 10 a.m. Graveside committal services: 9 a.m. May 9 at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire.

April 21, 2011
Pansy Hung Sim Ching, 79, of Honolulu, retired owner of Peach Flooring Inc., died in the Queen’s Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Darrick, daughters Nanette Koga and Nadine Dawson, and five grandchildren. Services: 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Toho No Hikari Church, 3510 Nuuanu Pali Drive.