Jan. 5, 2012
Violet Kui How Young, 96, of Honolulu, a Young’s Fish Market retiree, died in St. Francis Hospice-West. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Daniel and Victor; daughters Waynie Schempers, Sonia Ching, Rachel Cho and Sharlene Young; 28 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and 12 great-great-grandchildren. Visitation: 8:30 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Services: 11 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire. Online condolences: www.borthwickoahu.com.

Jan. 16, 2012
Gar Lin Young, 85, of Honolulu, a retired federal civil service employee and a Navy veteran who served in World War II, died in the Queen’s Medical Center. He was born in Canton, China. He is survived by wife Esther P.; sons Garlin, Winton and Rodney; daughter Jade Taono; two brothers; three sisters; and two grandchildren. Visitation: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Kilohana Methodist Church. Services: 11 a.m. Private inurnment. Casual attire.

Dec. 3, 2011
Alfred S.D. “Dick” Yee, 98, ofHonolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor NavalShipyard electrician, died in the Queen’s Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Allen P., daughter Charmaine Yee-Hollison, three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday at DiamondHead Mortuary Chapel. Services: 11 a.m. Private inurnment. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Jan. 1, 2012
Craig WarrenWolfram, 61, of Mililani, a legislative analyst for the Office of Council Services, died. He was born in Rockford, Ill. He is survived by wifeKathy L.J., son Henry, daughter Quinn and mother Betty Borchert. Visitation: 5 p.m. Saturday at Central Union Church sanctuary. Services: 5:30 p.m. Aloha attire.

Dec. 31, 2011
Elizabeth Miala “Aunty Betty” Wise, 72, of Kalihi, a retired Moanalua Middle School educators’ assistant, died in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sonsAhmahd, Jada, Jason and Jeris; hanai son Peter Castillo; brothers Rueben, Jerome and Dean Kaahanui; sisters Claudia Roper andNadine Barientos; five grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Pentecostal Full Gospel Assembly. Services: 11:30 a.m. Burial: 2:30 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Online condolences: www.hawaiifuneralservices.com.

Jan. 2, 2012
Edward Wilcox, 87, of Aiea, a retired Pearl Harbor NavalShipyard general foreman pipe fitter and an Army veteran, died in Aiea. He was born inHonolulu. He is survived by wife Marlene; sons Wayne, George and Damon; daughter Stephanie Guieb; sisterVirginia Kawakami; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Visitation: 9 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Services: 10:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Dec. 27, 2011
Apolinario Carrancho “Tatang” Ventura, 87, of Wahiawa, a retired Dole Co. pineapple planter, died in Wahiawa. He was born in Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. He is survived by wifeEstella C.; sons Agripino, Eduardo, Andres Sr., Nelson andDaniel; daughters Aurelia Colcol, Myrna Olivas, Teresita Quebral, Emma Clawson and Remedios V. Matthews; brotherJuan C.; sisters Francisca Bonifacio and Crecenia Laungayan; 22 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren. Visitation: 6 p.m. Thursday and 8:30 a.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday and 9:30 a.m. Friday. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Dec. 4, 2011
Harold Herbert Puuloa Teves, 80, of Ocean View, Hawaii, founder and kahu of Kahuku Congregational Church, former kahu at Kahikolu Congregational Church and Hawaii Police Department chaplain, died. He also was a retired Army master sergeant who served in the Korean and Vietnam wars, as well as a medic and former Green Beret. He is survived by sons David, Ehukai, Puuloa and Kamalei; sister Blanche Quintal; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at Puka‘ana Congregational Church, 85-4521 Hawaii Belt Road, Kealia. Services: 10 a.m. Additional visitation and inurnment: 9 a.m. Jan. 30 at West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery.

Dec. 25, 2011
Charles N. Terashima, 79, ofWaipahu, retired owner of Leeward Upholstery and an Army veteran, died in Waipahu. He was born in Waipahu. He is survived by wife Dolly, son Gary and sister Susan Takamoto. Visitation: 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Services: 6:30 p.m. Casual or aloha attire.

Oct. 11, 2011
Karen Yukiko Tanaka-Eckhardt, 51, of Klamath Falls, Ore., a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service administrative assistant, died in Washington state. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by father Alan R. Tanaka and sister Joyce Teraoka. Visitation: 11 a.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Services at noon. Casual attire. No flowers.

Dec. 28, 2011
Morris Takashi Takishima, 87, of Honolulu, an electronic mechanic for the Army at Fort Shafter, and an Army veteran, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Charlotte Y., son Wayne H., daughter Amy M. Osurman, brother Norman, sisters Barbara Tsuchiya and Irene Kawamura, and two grandchildren. Visitation: 3 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Services: 4 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Jan. 9, 2012
Paul Yoshitoku Takehiro, 82, of Hilo, a Hawaii Masons and Plasterers retiree, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Pahala, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Margaret K.; son Paul W.; daughters Barbaralene Kaya, Cheryl Tomimatsu and Kimberleen Takehiro; stepson William E. Marshall; brothers Minoru and Herald; sister Hiroye Niiya; 16 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Keaukaha Ward, Hilo Stake Center, 1373 Kilauea Ave. Services: 11 a.m. Burial to follow at Alae Cemetery, Mormon section. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Jan. 9, 2012
William Raymond Syfers, 86, of Pukalani, Maui, a Navy veteran who served in World War II and Korea, a Rockwell senior research engineer and founder of Eyeful Travel in Torrance, Calif., died. He was born in Columbus, Ohio. He is survived by wife Betty Jean; sons David, John and Steven; six grandchildren; and seven grandchildren. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Pukalani Ward Chapel, 3356 Kihapai Place. Online condolences: www.ballardfamilymortuaries.com.

Jan. 12, 2012
Keiko Sato, 81, ofHonolulu, a self-employed piano teacher, died at home. She was born in Lahaina. She is survived by daughter Margaret K. and sister Fumiko Sugai. Visitation: 2 p.m. Sunday at First Presbyterian Church of Honolulu at Koolau. Services: 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, 250 S. Hotel St., Honolulu, HI 96813; or First Presbyterian Church of Honolulu, 45-550 Kionaole Road, Kaneohe,HI 96744.

Dec. 28, 2011
Tony “Squiddy”Sanchez, 59, of Haleiwa, co-founder of Hui o He‘e Nalu, died in Haleiwa. He was born in Aiea. He is survived by wifeCora; son Kaikonapiliahi Caldwell; daughtersJessica Cooper, Kathryn Black, Ahiaone Sanchez-Nelson and Monica Majek; brothers Frank Foster and Patrick and Daniel “Boom” Sanchez; sisters Stephanie Runion-Foster and Roberta Carlson; and 11 grandchildren. Celebration of life: 10 a.m. Saturday at Velzyland/Wailee on the North Shore. Paddle-out and scattering of ashes at noon. Casual attire. Loose flowers welcome.

Jan. 19, 2012
Bernardo Sumabat Ragamat, 61, of Paia, Maui, a heavy equipment operator at Makena Beach & Golf Resort, Wailea, Maui, died in Makena, Maui. He was born in Caoayan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. He is survived by wife Leodegaria R. “Ludy” or “Leo”; son Bernard; daughters Lezlie Aloy and Melanie Ragamat; mother Patrocinia S.; brother Mario “Rudy”; sisters Celerina “Cely” Guzman, Leticia “Letty” Ragamat, Angelita “Angie” Garcia and Elvie Borja; and four grandchildren. Visitation: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Christ the King Church. Mass: 7:30 p.m. Additional visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at the church. Services: 9:30 a.m. Entombment: 10:30 a.m. at Maui Memorial Park, Wailuku. Online condolences: www.ballardfamilymortuaries.com.

Jan. 16, 2012
Rosita R. Padre, 77, of Kilauea, Kauai, a homemaker, died in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Vicente; sons Dante and Roy; daughters Imelda Martinez, Leticia Nacapuy, Marilyn Aguinaldo and Rene Fleming; sister Encarnacion Cadavona; and 10 grandchildren. Visitation: 8 a.m. Jan. 30 at St. Sylvester’s Church, Kilauea. Services: 10:30 a.m. Burial to follow at St. Catherine Church Cemetery.

Jan. 5, 2012
Ethel Masako Nakata, 88, of Waipahu, a homemaker, died in St. Francis Hospice-West. She was born in Kaupakulua, Hawaii. She is survived by sonKen; daughtersDoreen Gabaylo, Julie Tam, Amy Kaneshiro, Karen Asada and Lynn Momohara; brothersRobert and Edmund Arakawa; sister Hazel Nakamura; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Visitation: noon Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Services: 1 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Jan. 3, 2012
Mikayla Alohanani Palakika Morales-Kua, 10, of Honolulu, a Jefferson Elementary School student, died in Kapiolani Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by mother Nadine Morales; father Michael Morales; brothers Mika, Makana and Makena; and grandparents Raphael Morales, Dianne Fraticelli and Frances Kua. Visitation: 3 p.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Memorial Park &Mortuary. Services: 4 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Jan. 17, 2012
Cato Lafayette Livingston Sr., 92, of Honolulu, a retired Foremost Dairies ice cream and milk division superintendent, and anArmy veteran, died in Hale Ola Kino. He was born in Algood, Tenn. He is survived by wife Hannah K.; sons Cato L. Jr. and Robert W.; daughters Joni Albao, Diana Edwards and Terry Foy; brothers Leonard and Tommy; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Committal services: 1 p.m. Thursday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Additional information for an obituary published Sunday.

Dec. 30, 2011
Melvin F. Kini, 52, of Honolulu, a Kamehameha Schools groundskeeper, died in Honolulu. He was born in Papakolea. He is survived by daughter Alexandra; stepfather Manuel Maldonado Jr.; brothers Isaiah and Everett Kini, and Marlin Haraguchi; sisters Wilhemina L. Salinas, Lisa Frank, Carmelita Maldonado, and Elizabeth and Jennifer Haraguchi; and several stepbrothers and stepsisters. Visitation: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at Moanalua Mortuary. Casual or aloha attire. Scattering of ashes to follow at Crown Wells Beach, DiamondHead.

Jan. 15, 2012
Robert Nobuichi Kimura, 87, a retired Maui County Civil Defense administrator and employee at his family business, T.K. Supermarket in Happy Valley, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in North Kohala, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Joyce I., daughter Aimee Kimura-Koch, sister Akiko Uyeda and a grandchild. Visitation: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony’s Church. Mass: 11 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park.

Jan. 6, 2012
Thomas Kapono “Pono” Key, 34, of Waimea, Hawaii, a professional musician with Pu‘ukapu and Mele ke Mana, died at home. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Johnalee; sons Thomas Jr., Tahitoa and Tauari‘i; daughter Tahnia; parents James M. Jr. and Lucy; brothers James M. III, Henry K. and Beaujack I.; and sister Sophia L. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at Kahilu Theatre, Waimea. Services: 10:30 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Jan. 18, 2012
Hannah Mariah Kawelu Kaupiko, 95, of Hilo, a retired salesclerk at the former S.H. Kress Store, a kupuna at Waiakea Elementary School and ‘Aha Punana Leo School, and master gardener at University of Hawaii-Hilo, died at home. She was born in Waiohino, Hawaii. She is survived by daughters Alberta “Lale” Nathaniel, Darlene Amaral and Theola “Ola” Pacheco; hanai sister Caroline Poha; caregiver Kimberly “Kimi” Pacheco; nine grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Visitation: 5 p.m. Friday at Haili Congregational Church, Hilo. Services: 7 p.m. Additional visitation: 8 a.m. Saturday at the church. Services: 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park, Lehua Section. Aloha attire.

Jan. 3, 2012
Amy Fuyumi Kane, 72, of Kuau, Maui, died at home. She was born in Puunene, Maui. She is survived by sons Raynard and Mark Oshiro; daughters Sonya Purdy, Jamie Kane and Jacelyn Kane-Simpson; brothers William, Richard and Neal Inamasu; sister Susan Aken; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Services: 11 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Valley Isle Memorial Park Cemetery, Haiku, Maui. Online condolences: www.ballardfamilymortuaries.com.

Dec. 31, 2011
Dorothy H. Iwaishi, 89, of Makawao, Maui, a homemaker and Pukalani Superette cook, died in Simi Valley, Calif. She was born in Hawaii. She is survived by daughters Faith Onaga and Ranie Fukumoto, brother James Mizuno, sister Louise Sakaida and four grandchildren. Visitation: 4 p.m. Feb. 4 at Nakamura Mortuary. Services: 5 p.m. Refreshments to follow. Burial: 10:30 a.m. Feb. 6 at Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Jan. 9, 2012
Peggy Yukiko Iha, 80, of Pearl City, a Japanese teacher at Pearl City Hongwanji and Momilani Elementary School, died in Pearl City. She was born in Fukuoka, Japan. She is survived by husband Larry F.; sons Alvin, Mike and Paul; daughter Naomi Suto; and three grandchildren. Visitation: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary, 20 S. Kukui St., Honolulu. Services: 11 a.m. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Jan. 4, 2012
Harold “Iggy” Ige, 70, of Haleiwa, a surfboard shaper, died in Kailua. He was born in Puunene, Maui. He is survived by wife Susan M.; daughters Kerry R.I. Krause and Katrina D. Ige-Parrish; brother James; sisters Shizuko Nagami, Mitch and Michiko Kuroda, Tamaye Nakamura and Patricia Turk; and a grandchild. Celebration of life: 8 a.m. Saturday at Haleiwa Beach Park. Paddle-out to follow at Log Cabins. Casual attire. Donations suggested to River of Life Mission.

Jan. 19, 2012
Joseph Kuuleialoha Hookano Sr., 77, of Kaneohe, a retired Hawaiian Bitumuls rollerman and a Marine Corps veteran who served in the Korean War, died. He was born in Kahaluu. He is survived by wife Barbara J.; son Joseph K. Jr.; daughters Laura Carvalho, Renee Coloma, Ramona “Mona” Silva and Nadine Alpichi; brother Louie; sisters Henrietta “Honey” Choy Foo, Naomi “Leilani” Lapinad and Queenie “Napua” Kobashigawa; 15 grandchildren; and 34 great-grandchildren. Visitation: 5 p.m. Thursday and 9:30 a.m. Friday at Nuuanu Memorial Park & Mortuary. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday and 10:30 a.m. Friday. Committal services: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.

Jan. 15, 2012
Ichie “Nancy” Hashimoto, 88, of Hilo, a homemaker, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by son Dennis K., sister Violet U. Katahira, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at Honpa Hongwanji Hilo Betsuin. Services: 10 a.m. Casual attire.