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Joseph Kanehoa Adams Jr.
Aug. 15, 2018
69, Joseph Kanehoa Adams Jr. (Papa Joe), passed away on Wednesday, August 15, 2018. He was born on the beautiful island of Oahu on November 12, 1948. He was born to parents Joseph Kanehoa Adams Sr. and Mary Naone. Joseph was the second oldest of 7 children. He attended school up until the High...
Paula Joann Keuma
Aug. 15, 2018
Paula Joann Keuma passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Sunday, August 5, 2018 in Las Vegas, NV. She was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on January 29, 1954, to Peggy and Raymond Vierra. She is preceded in death by her father, Raymond. Paula is survived by her husband, Gary Keuma;...
Simeon C. Alonzo
Aug. 14, 2018
Simeon C. Alonzo, 69, of Honolulu, Hawai'i passed away August 14, 2018. He was born February 18, 1949 in Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija, Philippines, to the late Flora (neé de la Cruz) and Venancio Alonzo. He is survived by his loving wife Claire Alonzo, his children Joey Alonzo, Gemma Alonzo (Gregory...
Hiroko "Midge" Omura
Aug. 13, 2018
Hiroko “Midge” Omura, beloved mother of Carol Biang and Barbara Nimmons, spent her peaceful and happy last years in Ewa Beach, Hawai'i with Doreen Torres and her Family. She passed away on August 13, 2018 at the age of 96. She was born November 5, 1921 to the late Yoshio and Masako Okino. She is...
Epifania Cabanilla Oliva
Aug. 13, 2018
93, Epifania Cabanilla Oliva, of Honolulu, passed away on Monday, August 13, 2018. She was born on June 12, 1925 in Narvacan, Ilocos Sur., Philippines. Her father was Ceferino Cabanilla and her mother was Petra Colleto. Epifania attended school up until the early years of Intermediate. She was a...
Georgie Ann K Aki
Aug. 11, 2018
Georgie Ann K. Aki, 76 of Honolulu passed away on August 11, 2018 in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu, HI, on November 3, 1941. She retired from AAFES – Army, Air Force Exchange Service. She is survived by her brother George H. Cope, Jr.; sisters Yvonne Place, Ernestine Cope, Eyutanna Gomes...
Stella Kaipo Young
Aug. 11, 2018
75, Stella Kaipo Young of Kaneohe, passed away on Saturday, August 11, 2018. She was born on the beautiful island of Oahu on November 09, 1942. Stella was born to parents James Amado Mansinon and Geraldine Kaleihua Mansinon (Young). Stella attended school up until the High School years. She was a...
Elaine Pregillana Higa
Aug. 10, 2018
Elaine Pregillana Higa, 72, passed away in Honolulu on Friday, August 10, 2018. Born November 22, 1945 to Andres and Beatrice Ouchi. Survived by loving husband, Rowland Y. Higa; brother, Andres Pregillana, Jr. (WA); sisters, Frances Morishige and Susan Abaya (CA); nieces and God-daughters, Dawn...
Joann Catherine Medeiros
Aug. 10, 2018
Joann Catherine Medeiros, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend, homemaker extraordinaire, retired clerk-typist at Kailua Elementary School and Kalaheo High School, passed away August 10, 2018 at the age of 67. She was born April 8, 1951 in Honolulu, Hawaii to parents...
Take Tanigawa
Aug. 09, 2018
Take Tanigawa, 87, of Waipahu, passed away on Thursday, August 09, 2018. She was born in Okinawa, Japan on November 09, 1930, to her parents Chyokichi and Oto Tajima. Out of her 6 other siblings, Take was the 7th and last child to be born into the family. Take married her loving husband Charles...
Take Tanigawa
Aug. 09, 2018
87, Take Tanigawa, of Waipahu, passed away on Thursday, August 09, 2018. She was born in Okinawa, Japan on November 09, 1930, to her parents Chyokichi and Oto Tajima. Out of her 6 other siblings, Take was the 7th and last child to be born into the family. Take married her loving husband Charles...
Frank Alcon Ganiron
Aug. 09, 2018
Frank Alcon Ganiron, 58 of Ewa Beach, Hawaii passed away in Honolulu on Friday, August 3, 2018. He was the sixth of 11 children born to Fermina (Alcon) and Laurelio C. Ganiron in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte, Philippines on December 3, 1959. Frank obtained his schooling in the Philippines. Frank married...