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LLOYD PCLARIN ALBINIO JR., 30, of Kapa'a, Kaua'i, died Dec. 11, 2008. Born in Honolulu. A landscaper with Stonetree Construction. Survived by father, Lloyd Sr.; mother, Joni O'Donnell; son, Lloyd; daughter, Leiani; brothers, Lloyd and Lloyd; grandmother, Betty Wilson. Visitation 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at The Kapa'a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses; service 2:30 p.m. Private inurnment. No flowers. Aloha attire. Arrangements by Kaua'i Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home.

JOSE "JUNIOR" ANTONIO JR., 19, of Kahului, Maui, formerly of the Philippines, died Dec. 17, 2008. Born in Barrio Butir Santa Maria Ilocos Sur Philippines. A Safeway stock clerk. Survived by parents, Jose Sr. and Zenaida; sister, Kathleen; brothers, Jomar and Jonathan; grandparents, Dominga Cabay, Constantino and Monica Antonio. Visitation 6 p.m. Friday at Christ the King Church; service 7 p.m. Visitation also 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the church; Mass 11:30 a.m.; burial 12:30 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire. Arrangements by Nakamura Mortuary.

RICHARD V. ARMSTRONG, 67, of Hilo, Hawai'i, died Dec. 18, 2008. Born in Palo Alto, Calif. A financial officer for C. Brewer & Co. Survived by wife, Dannette; son, Pa'ani; daughter, Nanea. Celebration of life noon Friday at 916 Komomala Drive, Hilo. Casual attire. Arrangements by Ultimate Cremation Services of Hawai'i.

CLEO ELIZABETH IAEA BERMOY, 77, of Kalaheo, Kaua'i, died Dec. 24, 2008. Born in Honolulu. Survived by husband, Henry Sr.; sons, Henry Jr. and Wayne; daughters, Sandra Quinsaat, Stephanie Bermoy, Colleen Kapu, Trudy Silva, Linda Nicolas and Charlene Paden; grandchildren; brothers, Joseph Jr., Huddy, Jonah, Christopher, Harold, Lani and Neki Iaea; sisters, Nani Trelor, Olivia Miller and Hedy Iaea. Visitation 9 to 10 a.m. Jan. 3 at Garden Island Mortuary; service 10 a.m. Casual attire.

ALBERT ANTHONY CASTRO, 83, of Hilo, Hawai'i, died Dec. 20, 2008. Born in Hilo. Retired self-employed truck driver. Survived by wife, Irene; daughters, Sandy Tsuha and Leeann Kamelamela; brother, Harry; 11 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren. Private service held. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.

VIOLET QUINTANA COCKETT, 81, of 'Aiea, died Dec. 15, 2008. Born in 'O'okala, Hawai'i. Retired Radford High School teacher and librarian. Survived by husband, Reuben; sons, Reuben "Marty" Jr., Randy, Keala and Kevin; daughters, Maura Alvaro and Jonell; sisters, Victoria Sanborn and Peggy Echavez; 16 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren. Visitation 5 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary; service 6:30 p.m. Burial 10 a.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. Arrangements by Mililani Mortuary.

HENRIETTA KUULOHA CYPHER, 86, of Waipahu, died Dec. 16, 2008. Born in Honolulu. Retired bus transportation aide for Roberts Hawaii. Survived by son, Barney; daughters, Delldrene Mowat and Delphine Corpuz; 13 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; hanai sister, Verna Mae Bright. Visitation 9 a.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary; service 10 a.m.; burial 1 p.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Aloha attire.

THELMA KAPUAHELANI DECOSTA, 76, of Kailua, died Dec. 16, 2008. Born in Punalu'u. A state and federal elections official. Survived by daughter, LaVerne Legare; sons, David Jr., Steven and Collin; 10 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; brother, John Cambra. Visitation 10 a.m. Jan. 3 at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary; service 11:30 a.m.; graveside service 2:30 p.m. at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park.

KATHERINE "MOMI" HARRIS, 86, of Kalapana, Hawai'i, died Dec. 18, 2008. Born in Kalapana. A homemaker. Survived by sons, Alfred, Chris, Richard, Francis and Leroy; daughters, Winona HaiKelly and Lorna Winchester; hanai daughter, Roseana Kanoa; hanai sons, Jordan Rosado and David Winchester; brothers, Gilbert and Kepa Kamelamela; sisters, Christine Yapp and Rose Makue; 20 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren. Visitation 9 to 11 a.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary; service 11 a.m.; burial at Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

PATSY MITSUKO HIRATA, 88, of Honolulu, died Dec. 10, 2008. Born in 'O'okala, Hawai'i. A retired state cafeteria worker for Pohukaina and Jefferson Elementary Schools. Survived by sons, Richard and Donald; daughter, Edna; three grandchildren. Visitation 10 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary; service 10:30 a.m.; inurnment to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. No flowers. Casual attire.

LILLIAN VERONICA JANGL, 92, of Pukalani, Maui, died Dec. 23, 2008. Born in New York. Former public school crossing guard. Survived by sons, Jim St. James and Al Jangl Jr.; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Visitation 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Ballard Family Mortuary; service 10:30 a.m.; cremation to follow.

RACHEL BIRCH KUHIA KAILIAWA, 84, of Hilo, Hawai'i, died Dec. 16, 2008. Born in Waiohinu, Hawai'i. A retired Hilo Hawaiian Hotel housekeeper. Survived by husband, Andrew; daughter, Joyce Henry; sons, Harold, Andrew and Elroy Birch; hanai daughter, Jean Andrade; sister, Lily Horton; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Visitation 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary; service 11 a.m.; burial to follow at Alae Cemetery. Causal attire.

SUSAN CHIEKO KANESHIRO, 57, of Hilo, Hawai'i, died Dec. 22, 2008. Born in Honolulu. A retired state Department of Public Health nurse. Survived by husband, Clifford; daughter, Crystal Maly; son, Kevin; brother, Ronald Sugiyama; sister, Carol Yoshimoto; a grandson. Visitation 2:30 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary; service 4 p.m. No flowers. Casual attire.

MARILYNN AULANI KAUHANE, 42, of Honolulu, died Dec. 18, 2008. School administrator at the Cathedral Catholic Academy. Survived by mother, Daphne; sister, Kuulei Halemano; brother, Kawika; grandparents, Roland and Alma Ahuna. Visitation 9 a.m. Saturday at St. Ann Church, Kane'ohe; Mass 1:30 p.m.; inurnment 3 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

NORMA N. KAWASHIMA, 91, of Mililani, died Dec. 11, 2008. Born in Hale'iwa. Survived by sons, Norman, Alan and Dennis; daughter, Sandra; sisters, Evelyn Yamakawa and Tokiko Sasaki; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Private service held. No koden (monetary gifts).

MICHAEL WAYNE LACUESTA, 55, of 'Ewa Beach, Honolulu, died Dec. 16, 2008. Born in Honolulu. Pictures Plus production manager. Survived by wife, Anna; daughters, Dayna Townsend, and Meigan; one granddaughter; mother, Margaret; brothers, Roger and David; sisters, Sandra Javar and Joan Lacuesta Domingsil. Visitation 9:30 a.m. Jan. 3 at Borthwick Mortuary; service 11:30 a.m. Private inurnment pending. No flowers. Aloha attire.

MARY VIVIAN LEASHER, 84, of Hale'iwa, died Dec. 22, 2008. Born in Wilmington, Ohio. Survived by son, Gary Ropert; stepson, Thomas; stepdaughter, Maryella Good; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; brother, Roger Sprague; sisters, Mildred Doerman and Virginia Kirk. Private service held. Arrangements by Mililani Memorial Park & Mortuary.

SHIONG-SHIANG LEE, 74, died Aug. 20, 2008. Born in Taiwan. A former Honolulu pathologist. Survived by wife, Wang-Yen; sons, Chong-Chia and Richard; daughters, Men-Jean and Ming- Shing; seven grandsons; a granddaughter. Service 2 p.m. today at Community Church of Honolulu. Ashes were buried at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Donations to the S.S. Lee Fund, Cancer and Fertility Society, www.cancerandfertili tysociety.org.

RUI YING LIU LIN, 71, of Honolulu, died Dec. 12, 2008. Born in Huzhou Village Banfu Town, Zhong Shan Guangdong, China. A homemaker. Survived by sons, Jie Shan, Jie Peng and Jie Chuang; daughters, Feng Shi, Li Shi and Ai Shi; four grandchildren. Visitation 9 a.m. Wednesday at Borthwick Mortuary; service 10 a.m.; burial 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

MALIA "JAMAMA" KEAUPUNI MANOA, 76, of Ha'iku, Maui, died Dec. 19, 2008. Born on Kaua'i. Survived by sons, Stanley Manoa Jr. and Nelson Kane; daughters, Mary Enriquez, Sandra Kane, Norene Manoa and Caroline Manoa; 16 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren. Visitation 9 a.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kapolei Ward, Kalaeloa; service 11 a.m. Burial 10:30 a.m. Jan. 6 at Maui Veterans Cemetery. Arrangements by Leeward Funeral Home.

JEROME REED MATTISON, 54, of Waimea, Hawai'i, died Dec. 22, 2008. Born in New York. A finish carpenter in the construction industry. Survived by wife, Jackie; stepchildren, Matt and Heidi Hargett; father, Kenneth Mattison; sister, Judie Mattison. Service at a later date. Arrangements by A Hui Hou Crematory & Funeral Home of West Hawai'i.

TSUTOMU MENDE, 93, of Hilo, Hawai'i, died Dec. 25, 2008. Born in Ninole, Hawai'i. A retired heavy-equipment operator for H. Harada Construction Co. Survived by wife, Harue; son, Howard; daughter, Jane; brother, Tsuyoshi Tahara; sisters, Mitsue Morishita, Shizuko Sumiye, Kiyoko Sugiyama and Hideko Horiuchi. Visitation 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday at Dodo Mortuary; service 5 p.m. Casual attire.

BRIAN KUNIYUKI MIYAGI, 60, of 'Aiea, died Dec. 14, 2008. Born in Honolulu. Retired from the state of Hawai'i. Survived by wife, Jill; son, Scott; daughter, Shannon; a grandson; mother, Barbara; brothers, Gary and Paul. Visitation 5 p.m. Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary Mauka Chapel; service 6 p.m. No flowers. Casual attire.

ANDREW ANALU RABANES SR., 71, of Honolulu, died Dec. 12, 2008. Born in Wailuku, Maui. Head pastor of Yoke of Jesus Christ Church. Survived by wife, Paula; sons, Andrew Jr., Milton, Chris, Ekolu Delos Santos; hanai sons, Sampson Kaawa and Joseph Kuhiiki; daughters, Marilyn "Nani" Hashimoto, Rose "Yuk Lan," Kehau, Michelle Lee Chavis, Shannah Li Nahulu, Desiree and Kimberley "Nani" Cook; hanai daughter, Edie Nakoa; brother, George Kaawa; sisters, Janet Martin, Mary Kepaa, Naomi Brett and Tammy Guy; 32 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren. Visitation 8 to 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Nu'uanu Memorial Park & Mortuary; service 9:30 a.m.; burial 1 p.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

HARLAN WADE SILVA, 56, of Wai'anae, died Dec. 14, 2008. Born in Honolulu. Survived by father, Frederick; brothers, Alfred and Christopher; sisters, Fredlyn Nishikawa and Christina Silva. Mass 11 a.m. Tuesday at Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa; inurnment 1 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Arrangements by Mililani Downtown Mortuary.

JEANNE STESSEL, 80, of Lahaina, Maui, died Dec. 22, 2008. Born in Los Angeles. Owner of the Cookie man and Island Swimwear. Survived by husband, Morris; daughters, Lorrie Lohr and Cindy; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Private scattering of ashes at a later date. No flowers. Donations to Hospice Maui, 400 Mahalani St., Wailuku, HI 96793. Arrangements by Ballard Family Mortuary.

CHARITY STEWARD, 67, of Hilo, Hawai'i, died Dec. 22, 2008. Born in Hilo. A tractor-trailer operator for Mauna Loa Maca-damia Nut Corp. Survived by son, John Steward; sister, Lehua Diaz; brother, Fredrick Andrews; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Graveside urn committal service 10 a.m. Saturday at East Hawai'i Veterans Cemetery No. 1. Lei and flowers welcome. Casual attire. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.

JACOB JAMES TRANNEL, 15, of Onalaska, Wis., died Dec. 16, 2008. Born in Honolulu. Avid soccer and hockey player who played with Team Wisconsin and the Western Wisconsin Blue Devils. Survived by parents, Thomas and Dena; brother, Nathan; sister, Molly; grandparents, Karen Vandermillen, Jim Vandermillen and Bette Trannel; special friend, Morgan Poss. Mass held in Wisconsin. No flowers. Donations to the Jacob James Trannel Memorial Fund. Condolences to: www.schumacher-kish.com. Arrangements by Schumacher-Kish Funeral Home, Onalaska, Wis.

JUDITH MISAKO TSUKIYAMA, 66, of Honolulu, died Dec. 14, 2008. Born in Hilo, Hawai'i. Survived by sisters, Betty Tsukiyama, Matsuko Motooka, Lily Tsukiyama and Amy Okada. Private service held. Arrangements by Nu'uanu Memorial Park & Mortuary.

EDITH "DEE DEE" WOODS, 65, of Maine, died Dec. 21, 2008. Born in Port Chester, N.Y. A dental hygenist and longtime O'ahu resident. Survived by children, Paul Woods, Julia Ann deForest Karlsson and David deForest Woods; four grandchildren; brother, Peter Hills; sister, Susan Coursey. Service in February 2009 at First Presbyterian Church of Ko'olau. Cremation held. Condolences: www.CrosbyNeal.com. Arrangements by Crosby & Neal, Newport, Maine.

CHARLES ISAO YAMASHIRO, 91, of Honolulu, died Dec. 21, 2008. Born in Ninole, Hawai'i. Retired MTL bus driver who formerly owned Beauty Clothes Cleaners. Survived by wife, Haruko; sons, Daniel and Ronald; daughters, Lillian Goda and Cynthia Mishina; five grandchildren; a great-grandchild; brothers, Harold and Minoru; sister, Theresa Yamamoto. Visitation 5 to 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary; service 6 p.m. No flowers. Casual attire.

KATOSHI "KATO" YANO, 94, of Honolulu, died Nov. 26, 2008. Born in Honolulu. Retired Universal Motors journeyman parts employee. Survived by wife, Nancy Misao Yano; nieces; nephews. Private service held. Arrangements by Nu'uanu Memorial Park & Mortuary.

MASARU YONEDA, 94, of Waimanalo, died Dec. 15, 2008. Born in Honolulu. Retired vegetable farmer. Survived by wife, Hisako; daughters, Doris Kawagoe, Karen Yoneda and Judy Hiratsuka; a granddaughter; sister, Hideko. Private service held. Arrangements by Hosoi Garden Mortuary.