Florenda Tejero Taculao, 100, of Honolulu, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 29, 2023. She was born on April 22, 1922 in the Philippines. She is predeceased by her husband, Mariano; and daughter, Henrietta Mitchell. She is survived by children, Petronila Newhouse, Ponciana Franson, Joy...

Claudette C. Nishigaya, age 65, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Janurary 21, 2023 at her home in Nuuanu Valley. She was born on October 6, 1957 in Honolulu, HI, to Calvin (father) and Annie (mother) Ching. She was a graduate of St. Andrews Priory and the University of Hawaii at Manoa....

Harriet Yoshiko Welch, 98, passed peacefully on Jan 14, 2023, at Kuakini Medical Center, surrounded by her family. She was born on Jan 28, 1924, in Maui to Hiyosuke Yoshioka and Umeyo Takamori. She was the eldest sister of 6 siblings. She lived in Smyrna Beach, Florida, before moving back to...

Diamond Head Mortuary and Williams Funeral Services is saddened to announce the passing of Kurt G. De Leon Sr. We are honored to be serving the De Leon family. Kurt G. De Leon, 76, of Honolulu, HI, passed away in Honolulu, HI on January 11, 2023. He was born in Honolulu, HI. Kurt is survived by...

Diamond Head Mortuary and Williams Funeral Services is saddened to announce the passing of Franklin H.M. Tam. We are honored to be serving the Tam family during this time. Franklin Hon Mung Tam, 80, of Honolulu, HI passed away in Honolulu, HI on January 11, 2023. He was born in Honolulu, HI.

Sister Michele McQueeney died after a short illness at The Plaza in Kaneohe, Hawaii, on January 10, 2023. Sister was born to Carl and Margaret (Dougherty) McQueeney on July 21, 1937, in Auburn, New York, and named Margaret Susan McQueeney. She entered the Sisters of Saint Francis of the Newman...

Aiko Yamamoto, 100 of Honolulu, housewife, died January 9, 2023. She was born in Hilo, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Earl (Roberta), Ralph (Jean), Brian; 7 Grandchildren; and 9 Great-Grandchildren. Services are Private, No Monetary Offering. She was preceded by her husband, Osame.

Diamond Head Mortuary and Williams Funeral Services is saddened to announce the passing of Nagako Hida. We are honored to be serving the Hida family. Nagako Hida, 99, of Honolulu, HI passed away in Honolulu, HI on January 7, 2023. She was born in Hiroshima, Japan. Nagako is predeceased by her...

Herbert Toyo Tada passed peacefully on January 5, 2023, at the age of 82. Herbert, the eldest of three children by Kusuo and Kimiko Tada, was born in 1940 in Haney, BC, Canada and moved to Hawaii shortly after WWII. He grew up in Kaimuki and graduated from ­­Roosevelt High School and Honolulu...

Diamond Head Mortuary and Williams Funeral Services is saddened to announce the passing of Daniel Pohokawaiolaahaa Makakoa. We are honored to be serving the Makakoa family at this time. Daniel Makakoa, 74, of Honolulu, HI, passed away on January 3, 2023 in Honolulu, HI. He was born in Honolulu,...

Gregory Mun Biu Tong passed peacefully in his sleep on December 30, 2022, at the age of 93. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi to Koon Ching and Violet Tong, owners of Tong’s Sundries on Maunakea Street, and part of a large, extended family, headed by his maternal grandfather, Young Anin, founder...

Louise F. Goodspeed passed away peacefully at home in Honolulu on December 28, 2022 at the age of 91. She was born in Portland, Maine to Everett Eugene Goodspeed and Hazel Adelaide Gore Goodspeed. Her parents and brother Douglas K. Goodspeed and sister Natalie Osgood predeceased her. She is...