Kay Naomi (Shoji) Cera, 71, of Papaikou, formerly of Mililani, Oahu, died Nov. 25 at Hilo Medical Center. Born in Hilo, she was retired from Pizza Hut and a member of Kealiiokamalu Church in Haleiwa, Oahu, and Ke Kilohana O Ka Malamalama Church in Hilo. Visitation 4-5 p.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary Chapel. Memorial service at 5 p.m. Urn committal service noon Monday, Dec. 22, at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2 Columbaria. Casual attire; no flowers. Survived by husband, Gilbert Cera of Papaikou; daughter, Sharmaine (Jason) Generalao of Las Vegas; sons, Gilbert B. (Loryfel) Cera of Las Vegas, Grant K.M. Cera of Mililani and Garrett K. Cera of Honolulu; brothers, Tamotsu Arai of Hilo, Toshio (Sonia) Shoji and Dennis (Liza) Shoji of California; sister, Ellen (Roy) Kaluna of Naalehu; six grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Kay Naomi (Shoji) Cera, 71, of Papaikou, formerly of Mililani, Oahu, died Nov. 25 at Hilo Medical Center. Born in Hilo, she was retired from Pizza Hut and a member of Kealiiokamalu Church in Haleiwa, Oahu, and Ke Kilohana O Ka Malamalama Church in Hilo. Visitation 4-5 p.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary Chapel. Memorial service at 5 p.m. Urn committal service noon Monday, Dec. 22, at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2 Columbaria. Casual attire; no flowers. Survived by husband, Gilbert Cera of Papaikou; daughter, Sharmaine (Jason) Generalao of Las Vegas; sons, Gilbert B. (Loryfel) Cera of Las Vegas, Grant K.M. Cera of Mililani and Garrett K. Cera of Honolulu; brothers, Tamotsu Arai of Hilo, Toshio (Sonia) Shoji and Dennis (Liza) Shoji of California; sister, Ellen (Roy) Kaluna of Naalehu; six grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Lin Loy Kuualoha Chang, 68, of Belmont, Calif., died Sunday, Dec. 7, at Kalopa. Born in Honolulu, she was a Kamehameha School for Girls Class of 1964 graduate. Visitation 9-10 a.m. Saturday at Imiola Congregation Church, 65-1084 C Mamalahoa Highway, Waimea. Memorial service/celebration of life at 10 a.m. Casual attire; no koden (monetary gifts). Memorial contributions to North Hawaii Hospice, 65-1328 Kawaihae Road, Kamuela, HI 96743. Survived by mother, Audrey “Aunty Hina” Chang of Honolulu; husband, George Michael Meding of Belmont, Calif.; sons, Kyp Kahaku Jones of Honolulu and K. Kuekaa Jones of Paauilo; brothers, Thomas “Tommy” (Alicia “Tiny” Balingit) Chang of Hilo, Winfield (David Carlson) Chang of Kailua-Kona, Bruce “Alii” Chang of Kihei, Maui, and Sanford Chang of Pahoa; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews and cousins. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Elizabeth “Girlie” Kalani Kauliakamoa Keli‘i Ho‘omanawanui, 82, of Hilo died Dec. 4 at home. Born in Kilauea, Kauai, she was a retired crossing guard at Chiefess Kapiolani School, self-employed groundskeeper at Hilo Shopping Center, member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Kilauea Ward, its relief society, and Lanakila Church of Kainaliu-Kona and associated with Kuhio Chapel of Keaukaha, Ola‘a 1st Hawaiian Congregational Church, and Puna Ka‘u Council Choir. Visitation 6-9 p.m. Thursday at Dodo Mortuary Chapel. Visitation again 8-10 a.m. Friday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ponahawai Chapel. Funeral service at 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire; flowers welcome. Survived by sons, Louis (Renee) Ho‘omanawanui of Kauai, Hiram (Lyn) Ho‘omanawanui, Henry (Tricia) Ho’omanawanui and Moses Ho’omanawanui of Hilo, Alfred (Nyda) Delpino of Kona, John Noah Ho‘omanawanui of Kalaupapa, Molokai; daughters, Elizabeth Warren of Kona, Cynthia (Gary) Akimseu and Ka‘ila (Gary) Williams of Hilo; stepdaughters, May Vernal Ho‘omanawanui of Honolulu and Eunice (Alex) Reyla of Washington state; hanai daughters, Kea Shield of Kauai and Jeannie Cluff of Waimea; hanai brothers, Luther “Uncle Bill” (Emma) Lenton Sr. of Oahu and Clarence Gasaway of Kauai; sisters-in-law, Judy Moa of Montana, Katie Moa and The Rev. Martha Kamai of Oahu, May Grover of Hilo; grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, cousins, nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Yoshie Iwahashi, 91, of Pepeekeo died Dec. 5 at Hospice of Hilo Pohai Malama Facility. Born in Papaikou, she was a retired seamstress and member of Honomu Hongwanji Buddhist Temple. Visitation 9-10 a.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary Chapel. Memorial service at 10 a.m. Casual attire. Survived by daughter, Maureen (Dennis) Kawaoka of El Cerrito, Calif.; son, Eric Iwahashi of Pepeekeo; brothers, Yukio Tanaka of Torrance, Calif., Mitsuo Tanaka of Hakalau, Hiromi (Jo-Anne) Tanaka of Makawao, Maui, and Isao (Hisako) Tanaka of Hilo; sisters, Shizue Ichinotsubo of Honomu, Kikuko Kuwahara of Hilo and Loretta (Hiroshi) Hayashida of Washington state; daughter-in-law, Annette Iwahashi of Hilo; brother-in-law, Tooru (June) Iwahashi of Kaneohe, Oahu; sister-in-law, Faith Tanaka of Torrance, Calif.; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; nephews and nieces. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Joseph “Joe” Perreira Jr., 58, of Hilo died Nov. 30 at Hilo Medical Center. Born in Honokaa, he was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. Visitation 4-5 p.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary Chapel. Funeral service at 5 p.m. Graveside committal service 9 a.m. Saturday at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire. Survived by son, Joson Perreira of Hilo; daughter, Hulali Perreira of Maui; mother, Edna Capello-Perreira of Hilo; brothers, Robert (Marylou) Maertens of Nanawale and Samuel Perreira of Kwajalein, Marshall Islands; sisters, Iris Perreira-Roelse of Stockton, Calif., and Agnes Perreira-Fesolai of West Valley, Utah; aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Norman Verbanic Jr., 56, of Kurtistown died Dec. 12 at Hilo Medical Center. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., he was a Hawaii Electric Light Co. technical manager, member of St. Theresa Parish at Holy Rosary Mission Church and U.S. Navy veteran. Visitation 10–11 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Keaau. Funeral Mass at 11 a.m.. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. Survived by wife, Dolores “DeeDee” Verbanic of Kurtistown; son, Stanley Charles Verbanic of Kurtistown; daughter, Hannah Eleanor Verbanic of Kurtistown; parents, Norman and Eleanor Verbanic Sr. of Buffalo, N.Y.; brother, Nicholas (Laura) Verbanic of Buffalo, N.Y.; sister, Jean (Randy) Marie Esposito of Cleveland; mother-in-law, Dolores (Stan) Suenishi of Honolulu; sisters-in-law, Yolanda M. Colon of Hilo and Estrellita (Wayne) Burley of Hawaiian Beaches; nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts and uncles. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.