Melanie April Collier, 67, of North Kohala died March 28 at home. Born in American Fork, Utah, she was a veterinary assistant and cowgirl. Private services pending. Memorial donations may be sent to North Hawaii Hospice at 65-1328 Kawaihae Road, Kamuela, Hawaii 96743. Survived by sister, Pamela Chilton of Palm Desert, Calif.; brother, Greg Chilton of North Kohala; numerous nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Cremation Services of West Hawaii.
Melanie April Collier, 67, of North Kohala died March 28 at home. Born in American Fork, Utah, she was a veterinary assistant and cowgirl. Private services pending. Memorial donations may be sent to North Hawaii Hospice at 65-1328 Kawaihae Road, Kamuela, Hawaii 96743. Survived by sister, Pamela Chilton of Palm Desert, Calif.; brother, Greg Chilton of North Kohala; numerous nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Cremation Services of West Hawaii.
Billie Marie Shrock, 78, of Kailua-Kona died March 12 at home. Born in Kalispell, Mont., she was a SAFCO Insurance Company executive secretary. Services held. Survived by husband, Lee Shrock of Kailua-Kona; sons, Michael (Lori) Shrock of Greenville, S.C., and Scott Shrock of Wenatchee, Wash.; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary and Evergreen-Washelli Funeral Home.
Herman Ah Yee Sr., 78 of Naalehu died March 25 at home. Born in Ka‘u, he was a Kaalualu Ranch cowboy, a Ka‘u Agribusiness Sugar Company boiler technician and Naalehu Senior Club member. Visitation at 9 a.m. Saturday at Naalehu Assembly of God Church. Funeral service at 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow at the Naalehu County Cemetery. Casual attire. Flowers welcome. Survived by son, Herman (Louann) Ah Yee Jr. of Naalehu; daughters, Joy Lynn (Stanley Williams) Ah Yee of Naalehu, Velma Becraft of Waihee, Maui, Naomi (Lawrence) Smith Jr. of Lawrenceville, Ga., and Dawnalynn (Henry) Waiwaiole Jr. of Naalehu; brothers, Raphael (Virginia) Ah Yee of Mililani, Oahu, Francis (Mardel) Ah Yee of Walnut Creek, Calif., Paul Ah Yee of Waiohinu and Sylvester (Martha) Ah Yee of Keaukaha; sister, Elena Paulo of Hilo; sisters-in-law, Betty Ah Yee of Hayward, Calif., and Marie Ah Yee of Naalehu; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Family and friends may call (808) 929-8410 or (808) 929-9028. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Minoru “Winchell” Shimabukuro, 95, of Hilo died March 26 at Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home. Born in Laupahoehoe, he was a retired Papaaloa Community Store co-owner and U.S. Army veteran, and member of Akaka Falls Lions Club, Honpa Hongwanji Hilo Betsuin, Central Komohana Kumiai, Hui Okinawa and various golf clubs and gateball clubs. Private services held. No koden. No flowers. Survived by wife, Mabel Shizue Shimabukuro of Hilo; sons, Wayne (Maurine Simpson) Shimabukuro of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and Craig (Katherine) Shimabukuro of Hilo; brother, Tokihiko (Fusako) Shimabukuro of Torrance, Calif.; sisters, Tsuneko Taira of Torrance, Calif., and Setsuko Shimabukuro of Honolulu; one grandson; numerous nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Audrey Gonsalves, 77, of Hawaiian Beaches died Feb. 28 at home. Born in Honolulu, she was a retired General Motors assembly welder. Celebration of life at 3 p.m. Monday at the family residence, 15-2707 Opae St., Hawaiian Beaches. Casual attire. Survived by husband, Albert Torres Gonsalves Sr. of Hawaiian Beaches; sons, Joseph (Mikhala) Gonsalves of Vicenza, Italy, Albert (Angelika) Gonsalves of Columbia, S.C., Alan (Tracy) Gonsalves of Hawaiian Beaches and Adam (Jennie) Gonsalves of Fremont, Calif.; sisters, Antoinette Tsusaki of Kapolei, Oahu, and Tony De Luiz of Maui; daughters, Teresa (Hector) Castillo of Modesto, Calif., and Sabrina Gonsalves and Tabitha Roberts, both of Hawaiian Beaches; 18 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.