Philip Michael “Mike” Luce, 68, of South Kohala died Oct. 5 at The Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu. Born in Los Angeles County, Calif., he was a construction and engineering contractor, owner of M. Luce Contracting Inc. and MLC Inc., former president of Kahilu Theatre, Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce, Big Island Business Council, former chairman of Hawaii County Planning Commission, chairman of Waimea Community Association Planning and Design Review Committee and member of North Hawaii Rotary, UH-Hilo and West Hawaii Chancellor’s Advisory Committee, Hawaii Leeward Planning Conference, Kohala Ditch Foundation board and South Kohala Traffic Safety Committee. Celebration of life Saturday, Nov. 7, time and place TBA. No flowers. Memorial donations to Kahilu Theatre Foundation. Survived by wife, Suzanne Hill; sisters-in-law Sally (Hill) Brenny, Kathy Hill, Patricia (Hill) Engel and Roberta Ann (Hill) Blomquist; brothers-in-law William Robert Hill Jr. and William Bradley; godmother, Vivian Fountain; cousins, nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. Arrangements by Ballard Family Mortuary.
Philip Michael “Mike” Luce, 68, of South Kohala died Oct. 5 at The Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu. Born in Los Angeles County, Calif., he was a construction and engineering contractor, owner of M. Luce Contracting Inc. and MLC Inc., former president of Kahilu Theatre, Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce, Big Island Business Council, former chairman of Hawaii County Planning Commission, chairman of Waimea Community Association Planning and Design Review Committee and member of North Hawaii Rotary, UH-Hilo and West Hawaii Chancellor’s Advisory Committee, Hawaii Leeward Planning Conference, Kohala Ditch Foundation board and South Kohala Traffic Safety Committee. Celebration of life Saturday, Nov. 7, time and place TBA. No flowers. Memorial donations to Kahilu Theatre Foundation. Survived by wife, Suzanne Hill; sisters-in-law Sally (Hill) Brenny, Kathy Hill, Patricia (Hill) Engel and Roberta Ann (Hill) Blomquist; brothers-in-law William Robert Hill Jr. and William Bradley; godmother, Vivian Fountain; cousins, nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. Arrangements by Ballard Family Mortuary.
Alfred Rodrigues, 86, of Kurtistown, died Oct. 2. Born in Olaa, he was the retired owner of the former Diamond R Video. Services held. Condolences to P.O Box 4293, Hilo, HI 96720. Survived by wife, Laverne Rodrigues of Kurtistown; son, Reno (Lyman Waddill) Smith of Arizona; brothers, Joseph Rodrigues and Henry Rodrigues of Hawaii; sisters, Flora Rosa of California, Annie Moore of Michigan and Adeline Rodrigues of Virginia; two grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Ballard Family Mortuary.
Anne “Annie” Marie Demler Williamson, 76, of Ocean View, died Oct. 10 at Ka‘u Hospital. Born in Rochester, N.Y., she was a homemaker. Services held. Memorial donations to any cancer foundation. Survived by husband, Ernest Williamson of Ocean View; friends. Arrangements by Cremation Services of West Hawaii.