Samuel Bento Jr., 60, of Hilo died June 10 at Hilo Medical Center. Born in Hilo, he was a salesman for Aiona Car Sales and U.S. Air Force veteran. Visitation 9-10:30 a.m. Thursday (June 23) at Dodo Mortuary Chapel. Celebration of life at 10:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire. Survived by mother, Sumiko Bento of Hilo; sisters, Laura-Lee (Raymond III) Rodrigues and Jeannette Kama Bento of Hilo; one nephew, one niece, three grandnephews, cousins, aunts and uncles. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Samuel Bento Jr., 60, of Hilo died June 10 at Hilo Medical Center. Born in Hilo, he was a salesman for Aiona Car Sales and U.S. Air Force veteran. Visitation 9-10:30 a.m. Thursday (June 23) at Dodo Mortuary Chapel. Celebration of life at 10:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire. Survived by mother, Sumiko Bento of Hilo; sisters, Laura-Lee (Raymond III) Rodrigues and Jeannette Kama Bento of Hilo; one nephew, one niece, three grandnephews, cousins, aunts and uncles. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Alexander Freitas, 83, of Mililani, Oahu, died May 4 at Aloha Care Nursing and Rehab. Born in Holualoa, he was a retired U.S. Army command sergeant major and veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars. Memorial services 10 a.m. Saturday, June 25, at Waianae Sacred Heart Church, 85-786 Old Government Road, Waianae Oahu. Survived by wife, Edilyn; sons, Gordon and Alexander Jr. “Alika”; brother, James; sisters Melvine (Donna) Kuali‘i of Kona, Margaret Isaacs of Oahu and Myrtle Bush of Kona; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
John “Jack” N. Hashimoto, 93, of Kaneohe, Oahu, died April 30 in Okayama, Japan. Born in Honomu and raised in Pahala, he was a retired training coordinator for the Sheet Metal Workers Union, Local 283. Services 10 a.m. June 26 at Hosoi Garden Mortuary in Honolulu. Survived by wife, Jean; daughters, Shirley Takenaka of Morgan Hill, Calif., and Linda Judd of Wailuku, Maui; sisters, Alice Imaino, Helen Noborikawa and Clara Furukawa; five cousins; nieces and nephews.
Caroline Theresa Haena, 75, of Hilo died June 8 at Hospice of Hilo Pohai Malama Care Center. Born in Hilo, she was a caregiver. Visitation 8-10 a.m. Wednesday (June 22) at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Funeral Mass at 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Mauna Kea Memorial Park in Papaikou. Casual attire. Survived by brothers, Calvin M. (Marie) Haena of Kailua-Kona, David J. Haena of Hilo and Bernard (Sonia C.) Haena of Kailua-Kona; sister, Josephine (Valentine) Galang of Alta Loma, Calif.; nephews, nieces, cousins and an aunt. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Gwendellyn Waahiaokalani Yamamoto, 82, of Kapaau, died June 13 at home. Born in Paauhau, she was a retired hostess/waitress for various hotels and restaurants and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kohala Ward. Visitation 8:30-10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 25, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kohala Ward in Hawi. Funeral service at 11 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawi County Cemetery. Aloha attire. Survived by sons, Armstrong (Maraiah) Yamamoto Jr. of Pahoa, Jason (Lisa) Yamamoto of Kohala, Douglas (Heidi) Yamamoto of Waikoloa and Clayton (Rita) Yamamoto Sr. of Kohala; daughters, Gwendellyn “Tita” (James “Puni”) Sanchez of Kohala, Agnes “Nani” (Jacques) Chung Hee of Mountain Home, Idaho, Milley (Timothy) Lino of Kailua-Kona and Kathleen (Claude) Caravalho of Keaau; brother, Reynolds Nakooka Kamakawiwoole Jr. of Paauhau; brothers-in-law, Samuel Akau of Kalihi, Oahu, Silom Yamamoto of Kohala, William (Mildred) Yamamoto of Hilo, Solomon (Rosemarie) Yamamoto of Arizona, Kamaka Yamamoto of Hilo and Manuel (June) Yamamoto of Kohala; sisters-in-law, Malia Kamakawiwoole of Honokaa, Ethel Yamamoto of Kohala and Hanako Yamamoto of Hilo; 36 grandchildren, 62 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.