Obituaries for August 2

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Rubie Masako Ishikawa, 78, of Pepeekeo died July 3 at home. Born in Pahala, she was a retired farmer. Services held. No koden (monetary gifts). Survived by son, Kevin (Kristen) Ishikawa of Hilo; daughter, Laurie Ishikawa of Las Vegas; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.

Rubie Masako Ishikawa, 78, of Pepeekeo died July 3 at home. Born in Pahala, she was a retired farmer. Services held. No koden (monetary gifts). Survived by son, Kevin (Kristen) Ishikawa of Hilo; daughter, Laurie Ishikawa of Las Vegas; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.

Diane Ruth Maritt, 71, of Hilo died July 27 at Hilo Medical Center. Born in Minneapolis, she was proprietor of Victorian Princess Bed and Breakfast and a bookkeeper, member of Big Island Ballroom Dance Club and a Canine Performance Events agility handler. Potluck celebration of life 11 a.m. Saturday (Aug. 6) at her home, 160 Kaiwiki Road, Hilo. Online condolences: homelanimemorialpark.com. Survived by daughters, Staci Smith of Winchester, Calif., and Angelika Jones of Magna, Utah; four grandchildren. Arrangements by Homelani Cremation Services.

Billie Mae O’Neil, 94, of Kailua-Kona died July 28 at Hospice of Kona Nakamaru Hale. Born in Texarkana, Ark., she was a homemaker and member of Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity. Private services. Survived by daughters, Judith (James) Gardner of Holualoa and Billie Kathleen (Richard) Shea of Olympia, Wash.; sister, Bobbie Talbot of Beaumont, Texas; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.

Saburo Sadahira, 94, of Hilo died July 22 at a private care home in Hilo. Born in Papaikou, he was retired mill worker for the former Pepeekeo Sugar Co., carpenter for the former Hicks Homes Co., anthurium farmer and member of Honomu Henjoji (Odaishisan) Mission, Panaewa Houselots Kumiai and Hawaii Carpenters Union. Visitation 10-11 a.m. Thursday (Aug. 4) at the Dodo Mortuary Chapel. Memorial service at 11 a.m. Casual attire. Survived by wife, Aiko Sadahira of Hilo; sisters, Tsuyuko Yamamoto of Honolulu, Kazumi (Kazuhiko) Kitakaze of Hiroshima, Japan, and Yaeko (Akira) Kanetoku of Iwakuni, Japan; sister-in-law, Mitsuko Sadahira of Yamaguchi, Japan; nephews and nieces. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.

The late Lino Cabral Jr. was a U.S. Army Korean War veteran and was survived by, among others, daughter, Gloria Santos of Honolulu. Incomplete and incorrect info was submitted for an obituary published Sunday.