Rhodora Tabasa Del Castillo, 84, of Kapaau, died Oct. 18 at Hale Hoola in Honokaa. Born in Carmen Cebu in the Philippines, she was a certified nursing assistant. No services held. Survived by daughter Gui Le Giok (Romula) Enojardo; son Gui Wilfred Del Castillo; brothers Amelio Del Castillo and Manuel Del Castillo; sisters Pilar Cantos and Maria Celia Almeria; and one grandson. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Rhodora Tabasa Del Castillo, 84, of Kapaau, died Oct. 18 at Hale Hoola in Honokaa. Born in Carmen Cebu in the Philippines, she was a certified nursing assistant. No services held. Survived by daughter Gui Le Giok (Romula) Enojardo; son Gui Wilfred Del Castillo; brothers Amelio Del Castillo and Manuel Del Castillo; sisters Pilar Cantos and Maria Celia Almeria; and one grandson. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Herbert “Sonny” Edward De Lima, 82, of Hilo, died Sept. 20 at Life Care Center of Hilo. Born in Hilo, he was a member of Arise Church, a welder for the Boilermaker Blacksmith Company and a U.S. Navy veteran. Visitation to be held Nov. 1 from 8-10 a.m. at Dodo Mortuary Chapel, with funeral at 10 a.m. and burial to follow at the Hawaii Veterans Cemetery #2 pavilion. Casual attire. Survived by sons Chad (Armista) De Lima of Bay Point, Calif. and Edward De Lima of Graham, Wash.; sisters Lorraine Amaral of Hilo, Agnes “Tootsie” De Lima of Honokaa and Patricia (Milton) Mendoza of Kaiwiki; aunty Faith Dulay of Hilo; grandson Nicholas De Lima; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Ellsworth Nahaku Kekua, 72, of Hilo, died Oct. 19 at the Hilo Benioff Medical Center. Born in Hilo, he was a security guard in Las Vegas and a member of the Haili Congregational Church. Services to take place at a later date. Survived by sisters Darlene (Keala) Iokepa-Kakalia of Hilo and Maria Smith of Hilo, sister-in-law Gwen Kekua of Hilo and numerous nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Medinia “Medina” “Grams” Palacol Ramirez, 85, of Kawaihae, died Oct. 23 at Queen’s North Hawaii Community Hospital. Born in Paauilo, she was a private child care provider. No services held. Survived by brother Rudy (Marlene) Palacol; son-in-law Lot “Hano” Grace Jr.; three grandchildren, one granddaughter-in-law, 19 great-grandchildren, nine great-great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Eugene Tan, 97, of Keaau, died Oct. 17 at the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home. Born in Leyte in the Philippines, he was a retired machinist at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and a U.S. Army Korean War veteran. Visitation to be held from 8-9 a.m. Nov. 7 at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hilo, with Mass at 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow at the East Hawaii Veterans Cemetery #2. Casual attire, no flowers. Survived by wife Maria Tan of Keaau; sons Michael Tan of Keaau and Dean (Janet) Tan of Lanai; mother-in-law Merlina Galarion of Keaau; five grandchildren, one great-grandchild, a brother, sister, sisters-in-law and a brother-in-law in the Philippines, and numerous nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
