Ponira Terii Holzgrove, 78, of Keaau died Aug. 10 at Hospice of Hilo Pohai Malama Facility. Born in Tahiti, she was a homemaker. Private services held. Survived by son, Teri‘i (Nalani) David Holzgrove of Kailua-Kona; daughter, Tania (Logan) P. Miller
Ponira Terii Holzgrove, 78, of Keaau died Aug. 10 at Hospice of Hilo Pohai Malama Facility. Born in Tahiti, she was a homemaker. Private services held. Survived by son, Teri‘i (Nalani) David Holzgrove of Kailua-Kona; daughter, Tania (Logan) P. Miller of Pahoa; brothers, Teri‘i Vehiatua, Levi Vehiatua, Coco Vehiatua, Puru Vehiatua, Pierro Vehiatua, John Vehiatua, all of Tahiti; sisters, Repeta Teariki, Raurea Peu, Paulette Temauri, Mirella Papai, Marita Vehiatua, all of Tahiti; three grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Aaron Edward Kondo, 32, of Hawi died Aug. 8. Born in Kealakekua, he was a landscaper and enjoyed hunting and fishing. Visitation 9 a.m. Saturday (Aug. 15) at Ballard Family Mortuary-Hilo at 570 Kinoole St. in Hilo. Memorial services at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, at Mahukona Beach Park, with scattering of ashes to follow. Survived by fiancée, Charlotte Aldaya of Hawi; daughter, Kailianu Lewi-Kondo of Las Vegas; parents, Allan and Sandy Kondo of Hawi; paternal grandmother, Dorothy Kondo of Hawi; brothers, Anthony (April Vohwinkle) Isabel, Allan (Melissa) Bigtas, both of Las Vegas, and Robert (Michelle) Bigtas of Honolulu; sisters, Amie (Leo Sigrah) Kondo, Ashley (Rodney Baclaan) Kondo, Aileen (Matt) Stromer, all of Las Vegas, and Ellie Sumic of Kona; numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Ballard Family Mortuary.
Billiamic “Bill” Sibayton, 89, of Keaau died July 29 at the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home. Born in Pahoa, he was a retired electrician for the Hawaii Department of Transportation-Airport Division, member of the Olaa First Hawaiian Congregational Church, Korean War Veterans of Hawaii, Big Island Chapter No. 231 and a veteran of the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Friends can call 9-10 a.m. Thursday (Aug. 20) at Dodo Mortuary Chapel; funeral service at 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire. Survived by wife, Miu Lin Sibayton of Keaau; daughters, Janice (Barry) Arakaki of Halaula, Debbie Ann (Jim) Coyle of San Anselmo, Calif.; hanai daughter, Caroline Porlas of Honolulu; sons, Wilfred (Joni) Sibayton, Jeffrey (Kapiolani) Sibayton, both of Keaau; brothers, Joseph “Joe” (Percy) Sibayton of Hilo, Patrick “Pat” (Lucy) Sibayton of Aiea, Oahu; sisters-in-law, Joyce Sibayton of Sacramento, Calif., Miu Chee Matsumur, Margaret Lee, both of Hilo, Florence Lee of Kona; 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
