Margaret Silva Ahuna, 94, of Honokaa died Dec. 9 at Hale Hoola Hamakua. Born in Kalopa, she was a homemaker, former employee of Hamakua Country Club, and member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and Hamakua Country Club. Celebration of life noon Saturday (Jan. 9) at Hamakua Country Club in Honokaa. Casual attire. Survived by daughters, Naomi (Ted Toluba) Campbell of Washington, Joanne (Pabling Feliciano) Erlandson of Paauhau and Celeste (Cristito) Tiogangco of Hilo; sons, John (Stephanie) Ahuna III of Paauilo and Alvin Michael Ahuna of Honokaa; six grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews and cousins. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Margaret Silva Ahuna, 94, of Honokaa died Dec. 9 at Hale Hoola Hamakua. Born in Kalopa, she was a homemaker, former employee of Hamakua Country Club, and member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and Hamakua Country Club. Celebration of life noon Saturday (Jan. 9) at Hamakua Country Club in Honokaa. Casual attire. Survived by daughters, Naomi (Ted Toluba) Campbell of Washington, Joanne (Pabling Feliciano) Erlandson of Paauhau and Celeste (Cristito) Tiogangco of Hilo; sons, John (Stephanie) Ahuna III of Paauilo and Alvin Michael Ahuna of Honokaa; six grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews and cousins. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Dianita Carino Cabalce, 84, of Keaau died Dec. 22 at Hilo Medical Center. Born in Santiago, Ilocos Sur, Philippines, she worked at Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Co. and was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and Holy Rosary Catholic Church. Visitation 6-9 p.m. Friday (Jan. 8) at Dodo Mortuary Chapel. Wake service at 7 p.m. Visitation again 8-10 a.m. Saturday (Jan. 9) at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Keaau. Mass at 10 a.m. Casual attire. Burial at Homelani Memorial Park. Survived by husband, Onofre Cabalce of Keaau; daughters, Flory Ito of Kurtistown, Josephine (Andrew) Matias of Keaau, Bella (Hiep) Doan of Hawaiian Paradise Park, Keaau, and Mila (Jude) Javier of Long Beach, Calif.; sons, Nestor (Laudy) Cabalce of Keaau and Milo (Lacher) Cabalce of Hilo; 15 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; cousins, nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
John Keahi Harris Jr., 70, of Paauilo died Nov. 21 at home. Born in Kukaiau, he was a retired night auditor for Uncle Billy’s Kona Bay Hotel and previously worked for Mauna Lani Bay Hotel and Bungalows, Brioni, King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel, Volcano House and Hawaiian Hauling Services in various auditor and management positions. Visitation 9-11 a.m. Friday (Jan. 8) at Dodo Mortuary Chapel. Memorial service at 11 a.m. Casual attire; flowers omitted. Survived by sisters, Betty Raymond and Tedieth P. (Clarence) McColgan of Hilo; cousins, nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews and godchildren. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Maria Oldendorf, 71, of Hilo, Riverside, Calif., and Colorado Springs, Colo., died Dec. 8 at home under care of Hospice of Hilo. She was a state attorney in Colorado, former schoolteacher, onetime Colorado state chapter president of the American Cancer Society, member of Hilo Orchid Society, volunteer at Hilo Medical Center gift shop, gardener and world traveler. Celebration of life in Hilo in June. Memorial donations to ALS Association, Hilo Woman’s Club, Hospice of Hilo and Haili Church. Survived by husband, Kermit Lee Shields; sister Jane (Bill) Boyd of Hilo; stepchildren, grandchildren, nieces and cousins. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Rosalina “Rose” Guillermo Orita, 77, of Kapaau died Dec. 24 at North Hawaii Community Hospital. Born in Waianae, Oahu, she was a retired Kohala Nursery employee, member of Hawi Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Kohala Senior Citizens, receiving the Senior Citizen of the Year Award for 2009 and 2014. Visitation 8-9:15 a.m. Saturday (Jan. 9) at Hawi Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Funeral Mass at 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Halawa Catholic Cemetery. Casual attire. Survived by companion, Raymond Talisay of Kapaau; daughters, Barbara “Bobbi” (Benjamin Cabang Jr.) Akana, Valerie (Randy, Sr.) Carpio, Caroline Orita of Kohala and Debbie Gay (Randy) Caravalho of Kohala, Teresa (Christopher Santiago) Orita of Hawi; hanai daughters, Leimana Abenes of Hilo and Raynette “Nette” (Alan, Sr.) Lacad of Oahu; hanai sons, Rayburn “Chan” Lincoln of Oahu and Rene “Bogie” (Nicole) Talisay of Keaau; sister, Solidad Olarti of Oahu; brothers, Kelly Butay of Washington and Wilfred Butay of Oahu; brother-in-law, Phil (Gay) Orita of Missouri; sister-in-law, Lyman Campbell of Hilo; 14 grandchildren, five hanai grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Roque Virginio Solmerin, 76, of Hilo died Dec. 5 at Hilo Medical Center. Born in Waipahu, Oahu, he was a retired estimator for Society Contracting and member of Zion’s House of Praise Holiness Church in Hilo. Visitation 9-10 a.m. Saturday (Jan. 9) at Dodo Mortuary Chapel. Memorial service at 10 a.m. Oahu visitation 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at Mililani Mortuary Makai Chapel. Memorial service at 11 a.m. Casual attire; no flowers. Survived by wife, Lois Kobata Solmerin of Hilo; sons, Jason Solmerin and Robert Solmerin of Waipahu, Gary Solmerin and Darren Solmerin of Las Vegas; daughters, Tammyranae (Ambrocio) Galzote of Mililani, Oahu, and Kimberly (Gregory) Arianoff of Hilo; brothers, James (Linda) Solmarin of Las Vegas and John (Marilyn) Solmarin of Sumner, Wash.; sisters, Magdalena (Jaime) Babas of Guam and Josephine Vegas of Wahiawa, Oahu; sister-in-law, Juana Solmirin of Missouri; 11 grandchildren and seven great- grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.