Obituaries for January 1

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Hank Honorio Badajos, Jr., 83, of Keaau died Dec. 25 at home. Born in Honolulu, he was a retired maintenance worker for Hawaii State Hospital in Kaneohe, Oahu, merchant marine for Dole Co., and U.S. Air Force veteran. Private services. Online condolences: homelanimemorialpark.com. Survived by wife, Maile Badajos of Keaau; daughter, Gail Badajos of Honolulu; sons, Race Badajos and Cale Badajos of Honolulu; brother, Eugene Badajos of Los Angeles; 15 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Homelani Memorial Park.

Eileen P. Souza, 90, of Honokaa died Dec. 14 at Hale Hoola Hamakua. Born in Ahualoa, she was a retired factory worker for the former Honokaa Sugar Co. and member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and Honokaa Senior Citizens. Visitation 8-10 a.m. Saturday (Jan. 5) at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Honokaa. Memorial mass at 10 a.m. Urn committal to follow at church cemetery. Casual attire. Survived by sons, Wayne (Shannon) Souza of Kalopa and Manuel (Jennifer) Souza of Honokaa; daughter, Sharon (Alexis) DeMello of Ahualoa; sister, Agnes P. Carvalho of Honolulu; seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.

Stanley Tamotsu Tanaka, 81, of Mountain View, formerly of Honolulu, died Nov. 16 at home. Born in Honolulu, he was a retired truck driver for City Mill and member of Hale Pule Ke Ola Hou Church and Teamsters Local 996. Visitation 9-11 a.m. Saturday (Jan. 5) at the Borthwick Mortuary Mauna Kea Chapel in Honolulu. Celebration of life at 11 a.m. Casual attire. Survived by daughter, Dawn Sulun (Jarrett) Tavares of Mountain View; sons, Stanley Koichi Tanaka and Walter Henriques of Honolulu; sisters, Karen Nishio of Fresno, Calif., Eleanor (Jack) Yamamoto and Vivian (Harris) Nakamura of Honolulu; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.