Obituaries for December 22

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Johnson Chin Kong Lum, 69, of Keaau died Sept. 7 at home. Born in Fiji, he owned Hobby Garden. Private services held. Survived by wife, Yam Na Lum of Keaau; daughter, Sara Lum of Mountain View; brothers, Jimmy (Gail) Lum and Charlie (Theresa) Lum of Kaneohe, Oahu, Arthur (Lily) Lum of Seattle; sisters, Beryl (Stephen) Wong, Bertha Tam, Eileen (Daniel) Wong and Berry (Peter) Yee of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; cousins, nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.

Henry Kainoa Takaki, 82 of Kailua-Kona died Dec. 13 in Kealakekua. Born in Kona, he owned Hank’s Auto Body and Paint. Celebration of Life 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb 10, at Hawaii Big Game Fishing Club at Honokohau Small Boat Harbor. Online condolences: ballardfamilymortuaries.com. Survived by sons, Henry K. (Nava) Takaki Jr. and James (Maediene Freitas-Takaki) Takaki of Kona; daughters, Tracy (Joseph) Takaki-Puou and Zhenry Takaki-Freitas of Kona; brothers, Kenneth Takaki, Mervin Takaki, John Kiaha, Elton Takaki and Sylvester Takaki of Kona; sisters, Winona Elaironoff and Bernice Mitchell of Kona; 21 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. Services provided by Ballard Family Mortuary.

Walter Patrick Thompson, 82, of Kailua-Kona died Dec. 17 at Kona Community Hospital. Born in Jonesboro, La., he was a retired U.S. Air Force captain, retired stockbroker and member of Makalei Golf Club. Inurnment at 1 p.m. Friday, March 8, at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio. Survived by wife, Carey W. Gomes of Kailua-Kona; son, Walter Patrick Thompson Jr., of Fort Worth, Texas; daughter, Veronica (Richard) Caldwell of Cedar Park, Texas; brother, George Landry of Louisiana; sisters, Marie Prejean of Louisiana, Nita Newman of Florida and Sharon Lesieur of Mississippi; sister-in-law, Lennie (Norm) Gorsuch of Alaska; five grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.