‘The prolife community has lost an angel’ Catherine “Marie” Kuhn, a steadfast defender of the unborn who was not afraid to speak truth to apathy and to walk the talk of the prolife cause, died July 17 on Oahu from complications following surgery. She was 82. For the past 35 years, the mother of six […]
Obituary: Sister Mary Joel Kramer | 1921-2014
BVM religious taught elementary school on Kauai Sister Mary Joel Kramer, a Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary who taught in Catholic elementary schools on Kauai from 1954 to 1961, died July 13 at Marian Hall in Dubuque, Iowa. She was 92. She entered the convent 75 years ago. Sister Mary Joel taught […]
Obituary: Don Chu | 1933-2014
A prominent leader in Marriage Encounter, family ministry Don Chu, who with his wife June was a prominent leader in the Catholic Marriage Encounter movement and headed the diocesan family life ministry office in the 1980s, died July 10 at Kahala Nui’s Hiolani Care Center in Honolulu. He was 81. His funeral services are July […]
Obituary: Msgr. Alan Nagai | 1933-2014
Isle priest, respected veteran of parish, diocesan, religious life Msgr. Alan A. Nagai, an island priest for 56 years who served in 10 parishes and several high diocesan positions, died June 18 at Straub Medical Center in Honolulu after a brief illness. He was 81. He was retired and living in Honolulu. A vigil of […]
Obituary: Sister Aurelia Sanchez, O.P. | 1942-2014
Dominican Sister, a fragrant rose, served 45 years in Hawaii Sister Aurelia Sanchez, whose life was like the roses she cultivated, was the director of Rosary Preschool in Waipio Gentry and a member of the Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of the Philippines. She died June 25 at Little Company of Mary Medical […]
Obituary: Father Robert P. Guerrero | 1959-2014
California priest, first ordained for Hawaii, served here 4 years Father Robert P. Guerrero, a priest of the Diocese of San Bernardino who had served four years in Hawaii as a newly ordained priest, died May 5 at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Ontario, Calif. He was 54. Hawaii Bishop Joseph A. Ferrario ordained the California […]
Obituary: Sister of St. Francis Laurenza Fernandez | 1923-2014
Maui-born teacher and nurse served in Hawaii, New York, California, Rome Sister M. Laurenza Fernandez’ 67 years as a Sister of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities took her from the small Maui plantation town of Puukolii, near Lahaina, to assignments across Hawaii and to New York, California and Rome. She died April 28 at […]
Obituary: Sister Jeanne Cordeiro | 1919-2014
Sacred Hearts Sister was a teacher by profession, with a love for woodworking Sister Jeanne Cordeiro, a Maui-born Sister of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary whose long teaching career was augmented by her love of woodworking and driving, died on March 20 in Honolulu, 11 days after suffering from a brain hemorrhage. She […]
Obituary: Edward Vargas | 1948-2014
Deacon for 13 years, port chaplain, served at St. Jude, Kapolei Deacon and diocesan port chaplain Edward Vargas, who served at St. Jude Parish in Kapolei, died March 16 at Kaiser Medical Center in Honolulu. He was 65 and a deacon for 13 years. His neighbor and friend of 20 years, Deacon John Coughlin, remembered […]
Obituary: Nettie Lou Kaleimomi Naula Peiler | 1947-2014
Diocesan secretary managed church records and statistics Nettie Lou Kaleimomi Naula Peiler, the recently retired secretary for the diocese’s Chancellor’s Office at St. Stephen Diocesan Center who handled church records and statistics among other duties, died on March 9 in Kaneohe. She was 66. Her funeral is March 31 at St. Ann Church in Kaneohe. […]