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Lucia Figueroa Salomon, 97

Lucia Figueroa Salomon, 97, of Kahului, passed away on July 30, 2016, at her home under the care of Islands Hospice. She was born on December 19, 1918, on Kauai.Visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Friday, August 19, 2016, at Norman's Mortuary; service will begin at 11:00 a.m.; burial will follow, 12:30 p.m., at Valley Isle Memorial Park Cemetery in Haiku.Lucia is survived by her sons, Raymond Rivera Sr., Robert Rivera (deceased), Randy (Tina Wilson) Salomon, Anthony (Leona) Salomon; daughters, Ruby (William Borges) Morales, Beverly (Larry Singson Jr.) Salomon, ...

Elias D. Corpuz, Sr., 85

Elias D. Corpuz, Sr., 85, of Lahaina, Maui, passed away on August 5, 2016, at Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born on July 20, 1931, in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Monday, August 15, 2016, at Norman's Mortuary; service will begin at 11:00 a.m.; burial will follow, 2:00 p.m., at Valley Isle Memorial Park Cemetery in Haiku.Elias was a retired Luna at Pioneer Mill. He was a humble, hardworking man who enjoyed fishing, yardwork, and spending time with his family. Elias was predeceased by his wife, Getrodes P. Corpuz; ...

Carol Mae Gamulo, 75

Carol Mae Gamulo was born September 19, 1940 in Brainerd, MN to Edward and Ada Thornton. She passed away on August 6, 2016 at home in Pukalani.Carol had a passion for fishing and cooking, which fit right in with owning and running a resort and catering business in Ideal Township, where she also served as fire warden and cpr training officer for Ideal Fire Department. More recently she was a bookkeeper for Glass Products of Hawaii and considered her coworkers her second family.Carol is survived by her husband Douglas, son Andrew (Diane) Gilquist, grandson Jack Gilquist, brothers ...

Clifford Augustine “Sabong” Pimentel, 82

Clifford Augustine "Sabong" Pimentel, 82, of Haiku, passed away on July 25, 2016 at Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born on May 23, 1934 in Puunene, Maui.Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at Christ the King Church in Kahului, Mass will begin at 11:30 a.m. and burial will follow at Maui Veteran's Cemetery at 1 p.m.Clifford retired from Maui Land & Pineapple where he worked as a Mechanic and boiler man in the bi-product department.His hobbies were, raising game birds, fishing, hunting, and raising his goats. He also enjoyed playing ...

John “Chico” Cruz, 76

John Cruz, known as "Chico", 76, of Maui, died July 10, 2016.He was born to the late Louie and Mary Cruz in Oahu and grew up on Maui.He was self-employed.John is survived by Consuela Newton, daughter, and four grandchildren. He is also survived by Emily (Allen) Torres, sister; Eva Cruz, sister; Frank Cruz, brother, and Michael Cruz, brother.A memorial service to celebrate his life will be held at 9:30 am on Saturday August 13, 2016 at the Kahului Salvation Army, 45 Kamehameha Ave., Kahului, and to be followed by refreshments there. The family requests no flowers.Condolences may be sent ...

Carlito Kazuo Flores, 89

Carlito Kazuo Flores, 89 of Lahaina, Maui passed away at his residence on July 30, 2016. He was born March 3, 1927 in Olowalu, Maui.A Celebration of Life will be held at Ballard Family Mortuary in Kahului on Saturday, August 13, 2016 from 9:00am-12noon, with service at 10:30am. Burial will be at Maui Veteran's Cemetery in Makawao on Monday, August 15, 2016 at 11:00am.Carlito is survived by sons, Carlton (Carolyn), Lee; daughters, Carlene, Carol Jackson; brother, Manuel "Boy" Flores; sisters, Asaye Nishimoto, Florence "Yaeko" Oliveira, Lucille "Hachan" Lee; grandsons, Enoka Dela Cruz, ...