Hawaii Obituaries

To begin, add an obituary record or view a list of locations and resources for Hawaii obituaries.

Hawaii is a state of incredible beauty and a place where thousands of people retire to. This means that every year, there are more and more Hawaii obituaries being listed in newspapers across the island chain. You can start your search with the Hawaii Newspaper Index, located in the state library and easily accessed over the web.

This archive includes listings from both the Honolulu Advertiser and Honolulu Star-Bulletin Newspapers and features obits from 1989 to present day. You can also check the massive database located via the web at BYU. This database can be a bit redundant with the database listed above as it contains listings from 1995 onwards from the same two newspapers.

If you are looking for small town obits or ones from remote parts of the islands, you may want to contact small, regional newspapers in that area or the city hall of that region. It may be a difficult search, but you should be able to find the listings you are looking for. Try to track down the county in which your loved one lived in and then contact an official who lives in that area to find out more.

Listed are indexes and databases designed to help users research Hawaii death notices.

Below is a list of Hawaii newspaper obituaries to aid in genealogical research.

Hawaii Tribune-Herald
PO Box 767
Hilo, HI 96721
p (808) 930-7324

The Hawaii Tribune-Herald of Hilo is a result of the mergers of several local papers. It focuses on local and regional news. Under the “News” heading, readers find “Obituaries.” Listed are the most current obituaries, including biographical and service details. Readers may also search the Tribune-Herald for older death notices.

Honolulu Advertiser
PO Box 3110
Honululu, HI 96802
p (808) 525-8000

The Honolulu Advertiser is Hawaii’s largest newspaper. From the homepage, select “Local News,” under which is “Obituaries.” Obituaries from the past several weeks are listed, with the most current appearing at the top. You may also search for obituaries less than sixty days old and in archives for those from 1999 to present.

Kauai Garden Island News
3137 Kuhio Hwy
Lihu'e, HI 96766
p (808) 245-3681

Kauai Garden Island News has a thorough Obituary feature. Listed are the last two months’ death notices, which readers may view by double-clicking on the appropriate name. Also provided is search feature which allows readers to locate past obituaries by name and/or date. The daily News was first published in 1902.

Maui News
100 Mahalani St
Wailuku, HI 96793
p (808) 244-3981

Covering news important to the community since 1900, Maui News provides easily accessible obituaries containing biographical and funeral service information. One can find this by going to the News' homepage and selecting the Obituaries option at the top. Obituaries dating back several months are listed, with most current notices at the top.

Molokai Dispatch
PO Box 482219
Kaunakakai, HI 96748
p (808) 552-2781

The Molokai Dispatch is a true local paper, covering news of importance to the Molokai community. It takes a local, though, to find the obituaries on the Dispatch’s website. With no marked obituary section or search option, one has to look through the Announcements to find death notices.

West Hawaii Today
PO Box 789
Kailua-Kona, HI 96745
p (808) 329-9311

The voice of the community, West Hawaii Today, features local news and features six days a week. Here you will find obituaries of current and former residents of the island. On the page are the current day’s obituaries. A search option allows readers to look for older notices within Today.

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