Access Ewa Gentry Obituary Records
An Ewa Gentry obituary ties back to a death in the master-planned community on the Ewa plain of West Oahu. Ewa Gentry sits in Honolulu County. That means every death certificate, probate file, and most public death data goes through state and county offices in Honolulu. This page lists where to find a name, a date, or a service, and how to order a certified record. Use the search widget below for a quick start.
Ewa Gentry Overview
Ewa Gentry Obituary Plantation Records
Ewa Gentry rests on land once farmed by the Ewa Plantation Company. The company ran sugar on the plain from 1890 into the 20th century. That history still shapes many Ewa Gentry obituary searches. The Ewa Plantation Company Records at the University of Hawaii Manoa Library hold 8 annual diary books kept by manager W.J. Lowrie from 1890 to 1897. The diaries list worker names, deaths, injuries, and sick leaves.
The diaries are open to researchers in the library's Hawaiian Collection and help many Ewa Gentry families trace ancestors.
The UH Manoa library also holds payroll books, worker cards, and plantation store ledgers that help trace a death or injury. Some records name the cause of death or the sum paid to next of kin. Most workers who died during the plantation era were buried at the nearby Ewa Plantation Cemetery.
Note: The plantation records cover the late 1800s. For modern Ewa Gentry obits, check the Honolulu Star-Advertiser and local funeral homes.
Ewa Gentry Obituary Cemetery Records
The Ewa Plantation Cemetery lies a short drive from Ewa Gentry. It holds headstones from 1896 and covers more than 11 acres with roughly 500 grave sites. Many stones carry Portuguese, Japanese, and Filipino names from the sugar plantation era. The site is registered with the State Historical Society. You can view name lists and grave transcripts at portuguesecollections.org. The site keeps a growing file of family photos and obits.
The cemetery still accepts visits from the public and families can ask about grave locations.
Modern Ewa Gentry residents often choose Mililani Memorial Park and Mortuary at 94-560 Kamehameha Highway in Waipahu for burial. The park handles both burial and cremation. Diamond Head Memorial Park in East Honolulu and the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl are also common choices. Cemetery operators renew with the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs every other year.
Hosoi Garden Mortuary and Nuuanu Memorial Park round out the main options. Most Oahu mortuaries can handle an Ewa Gentry service and post notices online.
Ewa Gentry Death Certificates and Vital Records
All Ewa Gentry death certificates are filed with the state. The Hawaii Department of Health, Office of Health Status Monitoring issues certified copies for the whole state. The office is at 1250 Punchbowl Street, Room 103, Honolulu, HI 96813. Hours run Monday through Friday, 7:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. You can order online at vitrec.ehawaii.gov, by mail to P.O. Box 3378, Honolulu, HI 96801, or in person.
The fee is $10 for the first copy. Each extra copy of the same record is $4. A letter of verification is $5 under HRS §338-14.3. Access is limited by HRS §338-18 to those with a direct and tangible interest. Mail orders run six to eight weeks. In-person orders are faster but the office line can get long.
Ewa Gentry funeral homes often order the first five copies for the family as part of the service package. That saves time when banks, insurance firms, and the probate court all need proof of death.
Ewa Gentry Hospital and Medical Examiner
The closest full-service hospital for an Ewa Gentry death is Queen's Medical Center West Oahu in Kapolei. The 119-bed hospital handles ER, medical, and surgical cases. Pali Momi Medical Center in Aiea is the next closest. When a doctor rules the death, the record is sent to the state. The hospital does not keep public obituary listings.
If the death is sudden, unexpected, violent, or suspicious, the Honolulu Department of the Medical Examiner takes the case. The office is at 835 Iwilei Road, Honolulu. Call (808) 768-3090. The ME rules on cause and manner of death under Section 6-1305 of the 1973 Revised Charter of the City and County of Honolulu. Autopsy reports are public under Honolulu Corp. Counsel Op. No. 61-25. Families can request a copy for a covered Ewa Gentry obituary.
Note: Ewa Gentry cases involving sudden death must be reported to the Medical Examiner and the police under Honolulu's charter.
Ewa Gentry Obituary Library Research
Most Ewa Gentry residents use the nearby Ewa Beach Public Library at 91-950 North Road, Ewa Beach, HI 96706. The branch is part of the state library system and holds microfilm of the Honolulu Advertiser and Star-Bulletin. Free state library cards are open to all Hawaii residents. Staff help you find an Ewa Gentry obituary by last name or date.
The Kapolei Public Library at 1020 Manawai Street in Kapolei is the second go-to. It opened in 2004, covers 35,000 square feet, and is the second largest library in the state. You can pull up the Hawaii Newspaper Index there or use a free computer to search the BYU-Hawaii Joseph F. Smith Library obituary database. Names in all caps came from the Advertiser. Names in mixed case came from the Star-Bulletin.
The Hawaii State Public Library main branch at 478 South King Street in Honolulu has the Honolulu Advertiser and Star-Bulletin Index from 1929 to 1994. It also keeps microfilm of vital records from 1909 to 1949. Call (808) 586-3500 for help.
Ewa Gentry Newspaper Obituary Notices
The main daily paper for an Ewa Gentry obituary is the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. The paper runs paid notices for all of Oahu. Each entry covers full name, age, town, date of death, date and place of birth, work, list of survivors, service time and place, burial details, and the mortuary handling the service. The online page updates daily.
The Star-Advertiser formed from the merger of the Honolulu Advertiser and the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Older Ewa Gentry obits from before 2010 live in the archives of those two prior papers. Microfilm is held at the Hawaii State Public Library. The BYU-Hawaii Joseph F. Smith Library keeps a searchable name index covering both papers.
For older obits, the Ulukau Hawaiian Electronic Library hosts a free index to early English-language papers. That includes the Pacific Commercial Advertiser, The Friend, and the Hawaiian Gazette. Many Ewa plantation-era deaths show up there.
Ewa Gentry Probate and Property Records
When an Ewa Gentry resident dies and leaves property over $100,000, the estate goes through probate in the First Circuit Court at Kaahumanu Hale, 777 Punchbowl Street, Honolulu. Probate files usually include the original will, letters testamentary, the estate inventory, distribution orders, and creditor claims. Copies cost $1 per page, $2 for certified, and $5 per case search. Most Oahu probate cases run six months to more than a year.
Property records for Ewa Gentry sit with the Honolulu County Real Property Assessment Division. The Kapolei branch at 1000 Ulu'ohi'a Street, Suite 206, handles West Oahu files. Report the owner's death within 30 days of the event or by November 1 of the year. The home exemption is $120,000 for owners under 65 and $160,000 for owners age 65 and up. Send the death certificate with the Tax Map Key to the Tax Maps Branch at 842 Bethel Street, Basement, Honolulu.
Deed records live with the Hawaii Bureau of Conveyances at 1151 Punchbowl Street. Use the online Grantor/Grantee Search to trace deeds or probate orders tied to an Ewa Gentry obituary.
Ewa Gentry Nearby Obituary Pages
Ewa Gentry shares roads and resources with the rest of the Ewa plain. Families often list services in nearby West Oahu cities. Use these pages for local leads.