Funeral, celebration set for Borges

Friends and fans of legendary Hawaii jazz vocalist Jimmy Borges will have two chances to say a final goodbye to the entertainer, who died May 30 after succumbing to liver and lung cancer.

A Catholic memorial service will take place at Our Lady of Peace, 1184 Bishop St., on Saturday, with visitation from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and a funeral Mass at noon. Parking will be available at Century Square, 1188 Bishop St., as well as surrounding streets. Aloha attire is requested.

At 9 a.m. Sunday, Borges’ ashes will be scattered in the ocean fronting the Royal Hawaiian hotel, 2259 Kalakaua Ave. A celebration of life will follow at the hotel’s Monarch Room from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The Borges family asks that guests wear aloha attire and refrain from wearing shorts or slippers; parking will be available at the Waikiki Shopping Plaza and Sheraton Waikiki for $8.

Instead of flowers, donations to the Jimmy Borges Endowed Scholarship in Vocal Music at the University of Hawaii at Manoa may be sent to the UH Foundation in care of Malia Peters, P.O. Box 11270, Honolulu, HI 96828-0270; make a donation online at uhfoundation.org/JimmyBorgesEndowed Scholarship. Sign an online guest book at ballardfamily mortuary.com.

Borges, 80, died two days after winning his first Na Hoku Hanohano Awards. He was unable to attend the live telecast to personally accept his awards. His self-titled album won album of the year, male vocalist of the year and jazz album of the year, and Borges was also recognized as favorite entertainer of the year in a public vote.