Obituaries

Pearl Rose Fergerstrom supported
youth music

By Star-Bulletin staff

She was the mother of Blaine Fergerstrom, webmaster of starbulletin.com, the Star-Bulletin's on-line edition.

Born Pearl Rose Chung and raised in Kalihi, "Ma" Fergerstrom grew up with a "rascal streak," flouting convention by running for the title of "Miss China" in the late '40s and joining the Civil Air Patrol in 1951.

Through the years, she was active as a Cub Scout den mother and with the Waimalu PTA. She was also co-owner of Oz Video in Waimalu, served as eucharistic minister for St. Elizabeth's Church and sang in the church choir.

In between all that, she found time to baby-sit grandchildren, become an accomplished seamstress, shuttle her children to countless extracurricular obligations and help out with school functions, said son Blaine.

Fergerstrom also is survived by husband, Herman A. Fergerstrom; sons Kelan, Ermin and Garen; daughters Janel Walsh, Dore Weber and Leann Antonio; mother, Florence Chung; brothers, John Chung Jr. and Jimmy Chung; sister, Betty Carvalho; and 13 grandchildren.

Viewing will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. April 22 at St. Elizabeth's Church, 99-310 Moanalua Road, followed by Mass and viewing until 9 p.m. Friends may call again at the church from 8 to 10 a.m. Tuesday April 23 for Rosary and prayer service.

Burial will follow at 11 a.m. at Veterans Cemetery in Kaneohe. Aloha attire.

Meliton B. Agamata of Honolulu died April 3 in St. Francis Hospital.

Agamata, 87, was born in Dingras, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Clarita V.

Graveside service: 9 a.m. April 20 at Valley of the Temples. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. April 19 at Nuuanu Memorial Park Mortuary.

Kathleen S. Agena of Honolulu, a Japan Airlines ticketing agent, died April 16 in Queen's Hospital.

Agena, 46, was born in Hiroshima, Japan. She is survived by husband Stanley M.; mother Yukimi Matsumoto; brothers David S. and Clifford R. Matsumoto; and sister Emi Goya.

Memorial service: noon April 20 at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Jose A. Atalig of Waipahu, who died April 12 in St. Francis Hospital, will be remembered in an 11 a.m. service April 19 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ewa Beach. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples.

Incorrect information provided by the mortuary.

Robert H. "Bob" Harris of Honolulu, who died April 14 in Honolulu, is also survived by brother Jack. Additional information provided by the mortuary.

Helen M.S. Kealoha of Waimanalo died April 10 in Castle Hospital.

Kealoha, 72, was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Enoch "Bobby"; sons Mark E., Scott K. and Alan K.; brothers Katsuto and Hiroshi Shiraishi; and five grandchildren.

Service: 11:30 a.m. April 20 at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Diamond Head

Jenny L. Kling of Honolulu died April 15 at home.

Kling, 91, was born in Unala- kleet, Alaska. She is survived by daughter Katharine E. Clifford; son Thomas L.; and two granddaughters.

Memorial service: 3 p.m. April 20 at Central Union Church.

Aloha attire. No flowers.

Donations suggested to Central Union Church or a charity.

Lillian M.H. Lum of Honolulu, a schoolteacher for the Chung Shan Chinese Language School, died April 16 in Kaiser Hospital.

Lum, 94, was born in Hanapepe, Kauai. She is survived by sons Harman and Doman; daughter Mayette L. Zane; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Service: 1 p.m. April 20 at the Community Church of Honolulu. Call after noon. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park.

Suk-Yue Ma of Honolulu died April 4 at home.

Ma, 88, was born in China. She is survived by son Park-Ham; four grandchildren; and three great- grandchildren.

Taoist services: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. April 20 at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: Lin Yee Chung Cemetery.

Casual attire. No flowers.

Masato Matsui of Makawao, Maui, died April 17 at home.

Matsui, 83, was born in Maka wao, Maui. He is survived by wife Dorothy; son Paul M.; daughters Winifred R. Kubo, Jean K. Takiguchi and Patsy M. Matsueda; sister Ellyn Shigemi; and 10 grandchildren.

Service over his ashes: 5 p.m. April 20 at Makawao Hongwanji Mission.

Casual attire. No flowers.

Matao Nagata of Kahuku, a Kahuku Plantation retiree, died April 7 in Kuakini Hospital.

Nagata, 88, was born in Waialua. He is survived by sons Stanley M., Alan K. and Glenn K.; daughter Lily K. Miyahira; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

Private services.

Ethel F. Nakahara of Honolulu, a retired Dole Canneries canner, died April 7 at home.

Nakahara, 65, was born in Honolulu. She is survived by brother Sanford S. Kaneshiro; and sisters Yoshiko Nakandakari, Doris H. Yamashiro, Elsie T. Nakasone and Glayds S. Horner.

Private services.

John H. Nakasono of Waipahu, a Mutual Welding Co. retiree, died April 8 in St. Francis-West Hospital.

Nakasono, 61, was born in Ewa. He is survived by brothers Hideo, Satoru, Teruji, Imao, George T. and Thomas I.; and sisters Mildred M. Ito and Laura T. Nakasono.

Private services.

Kiyoshi Nakaya of Waimea, Kauai, a retired Kekaha Sugar Co. painter, died April 12 in Kauai Veterans Hospital.

Nakaya, 67, is survived by wife Julia; daughter Phyllis D. Okada; sons Nelson, Kurt and Sheldon; brothers Richard and Clarence; sisters Annie Matsumoto, Elsie Johnson and Linda Lane; and four grandchildren.

Service: 4 p.m. April 20 at the United Church of Christ in Waimea, Kauai. Call after 3 p.m.

Casual attire.

Alexa Ray D. Naval, infant daughter of Raymond and Leidy Naval Jr. of Mililani, died April 3 in California.

The infant was born on April 14, 1995, in Honolulu. She is also survived by grandparents Raymond and Sally Naval, and grandmother Filomena Dapun; and great-grandmother Maria Simangan.

Wake: 7 p.m. April 20 at Mililani Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Cremation to follow.

Casual attire.

Dennis P. O'Neill of Hilo, owner of O'Neills Locksmith in Hilo, died April 16 at home.

O'Neill, 48, was born in California. He is survived by wife Patricia; daughters Amy Lomanto and Hannah Reyes; parents James and Mary; brother James; sister Mary; and a grandson.

Service: 6 p.m. April 18 at Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home. Mass: 12:15 p.m. April 19 at St.

Joseph's Catholic Church. Call after 11 a.m. Burial: Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2.

Casual attire.

Bernice M. Peterson of Honolulu, a retired major from the U.S. Army Nurse Corps, died April 8 at home.

Peterson, 67, was born in California. She is survived by brother Robert.

Private services.

Betsy H. Saito of Honolulu, retired kitchen helper for ARA Services, died April 10 in Kuakini Hospital.

Saito, 77, was born in Ewa. She is survived by son Gary T.; daughters Barbara M. Hanai and Peggy K. Saito; brother Kenneth U. Sato; sisters Betty H. Haruguchi, Hilda M. Healy and Ellen E. White; and six grandchildren.

Private services.

Lois E. Swapp of Laie, a retired Brigham Young University-Hawaii teacher, died April 15 in Laie.

Swapp, 75, was born in Utah. She is survived by husband Wylie M.; daughters Madeline Perry, Shannon Madsen, Lorraine Swapp and Olivia Christy; sisters Olive and Bernice Evens, and Winifred Johnson; and 12 grandchildren.

Service: 10 a.m. April 20 at the Laie Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Fourth Ward. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Laie Cemetery.

Joseph L.L. Tabon, infant son of Wilson S. Tabon and M. Lilibeth L. Laurente of Kihei, Maui, died April 13 in Maui Memorial Hospital.

The infant is also survived by brothers Jay-R Tabon, and Jupither L. and Rhanderic L. Laurente; sister Marison; grandparents William and Julita Tabon, Lauriano and Charlita L. Sado, and Pacifico Lorilla; and great-grandparents Marcela and Lucille.

Service: 12:30 p.m. April 19 at Borthwick/Norman's Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Burial: Maui Memorial Park.

Casual attire.

William R.T. Takamura, infant son of Craig S. and Jessica J. Takamura of Wailuku, died April 15 in Maui Memorial Hospital.

The infant was born on Jan. 4 in Wailuku. He is also survived by brother Daniel A.; sister Nicole A.; grandparents Richard and Carol Yamashita, and Clara Takamura; hanai grandparents Henry and Louise Wandasan; and great-grandparents Richard and Alma Yamashita.

Services: 1:30 p.m. April 20 at Kahului Hongwanji Mission. Burial: Maui Memorial Park.

Leila F. Vannatta of Honolulu, a city clerk's office retiree, died April 15 at home.

Vannatta, 80, was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Eric K.; daughters Fern V. Clark and Anna-Catherine Choo; and two grandchildren.

Service: 10 a.m. April 22 at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: Nuuanu Memorial Park.

Antone Vilela of Kapaa, Kauai, a Kauai County welder, died April 15 at home.

Vilela, 75, was born in Wailua, Kauai. He is survived by wife Rose; daughter Patricia Souza; brother John; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Mass: 1 p.m. April 20 at St. Cath erine's Catholic Church in Kapaa, Kauai. Call after noon. Inurnment: church cemetery. Casual attire.

Norman S. Yamauchi of Torrance, Calif., formerly of Honolulu, a production control manager for HITCO (BP) Chemicals, died Jan. 22 in California.

Yamauchi, 56, was born in Honolulu. He is survived by father Haruki; son Bryce; and a grandchild.

Private services.

Misao Yoshimura of Honolulu, formerly of Port Allen, Kauai, died April 4 at home.

Yoshimura, 96, born in Hanapepe, Kauai, is survived by sons Bob K., Lester T., Roy T. and Ralph J.; daughters Grace Y. Kidani, Edith Y. Tanaka, Betty S. Kanemoto, Dorothy Y. Yanagida, Mildred T. Nagoshi, Janet E. Hamada, Margaret S. Miura, Grace K. Veliz and Luella K. Lum; 37 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

Private services.

Alexander W.H. Young of Honolulu died April 9 in Castle Hospital.

Young, 80, was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Alexander W.K. Young Jr., and Herbert, Jonathan and Gale Lee; daughters Bernadette Tokunaga and Raynette Williams; brother George; sister Bernice Maeda; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Service: 10 a.m. April 20 at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Lin Yee Chung Cemetery. Casual attire.