Barbara A. Dougherty, a sparkplug behind the Hawaii Opera Theatre, died April 30 at home. She was 52.Originally the secretary for Honolulu Symphony conductor Robert La Marchina, she became executive secretary of the Hawaii Opera Theatre when the symphony and opera separated.
"She became the catalyst of what came after," noted longtime friend Bill Bohan.
"She kept things together and made it work. ... She was totally dedicated to what she did."
She is survived by her husband, Ronald J.; parents Marvin and Shirley Fehr; and brother Jeff Fehr.
Services are pending.
Gisela B. Apana of Wailua Homesteads, Kauai, died April 28 at home.
Apana, 63, was born in Wiesbaden, Germany. She is survived by daughters Sahne Hoelzel, Shirley Apana and Shirlette Burnz; sons Bill, Walter, Danny and Duane; brother Heinz Holzel; 24 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Service: 7:30 p.m. May 3 at Garden Island Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire.
Nicolas D. Dannog of Honolulu, a laborer for the hotel industry, died April 27 in Mahelona Hospital.
Dannog, 85, was born in Banna, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by brothers Alfred, Estaquio, Mariano, Sabino and Theodoro.
Mass: 11 a.m. May 2 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Kauai Memorial Gardens. Casual attire.
Raymond DeRego of Makaha died April 22 in the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center.
DeRego, 68, was born in Hawaii. He is survived by brother Frank Jr.; and sisters Ruth Milliora, Mary Rafael and Elizabeth Villacruzes.
Mass: 11 a.m. May 3 at St. Rita Catholic Church, 89-318 Farrington Highway. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.
Alexander G. Feria of Kailua, a Honolulu Police Department retiree, died April 27 in Kaiser Hospital.
Feria, 77, was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Eva W.; son Patrick McGuire; and sister Adelaide F. Mello-Vesey.
Mass: 11 a.m. May 2 at St. John Vianney Church, 920 Keolu Drive. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Oahu Cemetery.
Aloha attire.
Odis T. Gower of Kihei, Maui, died April 27 in Maui Memorial Hospital.
Gower, 79, was born in Chappel Hill, Texas.
He is survived by wife Mary L.; sons Michael S., Patrick E., Jimmy W. and Thomas; daughters Joyce Long and Barbara Beck; brothers Jeff and the Rev. Olan E.; 12 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Memorial service: 2 p.m. May 2 at Ala Lani United Methodist Church.
Casual attire. No flowers.
Donations may be made to the American Heart Association.
David A. Ito of Kula, Maui, a retired Hawaiian Telephone engineer, died April 27 in Wai Ilio Bay, Maui.
Ito, 55, a U.S. Army veteran who served during the Vietnam War, was born in Kula, Maui.
He is survived by wife Blanche N.; mother Chiyono; son Arlen; daughters Lori Dela Cruz and Paula Ito; brothers Donald and Edward; sister Linda Daida; and three grandchildren.
Service over his ashes: 5 p.m. May 2 at Makawao Hongwanji Mission.
Casual attire. No flowers.
Mary K.K. Johnson of Honolulu died April 28 in Kaiser Hospital.
Johnson, 83, was born in Laiemaloo, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Louis; sons Louis K., Ned K., Van K., Alexander, Melvyn and Alton; daughters Elizabeth L. Kaalekahi, Lorraine W. Piohia, Agnes M. Hubbard and Mary K. DeCosta; brother Benjamin L. Kapu; sister Violet K.K. Sprankles; 30 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
Service: 10:30 a.m. May 3 at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. May 2 and after 8 a.m. May 3 at the mortuary. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Aloha attire.
Kimiyo Kawamoto of Keaau, Hawaii, formerly of Papaikou, Hawaii, died April 27 in Hilo Hospital.
Kawamoto, 93, was born in Olaa, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Takeshi, Tsutomu and Raymond; daughters Mitsuko Tomono and Masako Shimasaki; brothers Noboru and Kennard Morimoto; sister Haruko Fujiwara; 21 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.
Service: 5 p.m. May 2 at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 4 p.m.
Casual attire. No flowers.
Robert T. Keehn of Hilo, formerly of Honolulu, a software programmer, died March 14 in Hilo Hospital.
Keehn, 56, was born in Long Beach, Calif. He is survived by daughter Carole Malone; brother Walter; sister Isabel Ketterling; and stepmother Julia.
Graveside service: 1 p.m. May 3 at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2.
Henry W.M. Koikoinui of Waianae died April 26 in the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center.
Koikoinui, 56, was born in Waiahole. He is survived by wife Evelyn; sons Henry, Derrick, Shane and Nathan; daughters Monica Koikoinui and Trisha Tolentino; brother Joseph Wong; sisters Elizabeth Mahoe and Helen Shelby; and six grandchildren.
Service: 7:30 p.m. May 2 at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Cremation to follow. Scattering of ashes: 10 a.m. May 4 at Waiahole Beach Park.
Casual attire.
Yoshio E.K. "Yoshi" Lamansky of Mililani, a Leeward Community College student, died April 28 in Kuakini Hospital.
Lamansky, 20, was born in Honolulu. He is survived by fiancee Jennifer Begonia; father and stepmother Robert E. and Miye; mother and stepfather Lawson K.H. and Rhonda A. Shimokawa-Pang; hanai father Jerry M. Yonaha; brothers Kyle Yonaha, Tyler and Travis Pang, and Genji and Hiroshi Lamansky; sisters Mari Yonaha and Mikiye Lamansky; grandparents Ronald and Ardis Shimokawa, and Mary L. Pang; and great-grandparents James and Alice Shimokawa, and Ruby Fukuoka.
Memorial service: 7 p.m. May 3 at Mililani Memorial Park and Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m.
Casual attire.
Wong Yip Ma of Honolulu died April 26 in Queen's Hospital.
Ma, 83, was born in China.
She is survived by sons David, Peter, Tony and Alexander; daughters Elizabeth Lau and Irene Yee; 15 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Service: noon May 2 at Our Lady of Peace Cathedral, 1184 Bishop St. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples.
Aloha attire.
Lillie E. Mackenzie of Kahala, an elite swimmer in the 1920s, died April 18 in Honolulu.
Mackenzie, 89, was born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.
She is survived by sons Wilson and Thurston; nine grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Service: 8 a.m. May 3 at the Outrigger Canoe Club.
Casual attire.
No flowers.
Donations suggested to Na Wahine Pa`ani O`Punahou in care of Punahou School.
John D. McLeod of Honolulu died April 18 in Honolulu.
McLeod, 67, was born in Illinois.
He is survived by wife Louise; and sister Nancy Guernsey.
Private services.
Betty Molina of Kihei, Maui, a housekeeper for Mauna Kai Maui, died April 27 in Queen's Hospital.
Molina, 66, was born in Spreckelsville, Maui. She is survived by husband Benigno "Ben"; daughters Brenda Molina and Uilani Prones; sons Brian and Glenn; hanai son Craig "Albino" Anderson; brothers Catalino and John Damian; sisters Juanita Timbreza, Helen Morales, Fely Hill, Sally Calaustro and Claudia Fernando; and six grandchildren.
Mass: 7 p.m. May 3 at St. Theresa's Church. Call after 6 p.m. Service: 10 a.m. May 4 at Borthwick Mortuary-Norman's. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Maui Memorial Park.
Darlene K. Nakahara-Yap of Kaneohe died April 26.
Nakahara-Yap, 42, was born in Honolulu.
She is survived by husband Dexter Yap; sons Jory and Michael Kahele; daughters Shana Kahele and Sadie Yap; mother Doris Heneralau; brothers Greg and Hanson Nakahara; sister Leona Nakahara; and a grandchild.
Service: 10:30 a.m. May 3 at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples.
Casual attire. No flowers.
Haruto Ouchi of Kahului died April 28 at home.
Ouchi, 73, was born in Sprecklesville, Maui.
He is survived by wife Betsy; daughters Sharon Ueoka, Sandra Kumabe and Debbie Yokote; brother Isamu; sisters Michiko Anzai and Aiko Endo; and five grandchildren.
Service over his ashes: 5 p.m. May 3 at Nakamura Mortuary.
Casual attire. No flowers.
Alfredo C. Pudiquet of Waialua, a Waialua Sugar Plantation retiree, died April 16 in Wahiawa General Hospital.
Pudiquet, 83, was born in Dingras, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Angela V.; sons Cesar V. and Alfredo V. Jr.; sisters Flora Soliman and Carolina Pascual; and three grandchildren.
Mass: 7 p.m. May 3 at St. Michael's Church, 67-390 Goodale Ave. Call after 6 p.m. Service: 10:30 a.m. May 4 at Mililani Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow. Casual attire.
Manuel C. Silva of Kahului, who died April 28 in Kula Hospital, is also survived by son Manuel Jr.
Incorrect information provided by the mortuary.
John Sitch of Kailua, a retired U.S. Army Corps of Engineers safety officer and president of Sitch Electric Inc., died April 25 at home.
Sitch, 80, was born in Pennsylvania. He is survived by wife Mabel; sons Russell, Kenneth, Warren and Michael; brothers Steven and Mike; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Service: 9:30 a.m. May 3 at Kailua United Methodist Church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Aloha attire. No flowers.
Louis P. Soares of Hilo, a retired mason, died April 26 at home.
Soares, 81, was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Marie T.; sons Louis N., Patrick, Carl and Chris; daughters Sharon De Yeso and Cynthia Augustin; brothers Joseph, Ernest and William; sisters Amelia Cacpal, Mary Boulds, Victoria Higa, Mabel Santiago and Violet Soares; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Mass: 12:15 p.m. May 3 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Alae Cemetery.
Casual attire. No flowers.
Hatsue Torikai of Hilo, proprietress of the former Wainaku Store, died April 30 at home.
Torikai, 83, was born in Paukaa, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Francis T. and Dennis K.; daughter Sharon M.; brothers Tomoi, Ryoichi, Jerry and George Hirokane; and four grandchildren.
Memorial service: 6 p.m. May 3 at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m.
Casual attire. No flowers.
Donations may be made to Hospice of Hilo.