Obituaries
Wednesday, September 4, 1996



Germiniano B. Antonio, 90, of Waialua, a Del Monte Pineapple Plantation retiree, died Aug. 17 in the Convalescent Center of Honolulu. He is survived by wife Ines A.; sons Alipio J., Peter R., Lionel H. and Rey A. "Smurf"; sister Cresecia; brother Pablo; and a granddaughter. Wake: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Service: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow. Casual attire.

Marceliana Caletena, 79, of Hanamaulu, Kauai, died Aug. 26 in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. She is survived by husband Irineo; daughters Lourdes Castillo, Ardie Matias, Sally Visaya and Gloria Koizumi; brother Nemesio Gambeng; and nine grandchildren. Rosary: 7 p.m. Friday at Borthwick/Kauai Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Service: 9 a.m. Saturday at Immaculate Conception Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: church cemetery. Casual attire.

Paul Y. Caravallo, 89, of California, formerly of Honolulu, died Aug. 23 in Chico, Calif. He is survived by wife Christine B.; daughters Rosaline Holland and Winifred Duchan; brothers Domingo Caravallo and Msgr. Benito Y. Caraballo; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Service: 1:45 p.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Yong Tuk Chon, 73, of Wahiawa died Thursday in Queen's Hospital. He is survived by wife Wol Pun; sons Soon Jong and Song Chu; daughters Song Sun Riedlinger, Song Ae and Song Ok Chon, and Song Hee Bates; brother Kyung Tuk; sister Gui Nam Kim; and four grandchildren. Memorial service: 6 p.m. Friday at Wahiawa United Church of Christ, 237 Palm St. Burial: 2 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Wai Cheong F. "CB" Chun, 81, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard machinist and city government retiree, died Aug. 25 in Queen's Hospital. Chun, a Korean War veteran, is survived by sons Dr. Allen J. and Eben W.; brother Dr. Raymond; sisters Eloise Wong, Harriet Lum and Janet Lam; and four grandchildren. Taoist service: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Gordon S. Copeland, 80, of Kailua died Sunday in Castle Hospital. He is survived by wife Delores; children Susan Bartholomew, and Stephen, Scott and Mark Copeland; sisters Dorothy Barer and Gertrude Zarkin; and two grandchildren. Private services. Donations suggested to Temple Emanu-El.

Benjamin A. Domingo, 70, of Honolulu died Aug. 22 in Queen's Hospital. He is survived by sons Rodolfo, Vicente, Nestorio and Benjamin Jr.; daughters Erlinda Raze, Lilia Estrellon, Corazon Calderon, Visitacion and Leonora Domingo, and Josephine Kincaid; brothers Juan and Julian; sisters Margarita Diaz and Elpidia Corotan; and 16 grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Mortuary, call after 6 p.m.; and 9 a.m. Sunday at the mortuary, call after 8 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples.

Kam Chit Chock Dong, 98, of Honolulu died Sunday at home. She is survived by sons Robert D.C., Norman W.H., Lawrence W.H. and Edward W.H.; daughters Charlotte H.M. Press, Betty H.W. Flynn, Marilyn H.K. Lau and Dorothy H.L. Yim; brother Herman Chock; sisters Rosie Au Hoy, Daisy Nip, Martha Tong and Lillian Choy; 14 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren. Taoist service: 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Burial to follow. Aloha attire.

Noelani K. Dung, infant daughter of Nazarene Dung, died Aug. 24 in the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Center. Dung was born on April 8, 1993. She is also survived by grandmother Pamela; great-grandmother Pauline L.; and brother Pomaikaii. Service: 10 a.m. Friday at Shield of Faith Church, 85-888 Farrington Highway. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Ernest A. Duvauchelle, 66, of Hilo, a retired Hawaiian Airlines station manager, died Aug. 24 at home. He is survived by son Cy; brother Raymond; and sisters Winona D. Barringer and Verna Duvauchelle. Private services.

Helen F.R. Ellis, 79, of Lihue died Thursday in Wilcox Hospital. She is survived by daughter Bobbi; sons Rick and Michael; and four grandchildren. Graveside service: 4 p.m. tomorrow at Lihue Public Cemetery. Burial to follow. Casual attire.

Valerio M. "Dollar Half" Felipe, 83, of Kahuku, a retired Kahuku Elementary and High School custodian who also was a motorized serviceman for Kahuku Sugar Plantation, died Thursday in Queen's Hospital. He is survived by wife Gertrudis; sons James P. and Abraham P.; daughters Florenda Yamamoto and Regina Felipe; brother Felicisimo; and six grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Roch's Catholic Church. Call after 8 a.m Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Frederick J.S. Gay, 85, of Lahaina died Thursday in Maui Memorial Hospital. He is survived by wife Agnes C.; son Frederick Jr.; daughter Dora Bates; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Mass: 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at Maria Lanakila Church. Call after 6 p.m. Graveside service: 10 a.m. Friday at Valley Isle Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Alma L. Ho-Arcia, 82, of Waimanalo Homestead, a retired Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station supply clerk who also was a Kailua and Kaneohe elementary school teacher for the Department of Education's Kupuna Program, died Aug. 26 in Castle Hospital. She is survived by sons Warren and Wilson Kekoa; daughters Verna Mae Nahulu, Carol P. Lee, Anne Asinsin and Aileen I. Keawe; 25 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren. Service: 11 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Waimanalo Ward. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park. No flowers.

Alfred Imperial, 59, of Lanai City, a former security guard, reserve police officer and Amfac truck driver, died Aug. 27. He is survived by wife Bernadad; daughter Tobey; son Alfred III; stepmother Nancy Verano; brothers Ron and Nash Verano; four stepbrothers; two stepsisters; and a grandson. Mass: 7 p.m. tomorrow at the International Longshoreman's Warehouse Union Hall in Lanai City, call after noon. Rosary to be held at 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at Holy Cross Catholic Church on Kauai. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Kauai Veterans Cemetery.

Cirilo J. "Bobby" Javellana, 86, of Honolulu, a retired carpenter, died Aug. 16 in St. Francis Hospital. He is survived by wife Rose R.; daughter Mary J. McLauchlin; and a grandson. Wake: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Vernaroy F. "Rocky" Kahanu, also known as Butch, 58, of Kailua, a Honolulu Fire Department retiree, died last Wednesday in Kaiser Hospital. He is survived by wife Lydia; daughter Sharon; sons Vern Jr. and Shipman; brother Samuel Jr.; seven grandchildren; and four step-grandchildren. Service: 7 p.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Cremation to follow. Scattering of ashes: 3 p.m. Saturday off Kualoa Beach Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Janice A. "Aya" Kam, 62, of Kaneohe died Friday at home. She is survived by husband Herbert "Moonie"; sons Derwyn, Carlton, Daryl and Conrad; daughters Cheryl Ann and Brittney Lynn; brother George "Tarzan" Shibata; sisters Mildred Ikemoto and Yuriko Inouye; and five grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary, call after 6 p.m.; and 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Ann's Catholic Church, call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Fukuji "Frank" Kanemoto is also survived by daughter Mary Saeki. Incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday was provided by the mortuary.

Kalani "Aunty Lani" Kapuni, 81, of Ualapue, Molokai, died Monday in Molokai General Hospital. She is survived by son Gregory; daughters Leilani Kapuni and Julia Sato; 15 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren. Service: 10 a.m. Saturday at the Kapuni home in Ualapue, Molokai. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at Kalaiakamanu Hou Church Hall and after 9 a.m. Saturday at the Kapuni home. Burial: Kapaakea Cemetery.

Wilna L. Keahi, 57, of Kalamaula, Molokai, died Thursday in Queen's Hospital. She is survived by husband Jacob III; children Corina, Grace, Faith and Ada L.; brother Jose Rodrigues III; sisters Ululani Kohler and Clorinda Tanaka; and two grandchildren. Memorial service: 10 a.m. Friday at Kalaiakamanu Hou Church Hall in Kalamaula, Molokai. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Homelani Cemetery.

Henry W. "Manny" Kekauoha, 77, of Honolulu, a retired Dole Plantation welder, died Saturday in Kaiser Hospital. He is survived by daughter Julie-Marie N. Hartsock; brother Hosea; and three grandchildren. Service: 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 2 p.m. Aloha attire.

Shizuko "Sally" Matsunaga, 86, of Honolulu, a retired family cook, died Friday in Hale Malamalama. She is survived by brother Howard H.; and several nieces and nephews. Memorial service: 11 a.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Inurnment to follow. No flowers.

Winfield E. Nagley, 78, of Honolulu, retired University of Hawaii philosophy professor and chairman, died Sunday at home. He is survived by wife Patrice; daughter Pamela Stevenson; and son Erik. Memorial service: 8 p.m. Friday at St. Andrew's Cathedral. No flowers. Donations suggested to the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund Inc., Common Cause, Union of Concerned Scientists or charity.

Harry K. Nakabayashi, 81, of Honolulu, an apartment manager for Bingham Arms Apartments, died Aug. 24 in St. Francis Hospital. He is survived by son Roy C.; daughter Ann M. Young; sisters Florence M. Nakano and Dorothy E. Kubota; and four grandchildren. Memorial service: noon Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Baron T. Nakatani, 62, of Hilo, a retired assistant vice president/branch manager for Bank of America, died yesterday at home. He is survived by companion Elsie K. Higa; son Keith M.; daughter Patti A.; father Megumi; and a grandson. Service: 5 p.m. tomorrow at Honpa Hongwanji Hilo Betsuin. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Daynes K. Ohai, 72, of Chino, Calif., native of Kauai, a custodian for California State University at Fullerton, died Aug. 23 in Pomona, Calif. He is survived by brothers Reynolds K., Benjamin Jr., Rueben and Ammon; and sisters Evelyn Fernandes, Alicia Tanigawa and Sarah Nakamura. Service: 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Kapaa, Kauai. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Veterans Cemetery.

Larry E. Stanley, 68, of Waialua, a building contractor, died Saturday at home. He is survived by wife Alice; son Stirman; daughters Wendy Lopez and Cindy Wachsman; brother Kenneth; sister Joretta Spulman; and four grandchildren. Memorial service: 11 a.m. Saturday at Oahu Cemetery. Inurnment to follow. Aloha attire.

Miyoko K. Takamori, 72, of Kahului, formerly of the McGerrow Camp in Puunene, Maui, died Monday at home. She is survived by husband Iwao; son Howard; daughter Charlene Makii; brothers Tsuruo and Umeo Kawamura; and six grandchildren. Service: 5 p.m. tomorrow at Nakamura Mortuary. Burial: 8:30 a.m. Friday at Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Mitsue S. "MITS" Takamoto, 88, of Kalaheo, Kauai, a retired Kalaheo Market store clerk, died Friday in Hale Omao Nursing Facility. She is survived by husband Shoichi; sons Robert and Stanley; daughter June Williams; brother Sanichi Sakimae; sister Yoshiye Hashimoto; stepsister Chisato Nakagawa; 10 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Service: 10 a.m. Friday at Lihue First Church. Casual attire. No flowers.

Yoshimi Takeda, 79, of Honolulu, a retired seamstress for the Service Center, died Friday in the Convalescent Center of Honolulu. She is survived by husband Robert H.; sons Dennis K. and Glenn Y.; brothers James Y. and John S. Monji; sisters Sakae Ogata, Helen C. Wong and Mary S. Onuma; and two grandchildren. Memorial service: 8 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Simeon R. Tapec, 69, of Waialua died Aug. 14 in Wahiawa General Hospital. He is survived by wife Felicidad A.; sister Florencia Oamil; and 10 grandchildren. Rosary: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9:45 a.m. Saturday at St. Michael's Church, 67-390 Goodale Ave. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Joe A. "Tony" Villaverde, 85, of Lahaina, a retired Pioneer Mill Co. boilerroom tender, died last Wednesday at home. He is survived by brothers Frank and Michael; and sisters Eleanor McCarthy, Marie Miller and Helen Teixeira. Service: 10 a.m. Saturday at Honokowai Beach Park. Scattering of ashes to follow.

Alani Wahinepio, 74, of North Kona, Hawaii, died Friday at home. He is survived by wife Lillian P.; sons Garret, George and Calbert; daughter Ruby-Ann Hoaeae; stepchildren Roger, Gilbert, Maurice, Honey Boy and Tita Pelletiers; brother George Kaainoa; 11 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Service: 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Private scattering of ashes. Aloha attire. No flowers.




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