Obituaries
Wednesday, February 5, 1997


Kunisaburo Akazawa, 99, of Hanapepe Heights, Kauai, a retired Olokele Sugar Co. mill worker, died last Wednesday in Kauai Veterans Hospital. Born in Japan, he is survived by son Harry; daughters Susie Fujitani and Carol Mizobe; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Private services.

Esther B. Aquino, 41, of Waipahu died Jan. 8 in St. Francis-West Hospital. Born in Dingras, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines, she is survived by husband Antonio T. “Tony”; sons Mark A. and Antonio Jr.; brother Benny Balicao; and sisters Lydia Doroni and Rosaline Balicao. Service: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11:15 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Church, 94-675 Farrington Highway. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Mary T. “Mamie” Aruda, 87, of Kula, Maui, died yesterday in Maui Memorial Hospital. Born in Koonolu, Maui, she is survived by son Anthony; brother Edward Tavares; sisters Sophie Ah Choy, Helen Estrella, Irene Gouveia and Dorothy Almeida; and two grandchildren. Mass: 1 p.m. Saturday at Kula Holy Ghost Church. Call after 11 a.m. Burial: Makawao Veterans Cemetery.

Monica S. Brill, 77, of Honolulu, a retired teacher, died Thursday in Honolulu. Born in Honolulu, she is survived by husband Clarence; daughters Penny Ploeger, Debbie Power, Betsy Feldman and Candy Heimbach; and five grandchildren. Service: 12:30 p.m. tomorrow at Star of the Sea Chapel. Call after 11:30 a.m. Inurnment: Diamond Head Memorial Park. No flowers. Donations suggested to the Star of the Sea Church or St. Francis Hospice.

Leonard “Charlie” Brown, 60, of Atsuji, Japan, a restaurant manager, died last Wednesday in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Hiroko; son Hiromichi; and hanai family Larry and Akemi Jones. Service: 1 p.m. tomorrow at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire. No flowers.

David B. Bryan, 63, of Honolulu, an attorney and per diem District Court judge, died Saturday in Honolulu. Born in Los Angeles, he is survived by wife Cyrena; sons Michael and Jon; stepchildren Jason and Sandee Yuen; and a granddaughter. Service: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Outrigger Canoe Club. Aloha attire. Donations suggested to the American Cancer Society and the American Diabetes Association.

Robert A. Burns, 74, of Wailuku, a former police officer and Aloha Airlines employee, died Sunday in Maui Memorial Hospital. Burns, chief warrant officer for the 301st Army Band on Maui, was the owner of the Bobby Burns Dance Band. Born in San Jose, Calif., he is survived by wife Florence H.; son Robert A. Jr.; daughters Karen Tom Sun and Audrey Teixeira; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 am. Saturday at St. Anthony Church. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday and after 9 a.m. Saturday at the church. Burial: Makawao Veterans Cemetery.

Andre A. Deshaies, 65, of Laconia, N.H., and American Express financial adviser, died last Wednesday in Honolulu. Born in Laconia, N.H., he is survived by wife Patricia H.; sons Paul A., Stephen A. and Marc J.; daughters Catherine D. Kelley, Yvonne D. LaMaster and Marianne D. Smyth; sisters Jeanne Anderson and Doris Toupin; brother Richard; and six grandchildren. Services to be held on the mainland. Donations suggested to Memorial Masses or to the Franklin High School Class of 1949 Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Helen H. Doo, 75, of Kailua, a pastry chef for Pohai Nani, died Sunday in St. Francis Hospital. Born in Honolulu, she is survived by children Aileen M., Elaine K. and Harry Y. Doo, Dana P. Doo-Sogholian, Margaret L. Luminelli, Penny A. McIntyre, Leinette Kaneshiro and Helene M. Szypulski; brothers William and Robert Hew; sister Lily Tuggle; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Service: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Graveside service: 9 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Dupre K. “Duke” Dudoit Jr., 43, of Kurtistown, Hawaii, a construction laborer, died Jan. 28 in Hilo Hospital. Born in Honolulu, he is survived by wife Rebecca U.; son Dupre K. III; daughters Venecia L. and Agatha T.K.; sisters Paulette H. Potter, and Victoria K. and Lily K. Dudoit; brothers Peter C., Michael N., Darryl, Gary A., Albert K., Robin W., Tracy K., Castle K. and Ashley K.; grandmother Esther; and a grandchild. Service: 11 a.m. Friday at Ka Hale La‘a O Ierusalema Hou Church. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at and after 8 a.m. Friday at the church. Cremation to follow. Casual attire.

Catalino M. Espiritu, 86, of Waialua, a Waialua Sugar Co. retiree, died Jan. 22 in Wahiawa General Hospital. Born in Luna, La Union, the Philippines, he is survived by wife Jacinta B.; sons Clarence and Norman; daughters Virginia Barroga and Evangeline Manzano; and four grandchildren. Wake: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 12:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Michael’s Church, 67-390 Goodale Ave. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Arthur Fernandes, 71, of Hilo, a retired Kulani Honor Camp correctional officer, died Sunday at home. Born in California, he is survived by wife Margaret J.; sons Glenn, Arthur Jr., Galan and Wavendean; stepsons Bill, John and Mike Sidman; daughter Brenda M. Wagner; stepdaughter Heather Porcase; hanai daughter Dr. Kathleen Pestrella; brothers Manuel, Tony, Leo and Alfred; sisters Mary Falcato, Lucy Bandera, Nelda Fernandes and Lorraine Dutra; a grandchild; and 12 step-grandchildren. Wake: 6 p.m. tomorrow at Memorial Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m. Ashes to be scattered later. Casual attire. No flowers.

Henry Figueroa, 74, of California, native of Waialua, a retired autobody repairman, died Jan. 26. Born in Waialua, he is survived by wife Ether R.; sons Henry, Wilfred, Lionel and Danny; daughters Lina Christwill, Antoinette Costa and Laura Caporusso; brothers George, Robert “Bozo” and James; sisters Virginia Lopes, Hilda Generalao, Mary Galacia, Margaret and Barbara Rodrigues, and Patty Caldeira; 24 grandchildren; and 28 great-grandchildren. Service: 12:30 p.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Shigeyoshi “Getchan” Hasegawa, 72, of Papaikou, Hawaii, a retired self-employed maintenance man for the Waiakea and Puainako McDonald’s Restaurants, died Saturday in Hilo Hospital. Born in Papaikou, Hawaii, he is survived by son Michael; brothers Kiyoshi and Tokiji “Jack”; and sisters Setsuyo Inoue, Sumiyo Daido and Kiyoko Okinaga. Service: 5 p.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 4 p.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.

Edward C. Kaohu Jr., 64, of Waianae, a retired construction worker, died Monday in Queen’s Hospital. Born in Honolulu, he is survived by sons Chris, Robert, Charles and John Kaohu, and Edmund Ayau; daughters Nalei Ruiz, Lani Hawkins, Susan Meyer, Lynn Ann Kepa, Roxanne Book and Haunani Kaohu; sisters Loke Nakila and Momi Kamai; 28 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Monday at St. Rita’s Catholic Church in Nanakuli. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Catherine V. Lucido, 91, of Kaunakakai died Saturday in Molokai General Hospital. Born in Pittsburgh, she is survived by son Frank; and brother Peter Enea. Services to be held on the mainland.

Axel Mortensen, 69, of Honolulu, former part-owner of Heidi’s Breadbasket Inc., died Thursday in Honolulu. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, he is survived by companion Ilse; daughters Heidi, Tania and Cristal; son David Swift; sister Jane; and two grandchildren. Private services.

Tomio Mukaida, 85, of Honolulu, a retired state Department of Health sanitarian, died Sunday in Kaiser Hospital. Born in Hawaii, he is survived by wife Shizuko; daughters Carrie and Elna; sons Wayne and Marvin; brother Samuel; sisters Ai Yamada and Sarah Sogi; and three grandchildren. Memorial service: 5 p.m. Friday at the Church of the Crossroads. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Karen K. Murata, 42, of Kaneohe, a pharmaceutical technician, died Sunday in Kuakini Hospital. Born in Honaunau, Hawaii, she is survived by husband Craig S.; parents Kazuji and Sachiko Kirihara; and brothers Wesley, Craig and Casey Kirihara. Memorial service: 2 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Marcelina N. Nono, 74, of Kualapuu, Molokai, died Jan. 28 in Molokai General Hospital. Born in Mapisi Nabukel, Ilocos Sur, the Philippines, she is survived by husband Eufemio; daughters Ester Cabbat and Evangeline Calpito; son Henry; brother Severino Nartatez; and eight grandchildren. Wake: 6-8 p.m. Sunday at St. Sophia Catholic Church in Kaunakakai. Service: 10 a.m. Monday at the church. Burial: Kapaakea Cemetery.

Pedro F. Oasay, 89, of Honolulu, a Leahi Hospital retiree, died last Wednesday in Queen’s Hospital. Born in the Philippines, he is survived by son Benny; daughters Leonida Oasay and Hedy Bulosan; 11 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Sunday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Entombment to follow. Casual attire.

Shizue Oishi, 86, of Paia, Maui, died Saturday in Maui Memorial Hospital. Born in Hana, Maui, she is survived by husband Kazuo; sons Kenneth and Robert; daughters Kay Watanabe and Rena Matsunaga; brothers Hajime Fujioka and Gary Hashimoto; sister Umeyo Kiyota; and five grandchildren. Private services.

Quirino F. Olegario, 82, of Waimanalo, a 34-year federal employee whose last job was for the Oceanic Institute as an electrical engineer, died Jan. 22 in Kaiser Hospital. Olegario, a former Hawaii National Guard staff sergeant, served during World War II. Born in Pangasinan, the Philippines, he is survived by wife Rosita; sons Thomas and Raymond Olegario, and Jimmy Magallanes; daughter Doris Cantere; sisters Rebecca Dinas and Dinicia Bacera; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary, call after 6 p.m.; and 9:45 a.m. Saturday at St. George Catholic Church in Waimanalo, call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Nicanor N. Sanchez, 86, of Wahiawa, died Jan. 22 in Wahiawa General Hospital. Born in La Union, the Philippines, he is survived by wife Magdalena T. “Daling”; son Nelson; and a granddaughter. Mass: 7 p.m. Friday at Our Lady of Sorrow Church, 1403 California Ave. Call after 6 p.m. Service: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Elizabeth S. Saxe, of Kailua, whose husband Byron E. Saxe died on July 16, 1994, will be remembered in joint services Saturday. She is survived by daughter Mary O’Hanlon; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Joint memorial service: 10 a.m. Saturday at Emman uel Episcopal Church, 780 Keolu Drive. Aloha attire. Donations suggested to Hospice Hawaii.

Tsuru Shimabuku, 92, of Honolulu died Saturday in the Convalescent Center of Honolulu. Born in Tomari, Okinawa, she is survived by sons Robert S. and Albert T.; daughters Miyoko “Lillian” Miyashiro, Shizue Tobara, Yeiko “Elaine” Kohagura and Miki Yamada; 25 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren. Memorial service: 6 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Private inurnment. Casual attire. No flowers.

Ryan E. Taong, infant son of Fernando Taong and Emely C. Espejo, died Jan. 19 in Kaiser Hospital. The baby was born on Jan. 16 in Honolulu. He is also survived by brother Joshua E.; and grandparents Roger and Cely Taong, and Cresencia Espejo. Service: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Elizabeth Church, 99-312 Moanalua Road. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Sunset Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Diana C. Tateno, 50, of Kaneohe died Thursday in Kaneohe. Born in Honolulu, she is survived by husband Kenneth; daughter Kristy K.; sons Lance and Phillip Lasconia; stepdaughter Sherri; stepson Shawn; brothers James M., Randolph S. and William H. Mousser; sisters Sandra M. Thomas, Patricia A. Davis, and Jaqueline L. and Lori A. Jones; stepfather Marion E. Jones; and six grandchildren. Service: 1 p.m. Saturday at Oahu Cemetery Chapel. Casual attire.

Junichi “Freddie” Tomomitsu, 84, of Honolulu, a retired steel bender for the Hawaiian Reinforcing Steel Co., died Monday at home. Born in Kekaha, Kauai, he is survived by daughters Carol Kihano and Sandra Nakasone; brother Kenso; sisters Hagino Tomomitsu and Fudeyo Tado; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Service: 6 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Cremation to follow. Private inurnment. Casual attire. No flowers.

Kenneth D. Twedell, 32, of Kihei, Maui, died Sunday in Maui Memorial Hospital. Born in Los Angeles, he is survived by wife Mirna; parents Harold and Lois V.; son Timothy; brother Eric; stepbrothers Jason, Joseph and Tony Stallings; and sister Seana Greaves; and stepsisters Michelle Eddy and Candy Harp. Scattering of ashes: noon Sunday at Hookipa Park.

Mae S. Wills, 81, an Elks Club and Punahou School retiree, died Sunday in the Maunalani Nursing Center. Born in Honolulu, she is survived by husband L. Ashby; sons Thomas and John M.; daughters Susan W. McKenzie and Barbara J. Wills; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Memorial service: 6 p.m. Friday at Atherton Chapel, Central Union Church. Reception to follow. Aloha attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to Central Union Church, St. Labre Indian School or the University of Hawaii.




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