Obituaries
Friday, March 7, 1997


Leslie L. “Les” Azevedo, 49, of Honolulu, a retired city employee, died Tuesday in Honolulu. Born in Honolulu, he is survived by wife Sandra J. “Sally,” son Joshua D.; daughter Heather L.; mother Isabelle; brothers John and Robert; and sister Merle Iseke. Memorial Mass: 10:15 a.m. Tuesday at St. Stephen’s Church. Inurnment: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Virginia C. Bosch, 85, formerly of Hilo, died Feb. 19 in Washington, D.C. Bosch, a retired Air Force sergeant is survived by sister Cecilia Molnar and brothers Frank and Thomas J. Carlos. Services in Virginia.

Irva F. Coll, 84, of Honolulu, a former Honolulu Advertiser copy editor, died Monday in Honolulu. Born in Crede, Colo., she is survived by daughter Alice C. Young, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Service: 1:30 p.m. Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 1 p.m. Private inurnment. Aloha attire. Donations suggested to the American Cancer Society.

Sunshyne K.R. Costa, 64, of Wailua, Hawaii, a Kapaa High and Intermediate School administrative services assistant, died yesterday at Wilcox Hospital. Born in Kilauea, she is survived by husband George G.; sons George K., Byron “Kaina”, Ian K. and Evan K.; daughter Leona Kalima; and 15 grandchildren. Service: 4 p.m. Sunday at Kapaa First Hawaiian Church. Call from 3 p.m. Casual attire.

Helen I. deVries, 87, of Hilo, a retired registered nurse, died Tuesday at home. Born in Calif. she is survived by daughter Helen I.; grandchildren Martin K. deVries and Charles A. Sears; and five great-grandchildren. Private services.

Masako Kitamura, 92, of Waimea, Kauai, a retired Hawaiian Memorial Life Plan Co. sales manager, died Wednesday in Kauai Veterans Hospital. Born in Wahiawa, she is survived by sons Yukimitsu, Hisao, Noboru, Ken and Maurice Munechika, and George, James T. and Lawrence Kitamura; daughters Edith T. Munechika, Amy Awtrey and Amelia Y. Uyehara; brothers Masao and Archie Yasutake; sister Michiko Yamashiro; 28 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren. Service: 5 p.m. Monday at Garden Island Mortuary. Call from 4 p.m. Burial: 9 a.m. Tuesday at Kauai Memorial Gardens.

Jack L. Lee, of Honolulu, a former American Groceteria and Quality Grill owner, died Feb. 22. Incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday was provided by the mortuary.

Ian F. Martin, 88, of Kula, Maui, a former Lewers & Cooke employee, died Monday at home. Martin, a Mason and former National Guardsman, born in Moaula, Hawaii, is survived by wife Yasuko. Private services.

Gerold D. “Jerry” Meek, 60, of Kaneohe, a retired Kamehameha Schools teacher, died Monday. Born in Colorado, he is survived by sons Troy and Cameron and brother Bob. Memorial service: 4 p.m. Tuesday at Bernice Pauhai Bishop Memorial Chapel. Casual attire. No flowers.

Edward R. Meredith, 85, of Honolulu, a former American Samoa senator, died Tuesday at home. Born in American Samoa, he is survived by wife Amy S.; sons Manu E., Andre J., Edward R. Jr. and Sean Merideth and Joseph Amerika; daughters Alice L. Leasau, Lucy M. Poueu, Moana M. Meredith, Elsie R. Manuleleua, Roseanne A. McMoore, Amy T. Mamaea, Elizabeth A. Niko, Theresa F. Taua, Annmarie S. Franco and Maryann J. Meredith; sisters Elsie Heinrich, Moana Johnson and Dorothy Fievet; 53 grandchildren; and 50 great-grandchildren. Service: 12:30 p.m. Sunday at Our Lady of the Mount. Call from 11:30 a.m. Burial: American Samoa. Casual attire.

William S. Nakahara, 74, of Wailuku, a retired state Department of Health chief sanitarian, died Wednesday in Maui Memorial Hospital. Nakahara, a 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team veteran, was born in Honolulu, and is survived by wife Miriam K. and brother George. Service: 4 p.m. Saturday at Nakamura Mortuary. Call from 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Paul B. Newell, 90, of Honolulu, a lawyer, died Monday in Honolulu. Born in Glenvil, Neb., he is survived by sisters Grace Cromwell and Carol Hazelrigg; brothers Dr. Clarence and the Rev. Robert; son Thomas G.; and three grandchildren. Private services.

Mel M. Onigama, 52, of Honolulu, a Local Graphics and Design owner and CBI, Inc. Commerial Real Estate employee, died Monday in Tripler Hospital. Born in Honolulu, he is survived by wife Jane S.; son Clint J.R.M.; daughter Julie L.; father Masashi; brother Elton; and sisters Lorraine Nishida and Jean Nakagawa. Memorial service: 5:30 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Casual attire.

Lorenzo O. Sanchez, 96, of Ewa Beach, formerly of Waimanalo, a retired Kamehameha Schools bus driver, died Feb. 23 at St. Francis-West Hospital. Born in Cebu, the Philippines, he is survived by wife Maria O.; sons Ronald and David; daughters Delbralin O’Conner, Priscilla Lawrence and Kathleen Hirata; 21 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Service: 7 p.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call from 6 p.m. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. George Church. Call from 8:30 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples.

Blanche M. Sonoda is also survived by two great-grandchildren. Additional information for an obituary published yesterday was provided by the mortuary.

Emman J.I. Tapat, infant son of Rogelio T. and Editha T. Tapat, died Feb. 25 in Kapiolani Hospital. Born in Honolulu, Emman is survived by sisters Rogelita I., Jenny Lynn I. and Veah Joy I.; maternal grandparents Elpidio and Criselda Ibe; paternal grandparents Esteban and Florencia; and maternal great-grandmother Catalina Inay; and uncles. Wake: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call from 6 p.m. Service: 10:30 a.m. Monday at the mortuary. Call from 9 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Susannah V. Teho, 87, of Honolulu, died Feb. 25 in Calif. Born in Pahala, Hawaii, she is survived by son Fortunato Jr.; daughters Susannah T. Villa, Barbara Jean Shuff and Patricia Anne Teho; sister Concepcion V. Sensano; 13 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Private services.

Kiyoshi Teshima, 79, of Hanapepe, Kauai, a retired Western Motors mechanic, died Monday in Wilcox Hospital. Born in Huleia, Kauai, he is survived by wife Chizue; sons Dennis and Ken; daughter Lorena; brothers Toshio, Masaki and Hideo; sister Michio Sasaki; and five granddaughters. Service: 5 p.m. tomorrow at Hanapepe Hongwanji Mission. Casual attire. No flowers.

Irvin L. Tilden, 88, of Kula, Maui, a plantation doctor at Puunene and a Straub Clinic physician, died Sunday in Maui Memorial Hospital. Born in Nebraska, he is survived by wife Mary I.M.; son Stephen; daughters Sally Tilden and Mary Bartel; brother Norman; sister Ruth Pike; and two grandchildren. Memorial service: 3 p.m. today at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Maui. Donations suggested to the Straub Hospital Foundation.

Gary A. Watanabe, 39, of Waianae, a Trans Hawaiian Services tour bus driver, died last Feb. 27 at home. Born in Honolulu, he is survived by parents Toshinaka and Miyoko; and sisters Suzanne Watanabe and Joyce Sakai. Service: 9:30 a.m. Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Yuk Quai Au Wong, 91, of Honolulu, a retired Public Works Center Upholstery Shop 92 and U.S. Navy Shipyard Shop 72 employee, died Sunday in Honolulu. Born in Kwong Tung, China, he is survived by son Benjamin Y.H.; daughter Carmen H.M. Tom; sister Mrs. Mildred Bow.; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Wake: 7 p.m. Monday at Nuuanu Baptist Church. Call from 5:30 p.m. Graveside service: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Mililani Memorial Park.

Edward K.S. Young, 86, of Honolulu, a retired Young’s Market and Kaneohe Marine Corps Commissary owner, died Feb. 27 in Kuakini Hospital. Born in Canton, China, he is survived by sons Lawrence J.T. and Gordon J.P.; daughters Carolyn S.F. Wong, Gwendolyn S.H. Wong and Joycelyn S.M. Onaga; brother Raymond K.H.; 12 grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and five stepgreat-grandchildren. Chinese Buddhist services: 10 a.m. to noon Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: Manoa Cemetery. Aloha attire. Omit flowers.




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