Luis oversaw mass
migration of Filipinos

By Star-Bulletin staff

After World War II, Anastacio B. Luis was hired by C. Brewer & Co. to recruit and transport 6,000 Filipino field laborers to Hawaii sugar plantations.

Luis made four voyages to transport the laborers in the last mass migration of workers to Hawaii.

Luis, 85, of Hilo, a retired industrial relations superintendent for Mauna Kea Sugar Co., died Monday in Hilo Hospital.

He was also Hilo branch director of the University of Hawaii Alumni Association; Youth Activity Committee chairman of the Salvation Army, Hilo; president of the Hawaii County YMCA; Hawaii delegate to the First White House Conference on Aging; chairman of Hilo Hospital management committe; and president of the Hawaii Island Industrial Relations Association.

Born in the Philippines, he is survived by wife Librada; and daughter Leilani M.L. Wilson. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Dodo Mortuary. Call 6-9 p.m. Services: 12:15 p.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Call from 11 a.m. to noon. Burial: Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Edward K. Akioka, 100, of Honokaa, Hawaii, a retired dentist, died Monday at home. Born in Waipio Valley, Hawaii, he is survived by sons Elroy and Edmund; daughters Aletha Gainsboro and Lorena Akioka; and five grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Monday at Honokaa Seventh-day Adventist Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Homelani Memorial Park, Ilima section. Casual attire.

Roy R. Becker, 79, of Honolulu, a retired executive with Von Hamm-Young and chief executive officer of Manufacturer’s Distributing Corp., died Monday in Queen’s Hospital. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he is survived by wife Dora and son Scott. Graveside services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to Honolulu Symphony, Hawaii Opera Theatre or Palolo Chinese Home.

John J. Ennis, 52, of Waipahu, a real estate broker with Friendly Isle Realty, died Monday in St. Francis-West Hospital. Born in New Brunswick, N.J., he is survived by son Martin K.; daughters Donna M. Manibog and Natalia A. and Elizabeth K.K. Ennis; mother Mary T.; brother George; and three grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call 6-9 p.m. Aloha attire.

Joseph Enrique, 58, of Anahola, Kauai, a construction worker for Dillingham, died Tuesday at home. Born in Honolulu, he is survived by wife Bernadine H. “Taga”; sons Joseph II, Joseph Paul and Joseph Simeon; daughters Jodine Enrique, Jorina Holland and Jowell Enrique; sister Emma Kauhi; brothers Solomon M., Samuel and Kenneth; and 12 grandchildren. Visitation and potluck: noon Sunday at 4591-F Hokualele Road, Anahola. Casual or aloha attire.

Rosalinda P. Estoesta, 77, of Wahiawa died May 27 in Tripler Hospital. Born in Hanapepe, Kauai, she is survived by husband Ricardo R.; sons Richard P., Edward D. “Ed” and Leo R.; daughters Addie “Nene” Tabije and Jane A. Lawton; brother Adolfo Babino; 13 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Wake: 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call 5:30-9 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of Sorrow Church, 1403 California Ave., Wahiawa. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Schofield Post Cemetery. Casual attire.

Sui Moaga Faiumu, 69, of Makaha died Friday in St. Francis-West Hospital. Born in American Samoa, he is survived by wife Soli; sons Toma Faiumu and Patrick Tauanu’u; daughters Faai’u Satele, Naia Faitele Jr., Amipa Tafu, Siloi Fisher, Matalima Pulu, Vaiola Contreras, Gerrie Sailiai and Pele Vanilau; brothers Vaaitino Atuatasi, Tagiilima Faiumu and Talosaga Atuatasi; sister Vaiola Atuatasi; 43 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Wake: 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at Samoan Church of Hawaii “Malaesaili,” 87-140 Kahau Place, Nanakuli. Services: 10 a.m. Sunday at the church. Burial: Sunset Memorial Park.

Richel M. Fajardo, 22, of Wahiawa, an employee of Wal-Mart Mililani, died May 17 in Phoenix. Born in the Philippines, he is survived by wife Richelle M.; sons Kevin and Christian; parents Tony and Aida; brothers Renie and Reynaldo; sisters Cristina, Mayra, Juvy and Glaiza; and grandparents Arcadio and Felicidad Fajardo and Felisa Malanog. Services: noon Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Nicholas N. Gega, 57, a crane operator who was born in Honolulu, died May 28 in San Pedro, Calif. He is survived by wife Charlotte; daughters Nicholette Armstrong and Lei Morales; brothers Terry Gega and Hano Cornwell; sisters Nicolene Chang, Lana Sato, Fatty Lau and Amelia Abreu; and five grandchildren. Memorial services: 9 a.m. tomorrow at Glad Tidings Church, Hilo. Inurnment: Homelani Memorial Park.

Sung Goo, 94, of Honolulu, a retired engineer with Matson Navigation Co. and merchant marine, died Monday in Nuuanu Lani Care Home. Born in Kalihiwai, Kauai, he is survived by sons Hans T.K., Joseph T.K. and Christian T.C.; daughter Josephine Kawakami; stepchildren Charles Kim, Dinah L. Titus and Elizabeth N. Salis; half brothers Ah Wan Goo and William L.H. Goo; half sister Anna Fong; 26 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 10 a.m. Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call 9-11 a.m. Burial at a later date.

George S. “Kawala” Hanawahine, 59, of Waimanalo will be remembered in services 9 a.m. tomorrow at Waimanalo Assembly of God Church. Call 8-10 a.m. Cremation to follow. Additional information for an obituary yesterday provided by the mortuary.

Thomas T. Higa, 39, of Honolulu, a maintenance worker with Lanakila Craft Center, died May 23. Born in Honolulu, he is survived by parents Seiye and Nancy F.; brother Clayton S.; and grandfather Masakichi Gima. Private services.

Harry T. Horie, 94, of Honolulu died May 29 in Straub Hospital. Born in Honolulu, he has no known survivors. Memorial services: 4 p.m. Tuesday at Seicho No Ie Hawaii, 1333 Matlock Ave. No flowers. Donations suggested to Catholic Charities or Seicho No Ie Hawaii.

Anuenue K. Kauo, 15, of Kurtistown, Hawaii, died Sunday in Queen’s Hospital. Born in Kahuku, she is survived by mother Maile T.M. Watson; stepfather Anthony J. Banco; father Harry; sister Kehauua K.; and grandparents Peter and Mary K. Watson and Lee and Roberta Taylor. Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Naoji Kuniyuki, 82, of Honolulu, a retired electrician with Public Work Center, died last Friday at home. Born in Eleele, Kauai, he is survived by wife Aiko; sons Roy S., Dan H., Bob O., Glen M. and Alan A.; sisters Yoshie Kimura and Yasue Ishida; and three grandchildren. Private services.

Lyle K. Naki, 34, of Waimanalo, a construction industry iron worker, died Monday in Kailua. Born in Honolulu, he is survived by daughters Lyndsie Ann “Kanani” Naki and Leiana, Alena and Alohe Kaonohi; father Edward Sr.; brothers Edward Jr. and Russell; sisters Yolanda Morgan and Nadine and Gale Naki and Wendy L. King; and grandmother Eleanor. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Private scattering of ashes. Aloha attire.

Donald K. Niimi, 88, of Honolulu, a retired carpenter at Pearl Harbor Machine Shop, died May 26 in Straub Hospital. Born in Honolulu, he is survived by brother Yutaka; and sister Lorraine T. Nashiwa. Private services.

Julio B. Palaming, 70, of Waianae died last Friday in Waianae. Born in Bayangbang, Pangasinan, the Philippines, he is survived by wife Maria A.; sons Faustino Fernandez and Brigido, Emilio, Armando and Rolando Palaming; daughters Adelina Tabilin, Nida Palaming, Epifanie Cayabyab, Mely Matutino and Eva Palaming; sisters Baring Caronan, Daming Abalos and Ansing Briones; 39 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Wake: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call 6-9 p.m. Mass: 9:45 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Church, 94-675 Farrington Highway, Waipahu. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Victoria K. Po‘a, 51, of Kaneohe, a nurse’s aide at Lunalilo Home, died May 22 in Kailua. Born in Honolulu, she is survived by daughters Shonelle Moananu and Sharilyn and Shayna Po‘a; brothers Joseph Smith and John, Whiston and Richard Kawaa; sisters Alice Amina, Barbara McDonald and Beverly Brewster; stepbrother Frank Kanekoa; stepsisters May Cunningham and Kuulei Kanekoa; and four grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call 6-9 p.m. Inurnment: 2:45 p.m. Thursday at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Kazue “Kay” Sarae, 92, of Honolulu, also known as Chizue Sarae, died May 26 in Belmont, Calif. Born in Waipahu, she is survived by sons Robert, Brian and Sam; daughter Shirley McMahon; sisters Grace Tanaka, Agnes Nakasu and Yoshimi Takahara; and eight grandchildren. Memorial services: noon Sunday at Nuuanu Memorial Park Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Laura R. Souza, 97, of Hanamaulu, Kauai died Monday in Wilcox Hospital. Born in Anahola, Kauai, she is survived by son Alfred; daughters Pauline Williams, Evelyn Peahue, Eleanor Ferreiro, Lillian Ortiz and Yolanda Carvalho; sisters Clemetine Costa, Ema De Fontes and Alice Machado; brother Wilfred Rapozo; 23 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Catherine’s Church, Kapaa. Burial: Kauai Veterans Cemetery, Hanapepe. Casual or aloha attire.

Fumiko Watanabe, 85, of Mililani, a retired secretary at KZOO Radio, died Tuesday at Hale Pulama Mau. Born in Hanamaulu, Kauai, she is survived by son Robert H.; daughters Amy E. Kobayashi and Dorothy S. Nakamura; and six grandchildren. Memorial services: 6 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.