Obituaries

Friday, January 23, 1998

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Vaughn “Keola” Awai, 23, of Honolulu died Tuesday in Honolulu. Born in Wailuku, he is survived by parents Ward and Pamela, brother Adrian, sisters Dawn Awai and Jennifer Awai-Beltran and grandmother Buddie “Kalikookalani Harbottle” McPherson. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Re-Organized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1666 Mott-Smith Drive. Call 6-9 p.m. Graveside services: 9:45 a.m. Thursday at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Antone F. Calistro, 94, of Honolulu, a drapery installer for Lewers & Cooke, died Sunday in Kaneohe. Born on Kauai, he is survived by wife Mary S.; son Anthony L.; daughters Lorita De Rego and Lorraine Albright; 11 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Services: 11:45 a.m. Monday at St. Patrick’s Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to St. Patrick’s Church.

Kevin S. Char, 30, of Honolulu, sous chef at Piedmont Driving Club of Atlanta, died Jan. 6 in Canton, Ga. He is survived by father Kelvin K.Y., mother Alexandria Parker-Shigemura, sister Kim Char Meredith, brother Kenneth S. and grandmother Muriel. Memorial services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Evangelical Christian Church.

Wing Cheong Cheung, 76, of Honolulu, a retired public accountant, died Monday in St. Francis Hospital. Born in Canton, China, he is survived by sons Kit Sin and Kit Man, daughter Theresa, brothers and sisters in Hong Kong, 10 grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Graveside services: 10 a.m. today at Valley of the Temples.

Herman J. Choy, 80, of Kaneohe, a retired federal government clerk, died Monday in Hauula. Born in Kaneohe, he is survived by brothers Edward, Ernest and Eugene; and sisters Alice Prill, Margaret Yap, Mildred Tagariello and Barbara Chang. Mass: 12:30 p.m. Monday at St. Ann’s Catholic Church. Call after 11:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Donations suggested to charity. Casual attire.

Kam Siu Chun, 75, of Honolulu, a retired restaurant cook, died Sunday in Honolulu. Born in Canton, China, he is survived by wife Hung Zey Lee-Chun, son Raymond, daughter June and brothers Yew Quon and James. Services: 2:30 p.m. Monday at Valley of the Temples. Burial to follow.

Irving G. Eastman, 74, of Honolulu, founder of Hawaii Vinyl Supply Inc., died last Friday at home. Born in Michigan, he is survived by son Irving “Bulla” Jr.; daughter Tanya; brothers Grover, Leo, Lovell-Ray and Carl; sisters Mae Cutler and Louise Hutchins; and three grand children. Services: 1:30 p.m. Monday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Inurnment: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Natalie N. Hondo, 75, of Kahului, a retired secretary at Kahului Union Church, died Monday in Kahului. Born in Paia, Hawaii, she is survived by sons Patrick Y. and Michael T., daughters Eileen M. Shiu and Susan S. Yamaguchi, brothers George and Hiroshi Nakasato, sister S. Ethel Nakasato, 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Kahului Union Church. Burial: 9 a.m. Monday at Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Shigemi Ideta, 92, of Honolulu, a retired general contractor, died last Friday at home. Born in Lahaina, he is survived by wife Takayo, daughters Clara F. Shota, Joan M. Shimizu and June M. Tamura, brother Wataru “Walter,” sister Alice Okamoto, eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Private services.

Mildred M. Ikeda, 74, of Kaneohe, employed by Yat Loy Co., died Monday. Born in Hanapepe, Kauai, she is survived by sons Calvin, Dean and Neal, brother Moritoshi Ueno and four grandchildren. Memorial services: 6 p.m. Monday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Daniel T. Kahakui, 35, of Honolulu died Wednesday in St. Francis-West Hospital. Born in Honolulu, he is survived by father Donald, brothers Lawrence, Donald Jr., Irwin and Walter and sister Donna. Services: 3 p.m. Sunday at Pentecostal Faith Assembly. Donations suggested to St. Francis-West Hospice.

Kaimana T. Kawaakoa, infant daughter of Henry and Carolene Kawaakoa, died Jan. 13 in Los Angeles. She is also survived by brother Hananiah H.; paternal grandmother Harriet; maternal grandparents Peter and Frances Rodrigues and maternal great-grandmother Sarah Drose. Memorial services: 5:30 p.m. Sunday at Wainaku Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses on Kulana Road. Call after 4:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Noelani Lautaha, 49, of Kahuku died Tuesday in Kahuku Hospital. Born in Honolulu, she is survived by husband Veamoni; son Daniel; daughters Leona Lolohea, Alosi Purcel and Kaimi and Kolina Lautaha; brothers Dennis and Neal; sister Kanoe Hartoby; and seven grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kahuku 1st Ward. Call from 9 to 11 a.m. Burial: Laie Cemetery. Casual attire.

Annette T. Mahoney, 41, of Waikele, a school counselor at Iroquois Point Elementary School in Ewa Beach, died last Friday in St. Francis-West Hospice. Born in Norfolk, Va., she is survived by husband Desmond, daughter Kelly E. and brother Phillip Turnage. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to Ronald McDonald House.

Hatsuko Matsuo, 88, of Captain Cook, Kona, Hawaii died yesterday at home. Born in Kainaliu, Kona, Hawaii, she is survived by son George; daughters Betty F. Matsuo, Elsie K. Nakaji, Ruby M. Machida, Shirley H. Itai and Doris K. Gleason; brother Toshio Nakamoto; sister Hayame Goma; 13 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Monday at Kona Hongwanji Mission. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Maynard “Doug” May, 77, of Honolulu, a Pearl Harbor survivor, died Monday at home. Born in Manchester, Iowa, he is survived by wife Evelyn; sons Michael, James and Thomas; sister Apryl Beardslee; brother A.J.; and two grandchildren. Inurnment: 1 p.m. today at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.

George A.K. Pang, 77, of Honolulu will be remembered in services 3 p.m. Sunday at St. Louis High School’s Mystical Rose Chapel. Additional information for an obituary yesterday provided by the mortuary.

Gladys A. Raymond, 98, of Bellingham, Wash., died Jan. 3 in Bellingham, Wash. Born in Seattle, she is survived by husband Estyn Mead, daughters Lois Mead and Joyce A. Morse, five grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. Private services.

Lucy P. Rego, 91, of Moraga, Calif. died Tuesday in Walnut Creek, Calif. She is survived by daughters Priscilla Mathews, Marjorie Ginn and Kathleen Edwards; sons Richard and Daniel; sisters Sophie DeBenedictis; brothers Louis and Benjamin Paulo; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Burial on the mainland.

Kama Shiroma, 96, of Waianae, a former vegetable farmer, died Jan. 13 in Hale Nani Rehabilitation & Nursing Center. Born in Tamagusuku, Okinawa, he is survived by children Joe, Wayne and Stan Shiroma, June Pearl and Kikue Wataru; sisters Kameko Tamashiro and Otome Kishaba; 14 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Wake services: 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire.

Masae Takeuye, 94, of Honolulu, a retired housekeeper, died Jan. 10 in Straub Hospital. Born in Kona, Hawaii, he is survived by daughter Ichiyo Fujimoto, brother Tadao Miyamoto, and grandson and primary caregiver Kenneth. Private services.

Kazuto Tanaka, 87, of Aiea, a retired carpenter, died Tuesday in St. Francis-West Hospital. Born in Aiea, he is survived by wife Masuyo; son Ronald S.; daughters Judith K. Shamoto and Susan T. Tanaka; sisters Mildred A. Tanaka and Betty Y. Saito; and five grandchildren. Services: noon Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Norito Yamasaki, 82, of Kahului died Saturday in Kahului Hale Makua. Born in Paia, Maui, he is survived by brother Mamoru and sister Agnes S. Fujimoto. Private services.