Obituaries

Thursday, June 4, 1998

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Irene E. Asing-Sims, 82, of Honolulu, the former owner of Irene's Lei Stand at Honolulu Airport, died Sunday in Queen's Hospital. She was born in Kekaha, Kauai. She is survived by sons Hogarth, Wayne, Elwood, Kaipo and John Asing; daughters Ellarene Yasuhara, Arlene Kamoe, Silvia Ing, Maydell Morgan, Maile Semitekol and Mapuana Guzmam; brother Edward Manoi; sister Ella Fee, 41 grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Mormon Tabernacle on Beretania Street. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Wilfred K. Brown, 74, of Aiea, a retired local union representative from Operating Engineers No. 3, died Friday at home. He was born in Waimea, Kauai. He is survived by sons Gregory, Nephi, Lehi and Francis; daughter MaryAgnes Kila; mother Rose; brothers Rathburn Obed and James and John Brown; sisters Ruth Young, Maile Dupre, Juliette Carrion and Evangeline Wong, 12 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services: 8 p.m. Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Services: 9:15 a.m. Monday at the mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire.

Tuese Fa‘asili, 50, of Honolulu died May 21 in St. Francis Hospital. He was born in Tonga. He is survived by wife Lonise; sons Ioane Jr. and Jory; daughters Dian Liulama and Glory, Grace and Malaefou Fa‘asili; brothers Tuese, Lima, Tupa, Samuelu, Timoteo and Talalei; sisters Ester Hornage, Miriama Tasi, Taumaoe Tagaloa and Fuamoa Uete, and four grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Pearl Harbor Samoan Assembly of God. Call after 5:30 p.m. Services: 9 a.m. Monday at the church. Call after 7 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Fuatino Faumuina, 72, of Kapolei, a presser at the Navy Laundry, died Friday in St. Francis Hospital. She was born in American Samoa. She is survived by sons Manuele, Mikaele and Alapati; daughters Oleaga Letuli, Theresa Kelly, Elizabeth Kamelamela, Frances Faumuina, Helen Sibayan, Maria Semeli, Anita Clingerman and Margaret Anglemire; sisters Posia Meki, Safotu Lalau and Seia Harmon, and grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Mass: 7 p.m. Tuesday at St. Rita Church in Nanakuli. Call from 5 to 9 p.m. Graveside services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery.

Clemente D. Ferrer, 88, of Honolulu, retired owner of International Barber Shop, died last Thursday in Kuakini Hospital. He was Born in the Philippines. He is survived by son Antonio, 20 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Greenhaven Memorial Park.

Gladys M. Fujii, 68, of Hanapepe, Kauai, a clerk with the People's Market in Puhi, died Tuesday in Kauai Veterans Hospital. She was born in Huleia, Kauai. She is survived by husband Charles; sons Dennis, Edwin and Brian; daughters Charlotte Fujii and Allison Fleming; brothers Masao, Kunio, Paul and James Hasegawa; sisters Beatrice Kanda and Jeanette Santos, and four grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kalaheo Ward. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Kauai Memorial Gardens. Casual attire.

Timothy S. Haynes, 34, of Honolulu will be remembered in services at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. Haynes died in an accident on the H-3 freeway May 26. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by fiancee Jamie Vellez; sons Alika Haynes-Vellez and Bronson and Bryson Haynes; daughter Brandi Haynes-Vellez; parents Raymond G. Jr. and Janet; brothers the Rev. Raymond III, Alan, Justin and Billy, and sisters Eleanor “Noa,” Georgette Garcia and Renee F. Kaulia.

Harumi “Mimi” Hirata, 75, of Honolulu, a retired general contractor for Hirata Builders Inc., died Friday in Kuakini Hospital. He was born in Hilo, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Dorothy H.; sons Bryan H. and Glenn H.; daughters Sharlyne H. Taketa and Cynthia M. Hirata; brothers Yukuo, Mamoru, Katsumi and Richard T.; sisters Thelma C. Fasone and Beatrice S. Hoshino, and three grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Ernest Horcajo, 72, of Kaunakakai, Molokai, died May 18 in Kaunakakai. He was born in Lahaina, Maui. He is survived by sons Ernest Jr., Eegon and Siegfred; daughter Marylina Maniago, 13 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services held.

Edward K. Kageyama, 70, of Honolulu, founder and owner of the first Midas Muffler Shops in Hawaii, died Saturday in Kuakini Hospital. He was also a real estate developer and the former president of International Group Inc. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughters Teri L.K. Roney and Kathie K. Kageyama; sons Gregg M. and Edward S., and four grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Monday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m.

Henry R. Kahue, 60, of Waianae, also known as “Hank” or “Red,” a retired truck driver for Leeward Petroleum Co., died May 27 at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by former wife Winona C.K. Aila; sons Heston, Charlton and Henry Jr.; daughter Kapiolani Nahaku; brothers Joseph and Gerald; sisters Lois Carter, Eileen Canionero and Ellen Stovall; hanai sons Kent, Sandy, Ryan, David, Kai, William, Eric and Ben; hanai daughters Trudy, Shanelle, Shonda and Kaui A. “Kuni's Gang,” and 11 grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Casual attire.

Alice I. Kawamura, 78, of Aiea, a retired cafeteria worker at St. Louis High School, died last Thursday at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Glenn K.; daughter Lynn Y. Bell; brothers Charles T. Tanaka and Henry Sugai; sisters Helen Morikawa and Rose Fukuda, six grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Shigeji “Shige” Kawasaki, 72, of Hilo, a retired macadamia nut orchid supervisor for Mauna Kea Sugar Co., died Monday at home. He was also a former employee of Kohala Sugar. He was born in Hawi, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Mieko; daughters Lynn Fukumitsu and Lori Lee Ueno; brothers Mineharu and Toshiaki; sisters Hisae Nakashima, Alison Kita and Naomi Abe, and two grandchildren. Memorial services: 3 p.m. Sunday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 2 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

George Kaya, 71, of Honolulu, a retired city accountant, died May 27 in Straub Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Totsue; son Marcus T.; daughters Estelle E. Kaya and Marcella K. Kuwazaki; brother Tad T.; sister Elsie K. Matsuda, and two grandchildren. Private services.

Gordon S. Keliinoi, 71, of Makawao, Maui, a retired onolulu Fire Department captain, die Tuesday in Maui Memorial Hospital. He was born in Hawaii. He is survived by sons Dennis and Robert; daughter Brenda Spears; brother Donald Y.; sisters Goldie McCraw and Annette Macias, eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: noon Saturday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Makawao Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers. No flowers. Donations suggested to Make A Wish Foundation, Hawaii Chapter.

Sakae Marushima, 88, of Honolulu died Friday in Kona Community Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Chiyoki; daughters Marjorie Kaneta and Rosalie Marushima, half-sister Kimie Kakuda, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 4 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary.

Esther K.K. “Aunty Emily” Souza,82, of Kalapana, Hawaii, Black Sands Subdivision died Tuesday in Hilo Hospital. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by daughter Emily “Judy”; brother William Makua, and sister Mary Raappana. Mass: 3:30 today at Keaukaha Catholic Church, Malia Puka O Kalani. Call after 2:30 p.m. Burial: Homelani Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Kimino Sugita, 94, of Honolulu, a retired kitchen helper for Ebisu Okazuya, died Monday in Honolulu. She was born in Hiroshima, Japan. She is survived by children Tsuruko Watanabe, Mitsuko Uesugi and Robert H. and Ted K. Sugita, eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire.

Andres U. Tabios, 78, of Honolulu died Frida. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sons Eliseo, Alejandro and Amante; daughters Perlita and Maria Tabios and Teresita Jose; brothers Teodolfo, Teddy and Hermoso; sister Felisa Dumlao, nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Monday at St. Anthony Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples.

Tomino F. Takai, 100, of Honolulu died May 26 in Honolulu. She was born in Hiroshima, Japan. She is survived by son Theodore T.; daughter Hatsuko Hayashida, three grandchildren and five great- grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Pilar Villaros, 75, of Kaunakakai, Molokai, died May 27 in Queen's Hospital. She was born in Ewa. She is survived by sons Rudy, Kenneth, Robert, Douglas and Arthur; 15 grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren. Services held.

James A. Yamada, 70, of Kailua, who retired from Hawaiian Bitumuls Paving & Precast Co., died Friday. He also retired from the University of Hawaii at Manoa buildings and ground maintenance department. He was born in Holualoa, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Shirley; sons Randall and Owen; brothers Samuel, Eugene and Douglas; sisters Helen Teraoka, Frances Watase, Janet Maeda and Hazel Hirayama, and a grandson. Memorial services: 12:30 p.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 11:30 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Yutaka J. Zaan, 70, of Lahaina, Maui, died Tuesday in Maui Memorial Hospital. He was born in Wailuku, he is survived by wife Margaret; sons Lee and Lance; daughter Jamie Tengan; brothers Jack, Minoru, Sammy and Stanley; sisters Tsuruko Oshiro, Sharon Yonamine and Natalie Fujii; and a grandchild. Services over the ashes: 5 p.m. tomorrow at Nakamura Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.