Obituaries

Friday, August 7, 1998

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David J. “Chuck” Dang, 81, of Honolulu, died July 26. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Mabel Y., and brothers Albert and Francis Dung. Services were private.

Fedilina A. Delos Santos, 76, of Papaikou, Hawaii, died Monday in Hale Anuenue Restorative Care Center. She was born in Papaikou, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Pedro; son Pedro “Pete” Jr.; brothers William, Herbert, Ernest, Benjamin and Caesar Diama; sisters Alfreda Jitchaku, Catherine Campainha, Carol Brown and Winnie Campbell, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services were private.

Rufino G. Gasatan, 79, died last Friday in St. Francis Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Maria; sons Rufino Jr., Rodrigo and Andrestude; daughters Anabelle and Karning Aguana, and seven grandchildren. Services will be in the Philippines.

Walter E. “Skip” Glassco, 51, of Ewa Beach, a retired CWO4 with the U.S. Coast Guard, died last Friday in Tripler Hospital. He was born in Michigan. He is survived by wife Elsie; sons Lance, Jerry, Norman and Sheldon; daughters Genevieve and Carolyn; parents Bob and Jeane Baker, and sisters Carol and Katie Hawkins. Services: 3 p.m. Sunday at Tripler Hospital. Call from 2 to 5 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Lila A. Hauberg, 87, of South Dakota, a jewelry store owner, died Sunday in Aiea. She was born in North Dakota. She is survived by daughters Lila Salls and Susan Westby, six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Memorial services in Big Stone City, S.D.

Roy U. Imamura, 80, of Kailua and formerly of Molokai, a retired city urban planner, died July 30 at home. He was born in Lahaina, Maui. He is survived by wife Ruth; sons Herbert and Aaron; brother Wilfred; sisters Ilona Frie and Kay Hirayama, and two granddaughters. Services were private.

Clara I. Iwaida, of Honolulu, died July 29 in Queen's Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Theodore and Edwin; daughter May Hirata; brothers Bernard and Robert Kuwahara; sisters Alice Matsunaga and Doris Ouchi, seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services were private.

Clara T. Kekahuna, 80, also known as Clara Ng, a retired motor pool dispatcher for Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, died Tuesday in St. Francis Hospital. She was born in Koali, Maui. She is survived by sons Philip, Castle, Leroy and Gregory “Beggy” Ng; daughter Claire Vincent; sisters Isabel Lewis and Eleanor Perry, 18 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Monday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kaneohe First Ward, 45-150 Waikalua Road in Kaneohe. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples.

Helen S. Keola, 69, of Waianae and formerly of McCully, died Sunday. She was born in Hamakua, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Henry; sons Jeffrey “Jeff” and James “Kimo”; daughter Kammie, and a granddaughter. Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday at Nuuanu Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.

Charles F. Koehler Jr., 93, of Hilo, a Bible teacher at Glad Tidings Church, died Monday in Hilo Hospital. He is survived by wife Margaret; son Charles F. III; daughters Kathleen Hunter, Diane Rivas and Kristina Eslit; brother the Rev. Mark L., 22 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. tomorrow at Glad Tidings Church in Hilo. Call after 10 a.m.

Kenneth B. Kukona, 62, of Kihei, Maui, a retired ironworker, died Tuesday in Maui Memorial Hospital. He was born in Makawao, Maui. He is survived by wife Lottie; son George Kaono; daughters Dayna Kaono and Georgette Torricer; sister Naomi Baclaan; stepbrothers and stepsisters, and four grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Scattering of the ashes at a later date.

Luke M. Kwock, 92, of Honolulu died July 29. She was born in China. She is survived by sons Henry W.C. and Yin Kwai Kwok, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Taoist services: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. today at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Sommer K. Lawrence, 16, of Las Vegas and formerly of Hawaii, died July 27 in Nevada. She was born in Kailua. She is survived by parents Leonard L. and Denise Lawrence and Lisa and Anson Richards; brothers Brent, Shane and Gyles Lawrence and Kaleo Richards; sisters Cheseree Lawrence and Pikake Richards, and grandparents Manuel Lawrence and Herbert and Joanne Hanawahine. Services: 10 a.m. to noon Monday at the family residence in Kahaluu. Casual attire.

Castle V. Lee, 64, of Wahiawa, who retired from the city Refuse Department in Wahiawa, died last Friday in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Kona, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Lurline H.; son Kalani; daughters Mamo Tabangcura and Mahalo Pocock; brother Julian; sisters Dorothy Tailan, Rayminhild Ouye, Christine Maning and Sadie Cardoza, and six grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Graveside services: 9 a.m. Tuesday at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Frances D. Marks, 99, of Kailua, died Monday in Kailua. She was born in Paauilo, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Joseph, Robert, Eddie and Manuel; daughters Adeline and Vivian Cabral, Dorothy Carvalho, Frances Freso, Virginia Bryan and Catherine Gonsalves; 42 grandchildren, 90 great-grandchildren and 56 great-great-grandchildren. Mass: 10:45 a.m. Monday at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Kailua. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Frank B. Medeiros Jr., 78, of Kaneohe, a retired pipefitter for Pearl Harbor Public Work Center, died Monday in Kaneohe. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Keala; son Sidney; daughters Franamy Terry, Wendy Laguisan and Bundy Alameda, nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 12:15 p.m. Tuesday at the mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.

Patrick M. “Papa Patrick” Rosete,89, of Hilo, a mechanic for Brewer Chemical, died Monday in Hilo Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sons Benjamin and Anthony Rosete and Pete Factora; daughter Mercedes Abiley; brother Placido; and grandchildren, great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. Monday at Dodo Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 12:15 p.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hilo. Call from 11 a.m. to noon. Burial: Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Kimiyo Tanaka, 85, of Honolulu, died July 24 in Japan. She was born in Lihue, Kauai. She is survived by husband Kazuhiro, and sisters Jeanne M. Steiger, Patricia T. Masuda, Itsuko Ishimoto and Nobuko Minami. Services were in Japan.

Richard Ah San Ung, 85, of Hilo, a retired employee of the County of Hawaii Tax Office, died Saturday in Hilo Hospital. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by sisters Ah Ying “Bingo” Wong, Margaret Chang, Eloise Stolz, Lois Brooks and Eleanor Chu, and brothers Apio, Harold and Edwin. Services were private. Memorial donations suggested to Hospice of Hilo.

Honorato I. Yacapin, 85, of Mililani, a retired custodian at Kaala Elementary School, died July 23 in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Maria B.; sons Ben, Honorato and Dan Yacapin and Henry and Bermar Sarandi; daughters Imelda Andam, Gracelyn Tolentino, Felicidad Sagon, Josephine Aquino, Maria Yacapin and Sharlene Ammons, 20 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Call again from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Monday at the mortuary. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.