Obituaries

Tuesday, December 8, 1998

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Rachel Ah Quin, 73, of Kahuku died Friday in Castle Hospital. She was born on Molokai. She is survived by sons Charles, Francis, Herbert and Gilbert; daughters Eunice Kaanaana, Charlene Kamakeeaina, Mabel Castro and Terilyn Casuguay; brothers Joseph, Lot Jr., Charles, Ronald and Gordon Akina; sisters Esther Evans, Florence Curnow, Norene Aberilla and Gwendolyn Bautista, and grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at North Windward Baptist Church in Hauula. Call from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Burial: Hauula Cemetery. Aloha attire.

Harold P. Anjo, 84, a Hawaii native, died Sunday in Florence, S.C. He was born in Makawao, Maui. He is survived by sons Hal and Bobby; daughter Joanne Gerald; brothers James, Abraham, Robert, Alvin and William, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Mass will be celebrated on the mainland. Donations suggested to the American Heart Association, 312 Lipscomb St., Marion, S.C. 29571 or to the Catholic Church of the Infant Jesus, P.O. Box 520, Marion, S.C.

Gaudencio M. Cabanela Jr., 78, of Honolulu, a retired merchant seaman of the Pacific Maritime Association, died Nov. 23 in Honolulu. He was born in Manila, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Dora; stepson Alexander Chun, and three grandchildren. Private services.

Biagio R. Costanzo, 75, of Waikoloa, Hawaii, died Dec. 4 in North Hawaii Community Hospital. He was a U.S. Army and World War II veteran. He was born in Italy. He is survived by wife Edna M.; daughter Theresa Ann, and brothers Santo, Anthony and Frederick. Mass: 10 a.m. tomorrow at Waimea Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Casual or aloha attire. No flowers. Other services and burial will be on the mainland. Donations are uggested to the Alzheimer's Association or Catholic Charities.

Melvin T. Doi, 50, of Waipahu, an employee of the state Child Support Enforcement Agency, died Nov. 25. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brother Gary. Private services.

Marcelina A. Espiritu, 94, of Honolulu died Thursday in St. Francis Hospital. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by sons Teddy, Regino, Ceferino and Antonio; daughters Jovita Castro and Carmen Espiritu-Igawa, and 28 grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony Church in Kalihi. Call after 8:30 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Cynthia Jean “Cindy” Fellezs, 42, of Mililani, a teacher at Alani Child Care Center, died last Tuesday. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Carlton; son Colin-James; daughters Carla-Jean and Corey-Lynn; sisters Carolyn Rohr and Mahi Gilding, and half sisters Sandy Chang-Siracusa and Gail Chang. Memorial services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Fae Fiuren, 86, of Bradenton, Fla., formerly of Hawaii, died Nov. 14. She was born in Lincoln, Neb. She is survived by children Raymond, Jack and Patti, 11 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 9 a.m. Friday at First Presbyterian Church of Honolulu. Casual attire. Scattering of the ashes at sea.

Maria E. Garcia, 48, of Honolulu, an artist, died Nov. 26 in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by mother Helen and brother Thomas. Private services.

Travis K. Gomi, infant son of Clayton and Donna Gomi, died Nov. 30. He is also survived by brother Nicholas; grandparents Roosevelt and Shirley Gomi and James and Norma Young, and great-grandfather Kam Yew Young. Private services.

Angeline B. Gonsalves, 82, of Honokaa, Hawaii, died Nov. 29 in Hilo Hospital. She was born in Kalopa, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Albert and sister Rose Branco. Mass: 10 a.m. Thursday at Honokaa Catholic Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Casual attire.

Yoshiko Ishida, 82, of Honolulu died last Tuesday in Kuakini Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Kunio; sons Gary, Walter, Neil and Allen; daughter Joanne Koyanagi; brothers Yoshinobu and Tadashi Matsumoto, nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Private services.

Raymond T. Kanda, 76, of Aiea, a retired salesman for G. Von Hamm Textiles, died Nov. 25 in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. He was born in Wailea, Hawaii. He is survived by son John S.; daughter Irene S. Teraoka; brother Tad T.; sisters Elaine Hirashima and Michiko Morikubo; stepsister Sayoko Fujioka, and a granddaughter. Private services.

KaNamu K. Kekuewa-Leialoha, infant son of Sara Leialoha and Kekoa Kekuewa of Hilo, died Wednesday in Hilo Hospital. He is also survived by sisters Noelani Kekuewa and Zoe Leialoha, and grandparents Franklin and Terri Leialoha and Paul and Malissa Kekuewa. Private services.

Louis K. Kelekolio, 76, of Honaunau Beach, Hawaii, who retired from Puuhonua O Honaunau, died Thursday in Honaunau Beach, Hawaii. He was born in Honaunau Beach, Hawaii. He is survived by daughters Jeana K. Medeiros and Kellie L. Kelekolio-Miller; sisters Rosebell Manalo, Christine Canada, Virginia Walton, Susan Rosario and Jane Wiles; brothers Gaberiel and Thomas, and five grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at St. Benedict's Catholic Church. Scattering of the ashes: Honaunau Beach. Casual attire.

Dorothy T. Kohatsu, 86, of Honolulu, a retired waitress at Columbia Inn, died Nov. 10 in Maunalani Nursing Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Margaret Mori; brother Harry Shiroma, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Private services.

Frances K.H. Komatsu, 67, of Kaneohe, a retired secretary for the state Department of Health, died Saturday in Hospice Hawaii. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Byron; daughter Billie J. Yugawa, and three grandchildren. Memorial services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 1 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to Hospice Hawaii, 860 Iwilei Road, Honolulu, HI 96817.

Chieko O. Kubo, 88, of Honolulu died last Tuesday in Kuakini Hospital. She was born in Kohala, Hawaii. She is survived by daughter Hatsue A. Monzen; brother Tatsui Oshita, and sisters Hisako Toyotsuka and Mildred T. Tatsuno. Private services.

Helen S. Langben, 86, of California died last Tuesday in Castle Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sisters Margaret Carreira and Madeline Cabral. Mass: 9 a.m. Saturday at St. Ann's Church in Kaneohe. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Robert W. Lee, 28, of Kailua-Kona, a server with the Four Seasons Hotel, died Thursday in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Seoul, Korea. He is survived by parents Seung K. and Jeong, and sisters Jamie Staffelbach, Mary Gungel and Shelley Bath. Services on the mainland.

Robert C. Merrill, 69, of Kahului, a retired lieutenant from the Maui County Police Department, died Thursday at home. He was also a security guard at the Hyatt Kaanapali and Kaanapali Alii. He was born in Glendale, Calif. He is survived by mother Edythe; wife Clare; sons James and John Merrill and Robert Burke; daughter Kathleen, and nine grandchildren. Masonic memorial services: 1 p.m. Saturday at the Masonic Temple, 190 Kamehameha Ave. in Kahului.

Kameyo O. Morimoto, 92, of Honolulu died Saturday at home. She was born in Pahoa, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Kenneth and Clarence; daughters Evelyn Marumoto, Troy Yamamoto and Karen Sakai; sisters Ayako Matsunaga, Sueko Nishida and Hisako Okamoto, 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 1 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Darius R. “Nape Chan” Napeahi,39, of Hilo, a former employee of Hawaiian International Services and Tours, died Friday at home. He was an elder at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Keaukaha Ward. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by parents Robert “Bullu” Jr. and Roselani “Noe”; brother Joseph “Jojo”; sisters Lynette Auna, Terri L. Kubera and Laures Ulep, and grandparents Abbie Napeahi and Lucy Loa. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Keaukaha Ward, 226 Pua Ave. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at the church. Call from 8 to 9:45 a.m. Burial: Alae Cemetery, Mormon section. Casual attire.

Clara I. Nekoba, 65, of Honolulu, a retired bookkeeper for HY's Bookkeeping Service, died last Tuesday. She was born in Ookala, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Charles; son Robert; daughter Sharon; parents Sakuichi and Masako Takayama, and brother Harold Takayama. Private services.

Jane Oda, 58, of Harbor City, Calif., died last Tuesday in Torrance, Calif. She is survived by husband Tokiji; sons Gary and Lance; father Mac Okakada, and sister Karen Nekoba. Services on the mainland.

Joseph E. Ornellas, 81, of Haleiwa, former owner of Ornellas Dairy, died Thursday in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Ewa. He is survived by wife Nellie N.; daughter Renee; brothers Manuel and George; sisters Angeline Malterre and Matilda Pacheco, five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Stephen Catholic Church, Pali Highway. Call after 8:30 a.m. Entombment: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Rosendo P. Pacpaco, 78, of Honolulu, a retired construction worker with E.E. Black Construction, died Friday in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Maria; sons Dr. Wilfred and Romeo; six grandchildren, and brothers and sisters in the Philippines. Mass: 9 a.m. Saturday at St. Philomena Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples. No flowers.

Robert D. Quinn, 34, of Honolulu died Nov. 28 in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by parents King and Viola Quinn; brothers John and William; sisters Theresa Koki, Ida and Moana Quinn, Maryanne DeSilva and Viki Ventura, and grandmother Ida Pavao. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Church on Wilder Avenue. Call after 9 a.m.

James S. Quintanilla, 33, of Honolulu died last Tuesday. He was born in Guam. He is survived by father Raymond, and sisters Lydia Perry, Cheryl Dietz and Leimomi and Sandra Quintanilla. Mass: 7 p.m. Friday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Call after 5:30 p.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Memorial Park.

Baron L. RatheLeGurche, 42, of Sublimity, Ore., an occupational ergonomist for the state of Oregon, died Thursday in Portland. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Brandon and Brian; daughters Katelyn and Kelsey; mother Blanche; brother Barry, and sister Noel Turner. Memorial Mass: 10 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Private inurnment. Donations suggested to the RatheLeGurche Children Trust Fund through any U.S. bank.

Takeyo Saito, 95, of Wailuku, a retired employee of Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co., died Sunday. She was born in Fukushima, Japan. She is survived by sons Rikio and Tatsuo; daughters Bessie Kawahara, Elizabeth M. Saito and Grace Shibano, 14 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Services over the ashes: 3 p.m. Thursday at Nakamura Mortuary.

Kimiyo H. Sakaguchi, 94, of San Jose, Calif.,formerly of Wahiawa, died Nov. 28 in San Jose. She was born in Waialua. She is survived by sons Toshiyuki and James W.; daughter Esther H. Haraguchi; sisters Sumiko Tsutomi and Kikuyo Tanaka; brother Haruo Handa, 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Casual attire. No flowers.

Jack K. Semura, 92, of Honolulu, a retired carpenter, died Nov. 14 in Honolulu. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Doris H.; son Jack S. Jr.; daughter Jeanne I., and a granddaughter. Private services.

Paul A. Takiguchi, 74, of Honolulu, a retired teacher at Waiakeawaena School, died Nov. 29 in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. He was born in Lahaina, Maui. He is survived by wife Yukie; son Jeffrey M.; daughter Paula Y. Wong; brothers Rex and William; sisters Lillian Kobayashi, Yoshiko Fujiwara, Katsuko Enoki, Toshie Matsuyama, Heidi Takitani and Stella ue8 Tamura, and two grandchildren. Private services.

Yoshiichi “Blondy” Togashi, 74, of Hilo, a retired heavy equipment mechanic for the former Puna Sugar Co., died Nov. 24 in Hilo Hospital. He was born in Puna, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Emiko; daughters Wendy Maeda, Pamela Togashi and Susan Yamada; brothers Shinji, Kazuo and Satoru; sisters Ellen Nihei and Kay Matsuwaki, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Private services.

Paul W. Wildman, 73, formerly of Honolulu, a lieutenant colonel, died last Tuesday in Pensacola, Fla. Call from 6 to 9 tonight at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Graveside services: 11 a.m. tomorrow at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery.

Grace C. Wong, 92, of Honolulu died Wednesday in Honolulu. She was born in Kaanapali, Maui. She is survived by daughter Mildred Wong-Taniguchi; brother Raymond Chung, four grandchil dren and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Louise S. Yamada, 74, of Waialua, who retired from the Foodland Super Market meat department, died Nov. 28 in Queen's Hospital. She was born in Waialua. She is survived by husband Tsuneyoshi; sons Ronald H. and Wayne H.; daughters Carolyn K. Kuba and Linda S.Y. Obayashi; sisters Yukie Miura and Ayako Sakumoto, and nine grandchildren. Private services.

Ayako Yamashiro, 92, of Honolulu died Nov. 26 in Kuakini Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Kenneth and George; daughters Dorothy Aoki, Margaret Saiki, Helen Iwasaki and Alice Watanabe; sisters Fumiko and Shizue Nishiki and Hisako Yamasaka, nine grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. Private services.