Obituaries

Thursday, December 31, 1998

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Patricia Hartwell, 82;
was writer, arts exec

Star-Bulletin

Patricia L. Hartwell, a former war correspondent and arts administrator, died in her Kaneohe home Monday. She was 82.

Hartwell was born in Austin, Texas. She attended Wellesley College and Columbia University's journalism school.

During World War II, she wrote about the Pacific and European theaters for Collier's and Women's Home Companion magazines.

She continued writing for national magazines after the war and left New York in 1961 to run The Arizonian, a weekly newspaper in Scottsdale, Ariz., that she and her second husband, Dickson Hartwell, had bought. They eventually sold the paper, and she became the first director of the Scottsdale Fine Arts Commission and oversaw construction of the city's Center for the Arts.

In 1971, she moved with her family to Oahu, where over the years she served as director of the Arts Council of Hawaii, edited a State Foundation on Culture and the Arts newsletter, was an art editor for Honolulu magazine, and taught magazine writing at the University of Hawaii.

She is survived by four sons, Stephen and Jefferson Bull and Jay and Ware Hartwell; brother Lloyd Lochridge; sister Chloe Massie; companion Stewart Fern, and five grandchildren.

Private family services were at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Donations are suggested to the SFCA Trust Fund for Arts in Education program, or the UH Foundation.

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Irma K. Akima, 57, of Wailuku, a pastor of Kihei Assembly of God, died Tuesday in Maui Memorial Hospital. She was born in Paia, Maui. She is survived by husband Harry A.; son James; daughters Venessa and Suzette; hanai sons Tommy, Thomas and Truman; hanai daughters Amy Texiera, Tammy Gerard and Kristina Seabury; brothers John Kaia and Thomas Baclig, and sisters Maryann Kaneshiro and Shirley Mata. Services: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Cremation to follow. Aloha attire. Leis welcome.

Donald Y. Anzai, 60, of Wahiawa, a retired water treatment plant worker for the federal government, died Dec. 11 in Thailand. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Sakaki; brother Kiyoto, and sisters Alyce K. Kuba, Elaine T. Tokita and Marjory S. Chee. Memorial services: 6 p.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Casual attire. No flowers.

Diosdado G. Avecilla, 91, of Honolulu, owner of Aveco World Travel, died Saturday in Straub Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by son MacArthur “Mackie” and two grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Monday at Nuuanu Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Entombment to follow. Casual attire.

Naty P. Bomatay, 53, of Hilo, a Hilo airport custodian, died Dec. 23 in Queen's Hospital. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by parents Luis and Emilia Pertubal; brothers Ceferino, Domingo and Angelito Pertubal, and sisters Editha Ancheta, Norma Diego and Concepcion Villa. 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. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Geoffrey E. Darr, 51, of Honolulu died Saturday in Honolulu. he was born in San Francisco. He is survived by wife Carolyn; daughter Jacquelyn Darr-Lee; son Kristopher; brothers Gerald and Gregory; father Ernest, and a granddaughter. Private inurnment.

Lois E. Gillett, 62, of Kahului, Maui, a bartender, died Tuesday at home. She was born in Jackson, Mich. She is survived by son Daniel; daughters Debra Gillett, Denise Oberry and Dee Newman; sister Maggie Brenten, and three grandchildren. Private services.

Luis E. Guevarra, 95, of Aiea, a retired chief petty officer with the U.S. Navy, died Friday in Aiea. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by daughter Delma P.; sister Maxima, and a granddaughter. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Elizabeth Church in Aiea. Call after 9 a.m. Services and burial in the Philippines.

Clifford Hall, 70, of Maui and Mesa, Ariz., a retired Realtor, died last Thursday in Wailea, Maui. He was born in Janesville, Wis. He is survived by wife Diane C.; children Belinda Rimlinger and Gary Heiner; mother Lois; brother Lee; sisters Beverly Pena and Sue Nilsen, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Private services.

Marshall S. Higa, 79, of Kaneohe, a retired chemical engineer at Brewer Chemical Corp., died Dec. 23 in Castle Hospital. He was born in Kahuku. He is survived by wife Margaret S.; daughters Lynne E.H. Masatsugu and Mona Anne S. Kuwada; brothers Yeiji and Charles E.; sisters Tsuru and Kiku Higa, Sueko Hirokawa, Haruko Kaneshiro and Gertrude S. Moriguchi, and three grandchildren. Private services.

Annie C. Loo, 91, of Manoa, died Sunday. She was born in Canton, China. She is survived by sons Larry and Gary; daughter Luanne Lee; brother Milton T.H. Chang, 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services: noon Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Manoa Chinese Cemetery. Aloha attire.

Wilbert Y.C. Low, 70, of Honolulu, a retired electrician with Hickam Air Force Base, died last Thursday in Queen's Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Alice; son Wendell; daughter Lorna Soong; brother Gilbert, and sisters Esther Lum, Faustina Zane and Winifred Akuna. Services: noon next Thursday, Jan. 7, at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.

Chew Mung Lum, 76, of Honolulu, died Monday in Queen's Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Pauline; sons Steven, David and Arthur; daughters Patrice Fujimoto and Paulette Wo; brothers Chew Nung and Clifford; sisters Kam Chin Young and Kam Wai Wee, and 10 grandchildren. Memorial services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Community Church of Honolulu. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers. Private burial.

Rose Anne M.B. Maneja, 23, of Waipahu, died Dec. 12 in St. Francis-West Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by foster father Amante Elaydo and foster mother Rosario Gaspar. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Church, 94-675 Farrington Hwy. Call after 9 a.m. Entombment: Garden Crypt Inc. in Pearl City.

Uno B. Markus, 76, of Honolulu, a retired Jesuit priest, died Dec. 23 in Nuuanu Hale. He was born in Lithuania. He is survived by sister Brone Jameikis. Services at a later date in Illinois.

Toshi Muramoto, 71, of Wahiawa, a retired telephone operator for the federal government, died Monday in Kahuku Hospital. She was born in Waialua. She is survived by husband Toshio; sons Randal K., Alan H. and Wayne H.; daughter Carolyn C. Grande; brother Yoshio Yamaki; sisters Masako Akiyama and Tomoko Wada, and four grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 4:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Shinae Sakamoto, 70, of Pearl City, also known as Shinae Wada Sakamoto, died in St. Francis-West Hospice. The place of death was incorrect in an obituary published yesterday.

Phuoc Thi Tran, 72, of Honolulu, died Dec. 22 in Queen's Hospital. She was born in Vietnam. She is survived by sons Tang Quang, Tang Long, Tang Dennis, Tang Quang Vinh, Tang Xinh, Tang Doi and Tang Loi; daughters Anh Tang Soren and Tang Nhung, and 15 grandchildren. Call from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: Valley of the Temples.

Henry Y.H. Wong, 70, of Ewa Beach, a U.S. Postal Service retiree, died Monday in St. Francis-West Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife In Hae; son Steven; daughters Doreen Davey, Karen King and Lisa Yoshizumi; stepchildren, seven grandchildren and four step-grandchildren. Services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.