Obituaries

Thursday, March 11, 1999

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Eustaquio Battung,81, of Honolulu died Feb. 22 in the Philippines. He was born in the Philippines, he is survived by sons Arthur and Darell; daughters Anne Willits, Aida Otey, Alice Young, Darlynn Shinsato and Carmen Battung; sister Caridad Madriaga, 13 grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Graveside services: 9 a.m. Saturday at Valley of the Temples.

Alexander K. Beck,92, of Honolulu died March 3 in Kaiser Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Annabelle; sons Alexander Jr., Thomas and Kimo; sister Mary Avant, and seven grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Oahu Cemetery Chapel. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Oahu Cemetery. Aloha attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children.

Vernon R. Blank III, 29, of Kona, Hawaii, a framer and carpenter, died Monday in North Hawaii Community Hospital. He was born in Tacoma, Wash. He is survived by father Vernon R. II; mother Darlene Ann Pullman; brothers Aaron, Andy, Adam and Ryan; sister Michele Murray, and grandmothers Betty Blank and Della Meyer. Memorial gathering: 3 p.m. today in Holualoa.

Vicent R. Bolibol,71, of Honolulu died March 1 in St. Francis-West Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Avelina; son Rustito; daughters Clarita Costigan and Jeannie Bolibol; brother Benjamin, and two grandchildren. Mass: 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at St. Paul's Church, Queen Emma Square. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 9 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples.

Thomas A. Cabilin, 79, of Kona, Hawaii, a retired groundskeeper with the Kamehameha Development Golf Course, died Sunday in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by brother Bonifacio. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. John's Catholic Church in Kealakekua, Hawaii. Inurnment: St. Benedict's Church. Casual attire. No flowers.

Leocadio Castaneda,75, of Naalehu, Hawaii, a retired Kau Sugar Plantation crane operator, died Friday in Hilo Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Gloria; daughters Chrissie Meja, Leonora Hu and Laura Lee Castaneda; son Oscar; brothers Felipe and Candido; sisters Alenjadria and Martina, and 10 grandchildren. Rosary: 7 p.m. tomorrow at the Castaneda home. All-night vigil after 6 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Hearts Catholic Church. Call from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. Burial: Naalehu County Cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers.

Richard A. Damo,83, of Ewa Beach, retired from Navy Exchange Barbers Point, died Feb. 15 in St. Francis-West Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Elicia H.; sons Alfred and Ernest; brothers Carmelo and Joey; sisters Federica Floresca and Stella Corpuz, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Wake services: 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Ted M. Davis,45, of New River, Ariz., a freelance artist-sculptor, died Friday in Ewa. He was born in California. He is survived by wife Thiwaporn; mother Lillian; brothers Leo and Tim, and grandmother Avis Gleason. Services on the mainland.

Alfredo Delos Reyes,63, of Wahiawa, a retired Board of Water Supply groundskeeper supervisor, died March 1 in Kaiser Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Sarah; son Robert Kalua; daughters Shirley Keawe, Sandra Dee English, Suzanne and Tisha Kalua and Sarah Banks, 24 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Prayer services: 7 p.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Memorial Park Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire.

Yoshie “Billie” Do,77, of Honolulu, a retired barber/stylist, died Feb. 28 in Kaiser Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Charlynn N. Buehler. Services: 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Moses Easten III, 53, of Honolulu died Saturday in Honolulu. He wasd born in Atlanta. He is survived by common-law wife Pamela Kutzen and sister Mildred Lee. Memorial services: 5 p.m. Sunday at “The Mo Betta Store,” Pearl Kai Shopping Center. Casual attire.

Michael M. Espindola,33, of Nanakuli died Feb. 24. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughter Michelle K. Kelii-Espindola; parents Manuel Jr. and Grace; twin brother Manuel III; sisters Gracie and September Espindola and October Bustillos, and grandfather Carl Meyers. Services: Noon Saturday at St. Rita Church, 89-318 Farrington Highway. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Nanakuli Homestead Cemetery. Casual attire.

Natalie L. Foster,83, died Feb. 28 in Queen's Hospital. She was born in Santa Rosa, Calif. She is survived by sister Berna Benjamin and niece Denise Silver. No services. Donations suggested to Honolulu Symphony Associates.

Kunio Fujimura,80, of Lihue, a retired auditor for Kauai County, died Sunday in Wilcox Hospital. He was also formerly with the U.S. Army Intelligence Corps. He was born in Pakala, Kauai. He is survived by wife Asae; sons Keith, Calvin and Curtis; daughter Joan Fujimura-Doksum; brother Kaoru; sisters Kimie Kanemaru, Kazue Kawamoto and Sueko Takiguchi, and five grandchildren. Services: 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Lihue Christian Church. Casual attire. No flowers.

Grace Gouveia,infant daughter of Robert and Vicky Gouveia of Lihue, Kauai died March 4 in Wilcox Hospital. She is also survived by brother Jovan and grandparents Jovencio and Aurelia Aranda, Ruben and Liboria Aranda, Joyce Rambes and Walter Gouveia. Services: 3 p.m. tomorrow at the family home, 3926 Lawehana St., Hanamaulu. Call after 2 p.m. Burial: Lihue Public Cemetery. Casual attire.

Lok Lam Ho,91, of Honolulu died Friday in St. Francis Hospital. She was born in China. She is survived by son Albert P.Y.; daughter Siu Fong Choi, seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Taoist services: 10:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: Valley of the Temples.

A. JoAnne Hodgkinson,61, of Maui, a retired vice president of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Life Insurance Co. of Oregon, died Feb. 28 in Maui Memorial Hospital. She was born in Astoria, Ore. She is survived by husband Donald T.; father Raymond Johnson; son Jeff; daughters Pam Easterwood and Janine Kanable; brothers Raymond, Jim and David Johnson; sister Dorothy Engelen, and six grandchildren. Services on the mainland. No flowers. Donations suggested to the American Diabetes Association.

Tokio Imaino,79, of Hilo, an agent with Insurance Agents Group Inc., died March 1. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife May; sons Keith and Stanley; daughters Amy Martinson and Carol; brothers Paul, Tadashi, George, Robert and Richard; sisters Ellen Young and Violet Mimaki, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 3 p.m. tomorrow at Hilo Hongwanji Mission. Call after 2 p.m. No flowers. Casual attire.

Kenneth S. Inamasu, 44, of Honolulu, an iron worker estimator at Paradise Erectors, died Friday in Kuakini Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. HE is survived by wife Darcie M.; son Marc M.O.; daughter Leslie K., and brother Calvin. Memorial services: 10 a.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire.

Kinue Ito, 79, of Wailuku died Tuesday at home. She was born in Keahua, Maui. She is survived by daughters Sandra Shimabukuro, Laura Taketa, Eileen Sumiye and Rene Tsukamoto; brothers Takeo and Donald Watanabe; sisters Florence Katahara, Jean DeGroat and Lena Tamanaha, and five grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. tomorrow at Wailuku Hongwanji Mission. Burial: 1 p.m. Saturday at Maui Memorial Park.

Roberta V. “Bobby” Jacobson,70, of Honolulu, a home-care companion, will be remembered in private services. She died in a car accident Feb. 28 in Honolulu. She is survived by son Clyde; brothers Robert and William Monteith, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Robert H. Kato, 82, of Honolulu, a retired city Department of Public Works construction inspection supervisor, died Saturday in Tripler Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Grace M.; son Robert T.; daughters Charlene H. Nakagawa and Susan Y. Muramoto; sister Joyce N. Fukunaga, and seven grandchildren. Memorial services: 3 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Shigeyo Kimura, 90, of Wahiawa, a retired Wahiawa General Hospital cook, died March 3 in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Noboru and George M.; daughter Barbara K. Matsumoto; sister Masano Inouye, 10 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Services held. Incorrect information was provided for an obituary published March 9.

Betty M. Koseki,74, of Honolulu, a retired waitress at Waikiki Beachcomber Hotel, died March 1 in Kailua Hospice Home. She was born in Waipahu. She is survived by sons Randall, Bryan, Layne, Ritchie and Jody; brothers Edward and Wallace Ihara; sisters Merlin Saki, Edith Matsuda and Harriet Ihara, and two grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.

Wilson W. Lee,75, of Aiea, a retired Navy housing director, died March 3 at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Dorothy K.; sons Michael Lee and Keith Kawatomari; daughters Cynthia Nelson, Lynn Tsue and Ann Takeuchi; brother Robert; sisters Katherine Au, Edith Pung and Millicent Viela, 11 grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 3 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Casual attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to University of Hawaii, Lyon Arboretum, Shriners Hospital or St. Francis Hospice. Casual attire.

Sandra C. Limasa, 63, of Wahiawa, a medical secretary, died Sunday. She was born in California. She is survived by daughters Andrea Limasa and Karen Ruby; brother Ben Podjarsky, and three grandchildren. Memorial services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Soldiers Chapel, Schofield Barracks. Aloha attire.

Clemente B. Luczon,74, of Honolulu, a retired Kamehameha Schools maintenance man, died Feb. 16 in Kuakini Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Cipriana U.; daughter Edna; sons Clemente Jr., Ray and Jerry; sisters Genoveva Unciano, Rosalia Luczon and Dominga Luczon Tamayo, and five grandchildren. Wake: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of the Mount Church, 1614 Monte St. Call 6 to 9 p.m. tomorrow and after 8 a.m. Saturday. Burial: Valley of the Temples.

Yoshio Michimoto,85, of Kailua-Kona, formerly of Napili, Maui, a retired plumber/electrician with Maui Pineapple Co., died Friday in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by sons Ray, Michael and Bert; sister Shizuko Okubo, and seven grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. tomorrow at Lahaina Shingon Mission, 682 Luakini St. Casual attire. No flowers.

Yoshiko Miyashiro,87, of Hilo, a retired seamstress at Kamehameha Gar ment Co., died Sunday in Hilo Hospital. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by son George C.; brothers Paul, Bob, Shigenori and Masao Yamashiro; sisters Kimiko Tomomitsu, Helen Maesato and Agnes Suzuki, and grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home. Call after 5 p.m. Cremation to follow.

Jose Polido,78, of Paauhao Mauka, Hawaii, a heavy-equipment operator for various sugar companies, died March 2 in North Hawaii Community Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Mildred; sons Joseph, Derwin and Freddie Kaholoaa, and four grandchildren. All-night visitation: After 6 p.m. tomorrow at the Polido home. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at the home.Burial: Kukuihaele County Cemetery. Casual attire.

Lino P. San Jose,65, of Hilo, a retired employee of Isemoto Contracting Co. in Hilo, died Monday in Hilo Hospital. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Anna; daughters Rose Marie Berina, Laurie Ann and April Lee; sons Francisco, Lino K. and Dale; hanai daughters Caroline L. Ferreira and Slydene Chin; hanai son Frank Chin; brothers Margarito “Mugs,” Faransiro “Frankie,” Andres “Andrew” and Porpilio “Pops” Tamala; sisters Novemia Ann Boteilho and Narcisa N. Antonio, 17 grandchildren and five great- grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Dodo Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Alae Cemetery. Casual attire.

Valentin E. Sipin, 90, of Honolulu died Saturday in Kaiser Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Asuncion; sons Francis and Raymond; daughter Mercie Gibson, and two grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Co-Ca thedral of St. Theresa. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Baleriano Tagaca,92, of Kohala, Hawaii, a retired laborer for the former Kohala Sugar Plantation, died Feb. 28 in Kohala Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Clarita; sons Louis Malasig and Jerry Tagaca; daughters Josephine Naungayan, Emily Gambalan, Percy Kaaekuahiwi and Louvel Tagaca; brothers Mariano, Pedro and Nicolas; sisters Savina Tagaca and Avelina Agcanas; hanai children Dlores Tabarejo and Edward and Lawrence Monje; 37 grandchildren, 61 great-grandchildren and 14 great-great-grandchildren. Rosary: 7 p.m. tomorrow at the Tagaca home, 53-4287 Akoni Pule Highway, Halaula. All-night vigil from 6 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hawi. Call from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Burial: Halawa Catholic Church. Casual attire.

Leonido Taguiran,45, of Honolulu died Saturday. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Nely; sons Gary, Jeffrey, Edward and Leonido Jr.; daughter Mary Ann; godfather Quirino; godmother Natividad; brother Moises, and sisters Jovita Hilorio, Esther Cabasa and Noime Enriquez. Services: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Cremation to follow.

Ann K. Takano,80, of Honolulu, a retired city supervisor, died March 1 at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Vincent I.; daughter Vivian A. Young; brothers Takashi and Benjamin T. Kimura; sisters Alice M. Kohatsu and Florence Y. Hirakawa, and three grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. tomorrow at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Aloha attire.

Eugenio “JR” Viloria Jr.,54, of Kona, Hawaii, a senior agent and shift supervisor with Aloha Airlines in Kona, died March 3 in Kona Community Hospital. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He was born in Kona, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Maggie; son Ivan E.K.; daughters Charmaine M.A.N. and Tracey-Ann E.L.; brothers Charles L. Kauaula and Albert Viloria; sister Roselani Heneralau, and hanai brother Joseph Tina. Services: Wake, 6 p.m. tomorrow and Mass, 10 a.m. Saturday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Call 5 to 9 p.m. tomorrow and after 8 a.m. Saturday. Burial: Kona Memorial Park. Casual attire.