Ewa Villages defendant dies
Shoshin Asato, 79, of Ookala, Hawaii, a retired journeyman welder for the former Hamakua Sugar Co., died Friday at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Tsuruko; sons Earl, Dean, Bruce and Scott; daughter Eleonora Yamada; brother Shozen; and four grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.Sueko N. Cabral, 85, of Hilo died Thursday in Hilo Hospital. Born in Hilo, she is survived by son Guy S., daughter Lisbeth Taniguchi, and three grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Church of the Holy Cross in Hilo. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Steven C. Cooper, 39, of Kailua, a state budget analyst, died Friday in Castle Hospital. He is survived by mother Kathleen, brothers Robert and William, and sisters Sally Hall, Susan Cooper, Ann Frazee, Jean Nixon, Gail Stone, Jane McCarthy, Margaret Crowell and Terry Ronco. Memorial Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony's Church in Kailua. No flowers. Donations suggested to charity.
Jeannette T. Costa, 86, of Honolulu, died Dec. 23 in Honolulu. She was born in Wahee, Maui. She is survived by son Benet Jr.; sisters Cecily Moore, Mae Nakanilua, Lena Alderson, Lily Pearson and Edith Smith; brother William Teshima; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at the Church of the Epiphany, 1041 10th Ave., Kaimuki. Gravesite services: Oahu Cemetery. Casual attire.
Gregory Dikilato, 74, of Waipahu, a retired inspector with the state Occupational Safety and Health Administration, died Dec. 22 in Waipahu. He was born in Kapaa, Kauai. He is survived by wife Imelda Rabuya; son Gregory Jr.; daughters Patricia Texeira, Marilyn Abejon and Stephanie Silva; sister Mary Gregory; brothers Danny, Ernest, George and Melquiades; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: Nuuanu Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Pedro Lalas Fernandez, 76, of Kapolei, a retired labor judge in the Philippines, died Dec. 17 in Queen's Hospital. He was also a retired labor investigator with the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Disability Compensation Division and founder of the Revitalized Mapandanian Association of Hawaii "MAHA." He was born in Pangasinan, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Amparo Z.; sons Mel, Edmund, Pedro Jr., Pedro "Owie" III, Rusty, Manny and Augusto "Jojo"; daughter Catherine; sisters Nina Javier and Victoria Perez; 14 grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter. Wake services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: noon Saturday at St. Joseph Church. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Scott C. Gibson, 50, of Kailua, an entrepreneur, died last Wednesday in Honolulu. He was born in Hawaii. He is survived by wife Rose; daughter Jessica; sons Robert and David; hanai son Kenneth Young; sisters Joy Edmunds, Pamela Gibson-Wolfe and Deborah Gibson-Gebauer; and a granddaughter. Gravesite services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Oahu Cemetery. Aloha attire.
Carl H. Hoopai, 46, of Honolulu, died Dec. 27 in Honolulu. He was born in Hawaii. He is survived by wife MonaAnn; stepmother Margaret; brothers Jacob, Enoa and Eddie; sisters April and Jann; and brother Leslie Abe. Services: 8 to 10 a.m. Friday at Blessed Sacrement Church, Pauoa. Scattering of ashes: on the Moana Catamaran, Kewalo Basin. Aloha attire.
Dorothy E. Koyanagi, 68, of Pearl City, died Friday in Kuakini Hospital. She was born on Maui. She is survived by husband Nelson; sons Nelson Jr. and Neil; brothers Joseph and Edward Galarita; sisters Rosetta Souki, Josephine Higa and Lillian Heyert; and two grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Our Lady of Good Counsel. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 11:45 a.m. Friday at the church. Call from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Burial: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.
Dr. Kikuo Kuramoto, 82, of Kaneohe, is survived by stepdaughter Barbara and stepsons Frederick, Daryll and Cullen Nakama. Incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday provided by the mortuary.
Evelyn N. Kusunoki, 66, of Wailuku, a sales associate for Roland Shoe Store in Kahului, died Monday in St. Francis Hospital. She was born in Kapakalua, Maui. She is survived by husband Kenneth; son Keith; daughters Lori Sera and Kim Kusunoki; brothers Joe, Jerry and Richard Oshiro; and sisters Jane Matsuda and Gladys Miyata. Mass: noon Friday at St. Anthony Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Maui Memorial Park. Reception: Nakamura Mortuary. Casual attire.
Segundo E. Lapenia, 84, of Honolulu, a retiree of Oahu Country Club, died Nov. 29 in St. Francis Hospital. He was born in Pangasinan, the Philippines. He is survived by sons Bernard, Esteban and Anthoney; daughters Adelina Balagat, Anatalia Imperial, Henosina Reyes and Milagros and Mercedes Lapenia, 15 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony Church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park.
Hilda M. Lucero, 75 of Haleiwa, died Dec. 27 in Kaiser Hospital. Born in Aiea, she is survived by husband Juan M.; sons Roland, Fred, John, Eugene, Rudy and Glenn; daughters Roberta Conley, Rosanna Sezar and Lynell DaMate; brother Eddie Salazar; sisters Mary Williams and Edna Salazar Monida; 31 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 7 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Sarah M. Naluai, 90, of Kaneohe, a kumu hula, died Sunday in Kaneohe. She also retired from the Polynesian Cultural Center. Born in Hawaii, she is survived by sons Samuel Makanoa and Michael Wood; daughter Michelle Camit; stepsons George, Robert, Hansel, Solomon, Eugene, Calvin, Alfred, Brian and Brent; stepdaughters Lucia Kamai and D. Keala Naluai; 52 grandchildren; 50 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Call 5-9 p.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kaneohe Stake Center. Call again from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Laie North Stake Center. Burial: Laie Cemetery.
Rose N. Nitahara, 74, of Aiea, a retired personnel clerk, died Dec. 1. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by son Steven; daughters June J. Nakamura and Carol M. Pang; brothers Richard, Michael, Stanley and Robert Takamine; and sisters Jane Takamine, El Fujii, Joan Yukitomo and Mae Whang. Private services. Donations suggested to American Cancer Society of Hawaii or St. Francis-West Hospice.
Shigeto Ogawa, 87, of Honolulu, a retired carpenter, died Nov. 13 in Honolulu. He was born in Hiroshima, Japan. He is survived by wife Tatsue; sons Glenn H., Roy T. and Alan M.; daughter Joanne E. Sakoda; brothers Kazumi and Tamotsu; sisters Matsue Nishi and Yaeko and Masuko Ogawa; and four grandchildren. Private services.
Kiyotane Okawa, 84, of Waialua, a retired boiling house supervisor from Waialua Sugar, died Dec. 26 in Queen's Hospital. Born in Kawailoa, he is survived by wife Doris Y.; son Earl K.; daughters Iris R. and Lois S. Okawa and Joyce S. Faufata; brother Fred; sisters Betty Tomihiro and Eleanor Takaki; and four grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Casual attire. No flowers.
A Chi Pak, also known as A Chi Park, 87, of Mililani died Sunday in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was born in Seoul. She is survived by sons Young Sik and Young Chol Park, and daughters Pok Yel Davis, Pok Hee Kaa Mo and Tina Smith. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Paulino Pamarang, 94, of Honomu, Hawaii, a retired cultivation foreman with the former Mauna Kea Sugar Co., died Monday in Life Care Center of Hilo. He was born in Pangasinan, the Philippines. He is survived by daughters Veronica Pagat and Paula Chaves, son Wayne, seven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Mass: 12:15 p.m. Friday at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Call from 11 a.m. to noon. Burial: Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Eusebio R. Ramolete, 77, formerly of Honolulu, a retired carpenter/contractor, died Dec. 12 in Kent, Wash. He was also a musician. He was born in Santa Catalina, the Philippines. He is survived by children Mayette, Ron, Mario, Robert, Ed, Madeleine, Elson, Maggie and Lisa; sisters Rufina Refuerzo and Anastasia Rafanan; 15 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Wake: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 9 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph's Church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual and aloha attire.
Maria V. Rivera, 97, of Kahului, formerly of Hamakuapoko, died Dec. 27 in Maui Memorial Hospital. She was born in Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. She is survived by sons Jacinto, Pedro J. and Fred P.; daughters Esmenia Galinato, Theresa Sevilla, Magdalene Kawamoto, Katherine Rivera, Ella Osako and Gloria Tenorio; 30 grandchildren; 54 great-grandchildren; and 11 great-great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Monday at Christ the King Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Maui Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Eufemia V. Ruiz, 78, of Haliimaile, Maui, a retired field worker, died Saturday at home. She was born in Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. She is survived by hanai daughter Nancy Hadley, brother Julian V. and sisters Lourdes Corpuz and Consolacion Peralta. Services: 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Casual attire.
Maria C. Sabado, 94, of Eleele, Kauai, died Thursday in Waimea Care Center. She was born in Gagayan, the Philippines. She is survived by son Robert Aquiat, daughter Felisa Ramelb, brother Rosendo Bolosan, sister Aquilina Madriaga, 14 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and a great-great-grandson. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Hanapepe Public Cemetery. Casual attire.
Jeanne H. Shedd, 80, of Honolulu, died Dec. 27 in Aloha Nursing and Rehab. She is survived by daughter Helen Saito. Memorial services: 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at St. Andrew's Cathedral. Burial: Oahu Cemetery.
Ruth T. Takano-Hirose, 45, of Honolulu, a retail director for Chanel, died Dec. 8 in Japan. She was born in Japan. She is survived by daughter Cristalle T. Hirose, sister Patricia Y. Kobayashi and mother Sachie Okihara. Services: 8 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. No flowers.
Betty B.C. Tambalo, 83, of Pearl City, a retired employee of Scott Hawaii, died Friday in Honolulu. She was born in Hanaumalu, Kauai. She is survived by children Paul and Stanley Kim, Jean Ah Yuen, Pearla Kouchi and Jerry, Gloria and Gerard Tambalo, 15 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Services: 10:15 a.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Frank W.K. Tom, 88, of Honolulu, a retired crane operator at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, died Sunday in Hale Nani Nursing Center. He was born in Kahaluu. He is survived by wife Agnes; son Melvyn; daughters Harmony Chock, Moana Scanlan and Frances Akau; stepson Richard Keohuhu; sisters Annie Lum and Alice Fong; 22 grandchildren; 58 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Angeline Torricer, also known as "Auntie Tita" or "Angie," 61, of Ewa Beach, a retired inservice instructor at Kuakini Hospital, died Dec. 22 in St. Francis Hospital. She was born in Koloa, Kauai. She is survived by husband Alfredo E.; sons Fred G. and Jody W.; brothers Benjamin and Robert H.S. Balansag; and sisters Rosalina "Alice" Smith and Carol S. Rose. Wake services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 11:30 a.m. Monday at the mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
William S. "Bill" Van Ummersen, 41, of Kailua, a former chef at Orson's Bourbon House in Kailua, died Dec. 14 in Kailua. He was born in Sagamihara, Japan. He is survived by sister Catherine Barker and brother Thomas. Memorial services: 9 a.m. Saturday at Kailua United Methodist Church, 1110 Kailua Road. Scattering of ashes: Lanikai Beach fronting the Mokulua Islands. No flowers. Donations suggested to the American Diabetes Association, 1500 S. Beretania St., No. 111, Honolulu 96826.
Mabel K.I. "Nawahine" Wong, 78, of La Mirada, Calif., died Dec. 27 at home. She was born in Laie. She is survived by sons Harvey, Jefferey, Anthony and Gregory; daughters Mary Ann Bardo, Judy Ann Wong, Shirley Ann Naliielua and Cy Ann Pierce; 23 grandchildren; and 29 great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 55-110 Lanihuli St., Laie. Burial: Laie Cemetery. Aloha attire.
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