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Obituaries

Tuesday, January 11, 2000


Carnation manager, yachtsman Arnott dies

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Epiginia A. Agas, 61, of Waipahu died Dec. 10 at home. She was born in Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. She is survived by husband Manuel, brothers Quitolio and Jose Acio, and sisters Josefina Butac and Vicenta Valite. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 8:30 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples.

Zalathiel K. "Kiha" Aiana, 66, of Hoolehua, Molokai died Dec. 19 in Queen's Hospital. He was born in Hoolehua, Molokai. He is survived by brothers Harry Jr. and Francis and sister Lorraine Rawlins. Memorial services: 6-9 p.m. Jan. 21 at the Hoolehua Congregational Church.

Michael G. Cantrell, 55, of Kailua-Kona, an artist, died Wednesday in Kona Community Hospital. He was also a T-shirt and fabric designer. He was born in Pueblo, Colo. He is survived by mother Shirley E., brother Fred H. Jr. and sister Melody Lee Ann Jones. Scattering of ashes at sea: 3 p.m. Friday on board the boat "Wild West" at the Honokohau Harbor. Call after 2:30 p.m. by the slip of the boat. Loose flowers welcome. For more information, call Carla Cleveland at 329-3360.

Wilbert T. Carvalho, 82, of Keaau, Hawaii, a retired salesman for Theo H. Davies & Co., died Saturday in Hilo Hospital. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Carolyn V.; sons Robert J. and Craig C.; brothers Francis, William and Clement; sisters Blossom Lyman, Geraldine Shuman, Mary-Jane Abbey and Patricia Silva, and five grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Keaau Holy Rosary Catholic Church. Call from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Rosary: 6:30 p.m. Mass: noon Friday at the church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Orencio C. Damalerio, 88, of Aiea, a retired maintenanceman at Hickam Air Force Base, died Thursday in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. He was born in Bohol, the Philippines. He is survived by sons Glenn, Vincent, Dexter and Orencio J.; daughters Gloria Ann Kikuchi and Catherine L. DePeralta; brother Ceferino, eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services: noon Saturday at St. Elizabeth Church, 99-312 Moanalua Road. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Sunset Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Clyde G. Frank, 58, of Waimanalo, a deacon at Ke Ola Mau Loa Church of the Living God at Kamuela, died Jan. 1 in St. Francis Hospice. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brother Art; and sisters Susan Frank-Kama, Gwen Ahana and Sharon Keliiholokai. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Services and burial in Kamuela, Hawaii at a later date. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Roberto C. Gaoiran, 80, of Kahului, a retired irrigation field worker for HC&S, died Jan. 2 in Maui Memorial Hospital. He was born in Laoag City, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Magdalina; sons Robert, Randy, Robbie and Ryan; daughters Virginia Vergoza, Linda Baraoidan and Lisa, Reyna and Elayna Gaoiran; brothers Federico and Pedro; sister Lucena, 14 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Prayer services: 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Christ the King Catholic Church. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Friday at the church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Evelyn M. Hanato, 75, of Waimea, Hawaii, a retired housekeeper, died Friday in Hale Ho'ola Hamakua. She was born in Waimea, Hawaii. She is survived by daughter Hazel Lindsey, sisters Oharu Takahashi and Nancy Sakuma, brother Katsumi Hokama, a grandson and two great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Friday at Waimea Hongwanji Mission. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Ai Young Chung Higuchi, 86, of Honolulu, a retired piano teacher, died last Tuesday in Queen's Hospital. She was born in Ewa. She is survived by daughters Mona Higuchi Lerman and Elsa Carl Lee and a granddaughter. Memorial services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Manoa Valley Church. Private inurnment. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Evangeline K. Hiram, 80, of Hauula died Saturday in Kahuku Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Walter Gomez and Edmund, Eddyngton and Lambert Hiram; daughters Moana Hanneman, Aloma Willis, Ipolani Thompson, Noreen Keahiolalo, Ermnie Hernandez, Pinkie Crowe, Audrey Keliiholokai and Karla Hiram; brothers Herman, Gaylord, Douglas and Michael Ellis, 57 grandchildren and 85 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hauula Third Ward, makai chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples. Aloha attire.

Dalmacio P. Jacinto, 95, of Honolulu died Dec. 10 in St. Francis Hospital. He was born in Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Gorgonia; son Carlos; sisters Manuela Palting, Bonifacia Jacinto, Luisa Dela Cruz and Marcela Lagat, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. John the Baptist Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples.

Isiah K. Kamelamela, 21, of Kailua died Jan. 4 in Kailua. He is survived by companion Taimane-Ann Liua, daughters Teyshia K. and Tatiana L. Kamelamela-Liua, father Sanford K., mother Kimberly K. Kamakaokalani, brothers Marcus M. and Davis Alexander K. and grandmother Vicky Madsen. Services: 1 p.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kailua II Ward. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples. Casual attire. No flowers.

Grace B.S.A. Kang, 75, of Honolulu died Jan. 2 in Queen's Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughters Joyce Torrey and Julie-Ann Yamato; son Jerry K.W.; brothers Edwin, Callman and Ferman Au; sister Helen Chun, and two grandsons. Memorial services: 11 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Aloha attire.

Ike Lamb Jr., 39, of Honolulu died Jan. 2 in Honolulu. He was born in Arkansas. He is survived by wife Lynda; daughters Heather Lee, Tehanei Maxilom and Ikisha and Carmen Lamb; brothers William Lamb and Norman Grant, and four grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.

Tim Lee, 93, of Honolulu died last Tuesday in Convalescent Center of Honolulu. He was born in Canton, China. He is survived by daughter-in-law Mrs. Wong, daughter Yuan Choi Loui, brother Sing, sister Hoi, nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Taoist services: 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Albert N. Like, 99, of Honolulu, a teacher at Central Intermediate School, died Dec. 29 in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Bessie; son Lawrence Rodrigues; hanai children Albert Nainoa, Shyrleen Nakamoto and Lydia Horita; stepchildren James, Sue, Robert and Marvin Akee, Betty Kalani, Laurita Maano and Glen Valencia, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Services: 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kalihi Ward. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.

Jimmy Limos, 85, of Honolulu died Dec. 28 in St. Francis Hospital. He is survived by wife Josefina; children Theodore and Reno Limoz Jr., Carolyn Krael-Goroza, Frances Sapla and Cendy Limos, 26 grandchildren and 46 great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples.

Miguel Mahi, 75, of Kealakekua, Kona, a retired equipment installer for GTE Hawaiian Tel, died Thursday. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Leilani; daughters Gertrude Gunderson and Beatrice Ravenscraft; sons Gerard and Aaron; sisters Bernice Ferreira, Pansy Mumper, Beatrice Barboza and Joyce Geraldini; brothers Henry Jr. and William, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 7 p.m. Sunday at the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Makiki Congregation, 1666 Mott-Smith Dr. Call after 5:30 p.m. Memorial services: 2 p.m. Monday at the church in Kainaliu, Kona. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Lorenzo Manuel, 87, of Pearl City, a retired carpenter, died Dec. 12 in Pearl City. He was born in Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Felicitas; sons Lawrence P., Tom P. and Dennis P.; daughters Mildred P. Manuel-Kaneshiro and Erlinda P. Wong; brothers Juan and Silverio, and five grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Our Lady of Good Counsel. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Tamae Miyazu, 74, of Honolulu died Thursday in Queen's Hospital. She was born in Captain Cook, Hawaii. She is survived by brother Kazuo; and sisters Sadame Miyazu, Nancy N. Minami, Elsie Sasaki and Etsuko Yamaguchi. Memorial services: 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m.

Jeffrey P. Moses, 40, of Kailua died Dec. 20 in Castle Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by parents John and Esther; son Joshua; daughters Brandy and Melissa; brothers David and Martin Young and Jay Moses; sister Sherry Perry, and two grandchildren. Private services.

Yoshie S. "Mary" Motoyama, 75, of Honolulu, a retired accounts receivable clerk for House of Music, died Jan. 1 in Beverly Manor Convalescent Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Kiyoshi; daughters Lorenne Goldstein and Jean Motoyama; brothers Herbert Nakabayashi and Harry and Andrew Asuncion, and sister Cindy Asada. Private services.

Katsuko T. Ogasawara, 90, of Lanai City, a retired laborer with the pineapple industry, died Dec. 29 in St. Francis Hospital. She was born in Pahoa, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Takanori "Muffy," son Thomas, daughter Mary Ann Matsusaka, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Lanai Honpa Hongwanji. Casual attire. No flowers.

Maurice H. Okita, 84, of Honolulu, a retired L.H. Gamble Co. food broker, died Wednesday in Kuakini Geriatric Care Inc. He was also a former superintendent for Love's Bakery. He was born in Lahaina, Maui. He is survived by wife Jeanette, sons Allen and John, daughter Carol Kimura, brother Samuel, sister Shizuko Furumoto and eight grandchildren. Memorial services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Arthur W. Otremba, 73, of Honolulu, a woodcarver, died Friday in Queen's Hospital. He is survived by wife Jill, children Rowena and Art, sister Elizabeth Wilder, a grandson and a great-grandson. Memorial services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Oahu Cemetery. No flowers. Donations suggested to the Heart Association or Cancer Research Clinical Trials. Aloha attire.

Shirley L. Pacheco, 67, of Ewa Beach, a retired registered nurse, died Dec. 31 in Ewa Beach. She was born in Hawaii. She is survived by son Jr.; daughters Diane Fernandez, Belinda Mora, Antoinette Anderson and Carlotta Salvordor; brothers Raymond, Douglas, David and Louis Balles; sister Rose Madiraga, 14 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 10 a.m. today at Immaculate Conception Church. Casual attire.

Lupe H. Palu, 41, of Honolulu died Friday in Kailua. She was born in Tonga. She is survived by daughters Lute Fekitoa and Bonnie, Malia, Stephanie, Naomi, Liliani and Mapuana Palu; sons Mikaele Palu and Feao Fapuiaki; mother Malia; brothers Timote, Poiloti, Sepasi, Tevita, Peau and Keola Ahomana; and sisters Suliana Vulangi, Mapuana Latu, Elenoa Matavesi and Aita Tonga. Call after 6 p.m. Friday at Tongan United Methodist Church. Call after 7:30 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Burial to follow.

Flavio R. Pascua, 89, of Honolulu, a retired construction worker, died Dec. 29 in St. Francis Hospital. He was born in San Nicholas, the Philippines. He is survived by brothers Juan and Herman; and sisters Juana Verdadero, Carmen Ambrozio, Madgelena Baptista, Cerafina Ventura, Aveline Mauricio, Rosalina DeLatorre and Lordes Caburnay. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Call again from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Utah S. Pepin, 67, of Paradise Park, Hawaii, a heavy equipment mechanic and manager, died Wednesday at home. He was born in Lyford, Texas. He is survived by wife Geraldine; daughters Carolyn L. Schisler and Debra Lynn Garrison; son Frank W.; stepsons Craig and Jim Ross and Mark Coleman; stepdaughters Cindy Bryant and Susie Schmitz; sisters Pearl "Lucille" Etter, Francis Ramsey and Joanne Watkins; brother Beverly R. "Jack," 22 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 1 p.m. tomorrow at Pepin residence in Hawaiian Paradise Park, 15-1427 18th St. off of Kaloli St. Casual attire. In lieu of donations, contributions suggested to Hospice of Hilo or American Cancer Society.

Jose R. Raras, 77, of Pahoa, Hawaii, a papaya farmer, died Jan. 1 in Hilo Hospital. He was born in Pangasinan, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Paz; daughters Yolanda Bartolome, Edna Noval, Elvira Paa, Emilie Domingo and Olivia Pereyra; sons Wilfredo, Adolfo and Jon-erik, 19 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. Friday at Sacred Hearts Catholic Church in Pahoa, Hawaii. Call after 6 p.m. for an all-night visitation. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 10 a.m. for an all-night visitation. Burial: Pahoa Catholic Church. Casual attire.

Ginni M. Rezac, 50, of Honolulu died last Tuesday at home. She is survived by companion George Marshell; children David Johnson, Wendy McCaithy and Tony Miranda; sisters Jackie and Linda; brother Michael, and two grandchildren. Private services.

Irene A. Soma, 72, of Honolulu, a retired barber at Sears Roebuck & Co., died Sunday in Kaiser Foundation Moanalua Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Karen Shinagawa, brothers Dick and Kenneth Matsuo, sister Elaine Uyeda and two granddaughters. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Masaki Tabusa, 93, of Waipahu, who retired from Oahu Sugar Co., died Thursday in St. Francis-West Hospice. He was born in Yamaguchi, Japan. He is survived by wife Ruth A., daughters Evelyn M. Okamura and Gayle S. Ohta and four grandchildren. Memorial services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Waipahu Soto Mission. Casual attire. No flowers.

Shizen Toma, 75, of Waipahu, a retired Pearl Harbor supply clerk, died Friday in Kaiser Hospital. He was born in Mana, Kauai. He is survived by wife Sharon T., sons Burt A. and Edson Y., daughter Aileen S., brother Thomas and sister Jean. Services: 8 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Aloha attire.

Richard T. Uno, 78, of Maui, a retired supervisor for Maui & Land Pineapple Co., died Thursday in Queen's Hospital. He was born in Waihee, Maui. He is survived by son Ronald; daughters Koren McCall and Sharon Dela Cruz; brothers Lawrence and Francis; sisters Shigeo Komoda, Chiyeko Kaya, Kikue Ikeda and Kazumi Wilhelm, and six grandchildren. Memorial services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Kahului Hongwanji on Maui. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Thomas M. Uyetake, 76, of Honolulu, a retired president for Massonry Builders, died Dec. 23 in Straub Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Eric T. and Gregg S., daughter Jeanne K. Houlton and five grandchildren. Private services.

Jane S.Y.K. Yang, 88, of Honolulu died Wednesday in Hale Nani Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She was born in Pusan, Korea. She is survived by son James, daughters Loretta Kam and Barbara Lee, sister Janet Yoon, brother Richard Kim, 11 grandchildren and seven great- grandchildren. Private services.

Raymond L.L. Yuen, 74, of Honolulu, a retired captain of the Honolulu Fire Department, will be remembered in services 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. tomorrow at Oahu Cemetery. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire. Incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday provided by the mortuary.



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