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Obituaries

Wednesday, March 21, 2001


Yoshino Asada, 84, of Kaneohe was born in Waialua. The mortuary provided additional information for an obituary.

Ethel Kirie Avilla, 82, of Waipahu died March 8. She was born in Mana, Kauai. She is survived by sons Glenn and Charles Perry; daughters Ethel Perry, Theresa Ramos and Joyce Foster; a sister and six grandchildren. Private services.

Carroll Packard Buck, 93, of Honolulu, a retired schoolteacher with the Los Angeles City School District, died Sunday in Hale Nani Nursing Home. She was born in Massachusetts. She is survived by son Thomas A.; daughters Margaret E. Moss, Marcia L. Linville and Dorothy G.; brother Charles O.; sisters Anna, Esther and Virginia Parker; five grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Private services.

Doris Chee Char, 91, of Waimanalo died Friday in Castle Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by niece Carolyn Aoki and hanai family Wilson, Rosina and Maimiti Ho and Kara and Hongi Edwards. Private services.

Bertha Bedilion Day, 81, of Honolulu, a retired teacher, died last Wednesday in Honolulu. She was born in San Francisco. She is survived by sons Jim and Stephen, daughter Lynn Bedilion, twin sister Mary Schultz and two grandchildren. Mass: 9 a.m. Saturday at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. Rosary: 8:30 a.m. Casual attire. Donations suggested to Elderly Blind Society Plus 55 Group. Call 524-2411 for information.

Howard Joseph DeMeo, 53, of Kailua, a pharmacist with Longs Drugs, Kailua, for 27 years, died Thursday in Kailua. He is survived by wife Caren S.; son Troy; daughter Cindy Iverson; brothers Michael, Bill and Jay DeMeo, and sister Diane Leddy. Memorial services over ashes: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. John Vianney Catholic Church, Kailua. No flowers.

Helen Hayako Fujita, 81, of Honolulu, a retired co-owner of Snappy's Wheel Alignment & Repair, died Thursday. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughters Gayle "Kiku" Fujita and Carol Reynolds; brother Albert Nakamoto; sisters Violet Kitamura, Mary Ojiri and Alice Isobe; and three grandchildren. Memorial services: noon Sunday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Casual attire.

Anna Elizabeth Ikei, 83, of Pearl City died last Wednesday at home. She is survived by husband Robert H., daughter Lora J. Canter, brother Matthew Diakow and sister Stephanie. Memorial services: noon Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Tomi Kaneshiro, 95, of Waimanalo died March 12 in Kuakini Geriatric. She was born on Okinawa. She is survived by sons Koichi, Masanobu and Ted S.; daughter Mitsue Yamamoto and five grandchildren. Private services.

Albert K. "Alapaki" Kupihe, 59, of Honolulu, a security guard, died Feb. 26 in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughter Nani Alapai-Kupihe, son Keawe Alapai-Kupihe, brothers George and Walter, and sisters Mary and June. Private services.

Virginia Hamau Lindsey, 74, of Daly City, Calif., died March 15. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband George Jr.; sons Kevin and George; daughters Geraldine Capellino and Debra-Lynn Wood; brothers Edward and Vernon Kalama; sisters Lehua Kalama, Victoria Hoe, Kealoha Kalama-Cabral, Pearl Stevens, Rosella "Pua" Kalama-Akiona and Jacqueline Maynard; and three grandchildren. Services: 11:15 a.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mililani Ward. Call after 8:30 a.m. Committal services: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire.

Clementina "Tina" MacAdam, 64, of Haena, Kauai, died Saturday at home. She is survived by husband William F.; sons Jeffery and Stuart; sisters Dorothy Corcoran, Rosa Lee and Floy Lee Hoelscher, Mary Johnson and Gerri Fredette; brothers William, Francis, Richard, Raymond, Jerome, Edgar and Richard Hoelscher; and three grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. tomorrow at St. Williams Catholic Church in Hanalei. Call after 10:30 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to Kauai Hospice in Tina's name. Private burial.

Toshiko Kay Martin, 74, of Mililani, a retired Schofield Barracks Army Air Force Exchange Service men's clothing department supervisor, died Friday at home. She was born in Nagasaki, Japan. She is survived by husband John, son David and sister Miyako Ogura. Services: 5 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Presbyterian Church. Call after 4:30 p.m. Burial: noon Monday at Valley of the Temples. No flowers. Donations suggested to Parkinson's Disease Foundation, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center; 710 West 168th St.; New York, NY 10032.

Mark Richard Matola, 45, of Kalaheo, Kauai, a baker, died Monday at home. He was born in New York. He is survived by brothers Robert, Thomas and Gary, and sister Carol Soares. Private services.

James A. "Grumpy" Moore, 82, of Honolulu, a retired CWO 4 for the U.S. Army, died Monday in Tripler Army Medical Center. He was born in Duncan, Okla. He is survived by wife Dolores, daughters Ethel Elaine DiBiasio and Judy M. Knox, brothers Wyly and Clay, sister Margaret Sue Bruns, six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Services in Colorado at a later date.

Marion Francis Morikawa, 56, died Sunday. She was born in Los Angeles. She is survived by husband Stanley; daughters Toni Freitas, Terri DaSilva and Jennifer Nelson; stepchildren Reid and Janel; sister Laurie Spurlock; brother Lynn Gilmore; five grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. Services: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, maukai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire. Donations suggested to American Cancer Society on Morikawa's behalf, www.cancer.org.

Daniel Nobuo Muranaka, 83, of Wahiawa, who retired from the Schofield Post Exchange, died March 9. He was born in Wahiawa. He is survived by wife Matsuko, son Robert, daughter Ann Trammell, brother Kiyomitsu and three grandchildren. Private services.

Marian Beardsley Paradiso, 80, of Pukalani, Maui, a schoolteacher in Lafayette, Ind., died Thursday at home. She was born in Adams, Neb. She is survived by husband Samuel; daughters Rosalie Seaton and Marilyn and Elizabeth Paradiso; brother William E. Beardsley; four grandchildren and two great-granddaughters. Celebration of life: 3 p.m. Sunday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Reception to follow. Casual attire. Leis only.

Valeriana Gom-os Pedro, 98, of Aiea died Friday. She was born in Negros Oriental, the Philippines. She is survived by sons Primo and Leonardo Suan and Alfredo, Eginio, Joseph and Bernardez Pedro; daughters Juliana Coleon and Silveria "Sylvia" Sacayan-Lucero; 22 grandchildren; 44 great-grandchildren and 51 great-great-grandchildren. Services: noon Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 11 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Paul Yukio Sakimoto, 46, of Honolulu, an insurance salesman for Hawaii Insurance Consultant, died Sunday in St. Francis Hospice. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Lisa T., son Kyle T. and sister June T. Yasuhara. Memorial services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire.

Katsuno Sunada, 104, of Honolulu died March 13 in Hale Nani. She was born in Hiroshima, Japan. She is survived by sons Masao and Robert; daughters Mildred Harumi Oda, Ruby Shiroma, Doris Soma and Janet Kawamoto; sister Tamayo Yokotake; 13 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Kona Hongwanji Mission. Casual attire. No flowers.

Brent Timothy Tucker, 28, of Haleiwa died Saturday. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by parents Dr. Guy and Marilyn, brother Dr. Matt and grandmother Evelyn Curtis. Memorial services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at home, 61-567 Pohaku Loa Way, Kawailoa. Casual attire.

Caroline Moala Tuiono, 38, of Honolulu died March 13 in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Tonga. She is survived by husband Litani; sons Brian and B.J. "Uhaone"; parents Viliami and Keke Moala; brothers Sosiua, Sefo, Keniti and Osiasi Moala; and sisters Lota Taungatua, Mele Tautuiaki, Maselina Taueli, Fangalilo Fotu and Anamanu Finau. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kahala Ward. 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.

Rufina Viloria "Ciring" Udarbe, 77, of Wahiawa died Feb. 26. She was born in Masingal, Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. She is survived by husband Francisco; sons Rusty, Tony and Romy; daughters Norma Jackson and Prosy Glidden; brother Zacarias Viloria; sister Benedicta "Benny" Arellano; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 9:45 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Sorrows Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Shizue Ushijima, 85, of Honolulu, a retired seamstress, died Sunday in Straub Clinic and Hospital. She was born in Okala, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Norman and Alan, daughter Lynne, brother Stanley Sakuda, sister Nancy Tomimoto and four grandchildren. Memorial services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Helene Har Lin Wong, 79, of Honolulu, a retired professor at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, died Thursday at home. She is survived by sister Phyllis Wong Jing. Private services. Contributions suggested to Honolulu Academy of Arts, 900 S. Beretania St., Honolulu 96814.

Loretta Pahukoa "Lucy" Yap, 85, of Pauwela, Maui, died March 13 in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Kailua, Maui. She is survived by sons Leroy Ah Wah, Herman and Anthony; daughters Barbara Kaholokula, Harriet Tau-a, Theresa Honokaupu, Evangeline Bevins and Annabel Mashino; 17 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Rita's Catholic Church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Valley Isle Memorial Park.



You can also search the Hawaii State Library System's
Hawaii Newspaper Index online for older obituaries at:
http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/education/hcc/library/hiindex.html
The index, which goes back several decades,
is available via Telnet software.



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