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Obituaries
Tuesday, December 18, 2001


Eva Barros Auwae, 85, of Wahiawa, died Friday in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Kahana, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Edward M., Richard S. and James A.; daughter Myra Turnipseed; sisters Angie O'Black and Isabel "Peggy" Helton; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 1:45 p.m. Friday at Blessed Sacrament Church. Call after 11:30 a.m. Burial: 3 p.m. at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl. Aloha attire.

Juanita Waiolani Halvorsen Ballesteros, 59, of Aiea, a homemaker, died Dec. 13 in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Rosalino S.; children Donna Ballesteros, Wyatt Ballesteros, Norma Nakasono, Rosalino Ballesteros Jr. and Gary Ballesteros; sisters Cecelia M. Lum, Mae M. Halvorsen, Mary R. Sales, Miriam P. Butterfield and Madeline "Carol" Pavao; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m. Committal service: 10 a.m. Friday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Aloha attire.

Valdemar Maydell Moana Carreira, 68, of Honolulu, died Friday in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Edward J. Kupihea; daughters Lin Okuhara, Rocky Robinson, Rhonda Vincent; brother Edward Knott; sisters Noe Domingo, Ho'o Chow, Trudy Ferreira, Georgie Kruse, Ku'u Baptist, Michelle Coleman and Pala Borgess; 10 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Valley of the Temples. No flowers or monetary gifts. Donations suggested to the Diabetes Center of the Pacific.

Emiko Daido, 68, of Honolulu, a housewife, died Thursday in Hanapepe, Kauai. She was born in Pahoa, Hawaii. She is survived by husband James K.; daughters Grace Leong, Ruth Young, Esther Daido, Hannah Daido and Anna Fausto; sons Steven and Daniel; brother Stanley Yamauchi; and sisters Aiko Nagatoshi, Sachie Jones, Yachie Motobu and Chizuko Nakamura. Services: 10 a.m. tomorrow at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Burial: 10 a.m. Thursday at the Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.

Teodorico "Eko" Cajigal Evangelista, 68, of Kahuku, a Kahuku Plantation employee and retiree from Turtle Bay Hilton, died Dec. 10 in Kahuku. He was born in Kahuku. He is survived by wife Candida; son Victor; daughter Leila Ann; sisters Dominga Motta, Inez Remigio, Christina Ramelb and Vivian Ramirez; and one grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Roch's Church, Kahuku. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Hatsue Fujimoto, 96, of Hanapepe, Kauai, a housewife, died Saturday in Kauai Care Center. She was born in Aiea. She is survived by sons Stanley H. and Kenneth H., brother Roy M. Sakai and sister Masae Nishi. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Garden Island Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Kauai Memorial Gardens. Casual attire. No flowers.

Annie Leilani Bunker Gono, 77, of Honolulu, a retired taxi driver, died Dec. 4 in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Ted and John, daughters Rowena Gono and Annie Nebres, brothers Arthur and Albert Uyesugi, eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services: 1-3 p.m. Saturday at 1170 Nuuanu Ave., 2nd Floor Garden Court. Casual attire. No flowers.

David Ross Hartman, 52, of Koloa, Kauai, a glass blower, died last Tuesday at home. He was born in California. He is survived by wife Jode, daughter Angela Distefano, son Jon Kindig and sister Susie Parker. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Waiohai Beach. Family and friends invited to join in with their surfboards for the scattering of ashes following the service. Beach clothes attire.

Verena Ching Ho, 95, of Honolulu, died Dec. 5. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Burdene Hanes, son Dr. Douglas, brother Dr. Ernest Ching, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Private services.

Herbert Akio Iwaida, 69, of Honolulu, a retired supervisory supply technician for the Department of Defense Naval Supply Center, died Friday at home. He also retired from the U.S. Army and was a member of the 5th Regimental Combat Team. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Ursula, daughter Christina, brother Richard and sister Pearl. Services: 10:15 a.m. Friday at St. Pius X Parish. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Betty Tsuruko Kakazu, 86, of Honolulu, a retired housekeeper for Outrigger Hotels, died Dec. 7. She was born in Olaa, Hawaii. She is survived by son Charles K., daughter Ethel C. Takara, brother George Uehara, sisters Asae and Chiyoko Uyehara, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Private services.

Dennis Makoto Katano, 72, of Waipahu, a retired employee for Hawaiian Airlines, died last Tuesday. He was born in Waipahu. He is survived by wife Edith; daughter Denise Buto; son Tracy; brothers Alexander, John, Steve and Joseph; sisters Betty Masatsugu and Janet Yoshida; and five grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Hannah Kuulei Kepoo, 61, of Waianae, a cashier for Nanakuli Super, died Saturday at home. She was born in Ewa. She is survived by sons Peter Kamealoha, Albert Kamealoha, LeRoy Kamealoha, Enos Kepoo, John Kepoo, David Kepoo, Moses Iokua and Jason Foster; daughters Ruth "Momi" Dando, Francis "Pua" Kepoo, Helene "Mahi" Cole, Paulette "Lani" Stojinski, Marilyn Wersing, Rose Beasley, Johnette "Honey Girl" Cambra, Marlene "Lynn" Kepoo, Hannah "Lei" Miyashiro, Palmyra "Tita" Hethcote, Deborah "Debbie" Tolentino and Trina Miyashiro; brothers Samuel Ahoi Jr., Raymond Ahoi and Samuel "Sambini" Ahoi III; 75 grandchildren; and 48 great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Holy Hill of Zion Church, Waianae. Call after 9 a.m. Cremation to follow.

Earnest "Earnie" R. Lamb, 93, of Honolulu, a retired chief warrant officer for the U.S. Army, died Thursday in Tripler Army Medical Center. He was born in Ventura, Calif. He is survived by daughters Eleanor Sterling and Mildred Smith, four grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11:15 a.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Ichiro "Ike" Maeda, 79, of Kailua, a retired captain for the Honolulu Fire Department, died Dec. 10 in Ann Pearl Nursing Home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Caroline H., daughters Darlene Yamashita and Joanne Yanagida, brother Richard and sister Margaret Sugano. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Inurnment: 10 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Earl Bernard Kuulei Miller, 82, of Honolulu, a retired pressman for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, died Thursday in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brother Harry C. and sisters Melvia J. Splan, Mae C. Miller and Antoinette J. Williams. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Oahu Cemetery Chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire.

Ricky Lee Miller, 42, of Honolulu, owner of RIX'S General Services, died last Tuesday in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son William, sisters Abigail Costa and Virginia Holleran, brother Anthony Baptista and father Abraham Baptista. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Ka Hale Hoano Hou O Ke Akua Church, Kalihi. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire.

James "Jimmy" Michiyuki Miyasato, 73, of Honolulu, Honolulu district manager of Orchids of Hawaii, died Dec. 10 in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Tiare L., sons Norman A. and Clifton H., daughter Karyn E. Okano, brother Albert H., sisters Violet T. Oka and Lily Y. Horio, and five grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Inurnment: 10:45 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Hazel S. Muraoka, 89, of Honolulu, died Wednesday in Maunalani Nursing Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Milton and Ivan, daughter Norma, sisters Bea-trice Ahana and Elsie Kaneko, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Loretta J. Oliveira, 64, of Honolulu, died Dec. 8. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by brothers Joseph Oliveira IV, Herbert Oliveira and Burt Tamanaha; and sisters Charlene Weissman, Lucy Tamanaha, Denise Galios and Diane Romano. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Committal service: 1 p.m. Friday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl. Casual attire. No flowers.

Stanley Ernest Rodrigues, 54, of Makaha, a welder for Oahu Sugar Co., died Friday in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Ewa. He is survived by wife Melinda "Linda"; sons Stanley Rodrigues Jr., Frank Rodrigues, and Victor "D.J." Alfapada; daughters Faith Alfapada, Angel Alapai, Leijean Ching and Shantel Rodrigues; sister Lyette Davis; and 16 grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Sacred Heart Church, Waianae. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.

Semon Sulfelix, 93, of Wahiawa, died Dec. 14. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Crispina, son Abraham Sulfelix Valdez, daughter Carolina Valdez Sulfelix and five grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Our Lady of Sorrows Church. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: noon Friday at the church. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.

Venancio "Ben" Agcanas Tamayo, 75, of Honolulu, who retired from the U.S. Army, died Dec. 1. He was also a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Darlina, son Roy, daughters Virginia Vitug and Doris Ruth, and seven grandchildren. Services: 10:45 a.m. Friday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Committal service: 1 p.m. Friday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire. No flowers.

Isabel M. Oliveira Wilson, 80, of Nahiku, Maui, a retired employee for Frito-Lay, died Wednesday in Wailuku. She was born in Nahiku. She is survived by sons Robert F. Jr. and Greg-ory J.; daughters Teresa M. Kato, Barbara J. "Bobbie" Williams and Rene Ann Catalini; brothers Edward, Joe, William, Raymond and Leonard; sister Charlotte T.; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Hana. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: St. Peter's Cemetery, Puuiki. Casual attire.



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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