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Obituaries
Thursday, January 3, 2002


Severino "Rocky" Agcalon Sr., 77, of Wahiawa, a retired employee for Service Motors, died Dec. 21. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sons Severino Jr., and Roger and Frederick Del Rosario; and daughter Gloria Jean Garner. Services: 12 p.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Catalino "Pete" Agliam, 81, of Lanai City, a retired employee for Dole Co., died Dec. 28 at home. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Leonora P.; sons Peter, Larry and Michael; daughters Lorraine Keith, and Stella and Christine; sisters Juliana Lactacen, Juanita Gagarin, Floresinda Silva, Lordes Labiano and Leonora Rosario; hanai sisters Mary Pablico, Blanche Otsugi and Ana Kiili; hanai brother Tommy Abihai; 11 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. tomorrow at the Lanai Social Hall. Call after 4 p.m. Mass: 9 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Hearts Church, Lanai. Burial to follow. Aloha attire.

Willard F. Beard, 68, of Charlottesville, Va., a retired second lieutenant for the U.S. Air Force, died Monday. He was born in Cincinnati. He is survived by wife Mona W., daughters Barbara J. Scott and Virginia Beard Van Andel, and four grandchildren. Services on the mainland.

Sharolina Agueda Bello-Aparicio, infant daughter of Jorge and Kathy of Kurtistown, died last Thursday in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is also survived by grandparents Antonio Bello, Orfelina Aparicio, and Earl and Sharon Nomura; and great-grandmothers Kimiko Nomura and Francesca Tellez. Private services.

Ruby E. "Kapeka" Cossey, 81, of Makaha, a retired salesclerk for Tom's Grocery, died Dec. 12. She was born in Hana, Maui. She is survived by sons James Sr., William and Allen Cossey, and Daniel Lau Sr.; hanai son Ernest Delos Santos Jr.; daughters Lenora Cossey-Taft and Gale Anguay; sister Cecilia Milder; 31 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire. Incorrect information was printed in an obituary published yesterday.

Raymond Cypriano, 87, of Honolulu, a retired Dole Cannery employee, died Dec. 18 in Hale Nani Health Center. He is also survived by sister Elsie Tario. The mortuary provided incorrect information for an obituary published Monday.

Roger W. "Bill" English, 61, of Waianae, a retired sergeant first class for the U.S. Army, died last Thursday at home. He was born in Crocker, Mo. He is survived by daughter April C. Booth, son Kenneth, brothers Ted D. and Harry, sisters Lona Zeigenbein and Susan West, and grandchildren. Committal services with military honors: 2 p.m. Tuesday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.

John Corniel Figueroa, 77, of Kaneohe, a retired electrician for Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Shop 67, died Dec. 24 in St. Francis-West Hospice. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Margaret; sons Patrick T., Francis M., Wendell B. and Michael A.; sisters Mary Blasque, Josephine Sedeno and Marie Vegas; brother Richard Vegas; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Aloha attire.

Doris Toshie Fujimoto, 68, of Honolulu, a retired cutter for Polynesian Casuals, died Sunday in Straub Medical Center. She was born in Koloa, Kauai. She is survived by husband Richard, daughter Pamela Sakai, brothers Noboru and Michael Miyakado, sister Yasuko Shigematsu and a granddaughter. Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 1 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Kenjuro Fukumoto, 102, of Honolulu, a retired order filler for Lewers & Cooke, died Dec. 21 in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Japan. He is survived by sons Kazuo, Robert, Richard and Walter; daughter Emiko Kimura; six grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and six stepgreat-grandchildren. Private services.

Rosita Paglinawan Jester, 54, of Las Vegas, a food service instructor, died Dec. 3 in Las Vegas. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by son Robert K.; daughter Karlana R.; mother Mercedes Duran; brothers Richard, Salvador and Albert Paglinawan, Francis Duran and Jose M. Nistal; sisters Thelma Paglinawan Labuen, Venancia Mun and Tita Anne Duran-Raymond; and a grandchild. Mass: 9 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Call after 8 a.m. Scattering of ashes on Wednesday. Casual attire.

John Mahon Judge, 66, of Honolulu, owner of Oceania Services International, died Dec. 26 in Honolulu. He was born in Boston. He is survived by cousin Daniel Brady and former wife Shirley. Private services.

Kiyoko Matsunaka Kan, 83, of Hilo, a homemaker, died Dec. 17 in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Papaikou, Hawaii. She is survived by daughters Shirley Miyazono and May Okumoto; sons Raymond and Roy; brothers Richard, Takeshi, Yoshimi and Nobuo Matsunaka; sisters Haruko Hayashi, Toshiko Otani, Misao Okamoto and Kazue Koyama; 11 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Private services. No monetary contributions.

Tyler-Jordon Haaheo Okaiulani Koji Keale-Ho, infant son of Vernon Ho and Paradise Keale of Anahola, Kauai, died Sunday at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is also survived by sister Rayna Palaualelo; grandparents Moses and Bertxandria Keale, and Alma Ho; and great-grandparents Wallace and Thelma Nakagawa, Dianne Lee Keale and Ruth Malia Paler. Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Garden Island Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Casual or aloha attire.

John "Butch" Kaapuiki Kekahu III, 58, of Koloa, Kauai, a musician, died last Thursday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Waimea. He is survived by mother Rebecca M.; companion Joan Britton; daughters Merlene Picanso and Ruby; sons John, Charles and Daniel, and Aaron Pahia; brother Kawika; sisters Rowena Smith and Rhoda Simeona; and 13 grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Sunday at Kauai Veterans Hall, Lihue. Call 10 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire.

Elizabeth "Toni" Malabey, 56, of Ewa Beach, a food service driver for Aina Haina Elementary School, died Dec. 9 in Ewa Beach. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Reginald; children Regina Malabey, Doms, Donny and Daniel "Chico" Gonda, and Edwina Woods; stepsons Reggie, Alexander and Derrick Malabey; stepdaughter Laurie Akina; mother Matilda Richard; sister Marie Epil; brothers Gerald, Ira, Edward, Philip and Bernard Richard; 25 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 9 a.m. Saturday at Star of the Sea Church. Casual attire. Scattering of ashes at a later date.

Toshio "Birdnest" Murasaki, 86, of Hilo, a retired master sergeant for the U.S. Army, died Dec. 19 in the Life Care Center of Hilo. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Hanako, son Walter, daughters Shelly Tsue and Trudy Hanohano, brother George and five grandchildren. Private services.

Gerardo "Dadong" Piket Orillo, 83, of Waialua died Dec. 20. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Fortunata; sons Felipe, Samuel, Ruben, Osias and Nathan; daughters Prescilla Orillo, Esther Rubio and Elizabeth Repollo; brother Arcadio; sisters Maming Bigcas and Bening Calacat; and 13 grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 4:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Ramon A. Pardo, 69, of Kailua, an upholsterer for Progressive Interiors, died Monday. He was born in Missouri, Kan. He is survived by son Steve; daughters Anita Pearce and Cynthia; brothers John, Mike, Mario, Robin, Rene, Toby and Steve Pardo, and Louis Morga; sisters Rachel Fernandez, Nancy Provencio, Mary Lou Aguirre, Nina Mendoza, Norma Pardo and Becky Rangel; and three grandchildren. Private services.

Robert Jay Rego, 40, of Makawao, Maui died Sunday in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by mother Shirley J., brother Christopher J. and sister Arleen J. Cannon. Mass: 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at St. Joseph Church, Makawao. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Valley Isle Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Lorraine Imogene Robinson, 77, of Pahoa, Hawaii, a homemaker, died Saturday in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Campbell, Mo. She is survived by husband Carlin, son Steve, daughter Pamela Stone, brother Gene Gregory, sisters Lotty Stewart and Lola McGee, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Private services.

Dolores Billianor Tabladillo, 61, of Waialua, a housekeeping supervisor for YMCA Camp H.R. Erdman, died Dec. 20. She was born in Puunene, Maui. She is survived by sons Leonard, Bernard and Joseph; daughters Carol Machida, Tess Kapua and Marita; mother Helen Billianor; brother Narciso Billianor Jr.; sisters Violet Ko, Beatrice Shibao, Rosita Tellez, Rosaline Baniaga and Eleanora Domingcil; and 14 grandchildren. Mass: 7 p.m. Monday at St. Michael Church. Call 6-9 p.m. Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Doris Masuko Takeshita, 87, of Honolulu, a retired cashier for Carol & Mary, died Dec. 26 in Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honokaa, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Samuel; son Rodney; daughter Elaine Nojiri; sisters Margaret Hirao, Nancy Taketa and Jean Hayashi; and a grandson. Services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Aloha attire.

Alejandro Jamorabon Tambio, 71, of Wahiawa, an employee for DeGuzman Barber Shop, died Dec. 20. He was also a retired barber for Geno-Moreno Enterprise. He was born in Makaweli, Kauai. He is survived by wife Valentina "Tina"; sisters Lucrecia Cimatu, Nena Dalo, Lydia Abad and Magdalena Sanchez; and brothers Ernest, Dominic and Patricio. Wake service: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call 6-9 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of Sorrows Church. Call after 8:45 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

David George Toeller, 53, of Kula, Maui, director of occupational medicine for Kaiser Permanente, Maui, will be remembered in services 5:30 p.m. tomorrow at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 4:30 p.m. Toeller died Saturday in a hiking accident in Keanae. He was born in Battle Creek, Mich. He is survived by wife Laura J.; daughters Lisa A. Roberts and Christina N.A.; sons Dominic J. and David Jr.; sisters Deirdre Toeller-Novak, Mary S. Tobin, Rett Olmsted and Betty A. Douglas; brothers David A. and Phillip McKnight; and three grandchildren. Cremation and scattering of ashes at a later date. Aloha attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to the Toeller Children's Education Fund at Bank of Hawaii, Pukalani Branch.

Harold E. Toombs, 90, of Honolulu, a retired commander for the U.S. Navy, died Dec. 2 in Tripler Army Medical Center. He was also a retired naval auditor. He was born in Denver. He is survived by daughter Noelle A. Hetz, son Frederick C. and three grandchildren. Graveside services: 9:30 a.m. Monday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.

Santiago "Santi" Vazquez, 39, of Keaau, Hawaii, a landscaper, will be remembered in services 4 p.m. Saturday at Maili Beach Park. He died Dec. 22 in Hilo Medical Center after being shot by a Big Island police officer. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sons Joshua and Noah Bolos; daughters Brittany Bolos, and Brandi and Christy; mother Olivia; brothers Reynaldo and Peter; and sister Marrie Kelly.

Samuel Sokee You, 73, of Mountain View, Hawaii, who retired from the U.S. Army, 25th Infantry Division, died Sunday in Hilo Medical Center. He was also a painter and owner of the Sam You Painting Co. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Chiaki; sons Robert, Walter and Adrian; daughter Theresa Imade; six grandchildren; three brothers; and three sisters. Private services.



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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