Obituaries

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Martha Black / 1912-2006

Services set for Society of Seven member

Funeral services will be held Saturday in Las Vegas for Gary Bautista, longtime member of the Society of Seven.

Bautista died Monday in California at the age of 54 after suffering a stroke and heart attack. He had been a member of the musical group since 1984.

Bautista is survived by his wife, Reeza; daughter Erica and son Garyl in the Philippines; and daughter Jewel and stepson Santino of Honolulu.

Members of the Society of Seven will hold a golf tournament at Olomana links in Waimanalo on April 3 to raise money for Jewel, who is 9. Entry forms may be requested by faxing 922-6955.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to Friends of Jewel Bautista, c/o Outrigger Entertainment, 150 Kaiulani Ave., Honolulu 96815.

Memorials honor Marine who died in Iraq

Services are scheduled Sunday and Monday for Marine Pvt. Lewis Thomas Calapini, who was killed last week in Iraq.

The 21-year-old Waipahu native died in a vehicle accident west of Baghdad on Jan. 23.

A service will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary Maunakea Chapel, with visitation from 5 to 9 p.m.

On Monday another service will be held at the Kaneohe Marine Corps Base Chapel at 11 a.m., with visitation from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Calapini will be buried at 1 p.m. in the Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery.

He is survived by his parents, Orencio and Helen Grace Calapini; brother Marvin; grandmother Filipinas Basug; and aunts, uncles and cousins.

Amie Agor
Jan. 24, 2006
Amie Agor, infant daughter of Jamie and Richard Agor of Kauai, died in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born in the hospital. She is also survived by sister Richelle and grandparents Vincent and Rufelia Levinthol, and George and Matilda Inouye. Private services.

George M. Arakawa
Jan. 21, 2006
George M. Arakawa, 87, of Los Angeles died. He was born on Maui. He is survived by sons Floyd and Baron Arakawa; daughter Pearl Aguirre; and siblings Richard, Iwao, Lawrence, Patrick, Saigo and Sueko Arakawa, Mabel Tamanaha and Dora Jinohara. Private services in Los Angeles.

Ronald Francis Brissette Jr.
Jan. 25, 2006
Ronald Francis Brissette Jr., 86, of Kailua, a retired Commercial Shelving Inc. salesman, died in Kailua. He was born in Ulupalakua, Maui. He is survived by wife Bernice Felix; daughters Kathleen B. Kennedy, Myrna B. Junk and Anita B. Bruce; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. John Vianney Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Private scattering of ashes at a later date.

Leland Wesley Cartwright
Jan. 26, 2006
Leland Wesley Cartwright, 84, of Kahuku, a Kahuku Plantation driver and welder and retired city groundskeeper, died in Kahuku. He was born in Eastland, Texas. He is survived by sons Wesley, David and Robert; daughters Betty Jane Lagace, Ruth Ann Hammond, Mary Lee Hadrian and Vivian Cartwright; brother Eugene; sister Vivian Knight; 25 grandchildren; and 39 great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 9:30 a.m. Committal services: 1 p.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.

James Kazuto Fuse
Jan. 19, 2006
James Kazuto Fuse, 84, of Honolulu, a retired federal electronics mechanic at Pearl Harbor, died in St. Francis-Puiwa Hospice. He was born in Waimanalo. He is survived by wife Nancy T.; daughters Beverly E. Sogi and Jan S. Fuse; brothers Paul and Fumio; sisters Judith, Rose and Sally Fuse and Shirley Iwahiro; and two grandchildren. Private services.

Earl Thomas Kalaluhi Galdeira
Jan. 27, 2006
Earl Thomas Kalaluhi Galdeira, 79, of Honolulu, a retired Hawaiian Telephone Co. employee and an inductee into the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame for officiating, will be remembered in services 7 p.m. Tuesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. He died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Frances; sons Lyle and Layne; daughters Linda Galdeira, Sheila Okazaki and Carleen Espinoza; brothers Bernard, Robert, Raymond, Jerry, Wendall, Louis Jr. and Leslie Galdeira, and James Joyce; sisters Viola Lewis, Yvonne Camara, Marvaleen Bilermo and Marie Torres; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Private burial at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Aloha attire.

Hisao Inouye
Jan. 18, 2006
Hisao Inouye, 90, of Papaikou, Hawaii, a retired seamstress for the former Kamehameha Garments, died in Kaneohe. She was born in Onomea, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Arnold and Byron; daughters Elaine Komo, Patsy Endsley, Ruth Ota and May Matsumoto; sister Hazel Matsumoto; 14 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Private services. No flowers. No monetary offerings.

Hazel Kanemori Ishibashi
Jan. 6, 2006
Hazel Kanemori Ishibashi, 82, of Honolulu, a U.S. Office of Personnel Management office services supervisor, died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Paia, Maui. She is survived by daughter Lorna and sister Tsugiko "Helen" Sasaki. Private services. Incorrect information was published in an obituary Saturday.

Herbert Tetsuya Kaneshiro
Jan. 26, 2006
Herbert Tetsuya "Bocol" Kaneshiro, 73, of Honokaa, Hawaii, a retired Hamakua Sugar Co. employee, died at home. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Fumiko; brothers Howard, Kwansei, Masaru, George, Morris, Harris, Urban and Arthur; and sisters Kinue "Kay" Kobashigawa, Sharon Fujioka, Jane Lee and Helene Fukuda. Services: 10 a.m. Monday at Dodo Mortuary, Hilo. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers. No monetary offerings.

George Kalawai'a Laikupu
Jan. 30, 2006
George Kalawai'a Laikupu, 82, of Honolulu, a retired stevedore, died in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by wife Minnie; sons George "Stretch," Ivan and George "Boy"; daughters Audrey Abraham, Evonne Shioshita, Caroldeen Tinay and Stephanie Ige; brothers Andrew Kalama and Thomas Laikupu; sisters Leina'ala Ching and Henrietta Ross; 23 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Natatorium Park, Waikiki. Scattering of ashes to follow. No flowers.

Stanley Manibog
Jan. 28, 2006
Stanley Manibog, 55, of Wailuku, a city maintenance worker for Maui County, died at home. He was born in Puunene, Maui. He is survived by fiancee Suk Alford, daughters Brandy and Shannon, mother Mitsuko, sisters Esther Miyasato and Eleanor Manibog, brothers Ernest and Alan, grandparent Yurino Gaudia and two grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Maui Evangelical Church, Kahului. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park, Wailuku. Casual attire.

Richard Francis Martz
Dec. 26, 2005
Richard Francis Martz, 75, of Waipahu died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Antrim, Pa. Inurnment at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl, at a later date.

Michael C. Mawhorter
Jan. 27, 2006
Michael C. Mawhorter, 63, of Honolulu, a retired city Department of Parks & Recreation employee, died in Honolulu. He was born in Detroit. He is survived by companion Samuel Lam and brother Raymond. Services and burial in Michigan at a later date.

Haline McAllister
Jan. 25, 2006
Haline "Hali" McAllister, 56, of Waipahu died at home. She was born in Germany. She is survived by husband C.T. "Mac" II, sons Charles "Tiger" McAllister III and Michael J. Pastick, daughter Kimberly H. Bali, mother Helena Klimas, brother Walter Kedzior, sisters Anna Kelly and Terri Davidson, and 13 grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Feb. 25 at Resurrection of the Lord Church, 94-1260 Lumikula St., Waipio. Additional services in Connecticut. Additional information provided for an obituary published yesterday.

Esther Spaulding Miller
Jan. 25, 2006
Esther Spaulding Miller, 91, of Hilo, a VA Hospitals nuclear biophysicist, died at home. She was born in Baraboo, Wisc. She is survived by daughter Nancy Crawford. Private services. In lieu of flowers, donations suggested to Hospice of Hilo.

Beatrice Ng Oka
Jan. 18, 2006
Beatrice Ng Oka, 84, of Honolulu, retired owner of Corner Liquor Store, died. She was born in Lahaina. She is survived by husband Wilfred M., daughter Sherland N. Dirksen, brothers Richard and Wesley Ng, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Private services. No monetary offerings.

Lydia Kamaile Pereira
Jan. 28, 2006
Lydia Kamaile Pereira, 76, of Hilo, a Hilo Medical Center executive housekeeper, died in Life Care Center of Hilo. She was born in Kau, Hawaii. She is survived by son Mark; daughters Pamela Tiogangco and Gay "Puanani" Panui; brothers Joseph and Timothy Papalimu, William Abraham and Jack Odani; sisters Rebecca Baji, Beth Ehu and Ruth Papalimu; 10 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Services: noon Saturday at Church of the Holy Cross. Call after 11 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Homelani Memorial Park.

Earl Toshimitsu Saito
Jan. 28, 2006
Earl Toshimitsu Saito, 67, of Paauilo, Hawaii, owner of Earl's Snack Shop and Paauilo Store, died in North Hawaii Community Hospital. He was born in Paauilo. He is survived by wife Miriam, sons Mark and Miles, daughter Monica, brother Gerald, nine grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Mass: 6:45 p.m. tomorrow at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Honokaa. Call after 5 p.m. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Kalopa Catholic Cemetery. Casual attire.

Lauro Reutirez Sarmiento
Jan. 22, 2006
Lauro Reutirez "Larry" Sarmiento, 39, of Waipahu, a Takano Nakamura Landscaping employee, died in Kapiolani Medical Center, Pali Momi. He was born in No. 4-B Aring, Baduc, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Dominga; sons Marco L.L. and Anghele; parents Elpidio and Lucila; brothers Reynaldo "Rey," Alex, Elpidio Jr. and Norlito; and sisters Elvira Tolentino, Evelyn Avila and Ligaya Sarmiento. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Monday at the chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Phyllis Rae Tongg
Jan. 21, 2006
Phyllis Rae Tongg, 75, of Makawao, Maui, a retired landscape architect, died at home. She was born in Wausau, Wisc. She is survived by sons R. Randall, Robert R., Phillip M. and James C.; and eight grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at King's Cathedral, Kahului.

Francisco Quijano Vargas
Jan. 7, 2006
Francisco Quijano Vargas, also known as "Frank" and "Francis," 65, of Wahiawa, a Dole Food Co. employee, died in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in San Antonio, Cavite City, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Linabel B.; daughters May, Mifra, Fraline F. and Tiffany; brothers Rudolfo, Antonio, Ambrocio and Enrique; sisters Mercedes Hidalgo, Esperanza Luna and Bienbenida Manalastas; and two grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 1403 California Ave., Wahiawa. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Yuriko Yuasa
Jan. 21, 2006
Yuriko Yuasa, 92, of Kaneohe, a retired seamstress, died in Castle Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Richard; daughters Shirley Chun, Nancy Murakami and Elaine Matsumura; brother Takeo "Topsy" Kanda; 12 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Private services.