Obituaries

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Services are set for former police chief Nakamura

Rosie Vi Barnhart
April 4, 2006
Rosie Vi Barnhart, 63, of Honolulu, died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Vietnam. She is survived by sons Mihn Nguyen and Samson Barnhart; daughters Phung Chen, Hoa Nguyen, Jackie Chun Fat and Christina Barnhart-Cheung; 10 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services: 10:45 a.m. Wednesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Cremation to follow.

Thomas Benedicto Sr.
April 1, 2006
Thomas "Tommy" Benedicto Sr., aka Thomas Benedicto Foster, 68, of Hilo, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by companion LanaLee K. Harris; son Thomas Jr.; hanai daughters Kealohaaina P. Simeona and Chelsea A.K. Ah Sing; brother Theodore Benedicto Foster; sisters Margaret "Girlie" Parong, Nancy Hardie and Annie "Ann" Hulama; and three grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary Chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.

Thomas Jacob Colleps
April 2, 2006
Thomas Jacob Colleps, 31, of Ewa Beach, a Paradise Cove cook, died in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Lynn, sons Austin and Auryan, daughters Aurial and Audrey, parents Thomas D., and Betty Jean and Robert Johnson, brother Michael, sisters Wanda Villegas and Inez Dindy, and grandparents Anacita Shin and Angeline Villegas. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Gospel Lighthouse Southern Baptist Church. Call after 9 a.m. Cremation to follow.

Richard Albert Max Conrad Cramer
April 4, 2006
Richard Albert Max Conrad Cramer, 74, of Kihei, Maui, an engineer, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Pundang, Sumatra, Indonesia. He is survived by wife Rika; children Rene, Alexandra and Michael; sister Joyce B.; nine grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services on the mainland.

Edward Toshio Ehara
April 5, 2006
Edward Toshio Ehara, 71, of Honolulu, a retired electrician, died in Honolulu. He was born in Koloa, Kauai. He is survived by sons Michael M., Stanley A. and Gary M.; daughter Linda R.; brothers Thomas M. and Harry S.; sisters Betty M. and Dorothy A. Ehara, and Mabel K. Kuboyama. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Soto Mission of Hawaii.

Owen Hideo Hada
April 1, 2006
Owen Hideo Hada, 31, of Hilo, an Air Force veteran and member of Carpenters Union Local 745, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by father Roy, mother Colette Varize, and sister Iris. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Dodo Mortuary Chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Graveside service: 9 a.m. Thursday at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire.

Ben Hoopai Hokoana Jr.
March 29, 2006
Ben Hoopai Hokoana Jr., 87, of Haiku, Maui, a former East Maui Irrigation laborer, died at home. He was born in Nihiku, Maui. He is survived by son Benjamin; daughters Jackie Burns, Gertrude Hokoana, Mona Fangupo, Leona Lama, Lily Hoko and Linda Keliikoa; brother Joe-ole; sister Rebecca Blankenship; five grandchildren; and eight grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday and 11 a.m. Thursday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Wednesday and after 9:30 a.m. Thursday. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Maui Veterans Cemetery. Flowers welcome.

Ray Ismael
April 3, 2006
Ray Ismael, 44, of Honolulu, an auto body repairman, died in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by companion Jackie Hayashida, son Marquez, daughters Andrea and Michelle, brothers Nori and Frank, sisters Helen Thomas and Lucy Daily, and two grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Ohana Baptist Church, 2908 Kamehameha Highway. Call after 2:30 p.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.

Oliver Brandt Johnson
April 6, 2006
Oliver Brandt Johnson, 34, of Waikiki, a mortgage broker, died in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Mount Airy, N.C. He is survived by parents Leonard L. Sr. and Friederike Boszko and brothers Leonard L. Jr. and John G. Services: 4 p.m. Monday at Sherwood Forest in Waimanalo. Scattering of leis and flowers to follow. Casual attire.

Victoria Kalikookamaile Karratti Kekuaokalani
April 5, 2006
Victoria Kalikookamaile Karratti Kekuaokalani, 88, of Laie, a housewife, died. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son David, daughters Victoria "Sunday" Mariteragi and Ellen-Gay Dela Rosa, 13 grandchildren, and 39 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Laie 6th Ward. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Laie Cemetery.

Mary Louise Meyer Leineweber
April 1, 2006
Mary Louise Meyer Leineweber, 83, of Kailua, an artist and quilter, died in Kailua. She was born in Mt. Angel, Marion, Oregon. She is survived by children Mary Jo Culvyhouse, Martha Ray, and Michael, Thomas, David, Paul, and Joseph Leineweber; sister Angela Noack; 13 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Mass: 10:30 a.m. May 13 at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Kailua. Call after 10 a.m. Private inurnment of ashes. Aloha attire. Donations suggested to the American Cancer Society.

Jason Kanani Nam
March 10, 2006
Jason Kanani Nam, 31, of Honolulu, a Govinda's Fresh Juices assistant manager, died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by fiancee Sandra Pratt; parents Michael and Alicia; brothers Aaron and Tyson; and grandmothers Margaret Nam and Mary Sayson. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery. Casual attire.

Nan M. Peterson
April 4, 2006
Nan M. Peterson, 55, of Kihei, Maui, a registered nurse, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Saginaw, Mich. She is survived by son James Husack; brothers Mike, Wayne and Roy Carl; sisters Jane Steinhoff, Sue Nettleton, Beth Leppanen and Mary Tweedale. Private services.

Annie Rose Iwalani Pitoy
April 4, 2006
Annie Rose Iwalani Pitoy, 75, of Hilo, a retired Keaukaha Study Center librarian, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by sons Michael D. and Norman "Kalei"; daughters Paula K. Goldstein, Sarah K. Carter, Phyllis Pitoy, Peggy K. Pitoy-Schmedes, and Leah K. Ogden; brother Arthur K. Iokepa; 17 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Dodo Mortuary chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire.

Aulagia Sooalo Seui
March 29, 2006
Aulagia Sooalo Seui, 77, of Waianae, died in Wahiawa. She was born in Safotu, Western Samoa. She is survived by sons Alapeti, Kirisimasi and Vacaluga; daughters Sosefina Tuimalealiifano, Tapualii Scanlan, Moelilia Seui, and Valelia Tumama; brothers Manu Lasi and Siona Sooalo; sister Fetaiai Avau; 22 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services in American Samoa.

Harriet Rose Medeiros Sylva
April 7, 2006
Harriet Rose Medeiros "Kookie" Sylva, 80, of Makawao, Maui, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Alfred K. Sr., sons Alfred K. Jr. and Anson J.K., daughter Audrey U. Au, brothers William B. Jr. and Bernard Medeiros, seven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at church cemetery. Casual attire.

Daisy Howell Tauvela
March 27, 2006
Daisy Howell Tauvela, 67, of Aiea, a homemaker, died in Honolulu. She was born in American Samoa. She is survived by husband Eliapo; children Karen Afalava, and Ruby, June, Rodney and Daicia Tauvela; sisters Nellie Tofili, Ailini Tuitau, Aiaga Sagiao; and 11 grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Clarice Elsie Moniz Wersing
April 8, 2006
Clarice Elsie Moniz Wersing, 80, of Hilo, a homemaker, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by son Kenneth; daughters Kathy Veitch and Karleen Abaya; brother Walter A. Moniz; sisters Mary A. Matsumoto, Irene Kondo and Janette Sisson, seven grandchildren, and one great-grandson. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Malia Puka O Kalani Catholic Church in Keaukaha. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire.