Obituaries

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Trudl Elise Altvatter
Jan. 7, 2008
Trudl Elise "Gertrude" Altvatter, 99, of Aiea, a homemaker, died in Ewa. She was born in Stuttgart, Germany. She is survived by two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 11 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at the cemetery. Casual attire.

May I.H. Asino
Jan. 10, 2008
May I.H. Asino, 80, of Honolulu, a retired Navy Exchange Pearl Harbor food service supervisor, died in Convalescent Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Maynard, daughters Bridgit Sparks and Terry Kwan, brother Kenneth Lee, sister Dolly Kochi and five grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Lanakila Ward. Call after 9 a.m. Aloha attire.

George Gregorio Balino
Jan. 9, 2008
George Gregorio Balino, 59, of Waipahu, a retired Oahu Transit Service superintendent, died in Hawaii Medical Center West. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Gwen; son George J.K.; daughters May Balino-Sing and Germaine L. and Kalae K. Balino; brothers George Jr. and Robert Balino, and Charles and Earl Hao; sisters Bernice Akamine and Beauty Blas Hao; hanai son Warren Viernes; hanai daughters Terilyn Yuen and Kalia Porter; and four grandchildren. Services: 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Lei procession and cremation to follow.

Lawrence Ventula Castanares
Jan. 3, 2008
Lawrence Ventula Castanares, also known as "Shosho" and "Cassie," 64, of Pearl City, a retired Lewers and Cooke lumber yard and Waiawa Correctional Facility employee, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Geraldine L. "Gerry"; children Laurie L. Manning, Lorna L. Sanches and Scott and Layne K. Castanares; mother Elizabeth; brothers Cres, Edward, Reginald and Clifford; and nine grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual or aloha attire. Flowers welcome.

Daniel Kan Chew Chang
Dec. 7, 2007
Daniel Kan Chew Chang, 74, of Honolulu, a retired Hickam Air Force Base employee, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Dorothy, son Christopher and sister Enid "Lena" Lee. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Inurnment to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Robert Edward Connor
Jan. 7, 2008
Robert Edward Connor, 63, of Honolulu, a Global Odor Control Technologies of Hawaii sales manager, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Rhode Island. He is survived by wife Naome A., daughters Kathy Schartner and Christine Wood, brothers Thomas and Terrence, and eight grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Call after 5 p.m. No flowers.

Emil Huli Kui Kahekuli Davis Jr.
Jan. 11, 2008
Emil Huli Kui Kahekuli Davis Jr., 77, of Waianae, a retired employee of Sheraton Makaha Resort and the Naval Ammunition Depot, died in St. Francis-West Hospice. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Carmen; children Arlene E. Hanson, Kathryn C. Manning, Lorelei O. Kim, Emil H. Davis III and Rosalind W. "Rosie" Davis Khim; brother Edward; sister Oleander Makasobe, Kanani Pastrana and Leola Aquino; 10 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m.

Kimiye Noguchi Ebisu
Dec. 29, 2007
Kimiye Noguchi Ebisu, 91, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Yoichi and Denji; daughters Kikuye Goldberg, Asako McConn, Miyeko Saito, Shizuko Hanaumi, Chieko Higuchi and Fumie Lum; brothers Masato, Shigeto and Masashi Noguchi; sisters Yoshie Ebisu and Tsuyoko Moritaka; 12 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Esther Yoshiko Fujii
Dec. 30, 2007
Esther Yoshiko Fujii, 97, of Honolulu, a retired Hawaiian Tuna Co. employee, died in Avalon Care Center. She was born in Holualoa, Hawaii. She is survived by daughter Janice Young, seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Private services.

Hisayo Fujinaga
Dec. 21, 2007
Hisayo Fujinaga, 88, of Aiea, a retired Waianae Intermediate School baker, died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by daughter Sandra Sakihara and two grandchildren. Private services.

Jeanette Fumie Ishiki
Dec. 31, 2007
Jeanette Fumie Ishiki, 88, of Honolulu, a retired Liberty House sales associate, died in Pearl City Nursing Home. She was born in Hawi, Hawaii. She is survived by son Richard Kaapuni, daughter Katherine K. Asher and five grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 1 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.

George Waichi Iwamoto
Jan. 7, 2008
George Waichi Iwamoto, 79, of Kailua, a retired barbershop manager, died in Kailua. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Alice; son Kent; daughters Lisa Echevary, Tracy Iwamoto-Diaz and Kelly Pereza; hanai family the Kagiwaras; nine grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 5 p.m.

Victor Walter Jeffries
Dec. 30, 2007
Victor Walter Jeffries, 52, of Honolulu, a Farrington High School teacher and Navy reservist, died in Landstuhl, Germany. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. He is survived by wife Elizabeth; daughters Keshia and Chantel; mother Jannie; brothers Vaughn, James and Harley; and sister Joann. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire. Leis preferred.

Yoshiko Kakazu
Dec. 28, 2007
Yoshiko Kakazu, 90, of Honolulu, a retired licensed practical nurse at the Queen's Medical Center, died. She was born in Puukolii, Maui. She is survived by daughters Virginia Tully and Susan Imai, sister Toyoko Oshiro, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Private services.

Esther Lily Luminelli
Dec. 22, 2007
Esther Lily Luminelli, 89, of Kaneohe, a homemaker, died in Kailua. She was born in Providence, R.I. She is survived by children Thomas, Michael and Judith Birtles; brother Joseph Acquaviva; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Private services.

George Moribe
Dec. 31, 2007
George Moribe, 82, of Honolulu, a retired commercial fisherman aboard the aku boat Angel, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Momose, son Morris S., brother Raymond Y., sisters Grace Y. Moribe and Tsuneko Nakamura, and two grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Sunao Morisato
Jan. 1, 2008
Sunao Morisato, 88, of Honolulu, a retired GTE Hawaiian Tel PBX installer, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Annie N.; son Rodney N.; daughter Karen I. Teruya; brothers Edward, George, David and Roy; sisters Beatrice Yanehiro and Clara Kurata; and a grandchild. Services: 1 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after noon. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Hisako Mukai
Dec. 22, 2007
Hisako Mukai, 89, of Honolulu died in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Rodney and Thomas, brothers Tamotsu and Richard Shigemoto, sister Florence Murakami and three grandchildren. Private services.

Barrett Allen Keola Naki-Vasconcellos
Dec. 24, 2007
Barrett Allen Keola Naki-Vasconcellos, 29, of Honolulu, a construction laborer, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Lincoln Naki; mother Wilma Naki; sisters Raemi Fung, Jeanine Naki-Vasconcellos, Antoinette Siu and Kimberly Cabuyaban; brothers Randy Vasconcellos, Gary Vasconcellos and Micah Cartajena; and aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces and cousins. Visitation: 5 to 6 p.m. Friday and 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Services: 6 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday. Burial 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park. Flowers welcome. Casual attire.

Masuko Sakamoto
Jan. 7, 2008
Masuko Sakamoto, 93, of Honolulu, a retired Reef Sportswear seamstress, died in St. Francis Hospice. She was born in Kunia. She is survived by sons Kenneth, Stanley and Dennis; sisters Hisaye Nakamura and Fujie Tanabe; 10 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers. No monetary offerings.

Betty Masako Tanaka
Dec. 18, 2007
Betty Masako Tanaka, 86, of Waialua died at home. She was born in Hawaii. She is survived by sons Howard Y. and Lawrence G., daughter Janet Y. Sugino, brother George A. Tsuji, sister Janet M. Yoshii, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Private services.

LeAnn Marie Leinaala Visitacion
Jan. 6, 2008
LeAnn Marie Leinaala Visitacion, 34, of Honolulu, a Hawaii Housing Authority office clerk, died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by parents Frank Visitacion and Debra Napoleon; brothers Nathaniel Donnell and Clifford and Christopher Napoleon; and sister Roxanna Westlake. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Lori Sachie Yamamoto
Jan. 6, 2008
Lori Sachie Yamamoto, 42, of Pearl City died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by father Roy, brother Roy Jr., sister Kelly and grandparent Hisano Miyashiro. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at New Hope Christian Fellowship. Call after 9:30 a.m.

Isayo Yukihiro
Jan. 8, 2008
Isayo "Elaine" Yukihiro, 88, of Kaneohe, a retired Coco Joe's Products carving finisher and former Foodland employee in Kaneohe, died in Kailua. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by children Calvin, Gordon and Maureen Johnson and Ellen Ushijima; brothers Sadaichi and Soichi Murakami; nine grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. Services: noon Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 11 a.m. Inurnment: 11 a.m. next Monday at the cemetery. Aloha attire. No flowers.