Obituaries

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Edward Kalokomaikai Akau
Jan. 25, 2008
Edward Kalokomaikai Akau, 93, of Torrance, Calif., died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Martha, sons Eddie and Larry, daughter Sharon Fox, seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Services held.

Priscilla Aleviado
Jan. 11, 2008
Priscilla Aleviado, 76, of Ewa Beach, a retired Barbers Point Navy Exchange cafeteria food service supervisor, died in Hawaii Medical Center West. She was born in Ewa. She is survived by son Allyn A.; daughters Alicia "Bonnie/Jol" and Andrea "Angie" Aleviado, Arlene Lopez Jr., Annette Inong Jr. and Alieyn Adverderada; brother Albert "Al" Anguay; sisters Concepcion "Connie" Belin, Julita "Julie" Tampon, Yolanda "Landa" Ba- lasbas, Adela Fifer and Anita Mickelson; nine grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Immaculate Conception Church, 91-1298 Renton Road, Ewa. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Pablo Sales Cortez Sr.
Jan. 22, 2008
Pablo Sales Cortez Sr., 100, of Kahului, a McCabe, Hamilton and Renney longshoreman, died in Hale Makua, Kahului. He was born in Ilocos Norte, Philippines. He is survived by son Pablo Jr. and Warren; daughters Loretta Bednorz, Patricia Eason and Frances Stripsky; 23 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; and 16 great-great-grandchildren. Inurnment to be held in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.

Conrado Dela Pena
Jan. 20, 2008
Conrado Dela Pena, 65, of Haleiwa, a retired federal government employee at Hickam Air Force, died in Hawaii Medical Center West. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by wife Norma B., brother Patrick and sister Violet Guzman. Mass: 7:15 p.m. Monday at St. Michael Church, 67-390 Goodale Ave., Waialua. Call after 6 p.m. Eulogy: 7 p.m. Rosary: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9:30 a.m. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Roslynn Yut Chun Hall
Jan. 28, 2008
Roslynn Yut Chun Hall, 55, of Mililani died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Kenneth, sons Randall Wong and Alvin Hall, parents Robert and Frances Wong, brother Robin Wong, sister Phyllis Wong and three grandchildren. Private services.

Hisayo Ichioka
Jan. 15, 2008
Hisayo Ichioka, 99, of Honolulu died. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Stanley N., Charles T. and Henry K.; daughters Lillian F. Kadomoto, Grace M. Oshiro, Betty T. Kagesa and Doris M. Shiroma; sister Asayo Saito; 12 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Private services. No flowers. No monetary offerings.

Ritsuko Kawamoto
Jan. 20, 2008
Ritsuko Kawamoto, 94, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Robert T., daughter Helen Asato and four grandchildren. Private services.

Beatrice Katsuko Kong
Jan. 28, 2008
Beatrice Katsuko Kong, 77, of Waipahu, a retired customer service representative, died in adult foster care. She was born in Hawaii. She is survived by son Gervin Miyamoto, daughter Lori Pietrack, sisters Esther Hiramoto and Mildred Mukai, eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Private services.

Anna May Lessary
Jan. 2, 2008
Anna May Lessary, 72, of Waipahu died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband John; sons Robert and John; daughters Jonalin Apo, Adrianne Bowen, Annette Lessary, Theo Lessary-Kaialau and Shirley Tupouniua; 10 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Monday at Resurrection of the Lord, 91-1260 Lumikula St., Waipahu. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Aloha attire. Flowers welcome. Incorrect information given in an obituary yesterday.

Janet Lillian Maemori
Jan. 19, 2008
Janet Lillian Maemori, 65, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died in Honolulu. She was born in Milwaukee. She is survived by husband Henry, son John H., daughter Jody Segundo, brothers Theron and Johnnie Edgerton, sisters Juner Goehrig and Doni Patterson, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Annette Leilani Aiu Miller
Jan. 12, 2008
Annette Leilani Aiu "Lei" Miller, 44, of Kapolei, a Waiau Elementary School principal, died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by children Keaka "KK," Niikki "NeeNee" and Kesha Z.; father Richmond Aiu; and brothers and sisters Brian Sabalboro, Debra Ann Lee, Sallyann "Iwa" Palisbo and Edmund and Eric Aiu. Services: noon Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Eulogy: 11:30 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire. Flowers welcome.

Fusa Takasawa Moos
Jan. 27, 2008
Fusa Takasawa Moos, 85, of Kaneohe, a retired registered nurse, died in Media, Pa. She was born in Hanapepe, Kauai. She is survived by daughter Michelle Janmey, sisters Harriet H. Hotchkiss and Matsue Tasaki, and two grandchildren. Graveside services: 10 a.m. today at Hawaiian Memorial Park, Koolau Circle. Donations suggested to Friendship Garden Foundation, P.O. Box 2902, Honolulu, HI 96802.

Bernardo Pasion Sr.
Jan. 28, 2008
Bernardo Pasion Sr., 76, of Waipahu, a civil service employee and U.S. Army veteran, died in Hawaii Medical Center East. He was born in Ewa. He is survived by wife Marie; daughters Ora McClendon, Marianne Barroga, Cherylann Pasion and Bernadette Callejo; brother Juan Sr.; sister Lauriana; 10 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Thursday at Co-Cathedral Church of St. Theresa, 712 N. School St., Honolulu. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.

Dalton Peter Petterson
Jan. 26, 2008
Dalton Peter Petterson, 88, of Kaneohe, a Federal Aviation Administration purchasing agent, died in Pohai Nani. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughters Donna Evans and Geri Bates, seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Scattering of ashes to be held at a later date.

Joan Woford Rea
Jan. 29, 2008
Joan Woford "Jody" Rea, 83, of Volcano, Hawaii, a retired Iolani School teacher, died. She was born in Oklahoma. She is survived by husband Everett, son Everett and daughter Joel. No services.

Fumiyo Sakamoto
Jan. 29, 2008
Fumiyo Sakamoto, 94, of Honolulu, formerly of Japan, died at home. He was born in Japan. He is survived by wife Mie; daughters Mariko Lyons, Yumi Ito and Eriko Yoshioka; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Private services.

Benigno Serain
Jan. 25, 2008
Benigno "Benny" Serain, 98, of Wahiawa, a retired Dole Co. watchman, died in Wahiawa. He was born in Mapandan, Pangasinan, Philippines. He is survived by wife Tsuyuko; son Benny Jr.; daughters Peggy Figueiroa, Shirley Katnis, Gladys Maag and Marjorie Serain; 12 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Services: 6:30 p.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Edmond Tadao Shimabukuro
Jan. 27, 2008
Edmond Tadao Shimabukuro, 92, of Waipahu, a retired mason, died in Ewa Beach. He was born in Lihue. Private services.

Howardyne Lorna Spinney
Jan. 28, 2008
Howardyne Lorna Spinney, 66, of Kailua-Kona, a Kona Bowl cashier, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Thomas, Alfred and Howard; daughters Lorraine Kamoku, Deemeatrice and Lorna Spinney, Sandy Lippertz and Faith Taketa; 23 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Burial: 9 a.m. today at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery II in Hilo. Call after 8 a.m. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Paul Shigenobu Watanabe
Jan. 22, 2008
Paul Shigenobu Watanabe, 79, of Kaneohe, a retired city building inspector, died in Hospice Hawaii Kailua Home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Alice T., daughters Paula Mijo and Patrice Mercado, brothers Lawrence I. and Kenneth K., sisters Beatrice F. Correa and Margaret S. Oshiro, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Wednesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary.

Doris Yamamoto
Dec. 28, 2007
Doris Yamamoto, 81, of Arlington, Texas, died in Arlington. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Ross. Private services.