Obituaries

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Lovina Puanani Ah Mow
Feb. 8, 2008
Lovina Puanani Ah Mow, 58, of Honolulu, a First Hawaiian Bank Mortgage Service Center vice president and manager, died in Zurich, Switzerland. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Talmage K. "Tal"; sons Talmage "Tal" "Koa" Jr. and Tyson; daughter Robyn Ah Mow-Santos; father Samuel; mother Elizabeth; brothers David, Wayne and Gary Alama; and five grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Sunday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 1 p.m. Reception to follow. Committal services and burial: 2 p.m. March 7 at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Aloha attire.

Dolores Agustin Billete
Jan. 23, 2008
Dolores Agustin Billete, 77, of Ewa Beach, a retired Redondo's meat packer, died in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Joseph, brothers Avelino and Catalino "Russell" Agustin, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 5 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 11:30 a.m. at Valley of the Temples.

Juliana Barayuga Bonilla
Jan. 31, 2008
Juliana Barayuga Bonilla, 89, of Honolulu died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in San Pablo, San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. She is survived by sons Ceferino, Nestor and Constancio; daughters Caridad, Nely Taguiran and Imelda Llantero; 24 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Valley of the Temples.

Willie Kealiihooluhi Bright Jr.
Feb. 14, 2008
Willie Kealiihooluhi Bright Jr., 77, of Pahoa, Hawaii, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Sheila, daughter Ilima Kela, hanai son Kawika Nakooka, brother Theodore, sisters Victoria Rego and Helen Furtado, and three grandchildren. Private services.

Gary Waimanalo Brown
Dec. 10, 2007
Gary Waimanalo Brown, 59, of Las Vegas, a Delta Ground Services ramp worker and U.S. Navy veteran who served in the Vietnam War, died. He is survived by brothers Robert, Alan and Randy Brown, and Iosefa and Chad Salanoa. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Hauoli Kamanao Church in Milolii. Call after 9:30 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Henry Kam Cheong Chang
Feb. 5, 2008
Henry Kam Cheong Chang, 85, of Honolulu, a retired real estate broker, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Mabel Wat; daughters Karen Liu, Cheryl Shimabukuro and Wanette Tanaka; sister Dorothy Meadows; and six grandchildren. English services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Visitation and Taoist services: 11:30 a.m. Burial: 3:15 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Fred Chew Quon Chun
Feb. 12, 2008
Fred Chew Quon Chun, 91, of Alhambra, Calif., formerly of Honolulu, a U.S. Army veteran who served in World War II and a retired U.S. Postal Service employee in Hawaii, died in Alhambra. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Janice, children Sharon Segroves and Deanna Doveatt, and two grandchildren. Services to be held in Alhambra.

Louise Corinne Dellaport
Feb. 11, 2008
Louise Corinne Dellaport, 86, of Kula, Maui, a retired registered nurse, died in Kula Hospital. She was born in Nebraska. She is survived by sons Brian and Mark, daughter Lynn Fabian, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services pending.

Hiroe Ebesu
Feb. 8, 2008
Hiroe Ebesu, 80, of Aiea, a retired Tripler Army Medical Center personnel clerk, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Richard and James, daughters Sandra McFarlane and Susan Medeiros, sisters Sunae Fujii and Clara Trousdale, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Call after 5 p.m. Inurnment: 9:30 a.m. Friday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire. No flowers.

Amonio Cabbab Fontanilla
Jan. 23, 2008
Amonio Cabbab Fontanilla, 71, of Honolulu, a retired carpenter, died in Honolulu. He was born in Casilagan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. He is survived by wife Juliana; sons Ruben, Alex, Aurelio, Dindo and Alfred; daughter Arlene Lewis; brothers Alfredo, Pablito and Nelson; sisters Felicisima Cantorna, Eupemia Ereno and Luzviminda Pagay; and 15 grandchildren. Service: 7 p.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 5 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at St. Theresa Co-Cathedral. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Valley of the Temples.

Emily Gomes
Feb. 4, 2008
Emily Gomes, 79, of Kawaihae Village, Hawaii, a retired Mauna Kea Beach Hotel cocktail waitress, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by sons Donovan, Bryson and Herman; daughters Antoinette and Roxane; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Private services.

Mary Mililani Kaawa
Feb. 8, 2008
Mary Mililani Kaawa, 53, of Wailuku, a child-care provider, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by brothers Samson Sr., George, Aaron, Delbert and Albert Sr.; and sisters Eloise Goshert, Miriam Gutowski, Isabella Kaawa, Maey Jean Kepaa and Ruth Harper. Services: 11 a.m. March 1 at Borthwick Norman's Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Cremation to follow.

Fred Ikeole Kauwe
Feb. 9, 2008
Fred Ikeole "Tolo" Kauwe, 62, of Ocean View, Hawaii, formerly of Waimea, Hawaii, a Four Seasons Resort houseman, former Kohala Kim Chee employee and former Parker Ranch welder, died in North Hawaii Community Hospital. He was born in Honokaa, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Cecilia; sons Fred I. Kauwe Jr. and Joe, Frank and Harold Perez; daughters Kamamalu, Tina and Trina Kauwe, Lorna and Leeann Perez, Benita Ninio and Renita Sanchez; brothers David and Nyck; sisters Mildred Nasiatka and Virginia N. Kauwe; 15 grand- children; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at the family residence, Lake Land Subdivision, 47-4948 Old Mamalahoa Highway. Call after 5 p.m. Visitation: all night at family residence. For more information, call 885-7052. Additional services: 10 a.m. Saturday at New Hope Christian Fellowship in Waimea, Hawaii. Call after 9 a.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire.

John Kamaka Keli'iholokai
Jan. 31, 2008
John Kamaka Keli'iholokai, 75, of Waipahu, a U.S. Army veteran and retired Foremost Dairies employee, died in Ewa Beach. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Consuelo, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Waipiolani Ward. Call after 8 a.m. Cremation to follow. Committal services: 11 a.m. Feb. 26 at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.

The Rev. Abraham Kolii
Jan. 29, 2008
The Rev. Abraham Kolii, 78, of Pahoa, Hawaii, formerly of Kalihi, a retired Hawaiian Bitumuls and Paving Co. engineer and Ka Makua Mau Loa Church minister, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Linda; sons Abraham H., Jason and Randy R.; daughter Aprilin Kaneao; hanai daughter Jackie Keawe; stepchildren; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary in Hilo. Call after 9 a.m. Cremation to follow at Dodo Mortuary. Casual attire.

Frederick Larobis Sr.
Feb. 3, 2008
Frederick Larobis Sr., 69, of Waimanalo died in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Frederick Jr. and Jeffrey, daughters Laurie Renken and Terri Larobis, brother Francisco Gipaya, sister Conchita Tiedemann, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. George Catholic Church in Waimanalo. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Russell James Larson
Jan. 31, 2008
Russell James Larson, 70, of Honolulu, a retired American Motors Co./Chrysler employee and U.S. Air Force veteran, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Racine, Wis. He is survived by wife Carol; sons Russell, Richard, Randy and Robert; daughters Laura Kerkman and Lynda Murray; hanai daughter Lori Winchel; sisters Sue Mutchic and Marlene Larson; and eight grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Christ Lutheran Church, 95-1361 Meheula Parkway, Mililani. Aloha attire.

Ernest S. Maemori
Feb. 7, 2008
Ernest S. "Manini" Maemori, 78, of Aiea, a retired Pearl Harbor Shop 1126 shipfitter, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Loretta; sons William "Bill," Jarrett, Joe and Guy Needham; daughters Donna M. Maemori, Beverly McLaney and Debbie Alvarez; brothers Jack and Henry; sister Lois; 21 grandchildren; and 29 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire.

Barbara Kahele Black Arakaki Malanog
Feb. 13, 2008
Barbara Kahele Black Arakaki Malanog, 61, of Waianae, a Wiki Wiki Airport Shuttle bus operator, died in Ewa Beach. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by companion George Y. Arakaki Sr.; sons George Arakaki Jr. and Bruce Arakaki; daughters Barbara Ann Lave and Terri Arakaki; brothers Robert Jr. and William Black, and Bobby Ferreira; sisters Aileen Black and Rachel Black-Santiago; and 10 grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Waianae Boat Harbor. Casual attire. Loose flowers welcome.

Herbert Souza Marcella
Feb. 9, 2008
Herbert Souza "Q-Ball" Marcella, 76, of Waialua, a retired Waialua Sugar Co. employee, died in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by wife Bonnie G., stepdaughter Sydney Peiler and sisters Josephine Baptist and Rita Kilgallen. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire.

Loreto Vergara Mina Jr.
Jan. 20, 2008
Loreto Vergara "Nardo" Mina Jr., 47, of Waialua, an Alsco Inc./American Linen and Altres Staffing Inc. supervisor, died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born in Balicbalic Sampaloc, Manila. He is survived by wife Cornelia V. "Lea"; children Khristian, Khristine D., Khriscel and Khristien L.; mother Celia V.; brothers Leonilo V. "Nilo," Louie V. and Leo V.; and sister Celina V. Comlat. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Friday at St. Michael Church, 67-390 Goodale Ave., Waialua. Call after 8:45 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Janna Miller Montgomery
Jan. 22, 2008
Janna Miller Montgomery, 41, of Pearl City, a bartendress, died in Hawaii Medical Center West. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by father Calvin Miller, mother Nalani Miller, brothers Sean and Drake Miller, and grandparent Calvin Miller. Services: 7 p.m. Saturday at Windward Worship Church, 45-416 Kamehameha Highway, Kaneohe. Call after 5 p.m. Casual Attire. No flowers.

Roy Kiyoshi Okinishi
Feb. 6, 2008
Roy Kiyoshi Okinishi, 67, of Pahala, Hawaii, an ML Macadamia Orchards four-wheeler irrigation patrol man, died in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Pahala, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Maybelle, son Royden, daughter Joy, brothers Stanley and Ray, and three grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Saturday at Pahala Assembly of God Church. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire.

Shizue Oyadomari
Feb. 7, 2008
Shizue Oyadomari, 86, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Paia, Maui. She is survived by sons Roy, Donald and Tyrone; daughters Judith Chan and Irene Gintjee; sisters Toshiko Homura, Etsuko Itokazu and Junko Goto; 11 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 2 p.m. Casual attire.

Fredrick Warren Riggs
Feb. 9, 2008
Fredrick Warren "Fred" Riggs, 90, of Honolulu, a retired University of Hawaii political science professor, died in Malama Ohana Facility. He was born in Kuling, China. He is survived by wife Clara-Louise, daughter Gwendolyn "Wendy" Riggs-Cook, sisters Elisabeth P. "Betsy" Hankin and Edith C. Barakat, and three grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Unity Church at Diamond Head. Call after 9 a.m. Aloha attire.

Newbern Brown Rogers
Feb. 1, 2008
Newbern Brown Rogers, 83, of Aiea, a retired chief of Personnel Division, Directorate of Mission Support, Pacific Communications Division, died in Hale Nani Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. He was born in Farmersville, Ala. He is survived by wife Helen; sons John, Stephen and Michael; stepson Gary Costa; daughter Anna Ortega; brothers William and Frank; six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Committal services: 11 a.m. Friday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Aloha attire. Additional information for an obituary printed Saturday.

Ralph Kuuipo Sheldon
Feb. 5, 2008
Ralph Kuuipo Sheldon, 71, of Ewa Beach, a CS Wo Furniture Store employee, died in Hawaii Medical Center West. He was born in Happy Valley, Wailuku. He is survived by wife Paula J.; sons Robert, Whitney, Billy and Lawrence; daughter Marina "Cookie" Mattos; 17 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Thursday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 91-1004 North Road, Ewa Beach. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park in Kaneohe. Aloha attire. Flowers welcome.

Clifford S.M. Siu
Jan. 17, 2008
Clifford S.M. Siu, 81, of Honolulu, a retired Hawaiian Airlines mechanic, died in St. Francis Hospice. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Nancy, daughter Camie, brothers Yet Ming and Hock, and sisters Goldie Lau, Shin Ying Chun and Linda Wong. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary, mauka chapel. Call after 10 a.m.

Myron Akio Tamanaha
Feb. 1, 2008
Myron Akio Tamanaha, 56, of Honolulu, a Kaimuki Fire Department captain, died at home. He was born in Puunene, Maui. He is survived by sons Jason and Ivan, a brother, sister Jo Ann Fedaie and two grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire.

Agnes Yoshiko Tengan
Jan. 22, 2008
Agnes Yoshiko Tengan, 88, of Honolulu, a retired Honolulu Police Department clerk, died at home. She was born in Halaula, Hawaii. She is survived by son James, daughters Joanne Ing and Amy Kwock, brother Stanley Arakaki, sisters Aileen Chinen and Georgiana Arakaki, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Private services. No monetary offerings.

Taishi Tomono
Feb. 8, 2008
Taishi Tomono, 82, of Volcano, Hawaii, a retired Hawaii National Park Post Office postmaster, died at home. He was born in Kurtistown, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Mitsuko; sons Byron and Chester; daughters Nancy Sanchez, Sandra Malachi and Sherri Ann Powell; brothers Koshi, Teruo, Yukio and Wallace; sisters Asayo Nakano, Namiko Fukunaga, Doris Tomono and Marilyn Fujikawa; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Private services. No flowers. No monetary offerings.

Eleanor Terue Uchida
Jan. 29, 2008
Eleanor Terue Uchida, 72, of Kaneohe, a retired AMFAC accounting clerk, died at home. She was born in Lanai City. She is survived by husband Takao; son Kalburt D.; daughter Kory Dayna Uchida Aoki; brother Roddy T. Miyajima; sisters Haruko Olson, Yoshiko "Bessie" Yamauchi, Mary Ford and Yvonne S. Belmodis; and a grandchild. Private services.

George Kiyoshi Uehara
Jan. 29, 2008
George Kiyoshi Uehara, 77, of Honolulu, a Title Guaranty Escrow abstractor, died in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Pepeekeo, Hawaii. He is survived by nephews and nieces. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Committal services: 10 a.m. next Monday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire. No flowers.