Obituaries

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Esperanza Quintana Aqui
April 25, 2008
Esperanza Quintana Aqui, also known as "Pansy" and "Pancing," 90, of Kailua, a homemaker, died at home. She was born in Siquijor, the Philippines. She is survived by sons Anthony R., Dennis L., Paul, Michael and Jordan E.; stepsons Silas, Arcadio Jr. and Joe Yunson; daughters Mary "Bernie" Bermudez, Catherine "Yvonne" Elliazar and Angelita "Angie" Drew; 17 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. John Vianney, 920 Keolu Drive, Kailua. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2:30 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Alfonso Bareno
March 15, 2008
Alfonso Bareno, 79, of Mililani, a retired Army staff sergeant, died in Ewa Beach. He was born in Makawao, Maui. He is survived by wife Elsie, son Timmy Nguyen and a grandchild. Committal services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.

Merle Stanley Bartel
April 24, 2008
Merle Stanley Bartel, 79, of Kailua-Kona, a pharmacist, minister and former Air Force lieutenant, died in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Beatrice, Neb. He is survived by wife Becky; son Keith; daughters Angela Gianola, Cynthia Bartel and Theresa Cook; brother Ivon; sisters Virgil Perelli-Minetti, Marilyn Witham and Joyce Rusk; four stepchildren; 19 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Celebration of life: 6 p.m. Friday at University of the Nations-Ohana Court. Remembrances suggested to Hope Chapel Kailua-Kona or University of the Nations.

Annie Elizabeth Duncan Bell
April 27, 2008
Annie Elizabeth Duncan Bell, 85, of Wailuku, a homemaker, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by sister Lolita Bell St. Sure. Mass: 11 a.m. tomorrow at Christ the King Catholic Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Valley Isle Memorial Park.

Christian W. Bode
April 19, 2008
Christian W. "Chris" Bode, 80, of Kailua, a retired city firefighter and Navy and Army veteran, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Helen C.H.; daughters Christy H. Bode-Hall and Lorey K. and Sandra K. Bode; brother Carl; and three grandchildren. Private services.

Joyce Elizabeth Haley Clarke
April 10, 2008
Joyce Elizabeth Haley Clarke, 72, of Kailua, an artist and teacher, died in Castle Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Thomas, daughter Ginny, and brothers James and John Haley. Celebration of life: 4:30 p.m. Monday at Punahou Chapel, 1601 Punahou St., Honolulu. Aloha attire.

David Bumanglag Coloma
March 29, 2008
David Bumanglag Coloma, 86, of Ewa Beach died in Hawaii Medical Center West. He was born in Puzol, Pinili, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Maxima A., son Christopher, daughter Julie C. Parado and six grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Cheryl Gabriel
April 18, 2008
Cheryl "Bunny" Gabriel, 50, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died in Honolulu. She was born in Palo Alto, Calif. She is survived by daughter Crystal, brother George Fluellen Jr. and a grandchild. For service information, call (808) 230-1126.

Sedario Tajon Gamatero
April 19, 2008
Sedario Tajon Gamatero, 95, of Honolulu, a retired carpenter, died in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Badoc, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Albina; sons Ernest, Emilio, Darbino and Joe; sisters Enriqueta Baldovi and Elizabeth Ramos; sister Basilia Fagaragan; 17 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Paul Church, 229 Queen Emma. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Rodney Kaukuna Kamaka
April 20, 2008
Rodney Kaukuna Kamaka, 69, of Las Vegas and Kailua-Kona, a letter carrier for the federal government and an Army veteran, died. He was born in Kealakekua, Hawaii. He is survived by wife "Aunty Blondie"; sons Bull, Dan, Duke and Elston Kamaka, and Kawika De Villanueva; daughters B.B. and Sandy; hanai brother Toshi Nakao; 11 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Kailua-Kona. Call after 8 a.m. Casual attire.

Ernest Kaopua Kanehailua Jr.
April 8, 2008
Ernest Kaopua Kanehailua Jr., 59, of Kailua-Kona, a Marine veteran and retired commercial boat captain, died in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Brenda; sons Ernest III and David; daughters Miliaka Flores, Mililani Raymond-Kanehailua, Alohalani Kanehailua and Mahealani Kanehailua-Jennings; mother Ruby Malepeai; brother Charles; sisters Dorcas, Lucilla and Pauline Kanehailua, and Millicent Margetak; and 12 grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. May 10 at Depots at Nanakuli Beach. Reception to follow. Additional information for an obituary printed April 15.

Ernest Samuel Kapuaala
April 13, 2008
Ernest Samuel Kapuaala, 82, of Wailuku, a city Road Division mason supervisor, died in Wailuku. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Roberta; sons Sam, Kalani, Vernon and Victor Kapuaala, and John "John John" Jordan; daughters Moni Switzer and Vernest Kapuaala; brother Elmer; sister Dorothy Alo; 16 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Thomas Shoichi Kawasaki
April 27, 2008
Thomas Shoichi "Tommy" Kawasaki, 68, of Honolulu, a retired Tommy K's East Manoa Shell owner, died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Linda H., daughters Yvette K. Achong and Christine E. Kawasaki, mother Gladys, sister Carolyn Harada and five grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Takashi Kondo
April 10, 2008
Takashi "Taka" Kondo, 78, of Kaumakani, Kauai, a retired Olokele Sugar Plantation laboratory analyst, died at home. He was born in Makaweli, Kauai. He is survived by brother Makoto; and sisters Hanako Teraoka, Mitsue Shishido, Yuriko Kamibayashi, Yoneko Honjo, Rosaline Teixeira and Joan Choi. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Koloa Union Church. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Lavanna Meimei Kehaulani Lanoza-Maglinti
April 17, 2008
Lavanna Meimei Kehaulani "Vanna" Lanoza-Maglinti, 44, of Honolulu died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Wahiawa. She is survived by daughter Jaynah Lanoza, mother Elizabeth Lanoza, brother Kelii Lanoza, sisters Levenia Lanoza and Lisa Hirchag, and a grandchild. Services: 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary Downtown. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Susumu Mizoshiri
April 14, 2008
Susumu Mizoshiri, 86, of Kailua-Kona, a building contractor and Army veteran, died in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Kealakekua, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Chiyoko; sons Glenn, Dane and Bryan; brother Frank; and sister Kimie. Services: 4 p.m. May 18 at Kona Hongwanji Mission in Kealakekua, Hawaii. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Brian L. Mohr
April 26, 2008
Brian L. Mohr, 62, of Waipahu, a city safety specialist, died in Hawaii Medical Center-West. He was born in Alberta, Canada. He is survived by wife Rita; sons Troy, Simon and Andy; daughters Sherry Ozorio and Shawna Cochran; father George; sister Alice; and nine grandchildren. Celebration of life: 11 a.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10:30 a.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Edith Shigeko Morisato
April 22, 2008
Edith Shigeko Morisato, 93, of Honolulu, a retired Sears, Roebuck and Co. credit card solicitor, died. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Kirk S., brothers Bradford M. and Toshio Tomokiyo, sisters Helen M. Yamaguchi and Tilly T. Kanehailua, two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Charles Nobuo Nitta
April 2, 2008
Charles Nobuo Nitta, 90, of Honolulu, a retired Heide & Cooke plumber, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Jessie, sons Paul and Jonathan, sister Masako Miura and three grandchildren. Private services.

Monique Ha'aheo Place
April 25, 2008
Monique Ha'aheo Place, 19, of Hanapepe, Kauai, died. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by parents Zaida and Alfred DeMello, Kippy Puaa and Carlos Anes; brothers and sisters Keenan, Hunter, Makamae, Kealohilani, Kamalii, Dean, Markes, Bianca and Sheila; and grandparents Milton and Linda Place, Betty Puaa and Boy and Linda DeMello. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Catholic Church in Kaluaaha, Molokai. Call after 8 a.m.

Rofalita Trazo Reonal
April 9, 2008
Rofalita Trazo Reonal, 79, of Waipahu died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Ponciano, Johnny and Narciso; daughters Aurora Dumaguin, Carina Palapala, Emma Rituria, Rosalia Alcones and Mylin Smith; brothers Patricio, Sabio and Nicolas Trazo Jr.; sisters Maricia Magno and Nerea Temblor; 28 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Burial to be held in the Philippines at a later date. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Frank Cabral Sousa III
April 15, 2008
Frank Cabral Sousa III, 82, of Kaneohe, a retired heavy equipment operator at Kaneohe Marine Corps Base, died in Kailua. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Amelia O.; sons Stanley Sousa and Wayne Kakae; daughter Bubbles Chun; sisters Lois Guerrero, Geraldine Alama and Mamo Howell; 15 grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 10 a.m. next Wednesday at the mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. next Wednesday. Burial to follow at Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery. Aloha attire.

George D. Souza
April 11, 2008
George D. Souza, 91, of Waianae, a retired Navy Public Works Center pipefitter, died in Waianae. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by sons Douglas, Halford "Sam," Emerson, Wyatt and Sean Souza and Lionel Kahele; daughter Odetta Medeiros; brother Albert; sister Eva Perrin; and numerous grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Juan Cacal Visitacion
April 15, 2008
Juan Cacal Visitacion, 94, of Honolulu, a retired rice and vegetable farmer in the Philippines, died in Honolulu. He was born in Cadaratan, Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by stepson Sixto Ramos, daughters Erlinda Duldulao and Clarita Bolosan, 16 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and 16 great-great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 5:30 p.m. Additional services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 9 a.m. Graveside services: 11:30 a.m. at Valley of the Temples.

Louise Adora Webb
April 13, 2008
Louise Adora Webb, 98, of Kaneohe died in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in Baraga, Mich. She is survived by daughters June Webb and Shirley Demay. Private services.

Donald Mu Chung Wong
April 16, 2008
Donald Mu Chung Wong, 90, of Honolulu, a retired chief financial officer for Chinn Ho's Capital Investment Co., died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Eugenia; sons Steven, John and Thomas; sister Elizabeth Ching; and seven grandchildren. Services: noon May 10 at Star of the Sea Church. Call after 10:30 a.m. Private burial. No flowers.

Steven Paul Yap
April 13, 3008
Steven Paul "Boysie" Yap, 63, of Honolulu, a retired Aloha Airlines supply clerk, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by mother Grace; brother Allan; and sisters Susan Chun, Colleen Lunasco and Roxanne Murakami. Private services.