Obituaries

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Lucie Mae Abilay
Aug. 4, 2008
Lucie Mae Abilay, 70, of Lahaina, a former high school attendance clerk, died in Portland, Ore. She was born in Maunaloa, Molokai. She is survived by husband Pacifico, daughters Michelle Rienzo and Faith Abilay, brothers Raymond "Ming" and Lucio "Noi" Barona, sisters Loretta "Tetta" Santiago and Rebecca "Bing" Villarimo, and three grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Reception to follow. Burial: 2 p.m. at Maui Veteran s Cemetery.

Rudolph Andrade
Aug. 13, 2008
Rudolph Andrade, also known as "Rudy" and "Andy," 79, of Kahului, a retired Army supply sergeant, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Anne; sons Kawahamae, Kaleimakalii and Kaimiola; daughters Kamanueena Medeiros and Kaukokalani Kane; brother Boyd; sisters Katherine Lopez, Shirley Meheula, June Buendia and Maxine Kahaulelio; and 14 grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kahului. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: noon at Maui Veterans Cemetery.

David Gun Keong Au
Aug. 17, 2008
David Gun Keong Au, 84, of Honolulu, a retired electronics technician and Army veteran, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Frances L.; sons Vernon and Kevin; daughters Leslie Chase, Sharleen Squires and Marilyn Au-Choy; brothers Wilfred and Walter; and seven grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at First Chinese Church, 1054 S. King St. Call after 9 a.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Myles Myron Auna
Aug. 8, 2008
Myles Myron Auna, 46, of Kailua-Kona, a tile setter, died in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Gelnhausen, Germany. He is survived by daughter Tahnee Sales, mother Ginger and sister Lynn Hanato. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Kailua-Kona. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Kona Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Bernard Benedict Berman
Aug. 8, 2008
Bernard Benedict "Bernie" Berman, 90, of Honolulu, a retired medical examiner investigator, Marine Corps veteran and Pearl Harbor survivor, died in Maluhia Long Term Health Care Center. He was born in New Jersey. He is survived by wife Helene K., sons William "Bill" and Steven "Kimo," hanai sons Lloyd "Kona" and Linzy Hotz, daughters Kathy Kempa and Leilani Howes, eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. No services.

Louise F. Brewer
Aug. 11, 2008
Louise F. Brewer, 79, of Hawaii Kai, a secretary and real estate agent, died. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Chip, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 9:30 a.m. Friday at Holy Trinity Church. Call after 8:30 a.m.

Leonardo R. Cabatan
Aug. 17, 2008
Leonardo R. Cabatan, 66, of Eleele, Kauai, a McBryde Sugar Co. drip operator, died in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Agno, Pangasinan, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Prima, sons Joey and Jesse, brother Nestor and sisters Norma Reposar, Emelda Gray, Puring Abaya, Lucerna Nino and Trifina Cabatan. Services: 7 p.m. Aug. 29 at Garden Island Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Aug. 30 at Holy Cross Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Hanapepe Public Cemetery.

Joseph Cabral
Aug. 13, 2008
Joseph Cabral, 86, of Kailua, a Schofield Barracks and Windward Satellite City Halls employee and retired Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station employee, died in Kailua. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Mary Evelyn, son Darryl, daughter Marcella Fraker, brother Louis and sister Mabel Barros. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Monday at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Kailua. Call after 10 a.m. Graveside services: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Calvin Kai Sung Chang
Aug. 14, 2008
Calvin Kai Sung Chang, 68, of Honolulu, a retired state computer system analyst, died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Graveside services: 11 a.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.

William Cha Hee Chung
Aug. 18, 2008
William Cha Hee "Chai" Chung, 87, of Honolulu, a retired 20th Century Furniture president and former Honolulu Police Commission chairman, died in Leahi Hospital. He was born in Makawao, Maui. He is survived by wife Florence; sons Randall "Randy," Darrell, Dr. Eric "Ricky" and Greg; daughters Belle and Valerie; brother Richard Chu Hong; and three grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Memorial Park and Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Laura Acirbo Felix
May 31, 2008
Laura Acirbo Felix, 63, of Dallas, formerly of Hawaii, died. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by son Erwin, daughters Daphne Cook and Natasha Salazar and a grandchild. Mass: 8 a.m. tomorrow at St. Jude's Church in Kapolei, 92-455 Makakilo Drive.

Solomon K. Fu Sr.
April 16, 2008
Solomon K. Fu Sr., 71, of Kekaha, Kauai, a self-employed woodcarver, died in Waimea, Kauai. He was born in Hanalei, Kauai. He is survived by sons David H., Solomon K., and Samuel K. Fu, James H., Leonard, Mathew Z., Anthony, Solomon Fu, Adrian, Hermin, Sammie, Eddie H., Mano, Solomen, Samuel H., Raymond, Victor K. and David D. Kalani, Ben K. Pa'aluhi and Pumai K. Kaliloa; daughters Healani and Haunani Fu, Leiolani Velasco, Ida Miguel and Angela, Jasmine, Rebecca, Heraldine, Loke, Bernice and Sweetheart Kalani and Jaime Tafoya; father Charles K.C. Sr.; brothers Charles Jr., Douglas and Calvin; sisters Lydia Kaohi and Thelma Ruiz; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Celebration of life: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Salt Pond Beach Park. Inurnment to follow at Kealia Cemetery.

Marguerite Elizabeth Gonsalves
Aug. 14, 2008
Marguerite Elizabeth Gonsalves, 87, of Honolulu, a retired state Taxation Department employee, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. Services: 1 p.m. tomorrow at Oahu Cemetery Chapel. Call after 11:30 a.m. Graveside services: 2 p.m. at the chapel. Aloha attire.

Miriam Momi Kapahu
Aug. 17, 2008
Miriam Momi Kapahu, 85, of Kekaha, Kauai, a retired Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital nurse, died at home. She was born in Waimea, Kauai. She is survived by son Howard Naleimaile; daughters Mona McCullough, Helene Vierra and Wanda Freitas; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at Garden Island Mortuary. Services to follow. Casual attire.

Melvin Kimo Kauhane
Aug. 10, 2008
Melvin Kimo "Turks" Kauhane, 49, of Nanakuli died in Hawaii Medical Center West. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Alice Noa; sons Dean and Dustin; daughter Dezrae; parents Mervin Sr. and Genevieve; brothers Mervin Jr., Paul, Ernest and Kamuela; sisters Alice Morris, Ruth Garza, Faith Leao and Jennie Ledward; and three grandchildren. Services: 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Maylene Connie Piilani Macomber
Aug. 11, 2008
Maylene Connie Piilani Macomber, 30, of Kailua-Kona, a Hawaiian Rehab Services Inc. therapist, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Kealakekua, Hawaii. She is survived by husband John, sons Jaybe Macomber and Ikaika Machado-Jumalon, daughters Mariah and Tatiana, mother Raylene Jumalon, father Clement Jumalon and brothers Clement Santiago and Matthew Jumalon. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Brighter Estates Family Plot, 65-1170 Kapiolani Road, Waimea, Hawaii. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Loyd Robert Mead
Aug. 16, 2008
Loyd Robert Mead, 64, of Las Vegas, a construction inspector and Navy veteran, died in Las Vegas. He was born in Altadena, Calif. He is survived by wife Alison L.H., son Eric L., sisters Maren M. Young and Rita Gersen, and three grandchildren. Committal services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.

Roland D. Moriarty Jr.
Aug. 8, 2008
Roland D. "Dan" Moriarty Jr., 80, of Las Vegas, a retired Coast Guard commander, died in Tripler Army Medical Center. He was born in Holyoke, Mass. He is survived by wife Bernadette C.; sons William "Bill," Timothy "Tim," Kevin S. and Keith A.; daughter Dani C. Maher; brothers William "Bill" Moriarty and Howard R. and Roy Raymond; sister Jean M. Sullivan; 11 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Committal services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.

Ethel Atsuko Oda
Aug. 14, 2008
Ethel Atsuko Oda, 95, of Holualoa, Hawaii, a Paul's Place proprietor, died in Kona Community Hospital. She was born in Honoapu, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Roy Teramoto and Terry and Cyrus Oda; daughter Laraine Oda; 10 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Daifukuji Soto Mission in Honalo, Hawaii. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Haruo Okamura
July 11, 2008
Haruo Okamura, 85, of Aiea, a retired sheet metal worker and Army veteran, died in Kapolei. He was born in Kaunakakai. He is survived by wife Satoe "Sue," son Lyle, daughter Gwen Castro, brother Kaoru, sister Sanae Imai, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Private services. No monetary offerings.

Philibert Joseph Peters
Aug. 14, 2008
Philibert Joseph "Pete" Peters, 85, of Aiea, a lineman at Pearl Harbor and an Army veteran, died in Honolulu. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by wife Grace K., sons Harrison F. and Philibert Jr., daughter Nalani Brown, brother Roland and four grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. tomorrow at St. Philomena's Church in Salt Lake. Call after 9:30 a.m. Aloha attire.

Michael D. Piris
Aug.13, 2008
Michael D. Piris, 51, of Waipahu, a Gainey Transportation Co. truck driver, died in Waipahu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brothers Joseph D., Phillip D., Sterling D. and Daniel D.; and sisters Virgine D. Gureski, Doreenann D. Piris, Marie D. Dunston and Catherine D. Campbell. Visitation: 9:30 a.m. Friday at Oahu Cemetery Chapel. Casual attire.

Venus Autor Ronolo
Aug. 3, 2008
Venus Autor Ronolo, 88, of Hilo, a homemaker, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Naalehu, Hawaii. She is survived by son Arthur, daughter Elaine Kai, sister Diana Liberato, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park.

Thomas Yoshiaki Shimizu
Aug. 11, 2008
Thomas Yoshiaki Shimizu, 66, of Honolulu, a Young Bros. Ltd. Tug and Barge Division welder, died. He was born in Wakayama, Japan. He is survived by father Hisao, mother Shizuye and brother Scott T. Private services. No monetary offerings.

Albert S. Tsuchiya
Aug. 13, 2008
Albert S. "Bugs" Tsuchiya, 66, of Kapaa, Kauai, a retired mechanic, died at home. He was born in Lihue. He is survived by brother Robert and sisters Eleanor Sasaki, Helen Hamamura, Elsie Koigawachi and Gladys Yamashiro. Services: 10 a.m. Monday at Kapaa Hongwanji Mission. Call after 9:30 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Lawrence Shoichi Uruu
Aug. 9, 2008
Lawrence Shoichi "Larry" Uruu, 77, of Aiea, a retired city mason supervisor and Army veteran who served in the Korean War, died in the Spark M. Matsunaga Center for Aging. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife May L. Imamura-Uruu; stepsons Ray, Ron and Roy Imamura; stepdaughters Amy Tomi and Betsy Yamaoka; sisters Gladys K. Ebisuya, Margaret H. Branciere and Katherine M. Sakai; and four step-grandchildren. Private services.

Jeffrey Hiro Uyeda
Aug. 16, 2008
Jeffrey Hiro Uyeda, 46, of Honolulu, a Honolulu Community College associate professor of carpentry, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by father Francis, stepmother Marcia, mother Jane Beldin and sister Candace. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Glenn George Van DeSande Jr.
Aug. 1, 2008
Glenn George Van DeSande Jr., 52, of Ewa Beach, a retired machinist, died in Hawaii Medical Center West. He was born in Los Angeles. He is survived by wife Peggy Page, daughter Tiffany and sisters Emiley Van DeSande and Sandra Hardegree. Private services to be held in Hawaii and California.

Donald Ernest Van Gieson
Aug. 15, 2008
Donald Ernest Van Gieson, 83, of Ewa Beach, a retired IBM regional marketing manager and Kapiolani Community College professor, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Margaret; sons Donald Jr., Robert "Kimo" and John "Pono"; stepsons James Michael and Patrick Semmig; daughters Theresa, Patricia V.G. Serrano, Nancy Thompson and Michelle Van Gieson; stepdaughters Suzanne, Maureen and Mary Semmig; sister Leinani Rodenhurst; 20 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. Mass: 6 p.m. tomorrow at St. Patrick's Church. Call after 5 p.m. Inurnment to be held at a later date in Washington.

Robert Eugene Worthington
Aug. 14, 2008
Robert Eugene Worthington, 72, of Honolulu, a retired Kamehameha Schools financial aid director and honorary counsel of Cook Islands, died at home. He was born in Hawaii. He is survived by wife Jean R. Karika; sons Teanaroa P. Nakahili, Manavaroa Kamaki, Tapaarii K. Ki'ilehua; daughters Tevairangi Marac-Hino P.W. Lopez and Moana J.K. Rule; sister Susan; and five grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Bernice Pauahi Chapel at Kamehameha Schools. Call after 9 a.m. Scattering of ashes: 8 a.m. Monday at Outrigger Canoe Club. Additional ceremony in Tahiti. Aloha attire.