Obituaries

Tuesday, June 16, 1998

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Adeline Baptiste, 74, of Kilauea, Kauai, who retired from Odo Farms North Shore, died Saturday at home. She was born in Kilauea, Kauai. She is survived by son Damien, and sisters Mary Lung, Helen Ching, Minnie Costa and Kathrine Snyder. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Sylvester Catholic Church in Kilauea. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Kauai Memorial Gardens. Casual attire.

Rosaline M. Castro, 85, of Waipahu, a Dole Cannery retiree, died May 5. She was born in Kohala, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Robert and Richard; sister Nell Moyers, five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Graveside services: 10:45 a.m. tomorrow at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Cynthia C.A. Chong, 9, of Issaquah, Wash., died last Tuesday in Issaquah. She was a former student at Sunset Elementary School. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by parents Wesley and Carolyn; brother Wesley Jr.; sister Charisse, and grandparents Beatrice and Stephen Wong-Leong, William Chong and Alfreda Riingen. Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 5 to 8 p.m. Burial: 10 a.m. Saturday at Valley of the Temples.

Colleen S. Farley, 58, of Honolulu died Friday in Queen's Hospital. She was born in Highland Park, Mich. She is survived by husband Rick; son Wayne Sundberg; daughter Charisse Perry; father Lloyd Collyer; brothers Curtis and Brian Collyer; sister Cheryl Collyer, and five grandchildren. Private services.

Benjamin Fernandez, 71, of Waipahu died Sunday in Tripler Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brother Francis and sisters Martina Ruiz, Tacia Bowers and Marie Drose. Services: 10:30 a.m. June 26 at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Tamotsu Fujikawa, 83, of Kona, Hawaii, a retired coffee and macadamia nut farmer, died Thursday in Kona Community Hospital. He was also a retired employee at the former Kona Inn Hotel. He was born in Kona, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Kikumo; son Bert M.; daughters Amy E. Hanaoka and Gail M. Matsuda; brother Gilbert; sister Ayako Kashima, five grandchildren and a great-grandson. Services: 4 p.m. Friday at Kona Hongwanji Mission. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Donald Gallacher, 77, of Hawi, Hawaii, a U.S. Army and Air Force veteran and a tuna boat captain, died Wednesday in Kohala Hospital. He was born in San Diego. He is survived by wife Darla; son Donald, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Upolu Point Airport. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that you take a friend to lunch.

William T. Hanafusa, 61, of Waianae, a retired airport automotive parts deliveryman, died June 5 in Waianae Comprehensive Health Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Janet E.; sons Grant M., Michael K. and Roger I.; mother Chieko; brothers Thomas K. and Roy S.; sisters Sally S. Yonesawa, Lillian R. Tomosawa and Betty I. Shindo, and two grandchildren. Private services.

Ronald S. Hasegawa, 62, of Kaneohe, a retired pharmacist at Times Supermarket and Walrich Drugs in Kaneohe, died Saturday in Kailua. He was born in Wailuku, Maui. He is survived by wife Barbara M.; sons Paul K. and Neil S.; daughter Sandra S. Keliiaa; mother Tomiye, and a grandchild. Services: 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Private inurnment. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Yoshio Inoue, 84, of Honolulu, a retired general contractor doing business as Y. Inoue Inc., died Thursday in Kuakini Hospital. He was born in Pepeekeo, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Setsuyo; sons Bert Y., Gene Y., Paul H., Errol T., Fred S. and Ray Y.; daughters Carol S. Iwai and Gail S. Nakama; sister Yukimi Yoshimoto, 23 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.

Hisashi “Sparky” Kimura, 86, of Honolulu, a retired carpenter, died May 11 in Hale Nani Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. He was born in Makaweli, Kauai. He is survived by wife Dorothy Y.; sons Roy J. and Brian I.; daughters Sharon K. Hirose and Nora N. Kimura; brothers Shinge, Haruo and Masaru; sisters Agnes Kimura, Esther Woods, Mitsuko Hookano, Tomiko Akuna and Yoshiko Young, and two grandchildren. Private services.

Taru Kobashigawa, 97, of Pearl City, a retired watercress farmer, died May 31 at home. He was born in Nishihara-Son, Yonashiro, Okinawa. He is survived by sons Masaichi, Seijun, Yukio, Masao, Seikichi and Shigeru Kobashigawa and Charles Seiken; daughter Esther H. Inouye, 13 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 1 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Mary C. Laquihon, 80, of Aiea died Saturday in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. She was born in Lihue, Kauai. She is survived by husband Nicetas; sons Leon and Danson; daughter Emilita Roque; sisters Dolores Germaine and Irma Cosca, 13 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Services: 9:30 a.m. Friday at Ka Hale Hoano Hou O Ke Akua Church, 1760 Nalani St. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.

Lani Wun Lan Lee, 73, of Honolulu, a retired federal employee, died June 8 in St. Francis Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by brother James, and sisters Maybelle Yee and Ella Tom. Services: noon Friday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Stanley P. Lizardo, 85, of Honolulu, a minister on Molokai, died Friday in Kuakini Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Patsy; son James; daughters Alohalinda Mason, Gloriajean McClure, Ruby Martin, Melodymae Alipio and Raiella Guerrero, 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services: 12:30 p.m. Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Charles S.A. Meyer Jr., 60, of Pearl City, a retired mechanic for Pan American World Airways, died June 5 in Kaneohe. He was born in Hoolehua, Molokai. He is survived by wife Carolyn K.S.; children Lisa Mestas, Randall and Rodney Meyer and Leanne Maxwell; brother Robert; sisters Yola Forbes and Gwendolyn Higgins, and seven grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers.

Shawn D. Moore, 45, of Honolulu, a retired U.S. Air Force technical sergeant, died Wednesday in Honolulu. He was born in New Jersey. He is survived by wife Florence; daughter Brandi; mother Barbara Esbrandt; father Charles Jarvis; sisters Joann Finch and Cheri Holmes, and brother Steven Esbrandt. Services: 3 p.m. Saturday at Trinity Baptist Church.

Harold K. “Kiyo” Murakami, 69, of Honolulu, a retired Aala Auto Machine Works automotive machinist, died June 8 at home. He was born in Waimea, Kauai. He is survived by wife Hazel H.; son Eric K.; sisters Kimie Kaneshige, Satsuki Matsumura and Mona Uyehara, and two grandchildren. Private services.

Mineto Nagata, 70, of Hilo, a sugar cane farmer, died Friday in Hilo Hospital. He was born in Hilo. Survived by brothers Tokiwo and Hideki and sisters Dora Takahashi, Sue Saiki, Tatsuko Nishimura and Hisako Kurata. Private services.

Seichi Nishina, 91, of Pepeekeo, Hawaii, a coffee farmer, died Friday in Hilo Hospital. He was born in Kahaluu, Kona, Hawaii. He is survived by daughters Amy Sato, Betty Shin and Susan DeMotta; sons Gilbert and Harold; brother Walter; sisters Annie Nakayama and Sakae Oshima, 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Thursday at Kona Hongwanji Mission. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Rosendo Olayer, 93, of Waimanalo, a truck driver for Waimanalo Plantation, died Wednesday in Crawford Convalescent Center. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sons Rosendo Jr., Patrick and Ronald; daughter Nancy Caswell; stepdaughters Claudia Kidder and Veronica DiGregorio; 24 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Friday at St. George Catholic Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Jon W. Pavao, 34, of Keaau, Hawaii, a landscaper, will be remembered in services Friday. Pavao died Wednesday. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Harolyn U.; son Scheyenn Melendez; daughters Shana Melendez and Sharina Pavao; mother Diana Darney; brothers George, Patrick and Barry; sisters Cheryl, Mary and Wanda, and two grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.

Blas H. Redolfin, 84, of Eleele, Kauai, a laborer for McBryde Sugar Co., died June 6 in Kauai Veterans Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Indalecia M.; sons Graciano and Mario; daughters Arsing and Maria, and adopted daughter Jesusa Magallanes. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at Sacred Hearts Catholic Church in Eleele, Kauai. Mass: 1 p.m. Saturday at the church. Call after noon. Burial: Lihue Public Cemetery. Casual attire.

Louis R. Rodrigues, 73, of Pahoa, Hawaii, a professional musician and a truck driver for the Salvation Army, died Thursday in Hilo Hospital. He was born in Hawaii. He is survived by wife Josephine; daughter Mary Scoggins; stepdaughters Robina Sylva and Louise Craig; stepsons Joseph, Aldwin and Louis Rosario; brother Gilbert Garcia; sisters Christina and Virginia Ramos and Peggy Lopez; mother Mary Ramos, and 13 grandchildren. Private services.

Violet K. Seiki, 82, of Kailua, a retired clerk at Wigwam, died last Tuesday in Castle Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Tadashi; son Derrick; brother Sam Yoshikawa, and sisters Muriel Nakahara and Clara Sato. Memorial services: 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Makiki Christian Church. Call after 3:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Henry K. “Kuualii” Velleses, 74, of Waianae, a retired Hawaiian Electric Co. storeroom clerk, died May 30 in St. Francis-West Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Susanna L.; sons Timothy K., Henry “Hanalei,” Alvin “Keala” and Gary “Bull”; daughters Susanna “Sookie” Kaopua, Sharon Manuel, Salome “May” Apo and Shawnie K.K. Velleses; brothers Solomon “Solo” Mahoe and Lester Jury; sister Molly Medeiros; 24 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and a godchild. Services: noon Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.

Agapita S. Viernes, 95, of Keaau, Hawaii died June 7 in Life Care Center of Hilo. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by daughters Teodocia Colobong, Rosalina V. Cabal, Pacita Pataueg, Luzviminda Palilio, Primie V. Ribao and Marie Respicio, 28 grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Memorial Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 9 a.m. Saturday at First Born Temple Church in Hilo. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Genevieve M. Waialae, 58, of Honolulu died Wednesday in St. Francis Hospital. She was born in Koloa, Kauai. She is survived by sons Wayson, George, Edmund and Joseph; daughters Joanna Cavuto and Genelynn Waialae; mother Virginia Silva; sister Louise Moreno; hanai sons Kamakani and Iokepa; hanai daughter Ualani, and 19 grandchildren. Memorial services: 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Nanaikapono Protestant Church, 89-235 Pua Ave. in Nanakuli. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Katsu Yoneda, 100, of Honolulu died June 7 in Ann Pearl Nursing Home. She was born in Papaloa, Hawaii. She is survived by son Daniel S., a grandchild and two great-grandchildren. Private services.