Obituaries

Wednesday, May 15, 1996



Timotio Caban of Kahuku, a Kahuku Plantation retiree, died May 4 in Kahuku Hospital.

Caban, 90, was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sons Orlino, Carlos, Lorencio, Jimmy and Ben Caban, and Fidel Cabbab; daughters Carol Antonio, Sally Doquisa, Josephine Manipon and Marilyn McCoy; 31 grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren.

Rosary: 7:30 p.m. May 17 at the Caban home, 56-297 Maunuunu St. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. May 18 at St. Roch Catholic Church in Kahuku. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Tarcela N. Corpuz of Wahiawa died April 11 in Wahiawa General Hospital.

Corpuz, 81, was born in the Philippines.

She is survived by husband Emilio; children Dolores N., Samuel, Norberto and Andres Corpuz, and Florentina and Carmen Ballesteros; 14 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Mass: 7 p.m. May 17 at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 1403 California Ave. Call after 6 p.m. Service: 10:30 a.m. May 18 at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow. Casual attire.

Estelita G. Daligcon of Eleele, Kauai, a state teacher's aide, died May 12 at home.

Daligcon, 42, was born in the Philippines.

She is survived by husband Edwardo; daughter Leilani; sons Edward and Edwin; brother Ricate Agmata; and mother Joaquina A. Garma.

Mass: 10 a.m. May 17 at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Kalaheo, Kauai. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Lihue Public Cemetery. Casual attire.

Phyllis H. Evans of Honolulu died May 12 in Honolulu.

Evans, 72, was born in South Bend, Ind. She is survived by husband John; sons Michael J., Richard A. and David P.; and two grandchildren.

Private services.

Bryan L.K. Fievet of Kailua died May 12 in Honolulu.

Fievet, 32, was born in Cleveland. He is survived by mother Cindy; father Charles; brothers Chuckie and J.J.; and sister Maile.

Service: 5 p.m. May 18 at the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1660 Mott Smith Drive.

Aloha attire. No flowers.

Donations suggested to the Life Foundation.

Alice K. Fitzsimmons of Honolulu died May 11 at home.

Fitzsimmons, 80, was born in Koloa, Kauai.

She is survived by sons Rapplee and Leslie; daughter Kehaulani; brothers Paul S.K. and Donald Kim; sisters Carrie Wright and Dora Kealoha; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Private services.

Paulino Galanta of Kapaa, Kauai, a heavy equipment operator for Lihue Plantation, died May 13 in Wilcox Hospital.

Galanta, 89, was born in the Philippines.

He is survived by sons Chris Torres, and Albert, Nathan and Larry Galanta; daughter Felisa Meyers; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Services: 7 p.m. May 20 at Borthwick/Kauai Mortuary in Ko loa, Kauai, call after 6 p.m.; and 10 a.m. May 21 at Kapaa Missionary Church, call after 9 a.m. Burial: Kapaa Public Cemetery.

Casual attire.

Earl D. Green of Honolulu, a retired special agent and real estate broker, died May 9.

Green, 83, was born in Waterford, Mich. He is survived by wife Virginia.

Private burial.

Brandon M. Hedgeman, infant son of Mark and Clarissa Hedgeman of Kapaa, Kauai, died May 13 in Wilcox Hospital.

The baby is also survived by grandparents Bernardo and Patricia Reyes, and Calvin and Rose Hedgeman; and great-grandparents Thelma McNeese and Carmela Burton.

Mass: 5 p.m. May 17 at St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Kapaa, Kauai. Call after 4 p.m. Burial: church cemetery.

Casual attire.

Harutoshi Hironaka of Lihue, who died May 11 at home, is also survived by three grandchildren.

Services: 5 p.m. May 15 at the Lihue Hongwanji Mission.

Casual attire. No flowers.

Incorrect information was published May 14.

Leo F. Jonick of Honolulu, a manager, died May 11 in Honolulu.

Jonick, 70, was born in Colorado. He is survived by sisters Dorothy M. Freeman, Margaret Wilcox, Barbara Kelso, Kathryn Conners and Eileen Brown; and brother Ted.

Service: noon May 15 at McCoy Pavilion at Ala Moana Beach Park.

Casual attire.

The Rev. William F. "Bill" Kautz of Honolulu, who died May 6, will be remembered in an 11 a.m. service May 16 at Richards Chapel of the United Church of Christ, 15 Craigside Place. No flowers.

Donations may be made to the Right Sharing of World Resources of the Religious Society of Friends, the Hunger Action Fund of the United Church of Christ or another charity.

Incorrect information published May 13.

Conrad M. Kawasaki of Lanai died May 12 in Lanai Community Hospital.

Kawasaki, 32, was born in Hawaii. He is survived by wife Julie; daughters Gabrielle and Maile; brother Glenn; sisters Michelle Kawasaki-Alvaro, Claire Keahi, and Karen, Julianne and Eva Kawasaki; and parents Mike and Patsy.

Service over his ashes: 8 a.m. May 18 at Sacred Hearts Church. Scattering of ashes: 2 p.m., Manele Harbor.

Robert K. Kekuna of Honolulu, a retiree from HRT Ltd., MTL Inc. and Oahu Transit Services, died May 10 in Straub Hospital.

Kekuna, 67, was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Violet; son Robert K. Jr.; daughter Linda N. Kekuna-Mitsunaga; brothers, John P. and David I.; and sisters Della Auld, Rebecca C. Chai and Rose Kahiapo.

Wake: 7 p.m. May 17 at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Service: 10 a.m. May 18 at the mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Cremation to follow.

Casual attire.

Alfred G. "Soggy" Kim of Honolulu died May 11 at home.

Kim, 84, was born in Koloa, Kauai. He is survived by wife Shigeko; sons Lowrey and Nolan G.; daughters Elizabeth Chang, Penny Lou Sturm and Shelley Umeda; brother Albert; 12 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Memorial service: noon May 17 at Nuuanu Memorial Park Mortuary.

Aloha attire. No flowers.

Jeannette P.S. Koahou of Kailua, president of All Hawaiian Travel, died May 7 in Kaiser Hospital.

Koahou, 68, was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband John B.; sons John, Tommy, Hubert and Gary; daughter Umi; brother James Wong; sisters Thelma Courtney, Porona Domingo, July Jeremiah, Esther Kam, Frances Park, Skip Tomiyama and Maggie Kealanahele; 13 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Service: 11 a.m. May 18 at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park.

Aloha attire.

Philibert B.K.O.H. "Hamma" Kopa of Kaneohe, died May 10 in Castle Hospital.

Kopa, 48, a Vietnam War veteran, was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Patricia L. Aweau-Kopa; sons Donald K.A., Myles K.A. and Danny K.A. Aweau; daughters Tammy L. Ford and Donalee

L. Makua; mother Mary J. Simpson; stepfather Arthur L. Simpson; hanai father Norman L. Akau; brothers Herman Kopa Jr., Butch Simpson, John F.K. Harvest and Norman Akau Jr.; sisters Margo Shim, Mern Tokioka, Mary Kay Simpson, Theresa D. Yanagida, Mary Kaneta, Doreen Kahaleiwai and Lani A. Kauanoe; and seven grandchildren.

Service: 10 a.m. May 20 at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial with military honors: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.

Aloha attire.

Joy K. Kurihara of Mililani died May 13 in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi.

Kurihara, 27, was born in Maui. She is survived by husband Shawn S.; parents Donald S. and Sanae Tamashiro; grandmother Kazue Kitamura; and sisters Donna T. Yoshimura, Mona K. Hirayama and Dawn M.T. Bae.

Service: 10:30 a.m. May 16 at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Inurnment: Mililani Memorial Park.

Casual attire.

Robert D. "Koko" Mendiola of Kurtistown, Hawaii, a former cook for several restaurants, will be remembered in services May 17.

Mendiola, 44, died May 10 when he was hit by a car on Volcano Highway.

Born in Honolulu, he is survived by parents Robert D. and Annie F.; brothers Eric, Damien, Chris, David and Charles; and sisters Judy Lane, Penny Tada and Debora Inciong.

Mass: 10 a.m. May 17 at Malia Puka O Kalani Catholic Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Alae Cemetery.

Casual attire. No flowers.

Noriko Miura of Japan, a doctorate candidate at the East-West Center, died May 12 in Queen's Hospital.

Miura, 36, was born in Shizuoka, Japan.

She is survived by father Isamu; mother Chieko; and sister Yoko.

Service: 11 a.m. May 16 at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Cremation to follow.

Casual attire. No flowers.

George E. Moore of Kaneohe, a retired business owner who also was a gemologist, died May 10 at home.

Moore, 80, was born in Arkansas.

He is survived by wife Nellie N.S.; brother William; and sisters Margaret DeMers and Adeline Kephart.

Service: 9:30 a.m. May 18 at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow.

Ruth Prock of Honolulu, a retired executive secretary for the Dillingham Corp., died May 13 at home.

Prock, 83, was born in Maryland.

She is survived by stepdaughter Meredith P. Groff; stepson W. Lael III; and six grandchildren.

Memorial service: 2:30 p.m. May 20 at Arcadia Retirement Home, 1434 Punahou St.

No flowers.

Donations may be made to Shriners Children's Hospital.

Terry R. Rivera of Kaneohe died April 30 in Kaneohe.

Rivera, 33, was born in Honolulu.

He is survived by parents Augusto and Lydia; brother David; sister Lenora; and grandmother Magdalena Castro.

Service: 10:30 a.m. May 18 at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples.

Casual attire. No flowers.

Irineo M. Saguibo of Waialua died April 25 in Wahiawa General Hospital.

Ssaguibo, 82, was born in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines.

He is survived by wife Margarita V.; sons Benjamin, Donald, Antonio, Juan, Robert, Lolito and Patrick; daughters Evelyn Oloa, Margielyn Sloan and Perlita Ikemura; brother Pedro; sisters Tomasa Cadiente, Jauanita Fernandez, and Manuela and Matilde Saguibo; 21 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.

Rosary: 7 p.m. May 17 at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11:15 a.m. May 18 at St. Michael's Church, 67-390 Goodale Ave. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park.

Casual attire. No flowers.

Robert T. Tamagawa of Kapaa, Kauai, an electrical proprietor and contractor, died May 13 in Wilcox Hospital.

Tamagawa, 68, a U.S. Army retiree, was born in Kealia, Kauai.

He is survived by wife Harumi; daughters Galyn and Glenn; sons Keith and Glenn; brother Stanley; sisters Jeannette Kaluahine and Amy Michaud; and five grandchildren.

Service: 10 a.m. May 18 at Kapaa Missionary Church. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: Kauai Veterans Cemetery in Hanapepe, Kauai.

Casual attire. No flowers.

The Rev. Sione U. Umufuke of Laie, reverend of Point House Assembly of God Church, died May 4 in St. Francis Hospital.

Umufuke, 60, was born in Kolofo`ou, Tonga. He is survived by sons Akuila, David, Mataka, Filimone and Samiuela; daughters Lia Sina and Heta High; sisters Lia Pale and Loiloi Ha'angana; and 31 grandchildren.

Wake: 6 p.m. May 17 at Samoan Tongan Assembly of God Church, 1420 Palama St. Call after 5:30 p.m. Service: 10:30 a.m. May 18 at the church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park.

Casual or aloha attire.




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