Obituaries
Tuesday, May 21, 1996



Masako Abe of Honolulu died last Tuesday in Kuakini Hospital.

Abe, 85, was born in Kealakekua, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Walter K. Morihara and Arthur M. Abe; daughters Alice S. Yamashita, Helen Y. Rauer, Joanne K. Mizokuchi and Esther K. Yokoyama; brothers Stanley M. and Charles S. Ikeda; sister Ethel K. Keyes; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Memorial service over her ashes: 6 p.m. tomorrow at Hosoi Garden Mortuary.

Casual attire. No flowers.

Geraldine C. Albios of Los Angeles, formerly of Hawaii, a nurse for St. Ann's Maternity Hospital in Los Angeles, died May 11 at home.

Albios, 54, was born in Hawaii. She is survived by mother Juanita Cachola; siblings Ludivinda Abad, Franklin Corpuz, Jonathan Cachola, Brenda Epstein, Quenna Keohokapu, Eugene Cachola, Yolanda Bautista and Zanalda Oshiro; and ex-husband Simpi.

Mass: 7 p.m. tomorrow at St. George Catholic Church in Waimanalo. Call after 5:30 p.m. Graveside service: 11 a.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary.

John R. Breeden of Kailua-Kona, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, died last Tuesday in Honolulu.

Breeden, 78, was a former executive vice president for Wells Fargo Bank in San Francisco. He also was on the boards of trustees for Queen's Health Systems and Hawaii Pacific University.

Born in Berkeley, Calif., he is survived by wife Jane J. Breeden; sons John R. Jr. and William E.; daughter Ann B. Azzara; brother Vic E. Jr.; and three grandchildren.

Private services.

Donations suggested to Hawaii Pacific University, care of the John Breeden Memorial Scholarship Fund, 1166 Fort St., Honolulu 96813 or Queen's Medical Center.

Chung Yi Chao of Honolulu died May 13 at home.

Chao, 89, was born in China. He is survived by wife Jaw Song; children Pin Lin, Lilin, Kwang Lee, Kwang Cheng, Kwang Ping, Kwang Ho and Kwang Toug; 14 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

Buddhist services: 9 a.m. to noon Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Graveside service: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Georgina R. Doles of Waipahu, a training director at Sheraton Moana Hotel, died yesterday in St. Francis Hospital.

Doles, 40, was born in Hawaii. She is survived by husband Robert ÒBobbyÓ; mother Cirila Robles; stepson David; and brothers Patrick and Lawrence Robles.

Memorial service: 6 p.m. Thursday at St. Philomena Church, 3300 Ala Laulani St. Call after 5:30 p.m.

Casual attire. No flowers.

Dora V. Forsyth, also known as "the Bird Lady of Hauula," of Hauula, died May 12 in Honolulu.

Forsyth, 94, was born in Hawaii. She is survived by friends Walter and Lucy Jung.

Graveside services.

John N. Glass of Honolulu, a U.S. Navy retiree, died May 6 in Tripler Hospital.

Glass, 73, was born in Wichita Falls, Texas. He is survived by wife Ruth; son John Jr.; daughter Bonnie Neal; sister Doris Sims; and three grandchildren.

Inurnment: 1 p.m. Thursday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.

Aloha attire. No flowers.

Donations suggested to charity.

Paul G. Holliday of Lahaina died Sunday in Maui Memorial Hospital.

Holliday, 31, was born in Long Beach, Calif. He is survived by wife Melinda; father Lewis D.; brother Michael; sister Karen Jaramillo; and grandmother Evelyn Goldie.

Memorial service: 5:30 p.m. tomorrow at Lahaina Harbor Loading Dock.

Scattering of ashes to follow.

William J. Howe of Ewa Beach, a city waste-water plant operator, died Thursday at home.

Howe, 47, a U.S. Navy retiree, was born in New York. He is survived by wife Mary; son James; father William C.; brother Andrew; and sister Eileen Covington.

Services held. Reception: 4 p.m. tomorrow at Iroquois Yacht Club.

No flowers.

Donations suggested to any family violence organization.

Ronald C. Hussey of Waipahu died Saturday in St. Francis-West Hospital.

Hussey, 80, was born in Niulii, North Kohala, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Charlotte K.; daughters Monica B. Wood and Charlotte K. Hamora; brothers Noble and Earl; nine grandchildren; and 28 great-grandchildren.

Service: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park.

Casual attire.

Elaine N. Ige-Kobayashi of Honolulu, an executive secretary for St. Francis Medical Center, died Thursday at home.

Ige-Kobayashi, 59, was born on Molokai. She is survived by husband Harold S.; son Keith K.; daughters Toni T. Lum and Sally S. Kumashiro; parents Kozo and Usa Ige; brothers Philip, Shin, Masao and Thomas Ige; sisters Ruth Shimabuku, Sachiko Kaneshiro and Olga Takekawa; and seven grandchildren.

Memorial service: 8 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary.

Casual attire. No flowers.

Hansen K. "Ipo" Kaawa of Waianae will be remembered in services Thursday and Friday.

Kaawa, 18, died May 11 from a stab wound to the chest. Born in Killeen, Texas, he is survived by father Daniel K.; mother Davelyn M.; brothers Daniel K. Jr. and Ikaika K.K.K.; sisters Jocelyn K. and Jennifer L.; fiancee Pikake Carter; son AnoÔi L. Carter; grandparents the Rev. Andrew and Emmaline Kaawa Jr., Gertrude ÒBettyÓ Fisher, Waldron K. Rosa and Jeanne Pua; and great-grandparents Maka Meyers and Bernice Awana.

Wake: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Service: 11 a.m. Friday at Jesus the Bread of Life, 89-446 Kealana St. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Nanakuli Homestead Cemetery.

Casual attire.

Kaoru Kinoshita of Honolulu, retired owner and proprietor for Diamond Fountain, died Saturday in the Pearl City Nursing Home.

Kinoshita, 87, was born in Wailua, Kauai. She is survived by daughters Carol C. Cheng, Jane E. Yabusaki, Kathryn Y. Doi and Nancy F. Yonemoto; brother Dorothy Okumura; 12 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Service: 4 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Cremation to follow.

Casual attire. No flowers.

Pala T. Kuma of Honolulu died May 13.

Kuma, 37, was born in Tonga. He is survived by wife Faatasiga; son Laifone A.; daughter Tupou F.; father Siaosi F.H.; brothers Siaosi M., Alofataua and Atunaisa K.H.N.; and sisters Ilaisaane H. Kuma, Susana Tui and Tonga Tukimaka.

Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church, 1020 S. Beretania St., call after 6 p.m.; and 9 a.m. Friday at the church, call after 8 a.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park.

Masao Matsukawa of Waimea, Kauai, a retired Amfac Kauai salesman, died Saturday in Kauai Veterans Hospital.

Matsukawa, 86, was born in Kekaha, Kauai. He is survived by wife Katsumi; sons Glenn, Edward and Michael; sisters Hiroko Kaneyama, Yuki Matsukawa, Yuriko Morisato and Sally Kendig; brothers Yoshio and Joe; and six grandchildren.

Service: 4:30 p.m. tomorrow at Waimea United Church of Christ. Call after 3:30 p.m.

Casual attire. No flowers.

Yvonne D. Naehu of Waianae died Wednesday in the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Hospital.

Naehu, 55, was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Robert; sons Robert Jr., Edwin J. and Stanford G.; daughters Diana L. Rosa, Lorrie Ann Maluchnik and Rosetta L. Naehu; father Albert Grace; brothers Albert Jr. and Lloyd Grace; sisters Edith ÒPunaniÓ Cruz and Lovena Perez; and 12 grandchildren.

Wake: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Scattering of ashes will be held later.

Casual attire.

George S. Nakamura of Honolulu, formerly of Los Angeles, retired owner of George's Barber Shop in California, died Saturday at home.

Nakamura, 73, was born in Aiea. He is survived by brothers Tatsuo and Yutaka; and sister Elsie K. Saito.

Memorial service: 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Aiea United Methodist Church, 99-101 Lualima St.

Casual attire. No flowers.

Marc V. Ortas of Honolulu, a retired entertainer, died Friday in Kuakini Hospital.

Ortas, 59, was born on Tahiti. He is survived by wife Eliane; sons Nelson and Marc Jr.; daughters Heifara, Gloria, Gisele, Ghislaine and Anna; mother Noeline; and several brothers and sisters.

Service: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Kawaiahao Church. Call after 6 p.m. Cremation to follow.

Aloha attire.

Colotilda "Jessie" Pa'u of Honolulu died Wednesday at home.

Pa'u, 65, was born in American Samoa. She is survived by husband Joseph V.P.; son Vai K. Richards-Pa'u; sisters Kathy M. Mizukami, Rose M. Anderson, Telesia Iereneo, Lusia Wieckowicz and Litia Ioana; and brothers Sonny, Tuigeto and Lefiu Iereneo.

Service: 6 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Thursday and from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at the mortuary. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.

Aloha attire.

Rose T. Romuar of Kaumakani, Kauai, died Wednesday in Queen's Hospital.

Romuar, 72, was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Rosendo T.; daughters Irene Dias, Laureta D. Alapai, Shirley Ann D. Nielson, Marie A.D. Lopez and Lisa Romuar; sons Thomas Dias Jr. and Scott Romuar; sisters Carmela Milsohn, Mary Lopez and Louise Marchan; brothers John and Ernest Torres, and Manuel Banglos; 18 grandchildren; and 42 great-grandchildren.

Service: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Garden Island Mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Lihue Public Cemetery. Casual attire.

Susumu Sakamoto of Honolulu, a retired Hawaiian Pineapple Co. cashier, died last Tuesday in Leahi Hospital.

Sakamoto, 89, was born in Honuapo, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Matsue; sons Gordon S., Stephen T., Melvin K. and Alan T.; daughter Karen K. Maeda; brothers Douglas S. and Sueo; sisters Dorothy T. Kashiwahara, Clara S. Ishikawa and Irene U. Nakamura; and six grandchildren.

Memorial service: 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary.

Casual attire. No flowers.

Paul T. Sakimoto of Honolulu, retired owner and pharmacist for Kalihi Pharmacy, died May 13 at home.

Sakimoto, 69, was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Paul Y.; daughter June T. Yasuhara; brothers Yuzuru and Richard T.; sisters Hilda Ohta, Beatrice Kuriki and Mae Sur; and a grandchild.

Memorial service: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary.

Casual attire.

George E. Sato of Honolulu, a retired U.S. Army supply clerk, died May 12 in Queen's Hospital.

Sato, 77, was born in Lahaina. He is survived by wife Agnes K.; son Alvin H.; and three grandchildren.

Private services.

William M. Schultz of Kailua, a brewer for Anheuser-Busch Co. in St. Louis, died Wednesday in St. Francis Hospital.

Schultz, 83, born in Missouri, is survived by wife Helen L.; daughters Sandra E. Pao and Donna M. Schultz; and two grandchildren.

Service: 11:30 a.m. Thursday at St. John Vianney Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Aloha attire. No flowers.

Michael K.Y. Sue of Honolulu, a refrigeration mechanic, died Thursday at Honolulu Airport.

Sue, 73, a U.S. Army veteran, was born in Heeia. He is survived by sons Patrick M. and Michael K.Y. Jr.; brother Roy K.C.; and sisters Arlene Auyong, Lucille Crane, Diane Wong and Irma K.C. Sue.

Service: 9:30 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Henry K. "King" Suzuki of Kahuku, a retired Kahuku Sugar Plantation carpenter supervisor, died Saturday in Queen's Hospital.

Suzuki, 86, was born in Waialua. He is survived by wife Stella S.; sons Gerald, Norman, Edwin and Ken; daughters Beatrice Nakashima, Elaine Won, Louise Sells and Dorene Payton; brother Buster; 22 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.

Service: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Burial: 9 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Richard G. Tabulog of Waianae, an electronics mechanic for Fort Shafter, Communications/Electronics Repair Branch, died Thursday at home.

Tabulog, 41, a U.S. Air Force veteran, was born in Waipahu. He is survived by parents Juan and Romana; brother Juan Jr; and sisters Esther Adams and Erlinda Watson.

Service: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.

Antone M. Texeira of Honolulu, a Honolulu Gas Co. retiree, died Thursday in Queen's Hospital.

Texeira, 80, was born in Makaweli, Kauai. He is survived by wife Lillian Y.; sons Ronald and James; daughter Marie Riede; brothers Paul and Frank; sisters Rose Medeiros, Mary Pedro, Nora Gonsalves and Catherine Peiler; and 10 grandchildren.

Service: 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m. Burial: 9:45 a.m. Thursday at Diamond Head Memorial Park.

Casual attire. No flowers.

Mariano A.B. "Nano" Tomamao of Honokaa, Hawaii, a retiree of the former Paauhau Sugar Co., died Thursday in Honokaa Hospital.

Tomamao, 87, was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Cleofe.

Graveside service: 10 a.m. Thursday at Alae Cemetery.

George K. Uwekoolani, also known as George K. Lum Ho, of Pearl City died Sunday in the Pearl City Nursing Home.

Uwekoolani, 91, was born in Paia, Maui. He is survived by sons George K. Jr., Harry K. and Curtis H.; daughters Mildred Finch, Leona Guillermo, Jeannette Speelman and Geraldine Uwekoolani; 12 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren.

Services: 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary, call after 6 p.m.; and noon Friday at Borthwick/Norman's on Maui, call after 10 a.m. Burial: Maui Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Stephanie M. Wright, daughter of Emi and Mai Wright of Waipahu, a student at Honowai Elementary School, died last Tuesday in Kapiolani Hospital.

Wright, 9, was born in Hayward, Calif. She is also survived by brothers Christopher, Greg, Pita and Piva; sisters Aneserita and Emily; and grandmother Pouvi Peleti.

Wake: 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Church, 94-675 Farrington Highway. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Friday at the church. Call after 9:30 am. Entombment: Sunset Memorial Park.

Casual attire.




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