James A. Rath Jr., mentor to many young athletes at Palama Settlement during the 1930s, died May 8 in Little Rock, Ark. He was 90.
Palama Settlement is one of the few settlement houses left in the country offering education, recreation, counseling, music and arts training and job preparation.
The son of Palama Settlement founders James Arthur and Ragna Rath, Rath was raised in the settlement, attended Springfield College in Massachusetts and returned to Honolulu to become athletic director and coach at Palama Settlement.
"He was really great at what he did," recalled younger brother Robert Rath. "He was very dedicated to Palama Settlement."
Robert Rath, 10 years his brother's junior, swam and dove under Rath's tutelage and became an interscholastic champion.
Rath also started soccer teams at the settlement, created an annual circus and developed a successful Junior Olympic squad along with famed Honolulu sportswriter Ezra Crane that dominated competition on a national level.
After serving in the military during World War II, Rath moved to Little Rock, where he organized and operated a junior golf program for many years.
"He couldn't keep his hands off organizing and helping," said Robert Rath.
He is survived by a son, Arthur Rath; stepdaughter Jeanette Templeton; sister Margaret Shaw; and brother Robert Rath Sr.
His ashes will be interred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.
Patrick A.I. Akeo of Kailua-Kona died Sunday in Castle Hospital.
Akeo, 52, was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Gail A.M.; sons Patrick A.I. Jr., Daniel P.K., Maui B.A.O. and Maunakea R.; daughter Barbaralynn A. Souki; brothers Raymond, Joe, Douglas and Matthew; sisters Yvonne, Ilona, Kathleen and Sharleen; parents Daniel and Eleanor; and nine grandchildren.
Service: 11 a.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m.
Casual attire. No flowers.
Louis M. Akuna is also survived by hanai son William "Horace" Farr; and hanai daughter Charlene Chiquita.
Additional information for an obituary published yesterday was provided by the mortuary.
Juan G. "Johnny" Alayay of Waipahu died May 20 in St. Francis-West Hospital.
Alayay, 86, was born in Candon, Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. He is survived by daughters Frances Schlitzkus, JoAnn Alayay, Roberta Powers, Eleanor Carvalho and Johnette Akana; sister Maria Caranay; brother Eugenio; and seven grandchildren.
Service: 11 a.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Sunset Memorial Park.
Alice Beckley of Kailua, a Hawaii Newspaper Agency circulation employee, died Friday in Castle Hospital.
Beckley, 87, was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Carden "Alex"; daughter Dian B. Freitas; brother Clarence Medeiros; sister Virginia "Patty" Coleman; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Mass: 7 p.m. Friday at St. Anthony's Catholic Church. Call after 6:30 p.m. Graveside
service: 9 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. No flowers.
Pong Nam Bell of Honolulu, a former Watanabe Florist employee, died May 20 in Honolulu.
Bell, 67, was born in Pusan, Korea. She is survived by husband George.
Service: 9:30 a.m. tomorrow at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.
Teresa B. Bermundo of Mililani died May 12 in Wahiawa General Hospital.
Bermundo, 68, was born in Santiago, Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. She is survived by husband Resurreccion "Cion"; children Rex, Myrna and Maria T. Bermundo, and Connie Higaki; siblings Ernesto Barba, Leonida Bermundo, Natividad Cuaresma, Virgilio, Prudencio and Romeo Barba, Cresencia Echalar, Felisitacion Velasco and Nena Laroza; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel, call after 6 p.m.; and 10 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary, call after 9 a.m. Burial: Oahu Cemetery.
Casual attire.
Mervelee L.S. Bohol of Kailua, Hawaii, a front desk clerk for Uncle Billy's and a switchboard operator for Hotel King Kamehameha, died Friday in St. Francis Hospital.
Bohol, 38, born in Hilo, is survived by husband James; daughters Ryenne K. and Keala White, and Joy and Jachobe Bohol; parents Rudy and Mabel Silva; and brothers Rudy Jr. and Dwayne K. Silva.
Memorial services: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Kona Lagoon Longhouse in Keauhou, Hawaii, call after 6 p.m.; and 7 p.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary, call after 6 p.m. Private scattering of ashes. No flowers.
Eustaquio L. "Taquio" Cabacungan of Pearl City, a retired Pearl Harbor Shipyard pipefitter, died last Wednesday in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi.
Cabacungan, 82, was born in Pinili, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by a fiancee; and several hanai children and grandchildren.
Service: noon tomorrow at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park.
Virgilio P. Cabradilla of Waipahu died May 18 in Straub Hospital.
Cabradilla, 41, was born in the Philippines. He is survived by parents Dominador and Filomena; brothers Larry, Benjamin, Marlo and Domindador Jr.; and sisters Dolores Aquino and Daisy Ganir.
Services: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary, call after 6 p.m.; and 8:45 a.m. Saturday at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, call after 8 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Octaviano Cardenas Jr. of Ewa Beach, owner and operator of Orchard Farms Cleaners, died Friday in Ewa Beach.
Cardenas, 82, is survived by wife Aiko; sons John, Adam and Octaviano Jr.; daughters Juanita Afshari, Judy, Lily, Gloria, Maria and Lupita; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Service: 3 p.m. Friday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.
Anna A. Carlone of Honolulu died Monday in Kaiser Hospital.
Carlone, 88, was born in Chicago. She is survived by daughter Matilda; and son Louis A.
Memorial service: 9 a.m. Friday at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. Casual attire. No flowers.
Clara N. Costales of Waipahu died May 18 in St. Francis Hospice.
Costales, 92, was born in Magsingal, Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. She is survived by children Pacita S. Ramirez, Dominga Rostrata, Connie Leonores, John, Rudy and Roy Costales, Josephine Derryberry, Felis Aragon and Esther Tagupa; brother Leon Nunes; sister Guillerma Ochinang; 33 grandchildren; and 40 great-grandchildren.
Rosary: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Friday at St. John Apostle and Evangelist Church, 95-370 Kuahelani Ave. Call after 8:45 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park.
Casual attire.
Quon Ming Dang of Honolulu, a retired manager for Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Electrical Department, died last Wednesday at home.
Dang, 75, was born in Waimea, Kauai. He is survived by wife Vivian S.L.; sons Gordon, Vernon, Warren, Winston and Nelson; sister Dora Wong; and eight grandchildren.
Service: 9:30 a.m. Friday at St. Peter Episcopal Church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.
Aloha attire. No flowers.
Aquilino R. Dela Rosa of Waipahu died May 16 in Winnipeg, Canada.
Dela Rosa, 80, was born in Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Justina L.; son Aquilino "Kelly" Jr.; daughter Caroline Nascimento; and four grandchildren.
Wake: 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at Oahu Cemetery. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park.
Bonifacio Esteban of Lanai City, a retired Dole Co. truck driver, died Saturday at home.
Esteban, 86, was born in Tarlac, the Philippines. He is survived by sons Bonifacio Jr. and Joseph; daughters Rosa L. and Tanya L. Esteban, and Sonia E. Parinas; brother Teodoro; and 14 grandchildren.
Service: 10 a.m. tomorrow at the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union Hall in Lanai City. Call from noon to 8 p.m. today at the ILWU Hall.
John C. Ferreira of Wailuku died Thursday in Hale Makua.
Ferreira, 83, was born in Hamakuapoko, Maui. He is survived by wife Lucy; daughters Catherine and Marion Lopes, and Lorraine Perreira; son Paul; 17 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren.
Mass: 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Anthony's Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Maui Memorial Park.
Casual/aloha attire.
Hannah M. Hapakuka of Lahaina died Sunday in Hale Makua.
Hapakuka, 96, was born in Waimea, Hawaii. She is survived by son Solomon Mahuna; hanai daughter Matilda Naauao; 13 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; and 39 great-great-grandchildren.
Service: 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary-Norman's. Call after 5:30 p.m. Cremation to follow. Inurnment: 9 a.m. Friday at Maui Memorial Park.
Ruth R. Hurst of Honolulu, a retired Hickam Air Force Base executive secretary, died April 3 at home.
Hurst, 83, was born in California. She is survived by brother Irving H. Rosedale; and sister Alva Koopmann.
Memorial service: 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at the National Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. No flowers.
Donations suggested to charity.
Esther A. "Aipa" Kaili of Puko'o, Molokai, a retired Pearl Harbor steam presser, died Thursday in St. Francis Hospice.
Kaili, 88, was born in Puko'o. She is survived by sons Joseph Kaiponohea Jr., Clarence Kamohai, Melvin Namakaehukai, Edward Ah See and Kenneth Kaula; daughters Elsie K. Kalawe, Eleanor K. Kahawai, Dorothy L. Kauo, Marian A. Dudoit and Martha L. Kaili; sister Rebecca Kim; brother William A. Aipa; 51 grandchildren; 96 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.
Services: 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary, call after 6 p.m.; and 10 a.m. Friday at the mortuary, call after 8 a.m. Burial: Sunset Memorial Park.
Solomon S.W.K. Kau of Kaneohe, a GTE employee, died Thursday in Queen's Hospital.
Kau, 58, was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Dagmar L.; sons Bryan K. and Kevin P.; parents Solomon F.K. and Irene L.F.; brother Steven J.W.; and a grandchild.
Service: 6:30 p.m. today at St. Peter Episcopal Church. Call after 5:30 p.m.
Aloha attire. No flowers.
Rebecca Kim of Honolulu died last Wednesday in St. Francis Hospice.
Kim, 76, born in Lihue, is survived by husband Robert Y.H.
Service: 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire. No flowers.
Joseph S. H. Lee of Lanai City died last Wednesday in St. Francis-West Hospital.
Lee, 89, was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Everett Y.H., Leonard Y.S., Lowell Y.K. and Joseph Y.Y.; daughter Jocelyn H. Celcer; seven grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Service: 1 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 11 a.m. Burial to follow.
Casual attire.
Jeven K. Lucas of Honolulu died Thursday in Kapiolani Hospital.
Lucas was born in Honolulu. He is survived by parents Edwin and Jamie; sister Jaylen; grandparents Bernard and Edwina Lucas, and Narciso and Bobbilynn Eugenio; great-grandparents George and Winifred Yamashita, Felisa Lucas, Edward Naeole Jr. and Obdulia Eugenio; and great-great-grandfather Francis Anderson.
Graveside service: 11 a.m. tomorrow at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Dora C. Nakamura of Honolulu, a registered nurse for Kuakini Medical Center, died May 19 at home.
Nakamura, 54, was born in Hilo. She is survived by husband Roy S.; daughter Kelly C.; brothers Roy T. and Gary M. Yamachika; and sister Irene H. Reyla.
Memorial service: 6 p.m. tomorrow at Hosoi Garden Mortuary.
Casual attire. No flowers.
Misano Okudara of Aiea, a retired office clerk, died May 20 at home.
Okudara, 79, was born in Hilo. She is survived by son Robert N. "Bob" Iwami; daughters Marilyn S. Geiszler and Grace Worthing; brothers Melvin and Shoichi Muramoto; sister Akio Siu; and four grandchildren.
Private services.
Visitacion U. Paguirigan of Aiea died March 18.
Paguirigan, 80, was born in San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. She is survived by daughters Benita Paguirigan, Estrella Ramos, Suzanna Ocol, Felicitas Dona and Ligaya Pineda; sons Emil and Frankie; 21 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Service: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Overnight vigil to follow at family's home. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Elizabeth Church, 99-312 Moanalua Road in Aiea. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples.
Moses K. "Moke" Paio of Kailua-Kona, a construction mason for Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co. and a commercial fisherman, died Monday in Kona Community Hospital.
Paio, 56, was born in Hana, Maui. He is survived by wife Mary L.; sons Moses Jr., Matthew and Marcswayne; daughters Marilei, Melody and Melveen; father Solomon; brothers Solomon Jr., Russell and Melvin; sisters Mona A. Johnson, Pauline Gouveia, Lucille Kahula and Caroline Hoopii; hanai son Tovaega P. Uulopa; and 14 grandchildren.
Wake: 7 p.m. Friday at Door of Faith Church in Holualoa, Hawaii. Call after 6:30 p.m. Service: 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Kona Memorial Park.
Casual attire. No flowers.
Polegario A. Raquedanof Pearl City died last Wednesday in St. Francis-West Hospital.
Raquedan, 84, born in Balaoan, La Union, the Philippines, is survived by wife Crescencia R. "Cres"; children Carty and Erwin; brother Maximino; sister Maria Directo; and two grandchildren.
Service: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 1525 Waimano Home Road. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples.
Casual attire.
Edmund R. Shimizu was remembered in services.
Incorrect information published Thursday was provided by the mortuary.
Marie E. Soon of Kaneohe, a retired Tripler Army Medical Center nursing assistant, died Friday in Kaneohe.
Soon, 87, was born in Tennessee. She is survived by daughter Vernadetta Dickson; son Robert L.; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.
Service: 1:15 p.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Casual attire.
Richard Subiono of Honolulu died Thursday in the Aloha Health Care Center.
Subiono, 64, was born in Puhi, Kauai. He is survived by daughters Sheryl Miyatake and Susan Yamashiro; sons Brian, Steven and Mark; brothers Hilario Jr. and Edward; sister Betsy Takemoto; and four grandchildren.
Memorial service: 11:30 a.m. Friday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.
Aloha attire.
Francis P. "Patrick" Sylva Jr. of Kula, Maui, a personal growth counselor for Arica, died Sunday at home.
Sylva, 53, was born in Honolulu. He is survived by mother Mary Willey; brothers David A. and Richard B.; and sisters Judy S. Anderson and Martha S. Ellman.
Memorial service over his ashes: 3 p.m. Sunday at the family home.
Matsuo Tamanaha of Honolulu, a retired carpenter, died May 19 in Kaiser Hospital.
Tamanaha, 81, was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Yoshiko; sons Thomas S., Stanley A. and David H.; daughters Jean M. Moriyama and Doris Y. Tamanaha; and 12 grandchildren.
Private services.
Joe I. Tanaka of Kaneohe, a retired construction foreman and retired owner of Windward Market, died Friday in Castle Hospital.
Tanaka, 69, was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Josephine L.Y.; sons Carlton, Gerald and Alvin; daughter Deborah Miller, Audrey Dierdorff and Louise Aki; brother David; sisters Myra Tanaka and Lorretta Smith; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Service: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Burial: 9 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Jose V. Tantog, also named King of Hasu, of Haleiwa, owner of Haleiwa Lotus Inc., died May 11 in Wahiawa General Hospital.
Tantog, 90, was born in Perrelos, Carcar, Cebu, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Matilde Q.; sons Ramon and Carlos; daughters Sally Amantiad, Rose Olayon, Josephine Paracuelles, Bernalda Suan, Rosalia Dixon and Darlene Arnold; 34 grandchildren; 69 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
Rosary: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Michael's Church, 67-390 Goodale Ave. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park.
Casual attire.
Robert L. Thomas of Hilo, a retired personnel administrator for Hughes Aircraft, died May 20 in Hilo Hospital.
Thomas, 77, was born in Evansville, Ind. He is survived by wife Helen; daughters Bobbie Boone, Jenell McKinney, Linda Anderson and Victoria Edge; mother Emma Bailey; sisters Dorothy Frick and Martha Baker; 12 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
No services.
Henry T. "Tish" Toguchi of Pearl City, a Foremost retiree, died May 20 at home.
Toguchi, 61, was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Violet K.; sons Jerry K. Apana and Henry O.K. Toguchi; mother Kame Toguchi; brothers Kiyoshi and Hiroshi; sisters Lillian Arakaki and Kimie Sugitaya; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Service: 5 p.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Memorial Park Mortuary. Cremation to follow. Inurnment to be held later.
Casual attire. No flowers.
Florence F.K.T. Tyau of Honolulu died Friday in Castle Hospital.
Tyau, 89, was born in Kula, Maui. She is survived by son Norman Y.; sisters Beatrice Kam and Prudence Ching; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Service: 10 a.m. Friday at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples.
Casual attire. No flowers.
Daniel S. Ukishima of Kaneohe died Monday in Castle Hospital.
Ukishima, 51, was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Joan; son Matt; daughter Allyson; moth er Eleanor; and sister Arlene Sullivan.
Memorial service: 6 p.m. Monday at Nuuanu Memorial Park Mortuary.
Casual attire. No flowers.
Ignacio U. Unciano of Waipahu died May 14 in Queen's Hospital.
Unciano, 83, was born in Magsingal, Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Dominga L.; sons Herbert, Richard, Edward, Anthony and Benjamin; daughters Floretta Galera, Carmen Batumbacal, Shirley Meszaro, Debra J. Unciano and Shiselda Walter; sisters Clementia Ublias, and Antonia and Honoria Unciano; 18 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Service: 7 p.m. today at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. tomorrow at St. Joseph Church, 94-675 Farrington Highway. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park.
Casual attire.
Vavao F. Uso of Kapolei, a retired Fort Shafter plumber, died May 20 in Kaiser Hospital.
Uso, 60, was born in American Samoa. He is survived by wife Faiga; son Vavao F. Jr.; daughters Danna F. Kula, and Josephine and Debbie E. Uso; five brothers; four sisters; and two grandchildren.
Service: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Vai Ole Ola Congregational Church, 38 Kaneohe Bay Drive. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park.
Toshio "Dixon" Yamashita of Mililani, formerly of Kam IV Road, a retired Lewers & Cooke shipping clerk, died Thursday in Kuakini Hospital.
Yamashita, 83, a U.S. Army veteran who served with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II, was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Owari; daughter Karen T.; and sister Sumiko Tsuchiya.
Memorial service: 1 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary.
Casual attire. No flowers.
Clifford N. Yanagihara of Aiea, a retired Hawaii Air Guard technical sergeant, died May 21 in St. Francis Hospital.
Yanagihara, 65, was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Marion H.; sons Ricky I. and Clifton N.; daughters JoAnn A. Yanagihara-Ah Quin and Lynn S. Ruth; sisters Ayako "Genevieve" Takamiyashiro, Evelyn T. Morioka, Nancy Y. Tom and Jean K. Sagario; and seven grandchildren.
Memorial service over his ashes: 8 p.m. tomorrow at Hosoi Garden Mortuary.
Casual attire. No flowers.
Andrew H. Young of Honolulu died Friday in Queen's Hospital.
Young, 41, was born in Honolulu. He is survived by companion John Beahan; father Herbert A.; brother Vernon; and sister Lauren Koochi.
Wake: 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Friday at St. Patrick Church, 1124 7th Ave. Inurnment: Diamond Head Memorial Park.
Aloha attire. No flowers.