Obituaries
Wednesday, August 14, 1996



Jeff Alexson, 51, of Kona, Hawaii, died Friday in Kona Community Hospital. He is survived by wife Anita K. Anderson; mother Gertrude; and sisters Gay Greene and Judy Angert. Private services. Donations suggested to Berkeley Society for the Preservation of Traditional Music, 1111 Addison St., Berkeley, Calif. 94702.

Ralph "Toto" Barientos, 65, of Honolulu died last Wednesday in Leahi Hospital. He is survived by brother Felix and sister Jennifer L. Viernes. Service: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow. No flowers.

Matilda Belles, 82, of Kahului died Friday in Hale Makua. She is survived by sons Manuel, John, Marcus and Moses; daughters Mary Burgo and Lupe Null; 15 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Service over her ashes: 10:15 a.m. Tuesday at Borthwick Mortuary-Norman's. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: Valley Isle Memorial Park.

Glenetta Bennette, 51, of Hilo, a real estate broker for Century 21, died Friday at home. She is survived by sister Dellora Gauger; sons Mark and Sean; and two grandchildren. Gathering 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Fiasco's Restaurant. Casual attire. No flowers.

Hermenigildo D. Bueno, 56, of Ewa, a retired Oahu Sugar Co. truck driver, died July 20 in Dingras, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Carmelita V.; son Herman; daughters Yolanda Dayanan and Janet Bueno; mother Remedios; brothers Andres and Alfredo; sister Violeta Pedro; and a granddaughter. Mass: 7 p.m. Friday at Immaculate Conception Church, 91-1298 Renton Road. Call after 6 p.m. Service: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow.

Bibiana P. Cabana, 66, of Wahiawa died Aug. 1 in St. Francis Hospital. She is survived by husband Dalmacio S.; children Gilbert, Petronila "Patty" and Stella Cabana, and Valentin and Ruben Pulido; brother Marcos Pulido; and sister Dominga Paet. Service: 7 p.m. Friday at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 1403 California Ave. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial to follow. Casual attire.

Laysha A.K. Charles, infant daughter of Antonette M. "Tita" Charles, died Sunday in Hilo Hospital. She is also survived by grandparents Leroy and Porona Gomes; and great-grandparents Myra Rossetti and Moses Napihaa. Service: 11 a.m. Friday at Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home-Hilo. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Dorothy F. Chijimatsu, 82, of Honolulu died last Wednesday in Honolulu. She is survived by sons M. Ken and David S.; daughter Ruth M. Mikami; brothers Feichi, Kazuyoshi and Masato Kidani; 12 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Private services.

Joseph Deniz Jr., 46, of Kahului died Friday in Long Beach, Calif. He is survived by parents Joseph and Margaret; sister Theresa Montayor; and grandmother Benta Ferreira. Mass: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Maria Lanakila Church. Call after 6 p.m. Service: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary-Norman's. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Maui Memorial Park.

Ciriaco Fernando, 89, of Waialua died July 22 in Waialua. He is survived by wife Lucia M.; son Lucero "Lolly"; and two grandchildren. Mass: 7 p.m. Friday at St. Michael's Church, 67-390 Goodale Ave. Call after 6 p.m. Service: noon Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 10 am. Burial to follow. Casual attire.

Shizuyo Fujita, 89, of Pearl City died Aug. 6 in Hale Pulama Mau. She is survived by son Masaaki Ifuki; brothers Harold M., Bob T. and Joel Y.; sisters Aiko Shibuya and Jessie C. Okagawa; and a grandson. Private services.

Esther N. Heiking, 87, of Waipahu, a retired assistant librarian for Wisconsin, died Friday in Hale Pulama Mau. She is survived by sons Richard C. and Robert R.; brother Raymond Reed; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Private services.

Masako Hirata, 80, of Honolulu, a retired seamstress, died July 31 in St. Francis Hospice. She is survived by brother John S. Yoshigai; and a niece and several nephews. Private services.

Peter H. "Uncle Sonny" Kamanawa Jr., 68, of Kailua-Kona, a retired Keahole Airport armed security officer who also was a ranchhand at Puuwaawaa Ranch, died Sunday in Kona Community Hospital. He is survived by wife Leialoha; sons Clarkdan and Francis; daughters Channalee Kamanawa and Leinora Howell; brothers Herbert and Roosevelt; hanai sister Lydia Dela Cerna; hanai daughters Emmaline Hooper and Gwendolyn Nelson; and six grandchildren. Service: 10 a.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. tomorrow and after 8 a.m. Friday at the church. Burial: Kona Memorial Park.

Kenichi Kawaguchi, 93, of Las Vegas, formerly of Hawaii, a retired Farrington High School teacher, died Saturday in Las Vegas. Kawaguchi, recipient of the State Science Teacher of the Year Award in 1965, is survived by wife Yoshiko; daughter Kay Fukuyama; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Private services.

Ray C. Kiyuna, 80, of Honolulu, a retired Railway Express terminal agent, died Friday at home. He is survived by sons Gordon S., Reagan and Linn M.; daughter Maris E.; brother Paul C.; sisters Haruko Nakasone and Yoshiko Yoza; and three grandchildren. Memorial service: 10 a.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Yoshimasa Kuniyoshi, 76, of Wailuku, a retired seed cutting foreman for Wailuku Sugar Co., died Saturday in Maui Memorial Hospital. Kuniyoshi, a U.S. Army veteran who served during World War II, was a retired master sergeant for the Hawaii Army National Guard. He is survived by wife Sumiko; sons Edward, Elbert and Eric; daughters Eunice Collado, Elinor Takahashi, Kathleen Miyagawa and Eloise Kuniyoshi; brothers Yoshiaki and Johnny Kuniyoshi, and William Tamashiro; and eight grandchildren. Service over his ashes: 5 p.m. today at Iao Congregational Church. Inurnment: 10 a.m. tomorrow at Makawao Veteran Cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers.

Edward Lincoln, 72, of Honolulu, a retired Hawaiian Telephone Co. equipment installer, died Aug. 6 in St. Francis Hospital. He is survived by wife Lois H.; sons Gervin S. and Howard K.; brother James J. Jr.; sisters Florence Newmann, Ida Iona, Jane Jonolino, Elaine Luke, Dorothy Kauhane and Geraldine Salvador; and a grandchild. Private services.

Bernice M.H. Loo, 80, of Mountain View, Hawaii, died Sunday in Hilo Hospital. She is survived by son Daniel; daughter Judith Kawakami; brothers Francis and Rueben Chun; sisters Frances Tom and Leatrice Loo; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Private services.

Miriam P. McWayne, 69, of Honolulu, a singer for Hawaii Calls and a Kupuna at Kapalama Elementary School, died Saturday in Hilo. McWayne also taught ukulele at the adult education program at Farrington High School and performed with the Kodak Hula Show. She is survived by daughters Joanne Quindica and April Ahulau; sister Louise Woodward; 11 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Mass: 1:30 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 9:30 a.m. Inurnment: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.

Gladys M. Morikawa Okamura, 66, of Pearl City, a retired state special education resource teacher, died Friday in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. She is survived by husband Noboru Okamura; sons John S.T. and James M.; daughter Alison N. Tanaka; brothers Sadao and Toshio Morikawa; sisters Doris S. Shomura, Nobuko Beppu and Janet Hadama; and three grandchildren. Memorial service: 5 p.m. Sunday at Pearl City Community Church, 933 Lehua Ave. Casual attire. No flowers.

Hazel S. Morrow, 92, of Honolulu died July 31. She is survived by daughter Shirley Nordyke; four grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Services held. Donations suggested to the Meals on Wheels Program.

Eleanor D. "Dolly" Ringness, 55, of Waianae, a pantry worker for Kamehameha School's dining hall, died Sunday in St. Francis-West Hospital. She is survived by husband William A. "Bill"; sons Pedro U. Jr. and Alexander L. Ortiz; daughters Barbara J. Ortiz, Jo-Ann Gonzales and Mona-Lisa Kaai; brothers Rudolfo D., Edward D. and Catalino A. Lacad Jr.; sisters Rosaline Hammond, Estrella Blair and Charlene Lorenzo; and 10 grandchildren. Service: 6 p.m. Sunday at St. Mark's Church, 539 Kapahulu Ave. Call after 4 p.m. Burial: 10 a.m. Monday at Valley of the Temples. Reception to follow on the lanai. Aloha attire.

Howard F. Sanoria, 81, of Pahoa, Hawaii, a retired service station attendant for the former Yamaguchi Service Station in Pahoa, Hawaii, died Saturday in Hilo Hospital. He is survived by sons Fred, Robert, Richard, Ronald and Raymond Sanoria, and Roy Fujii; daughters Irene Bartolome and Marlene Sanoria; sister Evelyn Dismaya; hanai sister Rosita Palisbo; and 14 grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary, call after 6 p.m.; and 10 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary, call after 9 a.m. Cremation to follow. Private inurnment. No flowers.

Edmond A. Semon, 70, of Keaau, Hawaii, died July 30 in Hilo Hospital. He is survived by sons Michael and Patrick. Graveside service: 10 a.m. tomorrow at Hawaii Veteran Cemetery No. 2.

Robert K. "Sonny" Solomon, 71, of Halaula, Hawaii, a truck driver for Kohala Plantation and Kohala Nursery, died Monday at home. Solomon, who also was a land overseer and historian for Chalon International, is survived by wife Marie J.; son Charles Wakita; daughter Patty Ann; brother Joseph Ah Sam; sisters Maggie Perreira, Emma Ulmer, Amoe Chang, Theodora Hee and Beatrice Mersberg; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Memorial service: 10 a.m. Thursday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Honomakau Ward. Call after 8 a.m. Scattering of ashes to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.

Fusano Tsuruoka, 99, of Honolulu died Sunday in the Convalescent Center of Honolulu. She is survived by son Thomas S.; daughters Doris F. Jinbo-Katsura and Betty S. Arakaki; nine grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Memorial service: 4 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Mary Ellen K. Ulii, 56, of Hauula, a state parent community networking coordinator facilitator at Hauula Elementary School, died Aug. 2 in Castle Hospital. She is survived by husband Joseph K.; sons John K., Terrance, Troy and Joseph "Chuckie"; daughters Jody M. Suyat, Paula U. Wallace, Lavilynn Hookano-Andrews and Shantee Kalulu; mother Lucy Pacheco; sisters Joyce Pacheco-Okinaka and Shirley Medeiros; brothers Sandy and Gerald Pacheco, Alexander Raymond and Earl Halemanu; and 17 grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary, call after 6 p.m.; and 10 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary, call after 8:30 a.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire.

Marcelo P. Vea, 82, of Waipahu died July 31 in St. Francis-West Hospital. He is survived by wife Prisca D.; son Regino V. "Kenny" Acob-Vea; daughters Anita V. Acoba, Nora Rumbaoa, Vicki J.L. Senador, and Aileen V. and Kristine M. Vea; brother Juanito Acosta; sisters Leonor Hernandez and Catalina Crisologo; 12 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Wake: 7 p.m. Friday at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 1525 Waimano Home Road. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: noon Saturday at the church. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial to follow. Casual attire.

Kikuno Yamane, 91, of Honolulu died last Wednesday in St. Francis Hospice. She is survived by daughters Doris C. Yamane and Alice S. Koura; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Private services.

Florence M. Yamashita, 81, of Honolulu died Aug. 5 in Kuakini Hospital. She is survived by sons Thomas T. and Roy R.; brothers Nobu, Richard and Raymond Miyamoto; and five grandchildren. Private services.




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