Obituaries
Saturday, August 31 and Monday, September 2, 1996



Saturday, August 31, 1996

Leon P. Bareng will be remembered in a noon service Tuesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples. Incorrect information for an obituary published in yesterday's first edition was provided by the mortuary.

Anna M. Chambers, 72, of Honolulu and San Diego, died Aug. 1. She is survived by husband Frank S.; daughter Libby C. Harding; sons Scott and David; brothers Wilmer C. and Charles E. Morris; and six grandchildren. Memorial service: 10 a.m. next Saturday at Oahu Cemetery.

Darrell W.A.T. De Silva is also survived by wife Myra R.; and father Booker T. Wilson. Incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday was provided by the mortuary.

Marcelle Denays, 98, of Kahului died June 23 in Hale Makua. She is survived by sons Jean Oeyen and Simon Charbonnier. Mass over his ashes: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Maria Lanakila Church. Scattering of ashes to follow. Reception also to follow.

Georgi D. Georgiev, 64, of Mililani died Tuesday in Wahiawa General Hospital. He is survived by wife Ursula I.; son Dean M.; daughters

Tina S. Jordan and Karen G. McCarty; mother Stana D. Angelov; brother Dimir; and two grandchildren. Service: 11:15 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.

Fred K. Higuchi, 98, of Honolulu, a retired Wilson School custodian, died last Saturday in Kaiser Hospital. He is survived by sons Donald M. and David Y.; daughters Amy E. Morinaga and Lillian I. Okihiro; 13 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. Private services.

Fude Iwamura, also known as Fude Nakano, 105, of Honolulu, formerly of Wahiawa, died Sunday in Kaiser Hospital. She is survived by sons Joseph Y. and John Y. Nakano, Hiroshi Hoshida, and Yoshiharu Iwamura; daughters Jane Fultz and Mieko Miura; 11 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Private services.

Kyutaro Kon, 92, of Mililani, an Oahu Sugar Co. retiree, died Aug. 20 in the Beverly Manor Convalescent Center. He is survived by sons Charles H., Francis Y. and Richard M.; daughters Helen H. Wakui, Hazel K. Chigawa, Janet S. Tamura and Jane K. Kondo; brothers Hiroshi and Shohachi; 15 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Private services.

Dr. Ivan J. Larsen will be remembered in a 4 p.m. service Sept. 24 at Central Union Church. Casual attire. Incorrect information for an obituary published Thursday was provided by a friend.

Richard N. Nakamura, 74, of Palolo, a retired Hickam Air Force Base sheet metal worker, died Thursday in Kaiser Hospital. He is survived by wife Judy Y.; sons Glenn T., Milton N., Mark M. and Alan Y.; brothers Matsuzen, Larry and William; sister Yoshie Higa; eight grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter. Service: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Burial with military honors: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire. No flowers.

Annie Y.O. Oue, 88, of Kaneohe died Monday in St. Francis Hospital. She is survived by son Glenn T.; daughters Beryl L. Chong and Jacqueline A. Oba; sister Emily Fonseca; 14 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Service over her ashes: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Nora N.K. Pacheco, 65, of Hilo, a retired Waiakea Villas housekeeper, died Sunday in Hilo Hospital. She is survived by sons Harry Jr., Steven and Brian; daughter Claire Mays; brothers Roy, Kenneth, Clarence, Larry and Thomas Kiyosuka; sister Florence Henson; 13 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Wake: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home-Hilo. Call after 6 p.m. Service: 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Homelani Memorial Park Inc. Casual attire.

Harry Pali, 84, of Napili, Maui, died Sunday at home. He is survived by sons Harry Jr. and Howard; daughters Muelang Barrios, Yvonne Bates and Darlene Faaumu; sisters Carrie Pang and Rebecca Davis; 14 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Service: 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Lahaina Ward. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the church; and after 8:30 a.m. Thursday at the mortuary. Burial: Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Concordia L. Recamara, 81, of Kahului died Tuesday at home. She is survived by sons Joe, Jerry, Bryant, Glenn, Charles and Clifford; daughters Beatrice Rivera, Aileen Damaso, Evelyn Carino, Priscilla Ah Yen, Janice Fillazar and Deborah Medeiros; sisters Nora L. Tejero and Lillian L. Ulgaran; brothers Phil, Fred, Cris and Boning Lagapa; 40 grandchildren; 53 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Mass: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Christ the King Church. Call after 6 p.m. Service: 12:30 p.m. next Saturday at the church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Maui Memorial Park.

James T. Sakashita, 68, of Santa Clara, Calif., formerly of Kakaako, a Westinghouse retiree, died Aug. 8. She is survived by wife Etsuko; daughters Cheryl Justi, Sheila Sakashita, Michele Howard and Monica Imahara; brothers Fujio, Richard and Stanley; sisters Evelyn Haraki, Dorothy Kawasaki and Alice Shishido; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services held.

Bertha T. Seu, 56, of Mililani died Tuesday at home. She is survived by by husband Lawrence L.K.; sons Derek M. and Darren M.; daughter Loriann C.; mother Ethel Uchima; brother Bruce Takenaka; and a granddaughter. Memorial service: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Ashes to be scattered later. Casual attire. No flowers.

Kai A.B. Tolentino, 17, of Waipahu died Aug. 23 in Waipahu. He is survived by parents Bruce and Erlinda; brother Kui; grandparents John and Jane Tolentino, and Hilaria Benito; and great-grandfather Patricio Bejarin. Wake: 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, 712 N. School St. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the cathedral. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Rade Vanic, 75, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard shoemaker, died Aug. 23 in Kaiser Hospital. He is survived by wife Josephine; son Rade K.; daughters Renee Jenkins and LuAnne Jesse; brother Nikola; sisters Zorka Sormaz, Dusanka Pap, Bogdanka Vanic and Ljubica Dermanovic; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Service: 12:45 p.m. tomorrow at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Entombment to follow. Casual attire.

Gordon G. Yap, 85, of Honolulu, a retired restaurant owner, died Thursday in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Harvey and Ronald; daughter Leilani Y. Mayekawa; two brothers; two sisters; and five grandchildren. Private services. ue8 hag DEATHS ELSEWHERE nl,3

Wilbur E. Cox, who headed the A.W. Cox Department Store chain, died Thursday in Charleston, W.Va. He was 84. As president and son of the founder, Cox presided over the Charleston-based chain as it grew to 22 stores. His father, A.W. Cox, opened the first store in Clendenin in 1909. The greatest expansion of the chain occurred in the 1950s, when Cox bought Elkana Co. with six stores. The last acquisition was the old Coyle & Richardson Inc. store in Charleston in the 1970s. Cuts began after that and the last 14 Cox stores closed in 1984.

George A. Heinemann, an NBC television executive who created children's programs including "Ding Dong School" and "Shari Lewis and Lambchop," died Aug. 21 of a heart attack. He was 78. Heinemann joined NBC in Chicago in 1948 and developed "Ding Dong School" in 1952. In 1956 Heinemann came to New York as a program manager for WRCA-TV -- now known as WNBC-TV -- and was named station director for programs three months later. It was at WRCA that Heinemann created "Shari Lewis and Lambchop," and a daily program of advice on love, sex and marriage with Dr. Joyce Brothers. While at NBC, he developed "Word Wide 60," a documentary series and "Update," the first news program for teens, and "NBC Children's Theater." Heinemann's programs won seven Peabody Awards. In 1972, he received a special Peabody for his children and youth programming.

John Brinckerhoff Jackson, former editor-publisher of Landscape magazine, died Wednesday in Santa Fe, N.M. following a brief illness. He was 86. Jackson also taught a course in the history of American landscape at Harvard University and the University of California at Berkeley. One of his best-known books, "American Space," was published in 1972. From 1952 to 1970, he was editor and publisher of Landscape magazine.

Frank Kuenstler, a poet and filmmaker, died Aug. 11 in New York of esophageal cancer. He was 68. The poetry of Kuenstler, who lived in Manhattan, first appeared in the 1960s in "The Eventorium Muse," a quarterly journal. His books of poetry include "Lens," "Fugitives" and "Miscellany." In the late 1960s, Kuenstler made three movies, "Color Idioms," "Two plays by Serge Gavronsky," and "Our Magazine No. 1."

Ret. Adm. Jose Toribio Merino, a key figure in the bloody 1973 military coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet, died Friday in Santiago, Chile, of lymphatic can cer. He was 80. Merino was one of four commanders who toppled elected Marxist President Salvador Allende in 1973 and installed the military junta that ruled Chile for 16-1/2 years under Pinochet. Merino was reported to be the only member of the military top rank who was familiar enough with Pinochet to call him Augusto, instead of "My general," as the former dictator usually was called, even by his peers. The day before the Sept. 11 coup, Merino sent a message to Pinochet saying the navy would move against Allende immediately, with the army or without it. Pinochet, who had been appointed army commander by Allende 19 days earli er, agreed. The next day, the three services and the national police overthrew Allende, who committed suicide in his presidential palace as it burned under air and ground attack. Merino wasn't even the number one man in the navy, but had little trouble taking command, with the enthusiastic support of the officers and ranks.


Monday, September 2, 1996

Yoshio W. Fujimoto, of Aiea, 87, a retired Army veteran, died Friday at Hale Ho Aloha Nursing Home. He is survived by wife Akiko; son Aikyoshi; daughters Miyoko Murakawa, Toshie Fujimoto and Kiyomi Dixon; brother Saburo Fujimoto; and five grandchildren. Services: Viewing at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Burial: 10 a.m. Thursday in Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers.

Clement C. "Clem" Low Jr., of Hilo, 51, an auto parts salesman, died Aug. 24 in Hilo Hospital. He is survived by wife Lillian; son Clarence "Tuffy" Mitchell; stepsons Paul, Gary and Russell Pacheco; daughter Clerilene "Kelly" Mitchell; stepdaughter Earlene Diego; brother Clayton Low; mother Bertha Low, father Clement Sr.; and five grandchildren. Services: 12:15 p.m. Wednesday Mass at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Burial to follow in Homelani Memorial Park. Call after 6 p.m. tomorrow at Dodo Mortuary. Casual attire.

Shoichi "Speed" Morishita, of Hilo, 80, a retired account clerk for Hawaiian Electric Light Co., died Tuesday at his home. He is survived by wife Chieko; sons Derek and Robin; brothers Yasuyuki and Kakuji; sister Shizuko Terada and three grandchildren. Service: 5 p.m. tomorrow at the Honpa Hongwanji Hilo Betsuin Church. Call after 4 p.m. Cremation will follow the service. Casual attire. No flowers.




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