Obituaries
Tuesday, November 5, 1996


Carmen A. Andaya, 82, of Honolulu died Oct. 26 in St. Francis Hospital. She is survived by daughters Dulce "Dolly" Cabunoc, Rebecca "Honey Girl" Andaya-Dela Cruz, Lisa Andaya and Cheryl Morgan; sister Consuelo Albano; 11 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Wake: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Service: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples. No flowers.

Mildred H. "Kimi" Anderson, 69, of Niu Valley, died Friday in Kuakini Hospital. She is survived by sons Eric, Earl and John; brothers William, Richard and Kenneth Kimi; sister Matilda Naleimaile; and two grandchildren. Graveside service: 2 p.m. Friday at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Takeyoshi "Charles" Arizumi, 90, of Honolulu, a retired U.S. postal clerk, died Oct. 24 at home. He is survived by son Charles J.; daughter Carolyn Kajiki; brothers Robert T. and Paul H.; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Memorial service: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Shirley S. Bird will be remembered in a 10 a.m. Memorial Mass Saturday at Holy Trinity Church, 5919 Kalanianaole Highway. Additional information for an obituary published Oct. 21 was provided by the family.

Mabel "Teddy" Blackmore, 87, of Honolulu, formerly of California and Oregon, died Wednesday in the Aloha Health Care Center. She is survived by family and friends. Graveside service: 11 a.m. Thursday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.

Jack E. Brasher, 65, of Kailua, a fund-raiser for the National Federation of the Blind, died Wednesday in Castle Hospital. He is survived by wife Maria; son Mark; daughters Anne and Cathy; and mother Alma. Mass: 7 p.m. tomorrow at St. John Vianney Catholic Church (Enchanted Lake). Call after 6 p.m. No flowers.

Anthony J. "Tony" Cabral, 71, of Hilo, a retired Hawaii Army National Guard first sergeant and World War II veteran, died Wednesday in Hilo Hospital. Cabral also served with the 230th Engineer Combat Co., Combat Support Co., Company B, and the Second Battalion 299th Infantry. He is survived by son Alvin P.; daughter Joyce Wong; hanai brother Alex Kaopuiki; sister Violet Carvalho; and six grandchildren. Mass: 12:15 p.m. Thursday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire. No flowers.

Becky S. "Aunty Rose" Caires, 77, of Honolulu died Thursday in Queen's Hospital. She is survived by son Alfred; daughters Loretta McCabe and Linda Stone; 11 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. Mass: 12:15 p.m. Friday at St. Patrick's Church. Call after 11 a.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Placido C. Corpuz, 84, of Ewa Beach died Friday in St. Francis-West Hospital. He is survived by wife Fausta M.; daughter Pita Alcaraz; sons Reynold and Dominidor; sister Severa C. Elarde; 11 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Wake: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Church, 94-675 Farrington Highway. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Jose A. Domingo, 82, of Waipahu, a retired steel worker, died Oct. 25 in the Pearl City Nursing Home. He is survived by wife Felicidad P.; sons Robert and Larry; daughter Diane Domingo-Nakasone; and five grandchildren. Service: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9 a.m. Saturday at St. John the Baptist Church, 2324 Omilo Lane. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples.

Ernesto D. Enriquez, 57, of Pearl City, a Hawaiian Dredging & Construction employee, died Oct. 26 in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. He is survived by wife Margie; daughters Melinda Makahanaloa, Mona Schneider and Elsa Babila; parents Victoriano and Arsenia; brothers Roberto D., Arturo D. and Julian D.; sisters Milagros Dela Cruz, Leonor Estrella, Rosario Santos and Arceli Castillo; and five grandchildren. Rosary: 7 p.m. Thursday at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 1525 Waimano Home Road. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at the church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.

Apoga Filo, 73, of Ewa Beach, a meat cutter, died Oct. 16 at home. He is survived by sons Filimoni D. Ram, and Leiesilika and Togitufa Filo; daughters Taualupe Moetoto, Tuaotala Maui, Saveu Niko, Raynette Taii and Jessie Filo; brothers Loi Filo, Saolotoga Galeai and Kirisimasi Sitaitasi; sisters Taumaloto Sitaitasi, Usumaioumealelei Taito, Faafete Auelua, Filemu Tupuola and Gouvea A. Tupai; 35 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Wake: 4 p.m. Sunday at Pacific Islanders United Methodist Church, 2106 Palolo Ave. Call after 3 p.m. All-night vigil to follow. Service: 10 a.m. Monday at the church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Sunset Memorial Park.

California Hargrave is also survived by son Michael Honan. Additional information for an obituary published Saturday was provided by the mortuary.

James R. "Dickie" Ho, 56, of Pearl City, a heavy equipment operator, died Saturday in Queen's Hospital. He is survived by wife Aveline; sons Ritchie, Clyde and Dwight J.; mother Agnes; brothers Joseph and Michael; sisters Debbie Thornley and Joanna Lum; and a granddaughter. Service: 11:15 a.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Graveside services to follow at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.

Sheri Ann Ho, 27, of Honolulu died Saturday in Queen's Hospital. She is survived by mother Rebecca; father Garold S. Kashiwa; brother Richard G.K.M.; sister Teri Ann Nagata; grandparents Yet Kui and Elsie Ho, and Iso and Rachel Kashiwa; and great-grandmother Margaret P.M. Goo. Service: 10 a.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Dorothy M. Ikehara, 81, of Honolulu, a retired waitress, died Oct. 28 at home. She is survived by sons George H., Stone S. and John Y.; brother Tadanobu Higa; sisters Elsie Okuhara and Mildred Imamura; 10 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Private services.

Edmond T. "Papa" Kahawai, also known as Flannigan, 77, of Kaneohe, a retired Pearl Harbor Shipyard, Shop No. 72, rigger, died Sunday in Castle Hospital. He is survived by wife Marion M. "Granny"; son Allen K.; daughters Marion L. "Kaneikahekili" Purdy, Velma L. Namahoe and Gwendolyn K. Young; hanai daughter Linda Choy; brother Charles L.; sisters Rose and Geraldine Ah Sing, Violet Camara; 12 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Service: 11:15 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Graveside services to follow at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Iwaso "Joe" Kajikawa, 80, of Honolulu, a retired self-employed taxicab driver, died Oct. 27 in Leahi Hospital. He is survived by daughters Janice M. Kimura and Evelyn Rosas; brothers Yoshiyuki, Takemi and Allen; sisters Patsy Kurokawa and Itsumi Murakami; and four grandchildren. Private services.

Jane H. Kaya, 66, of Kaimuki, an executive secretary for McCabe, Hamilton & Renny Ltd., died Friday. She is survived by sons Randall Y. and Alan K.; daughter Karen Y. Snyder; mother Shizu "Helen" Saiki; brother Edwin Saiki; sister Dorothy Sato; and a grandson. Memorial service: 6 p.m. Thursday at Diamond Head Mortuary. No flowers.

Wai Yung Leung, 86, of Mililani died Sunday in Tripler Hospital. She is survived by husband Jackson; sons Tommy, Richard, Daniel, Frank and Jimmy; daughters Mabel and Grace Leung, Patsy Grant, Frances Goo and Lana Chan; sister Wai Jane Chan; 17 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Service: 2 p.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after noon. Cremation to follow. Casual attire.

Andrew A. Magallones, 73, of Waipahu died Saturday in Queen's Hospital. He is survived by wife Felicia L. "Rita"; son Patrick; daughters Claudia Lee, Andrea Edinger and Lori Cools; brothers Pedro, Jesus, Maximo and Ernesto; sisters Patrocinia Aguado, Patricia Nartatez, Lorena Manzanillo and Meropi Fontanilla; and eight grandchildren. Mass: 11:15 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Church. Call after 9:15 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.

Arthur I. Miller, 50, of Honolulu, a Honolulu police sergeant, will be remembered in services Thursday. Miller died Oct. 27 when he fell from a viaduct above Nimitz Highway. He is survived by mother Elaine Jackson; and sisters Melva E. Costa and Donya M. Duarte. Service: noon Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Inurnment: Oahu Cemetery. Casual attire.

Eito Morikawa, 76, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor Shipyard painter supervisor, died Oct. 24 in Kuakini Hospital. He is survived by wife Mary T.; brothers Hideo and Harumi; and sister Florence M. Higa. Private services.

Kumachie Morita, 104, of Pearl City, a Honolulu Poi Factory retiree, died Oct. 26 in the Hale Pulama Mau. She is survived by sons Tamotsu Iwamoto, and Masao and Thomas R. Morita; daughter Joyce T. Asato; 15 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. Private services.

Haruko "Betsy" Nagamine, 84, of Honolulu, a retired waitress, died Saturday in Straub Hospital. She is survived by husband Mack Y.; sons Donald H. and Herbert M.; daughters Shirley M. Hunt and Kay K. Zukeran; brother Shigeo Teruya; sisters Shigeko Sakihara, Dorothy Goshima and Rose Aragaki; and seven grandchildren. Memorial service: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Thelma F. Nakashima, 86, of Honolulu, a retired Department of Education high school teacher, died Oct. 23 in St. Francis Hospital. She is survived by nephews Kenneth T. and Dennis N. Aramaki; and niece Ethel H. Kubo. Private services.

Margaret K. Nakata, 66, of Waipahu died Oct. 28 at home. She is survived by sons Jason Q.Y. Wong, Gary G.K. and Reginald T. "Reggie" Nakata; daughters Paula J. Sheldon, Doreen M. Graham, Laura A. Bond and Diane K. Nakata; brother Oscar Ignacio; sisters Eleanor U. Duenas, Amy K. Keawe, Leinaala Simerson, Rachel P. Igarta and Evelyn P. Glorioso; and 14 grandchildren. Service: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.

Richard "Racho" Namuo, 59, of Honolulu, a Bekins Moving Co. warehouseman, died Oct. 26 at home. He is survived by brothers Isaac "Ike" and Alvin; and sisters Amber Smith, Nani Cababat, Celia Fernandez and Lisa Namuo. Service: 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Private inurnment. Casual attire.

Elizabeth N. "Aunty Pua" Napoleon, 52, of Hilo, a former disc jockey for KAHU Radio and Laupahoehoe Transportation Co. bus driver, died Saturday in Hilo Hospital. She is survived by stepmother Rose; sons Ronald "Pili" and George Kahee; daughter Sarah Ann Kahee; hanai daughter Jynell "Kehau" Veincent; brothers Charles Tirrell, George, Gibson and Gary Napoleon, Joseph K., Kevin K. and Cedric A. Kailikini, and Joseph, Gilbert and Robert "Tosh" Kealoha; sisters Georgette Rigg, Harriet Mamone, Ettalani and Josephine "Ala" Kailikini, Rose Viveiros and Delphine Kealoha; and 13 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. Burial: Alae Cemetery. Casual attire.

Frank S. Nihei, 64, of Pearl City, a deputy sheriff, died Oct. 24 in St. Francis Hospital. He is survived by wife Amy E.; sons Frank D. and Darren K.; daughters Marcelle M. Mau, Marliss E. Isobe, and Marlene S. and Kimberlee R. Nihei; mother Ethel Y.; and five grandchildren. Private services.

William "Bill" Oku, retired warden for the Halawa Correctional Facility who died Saturday in Castle Hospital, will be remembered in an 11 a.m. Mass Saturday at St. Ann's Catholic Church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Archer T. Osler, 81, of Honolulu, a retired board chairman for Nordic Construction Co. who also was a civil engineer and former president and general manager for Nordic Construction Co., died Thursday. Osler, a Master Mason, is survived by wife Betty Jo; stepdaughter Tina Van Houten; stepson Emmanuel Cato; sister Annie M. Rankin; brother Robert; and two grandchildren. Scottish Rite Masonic Service: 4 p.m. Friday at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, 1611 Kewalo St. Aloha attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to the Honolulu Scottish Rite Childhood Language Center, 1611 Kewalo St., Honolulu 96822.

Willella L. Rueb, 85, of Honolulu died Oct. 28 in the Hale Nani Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She is survived by son-in-law Jacob Fernandez; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Private services.

An Shih, 97, of Honolulu died Oct. 20 in Straub Hospital. he is survived by wife Lai Fu; sons Tzu Chen, Kirk T.C., Tzu Wen, Tzu Ken, Daniel T.B., Tzu Doon and Sainty T.C.; daughters Su Yun Yen, Su Fen Chen, Su Fang Lin, Su Hui "Joyce" Huang and Su Yu "Grace" Feng; 29 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. Service: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples. Aloha attire.

Benjamin D. Silva is also survived by brother John Panee. Incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday was provided by the mortuary.

Dr. Ralph T. Suetsugu is also survived by son Anthony, whose name was inadvertently omitted from yesterday's publication.

Tom T. Suzuki, 79, of Wailuku died Saturday in Maui Memorial Hospital. He is survived by wife Chizue; son Denis; sister Riyo Terauchi; and four grandchildren. Service over his ashes: noon Friday at Nakamura Mortuary. Casual attire.

Sergio A. "Sabino" Visitacion, 84, of Pahoa, Hawaii, a retired heavy equipment operator for the former Puna Sugar Co., died Oct. 20 at home. He is survived by wife Priscilla A.; son John A.; daughter Jocelyn Cruz; brother Mariano; and four grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at Pahoa Sacred Heart Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Pahoa Catholic Cemetery. Casual attire.

Marjorie L. White, 73, of Kailua died Thursday in Queen's Hospital. She is survived by husband David G.; sons Mark D. and Carl R.; brothers Francis, James and David Markley; and sisters Betty Meeks, Elaine Spencer and Marilyn McKim. Private services.

Donald I. Wise, 64, of Waimanalo died Oct. 3 at home. He is survived by son Daniel; daughters Donette, Donna and Dory; brothers Melvin and Bernard; and sisters Danielle and Lois. Private services.

Gabriel D.A.T. Young, 85, of Honolulu, a retired Honolulu Fire Department battalion chief, died Friday in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Violet; sons Gabriel Jr., Mervin, Jeffrey, Paul, Robert and Randy; brothers Clemens and Benedict; 13 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Service: 12:45 p.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.




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