Saturday, June 6, 1997

Dennis Dederer, 58, of Kailua died May 16 in Honolulu. Born in Illinois and former resident of California, he is survived by three daughters; a grandchild; a brother; and a sister. Private services. Donations suggested to American Cancer Society.

Kazuei T. DeKaye, 69, of Honolulu, a retired bank teller with First Hawaiian Bank, died May 27 in Kuakini Hospital. Born in Lahaina, she is survived by son Richard T.; brothers Jitsuo and Sadamu Tsubaki; sisters Jeanette K. Oshiro, Lynn A. Tanaka and Emiko Tsubaki; and three grandchildren. Private services.

Noah K. Dolera, infant son of Kristi and Lance Dolera of Kaneohe, died Sunday in Atsugi, Japan. Born in Honshu, Japan, he is also survived by sister Sophie K.; half sisters Jessica and Rachael Greenway; and grandparents Henry and Carol Dolera and Dorothy and Pete Flynn and Wallace Koryciak and Anita Simons. Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.

Choichi “Norman” Endo, 73, of Waipahu died last Saturday in Waipahu. Born in Puunene, Maui, he is survived by wife Mary T.; sons Glenn M., Garrett K. and

Clinton K.; daughters Avis L. Connolly and Candace A. Endo; brothers Tadatsugu “Wayne” and Masaru “Larry”; sisters Hatsuyo Matsuno, Chiyono “Mary” Endo and Eileen Bluett; and six grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Casual attire.

Nathaniel Felzer, 87, a Honolulu attorney, died Wednesday in Pohai Nani Nursing Home, Kaneohe. Born in Chicago, he is survived by wife Eve; daughters Maxine Ranicke and Pamela Buchanan; brother Leo; sister Lilian; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 10:30 a.m. Monday at Temple Emanu-el, 2550 Pali Highway. No flowers. Donations suggested to Hawaii Parkinson’s Association, 347 N. Kuakini St., HPM-9, Honolulu 96817.

Margaret A. Fujiwara, 81, of Waialua, a retired lab technician with Waialua Sugar Co., died May 23 at home. Born in Waialua, she is survived by brother Edward S.; and sister Alice A. Sandman. Private services.

Takao “X” Fujiwara, 92, of Wailuku died Thursday in Maui Memorial Hospital. Born in Lahaina, he is survived by wife Masayo; sons Robert and Richard; daughter Mildred Abe; 12 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Monday at Nakamura Mortuary.

Faustino M. Islaias, 69, of Honokaa, Hawaii, a retired cane truck driver for Hamakua Sugar Co., died Thursday in North Hawaii Community Hospital. Born in Kealakekua, Hawaii, he is survived by wife Lolita; son Arneil; brother Fortunato; and sisters Helen Lapenia and Mary Lopez. Memorial services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire. No flowers.

Delia K. Kahanu, 30, of Waimanalo died May 21 in Castle Hospital. Born

in Honolulu, she is survived by husband Henry R.; sons Aliiolani Delapena and Likeke Kahanu; daughter Melanie; parents Donald and Velma Delapena; brothers Donald, Dellard and Dolland Delapena; and sisters Donette Viernes and Darlynn McMillan. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. George Catholic Church, Waimanalo. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Masao Kawamura, 85, of Aiea died May 29 in Kuakini Hospital. Born in Waipahu, he is survived by wife Nancy S.C.; sons Glenn M. and Alvin Y.; brother Fumio; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 6:30 p.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Casual attire. No flowers.

Dorothy Ann Kennedy, 74, of Kailua-Kona, owner of Aloha Rental Service, died Wednesday in Kona Community Hospital. She also worked as meter maid for Palm Springs Police Department and as manager of McInerny store, Kailua-Kona. Born in Los Angeles, she is survived by husband Leo C.; sons Richard and Ronald Cota; sister Coleen McCloskey; stepdaughter Cheryl; and three grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Holualoa, Kona. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Kona Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Benjamin Koomoa, 64, of Waianae died Sunday in Straub Hospital. Born in Kohala, Hawaii, he is survived by wife Edith K.; sons Benjamin-Avery S. and Jon-Keith K.; daughters Darlene-Anette A. Nakashima and Dana-Lynn T. Koomoa; and a grandchild. Private services.

Mutsumi Kunimura, 85, of Kaumakani, Kauai, a retired mechanic with Olokele Sugar Plantation Co., died Sunday in Hale Omao Care Home. Born in Makaweli, Kauai, he is survived by daughter Diane; son Allen; and a grandchild. Private services.

Sixto C. Magno, 74, of Eleele, Kauai, a retired cook with Waiohai Hotel, died Tuesday in Kauai Veterans Hospital. Born in the Philippines, he is survived by wife Leonora; daughter Rose Marie Johnston; son Andrew Belleza; stepsons John and Jose; stepdaughter Maria C.; sister Trinidad Samonte; three stepgrandchildren; and a stepgreat-great-grandchild. Mass: 11 a.m. next Saturday at Holy Cross Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hanapepe Public Cemetery. Casual attire.

Sophie Mulligan, 72, of Honolulu died Thursday in Leeward Nursing Home. Born in Honolulu, she is survived by daughter Ann Riggio; son John; brothers Walter, Clarence, Clyde and Donald Amaral; sister Margaret; and two grandchildren. Services on the mainland.

Carol May Rego, 53, of Waialua died May 30 in Wahiawa General Hospital. Born in Waialua, she is survived by parents Antone and Elsie; brother Herbert S.; and sister Bernice Davidson. Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary- Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Paul K. Roberts, 50, of Keauhou, Hawaii, a marketing representative for Bay Club Ownership Resort, died Monday in Kona Community Hospital. Born in Detroit, he is survived by mother Rena; and brother John L. Collard. Memorial services and scattering of ashes: Tuesday on board the boat Body Glove. Boarding: 5:15 p.m. at Kailua-Kona pier. Departure: 5:30 p.m. RSVP necessary: 326-7122. Casual attire. Loose flowers and leis welcome.

Sumner R. “Sonny” Shaw Jr., 67, of Aiea, a veteran of Korean War and retired mechanical engineer with Pearl Harbor Shipyard, died Tuesday at home. Born in Bronx,

N.Y., he is survived by wife Jean K.M.; son Robert K.; daughter Donna M. Asato; and two grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Henry M. Solomon, 69, of Honolulu, who died Feb. 24, will be remembered in a ceremony June 17. Scattering of ashes at sea: 5 p.m. June 17 at Waikiki Beach, in front of Outrigger Hotel.

Lillie Y. Takata, 66, of Pearl City, a retired stenographer clerk for state Public Utilities Commission, died Thursday in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. Born in Waipahu, she is survived by husband Satoshi; daughters Sharon Y. Nakayama and Colleen R. Kamihara; brother Saburo Takafuji; sisters Kikue Fujimoto and Gladys M. Takafuji; and four grandchildren. Memorial services: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Sally H. Takushi, 69, of Waipahu and formerly of Waialua, a retiree of Dole Pineapple Co., died Tuesday in Aiea. Born in Waialua, she is survived by husband Richard M.; daughter Marian A. Kozlovsky; son Thomas T.; sisters Petra and Eustaquia Lendio; brother Jesus Lendio; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Baishin Uehara, 100, of Honolulu, a retired baker for Taiyo Bakery, died May 31 in Crawford Convalescent Center. Born on Okinawa, he is survived by sons Sam H. and Robert T.; 15 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Private services.

Jack K.S. and Doris S.L. Zane, both 76, of Kaneohe will be remembered

in services Tuesday. They were killed in a head-on crash on Kamehameha Highway near Punaluu on May 24. Born in Honolulu, Jack Zane was a retired planner estimator at sub-base in Pearl Harbor. He is survived by sons Nathan and Walden; brothers Benjamin, Richard and Walter; sisters Evelyn Garcia, Pauline Zane and Alyce Gantt; and two grandchildren. Also born in Honolulu, Doris was a former dietician’s aide at Castle Medical Center. She is also survived by brothers Eddie and Albert Lum; and sisters Helen Huang and Margaret Ohara. Services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Burial: 9 a.m. Thursday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery.

Walter Zenger Jr., 77, of Kihei, Maui, a men’s clothing salesman, died Thursday in Maui Memorial Hospital. Born in Johnson City, N.Y., he is survived by wife Patricia; daughter Susan; and three grandchildren. Graveside services: 1 p.m. Monday at Makawao Veterans Cemetery.

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Monday, June 9, 1997

Remedio Vermudez Balgos,91, of Honolulu, a retired hotel maintenance worker, died Wednesday at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Monica, sister Juanita and sister-in-law Maria Acdan. Service: 3 p.m. Thursday at the chapel of Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 2 p.m. Casual attire.

Lionel Pala Kelii Sr.,74, of Nuuanu, a retired mechanic for Pan American World Airways, died Friday. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Carrie; sons Lionel and Reuben; brother Francis; sisters Elizabeth Tai Hook, Elizabeth Wahine Kahapea and Rose Loke Lopes, and six grandchildren. Service: 11 a.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 622 Judd Street. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday and 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Friday. Burial to follow at Hawaii Memorial Park.

Grace Kaulunai Oliveira,75, of Pahoa, a homemaker, died Tuesday at Life Care Center of Hilo. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons William Kapana, John D’Amore, and Jordan, George, Buddy, Wayne and Clarence Oliveira; daughter Vanda Kekahuna; sister Elina Kipola Bee, 21 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Service: 11 a.m.

Thursday at Kamakapili Church in Kalihi. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Greenhaven Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Haruno Yamamoto,87, of Lahaina, died Friday at Maui Memorial Hospital. She was born in Waimanalo. She is survived by daughters Karen Sachiko, Momoyo Tada, Yaeko Kawamura and Clare Kihara; brothers Kiyoto Doi and Raymond Doi; sister Evelyn Seki, seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Services were private.

Kikumatsu Yamane,92, of Waimanalo, retired proprietor of Kailua Nursery, died Thursday at his home. He was born in Japan. He is survived by daughter Margaret Baldauf; sister Katherine Maekawa; 12 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. Memorial service: 6 p.m. Friday at the chapel of Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.