Mary Levine, conductor,
pianist, writer, teacher

By Star-Bulletin staff

Mary Levine, 73, of Seattle, a conductor, pianist, writer and teacher who worked in Honolulu theater, died Saturday at home.

During her career, she conducted more than 200 musicals around the country, including performances at Honolulu’s Diamond Head Theatre.

She served as music director and coordinator for Honolulu City Ballet and was public relations director for Honolulu Symphony and Hawaii Opera Theatre.

She also served as vocal coach for the Hawaii Opera Theatre.

She is survived by sons Stephen and David; brothers John and Mark Thomas; and a granddaughter.

Services on the mainland. Donations suggested to Mary Levine Music Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 99096, Seattle, Wash. 98199.

Kainoa J. “Kai” Akana Jr., 42, of Honolulu, died June 16 in Queen’s Hospital. Born in Honolulu, he is survived by wife Andrea K.; sons Cody N. Akana and Trey “Ikaika” Akana-Pulido; daughter Joanna K.; parents Kainoa “Skippy” and Frances; brothers Anthony “Akoni” and Francis; and grandmother Pilares Robello. Services: 3:30 p.m. Friday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 1:30 p.m. Inurnment: 10 a.m. Saturday in Oahu Cemetery. Casual attire.

Miriam C. Arquette-Baldomero, 74, of Honolulu, a retiree of Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, died Friday in Honolulu. Born in Honolulu, she is survived by sons Daniel, Anthony and Allison Baldomero and Dick Matsumoto; daughter Frances Jacobson; brothers Alvin, Earl, Erwin and Addison Arquette and Aina Victor; sisters Anna Smiga, Veronica Andrews, Lucy Albano and Frances Parker; 15 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at St. Ann’s Catholic Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Edith K. Auld, 59, of Kailua, founder of Hui O’ Kawahine, died Thursday in Castle Hospital. Born in Honolulu, she is survived by brothers James and Ronald; and sisters Elizabeth Amaral, Charlotte Rowe and Cecile L. Auld. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Waimanalo Ward. Call 9-11 a.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Conception A. Baldos, 94, of Ewa Beach died Wednesday in Wahiawa General Hospital. Born in Caocan, Laoag, the Philippines, she is survived by sons Jaime and Alfredo; daughters Orang Barroga, Laurella Martin, Alice Reiter and Susing Barroga; 25 grandchildren; and 29 great-grandchildren. Wake: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call 6-9 p.m. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at the mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Ethel Y.H. Ching, 85, of Honolulu died Saturday in Queen’s Hospital. Born in Honolulu, she is survived by sons Herbert and Wilbert; daughter Priscilla Chun; brothers Robert, Gilbert, Yuk Yin and Francis Chun; sister Janet Chang; seven grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Sunday6/29 at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Carmen J. Corpuz, 60, of Lihue, a dishwasher for Dairy Queen, died May 31 in Queen’s Hospital. Born in the Philippines, she is survived by husband Pedro; sons Robert, Armando, Edgar and Aladin; daughters Teresita Piza and Flordeliza Corpuz; brothers Domingo, Justo, Cipriano and Andres Jacinto; sisters Dolores and Marcelina Jacinto; and 12 grandchildren. Visitation: 6-9 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary, Koloa. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Lihue Public Cemetery. Casual or aloha attire.

Sister Carmen M. Cruz, 83, of Honolulu, an administrator and music and piano teacher at Sacred Heart Academy, died Saturday in Hale Nani Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She also taught piano at St. Anthony. Born in Guanajuato, Mexico, she is survived by sister Carmen Cruz de Flores and brothers Pablo C. and Felipe C. Barrera. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Malia O Ka Malu, corner of 4th and Harding avenues. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Toshie T. Ebina, 93, of Honolulu, a retired private housekeeper, died June 16 in Hale Pulama Mau. Born in Koloa, Kauai, she is survived by sons Daniel T. and William H.; daughters Hazel F. Sugai, Rachel I. Higashi, Nancy N. Nakano and Evelyn A. Morimoto; sisters Tsuneko Takahashi, Kimiko Imai, Yaeko Okini and Kinue Harada; 17 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 8 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Private inurnment. Casual attire. No flowers.

Matilda E. Faufata, 88, of Honolulu died Sunday in Queen’s Hospital. Born in Kalapana, Hawaii, she is survived by sons Levi M. Jr. and Ralph E.; daughters Elsie L. Miraflor and Rebecca N. Muraoka; 17 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

The Rev. George M. Fujita, 77, of Honolulu, a minister for Nuuanu Baptist Church and principal of Waialae Japanese School, died Friday in Maluhia Hospital. Born in Waipahu, he is survived by wife Helen T.; son James N.; three grandchildren; a great-grandchild; four brothers; and two sisters. Memorial services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Carnelian K. “Keno” Garcia, 58, of Honolulu died last Tuesday. Born in Honolulu, he is survived by husband Wesley; sons Warren Morton, Christopher Filo, Wesley Mark and Monty P. Garcia; daughters Lehua Kiyabu, Jessie Furtado, Bernice Garcia, Josephine Haraguchi and Edith Guerrero; brothers Elliot and Farrell DeMatta; sisters Abigail Scanlan, Puanani Ing, Donna Lii, Harriet Smith, Glenn Kawamura, Honey Lei Samer, Janice Chung and Helen DeMatta; and 15 grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Kawaiahao Church. Call 4-8 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Magdalina B. “Helen” Garcia, 79, of Honolulu died Thursday in St. Francis-West Hospital. Born in Olaa, Hawaii, she is survived by son Ronald “Ron” Biton; daughters Marilyn Crespo and Janet Mc Kinney; brothers Manuel “Manny,” Alfred, Eugene and Albert Lagrimas; sisters Julie Lopez, Betty Adona and Barbara Tabanera; nine grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren. Rosary: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call 6-9 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at Holy Family Church, 280 Main St., Honolulu. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Fermin Gasmen, 82, of Waimanalo, a retired dairyman for Foremost Dairies, died June 6 in St. Francis Hospital. Born in Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, the Philippines, he is survived by wife Engraciaz “Grace”; sons James and Joseph; daughters Jaynine Mertens and Joanna Gasmen; brothers Bienvenido “Bidong” and Maximino “Minong”; sister Maria G. Valdez; and seven grandchildren. Wake: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call 6-9 p.m. Services: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.

John L. Gonsalves, 84, of Honolulu, an auto mechanic at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Shop 02 and retired supply clerk, died June 13 in Kaiser Hospital. Born in Paia, Maui, he is survived by brother Moses L.; and sisters Mary G. Medeiros, Janie G. Gusman and Margaret L. Gonsalves. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Theresa’s Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Jane L.A.K. “Small Momi” Hinton, 60, of Honolulu died June 12 in Kailua. Born in Honolulu, she is survived by father James Aila; sons Paul Kupihea, Dominic Raymond and Bryan and Jay Lucrecio; daughters Charmaine Raymond and Ginger Makaniole; and 13 grandchildren. Services: 9 a.m. Saturday at Oahu Cemetery Chapel. Call 8 a.m. to noon. Aloha attire.

Joseph E. “Papa Joe” Hipsley, 91, of Honolulu, a retiree of Federal Aviation Administration and employee of Price Busters, Kaneohe, died June 11 in Kaiser Hospital. Born in Altoona, Pa., he is survived by hanai son Wayne W. Staunton; stepsons William W. and Louise L. Staunton; and stepdaughter Lorraine S. Awa. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Private inurnment. Casual attire. No flowers.

Abel K. Hokoana, 75, of Aiea, a retired plumber with Hi-Grade Plumbing, died June 16 in Sunrise Memorial Hospital, Las Vegas. He also worked as a machinist for Paia Sugar Mill and as a government civil engineer during World War II. Born in Paia, Maui, he is survived by wife Rose; children Laura, Abel Jr., Joanne, Rose II, Abel III, Robert and Martha-Ann; brothers Thomas and Jimmy; sister Rowena “Puanani”; and grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Edward S. Imamura, 83, of Hilo, a retired Hawaii County groundskeeper and veteran of U.S. Army 100th Battalion, died Sunday at home. Born in Kealakekua, Hawaii, he is survived by wife Tsuneko; sons Clifford and Clarence; daughters Jo Anne Lichty, Esther Imamura and Susan DeCleene; sisters Harumi Higashi, Harue Tominaga, Fukuyo Nagata and Momono Hayashida; and seven grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Burial: 10 a.m. Friday in Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire. No flowers.

Thomas A. Iveson, 56, of Kawela, Molokai died June 13 in Molokai General Hospital. Born in Washington, D.C., she is survived by wife Claire; son Harris; and sisters Joy Flynn and Pat Miller. Services at a later date.

Elaine S. Izumi-Medina, 53, of San Antonio, Texas and formerly of Honolulu, died last Tuesday in San Antonio. She was a management specialist with Kelly Air Force Base. Born in Honolulu, she is survived by husband Pedro E. Jr.; daughters Lisa Ann Medina-Acedera, Nadine I. Medina and Andrea I. Ybarbo; mother Thelma Y. Izumi; brother Fred K. Izumi; and four grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire.

Wayne Y. “Bolo” Kabazawa, 32, of Kalaheo, Kauai, a County of Kauai employee, died Friday in Queen’s Hospital. Born in Waimea, Kauai, he is survived by parents Kinjiro and Tomiko; brother Royden; and sisters Myra Regidor and Amy Kiyotsuka. Services: 5 p.m. Friday at Garden Isle Mortuary. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Keliionalani Kalua, 23, of Waianae died Thursday in Honolulu. Born in Honolulu, he is survived by wife Tina-Marie; parents Sterling and Sandy; daughters Crysten and Keli-Kina; brothers Keao and Phillip Kalua and Henry, Kulani and Donovan Mahiai; sisters Summer Kalua and Laura, Laverne, Linda, Keualani and Uilani Mahiai; and grandparents Red and Ruth Wilson. Services: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call 6-9 p.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire.

Daniel K. Kamalu Jr., 88, of Honolulu died May 30 in Convalescent Center of Honolulu. Born in Kona, he is survived by daughters Winona Kaniho and Sylvia “Queenie” Gomes; brother Danny; sister Caroline K. Pascua; 10 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and 12 great-great-grandchildren. Graveside services: 1 p.m Thursday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Momoe K. “Betsy” Kawata, 81, of Waipahu, a retired housemaid, died June 15 in Queen’s Hospital. Born in Waianae, she is survived by daughters Cathleen K. Yamamoto and Janet H. Kawata; brothers Shoichi and Sakae “Dykie” Kunishige; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Private services.

Carl H. Ledward, 70, of Kailua, a retired Honolulu police officer, died June 16 in Honolulu. Born in Honolulu, he is survived by wife Eleanor Ishii-Ledward; son Roy; daughters Debra Kepaa and Carlynn Yamauchi; brother Melvin N.; sisters Ella Takenouchi, Rose Pokini and Geneieve Castro; and nine grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Inurnment: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire.

Kaden K. Ledward, infant son of Kyra Ledward of Puna, Hawaii, died last Tuesday in Hilo Hospital. He is also survived by stepfather Thomas Silva; sisters Mara and Kira; grandparents Cynthia Rodolfo, Robert Ledward Jr. and Albert and Helen Haa; great-grandparents Melicio Dela Cruz and Gertrude and Robert Ledward; great-great-grandmothers Beulah Gardner and Gigi Negrones; father Chad Haa; and stepbrother Chad Haa Jr. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Helen S. Lent, 80, of Honolulu died Saturday in Kaiser Hospital. Born in New York, she is survived by son Stephen; daughter Susan Kanahele; sister Francis Silva; brothers David and Edward Steele; and two grandchildren. Memorial services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Temple Emanu-El, 2550 Pali Highway. Casual attire. No flowers.

Jose F. Licoan, 73, of Ookala, Hawaii, a retired mill fireman for Hamakua Sugar Co., died June 16 in North Hawaii Community Hospital. Born in Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines, he is survived by wife Pacita P.; sons Reynaldo, Rogelio, Anthony, Virgelio and Alvin; daughters Norma Licoan and Amelia Haslam; brothers Arnold and Leoncio; sisters Christina Guillermo, Adelaide Mamokod and Esperanza, Juanita and Victoria Licoan; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Visitation: from 5 p.m. tomorrow at Licoan residence, Ookala. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, Laupahoehoe. Burial: Alae Cemetery, Hilo. Casual attire. No monetary donations.

Catherine T. Look, 72, of Honolulu died Wednesday in Queen’s Hospital. Born in Hong Kong, she is survived by husband Dr. Yim Fee; son Michael K.F.; daughters Phyllis S.K. Look and Susan N.K. Milne; mother Amy L. Thom; brother Kenneth Thom; sisters Virginia Poon, Beatrice Chun and Margaret and Georginia Thom; and three grandchildren. Private services. No flowers. Donations suggested to American Cancer Society, 2370 Nuuanu Ave.

Harry “Chew” F.L. Low, 75, of Honolulu, a retired butcher for Gem, died June 14 at St. Francis Medical Center. Born in China, he is survived by wife, Hoi Wah Low; daughter, Susan Au; and a grandson. Private services.

Nyuk On “Bessie” Lum, 82, of Honolulu died June 15 in Queen’s Hospital. Born in Honolulu, she is survived by sons Jonathan P.S. and Ephraim Jr.; brother Kenneth Tyau; sisters Caroline and Gertrude Mau and Priscilla Sims and Sybil Ruggles; and three grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Elizabeth Episcopal Church, 720 N. King St. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park, Kaneohe. Casual attire. No flowers.

Clarence Medeiros, 72, of Honolulu, a retired plumber with Pearl Harbor Public Works Center, died June 14 in St. Francis Hospital. Born in Honolulu, he is survived by wife Katherine L.; sons Mike, Paul E., Christopher J. and Philip D.; daughter Noelie-Joy; sister Diana Pires; 15 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Lawrence B. Morita, 68, of Honolulu and Keaau, Hawaii, a retired MTL bus driver, died Wednesday in Kaiser Hospital. Born in Honolulu, he is survived by wife Eleanor J.G.; son Lawrence M.J.; daughter Lori N.M.; brother Richard M.; and sisters Phyllis M. Morita, Myrtle S. Nambara, Mae M. Oyadomari, Janet M. Tanaka and Evelyn C. Mitchell. Memorial services: noon Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Private inurnment. Aloha attire.

Richard L. Munger Jr., 42, of Wailuku died yesterday in Maui Memorial Hospital. Born in Honolulu, he is survived by mother Marion Dolim; sisters Bernadette Hoopii, Bernice Barlahan and Lori Brown; and brother Herbert. Memorial services: 9 a.m. Thursday at Maui Memorial Park.

Shoichi “Mura” Muramoto, 82, of Hilo, the retired proprietor of Mura’s Repair Shop, died Saturday in Life Care Center of Hilo. Born in Hilo, he is survived by wife Tsuyako; son Alexander; daughter Eleanor Miyake; brother Mutsuo “Melvin”; sister Akio Siu; and two grandsons. Services: 6 p.m. tomorrow at Hilo Meishoin Mission. Call after 5 p.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.

Gerald F. Payne, 84, of Honolulu, senior vice president of GTE Hawaiian Tel, died Saturday in Honolulu. Born in Knottsville, Ky., he is survived by wife Beverly Klein-Payne; daughters Jeanette Jenkins and Eva Latham; sons Gary and Robert; brothers William and Raymond; sister Mildred; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Sacred Heart Church, Wilder Avenue. Casual attire. No flowers.

Miriam N.K. Riggan, 73, of Honolulu and Tahiti died June 11 in Kaiser Hospital. Born in Honolulu, she is survived by mother Josephine L. Smith; sons Robert V. and James T.; daughters Suzanne P. Thompson and Linda T.R. Morishige; brothers William T.T. Kemp Jr. and David Windham; sisters Josephine T. Mayne and Winnie O. Ahana; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call 6-9 p.m. Cremation to follow. Scattering of ashes at a later date. No flowers.

Donald Y. “Tarzan” Shishido, 68, of Kula, Hawaii, retired principal of Paia School, died Saturday in Queen’s Hospital. He was also former principal of Maunaloa School, Hana High and Elementary and Waihee School and was former football coach of Kapaa High, Kauai. Born in Paia, Hawaii, he is survived by wife Patricia R.; mother Keono; sons Kahai and Mikioi; daughters Donna Jo, Mona Gelson and Patty Ann Kim; brothers Lawrence T.; and 13 grandchildren. Mass over ashes: 11 a.m. tomorrow at Christ the King Church. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire.

Billyemae A. Sniffen, 42, of Wailuku, a clerk and stevedore with McCabe Hamilton & Renney Co., died Wednesday in Wailuku. Born in Wailuku, she is survived by father David A.; mother Eleanor M.; grandmother Helen H. Kealoha; sisters Geraldine “Gerry” Enomoto, Carolyn Brown and Yolanda Sniffen; hanai sister Lily “Lei” Lay; and brothers David “Andy” Jr., Theodore “Teddy” and Michael E. Services: noon Thursday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire.