Obituaries
Saturday, July 19 and Monday, July 21, 1997


Saturday, July 19, 1997

Donley J. Borrero, 21, of Puhi, Hawaii, a security guard with Outrigger Hotel, died Thursday in Wilcox Hospital. Born in Waimea, Kauai, he is survived by parents Peter and Lorraine; brothers Derek and Darrell “Kitty”; girlfriend Lori Jean Baliares; daughter Shaylyn; and grandparents Daniel Carvalho and Helen Obrero. Services: 6-9 p.m. Monday at Borthwick Kauai Mortuary, Koloa. Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Kauai Memorial Gardens. Casual attire.

Edward F. Brady, 84, of Honolulu, a retired colonel with U.S. Army, died July 5 in Kuakini Hospital. Born in Massachusetts, he is survived by wife Nancy Burgess; stepsons Greg and Brad Burgess; stepdaughter Michelle Andrian; brothers Harold, Phillip and Eugene; sister Martha; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Graveside services: 1 p.m. Thursday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.

Hildegarde A. Busher, 84, of Kailua, a retired purchasing agent for U.S. Army Procurement Office, Fort Shafter died Thursday. Born in Milwaukee, she is

survived by husband Gregory; son David; daughter Carol; sister Dorothy; brother Carl; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. John Vianney Church, 920 Keolu Drive, Kailua. Call after 9:30 a.m. Inurnment: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire. No flowers.

Cynthia R. Cavillis, 47, of Pearl City died Monday at home. Born in Honolulu, she is survived by husband Harry R.; sons Darren R. Alivado and Harry J. Jr. and Derek M. Cavillis; daughter Christine T.; parents Ruben and Leimomi Alivado; brother Ricky Alivado; sisters Crystal Omalaza and Carla “Tweety” Ornong; and seven grandchildren. Mass: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 1525 Waimano Home Road, Pearl City. Call 6-9 p.m. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Allan Chung, 52, of Waipahu died Sunday in St. Francis-West Hospital. Born in Lihue, he is survived by wife Roberta F. “Berta”; son Allan Jr.; daughters Faith M. and Karen E.; brothers Edwin, Leonard “Chubby” and Dennis; and three grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call 6-9 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Ciriaco S. Daquioag, 90, of Honolulu died last Saturday. Born in Laoag City, the Philippines, he is survived by wife Pascuala; sons Peter and Nick; daughters Connie Fontanilla, Vicky Laya, Rosalia Carnate, Lydia Acebedo and Amy Ragodos; sister Filomena; 15 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Philomena Church, 3300 Laulani St. Call 6-9 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Friday at the church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples.

Harry M. Higuchi, 67, of Aiea, a U.S. Army retiree, died July 7 at home. Born in Honolulu, he is survived by wife Patsy H.; sons Ronny M. and Wayde S.; daughter Arlene Y. Angel; mother Tsuruyo; brother Thomas K.; sister Hazel H. Tsuchimoto; and two grandchildren. Private services.

Hiram M. “Sonny” “Big I” Kahala Jr., 68, of Kahana Valley, Hawaii, a retiree of Hawaiian Electric Co., died Tuesday in Castle Hospital. He also served in U.S. Army during the Korean War. Born in Waiahole, he is survived by wife Elizabeth P. “Kapeka”; sons George “Honeyboy” Mamala and Malu, Mahi, Kalei, Anagin, Duke and Alex Kahala; daughters Princess “Aka” Kahala, Queenie “Bella” Carter and Duchess “Ipo” Malepe; brothers James, Charles and Kenneth; 32 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire.

Nadine A. Kahanamoku, 92, of Honolulu, widow of Olympic swimming champion Duke Kahanamoku, will be remembered in services Thursday. She is survived by second and third cousins in Australia. Memorial services: 9 a.m. Thursday at Outrigger Canoe Club beach side. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Stephen C. Lewis, 44, of Pearl City, a UPS employee, died July 10 at home. He was also formerly employed by Hawaii State Hospital. Born in Honolulu, he is survived by daughters Shawnalyn C.K. and Lianne K. Lewis and Tiana K. Lewis-Akana; mother Anne K. Hall; brothers Bobby J., Tracey M. and Dean A. Hall; sisters Kahilina’i McCarthy and Jo-Lianne U. Moikeha; and three grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call 6-9 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Margaret M. Liu, 80, of Makawao, Maui and formerly of Honolulu, died Thursday in Maui Memorial Hospital. Born in Makawao, she is survived by daughter Carol Moniz; sisters Violet Pacyao, Olivia Kekiwi, Frances Yamanoha, Matilda Prerez and Christina Bivit; four grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Mass: 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph’s Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: church cemetery. Casual attire.

Otto F. Lotz, 79, of Pahoa, Hawaii, a U.S. postal inspector and pet shop owner in Bluff City, Iowa, died Tuesday in Hilo Hospital. Born in New York, he is survived by wife Dorothea; daughters Eileen Gullette, Claudia Shipley and Karen Mann; seven grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services at a later date.

Toshio Sakata, 71, of Honolulu and formerly of Lomita, Calif., died July 3 in Castle Hospital. Born in Honolulu, he is survived by brothers Gary D., Robert D. and Michael D.; and sisters Matsu S. Ho, Frances T. Yano and Lillian Y.S. Amimoto. Private services.

George S. Takenouchi, 67, of Aiea, the retired owner of K-PUA Shell Service Station, died July 10 in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. Born in Aiea, he is survived by wife Susan S. Nuha-Takenouchi; stepson Ronald C. Baptiste; stepdaughter Carol J. Miller; brother Frank K.; three stepgrandchildren; and a great-stepgrandson. Memorial services: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Casual attire. No flowers.

Christina T. and Tony V. Thong, 4 and 2 respectively, children of parents Vanh and Ra Thong of Waialua Beach, will be remembered in services tomorrow. Tony was killed and Christina was fatally injured in a two-car crash near Wahiawa last

Saturday. Born in Wahiawa, they are also survived by brother Eddie V. and grandparents Deua and Tien. Services: 2 p.m. tomorrow at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after noon. Cremation to follow. Casual attire.

Larrion L. Vickery, 66, of Spartanburg, S.C., a retired pharmacist, died Wednesday in Honolulu. He also served in U.S. Air Force. Born in South Carolina, he is survived by wife Miriam; son Richard; daughters Dalene V. Parker and Rebecca V. Steadman; son Phillip; brothers Van, Joe Bill and John; sister Edalene V. Earle; and two grandchildren. Donations suggested to Waikiki Baptist Church.


Monday, July 21, 1997

Rosemary Hayes Davenport, of Mill Valley, Calif., former administrator of the disability determination branch of the Hawaii Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, died July 14 in California. She was born in St. Louis, Mo. She is survived by husband Clifton; stepdaughter Christine Davenport, and stepson Robert. No services. Remembrances may be sent to a favorite charity.

Nancy Yasuko Hirakawa, 71, of Honolulu, died July 9 at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by daughter Debbie Iizuka; brothers George M. and James S. Goda; sisters Lillian K. Ishizaki, Amy Yamasaki and Betty Y. Kuwaye, and two grandchildren. Services were private.

Glenn Tatsumi Oshiro, 49, of Honolulu, a retired electronics technician for Ford Aeronautical Co., died July 10 at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brother Harold Takeshi Oshiro and sister Geraldine Sumie Kabei. Services were private.

Keyei “K” Ota, 65, of Mililani, a retired planner and estimator at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, died Thursday at Kuakini Medical Center. He was born on

Molokai. He is survived by wife Doris H.; daughters Roxanne S. and Allyson A. Ota; brothers Richard and Asher, and sisters Florence Akamine and Haruko Hirata. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary chapel. Casual attire. No flowers.

Kane Shishido, 87, of Honolulu, died July 13 at Hale Pulama Mau. She was born in Ewa. She is survived by husband Isamu; sons Raymond M., Calvin M., Ralph M., Daniel M. and Steven M.; daughters Elaine T. Shishido, Laura M. Ushijima and Katherine K. Ito; sisters Elsie T. Seto and Edith M. Seto, 14 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Services were private.

Chie K. Sugai, 90, of Hilo, died July 7 at home. She was born in Paauilo. She is survived by son Gerald; daughters Elaine Sugai and Ethel Kim; sister Yasuko Takamoto, and four grandchildren. Services were private.

Katherine Adele Dunn Watson, 94, of Charleston, S.C., a longtime Hawaii public schoolteacher, died Friday at a nursing home there. She was born in Clifton, Arizona Territory. She is survived by son Lt. Col. C. Wyly Watson and three grandchildren. Services were private.

Eugene W. Welsh, 98, of Kailua died Tuesday in Anne Pearl Nursing Home. He was born in Chicago. He is survived by wife Ethel; brother Raymond, and hanai family the Querys. Scattering of ashes: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Kailua Beach Park, across from Buzz’s Original Steak House.

Herman H. “Grandpa” Yamamoto, 90, of Waipahu, a retired radio and TV technician with Kawano Store, died Wednesday in Kuakini Hospital. He was born in Kagoshima, Japan. He is survived by daughters Florence K. Palmeira and Jane E. Tsukamoto, and four grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Lillian Chieko Yamabe, 80, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died Thursday

at home. She was born in Kapaa, Kauai. She is survived by son Baron G.; daughter Gloria J. Yamabe; brothers Jacob and Joseph Jichaku and Earl Jai, and three grandchildren. Service: noon Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Interment: 9:30 a.m. Friday at the National Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.

hag,15p6 DEATHS ELSEWHERE it Ben Ford Abrams, a vaudevillian and a founder of what became one of the largest theatrical agencies in the country, died Friday in Boston. He was 88.

Abrams became an entertainer in 1932, teaming with his brother, Jack Ford, as the Ford Brothers in a tap dance and acrobatic act. The next year, Ben, Jack and brother Abe Ford founded the Ford Theatrical Agency in Boston.

The agency booked such stars as Ella Fitzgerald, the Louis Armstrong Orchestra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Buddy Hackett. The brothers also owned two nightclubs in Boston, the old Rio Casino and the Tic Toc Club.

it Archie E. Albright, an investment banker who negotiated the merger of Drexel with Burnham & Co., died of cancer Tuesday in Newport Beach, Calif. He was 76.

In 11 years at the Stauffer Chemical Co., Albright rose to executive vice president and was credited with helping take sales from $85 million to more than $800 million.

He left for an investment banking firm in 1968, and became chairman, president and chief executive of Drexel Firestone Inc. in 1972.

The merger of Drexel with Burnham took place two years later, and he held the vice chairman job of what eventually became Drexel Burnham Lambert.

He resigned in 1977 to form an investment company. He left Wall Street in 1984.

it Alf Engen, the 16-time national ski jumping champion who designed

the Alta ski resort, died yesterday at Salt Lake City, Utah. He was 88.

The native Norwegian surveyed the Alta area while working for the federal Civilian Conservation Corps during the Depression. Using his designs, Alta was opened with a rope tow in 1937, becoming the second ski resort in the United States, after Sun Valley, Idaho.

Engen went on to design 30 other ski areas, including Snowbasin near Ogden, Utah, and Bogus Basin in Idaho.

Besides his national titles, Engen also won the Canadian and North American ski-jumping championship in 1937 and set several world records.

Although Engen never competed in the Olympics, he did coach the U.S. Olympic ski team in 1948.

it John E. Hines, the bishop who presided over the Episcopal Church during the social and cultural turmoil of the 1960s, died Saturday. He was 87.

Hines served as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas from 1956 to 1964, then became bishop of the Episcopal Church from 1965 to 1974.

“Hines led his diocese through the process of (racially) integrating all of its institutions and agencies, and he urged Episcopalians to become advocates in the struggle for civil rights,” said his biographer, the Rev. Ken Kesselus.

During his tenure, Hines supported Episcopal participation in the interfaith movement, ordination of women as priests and inclusion of minority groups in church councils.




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