Obituaries

Saturday, January 3, and Monday, January 5, 1998

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Saturday

Flora L. “Nanny” Jardine, 88, of Pearl City died Sunday in Kaiser Hospital. Born in Kau, Hawaii, she is survived by sons Alvin, Clarence and Elroy-John; daughters Agnes Freitas, Edna F. Stoliker and Linda Keliikipi; 24 grandchildren; 52 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Monday1/5 at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 1525 Waimano Home Road. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday1/6 at the church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Lai C. Ko, 93, of Honolulu died Dec. 26 in Queen’s Hospital. Incorrect informa tion was published in an obituary Thursday was provided by the mortuary.

Alfred S. Oshio, 75, of Honolulu, agricultural extension agent, died Monday in Honolulu. Born on Maui, he is survived by daughters Patricia Oshio, Leora Deibert and Susan Zeier; son Kenneth; brothers Shigetaro, Kenneth and Jinso Nako; sisters Patsy Nakagawa and Peggy Nako; and three grandchildren. Services: 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Kaunakakai Baptist Church. Call after 1:30 p.m. Burial: Maunaloa Cemetery. Casual attire. Call Ultimate Cremation Services of Hawaii for information.

Ayame Sasada, 84, of Kahului died Wednesday at home. Born in Wailuku, she is survived by husband Masao; sons Stanley and Wayne; daughters Eva A. Dull and Iris Matsuda; brothers Toshimi and Kengo Kato; sisters S. Oishi, T. Kaya and H. Ibara; 22 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Monday at Kahului Hongwanji Mission. Casual attire. No flowers.

Allan M. Soares, 71, of Honolulu, appraiser for the Department of Transportation, died Sunday in Honolulu. He was also a pianist. He is survived by sons Donn and Stephen; daughters Joy, Carmen V. Rabanus and Pamela Farella; brothers Gilbert and Charles; and four grandchildren. Services: 9 a.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Donations suggested to American Cancer Society. Aloha attire. Call Williams Funeral Services for information.

Tadao Takayama, 88, of Wailuku died last Saturday in Maui Memorial Hospital. Born in Koloa, Hawaii, he is survived by son Roy, daughter Karen Yoshida and three grandchildren. Private services.

Isabel “Marie” Ubias, 64, of Lacey, Wash. died last Saturday in Olympia, Wash. Born in Paia, Maui, she is survived by sons Arthur and John and daughter Beverly. Services: 6:30 p.m. Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 6 to 8 p.m. Burial: noon Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 10:30 a.m.

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Monday

Odelia Akana, 84, of Kailua-Kona, a homemaker, died Jan. 1 at her home. She was born in South Kona. She is survived by her husband Lincoln Sr.; sons Lincoln Jr. and Edwin; brother Mathew Coelho; sisters Agnes Smythe, Henrietta Okamachi, Mary Kahananui and Annie Coelho, and two grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Hale Hoomalu Church Pavilion on Kuakini Highway. Casual attire.

Haruko Asato, 84, of Kaneohe, a retired housekeeping services worker, died Dec. 22, 1997 in Straub Hospital. She was born in Paia, Maui. She is survived by sons George Chinen, Charles and Harold Asato; daughters Ester Tamayose, Doris Hufalar and Linda Chong; brother Paul Asato, and grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services were private.

Melchor Antonio, 92, of Waialua, a retired Waialua Sugar Plantation worker, died Dec. 29 at Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by daughters Caridad and Caroline. Services: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. No flowers. Casual attire. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.

Virginia W. Dolan, 84, of Creekside Village, Sonoma, Calif.,

formerly of Honolulu and Aina Haina, a retired secretary to the president of the University of Hawaii, died Sunday Dec. 28 in Sonoma. She was born in San Francisco. She is survived by daughter Katharine Sterling; brothers Henry, Arnold and Robert Wagner, and two grandsons. Graveside services: 10:45 a.m. tomorrow at Diamond Head Memorial Park.

Duy Huu Ha, 78, of Honolulu died Jan. 2 in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in China. He is survived by brothers Quyen Nhu and Quang Nhu Lu, and sisters Anh Nhu and Lu Huu. Services: 9 to 11:15 a.m. Wednesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: noon at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park.

Warren D. Jenkins, 56, of Kailua, a business consultant with Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc., died Wednesday in Kaiser Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Daniel and David; daughter Summer; father Lucius; brothers Lucius Jr. and Leonard; sisters Carolynne M. Teves and Sister Regina M. Jenkins, Luella Malkin and Clarissa “Cris” Moku, and a grandson. Mass: 7 p.m. tomorrow at St. John Vianney Church. Call after 5:30 p.m. Rosary: 9 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Call from 8:30 to 9:40 p.m. Private burial. Aloha attire.

Sam Ke, 62, of Oxnard, California, a retired merchant marine, died Dec. 27 in Oxnard. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughter Jennifer; dearest friend Lucy, and sisters Dorothy Roy and Wenonah Shoemaker. Services: Wednesday at the Garcia Mortuary in Oxnard.

Matthew T. Kim, 96, of Kailua, owner of Hawaii Battery Co., died Dec. 22 in Honolulu. He was also a retired auto electric repairman. He was born in Kapoho, Hawaii. He is survived by daughter Soonie Y. Hoy, two grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. tomorrow at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Hideichi Kimura, 77, of Hilo, a retired supervisor for the Fair Contracting Company, died Jan. 1 in Hilo. He was born in Hakalau. He is survived by his wife Shimo, daughters Betsy Zuanich, Agnes Aihara and Grace Tanaka; brother Charles; sisters Edith Horie, Elaine Hoshida, Doris Takeba, Dorothy Hamai and Mildred Awakuni, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Wednesday at Dodo Mortuary Chapel. Private burial service Thursday at Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Jay Laswell, 40, of Paia, a sailboard shaper, died Dec. 29 in Haiku. He was the Hawaii State Windsurfing Champion from 1994 to 1996. He was born in Los Angeles. He is survived by wife Daphne, father Jack, sons Chad and Evan and sister Teri Peters. Services will be private.

Robert McCabe, 50, of Waipahu, a retired carpenter, died Jan. 1 at Castle Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Robert Stoesz-McCabe and Tyrrell Christian; daughters Coreen and Tammy; parents Francis and Mary; brother Francis Jr.; sisters Mary Rose Gonzales, Elizabeth Shelton, Florence Shelton, and Delphine McCabe-Abbott, and eight grandchildren. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. Call after 10 a.m. Burial will be at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery.

Lani M. Menard, 44, died Dec. 26 in Fairview University Hospital in Minnesota. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Mike, daughter Kelly Ann; mother Ann Murayama, and brothers Ken and Mark Murayama. Services: 6:15 p.m. tomorrow at Star of the Sea Church. No flowers.

Dorothy T. Okumura, 82, of Kaimuki, died Wednesday in St. Francis

Hospice. She was born in Kohala, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Harold H., Alvin K. and Eric K.; daughters Jean N. Aipa and Mae M. Kikuchi; brothers Henry and Richard Kurihara; sisters Gladys Hayami, Alice Yamada and Grace Kawamoto, 17 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. tomorrow at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.

Alfred S. Oshiro, 75, of Honolulu, agricultural extension agent, died last Monday in Honolulu. He was born on Maui. He is survived by daughters Patricia Oshiro, Leora Deibert and Susan Zeier; son Kenneth; brothers Shigetaro, Kenneth and Jinso Nako; sisters Patsy Nakagawa and Peggy Nako, and three grandchildren. Services were yesterday at Kaunakakai Baptist Church. Burial was in Maunaloa Cemetery.

Violet K. Otani, 70, of Kula, Maui died Wednesday in Straub Hospital. She was born in Haiku, Maui. She is survived by husband Yukio; son Glenn H.; daughters Sharon M. Tanaka and Diane Y. Owara; brothers Henry, Roscoe, Tomio, Nelson and Yukio Koyanagi; sisters Patsy Ouchi and Joyce Kawakami, and five grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. tomorrow at Makawao Hongwanji Mission. Casual attire. No flowers.

Dionisio Dela Cruz Ramos Sr., 86, of Wahiawa, a mason, died Dec. 28 at Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Aloma V.; son Dionisio Jr.; daughter Dionnal; sisters Eling Real, Linda Aninas, and Maltilde Ramos, five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Mass: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of Sorrow Church, 1403 California Ave. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Memorial Park and Mortuary, mauka chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.

Mamerto M. Rosaldo, 90, of Wahia wa died Tuesday. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Rose S.L.; sons Don A. “Boboy” Rosaldo and Glenn “Chief” Madolora; daughters Donna L. “Booboo” Spix, Geraldene “Kuzing” DeGuzman, Pualani Rosaldo, Yolanda M.L. Byrd, Geldine Nixon, Dolores “Peila” Panoke, Amparo Madolora and Evelyn Mehr; brothers Graciano and Alipio; sisters Bartola Cuadro, Rosita Ponce and Marina Saludares, 28 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at the chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Ayame Sasada, 84, of Kahului died Wednesday at home. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by husband Masao; sons Stanley and Wayne; daughters Eva A. Dull and Iris Matsuda; brothers Toshimi and Kengo Kato; sisters S. Oishi, T. Kaya and H. Ibara; 22 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. today at the Kahului Hongwanji Mission. Casual attire. No flowers.

Edith Y. Tsukahara, 71, of Honolulu, a retired waitress for King’s Bakery, died Tuesday in Kuakini Hospital. She was born in Aiea. She is survived by husband George M.; son Dale T.; daughters Sharon J. Tsukahara, Diane H. Togami, Lynn M. Okada and Irene K. Kashimoto; sisters Ichino Ishii and Gladys Okayama, and five grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Wednes day at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Samuel Kenji Tanimura, 66, of Honolulu, a dentist, died Dec. 27 at Straub Clinic and Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Gladys S.; son Charles K.; daughter Anne M.; brother Clinton T., and sisters Lillian Nakamoto and Betty Hayashi. Private services were held.

Leonard Dai Ying Wong, 77, of Honolulu, a banker and owner of Tai-Hing Company, Inc., died Dec. 27 in Queen’s Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Irene; son Kendall; daughters Carolyn Ching, Georgia Wong and Beverly Lum; brother Kin Ming; sisters Sau Moi Goo, Sau Kum Chu, Sau Kin Chun, Sau Lin Yim, Sau Fun Lee and Leora Goong; and seven grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. tomorrow at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial will follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

David Jen Hin Yap, 65, of Honolulu, retired owner of Tastie Treat Drive-Inn in Kaneohe, died Jan. 2. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughter Cathy Makishima; sons James, Steven, Michael and Robert; stepsons Ed Koga and Richard Green-Cobb-Adams; brothers Herbert Nip and Douglas Yap, and sister Marjorie Rupsh. Services 1 p.m. tomorrow at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 12:30. Inurnment at 3 p.m. Casual attire.