Obituaries

Wednesday, April 15, 1998

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Misao “Irene” Abe,74, of Mililani, a retired barber from Edgewater Barber Shop, died April 7 in Kaiser Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Myron N.; daughters Janice M. Coombs and Diane K. Kimura; brothers Yoshikazu, Harold M. and Raymond M. Kakimoto; sisters Shigeko Nishimoto, Kazumi Kakimoto and Jean K. Kano, seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Private services.

Eileen C. Allas,23, of Honolulu, a student at Med-Assist of Hawaii, died March 23 in Straub Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by mother Susie C.; sister Emma Badua; brothers Errol, Edgar, Edno and Efren, and maternal grandparents Elpidio and Paula Cadiz. Wake services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. John the Baptist Church, 2324 Omilo Lane. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples.

Genaro B. Baillo,90, of Waipahu died March 22 in Waipahu. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by son Candido; daughter Levy Vargas, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Damon K. Balderama,25, of Waianae, a landscaper with Back to Eden, died Saturday. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by father Augustine; mother Abbie; brothers Evan “Pono,” Brenton “Manu” and Lance Bernard; sister Natasha, and grandmothers Bernice Balderama and Hannah Mahoe. Services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

James F. Delaney,51, of Volcano, Hawaii, a U.S. Marine Corps disabled veteran, died last Wednesday in Hilo Hospital. He was born in New Jersey. He is survived by sister Joan Haas. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home. Call from 6 to 8 p.m. Inurnment at a later date. Aloha attire.

Rosita R.G.A. Fajardo,67, of Kalaoa, Kona, Hawaii, a retired cook at King Kamehameha Hotel, died Friday in St. Francis Hospital. She was born in Keei, South Kona, Hawaii. She is survived by companion Mamerto Blanco; sons Patrick, Walton, Milton and Daniel Alcos; daughters Georgia Kubisch, Angela Kilbreath and Jennifer Greimann; mother Antonia Pimental; brothers Albert Generalau, Julian Heneralau and Benjamin and Salvador Pimental; sisters Florence and Barbara Pimental, 25 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 12:30 p.m. tomorrow at Calvary Community Church, Kailua-Kona. Call after 9 a.m. Graveside services and burial: 4 p.m. at the Pahala Catholic Church Cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers.

Tsuruko Furuta,81, of Honolulu died yesterday in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Kazuo; son Herbert H.; daughter Elaine K. Kato; sisters Hatsue Fukuda and Jane Maeoka, and three grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 10 a.m. Monday at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Leonard Garcia,57, of Volcano, Hawaii, will be remembered in a Mass 10 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of Lourdes Honokaa Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: Honokaa Catholic Church Cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers. Garcia died in an auto accident last Wednesday. He was born in Haina, Hawaii. He is survived by son Peter K.; daughters Teresalynn P. Suyama, Lee Ann K. Medina, Lenette H. Hill and Denise M. Garcia; mother Hilda P. Awong; sister Veronica Tallett III, and eight grandchildren.

Leon B. Goans,74, of Honolulu, a retired World War II, Korea and Vietnam veteran with the U.S. Air Force, died March 25 in Washington, D.C. He was born in Clarkston, Wash. He has no known survivors. Inunrnment: Arlington National Cemetery.

Arthur L. Heilbron,72, of Kailua, owner of Dentist Supply Co., died Sunday in Kailua. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Mary Jane; sons Mark, Kirk and Eric; daughter Dana Nakoa; brother William, and seven grandchildren. Private scattering of ashes.

Dermot M. Ito,55, of Keaau, Hawaii, a retired journeyman carpenter, died April 7 in Hilo Hospital. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by daughters Donna Villafuerte and Sherilyn and Kimberly Ito; brother Delwin; sister Sallie, and four grandchildren. Services were private.

Alfred C. Jervis,75, of Honolulu, a plant operator for Hawaiian Electric Co., died March 31 in St. Francis Hospice. He was born on Kauai. He is survived by sister Gwen South. Services were private.

Joel Kauihou,63, of Ewa Beach died Saturday in Kaiser Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Rowena; sons Gregg, Scott and Joel; sisters Aldora Harris and Elsie Blevins; brother Alfred, and seven grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at the Ewa Beach Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints. Call from 9 a.m. to noon. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery.

Samuel H. Keaulii,58, of Phoenix, Ariz., formerly of Waianae, who retired from BHP Hawaii Inc., died March 24 in Arizona. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Ellen B.; sons Nolan, Nevin, Noah and Nathan; sisters Ella Keaulii, Elenor Branco and Marie De Oreo, and seven grandchildren. Mass: 7 p.m. Friday at Sacred Hearts Church, 85-786 Old Government Road. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Prayer services: noon Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Hideo Kouchi,70, of Makaweli, Kauai, a retired mechanic for Gay and Robinson Inc., died last Wednesday in Queen’s Hospital. He is survived by wife Leonora; daughters Anita and Hedy; brothers Jack and Mitsuyuki; sisters Kay and Amy Kouchi, Shigeno Takaki and Mitsue Jue, and a grandson. Memorial services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Waimea Foreign Church. Casual attire. No flowers.

Violet C.S. Lee,77, of Ewa Beach died Thursday in St. Francis Hospice. She was born in Ewa. She is survived by sons Gary T. and Dennis P.; daughters Audrey Higa and Sandra Chun; brothers Paul Kim, John Lee and John Au; sister Elsie Gella; seven grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren, a great-grandchild and a stepgreat-grandchild. Services: 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Private burial. Casual attire.

Mystie M. Maielua,infant daughter of Ronald and Brenda, died Saturday in Maui Memorial Hospital. She is also survived by sister Marcie K. Panis; brothers Marcel and Micah; grandparents Barney and Marcy Panis and Caridad Maielua, and great-grandparents Connie Cabinte and Tsuruyo Maielua. Call from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at Maria Lanakila Church. Services and burial to follow.

Pete Mira,63, of Eleele, Kauai died April 7 in Kauai Veterans Hospital. He was born in Waimea, Kauai. He is survived by fiancee Gloria Domingo; sons Harvey and David; daughters Corinne Simao and Marlene Figurroa; brother Kay; sister Lucy Alao, and five grandchildren. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at Borthwick/Kauai Mortuary. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at the Eleele Sacred Hearts Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Kauai Memorial Gardens. Casual attire.

Masaru Moriuchi,80, of Hilo, a retired heavy equipment operator for James W. Glover Ltd., died yesterday in Hilo Hospital. He was born in Pepeekeo, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Fumiko; son Kenneth; daughters Vinnie Shishido and Lurline Hirata; brothers Kazuyoshi and Sherman; sisters Yukie Moriuchi, Satsuki Shinohara and Reiko Yoshisato, and a grandchild. Services over the ashes: 4 p.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Paul K. Nakamura,70, of Honolulu, a retired colonel in the Hawaii Army National Guard, died Thursday in Japan. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Rose S.; sons Paul K. Jr. and Neil S.; daughter Gwen H.; sisters Ellen Uyesugi and Ivy Kusumoto, and two grandchildren. Services: noon Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Pamela N. Nakanishi,50, of Honolulu, a training manager for Duty Free Shoppers, died Sunday in Kuakini Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Marc M.; daughter Jennifer N., and brothers Roy H., Leslie M. and Sanford S. Nagayama. Memorial services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

“Uncle Paul” Newalu Jr.,79, of Kaneohe, a retired electrical engineer, died last Wednesday in Kaneohe. He was born in Kaalaea. He is survived by sons Edwin, Francis, Patrick and Arthur; daughter Pauline Fiotakis; brothers Edward and Albert; sisters Rose Mossman, Martha Rankin and Maggie Hookano, and grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services: 11:45 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial to follow. Aloha attire.

Otome “Doris” Oshiro,84, of Honolulu died Monday in St. Francis Hospital. She was born in Paia, Maui. She is survived by sons Robert, Kenneth and Harold; daughters Evelyn Kahaku, Jane Nguyen and Elsie Kaneshiro; brothers Isami and Yubun Maehira, 16 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Ramon F. Padilla,78, of Hilo, a retired painter with Labor Union No. 1791, died Sunday in Hilo Hospital. He was born in Kohala, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Rosita; sons Leroy, Reginald and Glen; daughters Rosaline Gonsalves and Trudy Cambra; sisters Terry Partridge and Flora Bell; stepsons Jose and Rudy Tabajunda; stepdaughters Carmen Asuncion and Elena Tani, and grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Sunday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Alae Cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers.

Albert Pihi,81, of Wahiawa, a heavy equipment machine operator, died March 21 at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Dolores; sons Albert Jr., Jeffrey, Robert and Joseph Pihi, Donnell Akana and Wayne Andrade; daughters Rita Charvea, Elizabeth Forkin and Annie Toyama; sister Elizabeth, 18 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at the Kau Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Call from 9 a.m. to noon. Scattering of ashes: South Point, Hawaii. Casual attire. No flowers.

Roberta Robinson,54, of Kilauea, Kauai, died March 28 in Wilcox Hospital. She was born in Illinois. She is survived by care-giver Monika Seager. Services: 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Hanalei Pier. Scattering of ashes to follow. Casual attire.

Harold R. Rowe,81, of Kailua, a retired professor, died Friday in Honolulu. He was born in Frostburg, Md. He is survived by brothers Hessell Flitter and Richard Rowe. Services at a later date.

Shirley L. Rudolfo,59, of Hilo, a Hawaiian singer and musician, died April 7 in St. Francis Hospital. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by husband Lawrence; sons Lawrence Jr., Lesley, Lanbert, Larson, Lenning and Elmer Lopez and Bradley Soria; daughters Lori and Leah; sisters Aileen Villaren and Nona Alatan, 16 grandchildren and two great- grandsons. Private services.

Joseph S. Sampaio,85, of Wahiawa, a retired mechanic truck driver at Schofield Supply and Maintenance Center, died Saturday in Queen’s Hospital. He was born in North Kona, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Matilda K.; daughters Josephine Blanchard and Winona Miramontes; brother Louie; sisters Annie Martin, Lucy Rulenz and Helen Strobhen; 15 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Prayer ser vices: noon Friday at Mililani Mortuary- Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Warren M. Spafford,73, of Honolulu, a mortgage broker, died Sunday in Pali Momi Hospital. He was born in Los Angeles. He is survived by wife Judie L.; son Christopher M.; stepdaughter Christine M. Wilson; brother Jack L., and sister Joan Williams. Mass: 1 p.m. Saturday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Call after noon. Aloha attire.

Peter D. Spallone,28, of Honolulu will be remembered in services at noon Friday at St. Patrick’s Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers. He died in an auto accident April 6. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Edwina Y.; son Gabriel N.S.; mother Gloria; brother Gary M., and grandparents Pedro and Pelina Mindoro.

Frederick T. Takahashi,67, of Honolulu, a retired office manager for Hawaii Concrete Products, died April 4 in Kuakini Hospital. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by wife Judy H.; daughters Dona Y. and Romy T., and sisters Alice H. Sueoka and Gladys Y. Yonemitsu. Memorial services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Shizue Takenaka,93, of Haleiwa died March 20 at home. She was born in Haleiwa. She is survived by sons Takeo, Lawrence, David, Harold, Stanley and Wallace; daughters Betty Sakuoka and Nancy Takenaka; sister Kikue Nakamori, 18 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Private services.

Marco A. Torres,87, of Kapaau, Hawaii, a fire crew chief for Kohala Sugar Co., died Saturday at home. He was born in Halawa, Hawaii. He is survived by daughters Genevieve Murphy, Carmen Woolford and Alexa Francisco; sons Marco Jr. and Carlton; brothers Felipe, Joseph, Augustine and Benito; sisters Martina Santiago and Dominga and Adelia Carvalho; 20 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Wake: 7 p.m. Friday at Sacred Hearts Catholic Church in Hawi, Hawaii. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Hawi Catholic Church Cemetery. Casual attire.

Bartolome A. Valmoja,87, of Haleiwa died April 1 at home. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Adela P.; sons Rogelio P., Randolph P., Bartolome A. Jr. and Rydan; daughters Brenda P. and Erma M. Valmoja, Elizabeth Nishimura, Sharon J. Cuesta, Faith A. Balico, Bernadine A. Zukevich, Gayla Sumaoang, Georgiana Goveia and Esther A. Belina; sister Maura Barbadillio, 39 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren. Prayer services: 7 p.m. Friday at St. Michael’s Church, 67-390 Goodale Ave. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 12:45 p.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 11 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Carl S. Yamada,58, of Honolulu, owner of TLC Realty, died April 7 in Honolulu. He was born in Wailuku, Maui. He is survived by sons Terry and Dereck; parents Douglas and Jane; brother Alvin; sisters Janet Anthony, Harriet Yoshino and Rene Kimura, and four grandchildren. Memorial services: 7 p.m. Friday at Honpa Hongwanji Temple. Private inurnment. Casual attire. Call Ultimate Cremation Services of Hawaii for information.

Harry H. Yamamoto,84, of Honolulu, a retired plumbing inspector for the city Building Department, died April 6 in Straub Hospital. He was born in Ookala, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Gladys K.; sons Cedric N. and Andrew T.; daughters Faith E. Sogawa and Karen K. Wong; brothers Hirotoshi, Masayoshi and Masaaki; sisters Alice Masuda, Kiyono Taketa and Misae Imai, 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m.