Obituaries

Wednesday, May 6, 1998

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Services Saturday
for Tommy Trask

Star-Bulletin

Former union leader Tommy Trask will be remembered in services Saturday.

Trask, 68, of Mililani, retired head of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, died April 25 in Mililani.

He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife JoAnne K.; daughters Paula Trask Burns, Lenora Trask-Lopez and Sherri-Ann Okinaga; brother John; sister Marie Pukini, and three grandchildren.

Memorial services: 3 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 2:30 p.m.

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Helen H. Agcalon,57, of Hilo, a nurse’s aide and cook for a convalescent home/restaurant, died Saturday in Hilo Hospital. She was born in Laupahoehoe, Hawaii. She is survived by brothers Benjamin and Fedirico, and sisters Josephine Rodrigues and Frances “Dolly” Elizares. Eucharistic services: 12:15 p.m. Friday at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. Call from 10 a.m. to noon. Burial: Alae Cemetery. Casual attire.

David C.L. Ah Loo,56, of Waipahu, a retired correctional officer at Halawa Correctional Facility, died April 15 in Kaiser Hospital. He was born in Kohala, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Carrie I.; sons David C.L. Jr., Clayton E. and Charles K.; daughters Terryann Batalona and Charity U. Ah Loo; brother Alfred C.; sisters Karen A. Armstrong, Becky Spillner and Annette Sanchez, and four 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.

Peter F. Alegre,89, of Waianae, a retiree from the Naval Supply Center at Pearl Harbor, died April 22 in Leeward Nursing Home. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Lily Ann C. “Annie”; daughters Vida E. Reiny Jr. and Sheila Ann Dickey; brothers Macario and Felix; sister Juanita, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Church, 85-786 Old Government Road. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: noon Saturday at the church. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

James D. Anama,25, of Honolulu, an employee at S&H Marine Services and the Pepper Tree Apartel, died April 13 in Waipahu. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Katherine A.; daughter Jameica P.; parents Jesus and Felomila D.; brother Phillip J., and sisters Jessica Paz and Joanne Anama. Wake services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m.

Anthony J. “Tony Boy” Binney Jr.,18, of Honaunau, Kona, Hawaii, a laborer at Honaunau Coffee Co., will be remembered in a visitation from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Keei Ward. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call from 8 to 10 a.m. Burial: Saints Family Cemetery in Kona. Casual attire. No flowers. He died in Kona Community Hospital Friday after a car accident.

Kam Kin Chun,84, of Honolulu, president of Chun Kee Ltd., died Friday in Nuuanu Lani Care Home. He was born in Canton, China. He is survived by wife Betty; sons Stanley and Lloyd; daughters Patricia Leong, Brenda Chun, Sharon Navarro, Kathleen Aono and Linda Lile; brother Sai; sisters Mildred Chong, Alice Kong, Rose Uyehara and Eleanor Mau, and six grandchildren. Services: noon Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.

Grace S. Fujii,84, of Honolulu is also survived by daughter Clara R. Nishimura. The additional information was provided for an obituary published yesterday.

Robert L. Grimshaw,77, of Honolulu, a retired industrial engineer, died Saturday in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Robert Jr. and James; daughter Heather Lee, and three grandchildren. Graveside services: 12:45 p.m. Friday at Diamond Head Memorial Park.

Moses K.N. Haia Jr.,71, of Waimanalo, a retired aircraft inspector, died Friday in Waimanalo. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by children Martha Evans and G. Barbara, Frank, Moses III, Thomas and Emily “Kehau” Haia; sister Mele Souza; brothers Kepa, Kimo, Philbert and George, 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. George Catholic Church. Call after 8:30 a.m. No flowers.

Elizabeth K.W. Houghtailing,81, of Kaneohe, a retired housekeeper, died April 27 in Kailua. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughters Daisy Houghtailing and Charlotte Clarke; son Warren; sisters Mary Kim, Harriet Kupukaa, Mary Kipilii, Agnes Moran, Gertrude Dunn and Lorna Kipilii; brothers Charles and Frank Kipilii, six grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 9:30 a.m. Friday at the mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow.

Petra “Patsy” Jimenez,73, of Paauilo, Hawaii, a retired licensed practical nurse at Honokaa Hospital, died yesterday in Hilo Hospital. She was born in Wailuku, Maui. She is survived by husband Teofilo B.; son Tee; daughters Esther Kai and Nancy Strach; brothers Peter, Phillip and Saturnino Villafuerte; sister Juanita Guevera, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Mass: 7 p.m. Friday at Paauilo Catholic Church. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Prayer services: 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Alae Cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers.

Richard Kasperski,52, of Honolulu died Thursday in Queen’s Hospital. He was born in Michigan. He is survived by brother Michael and sisters Linda and Sue. Memorial services: 5 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Donations suggested to the Multiple Sclerosis Society-Hawaii.

Mitsuo “Charles” Kawasaki,76, of Honolulu, a retired house painter for Oahu Painting, died Friday at home. He was born in Hiroshima, Japan. He is survived by wife Masako “Bessie”; daughters Myra K. Harada, Laura Y. Kawasaki and Lorraine Y. Kiyota; brothers Akira, Hiromu and Haruyuki Kawasaki and Teruo Himoto; sister Hanako Uchiumi, and four grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Nam Soon Kong,62, of Honolulu, a cook at Club Mirage, died Friday in Queen’s Hospital. She was born in Seoul, Korea. She is survived by husband Sok-Ki; sons Roger B., Mark B.K. and Byung-Woon; brothers Dae-Soon, Chang-Soon and Dong-Soon Choi, and sister Myo-Soon Choi. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Raymond E. “Ebo” Kurakake,75, of Honolulu, a retired sales representative for Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., died Monday in Kuakini Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Katherine K.; daughters Gayle T. Kageyama and Faye S. Nagamine; brother Melvin Y.; sister Alice Y. Tanaka, and two grandchildren. Services: 8 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Mary F.C. Leichman,63, of Nanakuli, a registered nurse at Tripler Hospital, died Sunday at home. She was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland. She is survived by husband Charles R.; son Charles W.; daughter Tammarah Brown; mother Violet Pippy, and sister Elizabeth Godbey. Memorial services: 9 a.m. Saturday at Nanakuli Beach Park, off Haleakala Avenue. Casual attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to St. Francis Hospice-West or the American Cancer Society.

Eleuterio B. Manuel,89, of Honolu lu, who retired after 15 years with Columbia Inn, died last Wednesday in Kuakini Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Adelaida; son Rolando; daughter Nellie Malabed; brother Godofredo, and three grandchildren. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.

Clement N. “Joe” Marabellas,72, of Honolulu, a retired cab driver, died Thursday in Queen’s Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Derek, Jeffrey and Joseph; daughters Nadine Shimabukuro and Sanae and Yayoi Marabellas; sister Harriet Apana, seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire.

Violet T. Markiewitch,94, of Ninole, Hawaii, a retired bank stenographer, died Monday in Hilo Hospital. She was born in Kahinano, Hawaii. She is survived by sisters Mildred Toledo and Ivy T. Garcia. Mass: 12:15 p.m. tomorrow at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. Call from 10 a.m. to noon. Burial: Homelani Memorial Park. No flowers.

Isamu N. Masuda,84, of Wahiawa, who retired from Meadow Gold, died April 25 in Manoa. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by daughters Naomi Masuda, Elna Masuda-Lui and Lois Kawano; brothers Gilbert, Paul, Robert and Toshiaki; sisters Janet Tenno and Doris Arita, and two grandchildren. Services were private.

Albert K. “Bulla” Maunakea Jr.,61, of Honolulu died Saturday in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by former wife Leilani; son Albert “Kalei” III; stepson Mark Mermod; stepdaughter Jodi Kaneshiro; sister Martha Dayag, and two grandsons. Private services. Call Ultimate Cremation Services of Hawaii for information.

Toshio Miyamoto,80, of Honolulu, a retired carpenter, died April 25 in Kuakini Hospital. He was born in Kunia. He is survived by wife Betty S.; sons Calvin K., Roy S. and Eric K.; daughter Susan C. Oda; brother Yukio; and six grandchildren. Services were private.

Sumie “Sumi” Nagaei,80, of Honolulu, a retired secretary for the Japan Times, died Thursday in Aiea. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughters Sadie M. Toyofuku Jr. and Jean A. Nagaei; sister Mary T. Muraoka, and three grandchildren. Memorial services: noon Saturday at Nuuanu Memorial Park Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Harumi Okano,71, of Honolulu, a retired teacher at Jefferson Elementary School, died April 16. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by brothers Tom and James, and sister Edith Namba. Private services.

Katsumi Onishi,88, of Aiea, a retired principal at Waimalu Elementary School, died April 27 in St. Francis Hospital. He was born in Aiea. He is survived by sons Roy K. and Alan M.; brothers Harold M. and Shizuo; sister Mildred M. Casperson, and four grandchildren. Services were private.

Merle N. Oshiro,39, of Kapolei, a pharmacy technician for Pharma Care, died April 26. She was born in Kona, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Carey M.; mother Violet K. Iwanaga; brother Brian A. Iwanaga, and grandparents Ayano Iba and Masao and Jane Oshiro. Services were private.

Ah Ching George Poe,69, of Waianae died Thursday in Waianae. He was born in Waianae. He is survived by sons Ah Ching G. “Sonny” Jr. and Alan P.; daughters Robertha K. Cornelison, Loretta M. Poe and Dawn V.K. Gomes; brothers Harry G. and Edward Ah Hee; sister Elizabeth K. Crosby, 14 grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. May 16 at Oahu Cemetery Chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: Ziona Hou Church Cemetery at Waianae. Call Ultimate Cremation Services of Hawaii for information.

Pete S. Ramirez,71, a retired caretaker for Post Cemetery, Schofield Barracks, died Thursday. He was born in Los Angeles. He is survived by sons Tino and Pete Jr., and brother Julio. Graveside services: 10:45 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Dorothy L. Richardson,69, of Aiea, a retired federal civil service employee with Hickam Air Force Base, died Friday in St. Francis Hospice. She was born in Kekaha, Kauai. She is survived by husband William B.; sons William B. Jr., Alan D. and Scott W.; mother Antonina Lee; sisters Evelyn Malina, Dixie Ambrocio, Nancy Taniguchi, Gwendolyn, Vivian and Tomasine Lee, Paulette Tokuda, Mary Inuma, Margaret Kahale and Theresa Silva; brothers Richard Jr., Randy and Joseph Lee, and seven grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at Waimea Sacred Hearts Catholic Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Waimea Chinese Cemetery. Casual attire.

Virgilio B. Ruiz,87, of Kekaha, Kauai, a retired truck driver with Kekaha Sugar, died Saturday at home. He was born in Lawai, Kauai. He is survived by companion Dolie Soliva; sons Ernest and Harold; daughter Lillian Blackstad; sisters Rose Naumu and Mary Galaza; 10 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Mass: 3 p.m. Saturday at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Kekaha. Call after 1 p.m. Burial: Kekaha Public Cemetery. Casual attire.

Helen I. Sue,74, of Honolulu died Friday in Queen’s Hospital. She was born in Lahaina, Maui. She is survived by husband Robert; sons Ronald, Leonard and Jeffrey; daughters Carolynn Yoshitake, Yvonne Ono and Dianne Kajioka; brother Cy Izumi; sisters Mildred Clark, Mitzi Kuwae and Darling Chee, and six grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m.

Tamotsu Suma,75, of Aiea, a retired aircraft electrician, died last Wednesday. He was also a master sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He is survived by wife Alice; son Brian Tominaga; daughters Alma Chu and Sandra Williams, and four grandchildren. Private services.

William V. Tahauri,70, of Hauula, a retired painter, died Friday in Kahuku. He was born in Tahiti. He is survived by son Joseph; brothers Materoa, Arthur, Etua and Nephi; sisters Teumere Tehani, Roiti Silva and Aroarii Ohumukini, and eight grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hauula Makai Chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Laie Cemetery.

Hisao “Jerry” Tanaka,84, of Honolulu, who retired from Island Termite, died April 28 in St. Francis Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Robert, Danny and Jerry; daughter Karen St. Germain, eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from noon to 3 p.m. Inurnment: 9:30 a.m. Monday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire.

Mary Judith “Judy” C. Tarutani,64, of Honolulu, formerly of Michigan, died Saturday in Lafayette, Ind. She was a schoolteacher in Michigan and California, taught at Waipahu High School, and did substitute teaching at other Hawaii high schools. She was born in Detroit. She is survived by sons Jerome M., John M. and James M.; daughters Mary J. Botha and Melanie J. Tarutani; sisters Betty Nelson, Jean Gloster, Mary Bledsoe, Eileen Cantrell and Evelyn Amato; brothers Tom and Michael Cantrell, and two grandchildren. Services on the mainland.

George T. Teraoka,76, of Kapaa, Kauai, a retired policeman for the Kauai Police Department, died Friday in Wilcox Hospital. He was born in Kapaa, Kauai. He is survived by wife Esther; son Ross; mother Kikuno, and brothers Albert and Lincoln. Services: noon Saturday at Kapaa First Hawaiian Church. Call from 9 to 11:45 a.m. Burial: Kauai Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.

Irene K.W. Thoene,73, of Pearl City, a retired art teacher from Aliamanu Intermediate School, died Saturday in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. She was born in Lihue, Kauai. She is survived by daughters Dorian Langi and Alexa Merrill; sons Henry and Alexander Jr.; sisters Ilona Parker and Dorothy Roberts, 21 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Lanakila Ward. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire.

Janice C. “Jan” Thomas,47, of Honolulu, an employee of GTE Hawaiian Tel and Mobilnet, died April 26 in Kaiser Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Hauoli “Mele”; parents Francis and Margaret Dung; sister Beverly Luney; brother Garrick Dung, and companion George Meyer IV. Prayer services: 7 p.m. Friday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m. Call again from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Shizuko Tokuda,84, of Aiea died April 27 in Hale Pulama Mau. She was born in Hilo, Hawaii. She is survived by daughters Irene Yamashiro and Betty Inouye; sons James and Norman; sisters Haru Nakasone and Mitsuko Otani; broth er Munetatsu Furuken; 13 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and a great- great-granddaughter. Services were private.

Mitsumi Totoki,88, of Honolulu, a retired co-founder and chairman of the board of Auto Glass Co., died April 25 at home. He was born in Pearl City. He is survived by wife Dorothy M.; son Nelson K.; daughter Janice S., and three grandchildren. Services were private.

Vivian E. Valdez,94, of Honolulu died yesterday in Honolulu. She was born in California. She is survived by son Theodore, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Graveside services: 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at Diamond Head Memorial Park.

Edward W. Wise,85, of Honolulu, a retired port steward for Pan American Airlines, died April 28 in Ewa Beach. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brothers Henry and James. Memorial services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Oahu Cemetery. Call Williams Funeral Services for information.

Linda L. Yoneyama,54, of Honolulu, program administrator for child welfare in the state Department of Human Services, died April 26 at home. Born in Manzanar, Calif., she is survived by husband William N., daughters Wendi N. and Terri K. and brother Roger Ariyoshi. Private services.