Obituaries

Tuesday, May 19, 1998

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Masako I. Andrews, 88, of Hilo died last Tuesday in Hilo Hospital. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by son Hugh E. and daughters Rowena Jones and Clare Andrews. Mass: 12:15 p.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Call from 10 a.m. to noon. Burial: Homelani Memorial Park.

William F.Y. Chock, 79, of Honolulu, a retired shipfitter foreman at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, died May 6 in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Ah Lan “Yance”; son Douglas; daughter Phyllis Lau; sisters Margie Au and Nellie Lee; brothers Henry, Herbert and Gordon, and two grandchildren. Private services.

Simplicio S. Eugenio, 87, of Honolulu died May 6. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Concepcion; sons Jerry C. and Irnie C.; daughters Debbylinda E. Gayagas and Lorna C. Eugenio; brothers Cirilo and Rosendo; sisters Maria Bautista and Paula S. Eugenio, and two grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 9:30 a.m. Friday at the mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples.

Richard Gabriel, 46, of Kapolei, a jet mechanic for the Air National Guard, died May 11 in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Maydeen “Iwalani”; sons Randy “Wayne,” Sean “Kalani” and Jarrett “Nainoa”; parents Ignacio and Ingeborg; brother Milton, and sister Ingried Nesbitt. Services: 8:30 p.m. tomorrow at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Services: noon Thursday at the mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire.

John E.F. Hassell, 74, of Honolulu, an insurance executive in Hawaii since 1948, died Sunday in Honolulu. He was born in Michigan. He is survived by wife Joan; daughters Constance and Christina; son Jeff; sisters Missy Patterson and Mary Hassell, and two grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Friday at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Parke Chapel. Aloha attire. Donations suggested to St. Francis Hospice. Call Ultimate Cremation Services of Hawaii for information.

Yoshio “Yoshi” Higa, 73, of Kaneohe, a retired mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, died Wednesday in Castle Hospital. He was born in Olaa, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Irene K.; son Gary M.; daughter Amy Y. Tesoro; brother Shintaro “Rocky”; sisters Nellie Taise, Ethel Gushiken and Doris Nagamine, and four grandchildren. Memorial services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Inurnment: 10 a.m. Friday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers.

Lorraine J. “Lori” Ige, 39, of Halawa, owner of Keiki Lunch Co., died Wednesday in Kapiolani Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Glenn K.; daughters Jaime, Jodi and Jacie, and brother Derrick Umemoto. Memorial services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire.

Segunda D. Jamorabon, 86, of Eleele, Kauai, died Thursday in Kauai Veterans Hospital. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by sister Perfecta Dureg Gaor; daughters Antonia Butac, Rita Pasion, Ofelia Galicinao and Romana Castillo; sons Dominador, Julian, Alfred, Richard and Rudy, 18 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Services: 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at Borthwick/Kauai Mortuary. Services: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Eleele. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Kauai Memorial Gardens. Casual attire.

Hiram M.N. Kahele, 49, of Hilo, a commercial fisherman, died May 11 in Hilo. He is survived by companion Teone Wong; sons Hiram Jr., Hayden and Nenui Kahele and Erie Wong; daughters Gracie Kahele-Puu and Charnelle and Sarah Kahele; brothers Kaipo De Geair and Francis, Wilfred and Thomas Lobo; sisters Mary Don Rawlins, Betty Jean Spillner, Sheila Kahalepauole, Verna Lei Kahele and Karen Ametuanai, and five granddaughters. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Dodo Mortuary in Hilo. Services: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire.

Julia R. Laborte, 51, of Kapaa, Kauai died Thursday in Wilcox Hospital. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Francisco T.; sons Edgardo, Carlito and Ruel; daughters Alberta Damiles, Lolita Cain, Flordeliza Udasco and Concepcion Laborte; brothers Sabas and Salo Renoblas; sisters Barbara Reforma and Florencia Tongeo, and 13 grandchildren. Mass: 9:30 a.m. tomorrow at St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Kapaa. Burial: Kapaa County Cemetery. Casual attire.

Kamery A. Lee, 80, of Honolulu, a retired electrician with Pearl Harbor and the state Department of Accounting and General Services, died Wednesday in Aloha Health Care. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Esther; sons Donald, Reston, Kamery Jr. and Kamery A. Lee III and Grover, Harold and Jay McColgan; daughters Larraine Deegan, Yvonne Chance, Sharon and Ardy Gabalis and Rocky McColgan; brothers Lawrence and Joseph, 28 grandchildren and 22 great- grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Cremation to follow. Inurnment: 10 a.m. Thursday at Pu'u'omao Pa Ilina Cemetery in Moanalua. Aloha attire.

Peggy M. Lung, 66, of Honolulu, a former flight attendant with Hawaiian Airlines, died Sunday in Queen's Hospital. She was also a salesperson in the travel industry and personal assistant to Abigail Kawananakoa. She was born in Laupahoehoe, Hawaii. She is survived by son Chis K. Holt; daughter Melanie K. Holt; brothers Lawrence and Kenneth Viveiros; sisters Lillian Landford, Piilani Chaves, Merle Laeha and Lucille Chung, and a grandson. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home in Hilo. Call from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Inurnment: Homelani Memorial Park. Aloha attire. Leis welcome.

Victor M. Mayeshiro, 51, of Waipahu died May 5 in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu, he is survived by mother Kimiyo and brother Franklin M. Private services.

William “Uncle Bill” McCarthy,63, of Hauula, a retired drywall finisher, died Friday at home. He was born in Minneapolis. He is survived by wife Sharon; daughters Ivona Mills and Britta Souza; mother Anne; brother Matthew; sisters Patricia McCarthy and Kathleen McClish, and six grandchildren. Memorial services: 9 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hauula Mauka Chapel. Aloha attire.

Jack R. Miller, 40, of Honolulu, an employee for Hawaiian Airlines, died Friday in Queen's Hospital. He was born in North Tonawanda, N.Y. He is survived by brothers Gary Miller and William Bear; sisters Barbara Lynn, Wendy Allex and Deborah Barboura, and stepmother Gwen Shirai. Services: 6 p.m. tomorrow at Nuuanu Memorial Park Mortuary. Cremation to follow.

Takeo Nakashima, 82, of Honolulu, a retired milkman for Meadow Gold Dairies, died Saturday at home. He was born in Koloa, Kauai. He is survived by wife Bernice H.; sons Roy H. and Bert T.; daughters Amy H. Kashiwai, Gail A. Onishi and Judy Kappenberg; brother Masaru, and 12 grandchildren. Memorial services: 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire.

Elina A. Oberes, 75, of Ewa Beach died Thursday in St. Francis-West Hospital. She was born in Waialua. She is survived by husband Anacleto O.; son Agustin; daughters Lucia Sigue, Feledelfa Labajo, Anacleta Madrid and Cornelia Fletcher; sister Tarcela Bonghanoy, and 18 grandchildren. Prayer services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Riichi Okiuye, 74, of Hilo, a retired mechanic for the state Highways Division, died Saturday in Life Care Center of Hilo. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Chiyoko “Carol”; son Richard, and sisters Hatsuyo Tanouye, Michie Taketa, Machie Abe and Hisayo Fujinaga. Wake services: 5 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire.

Mateo Padilla, 74, of Honolulu, also known as “Matt” or “Harry,” a retired shipfitter from Naval Shipyard Shop 11-26, died May 7 in Kaiser Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Gladys; sons Roger, Rodwick and Reginald; stepsons Randy Sanchez, Florencio Cuarisma and Anthony Cuarisma; daughters Loretta J. Spencer and Billie Joe Edmundson; stepdaughters Karen Hardin and Theresa Samante; brothers Tinong, Domingo and Doro; sisters Gertrudes Orbano, Delores Alfafara, Betty Agor, Bernice Godoy, Claudia Lee and Sonja Suficiencia, 23 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at St. John the Baptist Church, 2324 Omilo Lane. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Catalina A. Pasion, 76, of Puhi, Kauai died Sunday in Wilcox Hospital. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by sons Gerardo, Deomer, Ernesto and Daniel; daughters Eugenia Pagsugujron and Adelia Oana; sister Apolonia Fabro; brothers Hermenigildo, Melchor and Antonio Aguinaldo, 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Lihue Public Cemetery. Casual attire.

William P. “Butch” Pineda, 58, of Waianae, an employee of the city Refuse Division, died May 9 in St. Francis-West Hospital. He was born in Wahiawa. He is survived by sons James B. Pineda, William, Albert, Gordon and Sean Kamai and Levi Stanley; daughters Nadine, Tasha and Mahealani Pineda and Realenna Kamai; sisters Hannah Banggo, Beatrice Beam, Blanche Leopold, Margie Roylo and Loretta Sevilla, and grandchildren. Services: 8 p.m. Friday at Nanaikapono Protestant Church, 89-235 Pua Avenue. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Sunset Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Josephine K.L. “Fina” Royos, 33, of Kaneohe died Sunday in Kaneohe. She is survived by former husband John Hewett; children Jonathan and Jamie Hewett and Jena Torres-Royos; mother Elizabeth “Aunty Pat”; father Joseph “Uncle Joe”; brothers Joseph and Frank; sister Juslyn, and grandmothers Alejandra Lagapa and Alice Hewett. Rosary: 7 p.m. Friday at Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Mercedes E. Silva, 82, of Honolulu died Friday in Queen's Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by nieces and nephews. Mass: 12:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Patrick Church. Call after 11:30 a.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Yoshikatsu Tanaka, 75, of Wailuku, a retired supervisor for Maui Land & Pineapple Co., died Sunday in Maui Memorial Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Kenneth; daughters Linda Rosa Jr., Kathleen Crosby and Nanette Kwon; sister Grace Aotaki; brothers Kiyoshi and Lincoln, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Wailuku Union Church. Call from 5 to 7 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Lillian A. Tavares, 78, of Pearl City died Thursday. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Francis; sisters Harriet Gray, Marie Dias and Annie Cabral; brothers Ambrose and Nicholas Lopez, and three grandchildren. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church. Call after 9 a.m. Entombment: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Patricia Ann Waddell, 66, of Kailua, a retired program coordinator for Three Cedars Hospice in Tacoma, Wash., died May 8 in Honolulu. She was born in Tacoma. She is survived by sons Robert, Alan, Michael and Drew; hanai son Alan Iovine, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 2 p.m. Thursday at Bellows Air Force Base. Casual attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to Friends of Kailua Library, American Civil Liberties Union or American Cancer Society. Call Ultimate Cremation Services of Hawaii for information.

Samuel K. Waiwaiole, 84, of Honolulu died May 11 in Kuakini Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughter Nanette Watabayashi, four grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.

Daryl K. Yokotake, 39, of Ewa Beach, a maintenance supervisor for the city Department of Parks and Recreation, died Sunday at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughters Nicole and April; son Kyle; mother Margaret E.; brother Blake T., and sisters Cathy A. Tamanaha, Lianne D. Gonzaga and Diane E. Respicio. Memorial services: 10 a.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.