Obituaries

Wednesday, June 17, 1998

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Harry P. Achay, 87, of Mililani, a retired C & H Sugar Refinery welder, died May 23 in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sons Harry Jr., Islander and Goodman; daughters Miriam and Watchtower “Stacy” Achay, Karen-Lee Tajiri and Gina Craighead; former wife Leonora; brothers and sisters, 12 grandchildren and a great-grandson. 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. No flowers.

Delfino R. Ancheta, 83, of Honolulu died June 2 in St. Francis Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sons Romeo, Marcial and Jose; daughter Pequina Lista; two sisters, 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. John the Baptist Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples.

Kame Ashitomi, 95, of Honolulu died Saturday in St. Francis Hospice. She was born on Okinawa. She is survived by sons Roy C., Charles C., Harold Y., the Rev. Kenneth K. and Walter K.; daughter Grace K. Gima; sister Tsuru Gakiya, 10 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Florence P. Beauchan, 73, died Saturday in Honolulu. She was born in Kohala, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Frank; daughters Lydia Beauchan, Lorraine Garlaza, Claudia Stabilio, Montez Rodriguez and Debra Bauer; sons Frank Jr., Berry, Wayne and Keith; sisters Dolores Borrero, Linda Murphy, Rene Lozano, Wanda Rushenburg and Suzanne Palk; brothers John, Franklin, Charles and Randy Palk and Donald Barrett, 25 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. Services: noon Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Florentina Bonocan, 70, of Kailua died June 8 in Queen's Hospital. She was born in Puunene, Maui. She is survived by husband Severino; sons Benedict, Andrew, Jonathan and Don; mother Elena Ordonez; brothers Frank “Rusty,” Alfred “Peter” and Fernando “Sam” Ordonez; sisters Consuelo “Connie” Vergara and Adele Douglass, and three grandchildren. Mass: noon Saturday at Our Lady of Peace Cathedral. Call from 9:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Ian K. Cabulizan-Abraham, infant son of Abraham M. Abraham and Christy Ann Cabulizan, died Sunday in North Hawaii Community Hospital. He is also survived by sister Ivy N.; grandparents Miller Abraham, Edwina Akau and Maximo and Theresa Cabulizan, and great-grandmother Mary Jane Stevens. Memorial services: 5:30 p.m. Friday at the Maximo and Theresa Cabulizan residence, 671242 Kaomoloa Place in Waimea, Hawaii. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire.

Katherine Clemente, 76, of Kaneohe, a hula dancer for Joseph Kahaulelio and Tom Hiona at the old Niumalu Hotel, died Sunday in Kaiser Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Damaso; sons Frederick Medeiros-Garcia, George Iwane and Derek and Glenn Clemente; sisters Phyllis Kea, Edith Lushin and Nettie Phillips; 13 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren, a hanai grandchild and a hanai great- grandchild. Services: 10:30 a.m. June 25 at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 10 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Eva Cook, 94, of Kailua died Friday at home. She was born in Oregon. She is survived by daughter Dolores Kirby, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 1 p.m. today at St. John Vianney. Casual attire. No flowers.

Estrella A. Dedios, 77, of Honolulu, a retired restaurant owner, died Friday in Queen's Hospital. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by daughters Teresita Orta, MariaErna Lapastora, Rosalinda Pangan and MariaBella Concepcion, 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Monday at St. Theresa Co-Cathedral. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Anetelea “Filipo” Filipo, 50, of Hauula, a truck driver, died June 9 in Straub Hospital. He was born in American Samoa. He is survived by wife Gloria L.K.; sons Anetelea Filipo Jr. and Eucibio Pascual; daughters Masina Kahala, Suzanna Filipo-Maiava, Shermane Filipo, Maria Mena and Lavan Silva; brothers Filipo Faumuina, Tilofaga Leiato, Pea and George Tilofaga, Waosa Leiato and Tony Tapu; sisters Selestina Lauola, Susana Salatielu, Tai and Vai Leiato and Vagaga Tuutuu; hanai sons Keola Wilkins, Dickie Medeiros, Kalani Mioi, Kimo Boy Sayles and David Charles; hanai daughters Irene Kealoha, Vanessa and Tina Piei, Yolanda Tonu, Leellen, Leola and Sharon Garvida, Sweetie Keanu, Carmelita Nihipali, Charlee Akina and Robyn Nihipali, and eight grandchildren. Mass: 8 a.m. Saturday at St. Jao Chim Church in Punaluu. Call from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at St. Roch Church in Kahuku. Burial: Hauula Cemetery.

Benjamin Fernandez, 71, of Waipahu will be buried at 1 p.m. June 26 at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday was provided by the mortuary.

Albert Ferreira, 76, of Las Vegas, a salesman in a hotel-casino, died May 29. He was born in Hanamaulu, Kauai. He is survived by wife Jean; daughters Bernadette Cypriano and Mary Ferreira; brother Henry, and a grandchild. Services held.

Russell P. Finn, 43, of Hilo will be remembered in a Mass 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hilo. Services: 7 p.m. at Dodo Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers. He died Thursday in Hilo Hospital after a car accident. He was born in Ogden, Utah. He is survived by wife Janet Matsumura; daughter Jamie; parents James and Clara; sisters Pamela Akao, Theresa Witten and Patricia Griffith; brothers Michael, Kennard and Andrew, and grandmother Kameno Fujioka.

Joseph Fonseca, 69, of Pahoa, Hawaii, formerly of Honolulu, died Sunday in Kuakini Hospital. He was born in Wainaku, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Pauline; sons Ray, Glen and Joey; daughter Jamie Russell; brothers Johnny, Anthony, Daniel, Gilbert and Richard; sister Margaret Burgess, and five grandchildren. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Friday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire.

Lieselotte M. “Lee” Hanna, 62, died Saturday at home. She was born in Poland. No services. Private scattering of ashes. Donations suggested to Kauai Hospice or Kauai Humane Society.

Oliver K. Hanoa, 64, of Hilo, a retired supervisor for InterIsland Tradewind Tour Co., died Wednesday in Hilo Hospital. He was born in Kau, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Joycelyn; sons Graylaine “Gray” and Robert Hanoa and Oliver Shimaoka; daughter Oliverine Moore; brother John; sister Angie “Haleloke,” eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Alae Cemetery. Casual attire.

Kathleen H. Ishihara, 43, of Mililani, an office administrator at Standard Register-Stanfast Group, died Saturday in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Isaac Nik; parents Toshio and Jane Araki; sisters Janice Reisch, Eunice Yee and Jody Fong, and brother Clinton Araki. Services: 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 4:30 p.m. Casual attire.

Angeni M.A. Jones-Teer, infant daughter of Christian Jones and Misty Teer, died May 23 in Kaiser Hospital. She is also survived by grandparents Mary Jones and Sharlene and Thomas Teer, and great-grandmother Almar Napuelua. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Casual attire.

Ayame “Suzie” Kim, 75, of Hilo died Sunday in Hilo Hospital. She was born in Onomea, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Lawrence, Clarence and James; daughter Hilda Young; sisters Masaye Morimoto and Yuriko Honda, and seven grandchildren. Memorial services: 4 p.m. tomorrow at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Frank F. Kusumoto, 78, of Honolulu, a retired Island Movers worker, died Monday in Kuakini Hospital. He was born in Moloaa, Kauai. He is survived by sons Paul M., Casey T. and David K.; sisters Nancy Shimada and Ellen Tanaka, and a granddaughter. Services: noon Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Aniceta D. Liwanag, 70, of Wahiawa died May 26 in the Philippines. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Juan G.; sons Samuel, Larry and Jun; daughters Leticia Felipe, Adelaida Marzan, Dolores Nalos, Delia Badua and Marites Calinawan; brothers Tom and Ben Doza; sisters Felisa Daquigan, Concepcion Cornejo and Soledad Gille, 16 grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. Wake services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 1403 California Ave. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Dorothy S. Martin, 76, of Kaneohe, who retired from Hawaiian Insurance and Guarantee Co., died June 3 in Honolulu. She is survived by daughters Claire Kaeo and Jean Kamaunu; brothers Robert and George Saladaga; sisters Augusta Schumacher, Dolly Takenouchi, Theresa Yoshioka, Beatrice Miller, Roberta Cansibog, Gladys Costa-Ayers, Juanita Freeman and Charlotte Perreira, nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Lutheran Church of Honolulu. Call after 9 a.m. Aloha attire.

Daniel P. McShane Jr., 72, who retired from Hickam Air Force Base, died June 5 in St. Francis Hospital. He was born in Aiea. He is survived by wife Margaret; sons Edmund and David; daughters Charlene Awo and Marlene McShane; sisters Julia Byrd, Frances Rivera and Ruth Makaneole, and four grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 10:15 a.m. Tuesday at the mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.

George T. Nishioka, 53, of Torrance, Calif., a proprietor of Omni Air Conditioner, Refrigerator and Maintenance Services, died May 31 in Torrance Memorial Hospital. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Charlene; daughters Liane M. and Robyn K.; mother Chiyoko; brother Thomas, and sister Amy Fujii. Inurnment services: 10 a.m. Monday at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 1 in Hilo. Casual attire. No flowers.

Margaret Pang, 75, of Honolulu died Monday in St. Francis Hospital. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by sons Randolph and Russell; daughter Lorinne Yee; brother Man Hing Chong; sisters Katherine Young and Harriet Yin, and five grandchildren. Services: noon Saturday at Kapahulu Bible Church, 3224 Kaunaoa St. Call from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Mary J. Raynor, 91, of Kaneohe, a retired nursery worker, died June 8 in Kaneohe. She was born in Limerick, Ireland. She is survived by sisters Susan Halloran and Rose Keane, three granddaughters and four great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Pohainani Chapel. Casual attire.

Aiko Reinecke, 91, a human rights activist and educator, will be remembered in memorial services 6 p.m. tomorrow at the Church of the Crossroads, 1212 University Ave. No flowers. Donations suggested to the Aiko and John Reinecke Memorial Fund of the People's Fund, the Church of the Crossroads or the American Civil Liberties Union.

Mut-Yung Lum Sah, 92, died last Wednesday. She was born in China. She is survived by sons Chong Shun, Buck Yuen and Chu Nam; daughters Moo Ching Siu, Moo hin Leung and Lai Ha Miyasaki, 18 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren. Taoist services: 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Violet K. Seiki, 82, of Kailua is also survived by brother Clarence Yoshikawa. The additional information for an obituary published yesterday was provided by the mortuary.

Peter M. Sequeira, 91, of Lahaina, a retired health and safety coordinator from Pioneer Mill, died Thursday in Maui Memorial Hospital. He was born in Kahului, Maui. He is survived by sons Eldredge K. and LeVan K.; daughters Ku‘ulei Stender, Emmaline “Babe” Delatori, Fea-B-Lei Alcomindras and Kaonoulu Barenaba; hanai son Robert Keanini; sister Lina Lee; 17 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Services: noon Saturday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Entombment: Maui Memorial Park.

Bernard K. “Barney” Smith, 59, of Michigan,formerly of Honolulu, a security guard for the Muskegon Harbor Hilton, died June 8 in Muskegon, Mich. He was also a former security guard for the state. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Harriet; sons Rocky, Kirk, Kalani, Hugh and Clint; daughters Debbie Silva and Desiree and Louetta Smith; sisters Frances Szubinski, Agnes Bernard and Mayta Mahaula; brother Herman, 14 grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 10:45 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kaneohe Stake Center, 46-117 Palaulani St. Call from 9 to 11:45 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Mitsuko “Mitzi” Takata, 80, of Honolulu, a retired licensed practical nurse at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Seattle, died June 9 at home. She was born in Papaaloa, Hawaii. She is survived by a brother, Howard. Memorial services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Memorial Park Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Masaru Watanabe, 76, of Lahaina died Monday in Maui Memorial Hospital. He was born in Lahaina, Maui. He is survived by wife Toshiko; sons Gerald and Floyd; daughter Alma Takahashi; brothers Masayuki, Sunao and George; sister Sadako Murayama, and four grandchildren. Services: 4:30 p.m. Friday at Lahaina Hongwanji Mission. Casual attire.

Albert B. Wong, 86, of Kaneohe, a retired accountant, died Friday in Kaneohe. He was born in Heeia. He is survived by wife Sybil; sons Albert T. and Gregory; daughter Sonia Ayson; sisters Evelyn Wright and Bernice Kauhane, and nine grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at St. Ann's Catholic Church. Call after 5 p.m. Graveside services: 9 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.