Obituaries

Tuesday, June 30, 1998

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Jennie K. Akau, 86, of Wailua, Kauai, a retired head housekeeper with Coco Palms Hotel, died Thursday in Wilcox Hospital. She was born in Koolau, Kauai. She is survived by daughters Janet Hepa, Cheryl Spock and Hannah and Charlene Akau; sons Charles Jr., Milton, Stanley and Lin Fat; sisters Elsie Hoopii and Mary Jane Akana; brothers Isaac, David and Clement Kaiu and Herman Chong; 14 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 tonight at Borthwick/Kauai Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire.

Kenji Akazawa, 69, of Kona, Hawaii, a public accountant, died Friday in Kona Community Hospital. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He was born in Kona. He is survived by the mother of his children, Mitsue; sons Michael, Alvin and Paul; daughter Lei; brothers Waichi, Tsugito, Itsuo and Shuji; and five grandchildren. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Thursday at West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 3. Call after 9:15 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Ronaldo Cabinte, 48, of California, formerly of Honolulu, died Friday in Chino Valley Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughters Joy, Dawn and Kim; mother Consorocia; brothers Alberto Jr. and Ernesto; sister Lindamae; half-brothers Rudy, Fred, Gilbert and Cres Pan; and half-sisters Cora Fernandez and Marcy Panis. Services: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary. Call 6 to 9 p.m. tomorrow and after 8 a.m. Thursday. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers.

Charles K. “Pa” Handley, 76, of Kailua, a retired welder from Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, died June 22 in Castle Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Mary Y.; children Charlene N. Huffman, Carleen H. Ornellas, and Charles K. Jr., Carlton K., Craighton K.H.C., Carlyle “Kalai” and Clifford E.H.J. Handley; 23 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Services: 11:15 a.m. Thursday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Waimanalo Ward Building. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire.

William M. Iida, 86, of Eleele, Kauai, a retired accountant for the County of Kauai Board of Water Supply, died Thursday in St. Francis Hospice. He was born in Eleele. He is survived by daughters Winifred K. Masuda and Fran K. Yano; and three grandchildren. Private services. Gathering: 2 p.m. Friday at Garden Island Mortuary.

Dr. Raymond Fah Kong, 97, of Honolulu, a physician and surgeon, died Sunday in Queen's Hospital. He was born in Kohala, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Estelle; daughters Corinne Kong, Barbara Vlachos, Nani Ho and Raestelle Gorman; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at St. Peter's Episcopal Church. Call after 9 a.m. Private inurnment. Aloha attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to The Kong Christian Education Fund or St. Peter's Episcopal Church.

Joyce W.H. Chai Lee, 75, of Honolulu died yesterday in Straub Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sisters Victoria C. Cintron and Helen Y.H. Chai. Services: 7:30 p.m. Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call 6 to 9 p.m. Aloha attire. Cremation to follow.

Edward T. Maeda, 80, of Kailua died Wednesday in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Patsy M.; son Earl S.; daughter Edwina K. Kam; brother Bert; sister Gladys Inaba; and three grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call 6 to 9 p.m.

John Makuakane, 85, of Honolulu, retired from Castle & Cooke, died June 22 in St. Francis Hospital. He was born in Kona. He is survived by brother Lawrence and sister Lucy Kailiwai. Services: 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Rosalia D. Marquez, 59, of Honolulu died June 22. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by mother Juliana; brothers Desiderio, Cresencio, Bernardo and Rodolfo; and sisters Dolores Rivera, Marina Arata, Juana Silverie, Teresita Marzo, Dionisia Munar and Milagros Costales. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Monday at St. Anthony Church, Kalihi. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples.

Edith M. Matsuda, 85, a retired schoolteacher for Moanalua Elementary School, died Saturday in Honolulu. She was born in Kealia, Kauai. She is survived by brother James S. and sister Maizie M. Sasaki. Memorial services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Kaimuki Evangelical Church. Casual attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to St. Francis Hospice and the church.

Jonah K. Mawae, 71, of Pearl City, a retired rigger for Global Construction, died June 22 in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Gladys T.; sons Russell T., Wes K., Moses K. and James K. Mawae and William M. Higa; brother Edmund Atkins; sister Rebecca Anthony; 13 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Herbert K. Morimatsu, 67, of Honolulu, a retired civil engineer for the state of Hawaii & Community Planning, died Friday in Kaiser Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Jane; sons Glenn, Keith, Marc and Kevin; daughters Caryn Ige and Jeri Morimatsu; mother Sally Tamamoto; brother Richard; sister Jessie Puuohao; and seven grandchildren. Memorial services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Memorial Park Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Lawrence K. “Larry” Muranaka, 73, of Honolulu, a retired employee of Sears Roebuck and Co., died Thursday. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Shizue; sons Mark T., Daniel T., Paul T. and Martin S.; daughters Maureen T. Gouveia, Joan K. Maeda, Anne T. Tanaka, Frances H. Mirikitani and Tessie S. Muranaka; brothers Horace and Toshiki; sister Ruth F. Katsuda; and 10 grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Thursday at Nuuanu Mortuary, East Chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples. Casual attire. No flowers.

Joseph T. Ross, 84, of Hauula died Thursday in Kahuku Hospital. He was born in Western Samoa. He is survived by wife Vailua; sons Dean, Jerry, Woody, Arthur, Daniel and Tautua; daughters Becca Allegretti, Freda Chislom and Lily and Sina Ross; sisters Margie Reed and Jerry and Pat Ross; and 11 grandchildren. Services: 7 tonight at Borthwick Mortuary. Call 6 to 9 p.m. Private burial.

Edward Y. Saito, 69, of Honolulu, a retired electrician, died Thursday in Kuakini Hospital. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by wife Ruby T.; son Alden H.; daughters Janice S. Wong and Carolyn E. Saito; brothers Kiyoshi, Francis, James and Lloyd; sisters Jane Yorimoto, Flora Hiromoto and Linda Saito; and a grandchild. Services: 4 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Hugh C. Simon, died Thursday in the Sister Maureen Keleher Center in Nuuanu. He is survived by parents Benedict J. and Frances “Mainky”; and brothers Kevin, Leland, Gary and Brian. Memorial services: 11 a.m. Friday at Epiphany Episcopal Church. Private inurnment. Aloha attire.

Thomas S. “Tama” Tamanaha, 59, of Honolulu, a retired meatcutter, died June 23 in Queen's Hospital. He was born in Waihee, Maui. He is survived by brothers Masato, Hiroshi and Richard J.; and sisters Jean Y. Watai, Bernice N. and Helen H. Tamanaha, Hisae Teramoto and Lily T. Oshiro. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Grace I. Tamaru, 84, of Pearl City died June 23 in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. She was born in Hawaii. She is survived by son Jerry Takahama; daughters June Uyehara, Frances F. Kawauchi, Eilene Tamaru and Michelle Griffin; brother Fumio “Sandy” Takeshita; sisters Dorothy Yuu and Doris Takeshita; 11 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Sunao “Sno” Tanaka, 72, of Honolulu, an insurance agent for Atlas Insurance Co., died Wednesday in St. Francis Hospice. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Janet; sons Russell and Randall; daughter Jo-Ann Yonamine; brothers Atsushi, Hiromu and Richard; and a granddaughter. Memorial services: 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Nuuanu Memorial Park Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Matsue Taniguchi, 64, of Pearl City, a retired cafeteria worker for the state Department of Education, died Thursday in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. She was born in Ewa. She is survived by husband James K.; sons Glenn K., Alfred Y. and Calvin M.; brothers Dan Y., Roy K. and Ted Nagamine; sisters Toyoko Shimabukuro and Dorothy Wakazuru; and three grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Mary I. Ventura, 88, of Kalaheo, Kauai, a schoolteacher at Kalaheo School, died Thursday in Arcadia, Calif. She was born in Pakala, Kauai. She is survived by daughter Laverne Allocei; sons William and Charles; brothers Mae Pavon, Frank Ignacio and Joe Pavao; sisters Madeline Black and Beatrice Medeiros; 13 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. Mass: 4 p.m. Thursday at Holy Cross Catholic Church, Kalaheo. Call after 2 p.m. Burial to follow. Casual attire.

John A. Williams, 68, of San Bernardino, Calif., a professor of civil engineering at the University of Hawaii, died Friday in Reche Canyon Convalescent Hospital. He was born in San Bernardino. He is survived by wife Elaine and mother Arthurine. Services on the mainland. Private burial. No flowers. Donations suggested to Memorial Fund at First Presbyterian Church, 1900 N. “D” St., San Bernardino, CA 92405.