Obituaries

Wednesday, July 1, 1998

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Yen Lipp Lew, 58, former state
ombudsman and legislative aide

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Yen Lipp Lew, state ombudsman since 1992 and longtime aide to former state Senate President Richard "Dickie" Wong, died Friday.

Lew, 58, was appointed to the six-year term as ombudsman in 1992 after assisting Wong in various capacities. He joined Wong, now a Bishop Estate trustee, in 1974 when Wong chaired the Senate Ways and Means Committee, before heading the Senate.

Prior to then, Lew had been a researcher with the ombudsman's office and a member of Lt. Gov. Thomas P. Gill's staff.

In 1970, he was president of the Hawaii chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.

He retired as state ombudsman earlier this year because of illness.

Lew was born in Los Angeles.

Friends may call from 8:30 a.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary at 20 S. King St. Funeral services will begin at 10 a.m.

Survivors include his widow, Annette; daughter, Jessica; brother, Art; and sister, Sing Wong.

The family requests that flowers be omitted.

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Services Monday for pilot
of crashed helicopter

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Charles E. “Chuck” Lowe, pilot of a helicopter that crashed near Waialeale Crater on Kauai killing him and five passengers Thursday, will be remembered in services 11 a.m. Monday. He was 45.

Friends may call after 9 a.m. at Kalaheo Missionary Church. Lowe, who worked for Ohana Helicopters, had retired from the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant commander. He will be buried with military honors Monday at the Kauai Veterans Cemetery.

Lowe, of Kekaha, Kauai, was born in Oklahoma. He is survived by his wife, Ann; his daughter, Mary K.; his mother, Lou Solberg; and brothers Larry and John.

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Violet R. Abdul, 65, retired from Kuakini Hospital, died Sunday in Kuakini Hospital. She was born in Hawaii. She is survived by husband George; sons Douglas T. Jr., Milton T., Randal M. and Jay T. Iwamoto; daughter Lori Ann S. Iwamoto; brothers Freddy Alatan, Guillermo Claonan and Edward Recopilacion; sisters Sally Tan, Elizabeth Maldonado, Julia Boreliz, Agnes Kerstetter and Frances Rodrigues; mother Sikiela Rodrigues; 15 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call 3 to 7 p.m. Burial: 10 a.m. Monday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Jose A. “Aggie” Aguinaldo, 80, of Keaau, Hawaii, died Friday in St. Francis-West Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Maria; daughters Trudy Aguinaldo and Adela Miguel; son Arthur; and two grandchil dren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary. Call 6 to 9 p.m. Vigil: Family residence in Hawaiian Park. Mass: 11:15 a.m. Saturday at Keaau Holy Rosary Catholic Church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Felomena H. Baldovi, 77, of Kapolei died Friday. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Ernest Lee; daughter Lucena Shabarekh; caregiver and granddaughter Avie; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at Immaculate Conception Church. Casual attire. No flowers.

David W. Brandon, 49, of Ewa Beach, a public schoolteacher, died June 20 in Honolulu. He was born in Tennessee. Scattering of ashes at sea. Call Ultimate Cremation Services of Hawaii at 528-3441.

Joseph C.C. Chan, 75, of Honolulu died Thursday at home. He was born in China. He is survived by wife Siu Fun; son George; daughter Sandra Ritte; brothers Chuen Foon, Chuen Bing and Jose Chan; and three grandchildren. Taoist services: 9:30 a.m. to noon Sunday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Burial: Manoa Chinese Cemetery. Casual attire.

Lillian H. Chun, 87, of Honolulu died June 19. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Joseph B.K. and two grandchildren. Private services.

Irene H. Freitas, 55, of Honolulu, a personnel clerk with Kamehameha Schools, died Friday in St. Francis Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Clyde; sons Clyde Jr. and Jay; hanai-son Brian; hanai daughter Roxanne; mother Kime Noji; brothers Ronald and Allen Noji; sister Leatrice Tokunago; and three grandchildren. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Pius X Catholic Church. Call after 11 a.m. Private inurnment. Casual attire. No flowers.

Matsu Fujimoto, 102, of Kaneohe died Saturday in Honolulu. She was born in Japan. She is survived by daughters Sachiko Yoshida, Winifred Lau and Jane Amaki; 15 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Services: 6 tonight at Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin, Pali Highway. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Fumie Fukunaga, 91, of Honolulu died Thursday in Maluhia Hospital. She was born in Japan. She is survived by sons Keio, Larry and Richard; daughter Jean Kozuma; sister Satono Maeda; 12 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Memorial services: Noon Sunday at Nuuanu Memorial Park Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Adelia K. Halualani, 71, of Kaneohe died Thursday at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Rudolph C.; daughter Yearling K. Halualani-Kahiapo; hanai brother Albert “Shorty” Hoapili; sisters Leilani and Rozella K. Puamana and Florence L. Broderick; and two grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Victoria G. Joseph, 84, of Kula, Maui, formerly of Kalihi, died Monday at home. She was born in Waikapu. She is survived by sons Gerard P. and Alika; daughters Jackie Aquino and Bobbi-Jo Karlen; brothers Phillip and Leonard J. Gomes; sisters Minnie Gomes and Margaret Zigler; 11 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Mass: 9 a.m. Saturday at Holy Ghost Church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Davelyn M. Kaawa, 39, of Nanakuli died Friday in Tripler Hospital. She is survived by husband Daniel; daughters Joycelyn and Jennifer; sons Hanson Daniel Jr. and Ikaika Kaawa; parents Waldron Rosa, Gertrude Valuafi and Edmund and Jeanne Pua; sisters Jeanne Kaawa III, Bernice Kalahiki, Theresa Rude, Beatrice Kea, Laverne Leslie, Waldrine Fisher, Jola Ann Tuiono and Terry Gasciaco; brothers Waldron Fisher and Yaky, Bert and Lin Rosa; grandmothers Bernice Awana and Pauline Meyers; and two grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at “Door of Faith” in Nanakuli. Call 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Burial: Nanakuli Homestead. Aloha attire.

Jane L. Kahoano, 65, of Nanakuli, a retired cook for the state, died June 20 at home. She was born in Kohala, Hawaii. She is survived by daughter Evette E.K. Hauschel; sons Emerson Jr., Ethan and Emlen; and 16 grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Nanaikapono Protestant Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 10:30 a.m. Monday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire.

Richard H. Kato, 71, of Elmhurst, Ill., will be entombed 2 p.m. tomorrow at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Additional information for an obituary published Saturday provided by the family.

Dr. Raymond Fah Kong, 97, of Honolulu died Sunday in Queen's Hospital. Donations suggested to the Kong Christian Education Fund at Punahou School. Additional information for an obituary published yesterday provided by the mortuary.

Muriel F. Koss-Campos, 75, of Kailua-Kona died June 22 in Kona Community Hospital. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. She is survived by son Lawrence W. Campos; daughter Leslie C. Nakachi; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Call after 9:30 a.m. Sunday at 1318 Mokulua Drive in Lanikai. Aloha attire.

Edward T. Maeda, 80, is from Kailua-Kona. Incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday.

Sheldon L. Minick, 57, of Kona, Hawaii, a glass worker in Long Beach, Calif., died Friday in Kona Community Hospital. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He was born in Longmont, Colo. He is survived by daughters Shelly and Mariah Minick and Sheryll Gavin; mother of his children Sharon M. Rude; father Nolan E.; brother Jerry; stepfather Anthony Yadelis; and six grandchildren. Memorial services and scattering of ashes at sea: 5 today from the Nani Lani in Kawaihae Harbor. Casual attire.

Eileen T. Miyaji, 41, of Mililani, a counselor at Aiea High School, died Saturday in Kuakini Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by parents Dr. Richard and Etsuko; brother Dr. Stephen; and grandmother Mitsuyo. Memorial services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Gertrude C. Serata, 91, of Honolulu will be remembered in services 6 p.m. Monday at First Unitarian Church. Donations suggested to a charity. Additional information for an obituary published June 10 provided by the family.

Hugh C. Simon, 40, of Aiea, an attorney, died Thursday in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. 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. Call after 9:30 a.m. Private inurnment. Aloha attire.

Rosario I. Tabuyo, 85, of Honokaa, Hawaii, a retired fire starter for Hamakua Sugar, died June 19 in Hale Hoola Hamakua. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sister Paula Dag-Dagan; primary care-giver Sherry Anderson; and three hanai grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Honokaa Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Call after 1:30 p.m. Casual attire.

Joan W. Tibbs, 77, of Honolulu will be remembered in a Mass 9 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Burial: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Added information for obituary published Dec. 5, 1997, provided by family.

Mary P.S. Takahashi, 87, of Kaneohe, a retired farmer, died June 24 in St. Francis Hospital. She is survived by husband Koshiro; daughters Rosalind Fujimoto, Helen Suehiro and Barbara Akiona; sister Daisy B.K. Young; 13 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 1 p.m. Burial: 10 a.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Ca sual attire.

Tovia Tauanu'u, 64, of Honolulu died Friday in St. Francis Hospital. He was born in American Samoa. He is survived by wife Faapalafu; sons Vao and Tovia Jr.; daughters Asotolu and Tapuitea; brother Sio; sisters Anna Aiese and Cristina Marler; and 14 grandchildren. Services: 4:30 p.m. Sunday and 9 a.m. Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: Sunset Memorial Park.

Kaun Fong Tom, 89, of Honolulu died June 23 at home. She was born in China. She is survived by sons Dai Ping and Donald Dai Ung; daughter Dorothy Lee; brother Wing Lum Lee; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Taoist services: 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Arthur F.C. Yap, 74, of Makawao, Maui, a retired supervisor equipment specialist for Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, died June 24 in Kaiser Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Mary; sons Allen, Ronald and James; brothers Charles, Walter and Albert; sisters Hannal Ching, Alice Lau, Betty Mark and Ruth Wong; seven grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at First Assembly of God. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Veterans Cemetery.