Obituaries

Wednesday, August 5, 1998

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Clifford H. and Mercedes S.C. Aguilar will be remembered in services at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Mercedes Aguilar, 79, died July 9 at home. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by sister Demetria C. Toletino. Clifford Aguilar, 81, died July 28 in St. Francis-West Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by brother Vincent Angelias and care-giver Cynthia Valdez.

Richard O. “Ricky” Akau, 46, a tower crane operator for Fletcher Pacific Construction Co., died last Wednesday while working on a construction project at Ala Moana Shopping Center. He is survived by wife Janice Ann; daughters Rosemary N. Manuel and Rachel I. Akau; sons Richard K. and Raymond I.; parents Samuel K. Jr. and Agnes K.; brothers Randall H., Ronald L. and Rodney K., and five grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. and from noon to 1:30 p.m. Luncheon to follow. Aloha attire.

Usa Asato, 95, of Kihei, Maui, died Monday in Kahului Hale Makua. She was born in Okinawa, Japan. She is survived by sons Tokusei and Seikichi Gusukuma and Shokichi Asato; daughter Toshiko Afuso, 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Saturday at Nakamura Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Alonzo R. Atabay, 55, of Honolulu, a former warehouseman for Pacific Machinery, died July 23 in St. Francis Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Florence; children Darrell L.P., Darren M. and Darlynne K.M. Atabay and Dwayne A. Sagayaga; brother Henry; sister Caridad Galasinao, and four grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. John the Baptist Church, 2324 Omilo Lane. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Rizal R. Baniaga, 93, of Waipahu, died July 22 in St. Francis-West Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by nieces Paz Medina, Bella Tuzon and Precy Quibin and a grandnephew. Wake services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai 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.

Nemesio Cadiz, 80, of Waipahu, died July 17 in St. Francis-West Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Imelda A.; sons Victorino, Justo and Roger; daughters Lei-Ann and Cristel Joy; brothers Federico, Regino, Nicanor, Pedro and Selverio Bolusan; sisters Encarnacion Diocares and Gorgonia Deus, 14 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 1525 Waimano Home Road in Pearl City. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Joseph F. “Joe” Cavataio, 76, of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, a retired national sales manager with Gram Equipment of America, died last Wednesday at home. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He was born in Rockford, Ill. He is survived by wife Tina; sons Joseph P. and Robert; hanai daughters Lani Larrua, Tracy Ann DiFazio and Janna L. Smith; brother Anthony; sister Frances Pozzi, and nine grandchildren. Memorial services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Solid Rock Ministries, across from Verna's IV in Kailua-Kona. Inurnment: 10 a.m. Monday at West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 3. Casual attire.

Cary M.T. Chew, 55, of Honolulu, a state health inspector, died July 27 at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by mother Pauline and sister Hedy Des Jardins. Private services. Letters of condolences suggested to First Chinese Church of Christ.

Myoung Soon “Lucy” Cho, 85, of Honolulu died yesterday in Kuakini Hospital. She was born in Seoul, Korea. She is survived by children In Ho Park, Un Sook Bae, Grace Shin, Sook Cha Kim, Chuncha Kors and Young Sook, Yong Ho and Won Ho Cho; 15 grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren. Mass: noon tomorrow at Sacred Hearts, 1701 Wilder Ave. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park.

Anacleto S. Elefante, 74, will be remembered in services at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 5 to 9 p.m. Mass: 7:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony Church in Kailua. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday was provided by the mortuary.

Andres D. Galla, 86, of Kahului, Maui, owner of an auto repair shop on Mission Street, died Friday in Hale Makua at Kahului. He also worked at the Naval Air Station in Puunene, Maui. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Pastoria D.; brothers Baldwin, Frank, Hawaii, Joseph, Alfredo, Stanley, Leslie and Roosevelt Domingo, and sisters Maria Ojerio, Carlina Baybayan, Mary Seabury and Virgil Davis. Services: 11 a.m. tomorrow at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Private burial. Casual attire.

Gilbert S. Hokama, 82, of Waikoloa, Hawaii, a retired Parker Ranch cowboy, died Saturday in Hale Ho‘ola Hamakua. He was born in Kapulena, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Lorraine T.; daughters Leona Leonard, Evelyn Hokama and LeeAnne Palmer; son Leslie; brother Katsumi; sisters Edith S. Yoneoka, Evelyn M. Hanato, Oharu Takahashi and Nancy Sakuma, eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Services over the ashes: 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16, at Kamuela Hongwanji Mission. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Isabella K.K. “Bella” Iaukea, 76, of Hilo, a custodian for St. Joseph Elementary School, died Sunday at home. She was born in Kona, Hawaii. She is survived by daughters Rose Simeona, Noralee Lane and Virginia Goodman; sons Peter Jr., George, William, Jack, Abraham and David; sister Annie Alonzo; 34 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Keaukaha Ward. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Alae Cemetery. Casual attire.

Avelina A. Juan, 44, of Waimea, Hawaii, a pantry cook at the former Ritz Carlton in Waikoloa, died last Wednesday in St. Francis Hospital. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Genaro G.; sons Gene and Lito; godson Polly Pagdilao, and brothers and sisters in the Philippines. Wake services: 6 p.m. Friday at the residence. Call after 5 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at the Annunciation Catholic Church in Waimea. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Waimea Catholic Cemetery. Casual attire.

Frances E. Kalaukoa, 85, of Punaluu, a retired Dining Out editor for the Hawaii Newspaper Agency, died Saturday in Kaiser Hospital. She was born in Ashland, Ore. She is survived by sons Stanley Cook and Karl King; brother Bob Hardy, five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 5 to 7 p.m. Casual attire.

Setsuyo Miyamoto, 89, of Waipahu, a retired cafeteria cook from August Ahrens School, died Thursday in St. Francis-West Hospital. She was born in Waipahu. She is survived by sons Harold H. and George M.; daughters Nancy S. Miura and Thelma T. Kimura, five grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Casual attire. No flowers.

Calvin H. Miyashiro, 75, of Kaneohe, a retired sales manager at Foremost Dairies, died last Wednesday at home. He was born in North Hilo. He is survived by wife Patsy T.; sons Clifford H. and David H.; daughters Debra N. and Sandra S.; brothers Kiyoshi and Mitsuo; sisters Dorothy Lindo and Yoneko Yagi, and a granddaughter. Memorial services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Joseph P.K.O.K.K. Moke, 55, of Hilo, died last Wednesday in Hilo Hospital. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Roswitha “Rose”; sons Timothy, Philip J. and Steven Pesanka; mother Josephine K. “Aunty Dolly”; brothers Moses K., Ray, Herbert and Herman; sisters Sandra Lee and Theresa S. Gomes; hanai brothers Herbert Tom, Dickson Kahalioumi, Robert Keliihomalu and Charles Moody, and hanai sisters Thelma Kamekona and Edith Brown. Wake services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary. Call from 4 to 9 p.m. Memorial mass: 9 a.m. Sunday at Malia Puka O Kalani Catholic Church Hall. Call after 8 a.m. Scattering of the ashes: Puhi Bay. Casual attire.

Ronny L.N. Mokiao, 51, of Hilo, a construction laborer, died July 18 in Tripler Hospital. He was also a musician and a Vietnam War veteran. He was born in Kau, Hawaii. He is survived by daughter Charmaine; sons Ronny A. Jr., Kainoa L.N., Kawika and Kuuipo Mokiao and Vaughn Kaumoana; brothers Robert Perreira and Billy and Matthew Mokiao; sister Cecilia M., and two grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. Friday at Memorial Mortuary. Call from 6 to 8 p.m. Inurnment at a later date. Casual attire. No flowers.

Joyce A. Rogers, 68, of Waihee, Hawaii, a teacher at Kahului School, died July 27 at home. She was born in Davenport, Iowa. She is survived by son Ben; brother Benjamin R. Grumadas, and a grandchild. Services: 1 p.m. Sunday at 185 Waihee Valley Road. Aloha attire. Friends welcome.

Rachel K. Saffery, 86, of Honolulu, a retired supervisor from Libby Cannery, died Monday at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Rachel Luna; hanai sons James Jr. and Moses Pung; hanai daughters Sandra Rodrigues, Charla Chandler and Charmaine Kim; brothers the Rev. Sam Jr. and Milton Saffery and William Sanborne; sisters Sarah Bell, Thelma Poepoe, Phyllis Nascimento, Kunaloha Callahan, Georgia Kay, Kuulei McClung and Lehua Nuuhiwa; two grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. Services: 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Abdon V. Santella, 93, of Kapaa, Kauai, a landscaper for private homes, died Saturday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He also served in the U.S. Army. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Amelia “Mely”; daughters Mary Bryan, Jeanette Williams and Frances Crabb; sons Leonard Evans and Lino Santella; two grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and sisters in the Philippines. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Kapaa. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: Kauai Veterans Cemetery in Hanapepe. Casual attire.

Soledad A. Subia, 75, of Waialua, a retired care home operator, died July 26 in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by sons Perry, Edwin F. and Raymond A.; sisters Maura Acoba and Germana Cid, and a grandson. Services: noon Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Marino “Professor” Tiwanak, 71, of Aiea, a retired aircraft mechanic with Pan American World Airways, died last Wednesday in Queen's Hospital. He was born in Ewa. He is survived by wife Vivian; sons Lee and Michael; brothers Raymond and Salang Tolento; sisters Gladys Sevener and Thelma Ligsay, and two grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 5 to 9 p.m. Call again from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Monday. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery.

Lynda Tolomei, 45, of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, a co-owner of Cellular World, died Sunday at home. She was born in San Francisco. She is survived by son Gino Cecchetto; brother Ty; hanai sister Deborah Rivera, and hanai mother Joann Snyder. Memorial services: noon today at the Church of the Nazarene, 75-5110 Palani Road in Kailua-Kona. Private scattering of the ashes. Casual attire. In lieu of flowers, memorial tributes are suggested to the Church of the Nazarene.

Jeanette Voigt, 81, of Honolulu died Monday at home. She was born in Providence, R.I. She is survived by husband Ralph; sons Ralph Jr. and Richard; daughter Janet Bukes, and two granddaughters. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 6 to 8 p.m. Aloha attire. In lieu of flowers, donations suggested to the Philoptochos Society of St. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church.

Francis H. Williams, 79, of Texas, a retired vice president for Hawaiian Electric Co. Inc., died Saturday. He was also director of Territorial Savings & Loan Association. He was born in Hornell, N.Y. He is survived by wife Mildred; daughters Sandra Cardosa and Valerie; sister Helen Allen, and two grandsons. Graveside services: 1 p.m. Friday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery.

Robert H. “Bob” Yamada, 88, of Hilo, a heavy equipment operator for S.K. Oda Co., died Sunday in Life Care Center of Hilo. He was born in Wahiawa. He is survived by wife Ruby; daughters Mildred Jackson and Betsy Nishioka; sons Richard, Raymond, Wallace and Lawrence; brothers James and Walter, 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.