Obituaries

Friday, October 9, 1998

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Jose Blankleder, 89, of Honolulu, a retired Honolulu Symphony Orchestra member, died Tuesday in Honolulu. He was born in London. He is survived by wife Jospa; sons Julio, Ismael and Jorge; daughter Nery, six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services: noon Oct. 21 at the Musicians Association Center of Honolulu.

Victor O. Galliza, 99, of Kaneohe, a retired painter, died Saturday in Kaneohe. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Primitiva V.; sons Victor Jr., Dennis and William Galisa; daughters Sandra Maxwell and Linda Agbayani; brother Cosme; 22 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren and 20 great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11:15 a.m. Wednesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: noon at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Robaire Y. Goueytes, 60, of Kihei, Maui,died Wednesday at home. He was born in Lille Nord, France. He is survived by wife Elizabeth “Lee”; sons Andre and Kaipo Goueytes and Kevin DeVera; daughters Michele Pimentel and Toni Cravalho; brother Jacques; sister Nicole, eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 9 a.m. Saturday at Hope Chapel, Kihei. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Makawao Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire.

George H. Hiyama, 67, of Aiea, a retired city personnel management specialist, died Wednesday at home. He was born in Hilo, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Hiroko K.; son Dr. Darryl T.; daughter Pamela R. Kohara; sisters Mary, Margaret and Marian Hiyama and Dorothy Kawamoto; brother Robert, and four grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. No flowers. Casual attire.

Emily O. Iranon, 87, of Mililani, a homemaker and foster parent, died Monday in Wahiawa Hospital. She was born in O'Okala, Hawaii. She is survived by sons George and Philip; daughters Consuelo Glorioso, Angie Menor, Carol McCabe, Nancy Defiesta and Jacqueline Indreginal, 26 grandchildren and 41 great-grandchildren. Wake service: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home. Call after 6 p.m. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Kiyomi Kameoka, 73, of Wahiawa died last Friday at home. He was born in Wahiawa. He is survived by wife Inez Y.; son Gerald K.; daughters Lynn K. Tada, Lani Narikiyo and Lori Watanabe; brothers Dr. Haruo and Dr. Wallace; sister Fumiko Morisato, and two grandchildren. Private services.

John T. Kane, 76, of Honolulu, a retired Wall Street investment banker with First Boston Corp., died Tuesday in Straub Hospital. He was born in New York. He is survived by daughter and son-in-law Cynthia and Robert Flating. Services: 7:30 p.m. Monday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Burial on the mainland. No flowers.

Leroy T. “Roy” Kuwasaki, 80, of Honolulu, a construction contractor, died Sunday in Hale Nani Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. He was born in Japan. He is survived by wife Katherine K.; son Leroy T. Jr.; daughters Phyllis Y. Griep and Stephanie L. Jamile; brothers Ronald S., Gary F.; Rex S. and Masanori; sister Jean Arizumi, 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Wake service: 7 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Private interment. Casual attire.

Frank T. Manuel, 72, of Kekaha, Kauai, a retired metal fabricator with Kekaha Sugar Co., died Wednesday in Kauai Veterans Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sons Larry, Daryl, Norvin, Dean, Frank and Allan; daughter Donna Kamahele; stepdaughter Maryanne Cachero, 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Garden Island Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Kauai Memorial Gardens. Casual attire.

Edward C. Medeiros, 80, of Honolulu, a retired bus driver for MTL, died last Oct. 1 in Honolulu. He was born on Maui. He is survived by sons Edwin C. and Raymond C.; daughters Naomi Winston and Collette C. Medeiros; brother Morris C., 11 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: noon at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Hajime Minemoto, 80, of Honolulu, a retired U.S. postal clerk and a member of Disabled American Veterans, died last Friday in Hale Nani Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. He was born in Hilo, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Sakiko; son Arthur K.; daughter Colleen K. Endo; sister Masae Yoshida, and two grandchildren. Private services.

Lisa M. Ortiz, 20, of Mililani, a private stationed at Fort Benning, Ga., with the U.S. Army, died last Friday in North Carolina. She was born in Fort Ord, Calif. She is survived by mother Sunshine, and aunts and uncles. Services: 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Monday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. No flowers. Aloha attire.

Daniel Santos, 82, of Kailua, a retired custodian, died Tuesday in Honolulu. He was born in Makaweli, Kauai. He is survived by wife Elizabeth; sons Daniel Jr. and John; daughters Mary L. Uriarte and Eileen Reis; brother Peter; sisters Henrietta Chang and Annie Torres, 15 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Mass: 12:30 p.m. Monday at the mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

David T. Sugino, 67, of Honolulu, a retired accountant for the state of Hawaii, died Sept. 21 in Straub Hospital. He was born in Wailuku, Maui. He is survived by wife Marilyn; son Daverick; daughter Sherene Sugino; brothers Takeshi, Rocky, Yoshio, Stanley and Tatsuo; sisters Makie Takano and Margie Tarumoto, and two grandchildren. Private services.

Jean K. Takeda, 57, of Honolulu, a teacher at Puuhale Elementary School, died Thursday at home. She was born in Kealakekua-Kona, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Edward I.; sons Lionel K. and Daryl H.; daughter Michelle M. Iwanaka; brothers Ernest and Arthur Kawakami; sister Nancy Masaki, and one grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. No flowers. Aloha attire.

Ethel S. Tamanaha, 83, of Palolo died Wednesday at home. She was born in Wahiawa. She is survived by daughters Linda Teruya, Verna Takamoto and Ginny Uehara; brothers Robert and Harry Kiyabu; sisters Elsie Ikei, Florence Hiraoka and Ruby Holu, and five grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Cremation to follow. No flowers. Casual attire.

Susumu Tanaka, 70, of Honolulu, a tour driver for Enoa Tours, died Saturday in Kuakini Hospital. He was born in Hilo, Hawaii. He is survived by companion Jane; son Neil A.; daughter Dorrie K. Tsukayama; brother Charlie; sisters Hana Enseki and Doris Y. Akahoshi, and five grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Cremation to follow. Inurnment: 2 p.m. Tuesday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. No flowers. Casual attire.

Lily H. Walthall, 70, of Honolulu died Sunday in Queen's Hospital. She was born in Kohala, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Bernard; son Earl “Eugene” Dick Jr.; stepsons Bernard and Brian; brother Joshua Halemanu, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 8 p.m. Monday at Kawaiahao Church. Call after 6:30 p.m. Graveside service: 11 a.m. Tuesday at the family grave at Kaauhuhu Homestead, Kohala. Aloha attire.

Louis Ashby Wills, 89, of Honolulu, died Aug. 31 in Roseville, Calif. Incorrect information was published in an obituary yesterday.

Ross T.K. Yamagata-Toma, 18, of Wailuku, Maui, died Tuesday in Wailuku. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by parents Joseph and Debra Toma; sisters Sonya Toma and Rena Tani, and grandparents Larry and Evelyn Yamagata, Thomas and Nora Toma, and Robert and Hope Kihune. Services: 5 p.m. Sunday at Wailuku Hongwanji Mission.

Dennis M. Yamanaka, 47, of Mililani, a planner at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, died Wednesday at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Corliss S.; parents Tadao and Tsuyako, and sister Karen E. Miyazono. Services: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary, with cremation to follow. No flowers. Casual attire.