Obituaries

Friday, October 30, 1998

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Frederick P. Apo, 66, of Waianae, a retired printing technician, died Oct. 19 in Waianae. Born in Wailuku, he is survived by wife Frances M.; son Frederick; daughter Fredlyn Hannah; brothers George, Stanley, Richard and Brother George; sister Josephine Yip; and five grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. tomorrow at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Margaret S. Austin, 99, of Honolulu will be remembered in memorial services 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Central Union Church. Inurnment: Oahu Cemetery. Aloha attire.

The Rev. Edward F. Boyle, 86, of Honolulu, a Roman Catholic priest of the Redemptorist Order, died Oct. 5 in Queen's Hospital. Born in Saskatchewan, Canada, he is survived by relatives and friends in Hawaii and on the mainland. Memorial services: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, 800 Kaheka St. in Honolulu. No flowers. Donations suggested to a trust fund for the Sacred Heart Sisters of Mexico: Father Edward Boyle Memorial Fund, Friends of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, c/o Wells Fargo Bank, Special Investment Services, P.O. Box 20160, Long Beach, CA 90801.

Shizuko Chinen, 79, of Honolulu, a retired housekeeping supervisor at Hilton Hawaiian Village, died Tuesday in Kaiser Hospital. Born in Honolulu, she is survived by sons Jerry M., Glenn M. and Ralph M.; daughters Harriet Horita and Jenny Tamura; brothers Koyu and Harry S. Higa; sister Jane A. Kunitake; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. No flowers.

Eusebio Fernandez, 86, of Hanamaulu, Kauai, a retired mill worker with Lihue Plantation, died Wednesday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. Born in Ilocos Norte, the Philippines, he is survived by wife Agustina, daughters A. Nancy Acorda and Ellaine Geter, brother Loreto, and four grandchildren. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Monday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Kauai Memorial Gardens. Casual attire.

Kose Gibo, 95, of Waipahu died Oct. 6 in Kuakini Hospital. Born on Okinawa, she is survived by sons Peter S., James K. and Paul I.; daughter Joyce E. Higa; 13 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. Private services.

Richard M.W. Heirakuji, 70, of Kailua, a retired cargo supervisor, died Saturday in Kailua. Born in Kohala, Hawaii, he is survived by wife Kathleen R.; children Richard, Russell, Martin and Carolyn; brothers and sisters Roy, Wilfred, Wally, Charlie and Clyde Heirakuji, Geraldine Meade, Jean Yim, Rodney, Robert, Kanoe, Roland, Lionel and Elmer Cazimero and Brenda Heirakuji Romero; and seven grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. tomorrow at St. John's Vianney Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: 9 a.m. Monday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery.

Nancy T. Isa, 77, of Aiea is survived by daughter Kaaren N. Takara. Incorrect information for an obituary published Wednesday.

Tsuyuko Kubota, 86, of Kailua died Oct. 22 in Castle Hospital. Born in Nagasaki, Japan, she is survived by son Steven D.; daughters Carol T. Murakawa, Michiko Morishige, Toyomi Tsukano, Masayo Matsukawa and Molly T. Yoneshige; 18 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Private services.

Kenneth R. Kuwaye, died Tuesday. Born in Honolulu, he is survived by wife Mary F.; daughters Gayle, Patti-Anne and Cathy; brothers Ernest, Vernon, Buddy and Wallace; sister Jane; and three grandchildren. Services on the mainland.

Marcelo K. Laborte, 39, a pastry chef at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, died Oct. 22. He is survived by daughter Nicole Grace, sister Jeannie Sato and brother Michael Kimura. Celebration of life: summer of 1999. Contact bleelaborte@earthlink.net for more information.

Violet Marques, 81, of Florida and formerly of Honolulu died Sunday in Orange Park, Fla. Born in Honolulu, she is survived by daughter Beverly Prater, sons Raymond Jr. and Michael, six grandchildren, eight grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. Mass: 9:15 a.m. Monday at Blessed Sacrament Church. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Charles G. “Chuck” Maybell, 80, of Kailua, a retired bureau chief for the U.S. Treasury Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, died Tuesday in Malama Ohana Skilled Nursing Facility. Born in Kansas, he is survived by wife Paula, son Jon and a granddaughter. Services: 1 p.m. tomorrow at St. Mark Lutheran Church. Call after noon. Donations suggested to the church.

Jane H. Morioka, 67, of Kahului died Wednesday in Wailuku. Born in Waikapu, Maui, she is survived by husband Norman N., daughters Debra Ann N. and Sandra L., mother Michie Saito and sister Masako Nishijo. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Nakamura Mortuary.

Oscar L. Nedbalek, 86, of Mililani, a retired vocational agriculture teacher in Texas, died Oct. 21 in Wahiawa General Hospital. Born in Skidmore, Texas, he is survived by son Leon, three grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. Private services.

Nobuyoshi Oyama, 70, of Lawai, Kauai, a retired certified foreman welder with C&S Pan Am at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Mana, died Tuesday in Wilcox Hospital. Born in Hanamaulu, Kauai, he is survived by wife Helen; son Russell; daughter Cheryl; brothers Hisayoshi and Tatsuyoshi Oyama and Arthur Fujita; and four grandchildren. Memorial services: 3 p.m. Sunday at Kalaheo Missionary Church. Call after 2 p.m. Casual attire.

Kikumi Sakurai, 85, of Waipahu died Tuesday in Maunalani Nursing Center. Born in Kona, Hawaii, she is survived by son Melvin M.; daughter Karen K. Oshiro; brothers Yukio Abe, Minoru Abe and Takeshi Shizuma; and a grandson. Services: 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire.

Kinuko Sasaki, 89, of Honolulu, a former clerk at the Kekaha Post Office, died Oct. 21 in Island Nursing Home in Honolulu. Born in Kekaha, Kauai, she is survived by son Dennis T., brother Charles Kaneyama, sisters Florence Kamei and Fumiko Koike and a grandson. Private services.