Obituaries

Wednesday, November 4, 1998

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Punahele K. Adolpho-Ohia, infant daughter of Thomas Ohia and Maile Adolpho of Kailua, died Oct. 21 in Honolulu. She is also survived by grandparents Joseph and Randallyn Adolpho and Albert Ohia and Pamela Correa. Memorial services: 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Mount Zion Church in Kahaluu.

Lucas B. Agpaoa, 73, of Ewa Beach, a retired postmaster in Solsona, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines, died Oct. 10 in St. Francis-West Hospital. Born in Laoag City, the Philippines, he is survived by wife Laura S.; son Andreades; daughter Maria A. Agpaoa-Kettenhofen; brothers Andres, Juan and Melecio; sister Juana Castro; and two grandchildren. Wake: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9:45 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Ewa Beach. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Mariano L. Agrigado, 87, of Hilo, a retired Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association seed cutter, died Monday at home. Born in Vintar, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines, he is survived by wife Janet; sons Ronald, Delbert and Dennis; 11 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Friday and after 9 a.m. Saturday. Burial: Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Miyono Amemiya, 92, of Honolulu died last Thursday at home. Born in Kapehu, Papaloa, Hawaii, she is survived by son George I.; brother Haruo Onuma; sisters Sumiko Suzuki, Chieko Sakaki and Ruth Yokouchi; and one grandchild. Private services.

William Auwae, 83, of Kula, a former manager at a Lahaina Chevron substation, died Monday in Maui Memorial Hospital. Born in Lahaina, he is survived by wife Violet C.; sons Warren, Rodney and Alvin “Boogie”; daughter Sylvia Nagamine; brothers Allen and Moses; sisters Emily Caldeira, Hilda Kerr, Dorothy Edwards, Catherine Freeman, Helen Cerda and Agnes Wills; 11 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Wake: 7 p.m. Friday at Lahaina Maria Lanakila Church. Call after 6 p.m. Services: 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Nakamura Mortuary. Call after 1 p.m. Burial: Maui Memorial Park.

Eleise A. Baltazar, 65, of Kaneohe, a manager, died Oct. 16 in Hemet, Calif. Born in Alexandria, Va., she is survived by husband Gabriel “Gabe,” son Scott and brother Charles Kelley. Memorial services: 12:30 p.m. Sunday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Cleo H. Beatty, 90, of Honolulu, died on Oct. 29 in St. Francis Hospice. Born in Nebraska, she is survived by daughter Jacqueline K. Sebert and granddaughters Tara Walters, Jenny Denneman, Shawan Tunny, Laura Fehling, Lana Cline and Lisa Beatty. Services: 4:30 p.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church. Aloha attire. No flowers. Contributions suggested to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Hawaii.

Violet Y.T.Z. Chong, 91, of Honolulu, died Oct. 28 in St. Francis Hospice. Born in Kohala, Hawaii, she is survived by son Sidney, daughter Jocelyn Wong, brothers Howard and Ralph Zane, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park. No flowers. Aloha attire.

Serenity Ann Davis, infant daughter of Ann Truong and Scott Davis, died Oct. 30 in Honolulu. Born in Honolulu, she is also survived by maternal grandmother Lilly Truong, maternal grandfather Mario Fiore and paternal grandmother Terrie Davis. Private services.

Vincente B. Domingo, 69, of Waianae is also survived by sisters Quinta Trow, Maxine Domingo and Delphine Brown. Additional information for an obituary published Saturday provided by the mortuary.

Elaine C. “Bibiana” Duque, 56, of Kahului, a department store seamstress, died Saturday in Illinois. Born in the Philippines, she is survived by husband Earl, sons Erwin and Dean, daughter Jennifer and brothers Melitonio and George Cabrera. Mass: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Christ the King Church. Call after 6 p.m. Prayer service: 8:30 a.m. Saturday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Emily H. Feliciano, 79, of Honolulu died Saturday in Crawford Convalescent Home. Born in Hilo, she is survived by sons John Soto Jr. and Gordon Francis; daughters Margaret Leblock, Lorraine Golightly, Priscilla A. Reynoso, Eleanor Chow and Diane Carvalho; sisters Virginia Orengo, Mable Saramento and Margaret Long; 22 grandchildren; and 41 great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Interment: 1 p.m. at Greenhaven Cemetery. No flowers. Aloha attire.

Theodore “Doro” Fernandez, 78, of Haleiwa, a retired civil service electrical ground power system Specialist, United States Air Force, and a World War II veteran, 298 Infantry Division, Company D, died Oct. 22 in Kuakini Hospital. Born in Ewa, he is survived by wife Fely B.; sons Rudy, John and Teddy “The Key Ranger” Jr.; daughters Marjorie and Madelene Fernandez and Marlene Williams; brothers Max Nonies, Alfred, Salvador, Elicio, Henry and Lawrence Alejandro; sister Mildred Zinders; 12 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary- Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Interment to follow. Casual attire.

Sadao Hedani, 87, of Honolulu, a retired Del Monte warehouse supervisor, died Sunday in Straub Hospital. Born in Waimalu, he is survived by wife Ellen K., sons Ronald T. and Derrick M., daughter Sharon T. Gibo, sister Michiko Tamagawa and seven grandchildren. Services: noon Friday at Hosoi Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Bun Hui Im, 85, of Pearl City, a homemaker, died Monday in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. Born in Taegu, Korea, she is survived by sons Kyung Bong and Kyong Sik, daughter Yon Borwn and Yon Soo Im, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 9:30 a.m. Friday at Hosoi Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Katsuji Kanno, 76, of Wahiawa, who retired from civil service, died Oct. 25 in St. Francis-West Hospital. Born in Wahiawa, he is survived by wife Takayo, son Clayton, daughter Carol Phillimore and a granddaughter. Private services.

Ik Soo Kim, 82, of Honolulu, a farmer, died Sunday in Queen's Hospital. Born in Ka Sun, Korea, he is survived by wife Jae Mun; sons Kwon Han and Won Han; daughters Han Sun, Myong Sun, In Sun, Kyong Sun and Sun Ae; and 15 grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Hosoi Mortuary. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Nancy C. Matsuura, 79, of Honolulu, a retired Dole Cannery packer, died last Thursday in St. Francis Hospice-West. Born in Honolulu, she is survived by sons Richard Y. and Douglas M., daughters Charlotte S. and Jeanette M., sister Lillian T. Downen, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Private services.

Estelle S. Medeiros, 71, of Waipahu, a retired chef at Red Lion Restaurant in Seattle, died Oct. 29 in St. Francis Hospital. Born in Honolulu, she is survived by sons Thomas Hema and Steven Medeiros; daughters Victoria and Mary Pelton, Pearl Larsosa and Susan Brown; brother Joseph “Kepa” Kahunahana; 19 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary, 20 S. Kukui St. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire.

Dr. Carl M. Mirikitani, 90, of Honolulu, a physician, died Friday in Kuakini Hospital. Born in Honolulu, he is survived by sons Andrew K. and Richard K., brothers Clifford K. and Howard H., sisters Katherine S. Sakamoto and Dorothy N. Kuwamoto, and one grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Congregational Church, 2651 Pali Highway. Call after 5 p.m. Burial: 9 a.m. Saturday at Oahu Cemetery. Aloha attire.

Toshi S. Morimoto, 55, of Hilo, a Hilo Candy Co. vice president and general manager, died Oct. 26 at home. Born in Japan, he is survived by wife Marion; son Kenneth; daughters Kathleen, Lori, Lisa and Julie; sister Masami Kato; and one grandchild. Private services.

Clayton M. “Brother” Papapa, 58, of Honolulu, a retired Honolulu Police Department officer, died Sunday in Honolulu. Born in Honolulu, he is survived by wife Kehau, daughter Nani Blakesley, sons Clayton and Victor, mother Alice, sister Juanita Cockett and four grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m.-noon Sunday at Maunalua Bay Beach Park, Hawaii Kai. Scattering of ashes to follow. Hawaiian attire.

Sarah A.M. Pua, 65, of Seaside, Calif. died Friday in Salinas, Calif. Born in Honolulu, she is survived by husband Stanley; son Micah; daughter Debbie; brothers Samuel, Kimo “Sonny” Kimokeo and John and Paul Miner; and two grandchildren. Services: 8:30 a.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Burial: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire.

Bernice M. Rivera, 74, of Kapaau, Hawaii, died Oct. 28 in Kohala Hospital. Born in Oahu, she is survived by daughter Brenda Cazimero; sons James and George Oliva and Antonio, Benjamin and Franklin Rivera; sisters Madelene Pascua and Sophia Padilla; 20 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Wake service: 7 p.m. Friday at Kohala Assembly of God Church. Call after 6 p.m. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at same church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawi County Cemetery. Casual attire.

Aurelio A. Romualdo, 93, of Aiea died Saturday in Maluhia Long Term Care Health Center. Born in Banna, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines, he is survived by wife Felicisima D. “Sima”; daughter Josie Arios; son Dominador Saguiguit; sisters Consorcia A. and Avelina A.; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Wake services: 8 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Burial on the mainland. Casual attire.

Adam Stevens, 17, of Honolulu died Sunday in Honolulu. Born in Sendai, Japan, he is survived by parents John and Joyce, brothers Colin and Matthew, and sister Sarah Aoyama. Services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Valley of the Temples. Call after 12:30 p.m. Inurnment to follow.

Catalina B. Tabangay, 82, of Honolulu, died Saturday in Kaiser Hospital. Born in the Philippines, she is survived by sons Sosimo Tabieros and Charles and Edwin Tabangay; daughters Leticia Simbach, Florence Madsen, Adeline Torres and Freely Resuello; 25 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Parke Chapel, and noon Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. on Friday and after 9 a.m. Saturday. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Steven Wong, 47, of Honolulu, a Liberty House employee, died Oct. 27 at home. Born in China, he is survived by mother Yim King, brother Wing Sum and sisters Lai Si Kwok and Lai Hing Tse. Visitation: 9 a.m.-noon at Borthwick Mortuary.