Obituaries


Friday, December 4, 1998


Bullet Minnie “Nahale Jones” Ah Yo, 78, of Waipahu, who retired from the Dole Cannery, died Saturday in St. Francis-West Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Paul; sons David N. Kaeka and Paul Jr. and Herman Ah Yo; daughters Josephine “Phina” Kaeka and Lauretta “Jaye” Hillen, 30 grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 9 a.m. next Friday at the mortuary. Call from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.

Bullet Wallace Aina, 75, of Honolulu, who worked for Global Enterprises at Kwajalein, died Tuesday in Leahi Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Wallace Jr., Anthony, Michael, Benedict, James and Dominic; daughters Gloria Ilae and Kamala Cockett; brothers Gerard and Akepo; sisters Lily Hackbarth, Clara Maheux and Lucy Fong, 17 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of the Mount Church. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Thursday at the church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.

Bullet Manuel S. Burgo, 59, of Aiea, a retired station installation and maintenance supervisor at GTE-Hawaiian Tel, died Nov. 25 in St. Francis Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Patty Anne; sons Bernard, Benjamin, Daniel and Douglas Burgo and Roberto Tampos Jr.; daughters Lisa Jones and Evette Tampos; hanai daughters Shennell Yacavone and Madelyn Sales; parents Ambrose O. and Clara S.; brother Ambrose Jr.; sister Lillian Lucero, and six grandchildren. Mass: noon Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Bullet Joseph B. Calar, 89, of Kaneohe, a master diesel mechanic with Hercules Construction Co., died Nov. 23 in Kailua. He was born in Johnson County, Oklahoma. He is survived by wife Violet M.; daughters Marlene Towle, Sandra Ahn and Sheila Tomei; son Charles; brother Mearl, and grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Private services.

Bullet William C.K. Chun, 70, of Aiea, who retired from the U.S. Army, died Saturday in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by wife Mal Sun; children Wayne, Clifford, Wilbert, William, Brian and Norman Chun, Yet Lin Chun Pope and Helen Saito; brothers Samuel and David; sisters Mary Yamasaki and Hattie Suan, 15 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Aiea United Methodist Church. Call from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire.

Bullet Consuelo A.B. Cruz, 64, of Omao, Kauai will be remembered in a visitation from 4 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Kauai Mortuary. Incorrect information for an obituary published Wednesday was provided by the mortuary.

Bullet Elijah M. “Eli” Figueroa, 7, of Kurtistown, Hawaii died Nov. 18 in Queen's Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by father Derek Shingu; mother Sara; brothers Tevin Figueroa and Derek Shingu Jr.; sister Esperanza; grandparents Rose and Denny Dos Santos, Robert Lee Brown and Gary Shingu, and great-grandparents Estifino and Mary. Memorial services: 1:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Theresa Catholic Church. Call after 12:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Bullet Carl Y. Fukumoto, 79, of Honolulu, a retired chief executive officer for Hawaii Metal Forming Corp., died Sunday in St. Francis Hospital. He was born in Kohala, Hawaii. He is survived by sons Larsen S., Morris H. and Russell S.; daughter Yvonne Y. Toyama; brother Ron T.; sisters Carolyn K. Yamashita, Fusako Miyamoto, Joan Nihei and Kimie Daniels, 10 grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire.

Bullet Joseph Lonzaga, 65, of Honolulu died Monday at home. He was born on Maui. He is survived by son Bradley; sisters Monica Higa and Rosario Subeldia; brothers Phillip Genobia and John, Stanley and Paterno Lonzaga, and two grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Burial: 11 a.m. next Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Bullet Juanito F. Maglay, 61, of Waipahu, who retired from Del Monte Fresh Produce, died Nov. 15 in St. Francis Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Carmen S.; sons Gasbamel S. and Reynaldo, and a granddaughter. Wake services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 9:45 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Church, 94-675 Farrington Highway. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Bullet Harrison M. Miyaji, 60, of Kailua died Oct. 6 in San Diego. He is survived by sons Michael H. and Bryan K.; brothers Donald M., Larry K. and Melvin T.; sister Joycelyn T. Fukushima, and two granddaughters. Private services.

Bullet Toby S. Nishihira, 74, of Honolulu, an Outrigger Canoe Club parking attendant, died Nov. 25 in Straub Hospital. He was born in Ookala, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Marion T.; sons Larry and Terrence; daughter Jean Chinen; brother Kenneth; sisters Yoshiko Maehira, Tsurue Nishioka and Mitsue Tokuda, and two grandchildren. Private services.

Bullet David L. Palmer Jr., 75, of Kaneohe, a retired media specialist at Windward Community College, died Nov. 25 in Honolulu. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas, he is survived by daughters Lisa S.U.P. Llewellyn and Leslie A. Palmer; former wife Shizue, and a grandson. Celebration of life memorial picnic: noon to 3 p.m. Sunday at He'eia State Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Bullet Kelsey J. Primiano-Holton, infant daughter of Tom and Donna Primiano-Holton of Wahiawa, died Monday. She is also survived by sister Angela Holton and grandmothers Jean Kobayashi and Grace Primiano. Private services.

Bullet Sandra Satterly, 57, of Ewa Beach, a registered nurse for St. Francis-West Hospital, died Sunday in Queen's Hospital. She was born in Kentucky. She is survived by son J.T. Buffin; daughter Kelly Buffin; mother Thelma LeMay; sister Linda Hammond, and a grandchild. Services at a later date.

Bullet Laura T. Shibayama, 90, of Honolulu, a retired seamstress, died Nov. 17 in Hale Nani Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She was born in Pahala, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Arthur T. and Guy T.; daughters Jean M. Miyashiro and Clara T. Patino, 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Private services.

Bullet Ignacio A. Simon, 96, of Honolulu, a retired pipefitter for Hawaiian Electric Co., died Nov. 20. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Sabina; daughter Rowan Martin, and two grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.

Bullet Alice S. Smalley, 96, of Gloversville, N.Y., mother of Ruth S. Stepulis of Honolulu, died Tuesday in Smithsburg, Md. She was born in Mansfield, Mass. She is also survived by daughter Emma Lou Davis, two grandchildren and two great- grandchildren. Private services. No flowers. Donations suggested to Hospice of Washington County, Md., the First Congregational Church of Gloversville or Central Union Church in Honolulu.

Bullet Shigeko Sumida, 90, of Honolulu died Nov. 25 in Honolulu. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by son Stanley S.; daughters Bessie S. Lee and Susan S. Sumida, and two grandchildren. Private services.

Bullet Carol S. “Yago Menundunchi” Teruya-Okamoto, 55, of Honolulu, a retired cashier/waitress at Columbia Inn Restaurant, died Monday in Queen's Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Husao; brother Michael M. Teruya, and sister Joyce K. Warren. Services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Bullet Victoria K. “Kumu” Van Gieson, 85, of Hilo died Tuesday in Hilo Hospital. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by sons E.C. Hobron, Charles and George H.; daughters Lenore Van Gieson, Martha McNicoll and Ida L. Sisiam; hanai son Aldelbert Tallett; sister Lenora Broad; 20 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. Services: 12:15 p.m. Monday at the Church of Holy Apostles, Hilo. Call after 11 a.m. Burial: Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire.



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