Obituaries

Monday, January 18, 1999

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Elizabeth Barnhill, 48, of Laie, a student at Brigham Young University, died Thursday in Laie. She was born in Scotland. She is survived by husband Roy; sons Roy L. Jr., Dana A. and Adam J.; daughters Robin E. and Brooke A.; brother Ian Robertson, and father Jimmy Robertson. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Laie Stake Center. Call after 10 a.m. Inurnment: Laie Cemetery.

John F. Bucca, 83, of Honolulu, died Dec. 4 in St. Francis Hospice. He was born in New York. He is survived by sisters Joan LaRusse and Angela DeSimone. Memorial services: 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1666 Mott Smith Drive. Inurnment: 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire. In lieu of flowers, contributions suggested to the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Tsuna Inouye, 98, of Kahului, Maui died Dec. 27 in Kahului Hale Makua. She was born in Fukuoka, Japan. She is survived by sons Masato, Itsuo, Takeo and Noboru; daughters Aiko Nishimoto and Fusae Harada; 11 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Services were private.

Hendrik H. Knop, 80, of Honolulu, a retired chairman of the board for Ciba-Geigy Co., died Jan. 8 in Queen's Hospital. He was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He is survived by wife Sonia. Graveside services: 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire. No flowers.

Edwin S.C. Lau, 76, of Honolulu, a stockbroker with Pac Equity Securities, died Tuesday in Honolulu. He was born in Canton, China. He is survived by wife Ailean; daughter LaVerne Yamada; son Lance; brothers Henry, Donald and David; sisters Bernice Yee and Pearl Fong, and five grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Manoa Chinese Cemetery. Casual attire.

Kyung Sik Min, 75, of Honolulu, died Jan. 10 in Honolulu. He was born in Seoul, Korea. He is survived by wife Do Won; son Byung Kook; daughters Kyung Hee Kim, Byung Ok Hong and Byung Won Min, and six grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Nuuanu Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Dorothy B. Mueller, 83, of Honolulu, died Wednesday in St. Francis Hospice. She was born in Baltimore. She is survived by daughter Martha Susan and brother William C. Saur. Services: 9:15 a.m. tomorrow at Sts. Peter and Paul Church. Call from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Burial: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.

Constance M.S. Nobriga, 85, of Wailuku, Maui, died Thursday in Hale Makua. She was born in San Leandro, Calif. She is survived by sons Robert and David; daughters Caroline Caluya, Helen Torricer, Constance Goo, F. Diane Hokamura and Eleanor Pojas, 21 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony's Church on Maui. Call from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Burial: Maui Memorial Park.

Charles H. Takata, 88, of Pepeekeo, died Wednesday in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by son Francis H.; daughters Miriam Takemoto and Janice Morinaga; brother Makoto; sister Edna Sakuma, eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary in Hilo. Call from 3 to 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Jitsuo Taketa, 93, of Honolulu, a retired driver-salesman for Honolulu Laundry Co., died Jan. 10 in Straub Hospital. He was born in Olaa, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Kiyono; brother Masaru, and two grandchildren. Private services.

A Muoi Tang, 81, of Honolulu, died Wednesday in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. She was born in Canton, China. She is survived by sons Moc Hi Ly, De Tieu Tang, Minh Hi Ly and Danny Tang, 12 grandchildren and two great-grandsons. Services: 9 a.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.

Jerry K. Tanigawa, 76, of Hilo, formerly of Volcano, Hawaii, a retired tomato farmer, died Tuesday at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Hiroko; sons Wilfred and Warren; daughter Cheryle Ikeda; brother Katsumi; sister Nancy Hiraiwa, and nine grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. tomorrow at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Eugene A. Wolf, 66, of Waianae, a lector at St. Rita Church, died Monday in Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center. He was born in Milwaukee. He is survived by wife Phyllis A.; daughters Kanani Wolf, Mele Strickland, Tracy Newland and Joni Montag; brothers Donald and Sheldon; sister Ruth Liedtke, and eight grandchildren. Prayer services: noon tomorrow at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers.

Seishi Yahata, 73, of Pearl City, co-owner of Aloha Auto Parts in Los Angeles, died Jan. 4 in Kapiolani Hospital at Pali Momi. He was born in Hilo, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Michiko; brother Harry, and sisters Esuko Yahata, Tomoye Moriuchi and Lillian Kamimura. Private services.