Obituaries

Friday, January 22, 1999

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Dominador M. “Ador” Banday,46, of Kapolei, who worked for Citywide Honolulu Freight Services, died Dec. 25 in St. Francis-West Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Mercedes M. “Mercie”; daughter Sheryl-Lyn M.; son James A.; mother Crispina “Pining”; brothers Danilo and Reynaldo, and sister Rosie Solomon. Wake services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Monday at St. John the Baptist Church, 2324 Omilo Lane. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.

Joshua Y.S. Cho,75, of Pearl City, a retired Matson Navigation Co. superintendent, died Jan. 13 at home. he was born in Waialua. He is survived by wife Lucina; daughters Joslyn L. Akimoto and Joleen L. Cho; brother David, and a grandson. Private services. Burial held.

Elsie T. Chun,85, of Honolulu died last Friday in St. Francis Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Hung Lum; son Cedric C.; daughter Carolyn Chun Wong; brothers Thomas C.K. and Herbert C.H. Tong, and sisters Georgia Au and Roberta Mun. Memorial services: 5 p.m. Tuesday at Waialae Country Club. Reception to follow. Casual attire. Contributions suggested to Hanahau‘oli School, Elsie and Aluma Chun Archives Fund.

Edna N. Fujio,80, of Honolulu died Monday in Kuakini Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Nelson M. and Alton J.; daughters Glorian K. Osumi and Candance K. Kawakami; sisters Jane Y. Kuwata and Charlotte Y. Nakaoka, seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Takako Hatakeyama,93, of Honolulu, a Del Monte Corp. retiree, died Jan. 12 in Kuakini Hospital. She was born in Ehime, Japan. She is survived by sons George “Maxi” and Robert; daughters Yoshiko and Iris Hatakeyama, Florence Hataoka, Doreen Yoshioka, Agnes Stamirowsky and Betty Castanares; brother Taizo Takashige, nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Private services.

Juro Higuchi,81, of Hanamaulu, Kauai, a retired Kauai Community College custodian, died Tuesday at home. He was born in Nawiliwili. He is survived by sons Gordon and Clayton; brother Sueo; sister Kinuyo Mizutani, and three grandchildren. Memorial services: 5 p.m. Monday at Lihue Hongwanji Mission. Casual attire. No flowers.

Frederick W. “Ricky” Hoogs,58, of Apple Valley, Minn., a special education teacher, died Dec. 25. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Althea; children Marguerite, Justin, Marietta and Hans; mother Barbara F.; brother Peter, and sister Margo. Private services. Memorials suggested to the N.C. Little Memorial Hospice, 7019 Lynmar Lane, Edina, Minn. 55435, or charity.

Haruyo Ishiguro,81, of Waialua died last Friday at home. She was born in Waialua. he is survived by son Dwight A.; daughters Sarah N. Sugimura and Lissa A. Ishiguro; brother Richard K. Yamashina; sisters Margaret Kealoha, Florence Miura, Sueko Souza, Alice Koyanagi and Asako Yamashina, and three grandchildren. Memorial services: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Casual attire. No flowers.

Daniel K. Kealohanui,42, of Waimanalo died Saturday in Kailua. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Michelle Aina-Kealohanui; daughter Daeshalynn; sons Daniel Dustinjohn and Diamondlee Kealohanui; hanai children Aloha, Sarah and Kawika; mother Odelia; brothers Daniel Burling and Ralph, Mike, Joe and Kimo Kealohanui, and sisters Anita Ouye, Kehau Simon and Tubby, Raymar and Omi Kealohanui. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m. Cremation to follow. Private scattering of ashes. Casual attire. No flowers.

Saylor M. King,infant daughter of Susan M. and Paul B. of Kailua, died Jan. 13 in Kailua. She is also survived by grandparents John and Yvonne King and Carl and Barbara Thorne, and great-grandparents Dorothy Perry, Mildred King and Agnes Thomas. Private services.

Irene I. Lee,85, of Honolulu, a Kapiolani Children's Hospital retiree, died Saturday in Straub Hospital. She was born in Hawaii. She is survived by daughters Mona Chong and Maile Lee; son Robert; sister Eloise Haili, and three grandchildren. Services were private.

Jose De Dios Miguel,80, of Aiea died Jan. 12 in Kuakini Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sons Isabelo, Mario, Albert, Danilo, Reynaldo and Franklin Casaclang; daughters Josephine Winter, Laureta Capuno, Josefa Pless, Asuncion Juwett, Florencia Acosta, Angelita Pasion, Jeanna Domingo, Brendaliza Tapler and Marle Lincod; brothers and sisters in the Philippines, 29 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 11 a.m. Sunday at the mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples.

John E. Perry,75, of Honolulu, a retired Army master sergeant and city accountant, died last Friday in St. Francis Hospice. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sister Bertha “Bebe” Provenzano. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Mystical Rose Chapel, St. Louis School. Call after 8 a.m. Cremation to follow. Inurnment: 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.

Arisa J. San Nicolas,18, of Yigo, Guam, a student at Chaminade University of Honolulu, will be remembered in services on Guam. She died Sunday in a car accident in Wahiawa. She is survived by parents John and Martina; brothers Michael and Karl, and grandparents Jacinto and Maria San Nicolas and Yoshiko Guerrero. Donations suggested to charity.

Elaine L. Stepanovich,71, of Honolulu, who retired from the state Disabilities Branch, Waimanalo Health Center, died Jan. 1. She was a former co-owner of Helaine's Sewing School. She was born in Detroit. She is survived by husband Walter; sons Michael, Daniel and Robert Gold; daughter Sandra Olmos; stepdaughter Marta Swann, and nine grandchildren. Informal gathering: 3 to 4 p.m. Jan. 30 at Sheraton Moana Hotel beachside cafe. Donations suggested to American Cancer Society or Hospice Hawaii.

Tohru “The Admiral” Takahashi,61, of Honolulu, chairman and chief executive officer for Virtual Galaxy Systems, died Jan. 13 in Queen's Hospital. He was born in Nagoya, Japan. He is survived by wife Keiko; son Yuya; sisters Akiko Takahashi, Eiko Suzuki and Miyeko Takizawa, and two grandchildren. Private services.

Haliimaile “Maile” Tamoria,37, of Kaneohe, formerly of Waianae, died last Friday in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was a former employee at Fox Bilt Electric and Keoki Laulau Plant. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Louie “Joey” Jr.; daughters Denise, Joycelee “Bok Soon” and Kandis “Kehaulani” Yap; father Joseph Souza Jr.; brothers Joseph III and Pauli Boy Souza; sister Piikeakaleiokalani “Sugar” Meyers; stepsister Rebecca Pagdilao, and stepbrothers Matthew and Joel Schroeder. Mass: 11 a.m. tomorrow at St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church in Aiea. Call from 9 a.m. to noon. Casual attire. No flowers.

Violet Thompson,83, of Honolulu died Jan. 9 in St. Francis Hospice. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Alexander; son Alexander Jr., and three grandchildren. Private services.

Hatsume Uyeda,95, of Honolulu died Wednesday in Castle Hospital. She was born in Koloa, Kauai. She is survived by son Raymond, two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Makiki Christian Church. Casual attire. No flowers.

Thelma Ventura,77, of Honolulu died Jan. 10 in Beverly Manor. She was born in Wailuku, Maui. She is survived by sons John and Thomas; daughters Gennieve Kauhane, Carolyn Rodrigues, Betty Lou Ventura, Peggy Pellot, Violet Gossett, Thelma “Linda” Salangsang and Adeline Ponce; brothers Ralph and Earl Eckart; sisters Charlotte Anderson and Elaine and Irene Eckart; 22 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Philomena Catholic Church. Call after 10:30 a.m.