Obituaries

Monday, March 15, 1999

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Clara Yoshie Boone, 75, of Ewa Beach, a retired seamstress, died Thursday at Kaiser Hospital. Born in Honolulu, she is survived by her husband John; daughter Joanne Anguay; brothers Richard, Albert, Ralph and Stanley Kikkawa; sisters Alice Nishio, Mildred Katayama and Grace Kanda; and seven grandchildren. Service: 4 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. No flowers. Casual attire.

Kiku Furukawa, 97, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died March 7 at Kuakini Medical Center. Born in Yamaguchi, Japan, she is survived by her sons Edward and Harold; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Private services held.

Roy Shigeru Fujimori, 79, of Honolulu, a retired salesman and previous co-owner of Seiseido Shoten Ltd., died March 8 at home. Born in Honolulu, he is survived by his wife Nancy; son Dwight; daughter Lynne Briggles; two grandchildren; a brother and five sisters. Call: 5 to 6 p.m. Thursday at Nuuanu Congregational Church. Services: 6 p.m. No flowers. Casual attire.

Toshiro “Pappy” “Billy” Iwamoto, 84, of Honolulu, a member of the 442nd Third Headquarters, died Tuesday at the Beverly Manor Nursing Home. Born in Haiku, Maui, he is survived by wife Doris; son Elton; daughters Geraldine and Patricia Iwamoto, and Analee Long; brother Sueo; and sister Momoe Saka. Service: 11 a.m. Thursday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Inurnment to follow at 2 p.m. No flowers. Casual attire.

Phillip “Didi” Frederico Laborada, 73, of Mountain View, Hawaii, a retired heavy equipment operator, died March 2 at Hilo Medical Center. He is survived by brothers Arthur, Alexander and George Laborada, and Mume Sakauye ; sister-in-law Taji Laborada; and several nieces and nephews. Private services held.

Gale Frederick Woessner, 79, of Waimanalo, a retired auto mechanic, died March 7 in Waimanalo. Born in North Dakota, he is survived by son Ernest J.H.K. Ching; daughter Leilani Gayle Woessner-Brilliande; 10 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and brother Harold. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery.