Obituaries

Tuesday, March 16, 1999

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Memorial rites Thursday
for Chuck Novak

A memorial service for Robert C. “Chuck” Novak, a longtime United Airlines public relations executive, are scheduled for 4 p.m. Thursday at Star of the Sea Catholic Church. The ashes will be scattered later, friends said.

Novak, 68, was found dead of natural causes at his Hawaii Kai home Wednesday.

He was United's spokesman in Hawaii for 10 years starting in 1960 and later headed the airline's public relations in Chicago. He retired in 1987.

Frances B. “Pasing” Arbitrario, 77, of Honolulu, a retired Dole Cannery packer, died March 4 in Queen's Hospital. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Pablo; sons Phillip and Lawrence; daughters Lorraine Aranaydo and Yolanda Six; brothers Ricky Tomolac and Agapito, Barney and Vidal Bannay; sister Nancy Roylo, nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at the mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Tomoe Bustamente, 64, of Waipahu, a Honolulu Seed Co. retiree, died March 6 in Tripler Hospital. She was born in Mapulehu, Molokai. She is survived by husband Raymond K.; daughter Edith K.N.; brothers Ernest S., Harry M., George T., Koichi and Louis M. Otsuka; sister Bernice K. Libby, and four grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Friday at Schofield Post Cemetery. Casual attire.

Anthony “Tony” Caires, 89, of Sunnyvale, Calif., formerly of Honolulu, died Thursday in Mountain View, Calif. He was born in Honokaa, Hawaii. He is survived by sons Marvin, Gerald and Stephen; sister Christina Ribble, 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Graveside services: 2 p.m. Thursday at Diamond Head Memorial Park.

Marietje S. Fuller, 86, of Honolulu, a retired public high school and Academy of the Pacific teacher, died Feb. 26 in Hale O Aloha. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by sons Jan and Kenneth Becket. Services: 5 p.m. Friday at Honolulu Society of Friends, 2426 Oahu Ave. No flowers. Donations suggested to Honolulu Society of Friends.

Helen O.L. Hom, 50, of Honolulu will be remembered in services at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Information in an obituary Saturday was incorrect.

Toshiro Iwamoto, 84, of Honolulu, also known as “Pappy” or “Billy,” died last Tuesday in Beverly Manor. He was the retired owner of Associated Auto Glass. He was born in Haiku, Maui. He is survived by wife Doris F.; son Elton; daughters Geraldine and Patricia Iwamoto and Analee Long; brother Sueo, and sister Momoe Saka. Memorial services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Inurnment: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire. No flowers.

William K. Kam, 74, of Honolulu, a former owner of Kam Travel Service, died last Tuesday at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughters Billijean Kam-Takashima and Barbara G. Kam; brother Merle T., and a granddaughter. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: City Memorial Park.

Kenneth K. Kunikiyo, 81, of Lihue, Kauai, a supervisor inr the sugar industry, died March 4 in Queen's Hospital. He was born in Kealia. He is survived by wife Julia; son Marvin, and sister Hatsuyo Uyematsu. Private services.

Jean T. “Jeannie” Matsuura, 78, of Honolulu, a retired kitchen helper at Kenny's Coffee House, died March 4 in Queen's Hospital. She was born in Ewa. She is survived by husband David S.; sons Clyde Y. and Steven N.; daughter Phyllis N. Nicol; mother, Ume Miura; and six grandchildren. Private services.

Virginia Mattice, 77, of Honolulu died Thursday at home. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. She is survived by son Burton; daughters Ellen Ducas, Susan Bassani and Edith and Perky Mattice, 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Private scattering of ashes. Aloha attire.

Betty W. McKeen, 92, of Waianae, a retired teacher with Waialua High School, died last Tuesday in Maunalani Nursing Center. She was born in Denver. She is survived by son Harold III; daughters Elsbeth McKeen and Rebecca Delafield, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.

Max Rosenbaum, 72, of Kapaau, Hawaii, a textile salesman in the garment industry, died March 2 at home. He also served in the U.S. Army during World War II and worked as a maitre'd and restaurant manager in New York. He was born in the Bronx, N.Y. He is survived by daughter Eva Fillekes; sister Harriet Smulowitz, and three grandchildren. Graveside services: 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery.

The Rev. Yonekuni Saito, 87, of Honolulu, retired third minister of Tenrikyo Honolulu Church, died Sunday at home. He was born in Koloa, Kauai. He is survived by wife Shizue; sons the Rev. Colin and Eric; daughters Iris J. McGivern, Claudia Keaulani and Lynn So; sisters Merika Ueno and Yotomi Watanabe, and 10 grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Tsuruko Takagi, 81, of Honolulu, retired supervisor for J.T. Marshall Co., died March 8 in St. Francis Hospice. She was born in Hawi, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Yoshio; son Warren; daughters Sylvia Yasutake and Lynn Okamura; brothers James and Ted Gono; sister Gladys Kim; four grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday, Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Dorotea E. Trinidad, 77, of Honolulu died March 3 in Kaiser Hospital. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Guillermo; sons Manuel, Antonio and Jose; sisters Lolita and Virginia Espineda, and five grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Annie F. Viers, 89, of Honolulu, a retired worker at Fort Shafter, died Thursday in Honolulu. She was born in Manchuria, China. She is survived by son James Kilin; daughter Pauline Cleveland, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Private services.

Henry Y.M. Yim, 84, of Honolulu died Thursday at home. He was born in Kahaluu. He is survived by sisters Yit Sim Wong and Marion Chang. Services: 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park.