Obituaries

Wednesday, June 2, 1999

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Almarie Aguda, 77, of Ewa Beach died last Wednesday in St. Francis-West Hospital. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by daughter Mildred; brother Albert Rosedo; stepdaughters Darlene and Maile, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 12:15 p.m. Monday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Kiyoe “Kay” Aoyama, 65, of Aiea, a retired cafeteria worker from Aliamanu Elementary School, died last Wednesday in Queen's Hospital. She was born in Ninole, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Shigeru “Gary;” father Kamazo Gusukuma; brothers Masanobu and Masao Gusukuma, and sisters Toshiko Uchima, Hiroko “Sally” Nagata and Yasu Sugiyama. Services: 6 p.m. tomorrow at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m.

George Arakawa, 56, of Honolulu, an assistant manager for a food pantry, died last Wednesday in Straub Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by mother Matsu; brother David S., and sisters Elsie Y. Shimabukuro and Hannah M. Nakamoto. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Crisanto Balubar, 93, of Kihei, Maui, a field worker for HC&S, died Friday in Hale Makua, Kahului. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Isabella; sons Cris and Richard; daughters Virgie Orta, Carmen Torres, Lisa Walker, Dee-Dee Amaral and Shirley Medeiros; a brother and a sister in the Philippines; 21 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandsons. Prayer services: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Christ the King Church. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Services: noon Saturday at the church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Maui Memorial Park, Garden of Meditation. Casual attire.

Julia N. Bisconer, 69, of Waianae died Thursday at home. She was born in Hawaii. She is survived by daughters Leilani P. Brown and Debra J. Manglallan; brother Eddie Ekela, and five grandchildren. Graveside services: 11 a.m. tomorrow at Mililani Memorial Park. Call from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Casual attire.

Betty S. “Deets” Branch, 66, of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, a medical technician, died May 23 in Hilo Hospital. She was also a real estate broker for Kona Realty and worked at Security Title. She was born in Washington D.C. She is survived by son Douglas S.; brother William R. Menges, and a grandson. Memorial services: 9 a.m. Saturday at Pukaana Congregational Church. Call after 8 a.m. Refreshments to follow. Private scattering of ashes. Casual attire. No flowers. Mary B. Carreira, 87, of Kailua died Thursday in Island Nursing Home. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by sons Jason H. and Alfred D.; sisters Dorothy, Emily and Jane, nine grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. Catholic prayer services: 2:15 p.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 12:30 p.m. Graveside services to follow.

Athalene Castillo, 79, of Waianae died Thursday. She was born in Inez, Ky. She is survived by husband Henry; son Henry Jr.; daughter Pauline Labombard, and sister Josephine Belmundo. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: Schofield Post Cemetery. Casual attire.

William “Bill” Collins, 56, of Honolulu died Saturday at home. He was born in Sacramento, Calif. He is survived by wife Leanne; parents William A. and Wilma, and brother Robert. Private scattering of ashes at sea. Donations suggested to the American Heart Association.

Wanda K.Y.L. Dang, 74, of Kahului, an employee at First Hawaiian Bank, died May 25 in La Palma Intercommunity Hospital, California. She was born in Hawaii. She is survived by daughters Carolyn Masuda and Sandra Dang; mother Kam How Chun Leong; brothers Henry and Herbert Leong; sisters Koon Lin Pang and Dorothy Ching, and a granddaughter. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Nakamura Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Elizabeth Y.L. Delaney, 96, of Honolulu, a dispatcher in the printing department at Pearl Harbor, died Thursday in Kaiser Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Donald Tsark; daughters Edna Klump, Jeannette Smith, Lorraine Okimoto and Eunice Silva; sisters Annie Wong, Bertha Baptist, Margaret Lau and Florence Lum; 21 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 11 a.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Private inurnment. Casual attire. No flowers.

Donald K. Doi, 65, of Reno, Nev., who retired from Makaala Inc., died May 17 in Reno. He was born on Maui. He is survived by son Master Mitchel; legal guardian to son Charleen; mother Shizuko Tagomori, brothers Wilfred and Edwin, and sister Nora Morita. Private services.

Francisca Galiza, 58, of Waipahu, who retired from American Linen, died May 11 in St. Francis-West Hospital. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by brother Joseph Aczon; sister Jovita Ramos, and nieces and nephews. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Memorial Park Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 9 a.m. Saturday at Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa Church. Call from 8 to 8:45 a.m. at the mortuary. Burial: Valley of the Temples.

David P. Hewahewa, 63, of Vancouver, Wash., formerly of Kailua, who retired from Chevron Hawaii, died May 24 in Vancouver. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Beryl; sons David “Kaawa,” Kip and Brad; daughter Lisa Ernestberg; brothers Frederick, Albert and Theodore “Joe” Hackbarth; mother Lily Hackbarth; stepfather Albert Hackbarth, and six grandchildren. Services: 7 tonight at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Cremation to follow. Scattering of ashes: 10 a.m. Friday off Kailua Beach Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Warren J. Hirota, 67, of Waipahu, formerly of Pauoa Valley, died May 22 in Kuakini Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brothers Hideo and Joe S. and sisters Sadako Hosoi and Harriet H. Sato. Private services.

Yoshito “William” Kunichika, 73, of Honolulu, a retired machine operator for Dole Cannery, died Thursday at home. He was born in Koolau, Kauai. He is survived by wife Haruko; son Harold Y.; daughter Deborah Y. Takafuji; brothers James T., Jitsuo, Robert T. and Kenichi; sisters Akiyo Wasano and Harue Izuka; and a grandson. Services: 6 p.m. tomorrow at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Burial services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire. No flowers.

Fukue Kunisaki, 94, of Kalaheo, Kau ai, a retiree with McBryde Plantation Co., died Sunday at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Kenneth K., Stanley T. and John T.; daughter Margaret T. Masuda; brothers Kiyoshi and Yoshito Oyama; sisters Kinuko and Shigeko Ishibashi and Haruko Nagata, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Kauai Soto Zenshuji Temple in Hanapepe. Call after 9:30 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Robert P. McCollum, 56, of Kona, Hawaii, a retired installer for AT&T, died May 21 in Kona Community Hospital. He was also a U.S. Navy veteran. He was born in Los Angeles. He is survived by wife Patricia M., and brothers Lin A. Jr., Michael and Raymond. Private services.

Eusebio B. “Etong” Natividad, 91, of Paia, Maui died Sunday in Hale Makua, Kahului. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Ana R.; sons Rufo and Jesus; daughters Elena Rodrigues and Catalina Gabay; brother Teodoro; sisters Eufemia Natividad and Susana Guzman, seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Norman's Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at Holy Rosary Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire.

George Niimi, 77, of Haleiwa died May 20. He was born in Kahuku. He is survived by sons Gerald and Gilbert; daughter Grace Niimi-Komoda; brothers Tokuro, Edward and Ben; sisters Sally and Lily Nakamura; and three grandchildren. Private services.

Peggy R. Noji, 103, of Honolulu, a retired barber, died May 19 at home. She was born in Hiroshima-Ken, Japan. She is survived by son Paul T.; daughters Margaret M. Yamamoto, Alice Y. Sugai and Bessie Y. Fukumoto; sister Sumiyo Fujita; 11 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Services: noon Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m.

Ruth T. Onouye, 72, of Honolulu, a retired service manager for Black & Decker, died Saturday in Queen's Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Tsutomu; children Roxanne Yap, Hisae Mukaida, Lynn Arakaki and Bruce Onouye, and six grandchildren. Private services.

Flora K. Palau Yanagihara, 63, of Waikele, a retired seamstress, died Sunday at home. She is survived by husband John K.; son Paul K.; daughters Sandra A.M. Agas, Carol M. Shimizu, Cyd T. Edwards and Loreen S. Uyehara; sisters Emma Madali, Margaret Pekelo and Elizabeth Ross; brother John Flores, and 10 grandchildren. Services: 11:15 a.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Dallen L.C. Remo, of Honolulu died May 23 in Honolulu. He is survived by mother Gina Celzo; father Benedict; grandparents Hilda and Conrado Celzo, Penny and David Silva and Benedict L. Remo, and great-grandparents Veronica Enitan and Geanne Remo. Burial: 3 p.m. today at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 2 p.m.

Herbert H. Saiki, 89, of Waipahu, a retired carpenter, died Thursday in Hospice Hawaii Kailua Home. He was born in Waipahu. He is survived by wife Itsu; son Dennis T.; daughters Shirley K. and Doris H.; a brother; five sisters, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 8 p.m. tomorrow at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Yatsue Sonoda, 89, of Eleele, Kauai, who retired from McBryde Sugar Co., died Friday in Hale Omao Nursing Home. She was born in Makaweli, Kauai. She is survived by sons Mike, Walter “Bumpa,” Wallace and Harry; daughters Mabel Ige and Elsie Pung; brother Fusetsu Miyazaki; sister Esther Kuramoto, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 4 p.m. tomorrow at Kauai Soto Zenshuji Temple. Casual attire. No flowers.

John P. “J.P.” Takasaki, 54, of Honolulu, former manager of Big City Restaurant, died Friday in Queen's Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by father Moses T.; stepmother Myrna; children Janell, Jana and Justin, and brothers Moses, Jerry and F.N. “Bucky.” Services: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Burial: 9 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Manuela B. Ulep, 76, of Honolulu died May 4 in St. Francis Hospital. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Tito U.; daughters Macaria Abut and Lucia Pascual; son Artemio Carlos; stepchildren Irineo, Peping, Rodrigo, Leonel, Saturnino, Benny, Jesus and Marcelino “Mark” Ulep, Divina Bumanglag and Neetzel Farinas; brother Aurelio Jose, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Wake services: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park.

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