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Obituaries
Tuesday, August 7, 2001


KIM TET LEE / 1913-2001



Benjamin Costa Amarino Jr., 59, of Honolulu, a retiree, died Wednesday. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by mother Agnes Daniluck; and brothers Robert Vickers, William Vickers and Peter Daniluck. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Oahu Cemetery Chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Graveside inurnment to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.

Hermenegilda Jimenez Bartolome, 79, of Waianae, died July 15. She was born in Koloa, Kauai. She is survived by sons Rogelio Bartolome Sr., Reynaldo Bartolome and Alfredo Andaya; daughters Estrelita Gonzales, Caroline Agustin, Yolanda Lee and Rosalinda Bartolome; brother Teodoro Jimenez; sister Connie Abregano; 24 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary, Mauka Chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. Friday at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Corazon Barrientos Ching, 45, of Honolulu, a St. Francis Medical Center & Rehabilitation Center of the Pacific employee, died July 10. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Luciano; sons Luciano II, Lawrence and Lloyd; father Fabian M. Barrientos; brothers Mario, Daniel and Felix Barrientos; and sisters Zenaida Nievera and Barbara Dismaya. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Services: 9 a.m. Saturday at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park.

Michael Corregedore, 57, of Kalaheo, Kauai, a property manager with the federal government, died Friday at home. He was born in Koloa, Kauai. He is survived by companion Shirleen Palacio; son Shane; daughters Deanie Ikehara and Michelle Corregedore; brother Manny; and three grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Friday at Holy Cross Catholic Church. Call after 2 p.m. Burial: Hanapepe Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire.

Edward "Sonny" "Caldine" Costa, 66, of Point Roberts, Wash., a retired McBryde Sugar Co. warehouse clerk, died July 30 in Washington. He was born in Kalaheo, Kauai. He is survived by wife Rose; son Joshua; daughters Edwina Simao, Rowena Jiminez and Rosette Bradshaw; brother Robert; sisters Patricia Ventura and Lucille Silva; and four grandchildren. Services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Garden Island Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Private scattering of ashes. Casual attire. No flowers.

Richard Lauron Cullinan, 71, of Wahiawa died Thursday in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Iowa. He is survived by wife Setsuko T.; brother Robert; sister Mary Smith; six stepchildren, 10 grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Friday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to the American Lung Association.

Martha Hannah Lung Wong Dobson, 55, of Honolulu, a insurance claims handler at Kaiser Medical Center, died July 31 in Kaiser. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Willie Jr., Clifton and David; daughters Juanita, Michelle, Harriet, Christina Dobson and Debra Wallace; mother Caroline Kihewa; brothers George Nueku, Patrick Kihewa, Samuel Kihewa, Samuel Simeona and Kalani Seibold; sisters Dorothy, Violet and Georgette Kihewa, Elizabeth Werner, Mary Taba, and Oriana Kalilimoku; and 12 grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Kaumakapili Church. Call after 4 p.m.

Jack Frisbee Sr., 64, of Honolulu, a truck driver, died July 17. He was born in Ashville, N.C. He is survived by sons Jack Jr., Frank, Peter, Roy, Jed, Lava, Fred, Blaise and Alwaine; daughters Nani, Jade and Baby "T"; brothers Bill and Allan; sister Pat; and 24 grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Kaneohe. Call after 10:30 a.m. Ashes to be scattered at a later date. Aloha attire.

Chester Kiyoshi Fukagawa, 77, of Honolulu, a U.S. Army veteran with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, died Wednesday. He was born in California. He is survived by wife Kasumi; daughters Diane K. Letoto and Shirley Franklin; son Ron; and several brothers, sisters and grandchildren. Services to be held on the mainland.

Kahuakai Kealaolu Keliihoomalu, 29, of Honolulu, died Thursday. He was born in Hawaii. He is survived by grandmother Hannah; parents Kentworth K. and Ester M.; brother Po'okapu K.; and sisters Nicole, Mahina and Amber Huff. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Kawaikui Beach Park, near Hawaii Loa Ridge. Aloha attire.

Evalani Winona "Eva" Kaopuiki Kwon, 68, of Lanai City, a retired pineapple processor at Dole Plantation and employee at Lanai Lodge/Lanai Inn, died July 27 in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Keomoku, Lanai. She is survived by sons William "Papo" Jr., Ronald, Anson, and Derwin; daughter Evalina "Nani" Watanabe; hanai sons Albert Morita and Richard Morita; brothers Daniel Jr., Solomon, Junior, Samuel and Isaac Kaopuiki; sisters Rebecca Richardson, Rev. Marion L. Kanipae and Harriett Catiel; hanai sister Elsie "Suilan" Kaopuiki; seven grandchildren; and one hanai grandchild. Services: Noon Saturday at Wailuku Union Church. Call after 10 a.m. Cremation to follow. Ashes to be scattered on Sunday. Meet at Lahaina Jodo Mission at 10 a.m. Lunch to follow.

Carol Jo Lane, 61, of Arlington, Wash., died July 30. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Debbie Meyers; brother Frank Malta; sisters Betty A. Schoeppner and Linda Ilae; and two grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Church, 1701 Wilder Ave. Private scattering of ashes. Casual attire. No flowers.

Florencio Luiz, 91, of Hanamaulu, Kauai, a mill worker, died Friday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Rufina Buted; son Florencil Jr.; and daughter Gloria Perez. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Immaculate Conception Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Kauai Memorial Gardens. Casual attire.

Walter Florencio Magno, 93, of Hilo, a former Olaa Sugar Co. harvesting foreman, KHLO radio announcer and retired automobile salesman, died Friday in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Filomena; sons Joseph, Henry, Edward, Richard and Roy; step-son Clarence Esposo; daughter Loretta Acosta; stepdaughter Marilyn Saplan; 18 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Services: 12:15 p.m. Friday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hilo. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Samuel Luka "Boogie" Makahi Jr., 61, of Ewa Beach, a truck driver for Y-N Trucking, died Thursday at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Dianne N.; daughters Samantha K. Tanuvasa, Emily K. Makahi, Yvonne L. DeMello and Malia Williams; mother Emily K. Johnson; brothers Joe Nailau, Bruce W. Bernard and James, Jeffrey and Dewey Johnson; sisters Loretta Miller, Kehau Hamilton, Puuala Romero, Johnette Alderson and Rene Makahi; and two grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ewa Beach. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Blanche Jean Morgan, 80, of Honolulu, a retired research librarian at Hawaii Baptist Academy, died Friday at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Dr. Joe H.; sons Harry and Rev. Robert; daughter Clarissa Trammell; brother Billy Fernandes; nine grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Aloha attire. Private burial.

Leocadia Pagay "Leo" Palacol, 86, also known as Leocadia Ventura, died July 9. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by son Restie Ventura; daughter Flora Laforga; sister Nicerata Aspa; eight grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at St. Joseph Church. Call after 6 p.m. Services: 9:45 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 8:45 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Virginia Priday, 96, of Kapaa, Kauai, a teacher, died Thursday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born in Arizona. She is survived by daughter Ginger Hilke; son Jay; sister Gladys; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services: 1 p.m. Friday at St. Catherines Church, Kapaa. Call after 12 p.m. Burial: church cemetery. Casual attire.

Raymond Katsuji "Speedy" Tanaka, 79, of Kaneohe, a retired carpenter, died July 30 at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Esther; sons Daryl and Lance; sister Pauline Mori; and three grandchildren. Private services.

La Verne Leonelda Tejada, 75, of Hilo, a retired cafeteria employee at St. Joseph School, died Thursday in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by daughters Kathleen R. Tejada and Paulette Hartlett; sister Mina Jefferson; and seven grandchildren. Services: 12:15 p.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

David Glenn Van Treese, 50, died July 29. Incorrect information was published in an obituary published Friday.

Ruth Wagner, 79, of Paradise Park, formerly of Honolulu, a retired Princess Kaiulani Fashions seamstress, died Friday at home. She was born in Johnstown, Pa. She is survived by husband Earl; daughter Becky Nakasone; son Richard; sisters Lois Schumacher, Violet Moeller and Mary Thompson; brother Ernest Ringler; and five grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Veterans Two Cemetery, Hilo. Casual attire.

James "Jim" Washburn, 72, of Kailua-Kona, a U.S. Army veteran and former police officer and condominium resident manager, died Wednesday in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Los Angeles. He is survived by wife Armida; sons Ken, Jimmy and Jeff; daughters Peggy Washburn and Meda Washburn-Taketa; sister Joanne Hidde; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Michael's Catholic Church, Kailua-Kona. No flowers.

Herman Anton Wieser, Jr., 42, of Kapaa, Kauai, a self-employed tree-trimmer and ex-police officer from Somerset, N.J., died Friday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in New Jersey. He is survived by former wife Dale C. Rosenfeld. Memorial services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Borthwick Kauai Mortuary, Koloa. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire.

Lai Ying Yu, 65, of Honolulu, will be remembered in Taoist services from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Incomplete information was published in an obituary Monday.



You can also search the Hawaii State Library System's
Hawaii Newspaper Index online for older obituaries at:
http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/education/hcc/library/hiindex.html
The index, which goes back several decades,
is available via Telnet software.



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