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Obituaries
Monday, October 15, 2001


Isidro Indelencio Ganal Bolibol, 48, of Halawa, died Sept. 9 in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Rivelina; children Jason, Jayrose, Jumar, Jeffrey and Joseph; parents Irineo and Esperanza; and siblings Teresita Dumlao, Corazon Ramos, Arcelie Sonajo, Marilou Tagaca and Leonor, Brigido and Mauro Bolibol. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Call again from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Additional services: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony Church, Kalihi. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park.

Wonnie Lai Wong Chang, 76, of Honolulu, a legal secretary at the Walter G. Chock Law Firm, died Wednesday. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Jan; daughter Carolyn Choy; brother Dr. Walter W.Y.; sisters Hunnie Yee, Doris Taylor and Ronica Chang; and three grandchildren. Services: 11:15 a.m. Thursday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Rosie Chun Chong, 93, of Honolulu, died Wednesday. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Wendall; daughters Loretta Ark and Roberta Lau; brothers H.L. Chun and K.D. Chun; sisters Patsy Chun, Anita Luke, Vera Lum, Betty Yuen and Doris Fong; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Community Church of Honolulu. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: noon Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Bienvinido Viaje Dela Cruz, 47, of Waipahu, died Oct. 2 in Maluhia Long Term Health Care Center. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Teresita; daughter Michelle; son Clifford; parents Emigdio and Florentina; grandmother Goria Viaje; brother Cesar; sisters Divina Palacol, Emma Villamor, Faye Dela Cruz and Vangie Dela Cruz; and one grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 9 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park.

Masako Harada, 84, of Waimanalo, a retired farmer, died Thursday in Kaiser Moanalua Hospital. She was born in Pakala, Kauai. She is survived by sons Calvin, Dexter and Roy; daughters Charlotte Oda and Janet Kappas; 12 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Burial: 9 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery. Aloha attire.

Jean Barbara Hart, 66, of Honolulu, a retired D.A.G.S. programmer, died Oct. 6 in St. Francis Hospice West. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sisters Janet Kaneta and Charla Irvine. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Private burial. Casual attire.

Lucy Kepano Henriques, 96, of Kailua, died Oct. 4. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughters Minnie Akiona, Violet Rapoza, Merilyn Heen, Caroline Boden, Louise Langley, Mayne Nishioka, Beatrice Ventura, Pauline Medeiros and Louis Kealoha; 39 grandchildren; 73 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Gary Shizuo Kaneko, 76, of Hilo, a realtor and broker, died Wednesday in Hilo Medical Center. He also was former president and manager at Kaneko Jelly Ltd. and a U.S. Army veteran. He is survived by wife Alpha W.; son Greg Y.; daughter Audrey A. Muromoto; sisters Hannah H. Okamura, Janet T. Maguire, Dorothy T. Haraga and Sue S. Mitamura; and two grandchildren. Private services.

Robert Isamu "Vasco" Koyama, 92, of Honolulu, a commercial fisherman, died Wednesday. He was born in Pearl City. He is survived by wife Jean; sons Robert and Roy; daughters Lorraine Iba, Lana Pule, Ellin Chun, Melvine Mendes, Doris Kurashige and Carol Sorida; sister Katherine Takamine; 21 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Chizuko Kuramoto, 82, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died Oct. 7. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Gary, daughter June, brother Kenneth Tsujiuchi and sisters Dorothy Uemoto, Grace Ino, Mabel Okimoto, Janet Kasamoto and Cynthia Tsujiuchi. Private services.

Koon Yau Look, 78, of Honolulu, died Oct. 6 in Kaiser Foundation Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Mew Ung "Kitty," son Wayne, daughters Arlene Hajime and Gwendolyn Koshino, brother Joseph and six grandchildren. Private services.

Cora Mineko McKinney, 77, of Honolulu, a retired employee at Gourmet Bazaar, died Oct. 7 at home. She was born in Pepeekeo, Hawaii. She is survived by son Frank; daughters Carolyn "Kay" Kekina, Yvonne Miyasato and Pamela Fernandez; brother Gary Maedo; sisters Yoneko Kagawa, Sadae Tashiro and Molly Maedo; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Services: noon Saturday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Inurnment: 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Virginia Ann "Ginny" Suga, 58, of Kailua, a Hawaiian Airlines reservation agent, died Tuesday. She was born in Philadelphia. She is survived by husband Theodore "Ted," daughter Pamela Fasick, mother Ann Paulachak, sister Suzanne Young and brothers John Paulachak and Stephen Paulachak. Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Aloha attire.

Eleanor Momoyo Yasuhara, 83, of Aiea, a retired cook, died Sept. 21. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Hiroshi; sons Kenneth, Ronald and Wallace Kawada; daughters Frances Mineshima and Arleen Hayashi; and numerous grandchildren. Private services.



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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