---

---

Emma K. Ampong
Jan. 22, 2005
Emma K. Ampong, 79, of Lahaina, a homemaker, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Lahaina. She is survived by children Gordon, Benjamin Q. Jr., Juanita "Missy" and Foster Ampong, Valarie Kamemoto and Laureen Kodani; hanai daughter April "Nani" Phillips; 13 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick/Norman's Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Maui Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.

Arlo Badenhop
Jan. 16, 2005
Arlo Badenhop, 45, of Lanikai died in Kailua. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by parents Alvin and Patricia, brothers Aulden and Avery, and sisters Pirri Badenhop and Pindi B. Munoz. Services: 7 a.m. Saturday at Lanikai Beach at Mokulua Drive and Kuailima Beach. Turn right going 500 yards to the log. Reception to follow at 128 Pokole Way, Lanikai.

Stephanie Linda Bell
Jan. 23, 2005
Stephanie Linda Bell, 55, of Hilo died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Ronette Frias and three grandchildren. Graveside services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Homelani Memorial Park, Ilima section.

Annie Shizuko China
Jan. 24, 2005
Annie Shizuko China, 91, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor Kai Elementary School cafeteria manager, died in Hale Nani Nursing Home. She was born in Waimea, Kauai. She is survived by sons Michael M., Chris C. and Glenn Y.; daughter Mary China Bain; brother Ronald Inefuku; seven grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Memorial Park and Mortuary. Private burial. No flowers.

Norman Gene Garcia
Jan. 21, 2005
Norman Gene Garcia, 56, of Honolulu, a Hale Koa Hotel maintenance worker and painter, died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Loretta; son William White Jr.; daughters Sharon Jack, Lori Medeiros, Janice Remland and Linda Doo; brothers Billy, Albert, Fernando and Robert Garcia and Anthony Dominguez; sisters Claudia Garcia and Marina Dominguez; and grandparent Jesse. Services: 6 p.m. today at Oahu Cemetery. Call after 5 p.m. Inurnment: 3 p.m. Monday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.

Patricia Ululani Gomes
Jan. 7, 2005
Patricia Ululani "Patty" Gomes, 56, of Aiea, a Fleet Reserve Association employee in Moanalua, died on Oahu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Gordon T.; sons Michael Paahana, Charles Coe and Robert Logsdon; daughters Randi M. Frietas and Jacquelyn K. Gomes; mother Nancy Paahana; brother Albert Hue Jr.; sisters Rose Chang and Gwen Mosca; nine grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m.

David Lee Hankins
Jan. 11, 2005
David Lee Hankins, 64, of Aiea, a U.S. Army veteran and Hankins Construction owner, died at home. He was born in Mason City, Iowa. He is survived by wife Jane; son Kurt; daughters Dawn and Tami, and Rene Schulz; brother Verle D.; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Joy of Christ Lutheran Church, 784 Kamehameha Highway, Pearl City.

Hideo A. Higa
Jan. 17, 2005
Hideo A. Higa, 87, of Honolulu, a retired carpenter, died in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Puunene, Maui. He is survived by wife Haruko "Bernice," sons Raymond J. and Clarence T., daughters Karen S. Asato and Phyllys K. Higa, sisters Chieko Arakawa and Sueko Arata, and a grandchild. Services: noon Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Kazue Norma Hirata
Jan. 18, 2005
Kazue Norma Hirata, 81, of Aiea died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in Pearl City. She is survived by son Alan H. and brothers Donald and Joichi Okano. Private services.

Richard Mun Ho
Jan. 14, 2005
Richard Mun Ho, 81, of Kaneohe, a retired Hawaiian Electric Co. shift supervisor, died in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Kohala, Hawaii. He is survived by son Fulton; daughter Helen; brothers Joseph, Thomas and James; sister Alice Ching; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday and 9:30 a.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 5:30 p.m. Sunday and 8 a.m. Monday. Burial: 11 a.m. at the cemetery. Aloha attire.

Joseph Howard Hoffman
Jan. 11, 2005
Joseph Howard "Papa Joe" Hoffman, 89, of Waimea, Hawaii, formerly of Waikoloa, Hawaii, and Sam Rayburn, Texas, a retired Bethlehem Steel Corp. regional manager, died at home. He was born in Boston. He is survived by sons Dennis and Kevin; daughters Christine Data, Cathy Curtis-McCollough and Lorraine Allie; brother Robert; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Feb. 19 at Annunciation Catholic Church in Waimea. Reception to follow. No flowers. Donations suggested to North Hawaii Hospice office.

Clarence Aural Jones Jr.
Jan. 12, 2005
Clarence Aural Jones Jr., 81, of Honolulu, a retired Alexander & Baldwin Inc. purchasing agent, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. Services: 11:45 a.m. Monday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Rose Ann Kalalau
Jan. 23, 2005
Rose Ann Kalalau, 69, of Wailuku, a waitress, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Paia, Maui. She is survived by sons Rodney, Russell, Joel and Patrick; daughters Barbara Duarte and Lii Kalalau; brothers Bill, Victor, Martin, Alexander and William Bantilan; sisters Mary Camacho, Felimina Atay and Nani Redilla; 19 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Visitation: 5-8 p.m. tomorrow at Borthwick/Norman's Mortuary. Services: noon Saturday at Hana Bay. Scattering of ashes at sea to follow. Casual attire.

Akira Kawasaki
Jan. 19, 2005
Akira Kawasaki, 80, of Honolulu, a retired painter, died in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by daughter Gail M.; brothers Hiromu and Haruyuki, and Teruo Himoto; sister Hanako Uchiumi; two grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Georgia Cordero Largo Keawe
Jan. 7, 2005
Georgia Cordero Largo "Kuulei" Keawe, 66, of Lanai City died in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Lanai City. She is survived by husband John Jr.; brothers Richard, Rudolph and Allan Largo and Arthur Sr., Anthony and Amor Luna; and sisters Sola Vincent, Lori Kamakele, Terry Trippett, Connie Burchett, Amora Brooks and Stephanie Pakani. Services: 7 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

June Hak Poon Kim
Jan. 18, 2005
June Hak Poon Kim, 82, of Honolulu died in Liliha Health Care Center. She was born in Korea. She is survived by sons David A., James M. and Steven D.; daughter Sarah M.; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Private services.

Natsuyo Nagano
Jan. 20, 2005
Natsuyo Nagano, 74, of Honolulu, a retired Aliiolani Elementary School baker, died. She was born in Kau, Hawaii. She is survived by husband George, son Thomas, daughter Janice, brother Earl Nakamoto and a grandchild. Services: 9:15 a.m. Wednesday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Inurnment to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Marian Natsuko Nakasone
Jan. 23, 2005
Marian Natsuko Nakasone, 69, of Waipahu, a retired Fountain Valley High School cafeteria worker in California, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Fumio; sons Wade Higa and Layne; daughters Selina and Kristie Higa and Liane Santos; mother Alice M. Kono; brothers Kenneth, Victor and David Kono; and a grandchild. Services: 9 a.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire.

Tetsuo Oka
Jan. 14, 2005
Tetsuo "Inky" Oka, 87, of Honolulu, a city supervisor, died at home. He was born in Kahului. He is survived by wife Doris M., daughters Karen Lee and Lois Sato, brother George, sisters Ellen Endo and Violet Watanabe, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Holy Trinity Church, 5919 Kalanianaole Highway. Call after 10:30 a.m. Aloha attire.

Kiyoshi Otsubo
Jan. 19, 2005
Kiyoshi Otsubo, 88, of Honolulu, a retired city grounds and maintenance man, has died. He was born in Mana, Kauai. He is survived by a brother and sister. Private services.

Irene Pitts
Jan. 23, 2005
Irene Pitts, 71, of Honolulu died in St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in Paauilo, Hawaii. She is survived by children Charlotte Brown, Roxanne Leao, Lauren Kennedy and Raymond and Clint Perreira; sisters Emily Correa, Caroline Malani, Catherine Holt and Clara Domingo; 22 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at St. Timothy's Episcopalian Church, 98-939 Moanalua Road, Aiea. Call after 10 a.m. Inurnment to follow at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire. No flowers.

Francisco Y. Raposa
Jan. 23, 2005
Francisco Y. "Apo Eko" Raposa, 94, of Aiea, a retired Sheraton Moana Surfrider housekeeping department employee, died in Honolulu. He was born in the Philippines. Visitation: 9:30-10 a.m. Tuesday at Oahu Cemetery. Scattering of ashes pending. Casual attire.

Howard Melvin Rapoza
Jan. 18, 2005
Howard Melvin Rapoza, 66, of Kailua, a former Hardware Hawaii sales associate in Kailua and retired plumber in Alameda County, Calif., died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Yvonne; sons Howard and Michael; hanai son Jay; stepsons Lawrence and Michael Hubbell; daughter Susan; brothers Joseph, Lawrence and Donald; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: noon Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at the cemetery. Aloha attire.

Anne Martin Rico
Jan. 12, 2005
Anne Martin Rico, 86, of Wahiawa, formerly of Waipahu, died in Wahiawa Skilled Nursing Facility. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by niece Paulette S. Caravallo. Inurnment: 10 a.m. Saturday at Sunset Memorial Park.

Jean Hatsuko Sato
Jan. 23, 2005
Jean Hatsuko Sato, 63, of Kaneohe, a homemaker, died in Castle Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Kenneth K., son Dana K., daughter Jodi-Lynn, mother Joyce K. Nishimura and sisters Susan Miyata, Linda Ishii and Ursula Hirao. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Ryan Tsugio Terashima
Jan. 18, 2005
Ryan Tsugio Terashima, 41, of Waipahu, a St. Francis-West Medical Center accountant, died on Oahu. He was born in Waipahu. He is survived by parents Charles and Dolly F., and brother Gary. Services: 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 1:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Kiyoko Ueki
Jan. 23, 2005
Kiyoko Ueki, 86, of Wailuku, a homemaker, died in Wailuku. She was born in Puunene, Maui. She is survived by son Bruce; daughters Amy Tomita, Sally A. Tabon, Stella Valnor and Judy Hamane; 13 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Nakamura Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m.

Luigi Umberto Vespignani
Jan. 22, 2005
Luigi Umberto Vespignani, 62, of Kaneohe, an artist, died in Kailua. He was born in Rome. He is survived by son Marco, daughter Jackie, sisters Carmen and Celia, and two grandchildren. Private services.

Edilberto Villafana
Jan. 23, 2005
Edilberto Villafana, 82, of Wahiawa, a retired Dole Co. and Hawaiian Scenic Tours mechanic, died in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sons David, Alvin, Norman, Michael, John, Eugene, Wallace and Gary; daughters Janice Helms, Francine Price and Alberta M. Silva; 37 grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday and 12:30 p.m. Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Sunday and 11 a.m. Monday. Burial to follow at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Kenneth Koon Yeu Wong
Jan. 23, 2005
Kenneth Koon Yeu Wong, 80, of Volcano, Hawaii, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard superintendent, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Mary E.; sons Leland Wong and Clay and Kevin McIver; daughters Christine Wong and Leslie Nestoric; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. tomorrow at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Honokaa. Call after 8 a.m. Inurnment to be held at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Shosei Yamauchi
Jan. 15, 2005
Shosei Yamauchi, 91, of Kahuku, a retired Kahuku Sugar Plantation Co. auto mechanic, died in Kahuku Hospital. He was born in Waianae. He is survived by wife Haruko; sons John T., Jack, Kenneth and Richard; daughter Elsie; brothers Shotatsu, Richard, Seigoro, Kiyoshi, Yoshio, Thomas and James; sister Shirley Nakamura; 10 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.