Obituaries

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Gerald Millard Aldridge
Oct. 5, 2005
Gerald Millard Aldridge, 85, of Waikoloa, Hawaii, a retired Realtor, professional photographer and founder of Aldridge Associates-Realtors in Waikoloa, died in North Hawaii Community Hospital. He also was a U.S. Air Force retiree and hard-hat diver for the television show "Sea Hunt." He was born in New Mexico. He is survived by son Daniel "Dan," brother Dan and numerous step-grandchildren. Private services.

Herbert G.A. Arthur
Sept. 27, 2005
Herbert G.A. "Sonny" Arthur, 75, of Honolulu, a retired house painter, died in Maluhia Hospital. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by daughters Dawn and Venus Arthur, Monica Ahana, and Jessica Baricaua; brothers Gilbert and Beau; sister Geraldine Nichols; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Private services.

Cirilo Igarta Basuel
Oct. 1, 2005
Cirilo Igarta Basuel, 94, of Waipahu, a retired Hickam Air Force Base firefighter and World War II veteran, died in St. Francis-West Hospice. He was born in Sinait, Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Remedios Y. and son Jesus. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. at the chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual or aloha attire.

Consolacion B. Bocoboc
Sept. 29, 2005
Consolacion B. Bocoboc, 77, of Honolulu, a retired seamstress, died in Honolulu. He was born in San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by son Eufemio Jr.; daughters Cynthia Bocoboc and Mariecon Armstrong; brothers Delfin, Honesto and Gil Bumanglag; sisters Rosalina Aurelio, Ciriaca Dumayas and Ely Balisa; and two grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday and 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. Call after 6 p.m. Thursday and after 9:30 a.m. Friday. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples.

Carol A. Brandt
Sept. 24, 2005
Carol A. Brandt, 67, of Ewa Beach died in Everett, Wash. She was born in Flint, Mich. She is survived by sons John E. Rummins and Craig D. Brandt, daughter Nancy Buchanan and seven grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Friday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire. Leis welcome. Donations suggested to American Cancer Society.

Edward Henry Buhl
Oct. 4, 2005
Edward Henry Buhl, 47, of Kailua, a United Airlines aircraft maintenance/training lead worker, died in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Jayme, sons Todd and Matthew, brother Richard and sisters Paula Dela Cruz and Lisa Hamrick. Services: 10 a.m. Monday at Faith Baptist Church, Kailua. Private inurnment at a later date. Casual attire. No flowers.

Ponsiano Dorado Cuesta
Sept. 28, 2005
Ponsiano Dorado Cuesta, also known as "Siano," "Ponty" and "Paul," 66, of Ewa Beach, a Pearl Harbor Navy Commissary employee, died in Ewa Beach. He was born in Castle Medical Center. He is survived by wife Rosalinda B. "Rose," sons Alan P. and Jaimeson P., daughter Kimberly Ann Gankiewicz, sisters Conchita Calaustro and Rosita Vasquez, and four grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday and noon Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Monday and after 10 a.m. Tuesday. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Jack Ryoji Fujioka
Sept. 17, 2005
Jack Ryoji Fujioka, 84, of Honolulu, a retired office manager, died in Kuakini Geriatric Care Inc. He was born in Honomu, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Masako, son Brian Y., brother Yoshio, sister Tomie Webb and two grandchildren. Private services.

Clifford Earl Gray
Sept. 9, 2005
Clifford Earl Gray, 52, of Wahiawa, a cook, died in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Alabama. He is survived by sons Michael and Jesse, daughter Loretta Kepa-Gray, father Jesse, sisters Trina and Louise, and companion Lisa Kepa. Services: 9:45 a.m. today at Lord's House Church, 136 Wilikina Drive.

Dominador Bumatay Guting
Oct. 5, 2005
Dominador Bumatay Guting, 77, of Honolulu, a retired Hawaii Kai Golf Course groundskeeper, died in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Magdalena; sons Paulo, Fred, Fredy and Jun; daughters Gloria Quinones, Nelia Lavarias, Mina Ruan and Josie Vinluan; brother Emilio; sisters Cresencia and Librada; 15 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Visitation again from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Monday at the mortuary. Burial: 10 a.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Incorrect information was published in an obituary yesterday.

Diane Setsuko Iwasaki
Sept. 30, 2005
Diane Setsuko Iwasaki, 57, of Honolulu, a Hawaii Medical Service Association health consultant, died in St. Francis Hospice. She was born in Lahaina. She is survived by sons Derek and Ramsey, and sisters Jeanne Furukawa-Goo, Susan Chikazawa and Shirley Grossi. Private services. No monetary offerings.

Herman Jardine
Sept. 29, 2005
Herman Jardine, 91, of Kailua-Kona, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard upholsterer, died in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Wailuku. He is survived by wife Flora; sons Clifford, Ron and Leonard; sisters Katherine Franklin and Agnes Mactagone; seven grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Private services and scattering of ashes.

Lorenzo Aben Lastimoza
Oct. 5, 2005
Lorenzo Aben "Menelio Inso Lasti" Lastimoza, 78, of Koloa, Kauai and Wailuku, a McBryde Sugar Co. senior cleaning plant operator, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Lubnac, Taguiden, Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Teodocia Lopez "Sising"; sons Lorenzo "Larry," Benjamin "Benny," Timothy "Timmy" and Melchior "Mel"; daughters Lorena Nanod, Melissa Hedges, and Linnea "Lee" and Leda Lastimosa; hanai son Chad; and five grandchildren. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary Chapel, Koloa. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Friday at St. Raphael's Church, Koloa. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at the church cemetery. Casual attire.

Bernadette Chu Loo
Oct. 4, 2005
Bernadette Chu Loo, 77, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Kapaa, Kauai. She is survived by husband Warren; sons Vernon and Gordon; daughters Brenda Bringas, Lorraine Loo, Carol Wong and Carolyn Orita; 12 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire. No flowers.

Manuel Lopes
Oct. 4, 2005
Manuel Lopes, 73, of Hanamaulu, Kauai, a retired Lihue Plantation tractor and cane truck driver, died in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Hawaii. He is survived by wife Marie "Patsy"; children Dorine Pegeder, Adele Duclayan, and Derek, Bibiana and Eric Lopes; sisters Minnie Ramos, Eva Gouveia and Emily Carvalho; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Immaculate Conception Church. Call after 8:30 a.m.

Lydia Leinani Nakatsuji
Oct. 3, 2005
Lydia Leinani Nakatsuji, 92, of Hanalei, Kauai, died in Pearl City Nursing Home. She was born in Kilauea, Kauai. She is survived by son Patrick, daughters Katherine Nakakura and Shirley Date, nine grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Church, Aiea. Call after 9 a.m. Private burial at Kauai Memorial Gardens.

Elizabeth Anne Buck Schrader
Oct. 3, 2005
Elizabeth Anne Buck "Betty" Schrader, 58, of Kapaa, Kauai, died. She was born in Danville, Va. She is survived by sister Susan Traylor; sons Ka'aukai, Ka'ulana, Kanaloa and Alapai; numerous hanai children; five grandchildren; and numerous hanai grandchildren. Services: 2:30 p.m. next Saturday at Anini Beach (end of the road at Grandma Lizzie's). Refreshments will follow at the family residence in Kapaa.

Louis Robello Silva Jr.
Sept. 25, 2005
Louis Robello Silva Jr., 64, of Wahiawa died in Nuuanu Hale. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brothers Stanley, Jerry, John and Gary. Private services.

Lawrence Tavares
Oct. 5, 2005
Lawrence "Larry" Tavares, 79, of Kaneohe, a retired Hawaiian Dredging & Construction Co. general superintendent, died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Ruth, son Larry "Boy" Jr., daughters Cynthia Mahle and Lauren McPherson, sister Hazel Miller, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Ann's Catholic Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Haruko Uehara
Oct. 3, 2005
Haruko "Aunty H" Uehara, 92, of Honolulu, died in Hale Nani Nursing Home. She was born in Eleele, Kauai. She is survived by son Earl, daughters Betty Lee and Judith Kamisugi, brothers Shigenobu "Ronald" and Satoru "Steve" Miyasato, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Private services.

Alice Kauhane Yap
Sept. 30, 2005
Alice Kauhane Yap, 93, of Waimanalo, died in Aloha Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughters Muriel Hoopii, Caroline-Margaret Aki and Alicia Cazimero; brothers Lawrence, Charles, Kapu, Oliver, Grant, Milan, Mel and Jerry Kauhane; 22 grandchildren; 42 great-grandchildren; and 32 great-great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Dorothy Yoshiko Yoshimura
Sept. 30, 2005
Dorothy Yoshiko Yoshimura, 78, of Waipahu, a retired farmer, died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in Pearl City. She is survived by husband Yoshimasa "Ikemoto"; son Jon; daughter Michele H. "Chang"; sisters Ethel Sakai, Nancy Honda and Lillian Harioka; and three grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire.