Obituaries

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Sylvia Leimomi Grace Beckham
March 3, 2006
Sylvia Leimomi Grace Beckham, 69, of Hilo, a homemaker, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Napoopoo, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Joe K. Pacheco III, and Benjamin and Brian Cordero; daughter Roxanne Cordero; parents Alice M. and Arthur K. Grace Sr.; sister Laura Inouye; brothers Arthur Jr., George, Edward and Richard K.K. Grace; 17 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at First Assembly's Kings Chapel of Honokaa. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Yit Yung Wong Chan
March 9, 2006
Yit Yung Wong Chan, 102, of Honolulu died in St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Kwai Siu Ko, caregiver Chi Kong Ko, two grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. Taoist services: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: noon at Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery.

Leonard Kealohapauole Coleman
March 9, 2006
Leonard Kealohapauole "Nat" Coleman, 76, of Reno, Nev., a movie actor and Army veteran, died at home. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Fran, son Russell Coleman-Musacchia, daughters Jennifer King and Trish McKinish, brother Gerald Watts, sister Honey, 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Walton's Sparks Chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Tuesday. Burial to follow at Mt. View cemetery.

Cristina N. Cortez
March 6, 2006
Cristina N. Cortez, 85, of Mililani, a former Hawaiian Tuna Packers employee, died at home. She was born in Bantay, Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. She is survived by son Benigno Carino, daughter Juanita Rafal and two grandchildren. Services: noon Thursday at Mililani Mortuary Makai Chapel. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Elizabeth Raquiza Eason
March 15, 2006
Elizabeth Raquiza "Lisa" Eason, 49, of Kaneohe, a Marine Corps Base Hawaii Commissary worker, died in Castle Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Gary Dikito Jr. and Christopher Urata; daughters Venus, Vania and Vina Urata; mother Marcelina Alejandro; brothers Clemente, Verge and Fernando Alejandro; sisters Mary Roldan, Mercy Mateo and Florence Tuliao; and four grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Kailua Beach Park.

Noran Masami Fujino
March 16, 2006
Noran Masami Fujino, 50, of Kealakekua, Hawaii, died in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Kealakekua, Hawaii. He is survived by parents Eloise and Robert, sons Robert and Haniel, brothers Wendell and Russell, and two grandsons. Private services.

Mona Moana Kapapao-kealii-o-kaalokai Kapule Kahele
March 5, 2006
Mona Moana Kapapao-kealii-o-kaalokai Kapule Kahele, 80, of Captain Cook, Hawaii, a retired Hawaiian studies teacher, died in Kona Community Hospital. She was born in Napoopoo, Hawaii. She is survived by son Danford-Allan K.; daughter Dolly C.; sister Lucy K. Kawamoto; hanai daughters Irene M. Abrojena, Carol S.L. Laa, Emmaline K. DeVillenueva, Felisa Kaniho, Rose K. Takaki, Winnie Monfort, Deishalyn H.K. Grace, Sally Dacalio, Mona Paulo, Sarah H. Kahele, Missy Yomes, Diane Aki, Roxanne Llanes, B.J. Moniz and Abelyn Forcum; hanai sons Raymond K. Kuahuia, Ernest K. Abrojena, Ronald K., Leighton K., and Gilbert Kahele, Mitchell and John Wailani, Richard Deertrek, Chet Wooley, and Randall Oreta; 12 grandchildren; and 175 great-grandchildren; and 30 great-great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Friday at the Kahikolu Congregational Church in Napoopoo. Call after 2 p.m. Additional services: 11 a.m. Saturday at the Hauoli Kamanao Congregational Church in Milolii Village. Call after 10 a.m. Scattering of ashes to follow. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Robert Walter Kiehn
March 13, 2006
Robert Walter Kiehn, 63, of Waianae died in Kaiser Foundation Hospital. He was born in California. He is survived by wife Norma, sons Mark and Ned Kanekoa and Robert Kiehn II; daughter Sissy Napalapalai; father Walter; sister Betty Walton; and thirteen grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire.

James Fay Lindsey
March 14, 2006
James Fay "Kimo" Lindsey, 81, of Waimea, Kauai, a retired Department of Hawaiian Home Lands heavy equipment operator, died in North Hawaii Community Hospital. He was born in Waimea, Kauai. He is survived by wife Darlene; daughters Diana Kaaekuahiwi, Delsa and Deedee Bertelmann; hanai son Jerry Bess; stepson Darren Johnson; stepdaughters Diana Johnson and Deborah LaCharite; brother Fred "Bolo"; and sister Fannie Moniz. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Waimea. Additional services: 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at the Lindsey family plot. Casual attire.

Lourence Ioane Mahuiki
March 6, 2006
Lourence Ioane Mahuiki, 67, of Pearl City, a Navy veteran and retired custodian for the U.S. Postal Service, Airport Annex, died in Honolulu. He was born in Hanalei, Kauai. He is survived by wife Texie V.; stepdaughters Darcel Larimore, Shelly Kashiwabara and Monica Javier; brothers Samson, Bernard and Melvin; hanai brothers Kawai Cockett, Francis, Andrew, and Manly Anderson; sisters Elizabeth Chandler, Ruth, and Marie Inouye; and hanai sisters Dorcas Reyes and Carrie Mitchell. Services: 11:15 a.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary Makai Chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Committal service: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.

Kristen K. Marino
March 12, 2006
Kristen K. Marino, 20, of Honolulu, a Marine Corps lance corporal, died in Iraq. He is survived by parents Sandra and Alfred Marino Jr., sister Tasha Wallace and brothers Anthony and Hokulani Figueroa. Services: 12:30 p.m. Thursday at Kaneohe Base Chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.

Tooru Murakami
March 15, 2006
Tooru "Frank" Murakami, 80, of Honolulu, a retired City and County of Honolulu civil engineer, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Kona, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Sumako; son Wilson; daughter Joy Crose; brothers Samuel; sisters Helene Stegmann, Shizue Minobe and Alice Hawes; and five grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Wednesday at Makiki Christian Church. Casual attire. No flowers.

Juditii Sumako Murata
March 13, 2006
Juditii Sumako Murata, 81, of Honolulu, a retired Kalani High School cook, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Clarence M., son Grant "Sanaa," daughter Clarice K. Villamil, brothers Miles and Howard Ifuku, sister Elsie Aratani and seven grandchildren. Services: 8 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 7 p.m. Casual attire.

Nobuyoshi Oshiro
March 9, 2006
Nobuyoshi Oshiro, 79, of Honolulu, a retired carpenter, died in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Pakala, Kauai. He is survived by wife Vivian S.; sons Ross and Steven; mother Uto; brother Nobuo; sisters Fusako Adachi, Terri Uyema and Myrtle Oshiro; and five grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Mercedes Pabro
Feb. 23, 2006
Mercedes "Mercy" Pabro, 75, of Wahiawa, a Mililani High School head custodian, died at home. She was born in Honokaa. She is survived by son Eugene Cabalce; daughter Laverne; brothers Pete and Moses Cabalse and Sonny and Abraham Bonoan; sisters Dolores Satterlee and Carol Bonoan; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary Mauka Chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Additional services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at the mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Peter Roberts
March 13, 2006
Peter Roberts, 66, of Honolulu, a Trans Hawaiian Co. body and fender repairman, died at home. He was born in Saleimoa, Western Samoa. He is survived by wife Malae; sons Peter, Paul, Palema and Sinapao; daughters Agnes and Mary; brothers Sapau Vitale, Hepi Anae, Tafaifa, Samitiota, Tiatala Anae-Roberts, Pita, Ioane Anae-Roberts, Tauala and Kaisau; sisters Ulusagogo Sauiluma, Aloema Seumanufagai, Henrietta Sioka and Makerita Anae-Fesolan; and nine grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Our Lady of the Mount Catholic Church. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Burial: 11:30 a.m. at Valley of the Temples.

Joseph A. Spielman
March 15, 2006
Joseph A. Spielman, 85, of Waimea, Hawaii, a World War II veteran and construction industry contractor, died in North Hawaii Community Hospital. He was born in Seneca, Kan. He is survived by wife Elizabeth "Tita"; sons J.K. and Joseph; daughter Eva; brothers Jack, Bob and Bill; sister Elaine Austin; and seven grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at the Annunciation Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment to follow at the Annunciation Catholic Cemetery. Donations suggested to the Annunciation Catholic Church in Waimea, North Hawaii Hospice, North Hawaii Community Hospital or a charity of your choice.