Obituaries

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Rosemary Kealoha Balai
March 16, 2006
Rosemary Kealoha Balai, 65, of Keaau, Hawaii, a homemaker, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by sons Walter "Bozo" Jr., James A., Jesse L., Jason D. and Keone P.; daughters Trudy F. and Cheryl; brothers Virgasan and Roseman Sordillia; sister Feoctavia Santiago; 32 grandchildren; and numerous grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Central Christian Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Alae Cemetery, section J in Hilo.

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 Arthur K. Sr. and Alice M. Grace; brothers Arthur Jr., George, Edward and Richard K.K. Grace; sister Laura Inouye; 17 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at First Assembly King's Chapel of Honokaa, Hawaii. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers. Incorrect information was given in an obituary Monday.

Josephine Lucille Castro
March 5, 2006
Josephine Lucille Castro, also known as "Jo" or "Josie," 77, of Waianae, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Larry and Alfonso Saise; daughters Jeanne Dela Cruz, Lena Paulino, Juanita Herbius and Stephanie Grose; brothers Manuel and Eddie Simmons; sister Margaret Tuiloma; 20 grandchildren; 55 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Makua Beach, Waianae. Call after 1 p.m. Casual attire.

George Kala Makepa Clarke
March 1, 2006
George Kala Makepa Clarke, 51, of Kaneohe, a bus driver, truck driver and heavy equipment operator, died in Kailua. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brothers Clifford Clarke Sr. and William Mills; sisters Hannah Mills-Salas and Luciana Clarke-Agosto; wife LaVerne; sons James Kaina and Joseph and Kepa Clarke; daughters Shannan, Nikki and Kim Clarke; companion Carolyn Pau; hanai son Kala'i Kaina; hanai daughter Brooke Kawaguchi; and 12 grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 6 p.m. Cremation to follow.

Margaret Mary O'Donnell Clarke
March 19, 2006
Margaret Mary O'Donnell Clarke, 84, of Haleiwa, a retired housekeeper, died at home. She was born in Ireland. She is survived by son Dennis; daughter Patricia Johnson; brothers Danny and Pat Joe O'Donnell; sisters Elizabeth Emery, Katherine O'Keeffe, Bridie Evans and Nora Carey; and three grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Friday at St. Michael's Catholic Church.

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, sons Russell Coleman and Joseph Coleman-Musacchia, daughters Jennifer King and Trish McKinish, brother Gerald Watts, sister Honey R., 11 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Services to be held in Sparks, Nev. Incorrect information was given in an obituary Sunday.

Maelyn Corpuz
March 18, 2006
Maelyn Corpuz, infant daughter of Marvin and Jonalynne Corpuz, of Lihue died in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She is also survived by grandparents Julio and Rosalinda Clemente, and Merlita Valencia and Ricarte Erorita. Services: 9 a.m. today at Immaculate Conception Church. Burial to follow at Lihue Cemetery.

Kimiko Fujichaku
Feb. 6, 2006
Kimiko Fujichaku, 87, of Gardena, Calif., died in Gardena. She was born in Malehu, Kohala, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Tetsuo and Melvin, daughters Minako Arakaki and Joy Hashimoto, seven grandchildren, and a great-grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Memorial Park and Mortuary. Inurnment: 10:45 a.m. at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Hayako Hamamoto
March 5, 2006
Hayako Hamamoto, 93, of Honolulu died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Kahuku. She is survived by son Carl S. and daughter Patricia T. Private services.

Wallace Hiroshi Hamasaki
March 14, 2006
Wallace Hiroshi "Wally" Hamasaki, 82, of Honolulu, a retired Pflueger Lincoln Mercury salesman, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Waimea, Kauai. He is survived by sons Mark M. and Lance H.; daughter Noreen H. Arakawa; brother Kaname; sisters Yuriko Saito, Kinue Mizuno, Midori Yanagawa and Tsuneyo Ikeda; seven grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Roy Kenji Iwai
March 17, 2006
Roy Kenji Iwai, 65, of Eleele, Kauai, died in Hale Omao Care Home. He was born in Eleele. He is survived by brothers Kenneth, Franklin and Rudy; and sister Irene Muraoka. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Hanapepe Hongwanji. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Henrietta Kahawai
March 13, 2006
Henrietta "Iwi" Kahawai, 60, of Waianae, a retired federal government warehouse employee, died at home. She was born in Nanakuli. She is survived by hanai son Titus Manipon; brother Thomas; sisters Marion Smith, Noreen Cook, Karen Noa, Delphine Rabanes, and Susan, Sunday and Vanessa Kahawai; and a grandchild. Services: 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Nanaikapono Protestant Church, 89-235 Pua Ave., Nanakuli. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire.

Harry Moses Kaikuana Sr.
March 18, 2006
Harry Moses "Pachi" Kaikuana Sr., 71, of Pahoa, Hawaii, a former city Department of Parks and Recreation groundskeeper and Marine Corps veteran who served in the Korean War, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Kau, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Edith; sons Kaleialoha Kaikuaana, and Lee M. and Henry Kaikuana; daughter Annie K. Momiyama; brother Moses Moke; sister Lillian Whitney; and four grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Graveside services: 9 a.m. Friday at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire.

Aron K. Kamanu
March 17, 2006
Aron K. Kamanu, 56, of Waimanalo, a Pearl Harbor marine machinist, died in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by companion Lucinda "Cissy" Simeona-Oamilda, son Aaron, daughters Sharla Tamaye and Malia Kamanu, brother the Rev. Eric, sisters Trudy Chang and Ethel "Nani" Kamanu, and eight grandchildren. Services: 9 a.m. Friday at Kailua Pentecostal Church, 298 Kakahiaka St., corner of Wanaao Road and Kakahiaka. Call after 8 a.m. Committal services: 11 a.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.

Hsiu Chien Lee
March 18, 2006
Hsiu Chien Lee, 73, of Honolulu died at home. She was born in Andong, China. She is survived by husband Chi Hsing, sons Steve and Chih Kuo, daughters Hwa Chen and Lily Tsao, brother James Liu, and eight grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at First Chinese Church of Christ. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2:30 p.m. at Valley of the Temples.

Toshiko Masuhara
March 9, 2006
Toshiko Masuhara, 95, of Honolulu, a retired seamstress, died at home. She was born in Laie. She is survived by son Carl, daughter Grace Nogami, brother Tatsuo "Baldy" Higashi, sisters Midori Kumura and Gladys Kaminaka, five grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Private services.

Dr. Richard Yukiyoshi Mitsunaga
March 14, 2006
Dr. Richard Yukiyoshi Mitsunaga, 66, of Aiea, a pediatrician, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Carol; daughters Lee-Ann Brewer, and Lorene and Dr. Lisa Mitsunaga; stepmother Esther; sister Elaine Oishi; and three grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Memorial Park and Mortuary, east chapel. Casual attire. No flowers.

Chiyo Morinaga
March 11, 2006
Chiyo Morinaga, 89, of Kaneohe, formerly of Waimea, died in Castle Medical Center. She was born in Kohala, Hawaii. She is survived by son Marc, daughter Susan, brother Satoru Shikasho, sister Michiyo Gibo and four grandchildren. Private services.

Lewis L. Needham
March 14, 2006
Lewis L. Needham, 91, of Pahala, Hawaii, an Air Force master sergeant who served in World War II, died at home. He was born in Stockton, Calif. He is survived by son Garry; daughters Carolynn Varnagatas, Medora Evangelista and Leoma Needham; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home. Call after 10 a.m. Inurnment: noon at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2.

Christine Harumi Okuhama
March 13, 2006
Christine Harumi Okuhama, 50, of Hilo, a Lex Brodie office clerk, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Shayne, daughters Sherrie Okunami and Laura Inouye, brother Jason, sisters Robyn DeCoito and Sandra Marsh, and a grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: noon at Homelani Memorial Park.

Rosalia Rellin Oshiro
March 15, 2006
Rosalia Rellin Oshiro, 82, of Waipahu died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in Hanamaulu, Kauai. She is survived by sons Alfredo Jr., Angel, Bernard and Elvis Villamor; daughters Rosemary Crighton, Maryann Villamor, Bernadette Kurch, Audrey Tercero, Grace Bizzell and Jamie Y. Oshiro; brothers Saturnino, Candelario and Mariano Rellin; sisters Arsenia L. Creely and Flaviana R. Flores; 28 grandchildren; and 28 great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary, 20 S. Kukui St., Honolulu. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Sunset Memorial Park in Pearl City. Casual attire.

Mabel Panquites
March 19, 2006
Mabel Panquites, 76, of Kilauea, Kauai, a County of Kauai fruit packer, died in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born in Kapaa, Kauai. She is survived by husband Philip Jr.; children Philip Panquites III, Stella Brown, Lynne Steeno and Cindy Shimonishi; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at St. Sylvester Catholic Church in Kilauea. Call after 9 a.m. Scattering of ashes to be held at a later date. Aloha attire.

Lauryn Ella Pico
March 5, 2006
Lauryn Ella Pico, infant daughter of Alfred III and Candice Pico, of Honolulu, died in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is also survived by grandparents Kathleen Pico, Carmelita Balatico and Valentine "Val" Real. Private services.

Taginoa M. Salatielu
March 14, 2006
Taginoa M. Salatielu, 45, of Waipahu, formerly of West Valley City, Utah, an Aloha Care medical insurance claims specialist, died in Honolulu. She was born in American Samoa. She is survived by husband Utusia; brothers Tuumalo Taumua, and Mose Jr., Sauao and Lene Tuumalo; and sisters Naomi Ioelu, Vorite Tuumalo, Lole Montes and Taumafa Kua. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Nuuanu Memorial Park & Mortuary, East Chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Committal services: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Church attire. Incorrect information was given in an obituary Sunday.

Mie Shimaura
March 9, 2006
Mie Shimaura, 85, of Haleiwa, a retired barber, died at home. She was born in Haleiwa. She is survived by daughters Ellen Matsuda and Frances Bowers, brothers Harry and Henry Wadahara, sisters Tsuruye Watanabe and Elsie Tashiro, seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire.

Samuel Theodore Slaughter
March 5, 2006
Samuel Theodore "Sam" Slaughter, 67, of Hilo, an Air Force veteran and retired Comtec Inc. lineman and cable installer, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Ripley, Tenn. He is survived by wife Janet; daughters Dee and Terri; brothers Willis, Everett, Jessie and Ricky; and sister Frances Ballard. Services held.

Joseph Arthur Spielman
March 15, 2006
Joseph Arthur Spielman, 85, of Waimea, Hawaii, a Marine Corps veteran who served in World War II, died in North Hawaii Community Hospital. He also was an island contractor, restored Iolani Palace and was a Mauna Lani Resort Inc. construction field inspector and coordinator. He was born in Seneca, Kan. He is survived by wife Elizabeth "Tita"; sons JK and Joseph; daughter Eva Naniole; brothers Jack, Bob and Bill; sister Elaine Austin; and seven grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Annunciation Catholic Church in Waimea. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow. No flowers. Donations suggested to Annunciation Church, North Hawaii Hospice, North Hawaii Community Hospital or charity.

Joyce Buchanan Springer
March 17, 2006
Joyce Buchanan Springer, 73, of Kailua-Kona, a homemaker, died at home. She was born in Huron, S.D. She is survived by son Michael; daughters Janet Weddle, Karen Vares and Judith Springer; nine grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. No services. Donations suggested to Hospice of Kona, P.O. Box 217, Kailua-Kona, HI 96745.

Kylie Fumie Hi'ilei Tagomori
March 7, 2006
Kylie Fumie Hi'ilei Tagomori, infant daughter of Kyle and Stacie Tagomori, of Honolulu died in Kapiolani Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is also survived by brother Kenton, and grandparents Clarence and Geraldine "Geri" Yamashita, and Leona Tagomori. Services: 5 p.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Takako Taniguchi
March 7, 2006
Takako Taniguchi, 96, of Aiea died in St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in Kekaha, Kauai. She is survived by son Paul, daughter Joan Yasuda and a grandchild. Private services.

Vivian Toshiko Taniguchi
March 10, 2006
Vivian Toshiko "Toyan" Taniguchi, 86, of Honolulu died. She was born in Aiea. She is survived by daughter Sandra "Sandy" Miyamoto, sister Sachie Yamanaka, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Memorial Park and Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Albert Sadamu Taogoshi
March 20, 2006
Albert Sadamu Taogoshi, 93, of Kapaa, Kauai, a Hawaiian Canneries supervisor and retired Lihue Plantation irrigator, died in Garden Isle Health Care. He was born in Kilauea. He is survived by wife Kazue "Jane"; sons Albert Yoshii, and Roy, Alan and Cary Taogoshi; sisters Miyoko Hashimoto, Yoshiko Mullins and Sachiko Abo; brother Kaoru; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. tomorrow at Kapaa Hongwanji Mission. Call after 3 p.m.