Obituaries

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Louis Baldovi / 1931-2006

Irving Kaili Ah Yat
July 17, 2006
Irving Kaili Ah Yat, 88, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard welder, died in Aloha Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brothers Bill Ewaliko and Edward and Clement Ah Yat; and sisters Maria Artis, Victoria N. Ward and Miriam Sanders. Mass: 11 a.m. Monday at Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 12:45 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

June Siatufiti Aipopo
July 6, 2006
June Siatufiti Aipopo, 38, of Waianae died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Catalina Fuentes-Aipopo; mother Faamoa; brothers Frank Vagai and Randall Aipopo; and sisters Ramona Aipopo-Fuifui, Rosalina Aipopo and Virginia Kemmerlin. Services: 10:30 a.m. today at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Raymond Frank Barrett
July 16, 2006
Raymond Frank Barrett, 50, of Kapaa, Kauai, an artist, died. He was born in Washington. He is survived by son Jason Garcia; parents Charles and Patricia; brothers Victor, Peter and Glenn; sister Carol Reynolds; and three grandchildren. Celebration of life: 5 p.m. Saturday at Anchors Beach, behind Kapaa library. No flowers. Photos and written stories welcome. Donations suggested to Kauai Children's Discovery Museum, c/o Ray's fund for kid's art, 4-831 Kuhio Highway Suite 332, Kapaa, HI 96746.

Robert Bung Tong Chun
July 10, 2006
Robert Bung Tong Chun, 95, of Honolulu died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Merton; daughter Myrna Wong; brothers Wilfred and Albert; sisters Inez Ching, Jane Vickers and Janet Park; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Visitation: 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Taoist services. Burial: 12:45 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Enrique Flores Duenas
July 9, 2006
Enrique Flores Duenas, 89, of Kailua, a U.S. Navy World War II veteran and retired United Airlines employee, died at home. He was born in Guam. He is survived by son Enrique A.; daughter Louella U.; brothers Gregorio and Jose; sisters Rita Guzman, Josefina Mendiola and Natividad Sablan; and six grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Aloha attire.

Connie Espejo
July 15, 2006
Connie Espejo, 74, of Hilo, a retired Salvation Army Store manager in Hilo, died at home. She was born in Kona, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Pedro; sons Douglas, Ernest and Patrick; daughters Janice Bondallion, Paulette Cainglit, Francine Ross and Darlene Espejo; brother Larry Alania; 13 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire.

Albert S. Fukutomi
July 7, 2006
Albert S. Fukutomi, 58, of Wailuku, a retired postal carrier, died at home. He was born on Kauai. He is survived by wife Winona G. and sisters Valerie Kawakami and Sulyn Hashimoto. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Luncheon to follow. Casual attire. Leis welcome.

Ruth Mae Genco
July 10, 2006
Ruth Mae Genco, 85, of Hilo, a homemaker, died in Life Care Center of Hilo. She was born in Centralia, Okla. She is survived by daughter Gina Genco and Karen Duvall, brother Fred Barney, sisters Stella Beasley and Nina Cox, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Wednesday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 2 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Jane Yoko Matano Hatta
July 15, 2006
Jane Yoko Matano Hatta, 81, of Honolulu, a retired administrator, died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Tokyo. She is survived by daughters Julie Y., Mari and Carrie M.; brother Albert H. Matano; sisters Yasuko "Betsy" Sugihara, and Cherry R. and Florence H. Matano, Alice N. Fujieda and Caroline Matano-Yang; and two grandchildren. Services: 1 p.m. Sunday at Moiliili Hongwanji Mission. Casual attire. No flowers.

Miyeko Higashi
July 3, 2006
Miyeko Higashi, 79, of Waipahu, a retired Kanebo Cosmetics distributor, died in St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in Tokyo. She is survived by sons James Y. and Cary M., brother Yojiro Kono, sister Kayoko Mizutani and a grandchild. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 1 p.m. Inurnment: 11:30 a.m. Monday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire. No flowers.

Anacita Ibarra
June 29, 2006
Anacita Ibarra, 85, of Kualapuu, Molokai, died. She was born Cebu, Philippines. She is survived by husband Alejandro; sons Patrick Ibarra and Phil Bautista; daughters Shirley Baker, Patsy Yacapin, Donna Wallace, Priscilla Gregory and Stephanie Honma; sister Lourdes Hale; 15 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Services held. Incorrect information given in an obituary Friday.

Herbert Kamahele
July 14, 2006
Herbert Kamahele, also known as "Herbie" and "Hopaki," 77, of Keaau, Hawaii, a retired Grayline Hilo employee and U.S. Army Korean War veteran, died at home. He was born in Kapoho, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Wilhelmina "Mina," sons Jamie and Farrant, daughter Gaylyn, brother Alexander "Sonny" Jr. and sister Mary "Ailau" Boyd. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Dodo Mortuary in Hilo. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Homelani Memorial Park, Section 7. Casual attire.

Catherine Cravalho Kendrick
July 9, 2006
Catherine Cravalho Kendrick, 86, of Alhambra, Calif., formerly of Kula, Maui, a former public school teacher, died in California. She was born on Maui. She is survived by daughter Juanita Hawker; brother Elmer Cravalho; sisters Priscilla Barrett, Ruth Landes and Theresa Browning; and two grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Monday at St. Anthony Chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Sang Suk Kim
July 15, 2006
Sang Suk Kim, 79, of Kaneohe died in Tripler Army Medical Center. She was born in Korea. She is survived by sons Chong Soo and Chong Yul; daughter Candice K. Milbrad; sisters Jae Suk, Wona and Hae Suk; and six grandchildren. Services: 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 4:30 p.m.

Miriam Kiyome Kuniyuki
June 28, 2006
Miriam Kiyome Kuniyuki, 88, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died in St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. Services: noon Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire.

Paul Kaoru Kuwashima
July 10, 2006
Paul Kaoru Kuwashima, 83, of Kahului, a retired Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar truck driver, died in Kahului. He was born in Pulehu, Maui. He is survived by wife Judy; son Gary, daughter Karen; brother Hiroshi; and sisters Eiko Sakuma, Nancy Fukagawa, Peggy Uehara and Reiko Matsunaga. Services: 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Nakamura Mortuary. Call after 11:30 a.m. Inurnment at a later date.

Lance Neal Louis
July 3, 2006
Lance Neal Louis, 44, of Pearl City died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by parents Edmund W., Louis and Jeanette LaPierre; and sisters Lorrie Louis, Michele Theis, Noreen Fernandez and Rochelle Young. Services: 11:30 a.m. Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to American Diabetes Association, 1500 S. Beretania St., Suite 111, Honolulu 96826.

John Thomas Medler
July 4, 2006
John Thomas Medler, 92, of Kaneohe, a University of Wisconsin professor emeritus, died in Kailua. He was born in New Mexico. He is survived by wife Maria, sons Mark and Melvin, daughter Merrie, brother David, sister Eleanor, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services: 1 p.m. Sunday at Pohai Nani Good Samaritan Retirement Community club room.

Violet Sumiko Mochizuki
July 10, 2006
Violet Sumiko Mochizuki, 66, of Honolulu, a retired Western and Delta Airlines reservations agent, died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Pahoa, Hawaii. She is survived by husband George K.; son Donovan; brothers Yoshito, Mitsuo and Eddie Miyatake; sister Frances Hayashi; and a grandchild. Services: 5 p.m. Sunday at Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Victor Lucas Monegas Sr.
July 5, 2006
Victor Lucas Monegas Sr., 88, of Kapolei died in Maluhia Long Term Health Center. He was born in San Juan, Alcala, Pangasinan, Philippines. He is survived by wife Paulina C.; sons Orlando C., Leonardo C., Amado C., Domingo C., Victor C. Jr. and Marcelino C.; daughters Aida M. Guitierrez, Adora M. Bale, Purita M. Soriano and Fe C. Monegas; sister Gregoria Agaoid; 20 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday and 10 a.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Sunday and 9 a.m. Monday. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Lynette Sachie Oliva
July 11, 2006
Lynette Sachie Oliva, 56, of Lanai City, Maui, a retired Lanai High and Elementary School teacher, died in Lanai Community Hospital. She was born in Lanai City. She is survived by husband Florito, mother Taneko Onuma, daughter Tanya M. Etrata, brothers Wallace and Curtis Onuma, sisters Cynthia Kaufman and Cathy Sutton, and a grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Lanai Union Church. Additional services: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m.

Rose Cabral Pires
July 14, 2006
Rose Cabral Pires, 92, of Honolulu, a retired Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace housekeeper, died in Kaimuki. She was born in Hana, Maui. She is survived by sons William M. Jr. and Donald; daughters Rose M. Nakoa, Ethelvina Bolosan and Winifred Todd; sisters Eva C. Medeiros, Alexandria C. Helm, Mary C. Cravalho and Dorothy C. Frerkson; 16 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Mass: noon Monday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, 1184 Bishop St., Honolulu. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Richard Wayne Platt
July 4, 2006
Richard Wayne Platt, 60, of Hoopuloa Farms, Hawaii, a retired U.S. Army gunner chief and Vietnam War veteran, died in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Long Beach, Calif. He is survived by wife Patricia Genders-Platt, sons Paul Payne and James Platt, daughters Sunday Platt and Evelyn Burgo, brothers Donald and Darrell, sister Patty Patterson, stepfather James Schlater and seven grandchildren. Services: 9 a.m. Tuesday at West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery III in Kailua-Kona. Call after 8 a.m. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Mitsuko Shimabukuro
July 8, 2006
Mitsuko Shimabukuro, 77, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Okinawa, Japan. She is survived by husband Seishiro, son Glenn H., stepbrother Yuko Nishihara and stepsister Shizuko Arakaki. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Eneliko F. Sipiliano Sr.
July 4, 2006
Eneliko F. Sipiliano Sr., 72, of Honolulu died in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in American Samoa. He is survived by wife Fuapauna Eneliko; son Eneliko Jr.; daughters Polini Asomua, Fitilagi Siaki and Pola Sua; brother Tano; sisters Aiulu Afusia and Faaleava and Faalologo Sipiliano; 12 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday and 10 a.m. Monday at Samoa-Tokelau Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1128 Banyan St. Call after 2 p.m. Sunday and 9 a.m. Monday. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples.

Sionaia Tu'a Vi
July 9, 2006
Sionaia Tu'a Vi, 56, of Kahuku, a Sunset Elementary School counselor, died in Kahuku. He was born in Pangai, Ha'apai, Tonga. He is survived by brothers and sisters Inoke, Viliami, Siosiane, Alekisanita, Tualau and Taliauli Vi, and Koloti Finau, Meleane Topui and Sister Theresa of Jesus Vi. Services: noon Monday at Laie North Stake Center in Laie. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Laie Cemetery. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Homer K. Wolfsen
July 15, 2006
Homer K. Wolfsen, 80, of Wailuku, a retired construction superintendent, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Oak Harbor, Wash. He is survived by son Jim; daughters Cathy Toka, Beverly Wolfsen, Mary Howard and Polly Dennis; brother Harry; sisters Gerry Howard and Margie Lindaman; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Celebration of life: 2 p.m. Sunday at Laniuopoko Beach Park, Lahaina.

Yu Sheng Xiao
July 13, 2006
Yu Sheng Xiao, 80, of Honolulu died in the Convalescent Centre. He was born in Canton, China. He is survived by former wife Xiu Qiong Liu; son Fu Yang Xiao; daughters Melly Chen, Annie Zheng and Amanda Xiao; and five grandchildren. Visitation: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Taoist services. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.