Obituaries

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Felomina Soriano Ahina
July 5, 2006
Felomina Soriano "Lomi" Ahina, 67, of Honolulu, a retired St. Francis Medical Center registered nurse, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Waialua. She is survived by husband Solomon P. Jr.; son Stephen; brothers Mariano Lampitoc and Melvin Soriano; sisters Josephine Lampitoc, Mary Leonard, Diana Sasan, Lolita Toves, Rosalina Agni and Arsenia Schroeder; and a grandchild. Services: 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at Mililani Memorial Park, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Sorrows, 1403-A California Ave., Wahiawa. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Dennis Leslie Askey
July 24, 2006
Dennis Leslie Askey, 28, of Honolulu, a Custom Glass Tinting window film installer, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in San Antonio. He is survived by wife Rie, father Gregory, mother Dianna, brother Mark and grandparents Leslie and Harry and Nancy Fulks. Private services.

Chauncey John Batalona
June 22, 2006

Chauncey John "Honey Boy" Batalona, 23, of Waianae died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by parents Melodye Batalona and Rodney Pacheco, brothers Rodney Jr. and Rodson Pacheco, and sister Chatney Pacheco. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Waianae Boat Harbor Park. Scattering of ashes to follow.

John Charles Bomke III
Aug. 1, 2006
John Charles Bomke III, 23, of Pearl City died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by parents John and Frances, sister Melanie and grandparents Joyce Bomke and Chiyoko Yoshikawa. Services: noon Sunday at St. Alban's Chapel at Iolani School. Call after 11 a.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Nobuko K. Cabungcal
July 24, 2006
Nobuko K. Cabungcal, 75, of Ewa Beach, a retired Duty Free Shoppers supervisor, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born on Okinawa. She is survived by husband Ernesto U.; daughter Alicia Pentland; brothers Choki and Choshin Kameya; sisters Moriko Ishikawa, Shizuko Arakaki and Sueko Kawakami; and two grandchildren. Private services.

Yuk Wah Lee Choi
July 28, 2006
Yuk Wah Lee Choi, 86, of Honolulu, a retired seamstress, died in Honolulu. She was born in Canton, China. She is survived by children Ying Fun, Sik Gun and Sik Kwong Choi and Ying Fook and Ying Wah Wong and Ying Kwan Chan and Lydia Lai Wah Aki; 20 grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Monday at Valley of the Temples. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at the cemetery. Aloha attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kaneohe third ward.

Corazon Romasoc De Francia
July 28, 2006
Corazon Romasoc De Francia, 84, of Pearl City, a homemaker, died in St. Francis Hospital. She was born in Alaminos, Pangasinan, Philippines. She is survived by sons Cesar, George, Juan, Asterio Jr. and Carlito; daughters Cleopatra "Pat" Sanchez, Carmelita and Gloria; sister Natividad Basobas; 14 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Nuuanu Memorial Park and Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Blanche Tsuruko Fukata
July 19, 2006
Blanche Tsuruko Fukata, 86, of Honolulu, a retired state Vocational Rehabilitation secretary, died. She was born in Amauulu, Hawaii. She is survived by son Baron and two grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Nuuanu Memorial Park and Mortuary. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.

Sadato Hamaguchi
July 25, 2006
Sadato "Wallace" Hamaguchi, 76, of Kaneohe, a retired Okano Electrical Co. electrician, died in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Peahi, Maui. He is survived by wife Yoshiko; son Scot H.; daughters Gwen S. Fujimoto, Lori T. Iwata and Patti M. Hamaguchi; sisters Hanako Kawano, Geraldine Russell, Shirley Hobbs, Evelyn Mack, Aline Rolaff, Ann Gomes and Lucille Ogata; and two grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 5 p.m. Private inurnment to be held at a later date.

Lottie Fern Hughes
July 29, 2006
Lottie Fern Hughes, 93, of Kula, Maui, a retired Kula Hospital Thrift Shop bookkeeper, died in Hale Makua, Kahului. She was born in Boone County, Iowa. She is survived by son Harlan; daughters Patricia Dowell, Betty King and Loretta Hughes; 10 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at St. John's Episcopal Church.

Beverly J. Jalbert
July 27, 2006
Beverly J. Jalbert, 59, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died in Ewa Beach. She was born in California. She is survived by son Chad Roll, brother Robert Valdez and sister Laura ClegHorn. Private services.

Bonnie Kay Jepson
July 22, 2006
Bonnie Kay Jepson, 50, of Waialua, an artist, died in Waialua. She was born in California. She is survived by son Victor H.J. Nicholoulias, daughter Celeste B., brother Patrick and sister Patricia. Private services.

Richard Fusao Kagami
July 26, 2006
Richard Fusao Kagami, 71, of Aiea died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brothers Edwin and George, and sister Florence Sato. Private services.

Fumie Kaneda
July 21, 2006
Fumie Kaneda, 89, of Pearl City, a retired Tropics Restaurant cashier, died in Honolulu. She was born in Aiea. She is survived by daughter Florence, brother Hideo Miyasawa, three sisters, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Private services.

Andrew Kier
July 27, 2006
Andrew "Andy" Kier, 64, of Pahoa, Hawaii, a teacher for Pahoa Schools and Forest Service worker, died at home. He also was involved in environmental education on the Big Island. He also was a volunteer at Puna Outdoor Circle and a member of Pono Ke Ala Hui, for which he traveled the Pacific on cultural exchange tours. He was born in Oakland, Calif. He is survived by companion Beverly Vance; sons Phillip and Ted; hanai son William "Billy" Maglothin; hanai daughters Sherry, Nicole and Jennifer Vance; brothers Samuel and William; sisters Kitty Kier and Lou Godfrey; five hanai grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Private services to be held at a later date.

Leslie Charles Kim
July 25, 2006
Leslie Charles Kim, 16, of Kapolei will be rememberd in services 6 p.m. next Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. He died in the Queen's Medical Center after a car crash in Kalaeloa. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by parents Lester and So Nan, brother Ronald A. and grandparents Yoko A. Kim and Tae Cho Yang. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire.

Verden Kim
July 26, 2006
Verden Kim, 85, of Port Orchard, Wash., a retired Federal Aviation Agency property and supply officer and U.S. Army veteran, died. He was born in Honokaa, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Patsy; sons Vernon; daughters Vernie Watson, Charlene Smith and Paula Souza; brother Leslie; sisters Ida and Gladys Wong and Ethel Devito; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services to be held in Washington. Inurnment to be held in National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.

Henry Waichi Maeno
July 25, 2006
Henry Waichi Maeno, 83, of Pearl City, a retired Sears, Roebuck and Co. furniture refinisher, died in the Ponds in Punaluu. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by wife Toyoko, son the Rev. Alan M., daughter Yvonne A. Doi, brother John, stepsister Thelma Iwami and four grandchildren. Private services.

John Keli'i Makuakane
July 24, 2006
John Keli'i Makuakane, 44, of Kaneohe died in Kailua. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Kawika, daughters Keoholani and Imainalani, mother Kathryn, brothers James K. Makuakane and Kamehameha Kane, and a grandchild. Services: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kaneohe Stake Center, 46-117 Halaulani St. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Valley of the Temples.

Harriet Haruko Matsuda
July 19, 2006
Harriet Haruko Matsuda, 88, of Honolulu, a retired Shaheen's seamstress, died at home. She was born in Koloa, Kauai. She is survived by sons Robert T., Dwight W.T. and Ervine Kimo; brothers Choko and Douglas Hamamoto; sister Misao Reyes; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 1 p.m. Casual attire.

Margarita F. Mier
July 27, 2006
Margarita F. Mier, 68, of Ewa Beach died at home. She was born in Calape, Bohol, Philippines. She is survived by husband Gabriel; sons Tony and Berto; daughters Rita Helmken, Nicky Baquial, Vicky Gasilos and Marissa Mier; brother Pedro Falar; sister Filipa Laurden; and 10 grandchildren. Private services.

John Moniz Jr.
Aug. 1, 2006
John Moniz Jr., 92, of Hilo, a retired Wainaku Sugar Co. and Hilo Coast Processing Co. heavy equipment operator, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by daughter June P.M. Gualdarama, brothers Steven and Phillip Lindinha, sister Christine Mosley, five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaiian Memorial Park, section four. Casual attire.

Harold Yat Naeole
July 28, 2006
Harold Yat "Joe" Naeole, 60, of Pahoa, Hawaii, a retired former Hilo Transportation and Terminal truck driver, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Moiliili. He is survived by wife Emily; daughters Hidi Boteilho, Keala Rowland, Malama Valentino and Kopa Naeole; brothers Edward N., Bernard M. and George; sisters Mary E. Tom, Mele Souza and Edwina Lucas; and five grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Puna Solid Rock Ministries in Pahoa. Call after 4 p.m. Visitation: all night at Naeole residence, 15-3327 Kaohuwalu St. at Hawaiian Homes Makuu Farm Lots in Pahoa. Call after 8 p.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire.

Joseph Hiromu Ono
July 27, 2006
Joseph Hiromu Ono, 80, of Honolulu, a U.S. Army Reserves veteran who served in the Korean War, died in Hale Ho Aloha Nursing Home. He was born in Hawaii. He is survived by wife Lynette, daughters Jolyn Leong and Doreen Ono-Suenishi, brother George K., sisters Colleen Kushi and Nancy Fukushima, and three grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Cristino Pormalejo Pacis
July 27, 2006
Cristino Pormalejo Pacis, 77, of Kapolei died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in Camarines Sur, Philippines. He is survived by wife Juana; sons Gualberto, Jacinto, Cesar, Nestor, Mario, Rey and Rolly; daughters Lilian Pellas, Norma Avila, Estelita Lomboy, Nenita Nofre and Shirley Casing; 28 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Burial to be held at a later date in the Philippines.

Gordon M. Potter
July 29, 2006
Gordon M. Potter, 78, of Healdsburg, Calif., a Gordon Potter Architects owner, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Jeanne, sons Richard and John, daughters Shelley Marchesi and Suzanne Dow, brother Philip and six grandchildren. Services held.

Robert Louis Reponte
July 11, 2006
Robert Louis Reponte, 55, of Hanamaulu, Kauai, a security guard and Alcoholics Anonymous counselor on Maui, died. He was born in Waimea, Kauai. He is survived by daughter Candace Demerin; father Clemente Sr.; sisters Patsy Palama, Cindy Vinluan and Tina Bagana; caregiver Jo King; and five grandchildren. Celebration of life: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday at Salt Pond Beach, second pavilion.

Henry Saronitman
July 30, 2006
Henry Saronitman, 68, of Kapaa, Kauai, a retired Operators Engineers Local 3 heavy equipment operator, died in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Kealia, Kauai. He is survived by wife Caroline A.; sons Jim K., Jed and Ron Saronitman and Russell Sharpe; daughters Leeann Thompson and Cathy Kali; brothers Antonio, Richard and Darryl; sister Mildred Santos; 20 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Kauai Veterans Cemetery Pavilion. Call after 9:30 a.m. Inurnment to follow at the cemetery.

Ruth Katsuko Shintaku
July 21, 2006
Ruth Katsuko Shintaku, 85, of Mililani, a homemaker, died. She was born in Watertown, Hawaii. She is survived by children Sharon M., Bryce and Derek Toma. Private services.

Sean Michael Stirling
July 25, 2006
Sean Michael Stirling, infant son of Angela and Celso Stirling of Honolulu, died. He is also survived by grandparents Karen and Richard Yarrow and Edna Garry. Private services.

Alan Sadao Tsuji
July 24, 2006
Alan Sadao Tsuji, 53, of Honolulu, a Board of Water Supply pipefitter, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Haiku, Maui. He is survived by companion Tuyet "Lisa" Chmiel, son Lucky, brother Michael and sisters Diane Nagamine and Ann Miyahira. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Thomas Isaiah Udarbe
July 19, 2006
Thomas Isaiah Udarbe, infant son of Manuel and Solmarie of Kekaha, Kauai, and Germany, died in Germany. He is also survived by grandparents Estanislao and Ceferina Udarbe and Segundo and Filomena Cuaresma. Visitation: 6-9 p.m. tomorrow at family's residence, 8496 Hale Lio Road in Kekaha. Mass: 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Theresa Church. Call after 12:30 p.m. Burial to follow at Kauai Veterans Cemetery in Hanapepe, Kauai. Aloha attire.

Alfred Valeros Jr.
July 22, 2006
Alfred Valeros Jr., 49, of Waimanalo, a retired state Judiciary Department juvenile supervisor, died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Carmel "Leolani"; son Cody; daughters Moani and Jasmine; brothers Glen and Randy; and sisters Sharlene Ares, Valerie Brown, Glenda Crain and Vanessa Valeros. Services: 7 p.m. today at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 5:30 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. tomorrow at St. John Vianney Enchanted Lake, Kailua. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire. Flowers welcome.

Annie Wen Ying Wang
July 28, 2006
Annie Wen Ying Wang, 48, of Honolulu died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Taiwan. She is survived by daughter Cynthia Cheng, mother Yu Ying, brothers Chun Jie and Chun Yu, and sisters Jennie Tung and Wendy Thompson. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Chinese Lutheran Church of Honolulu in Liliha.

Michael Warner
July 26, 2006
Michael Warner, 55, of Huelo, Maui, died at home. He was born in Iowa. He is survived by sister Carol Neville. Services pending.

Ivan Gabriel Wond Jr.
July 24, 2006
Ivan Gabriel Wond Jr., 67, of Waianae, a retired Laborers Union backhoe operator, died in Kailua. He was born in Kahuku. He is survived by wife Mabel H.; sons Paul, Billy "Naka" and Ivan "Muna" III; daughters Kimberly Gray, Cassie Ieremia and Cindy Tafaovale; brothers John W. Townsend, Herman Wond and Charles W. Scott; sister Shirley Aiu; and 18 grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.

Chuk Hung L. Wong
July 20, 2006
Chuk Hung L. Wong, 93, of Hanapepe, Kauai, a homemaker, died at home. She was born in China. She is survived by daughter Lee Yokwah, and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Visitation: 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. next Thursday at Borthwick Kauai Mortuary, makai chapel. Chinese Taoist services. Burial: 1 p.m. at Manoa Lin Yee Chung Cemetery. Casual attire.

Toshio Yamamoto
July 20, 2006
Toshio Yamamoto, 90, of Mililani died in Oahu Care Facility. He was born in Yamaguchi-Ken, Japan. He is survived by son Wendell, daughter Annette Nishikawa, stepdaughter Phyllis Lonokapu, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Private services.