Obituaries

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John Bajet Jr.
Jan. 12, 2007
John Bajet Jr., 71, of Waianae, a retired Hilton Hawaiian Village employee and Hawaii National Guard veteran, died in Hawaii Medical Center East. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Clestia Rose; sons John, Michael, Vince, Robert "Kimo" and Mark; father John; 17 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Burial: 10 a.m. Thursday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire.

Thomas P. Baker
Dec. 23, 2006
Thomas P. Baker, 65, of Kailua, a retired Operating Engineers Local No. 3 heavy equipment operator, died in Kailua. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Thomas Jr. and David; daughters Roxanne and Cassandra; father George W.P.K. Jr.; mother Mary Anne; brothers George W.P.K. III, Virgil K. and Ronald K.; sisters Andrea K. Martin, Myrna K. Loio, Rosemary P. Braun and Kimberly Baker. Private services.

Paulino Pastor Batoon
Jan. 7, 2007
Paulino Pastor Batoon, 64, of Pearl City, died in Hawaii Medical Center East. He was born in San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Editha A.; sons Huddle Kevin A. and Paul Jun A.; daughters Dyhrame B. Chua and Minette B. Munar; brothers Marcelino, Agustin, Victoriano, Rosendo and Roberto; sister Esperanza Labutong; and four grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Memorial Park, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Services and burial to be held in the Philippines.

Albert Alfred Torres-Santos Bras
Jan. 11, 2007
Albert Alfred Torres-Santos Bras, 24, of Haiku, Maui, a mechanic, died in Waikapu, Maui. He was born in Wailuku. He is survived by daughter Alea Torres-Shibata, mother Jessie Planesi, brothers Arcillio Torres-Santos Bras and Keone Planesi, and grandparents Jackie and Dorothy Santos Bras and Arcillio Torres. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Lunch to follow.

David Franklin Canady
Jan. 9, 2007
David Franklin "Maikai Canady" Canady, 92, of Waianae, a retired Shop 38 employee, machinist, commercial fisherman, Canady's Towing proprietor, and Maile Freewill Baptist Church minister, died at home. He was born in Richlands, N.C. He is survived by sons David Jr. and Louis; daughters Louise Augustine, Stephanie France, Raynetta Canady, Patricia Duh and Starlet Kahinu; stepdaughters Audrey Ii and April Chock; brother Louis; sisters Queenie Carter and Mary Nixon; 30 grandchildren; and 50 great-grandchildren. Services: noon Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.

Manuel Ardales de la Sierra
Dec. 2, 2006
Manuel Ardales de la Sierra, 72, of Pearl City, a retired U.S. Navy senior chief petty officer, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Legazpi City, Philippines. He is survived by son Rafael B., daughters Nicole B. de la Sierra Nakamura and Amy M. Robison, brother Vergillo A., sisters Aida A. Necco and Rosenda A. Lleano, and three grandchildren. Private services.

Maurice Hideo Fujinaga
Dec. 23, 2006
Maurice Hideo Fujinaga, 56, of Honolulu, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brothers Robert, Nelson and Brian; and sister Marian Bates-Williams. Private services.

Doris Katsuko Ginoza
Dec. 26, 2006
Doris Katsuko Ginoza, 86, of Aiea, a retired Malia International seamstress, died in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Stanley T., daughter Judy M. Ota, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Private services.

Scot Louis Patrick Gomes
Dec. 30, 2006
Scot Louis Patrick Gomes, 37, of Nanakuli, died in Kapolei. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Regina N., son Allen, daughter Ashley, mother Bernice, brothers Ryan and Ray M., and sisters Renee Nauka and Robyn Gomes. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Nanaikapono Church, 89-235 Pua Ave., Nanakuli. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: noon at Nanakuli Homestead. Aloha attire.

Steven P. Gouveia Sr.
Jan. 8, 2007
Steven P. Gouveia Sr., 66, of Waipahu, died in Hawaii Medical Center East. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Bibiana, sons Steven Jr. and Christopher Alan, daughter Julie R. Caldwell, brother James and sister Jean Dorman. Mass: 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Church in Waipahu. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Marlene M. Gushi
Jan. 2, 2007
Marlene M. Gushi, 54, of Las Vegas, formerly of Kahului, a Burlington Coat Factory sales clerk in Las Vegas, died. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by mother Mikiko, brother Derrick B. and sister Gayle Guiot. Private services.

Vivian Lynhung Choy Hee
Jan. 13, 2007
Vivian Lynhung Choy Hee, 84, of Honolulu, a retired International Travel Services agent, died in Hawaii Medical Center East. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Herbert C.H.; sons Ronald K.C. and Richard K.C.; daughter Lorraine Y.C.; sisters Evelyn and Ruby Choy, and Elaine Ho; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: 11:30 a.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. No flowers.

Masayuki Honda
Jan. 6, 2007
Masayuki "M.H." Honda, 89, of Mililani, formerly of Pahoa, Hawaii, died at home. He was born in Kapoho, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Yasuko, sons Ronald M. and Melvin T., daughter Sharyn I. Toyama, brother Hideo, sisters Tamiko Honda and Harriet Matsuura, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Private services.

Mitsuo Honda
Jan. 6, 2007
Mitsuo Honda, 94, of Haliimaile, Maui, a retired self-employed farmer, died in Haliimaile. He was born in Haiku, Maui. He is survived by son Richard; daughters Janet Honda, Joyce Takao and Sylvia Yamashiro; sister Satsuki Izumi; caregiver Ruth Bonilla; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Private services.

Chong Yun Hong
Jan. 18, 2007
Chong Yun Hong, 98, of Honolulu, a retired owner, died. He was born in Seoul. He is survived by daughter Catherine. Services: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 3 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Suehara Hozaki
Jan. 11, 2007
Suehara Hozaki, 70, of Kahului, a retired A&B Land Properties land surveyor, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Puunene, Maui. He is survived by wife Carolyn; son Race; daughters Jackie Davis and Stacie Teshima; brother Yoshimitsu; sisters Fumiyo Shishido, Miyoko Oishi, Ethel Tanaka and Mary Shishido; and six grandchildren. Private services.

Dorothy S. Kauihou
Dec. 29, 2006
Dorothy S. "Tutu Lady" Kauihou, 80, of Honolulu, formerly of Laupahoehoe, Hawaii, a homemaker and former Dole Cannery supervisor, died in Laupahoehoe. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Henry; sons Thomas and Nicholas Popovich, Gilbert Gomez and Felix Duarte; daughters Anna Pacheco and Sabina Kupa; eight grandchildren; 70 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; and a great-great-great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 10 a.m. Saturday at the park. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: noon at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.

Barney Larry Lastimosa
Jan. 7, 2007
Barney Larry Lastimosa, 81, of Waianae, a retired Hawaii Housing Authority employee, died in Waianae. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Janet; son Larry; daughters Jo Bautista, Tina Romero, Lisa Haley and Michelle Taylor; brother Daniel Consolacion; sister Clara Navarro; 14 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 8:30 a.m. Committal services: 11 a.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Lorrie Kinuye Nojima Ling
Jan. 3, 2007
Lorrie Kinuye Nojima Ling, 54, of Honolulu, a former Harders Co. office clerk, died in Aiea. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Dickie "Frank"; children Simeon, Natasha and Julian; and two grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Philomena Church. Luncheon to follow. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Valley of the Temples.

Helen Hifumi Maeda
Jan. 5, 2007
Helen Hifumi Maeda, 82, of Pearl City, a sales clerk, died in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in Sacramento, Calif. She is survived by son Roy; daughter Judy Suyama; brother James Kawanishi; sisters Peggy Kawamura, Ruby Satow and Betty Kobata; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Private services.

Makoto Muraoka
Jan. 11, 2007
Makoto Muraoka, 85, of Wailuku, a retired Japo Yokoyama Contractors carpenter, died at home. He was born in Wailuku. He is survived by wife Kay K.; sons Melvyn, Michael and Gordon; daughter Cheryl Tanaka; sisters Betty Wakatake and Alice Tamaye; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Private services.

Saburo Ota
Jan. 17, 2007
Saburo "Fat" Ota, 85, of Kahului, a city surveyor, died in Hale Makua, Wailuku. He was born in Puunene, Maui. He is survived by wife Katherine, daughter Winona Lau Hee, six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Thursday at Kahului Hongwanji Mission. Casual attire.

Pedro Pilar Pacubas
Jan. 7, 2007
Pedro Pilar Pacubas, 82, of Kahului, a retired Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Co. irrigator, died at home. He was born in Bulag, Bantay, Ilocos Sur, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Georget L.; son Roland; daughter Stella Pagatpatan; brother Elias; sisters Marcela Pacubas, Florencia Zapata, Ceferina Fortaleza and Caridad Titular; and three grandchildren. Mass: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Christ the King Church. Call after 6:30 p.m. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 10:30 a.m. at Maui Memorial Park.

Manfried W. Parijs
Jan. 15, 2007
Manfried W. Parijs, 80, of Kula, Maui, formerly of Wahiawa, a retired civil service electrical technician, died in Hale Makua, Kahului. He was born in Netherlands, East India. He is survived by wife Dora, sons Jeffrey and Andre, daughters Jennifer Perry and Sharon Dettloff, and nine grandchildren. Services at a later date.

Rose Pauline
Jan. 13, 2007
Rose "Girlie" Pauline, 90, of Hilo, a homemaker, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Onomea, Hawaii. She is survived by companion Fred McClellan, sons Ernest Sr. and John Sr., daughters Frances Jordan and Rose Rice, 22 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great- grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Alae Cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers.

Joseph Yue-Toon Poon
Jan. 12, 2007
Joseph Yue-Toon Poon, 81, of Honolulu, a retired Queen's Medical Center stock clerk, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Guangzhou, China. He is survived by wife Maria Oi-Ling, son Raymond Chi Fai, daughters Maria Lui and Josephine Lau, and four grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary, 20 S. Kukui St. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Incorrect information was given in an obituary yesterday.

Norman Clifford Rodrigues Sr.
Jan. 10, 2007
Norman Clifford Rodrigues Sr., 71, of Kaneohe, died in Honolulu. He was born in Hawaii. He is survived by wife Diane, daughter Lena, brothers LeRoy and Gilbert, sisters Doris Gomes and Harriet McGee, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Oahu Cemetery. Casual attire.

Masaaki Sasaki
Jan. 17, 2007
Masaaki "Masa" Sasaki, 94, of Hilo, a retired American Factors and T.H.Y. and Associates employee, died in Life Care Center of Hilo. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Toshiko, sons Alvin and Russel, and a grandchild. Services: 5 p.m. Thursday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Ailua Milovale Scanlan Schwartz
Jan. 12, 2007
Ailua Milovale Scanlan Schwartz, 41, of Rehoboth Beach, Del., formerly of Honolulu, an Outrigger Hotels and Atlantis Hotel employee and American Inn general manager, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Anthony "Tony"; parents Jerry and Lamala S. Scanlan; brothers Jerry Tafu, and Joseph and Leonard Scanlan; and sisters Mavis Palakiko, Maude Tuipala and Haaheo Scanlan. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Ann Church in Kaneohe. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire.

Charlotte Keala Cash Tamarra
Jan. 6, 2007
Charlotte Keala Cash Tamarra, 67, of Waianae, died. She was born in Nanakuli. She is survived by husband Donald R.; sons Gordon, Wade and Dane; daughters Rae and Dawn Tamarra, and Nani Tamarra-Leong; brother Rolland Cash; sister Aileen Barrett; 12 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Nanaikapono Protestant Church, 89-235 Pua Ave., Nanakuli. Call after 5 p.m. Scattering of ashes: 9 a.m. Saturday at Cash Family residence, 89-425 Keaulana St., Nanakuli. Aloha attire.

Robert Elworth Taylor
Jan. 16, 2007
Robert Elworth Taylor, 91, of Makawao, Maui, a retired C. Brewer Co. supervisor, died at home. He was born in Garrison, Iowa. He is survived by son Robert B., daughter Eve, sister Floy Wickland and two grandchildren. Private services. In lieu of flowers, donations suggested to the American Heart Association, Walter Cameron Center, 95 Mahalani St. No. 13, Wailuku, HI 96793.

Mary Maile Zanakis
Jan. 13, 2007
Mary Maile Zanakis, 87, of Kaneohe, a homemaker, died in Kailua. She was born in Paia, Maui. She is survived by children Nick, James and Olive Zanakis, Terrie Ann Farmakis, and Mary Zanakis-Pico; brothers and sisters Myrna "Tweet" Kaholukula, Genevieve "Chelly" Gildersleeve, Arthur "Archie" English and Olive Maby; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Private services.