Obituaries

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Teysia Punahelekeikipi'ipukalanio'kekapua'ikeakua Aku
March 6, 2007
Teysia Punahelekeikipi'ipukalanio'kekapua'ikeakua Aku, 2, of Punaluu, died in Kailua. She was born in Kahuku. She is survived by parents Adam Aku and Chantell Burke; brothers Skyler Ka'ai-Burke and Keaka and Moses Aku; and grandparents Chanson and Layla Burke Sr. and Robert Aku. Services: 3 p.m. Saturday at North Windward Baptist Chapel, 53-075 Halai St. Call after 11 a.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire.

Constance Ortiz Aquino
March 13, 2007
Constance Ortiz Aquino, 91, of Lihue, a vaudeville singer and dancer, died in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born on Maui. She is survived by brother Eduardo Malapit, sisters Julia M. Smith and Aurora M. Lo, and three grandchildren. Mass: 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Raphael's Church. Call after noon. Burial to follow at the church cemetery.

Lilinoe Hanaupunakalani Cranford
March 10, 2007
Lilinoe Hanaupunakalani Cranford, 81, of Hilo, a homemaker, died in Hale Anuenue Restorative Care Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by brothers Albert and James Pung, and sister Louise Tippit. Celebration of life: 11 a.m. Friday at Hilo United Methodist Church. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire.

Earl De Mello
March 12, 2007
Earl De Mello, 68, of Hilo, a retired Hilo Iron Works dispatcher and buyer, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Laurel "Laurie," son Derrick, daughters Cheryl Sarme and Christy, brothers Richard and Hendricks, and sister Olga Gedymin. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Thursday at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Papaikou, Hawaii. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Wales S. Dixon Jr.
March 13, 2007
Wales S. "Tom" Dixon Jr., 76, of Kailua, a retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel and fighter pilot, died in Kailua. He was born in Hartford, Conn. He is survived by wife JoAnne, son Wales S. "Chuck" Dixon III, daughter Diane Stephens, sister Anne D. Reed and six grandchildren. Private services. Donations suggested to Castle Memorial Hospital.

Daniel Andrade Fonseca
March 12, 2007
Daniel Andrade Fonseca, 87, of Nanakuli, a retired city laborer, died in Honolulu. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by son Jerel; daughters Melanie Kohler, Renee Bailey, Althea Greene and Lisa; brothers Gilbert and John; sister Margaret Burgess; and seven grandchildren. Private services.

Charles Joken Gomes Jr.
March 12, 2007
Charles Joken "Charlie Tiki" Gomes Jr., 77, of Glenwood, Hawaii, a retired tiki carver and bulldozer operator, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Charles III; daughters Charlene Santiago and Irene Sagon; brothers Ralph, Joseph H., Ted and Robert "Bobby"; sister Thomasina Fogliani; seven grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Adela Midori Gonsalves
March 10, 2007
Adela Midori Gonsalves, 77, of Honolulu, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Abel, daughter Michelle, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Manuel Barrairo Guirnalda
Feb. 25, 2007
Manuel Barrairo Guirnalda, 65, of Waipahu, died at home. He was born in Bacnotan, La Union, the Philippines. He is survived by sons Machismo, Volmer and Manie; daughter Minerva G. Mica; brothers Bagnus, Banuar and Balligui; and sisters Sinamar G. Raval, Namnamah Baptista and Emma Cabacungan. Private services.

Masaichi Gushikuma
March 7, 2007
Masaichi Gushikuma, 88, of Honolulu, a retired Masa's Shell Service Station owner, died in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Waianae. He is survived by wife Mieko; sons Herbert, Wayne and Clint; daughter Karen Kiyabu; brother George M.; sisters Ayako Kaneshiro and Betty H. Yoshiba; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Private services. No monetary offerings.

Hoichi Higa
March 9, 2007
Hoichi Higa, 104, of Hilo, a retired Mauna Kea Sugar Co. employee, died in Life Care Center of Hilo. He was born in Okinawa, Japan. He is survived by son Kenneth; daughters Yasuko M. Niimi, Jane Uyeki and Betsy Barker; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary in Hilo. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Charles Isami Hiramoto
March 9, 2007
Charles Isami Hiramoto, 80, of Kalaheo, Kauai, a state bus transportation officer, died at home. He was born in Koloa, Kauai. He is survived by wife Mildred; sons Charles and Lane; daughters Janis Cox, Lynn Douthit and Rae; and three grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Thursday at Garden Island Mortuary. Call after 3:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

David Wayne Hunt
March 5, 2007
David Wayne Hunt, of Pahoa, Hawaii, a self-employed tile setter, died at home. He was born in New Hampshire. He is survived by wife Roberta B.B., son Simeon Enriquez Jr., daughters Lynn M. Palacat and Charlene K. Ishikuro, brother Don, 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Pahoa Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Call after 7:30 a.m. Cremation to follow at Dodo Mortuary. Casual attire.

Iris S. Irei
March 11, 2007
Iris S. Irei, 56, of Wailuku, a Kahului Harbor security guard, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by father Hideo, son James H. Herrington, brother Kenneth and stepbrother John Tengan. Services: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Borthwick Norman's Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m.

Elizabeth Kaehukai Kumali Kahauolopua
March 11, 2007
Elizabeth Kaehukai Kumali Kahauolopua, 74, of Papaikou, Hawaii, a homemaker, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by sons Tonylee Jr. and Tobylane, daughter Terrylynn Crichton, brother Robert Kumali, sister Bernice Rodrigues, seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Committal services: 11:30 a.m. at Homelani Memorial Park, Ilima section. Celebration of life: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Village in Keaukaha, Hawaii. Aloha attire.

Judith Magdalen Kalinowski
March 14, 2007
Judith Magdalen Kalinowski, 63, of Kailua, a Bank of Hawaii data processing supervisor, died in Castle Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by brothers William G. Jr. and Richard P.; and sisters Anna M. Heiser, Cynthia K. Coleman, Cecilia J. Rodrigues and Elizabeth D. Vasconcellos. Services: 7 p.m. Tuesday Nuuanu Memorial Park. Call after 6 p.m. Private burial. Aloha attire.

Kenei Kaneshiro
March 11, 2007
Kenei Kaneshiro, 85, of Pukalani, Maui, a retired Dole Pineapple Co. supervisor, died at home. He was born in Kunia. He is survived by children Susan S. Anderson, Paul K., Stephen N. and Luke Y.; brothers and sisters Patrick K., Irene K. and Kenneth S. Kaneshiro, and Dorothy S. Aragaki; and 10 grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Kahului Baptist Church. Additional services: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Waialae Baptist Church. Burial: 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Daniel Kealoha Sr.
Feb. 24, 2007
Daniel Kealoha Sr., 82, of Waimanalo, a retired crane operator, died at home. He was born in Lihue. He is survived by sons Daniel Jr. and Kavika Kealoha, and Richard and Robert Sapir; daughters Denna Rogers, Jan and Sierra, Lena Grace, Phyllis Ramos, Jessie David and Velvet Garris; 31 grandchildren; and 41 great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at the cemetery. Casual attire.

David Yoshikazu Kobashigawa
March 13, 2007
David Yoshikazu Kobashigawa, 67, of Aiea, a Kobashigawa Plumbing owner and plumber, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Janice, sons Dean and Lance, and sisters Janet Clark, Grace Masada and Peggy Zane. Services: 4 p.m. next Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire.

Dorothy Hiroko Koyama
March 8, 2007
Dorothy Hiroko Koyama, 87, of Palolo, a homemaker, died in Honolulu. She was born in Kamuela, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Reginald, Ronald and Glenn; daughters Linda Inamasu and Judy; brother Tatsuo Asari; sister Jean Ah Yat; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Private services.

Kim Tong Lam
Feb. 26, 2007
Kim Tong Lam, 89, of Honolulu, a retired Tori Richards Ltd. seamstress, died in Maluhia Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons George, Thomas, Peter and Charles; daughters Nancy Chang and May Huber; brother Warren Chun; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Private services.

Amy Leong Lee
March 7, 2007
Amy Leong Lee, 72, of Honolulu, a retired Marwood of Hawaii cosmetic representative, died in Maluhia Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Gerald; daughters Audrey Nakai and Wanda Hee; brother Gilbert Leong; sisters Clara Lee, Dorothy Wong and Evelyn Leong; 12 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. Services: 11:45 a.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Fermio Cruz Lopez
Feb. 28, 2007
Fermio Cruz "Primo" Lopez, 87, of Pearl City, a Hawaiian Dredging and Construction Co. Hopto operator, died in Ewa Beach. He was born in Kohala, Hawaii. He is survived by daughters Isabelle Borreliz and Lorinda Silva, brothers Joseph and Alminio, six grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Valley of the Temples.

Yoshito Miyatake
March 10, 2007
Yoshito Miyatake, 77, of Kailua, a Social Security Administration claims representative, died in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Pahoa, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Aiko, sons Daniel and John, brothers Mitsuo and Eddie, sister Frances Hayashi and four grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Betsy Phineas Moe
March 6, 2007
Betsy Phineas Moe, 75, of Pearl City, a homemaker, died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in Pago Pago, American Samoa. She is survived by sons Watson, Thomas, Donald, Joseph and Vincent; daughters Anita Laupapa, Elaine Brown, Mary Uiagalelei and Eleanor Lauifi; brothers Etuati, Ieti, Michael, Sam and Charlie Phineas, Vincent and Richard Lobendahn and Faasolo Tavai; sisters Susan Salanoa, Elaine Hines, Caroline Devoux, Faapusi and Jane Phineas, Mary Tiedemann, Ana Hunkin, Jean Eseroma, Efi Villasenor and Gina Plowman; 32 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Newtown Ward. Call after 8 a.m. Graveside services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery.

Eddie Nakamura
March 14, 2007
Eddie Nakamura, 84, of Kahului, a car rental business owner, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Wailuku. He is survived by wife Yoshino, sons Roddy Nakamura and Roger Kihara, daughters Irene Nakamura and Jean Abe, brother William, 13 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Wednesday at Iao Congregational Church. Call after 4 p.m. Private inurnment.

Tapu Tuitautai Neddermeyer
March 5, 2007
Tapu Tuitautai Neddermeyer, 80, of Waianae, a tuna cannery machine operator, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in American Samoa. She is survived by sons Tillis Tillis Jr. and James D. Sionesini Sr., daughter Alofanei, brother Anetipa Malae and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services: noon Tuesday at Oahu Cemetery. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire. Additional information for an obituary printed Wednesday.

Alfredo Marcus Omo
March 12, 2007
Alfredo Marcus Omo, 93, of Kealia, Kauai, a retired plantation irrigation worker, died at home. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sons Patrick, Charles, Alfred and Piding Omo, and Guillermo, Richard, Francis and Raphael Donayri; daughters Mercedes Youn, Darlene Donayri, Barbara Soto, Naty Caminos, Beatrice Hirahara, Joyce Vidinha and Felicidad; 37 grandchildren; and 40 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall. Call after 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Lihue Cemetery.

Hilario C. Onnagan Jr.
March 14, 2007
Hilario C. Onnagan Jr., 52, of Kihei, Maui, a Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. welder, died at home. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Remie B.; son Mark V.; daughter Shelly Lei; father Hilario Sr.; stepmother Justina; brothers Romulo, Clarencio and William; sisters Leomelia, Nortelina, Yuminda, Evangeline and Gloria; stepsister Gemma Lopez; and a grandchild. Services: 8 p.m. Thursday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Visitation: 9-10 a.m. Friday at the mortuary. Burial: 11 a.m. at Valley Isle Memorial Park. Reception to follow at family residence, 287 Huaka St., Kihei.

Duke Kolu Sabedong
Feb. 22, 2007
Duke Kolu Sabedong, 47, of Anahola, Kauai, a self-employed Hawaiian Lomi Lomi masseur, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife M. Kealoha Medeiros-Sabedong; son Jonah K.; daughters Shantel, Shayda, Joni and Jocelyn; brothers Kolona and David; and 10 grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Kaupo, "Baby Makapuu" across from Sea Life Park on Oahu; and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. March 31 at Anahola Club House on Kauai. Casual attire. Leis welcome.

Judy Mutsue Shigeta
March 10, 2007
Judy Mutsue Shigeta, 79, of Honolulu, a retired Foodland Supermarket payroll clerk, died at home. She was born in Papaikou, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Howard; sons Rockney, Roscoe and Rickey; daughter Nani Gowans; brothers Takuzo, Goro, Takuji and Reyusuke Kusaka; sisters Yatsue Yamamoto and Tomei Aruga; and five grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Sione Tamale Jr.
March 10, 2007
Sione Tamale Jr., 25, of Waimanalo, a Mastercraft Stone Services stone surface installer, died in Makakilo. He was born in Kahuku. He is survived by wife Popua, sons Elijah and Kekoa, daughter Tanalei, parents Sione Sr. and May, and sisters Angie Naluai, Diana Tamale-Bowman and Natalie. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Waimanalo Ward. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire. No flowers.

Hilario K. Ursua
March 8, 2007
Hilario K. "Bino" Ursua, 61, of Mililani, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard employee, died in the Philippines. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Duane K. and Nathan K.; daughter Allyson K.; brothers Randy, Duke, Rodney, Larry, Andy, Felix "Rocky," Allan and Freddy; sisters Mercedes Langweiler and Felicia "Lisa"; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

George Veriato
March 13, 2007
George "Keoki" Veriato, 94, of Kurtistown, Hawaii, a retired Puna Sugar Co. machinist, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Olaa, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Irene; sons John, Dexter and Thomas; brother Edwin; sister Adeline Luiz; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Graveside services: 9:30 a.m. Friday at Homelani Memorial Park, section four. Casual attire.

Rebecca Mahealani Williams
March 15, 2007
Rebecca Mahealani Williams, 76, of Kahului, a retired restaurant cook, died in Hale Makua, Kahului. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by sons Norman D. Jr., Michael A., Joseph A. and Robert F.; daughters Sheryl Morreira, Christine Kaauamo and Julie Kaawa; brothers Stanley and Manuel Faustino, and Walter Gabin; sisters Evan Rodrigues, Vivian Gabin and Maryann Nacino; 20 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Borthwick Norman's Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Makawao Veterans Cemetery.