Obituaries

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Loreta P. Amay
June 23, 2007
Loreta P. Amay, 75, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor Elementary School custodian, died in Hawaii Medical Center East. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Augustin; daughters Duana Salcedo, Maria Sugai and Bonny Garcia; sister Beverly Tanodra; and a grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 9:30 a.m. Friday at the mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.

E. Bruce Appleton
June 24, 2007
E. Bruce Appleton, 88, of Ewa Beach, a retired civil engineer, died in Ewa Beach. He was born in Canada. He is survived by son Jim, and daughters Nancy Appleton and Peggy Mann. Private services.

Harry Kanakaokai Brown Sr.
June 27, 2007
Harry Kanakaokai Brown Sr., 83, of Wailuku, a retired Board of Water Supply meter reader, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Beverly A.; sons Sheldon K., Harry H., Kevin K. and Shannon K.; daughters Linda-Ann H. Brown, Beverly K. Ezekiela, Haroldeen K. Ortiz and Fern-Ilima Inouye; brother Clinton K.T. Yoshikawa; hanai brother Christopher Kekipi; hanai sisters Ruth Aki, Joan Bickson, Luana Pang-Ching, Kuulei Cassidy, Ruby Harding, and Evalani and Virginia Castroverde; 20 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kahului Ward. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Maui Veterans Cemetery.

Victor Francis Chang
June 27, 2007
Victor Francis Chang, 70, of Hilo, a retired U.S. Postal Service supervisor, died at home. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Pauline, son Ryan, daughters Paula Antoque and Chiquita Timbreza, sisters Lei Yamada and Pat Farinas, and five grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Leilani Lee Chun
June 21, 2007
Leilani Lee Chun, 87, of Honolulu, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Bernard Ku'oko'a, James No'eau, Clarence Kau'i, David Kaulike, Thomas Kamuela, Paul Keoni and Francis Keoki; daughters Margaret Laulani Liu and Catherine Lehua Chun-Burseth; brother Campbell Lee; sister Keakealani Char; 13 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Graveside services and celebration of life: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park.

George Tejada Dela Rosa
June 28, 2007
George Tejada "Keoki" Dela Rosa, 72, of Honokaa, Hawaii, a retired Hamakua Sugar Plantation cane truck driver, died in North Kohala Community Hospital. He was born in Haina, Hawaii. He is survived by companion Clarita; son Clayton; daughters Georgia Lerma, Yolanda Dela Rosa and Donna Lee Carpio; brothers Florendo "Dong," Henry and Lawrence; sister Dorothy "Hilda" Nakamoto; 11 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Honokaa. Call after 9 a.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.

David Alan Fleury
June 26, 2007
David Alan "Dude" Fleury, 40, of Kihei, a Kanaha Beach Hotel maintenance worker, died in Kihei. He was born in Miami. He is survived by sisters Marie and Andrea, and hanai sister Denise Devor. Celebration of life: 6 p.m. Saturday on the beach across from the old Suda Store in Kihei.

Ada Jean Forbes
June 25, 2007
Ada Jean Forbes, 98, of Honolulu, a retired plant physiologist with the Hawaii Sugar Planters' Association Experiment Station, died. She was born in Honolulu. Inurnment: 2 p.m. tomorrow at Oahu Cemetery.

Mae Momoe Kawakami
June 25, 2007
Mae Momoe Kawakami, 55, of Hilo, a Hoota Dental Laboratory technician, died at home. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by mother Kikuyo; brothers George and Benjamin; and sisters Elsie Hee, Betty Yada and Jean Kawakami. Private services. No monetary offerings.

Patrick Pak Pui Lee
June 27, 2007
Patrick Pak Pui Lee, 84, of Honolulu, a retired Honolulu Police Department sergeant and U.S. Department of Agriculture inspector, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Vivian; sons Terrence and Dr. Bradford; daughters Deborah Hudson and Ramona Balish; brother Clarence; sisters Elsie Kanana, Viola Whaley and Beatrice Lederer; and eight grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kahala Chapel, 4847 Kilauea Ave. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 12:45 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park.

Ruth Walliser Leiban
June 25, 2007
Ruth Walliser Leiban, 95, of Honolulu, a retired state media consultant and former radio producer, died at home. She was born in Chicago. Services: 5 p.m. Friday at 1350 Ala Moana Blvd., third floor.

Prisca Acob Madamba
June 17, 2007
Prisca Acob Madamba, 85, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died in Honolulu. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by son Jose and a grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Additional visitation: 9 a.m. Friday at the mortuary. Graveside services: 11:30 a.m. at Valley of the Temples.

John Wayne McPhee
June 23, 2007
John Wayne McPhee, 70, of Wailuku, a retired real estate broker, died in Wailuku. He was born in Washington. He is survived by wife Cheryl; son John "Duncan"; daughters Elizabeth "Liz" McPhee, Benay Gonsalves, and Tammy and Sheri Joaquin; brothers Malcolm, Stephen and Michael; sisters Nancy, Judith and Barbara McPhee, Kathleen Stensvig and Christine Wall; caretakers Moani Kim and Malia Joaquin; five grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Scattering of ashes at a later date.

Yoshino Nakamura
June 26, 2007
Yoshino Nakamura, 81, of Kahului, a former medical assistant, died at home. She was born in Ulupalakua, Maui. She is survived by sons Roddy Nakamura and Roger Kihara, daughters Irene Nakamura and Jean Abe, 13 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. tomorrow at Iao Congregational Church. Call after 4 p.m. Private inurnment.

Roderick Koon Mung Ng
June 18, 2007
Roderick Koon Mung "Rod" Ng, 58, of Aiea, a First Class Automotive mechanic and Aloha Airlines employee, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by mother Helen; brothers Dennis, Gordon and Nelson; and companion Aileen Wada. Services: 6:30 p.m. next Sunday at the Ark Christian Center, 46-144 Kahuhipa St., Kaneohe. Call after 6 p.m. Aloha attire.

Delphine Ornellas Rickard
June 16, 2007
Delphine Ornellas Rickard, 88, of Kailua, a musician, died in Kailua. She was born in Waipahu. She is survived by sons Clement Rickard Jr. and Harold K. Brown; daughters Gail L. Graham, Doris D. Kim and Cathy H. Abulon; sisters Violet Naone, Eva Gaspar, Lovener Bruns, Elaine Loo and Joan Young; eight grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday at Kailua Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. Call after 1 p.m. Private scattering of ashes.

Elvira Riecke
June 27, 2007
Elvira Riecke, 78, of Haiku, Maui, a homemaker and owner of a plant nursery, died at home. She was born in Rogelwitz, Germany. She is survived by husband Hans; son Ralph; daughters Christine Riecke-Gonzales, Annette Scognamillo, Monica Morakis and Heidi Bigelow; and nine grandchildren. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Anthony Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Reception to follow. Private inurnment.

Kenneth Koahu Sheldon
June 1, 2007
Kenneth Koahu Sheldon, 73, of Lakewood, Wash., a U.S. Army major, died in Washington. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Dean and Paige, daughters Lee Ann DeMello and Michelle Christine, brother David and seven grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. July 11 at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.

Miya Marissa Kaluawai Tolentino-Gonsalves
June 13, 2007
Miya Marissa Kaluawai Tolentino-Gonsalves, infant daughter of Jared Gonsalves and Heather Tolentino of Waipahu, died in San Diego. She was born in Honolulu. She is also survived by brothers Skylar and Davin; grandparents Darren Gonsalves, Ella Kaahanui and Al Tolentino; and great-grandparents James Gonsalves, Leo and Eileen Rodrigues, Archie and Alice Fontanilla, and Henry Kaahanui Jr. Services: 11 a.m. next Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Frank Turek
June 26, 2007
Frank Turek, 82, of Kamuela, Hawaii, a self-employed commercial artist and owner of Hawaiian Kine Kards, died in North Hawaii Community Hospital. He was born in Cleveland. He is survived by wife Sue Oshiro Turek, daughter Skippy, sister Sylvia and two grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Friday at Kamuela Hongwanji Mission. Call after 3 p.m. Casual or aloha attire. No flowers.

Betty Minnetta Beck Wellman
June 27, 2007
Betty Minnetta Beck Wellman, 86, of Kapolei died in Ka Punawai Ola. She was born in Fairfield, Ore. She is survived by daughter Elizabeth Kathleen Jones Hall, stepdaughter Carla Wellman, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Ka Punawai Ola.

Joann Leilani Wong
June 21, 2007
Joann Leilani Wong, 70, of Waipahu died in Hawaii Medical Center West. She was born in Wahiawa. She is survived by sons Frank Kapele III and Jerry M. Kapele, and Mathew W.W.S. Wong; daughters Wanda S.P. Watanabe, Holly K.S.M. Kelii, and Zelda K.M. and Jade P. Wong; brothers Charles J. and Gary S. Spain; 17 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Private services.