Obituaries

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Joseph Akiona
June 24, 2007
Joseph Akiona, 82, of Honolulu, Moses Akiona Construction Co. owner, Veterans of Foreign Wars member and American Legion of Hawaii department commander, died at home. He was born in Keanae, Maui. He is survived by daughters Rita A. "Bunches" Hanohano and Jaysa Akiona; brothers Gabriel "Mac" and Lloyd; sisters Shirley Gonzales, Kalua Wendt and Lucy Acain; and four grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Friday at St. Patrick's Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 11:30 a.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.

Harvey Alana
May 17, 2007
Harvey Alana, 73, of Honolulu, a retired mason, died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Alan K., daughter Bernadine Ion, sisters Hannah Dayton and Christine Abato, and two grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Kaimuki Community Church, 1053 6th Ave. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire.

Clarita Lamug Ancheta
June 27, 2007
Clarita Lamug Ancheta, 56, of Honolulu, an independent textiles contractor, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Lataag, Laoag City, the Philippines. She is survived by husband Luis N.; son Noel-Nathan; daughters Noelani Ancheta and Norilyn Ingram; brothers Tranquilino, Elpidio, Ruperto and Bradley Lamug; sisters Filomena Valeros, Florencia Denz, Leonida Lamug, Zenaida Ganti, Karen Aguilar and Salina Icalia; and a grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Memorial Park & Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Kalihi. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Valley of the Temples.

Felix Asinsin Jr.
June 11, 2007
Felix Asinsin Jr., 65, of Waimanalo, a retired Board of Water Supply supervisor and Olomana Golf Course employee, died in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Georgie; sons Felix "Gina" III and Stanton; daughters ShuShu "Speedy" Reis-Moniz, Francine Asinsin, Sherri-Lynn "Kalani" Umebayashi and Sivi-Lee "Scott" Hee; brother James White; and 11 grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. George Catholic Church, Waimanalo. Call after 9:30 a.m. Scattering of ashes at a later date. Aloha attire.

Josephine Kahiliopua Brentlinger
July 1, 2007
Josephine Kahiliopua Brentlinger, 67, of Kaneohe, a Hawaiian culture specialist, died in Aloha Nursing and Rehab Center. She was born in Heeia. She is survived by father Valentine Wong Sr., brothers Nicholas and Mathias Wong, and sisters Aloha Dalire and Antoinette Wong. Services: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Scattering of ashes at a later date. Aloha attire.

Jeffrey Alan Brown
July 3, 2007
Jeffrey Alan Brown, 58, of Kahului, a Kealani and Four Seasons hotels baker, died at home. He was born in North Carolina. He is survived by wife Tessie; daughter Carmina N.; father John B.; brothers Jerry, John, Jamie and Joel; and sister Sandra McKay. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at Christ the King Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 11:30 a.m. at Valley Isle Memorial Park.

Cirila Goles Condes
July 2, 2007
Cirila Goles Condes, 76, of Waipahu, a retired baker and state Department of Human Services respite companion, died in Leeward Integrated Health Services. She was born in Paia, Maui. She is survived by sons Vitaliano, Carmelo and Nelson; daughters Josefina Abad, Marcelina C. Rapoza and Maria Fe Pelona; brothers Alfredo, Isidro, Samuel and Aproniano Goles; sisters Dominga Timbobolan and Aludia Sabejon; 15 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph Church, 94-675 Farrington Highway, Waipahu. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Sunset Memorial Park, Pearl City. Casual attire.

Clement John Masaru Enomoto
July 5, 2007
Clement John Masaru Enomoto, 57, of Wailuku, a Maui County supervisor, died at home. He was born on Maui. He is survived by wife Maria M., sons Clement H. and Spencer W., mother Sally and brothers Edmund and Andrew. Services: 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Fusi Mita'i Fuauli
June 25, 2007
Fusi Mita'i Fuauli, 69, of Ewa, a retired Fort Shafter sewer division plumbing engineer, died in Hawaii Medical Center West. He was born in American Samoa. He is survived by wife Faleula; sons Fusi Jr., Whitford and Fuauli Jr.; daughters Sina Suluai, Sainima Sefuiva, Yakira Timoteo, and Elizabeth and Eleele Fuauli; brothers Lautoa V., Saleva'a, Mago and Lautoa Atisano'e, and Onosai and Fusi Vaa, and Seu Savea; sisters Taofiofi Perofeta, Salevao Failautusi, Cima Afoa and Tuuai Iosefa; 12 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services: 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Seizen Iha
June 21, 2007
Seizen Iha, 82, of Honolulu, a Fort DeRussey and Fort Ruger maintenance employee, died in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brothers Roy, Shigeru, Eric and Henry. Private services. No monetary offerings.

Nobuo Kageura
June 26, 2007
Nobuo Kageura, 91, of Honolulu, a Nobu Kageura Roofing Co. contractor, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughters Ada A. Toyama, June S. Nakaki and Marie M. Arakaki; brothers Chojio and Tsutomu; sister Shizuko Maeda; and five grandchildren. Private services.

Amy Emiko Kessinger
July 2, 2007
Amy Emiko Kessinger, 78, of Hilo, a homemaker, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Olaa, Hawaii. She is survived by daughters Amy Okuyama, Karen Clark and Sharon Kessinger; brother George Nishi; and three grandchildren. Private services.

Young Kwon Kim
June 26, 2007
Young Kwon Kim, 57, of Kihei, Maui, a restaurant owner, died at home. He was born in South Korea. He is survived by wife Soon Yeon, son Sung Yeon and daughter Serah. Graveside services: 10 a.m. at Valley Isle Memorial Park.

Michael Agsao Mandac
June 26, 2007
Michael Agsao Mandac, 83, of Waianae, a retired U.S. Army master sergeant, died. He was born in Vintar, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Adeline; sons Albert and Michael Mandac, and Andrew and Abraham Montalbo; daughters Leona Mandac-Ewig, Cynthia Mandac-Clark, Adeline Bailey and Arlene McArthur; brothers Henry and Don; 21 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Private services.

Kiyoji Masaki
July 4, 2007
Kiyoji Masaki, 72, of Waimea, Kauai, a retired Kauai County engineer, died in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Waimea. He is survived by son Jon, daughters Sharlyn Kanna and Allison Jones, sisters Kimie Higashiyama and Mikie Miyasato and four grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Thursday at Garden Island Mortuary chapel. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Mildred Mikiko Naito
June 23, 2007
Mildred Mikiko Naito, 82, of Honolulu, a retired Liberty House employee with more than 30 years of service, died in Honolulu. She was born in Puunene, Maui. She is survived by son James, daughters Glenda Paige and Estelle Hayashi, mother Alice "Hatsune" Masunaga, brother Wallace Masunaga, sister Muriel Hirano and three grandchildren. Private services.

Beatrice Veto Narciso
June 30, 2007
Beatrice Veto Narciso, 80, of Lihue, a Kauai High School substitute teacher and retired Kauai Hilton Hotel housekeeper, died at home. She was born in Kilauea, Kauai. She is survived by husband Sergio Sr.; children Ramon, Sergio Jr., Fresco and Pedro Narciso, Diana Goplen, Regina Igaya and Virginia Vasquez; brothers Larry and Jose Vito; 16 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at Immaculate Conception Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Kauai Memorial Gardens. Aloha attire.

Helen T. Nonesa
June 27, 2007
Helen T. Nonesa, 74, of Honolulu died in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son David, daughter Jollette Rasa, brother Robert Takeguchi, sisters Carol and Karen, seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Oahu Cemetery Chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire.

Leo Megumi Norberte Jr.
July 4, 2007
Leo Megumi Norberte Jr., 37, of Pahala, Hawaii, a Kilauea Military Camp custodial worker, died in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Pahala. He is survived by wife Maricar, parents Leo and Hermie, brother Vandale Motonaga, sisters Ada Motonaga and Joann Norberte, and grandparents Daniel and Rose. Mass: 7 p.m. Friday at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Pahala. Call after 5 p.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire.

Rosemary Yukiko Oda
June 10, 2007
Rosemary Yukiko "Yuki" Oda, 58, of Pearl City died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Jon K. Sato, daughter Ann Bonocan, mother Mabel, brother Donald, sister Jeanie Kekua and five grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Tracy Joo Yong Oki
June 22, 2007
Tracy Joo Yong Oki, 71, of Honolulu, a retired Ilikai Hotel employee, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Seoul, South Korea. She is survived by husband Calvin S., daughter Beverly A. Zarriello and two grandchildren. Private services.

Anna Pereza
June 30, 2007
Anna Pereza, 81, of Pearl City died in St. Francis Hospice-West. She was born in Pusan, South Korea. She is survived by husband Santiago, son Paul, daughter Julie, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples. Aloha attire.

Neal Nobuhiko Punahele Plunkett
June 24, 2007
Neal Nobuhiko Punahele Plunkett, 36, of Waimanalo, a Honolulu Disposal truck driver, died in Kailua. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Punahele; mother Annie; brothers Richard Jr., Clayton Sr. and Percy Plunkett and Chad Kaneaiakala; and sisters Rosaline and Aloha Plunkett, Juliana Kaina and Teal Kahalekomo. Services: 7 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Moses Charles Pung
June 18, 2007
Moses Charles "Moke" Pung, 69, of Honolulu, a retired Waikiki Post Office letter carrier, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Kaunakakai, Molokai. He is survived by daughter Lori M. Akuna; sisters Sandra Rodrigues, Charla P. Chandler, Charmaine Kim, Linda Apilado and Dallas Wilcox; and two grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Mortuary Chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Graveside services to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Michael Lani Seabury
June 30, 2007
Michael Lani Seabury, 58, of Wailuku, a Maui Police Department dispatch supervisor, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Paia, Maui. He is survived by brother Lionel and sisters Lolita Higa and Lou Ann Rosa. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Borthwick/Norman's Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Private burial.

Clyde Tamotsu Shigematsu
June 2, 2007
Clyde Tamotsu Shigematsu, 55, of Lawai, Kauai, owner of C. Shigematsu Construction Inc. and a building contractor, died in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Lihue. He is survived by wife Alison; mother Yoshiko; brother Ricky; and sisters Karen Tone, Wanda Corr and Lisa Dela Cruz. Services: 4 p.m. Wednesday at Garden Island Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Casual or aloha attire. No flowers.

Andrew Silva
June 22, 2007
Andrew "Tele'a" Silva, 81, of Honolulu, a taxi driver, died in Hale Pulama Mau. He was born in Saleilua Falealili, Western Samoa. He is survived by sons John, Charley and Andrew Jr.; daughters Lusia S. Saole, Christina Su'a, Elizabeth Lealaimatafao, Selina Silva, Paige Barnes and Enna Dela Cruz; brother Francis M.; 38 grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren. Private services.

Felix S. Simeon Sr.
June 26, 2007
Felix S. Simeon Sr., 99, of Hilo, a sugar plantation and Matsuda Nursery field worker, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Laoag, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by son Florence; daughters Toni Villanueva, Magdalena Dayoan, Cora S. Martin and Rose S. Dumlao; 31 grandchildren; 59 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Dodo Mortuary, Hilo. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hilo. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Charles Judson Smith
July 4, 2007
Charles Judson Smith, 67, of Kaneohe, a Department of Education school counselor and teacher, died in Castle Medical Center. He was born in San Francisco. He is survived by wife Loretta K., son Nathaniel, daughter Tamara DeSoto and six grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, 1709 9th Avenue. Call after 5 p.m.

Bradley Ray Thomas
July 3, 2007
Bradley Ray Thomas, 28, of Lapahoehoe, Hawaii, proprietor of The Boyz Landscaping and Carpentry Co., died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Durham, N.C. He is survived by parents Donald R. and Linda G., sister Kristi Valdez and grandparents Raymond R. Thomas and Marie Talley. Graveside services: 1 p.m. Tuesday at Alae Cemetery. Casual attire.

Peggy Tamae Shimogaki Uku
June 15, 2007
Peggy Tamae Shimogaki Uku, 85, of Honolulu, a retired Alfred Shaheen Inc. employee, died. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sister Clara S. Yamashita. Private services.

Yasue Watarida
June 30, 2007
Yasue Watarida, 89, of Pahoa, Hawaii, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Hakalau, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Ronald, Glenn and Melvin; daughter Leatrice Igawa; brother Haruo Meguro; sisters Yoshie Tomita, Shizuko Asano and Hanako Arai; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Dodo Mortuary, Hilo. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Lolita Yong
July 3, 2007
Lolita "Lita" Yong, 62, of Honolulu, a Central Pacific Bank senior systems analyst, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Wahiawa. She is survived by husband John M.; hanai daughters Chelsea Folster and Keani Yamamoto; parents Simeon and Flora Baula; brother Steven Baula; and sisters Evonne Ancheta, Loretta Fortes and Carmen Folster. Services: 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. Tuesday at Greenhaven Cemetery. Aloha attire.

Frances K. Yoshino Young
June 27, 2007
Frances "Granny" K. Yoshino Young, 100, of Honolulu died. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son William Young and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary, mauka chapel. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Haruko Zukeran
July 3, 2007
Haruko Zukeran, 93, of Honolulu, a retired hotel maid, died in Honolulu. She was born in Olaa, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Wilfred, Richard, Roy, Herbert and Gary Zukeran and Stanley Zukeran-Kerr; daughters Grace Oshiro, Carol Zukeran and Ruby Keller; 17 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Nuuanu Memorial Park & Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Private burial. No flowers.