Obituaries

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Vivian Kekai Brown
Nov. 11, 2007
Vivian Kekai "Coco" Brown, 49, of Hilo, a professional entertainer and musician, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Kealakekua, Hawaii. She is survived by companion David "Kawika" Hanakeawe; mother MaryMae Kaupu; sons Michael "Boy," Derek K. and Malcolm "Small Man" Brown and Shawnsie L. Aki; daughters Brianne L. "Honey Girl" Kaupu and Vivian-Malia "Moana" and Mikela "Kela" Brown; brothers Larry Jr., McKinley "Mac" and Rudolph "Rudy" Kaupu; sisters Mary, Eleanor "Eli" and Leslie "Les" Kaupu, and Stephanie "Dolly" Kaupu-Ceasar and Cheryllynn "Cheryl" Kaneholani; hanai sons Jeremy "Podagee" and Moon Lake; hanai daughters Kamaka Davis and Starlynn "Lynnie" Kaupu; hanai brother Roy Martinez; hanai sisters Lori L. Kawaauhau and Maile Pua-Raquel; and six grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Hospice of Hilo Chapel, 1011 Waianuenue Ave. Call after 5 p.m. Additional services: 9 a.m. Saturday at Verna Ka'awa residence in Waiohinu, Hawaii. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Naalehu Community Cemetery in Naalehu, Hawaii. Casual attire. For directions, call 935-4707.

Lawrence Ki Chong
Nov. 19, 2007
Lawrence Ki Chong, also known as "Larry" and "Aki," 101, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Planning and Estimating Department administrative assistant, died in Honolulu. He was born in Lawai, Koloa, Kauai. He is survived by sons Lowell L.W. and Luther H.W., and sister Mabel T. Chong. Services: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Inurnment: 11 a.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Louis De Cambra
Nov. 17, 2007
Louis De Cambra, 97, of Makawao, Maui, a retired Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Co. utility department supervisor, died in Hale Makua, Kahului. He was born in Kula, Maui. He is survived by sons Louis Jr., Harold and Clement; daughters Rose Freitas, Dorothy Kinores, Florinda Nunes, Corrine Blalock, Ethel Funes, Marie Wilson, Evelyn La Bonte, Leonora Mays and Helen Jensen; 22 grandchildren; 42 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren. Private services.

Ralph Noboru Fujimoto
Nov. 19, 2007
Ralph Noboru Fujimoto, 93, of Kaneohe, a retired Army and Air Force Exchange Service employee in Okinawa, died in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Wahiawa. He is survived by wife Fumie, son George S., daughter Judy K. and two grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. tomorrow at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Henrietta Burke Hina
Nov. 17, 2007
Henrietta Burke "Lady" Hina, 73, of Wahiawa died at home. She was born in Hamakua, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Freeman; sons Neal, Lamar and Damien; brothers Royden and Donald Burke; sisters Marjorie Spencer, Margaret Chun, Rowena Rachal and Patricia Miller; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Private services.

Saburo Inamasu
Nov. 12, 2007 Saburo Inamasu, 92, of Pearl City, a retired carpenter and Army veteran who served in the 100th Battalion, Company F, died in Honolulu. He was born on Maui. He is survived by daughters Ellen Y. Matsumoto, Joyce A. Park and Carol M. Inamasu; brothers Harold and Tomio; sisters Charlotte Takahashi and Fujie Suzuki; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary, 20 S. Kukui St., Hono- lulu. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire.

Yoshito Kinoshita
Nov. 21, 2007
Yoshito Kinoshita, 86, of Wailuku, a retired County of Maui road supervisor and Army veteran who served in the 442nd Infantry, died at home. He was born in Hana, Maui. He is survived by wife Eleanor, son Dennis, daughter Sheila, sister Aki Kashiwagi, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Nakamura Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m.

Dot Kimiko Kodama
Nov. 4, 2007
Dot Kimiko Kodama, 83, of Honolulu, a retired Shiro's Saimin Haven and Family Restaurant cook, died in Honolulu. She was born in Puunene, Maui. She is survived by sons Thomas, Dennis and Jason; daughters Karen Lombardo and Chris Nakasone; caregivers Melvin Nakasone and Karen Asuncion; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Private services.

Kenneth David Lee
Nov. 10, 2007
Kenneth David "Kenny" Lee, 44, of Honolulu, an independent process-serving company owner, died in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Wahiawa. He is survived by sons Matthew K. and Travis A., father Edward, mother Leatrice and brother Patrick. Celebration of life and private services held.

Eva Mung Medeiros Lim
Nov. 21, 2007
Eva Mung Medeiros Lim, 90, of Kaneohe, a retired Ala Moana Hartfield's department store employee, died in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Hawi, Hawaii. She is survived by son Melvin Sr., daughters Evonne Thompson and Claire Yamashiro, sister Dora Beach, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary, makai chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: 10 a.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Emily K. Mahuna
Nov. 22, 2007
Emily K. Mahuna, 88, of Wailuku, a homemaker, died in Hale Makua, Kahului. She was born in Ulupalakua, Maui. She is survived by stepmother Mary Pihana; sons Mark, Howard and Chester Mahuna, and Paul Na'auao; daughters Betty Johnson and Arlene Pihana; brothers Sonny, Kimo and Simeon Pihana; sisters Martha Maron, Nancy English, Thelma Chaney, Frances Hoapili, Sally Gow, Bobby Clifton, Aiona Kalahiki and Ida M. Pihana; 15 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Nakamura Mortuary. Call after 4:30 p.m. Aloha attire.

Duane Noboru Murakami
Nov. 10, 2007
Duane Noboru Murakami, 36, of Kaneohe, an Eaton Middle School teacher in Colorado, died in Colorado. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by father Walter, mother Nancy, brother Tad and sister Lisa Akase. Services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Aloha attire.

Nancy Dean Murray
Nov. 20, 2007
Nancy Dean Murray, 80, of Kailua, a retired Department of Education educator, died in Castle Medical Center. She was born in Shelbyville, Ill. She is survived by sons Thomas "Stuart," Keoni M. and Jeffrey S.; daughters Diana D. Forbes and Linda L. Barton; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Private services.

Henry Shiro Nakashima
Nov. 22, 2007
Henry Shiro Nakashima, 75, of Honolulu, a retired Army Corps of Engineers civil engineer and Korean War veteran, died. He was born in Hanapepe, Kauai. He is survived by sons Robert L. Snow Jr. and Jason H. and Kim D. Nakashima; brothers Yoshito, Mitsugi, Clarence "Taka" and Richard "Mutsu"; and sister Etsuko F. Pippin. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 1 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Kazumi Ogi
Nov. 17, 2007
Kazumi Ogi, 79, of Kailua, a retired building supply manager and Army veteran, died. He was born in Waiaha, North Kona, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Kiyoko; sons Rodney, Irving and Wendell; brothers Tad and Paul; sisters Tamae Kon, Clara Takata and Dorothy Arakaki; and four grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire.

Lawrence Alfred Pfeiffer
Nov. 20, 2007
Lawrence Alfred "Larry" Pfeiffer, 69, of Hilo, a retired Federal Aviation Administration inspector, died at home. He was born in Jamaica, N.Y. He is survived by wife Fukuko; son Stephen; daughters Sandra Arseneault, Theresa Perino and Christine Periatt; brother Robert; sisters Karen Algerio and Beverly Pfeiffer; and nine grandchildren. Private services.

Joseph Eugene Rodrigues
Nov. 25, 2007
Joseph Eugene Rodrigues, 74, of Paia, Maui, an equipment operator, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Wailuku. He is survived by daughters Charmaine and Ramona, brother Theodore, sisters Alice Texeira and Rita Kennedy, and two grandchildren. Private services.

Harvey Wesley Sharrar
Nov. 24, 2007
Harvey Wesley Sharrar, 89, of Kalaheo, Kauai, a salesman, died at home. He was born in Arizona. He is survived by wife Emma Lou, sons Michael and James, daughter Anne Rivera, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Graveside services: 10 a.m. tomorrow at Kauai Veterans Cemetery in Hanapepe, Kauai. Casual attire. Donations suggested to Kauai Hospice in Lihue.

Frank Carlson Sheer
Nov. 24, 2007
Frank Carlson Sheer, 91, of Kailua, a manufacturing representative for the Army, died in Aloha Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born in New Milford, Conn. He is survived by wife Barbara, son George Murray, daughters Susan and Sarah Zahuta, and eight grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at St. Anthony's of Padua in Kailua. Call after 10:30 a.m. Private inurnment.

Lauren Ota Sierra
Nov. 15, 2007
Lauren Ota Sierra, 50, of Mililani, a Bank of Hawaii Electronic Payment Group supervisor, died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Hono- lulu. She is survived by husband Armando A., mother Erma T. Ota., brother Preston M. Ota and sisters Kimberly Smith and Georgette A. Meyer. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire.

Wayne Y. Soma
Nov. 19, 2007
Wayne Y. Soma, 70, of Kapaa, Kauai, a retired radio maintenance technician with the Hawaii Air National Guard, died in Kuakini Medical Center. He is survived by wife Birgit R.; sons Mark W. and Dirk N.; daughter Chante U. Soma-Kalahiki; sisters Jacqueline Pactol, Linda Soma and Gayle Bonham; and seven grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Monday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Private inurnment. Services on Kauai pending. Aloha attire.

Jennifer Mary Vollert
Nov. 22, 2007
Jennifer Mary Vollert, 43, of Lanikai, an Agnes Bake Shop sales associate, died in Kailua. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by brother Patrick J. Burns and sisters Ann B. Andreas and Maria C. Burns. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony Church in Kailua. Call after 10:30 a.m. Scattering of ashes: 9:30 a.m. Monday at Kailua Beach Park pavilion closest to Lanikai side. Casual attire.

Jin Wang Xu
Nov. 18, 2007
Jin Wang Xu, 84, of Honolulu died in Hawaii Medical Center West. She was born in China. She is survived by sons Sui Chiu Tao and Du Ming Xu; daughters Guan Mei Du and Jan Goung and Diane To; 14 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Taoist services: 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: 1 p.m. at Valley of the Temples.