Obituaries

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Doreen Marie Aau
Jan. 5, 2008
Doreen Marie Aau, 47, of Honolulu, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by mother Leimomi Figueroa; son Nelson Jr.; daughters Anissa Molock, Tiffany Aau and Allison Leituala; brothers Rudolph, Dwayne and Rodney Figueroa, and James Gravely; and 11 grandchildren. Visitation: 5:30 to 9 p.m. Friday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Noe Akiona
Jan. 28, 2008
Noe Akiona, 89, of Aiea, a retired state Department of Accounting and General Services employee, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Noe Nolan and David; daughters Audrey Macadang, Noelani Hara, Karen Tam, Joanne Chun and Lydia Saragosa; 20 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Private burial. Casual or aloha attire. No flowers.

Catherine Patricia Carvalho Amick
Jan. 18, 2008
Catherine Patricia Carvalho "Patty" Amick, 79, of Kaneohe, died in Anaheim, Calif. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Richard B., daughter Beverly P. Webb, eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services: noon Monday at Oahu Cemetery Chapel. Call after 11 a.m. Inurnment: 2 p.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire. No flowers. Leis welcome.

Alice Kamahalo Kawailele Hi'ilawe Lancaster Perez Aumua
Jan. 27, 2008
Alice Kamahalo Kawailele Hi'ilawe Lancaster Perez "Aunty Alice" Aumua, 80, of Hilo, a retired county Parks and Recreation groundskeeper in Hilo Municipal Golf Course, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Waiakea Homesteads, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Wardell "Mouth" Lancaster, Frederick Perez and Kawaileleohi'ilawe "Charles Perez"; daughter Etta L. Eubanks; brothers Alexander and James Lancaster, and Donald Lancaster-Kealoha; sisters Sarah and Mary Lancaster; nine grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Sunday at Hilo Seventh-day Adventist Church. Call after 9 a.m. Graveside committal services: 10 a.m. Monday at Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Rachel Kahali'a Mattoon Bell
Jan. 31, 2008
Rachel Kahali'a Mattoon Bell, 90, of Aiea, died at home. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by husband Stewart Sr., sons Stewart K. Jr. and Ronald K., sisters Annie Liu and Leilani Loo, six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 641 Pohue St., Aiea. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Paul James Bruhn Jr.
Jan. 24, 2008
Paul James Bruhn Jr., also known as "Pauly" and "Cap," 72, of Kailua, a retired watch captain, Oahu Community Correctional Center adult corrections officer and U.S. Air Force veteran, died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughters Elizabeth Wallwork and Paula Bruhn-Leoni, sister Leinaala Akimo and six grandchildren. Services: noon Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.

Raymond Lai Mun Chuck
Jan. 19, 2008
Raymond Lai Mun Chuck, 82, of Wahiawa, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Sacramento, Calif. He is survived by son Thomas; daughters Gloria McGuire, Doris Sojot and Beatrice Chuck; brother Kenneth Wong; sister Helen Chong; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Pa'anipono Na'auaoloa Cozo-Wong
Jan. 5, 2008
Pa'anipono Na'auaoloa Cozo-Wong, infant son of Kurt Wong and Kaui Cozo, of Waipahu, died in Kapiolani Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is also survived by brothers Pohaku Wong and Po'okela "Mana" Wong; grandparents Kenneth and Jackie Wong, Ronald Cozo Jr. and Russlyn Watson; and great-grandparents Ronald and Marilyn Cozo. Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Tatupu Fruean
Jan. 14, 2008
Tatupu Fruean, 85, of Waipahu, died in Waipahu. She was born in American Samoa. She is survived by sons Tuni and Lupo Fruean, and Tuaniga Taifane; daughters Taumaia Tupuola, Meki Ah Yen, Fiaui Fuimaono and Faapaia Leituala; sisters Aimalefoa and Faletonu Peko; 51 grandchildren; 93 great-grandchildren; and 14 great-great-grandchildren. Services: 8 a.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipahu, mauka chapel. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Edward Allen Garner
Jan. 25, 2008
Edward Allen "Ed" Garner, 64, of Volcano, Hawaii, formerly of Kailua, a retired travel director and Air National Guardsman in Hawaii, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brothers Paul L. and Kevin N., and sister Barbara Call. Private services.

Lynn Marie Hondonero
Jan. 20, 2008
Lynn Marie Hondonero, 46, of Honolulu, a data processor, died in Hospice Kailua. She was born in Kau, Hawaii. She is survived by brothers Robert and Theodore Marquina, and Walter, Peter, Alvin, Rueben, Paul and Patrick Paller; and sisters Rosie Cheek, Emma Ahu and Lordes Paller. Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Kawaihao Church. Call after 5:30 p.m.

May Satsuki Ikuma
Feb. 3, 2008
May Satsuki Ikuma, 96, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died in Oahu Care Facility. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Arthur and Edmond; daughters Mae Snedicor, Jean Hagi and Carol Chun; 15 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Sunday at Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Lola Bernadette Mahiai Akana Kohler
Jan. 19, 2008
Lola Bernadette Mahiai Akana Kohler, 63, of Los Angeles, died at home. She is survived by sons Raymond, Kevin and Jeffrey; brothers John Taylor, Witt Akana and Herbert Ching; sisters Gail Judd and Deborah Webb; and eight grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Honokohau Harbor. Scattering of ashes to follow at sea. Loose flowers and leis welcome.

Federico Luben
Jan. 27, 2008
Federico Luben, 63, of Wailuku, Maui, a Kaanapali Beach Hotel houseman, died at home. He was born in Nueva Era, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Susan S.; son Joemari; daughter Catherine De Vera; brothers Meliton, Carlito and Rodolfo; sisters Clarita Bornios, Imelda Calpito, Abregenia Navarro, Balbina Burns and Ofelia Banda; and seven grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Norman's Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Friday at Christ the King Church. Burial: 10:30 a.m. at Maui Memorial Park. Incorrect information was given in an obituary Sunday.

Ui Sun Mun
Jan. 28, 2008
Ui Sun Mun, 79, of Honolulu, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Seoul. She is survived by husband Pom Sik; sons Byong Yun, Yong Jun and Byong Tu Mun; daughters In Suk So, Hyon Suk Jong, Song Suk Kim, Sun Dok Horne and Chong Suk Ku; and 19 grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Fumie Oura
Jan. 27, 2008
Fumie Oura, 81, of Wailuku, a retired Maui Memorial Medical Center nurse, died at home. She was born in Lahaina. She is survived by sons Alan and Eric, brothers James and Buddy Tobita, sister Edna Taira and three grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Friday at Nakamura Mortuary. Call after 4 p.m. Cremation to follow.

Arloa Bernice Ridder
Jan. 28, 2008
Arloa Bernice Ridder, 85, of Honolulu, a retired state physical therapist at Molokai Hansen's Disease facility, died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by brother Leonard H. Graveside services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Shizue Yamashita Shimoda
Feb. 1, 2008
Shizue Yamashita Shimoda, 88, of Kahului, a retired Maui High School custodian, died at home. She was born in Puunene, Maui. She is survived by son Raynor; daughters Rene Shimoda, Harolyn Tanji and Yolanda Longo; brother Mutsuo Yamashita; sister Elnora Yee; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Private services at a later date.

Andres Soyo
Jan. 29, 2008
Andres Soyo, 61, of Ewa Beach, a Watts Constructors superintendent, died in Ewa Beach. He was born in Concord, Calif. He is survived by wife Dee, sons Michaelis Jacoby and Brian Downward, daughters Denise Downward, brother Paul-Dale Roberts, sister Sharon Roberts and six grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. tomorrow at Oahu Cemetery in Nuuanu. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. Donations suggested to American Cancer Society. Incorrect information was given in an obituary Sunday.

James Walter Stein
Jan. 27, 2008
James Walter "Jamie" Stein, 50, of Pearl City, died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Kerry, daughter Jasmine, father John R., mother Eleanor, brothers Douglas and Harold Brum, and sisters Dawn Stein, Sandretta Wendt and Johnnee Miller. Mass: 6 p.m. today at Our Lady of Good Council Church, 1525 Waimano Home Road, Pearl City. Call after 4 p.m. Eulogy: 5 p.m.

Toshimasa Takahashi
Jan. 26, 2008
Toshimasa "Thomas" Takahashi, 87, of Hilo, a retired former Takahashi Bros. Trucking Service owner, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Ookala, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Harumi; sons Dennis and Leslie; daughters Ann Uchida, Charlene Soares and Pauline Tanaka; brother Iwao "James"; sister Hiroko "June" Taka; 10 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Private services.