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 son Nelson Jr.; daughters Anissa Molock, Tiffany Aau and Allison Leituala; mother Leimomi Figueroa; brothers Rudolph, Dwayne and Rodney Figueroa, and James Gravely; sisters Rudiann Figueroa, Roxanne Kenui and Kimberley Heise; and 11 grandchildren. Visitation: 5:30-9 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. Additional information for an obituary printed yesterday.

Elmer K.M. Auna Sr.
Jan. 29, 2008
Elmer K.M. "German" Auna Sr., 82, of Paauhau, Hawaii, formerly of Kukuihaele, Hawaii, a taro farmer, fisherman and retired state vector control employee, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Waipio Valley, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Myra; sons Roger and Elmer Auna Jr., and Ronald Makio Jr.; daughters Joanne Nakamura and Noreen and Myra Kunishige; hanai daughters Cheryl, Denise and Carol Makio; brothers Solomon "Mona" Jr., William "Yama" and Jeremiah Kaholoaa; sisters Hannah Polido, Eunice Thompson, Fhitilda "Mary" Cabrera and Rachel "Nina" Kaholoaa; half brother Jacob Thomas; hanai sisters Nellie Angelo, Pauline Strout, Marjorie Gavagan and Miulan Kekauoha; 20 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Services: 5 p.m. Friday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Honokaa, Hawaii. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

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: 10:30 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. Incorrect information given in an obituary yesterday.

Howard Takeo Eguchi
Jan. 8, 2008
Howard Takeo Eguchi, 71, of Honolulu, a retired Bricklayer and Masons Union mason instructor and business agent, died. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by former wife Jeanette; sons Howard Jr. and Lane; daughter Lock Beth; brother August "Butchie" Schrader; sisters Eleanor Stradling, Flora Hun, Jennie Jex and Frances Perreira; and nine grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Burial: 10:30 a.m. Monday at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Virgil Jonathan Hahn
Jan. 21, 2008
Virgil Jonathan Hahn, 22, of Waianae, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Mandrell; daughter Gabriella; parents Frank and Yvonne; brothers Neal, Errol and Andrew; sister Jennifer; and grandparent Luisa P. Patea. Mass: 6 p.m. Monday at Sacred Hearts Church. Call after 5 p.m.

Louis Haili Sr.
Jan. 28, 2008
Louis Haili Sr., 76, of Honolulu, formerly of Waikane, a retired city refuse worker, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Louis Jr., Nathaniel and Jeffrey; daughters Elizabeth L. Nakama, Paulette K. Leong, Darlene K. Hubbard and Andrea L. Haili; brother Charles Sr.; sisters Anita Grafram, Bertha Gashler and Viola Alapai; 22 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Services: noon Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Violette Y. Hu
Feb. 1, 2008
Violette Y. Hu, 97, of Honolulu, an artist, died in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Clifford C., daughter Henrietta Whitcomb, brother Charles Wong and two grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 10:45 a.m. at the mortuary. In lieu of flowers, donations suggested to Violet Wong Hu Fund at Honolulu Academy of Arts.

Hiroaki Iritani
Jan. 22, 2008
Hiroaki Iritani, 77, of Aiea, a retired carpenter, died in St. Francis Hospice. He was born in Yokohama, Japan. He is survived by daughters Joanne and Amy, and brother Toshio. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire.

Roselle Lii Kalalau
Feb. 3, 2008
Roselle Lii Kalalau, 44, of Wailuku, a Wailuku Elementary School baker, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by daughters Savanah and Hailey Bonifacio; brothers Rodney, Russell, Joel and Patrick; sister Barbara Duarte; and a grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Scattering of ashes: 11 a.m. Saturday at Hana Bay. Lunch to follow at Hana Bay.

Barbara Jean Kapuni
Jan. 30, 2008
Barbara Jean Kapuni, of Honolulu, died at home. She was born in Oregon. She is survived by husband Gabriel K., sons Steven R. and Michael W. Wood, daughter Keala M. Kapuni-Epps, eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 1:30 p.m. Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after noon. Burial: 3 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Coleen Lawshe
Jan. 29, 2008
Coleen Lawshe, 81, of Kalaheo, Kauai, a tutor, retired Jewel Palace manager in Waiohai, a Liberty House employee and condo cleaning employee, died in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. She was born in Cambridge, Mass. She is survived by husband Jim; sons James, Edwin, Barry and John; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Friday at Holy Cross in Kalaheo. Call after 9 a.m. Rosary: 8:45 a.m. Burial to follow at church cemetery. Aloha attire.

Goro Nagai
Jan. 17, 2008
Goro Nagai, 75, of Wahiawa, a retired Occidental Underwriters Hawaii insurance agent and Travel Ways tour escort, died in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was born in Honokaa, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Alice S.; son Carl; daughter Dianne Kanegawa; brothers Shuichi, Robert, Shiro, Seichi and Toshio; sisters Doris Hiroe and Aiko Nakamitsu; and three grandchildren. Services: 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 4:30 p.m. Casual attire.

George Tamotsu Nanbu
Jan. 2, 2008
George Tamotsu Nanbu, 85, of Wahiawa, a U.S. Army Military Intelligence veteran who served in World War II and a retired federal government mechanical engineer, died in St. Francis-West. He was born in Wainaku, Hilo. He is survived by wife Madge S.; daughters Dr. Nadine N. Nanbu, Lauren K. Arimoto and Stacy S. Nanbu-Hanashiro; brother Harry M.; sisters Rose Takeda and Betty Kono; and four grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Evelyn Rodrigues Pao
Jan. 26, 2008
Evelyn Rodrigues Pao, 91, of Kailua, died at home. She was born on Maui. She is survived by daughters Sylvia Kruse, Karen Edwards and Gail Berengue; 16 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. Mass: 1 p.m. Saturday at St. John Vianney Church. Call after 11 a.m. Burial: 3 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Ramon Rodrigues Perreira
Jan. 27, 2008
Ramon Rodrigues Perreira, 88, of Honolulu, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Paul and Daniel; daughter Dolores DeSoto; stepdaughters Linda Akamu, Sharon Ching, Rosemary Darwin and Bernie Akamu; 22 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at Honolulu Central Seventh-day Adventist Church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.

Eric Florian Rellis
Jan. 19, 2008
Eric Florian Rellis, 87, of Keauhou, a Kona Black Coral Shop, Pink Coral Shop, Cafe Sport Restaurant and House of Casual Living Furniture Store owner, West Hawaii Humane Society founding member and U.S. Navy combat pilot who served in World War II and Naval Airmen of America national commander, died at home. He was born in Chicago. He is survived by wife Billie; son Jay; daughter Maria Neil; stepsons Robert, Ronald and Rigan McDonald; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and numerous great-great-grandchildren. Services: 9:30 a.m. Feb. 16 at St. Michael's Church. Inurnment to follow at church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations suggested to St. Michael's Church Building Fund or Hospice of Kona.

Daniel C. Rita
Jan. 27, 2008
Daniel C. Rita, 88, of Aiea, a retired Navy Public Works Center plumber/pipefitter and U.S. Army veteran, died in Honolulu. He was born on Kauai. He is survived by wife Matilda, and sisters Edith Pavao and Mary Silva. Services: noon Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 9:30 a.m. Graveside services: 1 p.m. at the cemetery.

Virginia Basilio Sagon
Jan. 1, 2008
Virginia Basilio Sagon, 56, of Wahiawa, died in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. She is survived by husband Fernando O.; son Andrew; stepsons Dionicio, Reynaldo, Alberto and Julian; stepdaughters Susima Abuy and Lilia Sagon; brothers Mandrito, Romolo, Raymondo and Oliver Basilio; sisters Vironica Camit, Nora and Ofelia Basilio, and Edna Rillege; 21 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Sorrow's Church, 1403 A California Ave., Wahiawa. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Filipo Sakaria
Jan. 16, 2008
Filipo Sakaria, 28, of Honolulu, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by father Iosefo; mother Akanese; brothers Gabriel and Jeremiah; and sisters Brenda Kenner, Sophia Sakaria and Asofa'atasi Muasau. Services: noon Saturday at Our Lady of Peace, 1184 Bishop St. Call after 10:30 a.m. Private cremation to follow at a later date. Aloha attire. Flowers welcome.

John Biunada Sambueno
Jan. 27, 2008
John Biunada Sambueno, 90, of Aiea, a self-employed taxi driver, died in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Ewa. He is survived by son Reuben J. Ramos, daughters Hedy Ann Pestana and Mona J. Joslin, brothers Alfred and Phillipe, sister Mildred, 11 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment: 12:45 p.m. at Diamond Head Mortuary. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Manuel Santiago
Jan. 30, 2008
Manuel Santiago, also known as "Jr." and "Manuel," 74, of Hilo, a Naniloa Golf Course grounds and maintenance employee and U.S. Army veteran, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Halaula, Kohala, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Lillian F.; sons Gary, Michael and Dennis; brothers Wilfred, Donald and James; sisters Margaret Rezentes, Thelma Carvalho and Evelyn Ontiverious; and nine grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Sunday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 4 p.m. Committal services: noon Monday at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire. No flowers.

Felicitas Aliason Sugui
Jan. 15, 2008
Felicitas Aliason "Sita" Sugui, 95, of Kaneohe, formerly of Wahiawa, a retired Outrigger Hotel employee, died in Ann Pearl Care Home Inc. She was born in San Fernando, Cebu, the Philippines. She is survived by sons Eddie, Albert, Benjamin, Daniel and Ronaldo; daughter Annette Vertido; brother Peter Aliason; sisters Charing Sabala, Christina Boyd, Madeline Oliva, Leah Alporque, Linda Chow and Dolly Yokoi; 41 grandchildren; 53 great-grandchildren; and 15 great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.

Dean Yoshikazu Taketa
Jan. 28, 2008
Dean Yoshikazu Taketa, 58, of Pearl City, a Ball Corp. and Aloha Airlines employee, died in Pearl City. He was born in Aiea. He is survived by wife Kapua, daughter Kahikina, mother Kazuko, brother Derek, and sisters Sandra T. Pollard and Lorna Taketa. Services: 5 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 4 p.m. Casual attire.

Tadashi Takiguchi
Feb. 1, 2008
Tadashi Takiguchi, 91, of Lihue, a Hicks Homes consultant and U.S. Army veteran who served in World War II in 522nd Field Artillery Battalion, died in Garden Isle Health Care. He was born in Lihue. He is survived by companion Jayne Brandess; son Robin; daughters Diane Matsukawa, Sandy Minn and Joy Chow; brother Harris; sister Takiko; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Lihue Christian Church. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Benjamin Bundang Velarde
Jan. 27, 2008
Benjamin Bundang Velarde, 87, of Kaneohe, a retired U.S. Navy employee, died in Honolulu. He was born in Iba, Zambales, the Philippines. He is survived by wife Esmenia "Essie"; sons Mark and Manric; daughters Roxanne Dumadag, Darlene Thomas and Valerie Young; sister Julia Mora; 11 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 5:30 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Graveside services: 11 a.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.