Obituaries

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Chester Hideo Akamine
March 18, 2008
Chester Hideo Akamine, 86, of Hilo, a retired former C.H. Akamine Painting Co. painting contractor and owner and Kindergarten Pre-Schools of Hawaii maintenance supervisor, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Haiku, Maui. He is survived by son Francis; daughters Patricia Sasaki, Sandra Arrowood and Pianta; brother Seitoku; sisters Tsuruko Nakamura and Tomiko Lee; and two grandchildren. Private services. Donations suggested to Hospice of Hilo, 1011 Waianuenue Ave., Hilo, HI 96720.

William Anjo
March 22, 2008
William Anjo, also known as "Bill" and "Buster," 80, of Mill Valley, Calif., formerly of Honolulu, a ballroom dance instructor and veteran, died in Santa Rosa, Calif. He was born in Makawao, Maui. He is survived by son Greg, daughter Sandra, brother James and two grandchildren. Mass: 12:45 p.m. Wednesday at St. Patrick Church. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 2:15 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Pelarin Dionicio Bacos Jr.
March 21, 2008
Pelarin Dionicio Bacos Jr., 60, of Pukalani, Maui, a mechanic, died at home. He was born in Pauwela, Maui. He is survived by wife Un Hyang; sons Pelarin D. III and James J.; daughter Melisa; brothers Panta L., Santos, Anthony and Richard; and sisters Carmen Ragudo, Lorraine Borje, Stella Diaz and Patricia Cuadro. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Maui Veterans Cemetery.

Ted V. Casil
March 22, 2008
Ted V. Casil, 74, of Wailuku, a retired self-employed mechanic, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Wailuku. He is survived by wife Connie; sons Don, Teddy and Kalani; daughter Sydney Sagabaen; sisters Leilani Agao, Maile Domingo, Lorraine Baisa and Inez Sitarek; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services: noon Saturday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Cremation to follow. Private inurnment to be held at a later date. Aloha attire. Flowers welcome.

Mary Matsuyo Yamashiro Chang
March 20, 2008
Mary Matsuyo Yamashiro Chang, 80, of Honolulu, a Yamashiro Products Inc. and retired Fujiya Ltd. employee, died. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Bradford, daughter Alda Gomes, brothers Shinyei Nakamura and David T. Yamashiro, sister Elaine T. Erickson and two grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 2 p.m. Casual attire.

Richard Fong Wah Ching
March 6, 2008
Richard Fong Wah Ching, 92, of Honolulu died in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Richard Jr., daughter Barbara "Bobbie," brothers Howard and Gilbert, sisters Hilma Chang and Henrietta "Rita" Kam, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Roger Winston Forster
March 27, 2008
Roger Winston Forster, 80, of Honolulu, a retired broadcasting and magazine publishing executive, died in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Evansville, Ind. He is survived by wife Anna Claire, son Matt, daughter Kim and four grandchildren. Gathering: 5:30 p.m. tomorrow at Elks Club in Waikiki. Aloha attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to American Heart Association or charity.

Setsu Fukuda
March 18, 2008
Setsu Fukuda, 96, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by son Victor; daughters Helen Oyakawa, Mabel Araki and Joann Takahara; 15 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren. Private services.

Faustino Gacula
March 9, 2008
Faustino Gacula, also known as "Tinong" or "Faus," 86, of Honokaa, Hawaii, a retired Hawaiian Holiday Mac Nut maintenance worker, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Alabaan, Dingras, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. He is survived by sons Fred, Nonoy, Samuel, Alex and Ermar; daughters Marcelina Blas, Thelma Lopez, Erleen Erice and Antonette Gacula; brother Alfredo Sr.; sister Maria Eugenio; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Visitation: 6-9 p.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park, Lehua section. Casual attire.

Nancy Atsuko Higa
March 25, 2008
Nancy Atsuko Higa, 74, of Pearl City died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in Waipahu. She is survived by son Earl, daughter Earline, mother Shigeyo Kay Hirata, brother Gilbert K. Hirata and sister Emaline Kaneshiro. Services: 9 a.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire. Additional information for an obituary printed Saturday.

Doris Michi Hokama
March 21, 2008
Doris Michi Hokama, 88, of Kahului, an Own Business vegetable farmer in Kahaluu, died. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Glenn, daughter Lynette, brothers Joji and Roy Tomei, sisters Gladys and Marjorie Parks, and two grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.

Reginald B. Jimenez
March 20, 2008
Reginald B. Jimenez, 80, of Seattle, formerly of Honolulu, a retired postal worker and Air Force veteran, died in University Place, Wash. He was born in Kealia, Kauai. He is survived by wife Juliette. Committal services: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire.

Michie Kawasaki
March 8, 2008
Michie "Ruth" Kawasaki, 86, of Aiea, a retired Star Market employee, died in Pearl City Nursing Home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Kiyoshi "George"; son Bert; daughter Lynne Ozaki; sisters Grace Chinaka, Alice Johiro and Mary Ono; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Ruth Kahaunaniokaiulani-kawahinehoolulupaliokupo-ikalani Keahi
March 18, 2008
Ruth Kahaunaniokaiulanika-wahinehoolulupaliokupoikalani Keahi, 68, of Wailuku, a retired Lahaina Post Office postal clerk, died at home. She was born in Lahaina. She is survived by husband Jonah; sons Michael, Bruce and William; brother Eugene H. Saffery Sr.; and eight grandchildren. Private services.

Joseph Mendiola Keoho Sr.
March 9, 2008
Joseph Mendiola Keoho Sr., 74, of Kailua, a retired city engineering draftsman and Marine Corps veteran who served in the Korean War, died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Joseph Jr., brother William G., sister Gladiola Aiana and two grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 10:30 a.m. Graveside services: 2 p.m. at the cemetery.

Fusa Ashizawa Kibota
March 20, 2008
Fusa Ashizawa Kibota, 78, of Mililani died in St. Francis-West Hospice. She was born in Tokyo. She is survived by husband Kazuo, sons Clifford and Karl, and sister Etsuko Hondo. Private services. No monetary offerings.

Jane Miyeko Kinoshita
March 17, 2008
Jane Miyeko Kinoshita, 83, of Honolulu, a retired Dole Cannery packer, died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Kuakini Medical Center. She is survived by husband Toshiyuki, brothers Masaaki and Yoshiaki Nakamura, and sister Ethel Sue. Private services.

Ted Hisatsugu Kondo
March 14, 2008
Ted Hisatsugu Kondo, 92, of Honolulu, a retired Oahu Construction foreman, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Grace, sons Cary and Calvin, daughter Nancy Nakama, brother Hiroshi, sister Toshiko Tamura, seven grandchildren, a great-grandchild and a great-great-grandchild. Services: 11:30 a.m. Sunday at Palolo Hongwanji. Call after 10:30 a.m. Casual attire.

Sueno Nakamura
March 23, 2008
Sueno Nakamura, 84, of Wailua Houselots, Kauai, died in Garden Isle Healthcare. She was born in Lihue. She is survived by husband Suyeyoshi, sons Lloyd, Richard and Miles; daughter Susan Neil; sister Yaeko Hironaka; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Kapaa United Church of Christ. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire.

Kenneth Masao Oda
March 22, 2008
Kenneth Masao "Masa" Oda, 66, of Honolulu, a former Ken's Gutters and Awnings Inc. proprietor, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Frances L.; daughter Kristi M. Murai; brothers Albert Y., Herbert T. and Michael Y.; sisters Martha S. Kenmotsu, Betty C. Dietz and Elaine F. Tadaki; and three grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. Saturday at Kalihi Union Church. Call after 4 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.

James Kalunanohokuahini Perriera
March 23, 2008
James Kalunanohokuahini Perriera, 30, of Pahoa, Hawaii, a Kapalua Land and Co. owner and operator, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Darlene K.; parents Frank "Bones" and Toni; brothers Ikaika Perriera, Lenny Manner, Tise Fa'agata and Vernon and Kainoa Kim, Randy Asiao, Randal Kotry, Terrance Vasquez, Kaulana Carter and Anthony Gonsalves; sisters Evalani, Panda and Vicky Perriera and Julie Brewer; and grandparents Frank and Elva. Services: 4 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home. Call after 3 p.m.

Ronald Wayne Rivera
March 21, 2008
Ronald Wayne Rivera, 49, of Kihei, Maui, a janitor, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Wailuku. He is survived by father Raymond II; mother Lorraine S. Santana; son Andrew Hookano; daughters Violet and Lisa Victorino, and Annette Hookano; brothers Raymond, Robert and Francis; sisters JoAnn R. Serrano and Nisha Santana; grandparent Lucy F. Solomon; and three grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Celebration of life: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Paukukalo Beach, end of Ukali Street.

Shigeki Takamura
March 21, 2008
Shigeki "Chickma" Takamura, 87, of Honolulu, a retired Safeway meat cutter, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brother Saburo and sister Kimiye Nishimura. Services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after noon. Casual attire. No flowers.

Martha Yuriko Tamura
Feb. 7, 2008
Martha Yuriko Tamura, 90, of Honolulu, a retired self-employed piano instructor doing business as Martha Tamura Piano Studio, died in Hale Ola Kino. She was born in Pasadena, Calif. She is survived by brothers Francis and Paul. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Aloha attire. In lieu of flowers, donations suggested to Oberlin College, c/o Catherine M. Klima Gletherow, CPA, Director of Gift Planning, 50 W. Lorain St., 102 Bosworth Hall, Oberlin, OH 44074.

Salaia Gloria Salave'a Timoteo
March 23, 2008
Salaia Gloria Salave'a Timoteo, 28, of Waipahu died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Jimmy; son Hunter John; father Tovia Salave'a; brothers Leo, Andrew, Iulio, Kone and Peter Salave'a; and sisters Anita Ramiscal and Monica Salave'a. Mass: 12:30 p.m. Friday at St. Patrick's. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.

Leonard Nylon Tso
March 22, 2008
Leonard Nylon Tso, 81, of Honolulu, a retired Hong Kong Wing On F & M Insurance Co. director and general manager, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Macau, China. He is survived by wife Wendy P.; sons Albert and Edward; daughter Irene Lee; sisters Wan Kei, Vinnie, Irene and Lena; and three grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Sacred Heart Church, 1701 Wilder Ave. Call after 9 a.m. No flowers.

Norma Hernandez Villa
March 4, 2008
Norma Hernandez Villa, 71, of Honolulu, a care home operator, died at home. She was born in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. She is survived by husband Durante Sr.; sons Demy Billa and Durante Villa Jr.; daughters Nida Tiangco, Nanette Villa and Nemia Valerio; brothers Oscar and Pepito Hernandez; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Memorial Park. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at St. John the Baptist. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Valley of the Temples.

William Francis Whitehead Jr.
March 23, 2008
William Francis "Bill" Whitehead Jr., 64, of Kawaihae, Hawaii, a retired Parker Ranch maintenance superintendent and Jehovah's Witness minister, died at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife MewLin; sons Scott and Michael Whitehead, and Keola and Kaweka Whitehead-Shibata; daughters Deanna Marks, Kahala Camacho and Mikiala Whitehead-Shibata; brother Samuel "Speed"; sister Ardis "Hoppy" Brown; and 12 grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Waimea Family YMCA Town Hall, Parker Ranch Shopping Center. Call after 8:30 a.m. No flowers.