Obituaries

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Misue Addington
Aug. 18, 2008
Misue Addington, 85, of Kaneohe, formerly of Kona, formerly of Los Angeles, a retired waitress, died in Ann Pearl Nursing Facility. She was born in Honalo, Hawaii. She is survived by brother Tetsuji Harada, sister Irene Toyomura and hanai sister Lani Tsuneishi. Private services.

Max Edward Agather
Aug. 19, 2008
Max Edward Agather, 87, of Pukalani, Maui, a World War II U.S. Army intelligence veteran, a protea and macadamia nut grower, and a kava importer, died at home. He was born in Kalispell, Mont. He is survived by daughters Judy and Fran, stepdaughter Candace Taylor, stepsons David and Ronald Taylor, nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Private services.

Albert Augustus Alberts
Aug. 7, 2008
Albert Augustus Alberts, 78, of Honolulu, a former 'Iolani School biology teacher and retired veterans hospital administrator in San Jose, Calif., died in St. Francis Hospice. He was born in Modesto, Calif. Services: 2 p.m. today at St. Albans Chapel, 'Iolani School. Casual attire. Donations suggested to: 'Iolani School. Additional information was added to an obituary published Friday.

Joseph Baptiste
Aug. 6, 2008
Joseph "Papa Joe" Baptiste, 84, of Honokaa, Hawaii, a U.S. Army veteran during World War II and a retired state Mealani Experiment Station equipment operator, died in North Hawaii Community Hospital. He was born in Paauhau, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Nancy "Nana"; son Alvin; daughter Alvera Camara; brothers Wilbert, Abraham and Rodney; sisters Alice Leopoldo, Franceline Rolon and Evelyn Silva; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Private services.

Alexander Kauka Brash
July 22, 2008
Alexander Kauka Brash, also known as "Boy" and "Alika," 76, of Honolulu, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and retired Hawaiian Telephone Co. employee, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Rose "Lote"; sons Alden Chang, and Dalton, Jerome, and Jeffery Brash; daughters Sharon Boyle, Arlene Frank and Janine Brash; sister Irmgard Ayers; 12 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Memorial Park and Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Private scattering of ashes. Casual attire.

Richard Tod Burns
Aug. 19, 2008
Richard Tod Burns, 77, of Haiku, Maui, a retired insurance claims analyst, died at home. He was born in California. He is survived by wife Darlyne; sons Scott and Brian; daughters Suki and Janice Burns, Lucinda Michetti and Holly Dollar; hanai daughters Elizabeth Murphy and Audrey Vieau; and 12 grandchildren. Services: noon Monday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Valley Isle Memorial Park, Haiku.

Rodolfo Calina Cabanting Jr.
Aug. 16, 2008
Rodolfo Calina Cabanting Jr., also known as "Rudy" and "Roots," 36, of Kihei, an Endo Painting Co. painter, died in Lahaina. He was born on Molokai. He is survived by fiancee Tawnia Mei Kalea Hoe Williamson, parents Rodolfo C. Sr. and Teresita A., brother Ray A. and sister Millie A. Mass: 7 p.m. Friday at Saint Theresa Church. Call after 5 p.m. Service: 10 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick/Norman's Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 10:30 a.m. at Maui Memorial Park.

Mark Paul Corpuz
Aug. 2, 2008
Mark Paul Corpuz, 41, of Hono- lulu, a carpet installer, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by mother Corazon and sister Mary Jane Hirao. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire.

Samuel James Dilmore
Aug. 18, 2008
Samuel James Dilmore, 80, of Kihei, a retired music teacher, died at home. He was born in Ohio. He is survived by daughters Kathleen Martin, Kimberly Dilmore and Shelly Shinjo; brothers John "Jack" and Harold "Bud"; sister Dorothy "Dot" VanAllman; and three grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Maui Veterans Cemetery.

Benjamin Kauhi Hauanio
Aug. 12, 2008
Benjamin Kauhi "Ben" Hauanio, 80, of Pahoa, Hawaii, a retired County of Hawaii Department of Parks and Recreation maintenance worker, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Kalapana, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Elaine; sons Guy, Dana and Les; daugher Rae; hanai daughters Leialoha Akana, Noelani and Kris Quihano, Luwana AhQuin and Lisa Aganon; and four grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Tadaichi Higashi
Aug. 19, 2008
Tadaichi "Uncle Tada" Higashi, 100, of Honokaa, Hawaii, a retired Hawaii County carpenter, died at home. He was born in Ahualoa, Hawaii. He is survived by sisters Doris, Sueko and Mutsuko "Boots" Higashi, and Itsue Hino. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Honokaa Hongwanji Mission. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Ransome Rory Kahaleonalani Kaniho
Aug. 20, 2008
Ransome Rory Kahaleonalani Kaniho, 53, of Lahaina died in Hale Makua, Wailuku. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by parents Harold and Gladys; sisters Bunny and Kulamanu Kaniho, Willy Koehler, Kealii Koanui, Bridget Manzo and Amy Kahula; and brother Kamealoha. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Nakamura Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park. Casual aloha attire.

Anona J. Kam
Aug. 28, 2007
Anona J. Kam, 71, of San Jose, Calif., formerly of Kaneohe, an artist, died in San Jose. She was born in San Francisco. She is survived by husband Robert K.L., sons Robert, Michael and Noah; daughter Jennifer; mother Dorothy Cahill; brother Russell Cahill; sisters Lani Brunmeier, Jane Yamashita and Robin Connors; and ten grandchildren. Inurnment: 11a.m. Thursday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery.

Walter Kaho'iwai Kanamu Sr.
Aug. 17, 2008
Walter Kaho'iwai Kanamu Sr., 82, of Makawao, Maui, a retired Pearl Harbor heavy equipment operator, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Keanae, Maui. He is survived by wife Mary; sons Walter Jr., Raynard and Milton; daughters Brenda Yamane and Georgiana Rocha; brother Matthew; sister Leikula Alvarez; ten grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Borthwick/Norman's Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Maui Veterans Cemetery.

Kahu Frances Leilani Mioi Keanu
Aug. 19, 2008
Kahu Frances Leilani Mioi Keanu, 84, of Honolulu, a retired Naval Investigative Service budget analyst and Kalihi and Moanalua Church pastor, died in Hawaii Medical Center East. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by daughter Eugenie, stepdaughter Frances K. Elderts, brothers Gene P. and James K. Namahoe and sister Adeline Lee. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Kalihi and Moanalua Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 3:30 p.m. at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Mitsuji Kobata
Aug. 9, 2008
Mitsuji Kobata, 93, of Hilo, a retired Hawaii Kobata Tours tour conductor and owner, died at home. He was born in Pahoa, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Yaeko, sons Clifford and Howard, daughter Lois Solmerin, brother Shoso, sister Sachimi Yamamitsu, four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Private services. No flowers. No monetary gifts.

Vincent Kiyoshi Kubo
Aug. 14, 2008
Vincent Kiyoshi Kubo, 69, of Mililani, a retired Hawaiian Electric Co. welder, died at home. He was born in Kauai. He is survived by sons Kevin and Davin; daughter Valerie Cambra; brothers James, Winfred and Ralph; sisters Midori Shimabukoru, Amy Ross, Judith Fukuda, Eiko DeQuattro and Michi Hines; and nine grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Casual attire.

Samuel Kaina Lowe
Aug. 9, 2008
Samuel Kaina "Sam" Lowe, 85, of Honolulu, a retired U.S. Air Force senior master sergeant, U.S. Navy Pearl Harbor survivor, veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars, and former Honolulu police officer, died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Daphne; son Samuel E.K.; daughters Hannah Kamauoha, Gwendolyn "Gwen" Kaina-Lowe and JoAnn-Warren Lowe; stepmother Katherine Lowe; brothers John Kekawa and Herman Lowe; stepbrother Eugene Lowe; stepsister Yvonne Hernandez; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Private services.

Gilbert Nicholas Montalvo
Aug. 20, 2008
Gilbert Nicholas "Gilly" Montalvo, 73, of Haiku, Maui, a retired Wailuku Sugar Co. mechanic, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Wailuku. He is survived by wife Lucille; son Gilbert; daughters Jennifer Tomita, Lisa Montalvo and Gail Balthazar; brothers Clement and Robert; sisters Bernice Rezents, Mary Mae Perreira and Dorothy Cramaine; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Noon at Maui Veterans Cemetery. Flowers welcome.

Vivian H. Murphy
Aug. 12, 2008
Vivian H. Murphy, 79, of Honolulu, a retired Honolulu Marathon worker, died in Honolulu. She was born in Bennington, Vt. She is survived by son Michael, daughter Kathleen Sielaff, brothers Stanley and Clyde LeBarron, sisters June Dixson and Yvonne LeBarron, five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Private services.

Richard Masao Ono
Aug. 10, 2008
Richard Masao Ono, 72, of Honolulu, a retired Fujikawa Painting Co. painter, died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Evelyn and sisters Kazue Nakamura and Violet Uchima. Services: 9 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.

Elizabeth Chong Sin Park
Aug. 9, 2008
Elizabeth Chong Sin Park, 95, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Exchange department manager and buyer, died in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Arthur, daughter BarbaraSkullestad Kim, sister Helen Choy, five granchildren and five great-granchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at the Korean Christian Church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2:15 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Estrelita Alfiler Pastores
Aug. 16, 2008
Estrelita Alfiler Pastores, 67, of Kahului, a retired Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Co. hook-up person, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in La Paz, Abra, Philippines. She is survived by husband George A.; son Adolfo; daughters Lorelei and Analisa Pastores and Rosalie Manuel; brother Virgilio Alfiler; and nine grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick/Norman's Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at Christ the King Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park.

Natalie Uluwehi Rogers
Aug. 20, 2008
Natalie Uluwehi Rogers, 64, of Waianae died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Elmer; sons Michael, Weldon, Junior and Patterson Hoopai; daughters Michelle Noa and Salina Cardona; brothers Frankie Bermundo and Ben "Boy" Hoopai; 25 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Sacred Hearts Church. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire.

Emilio Vidad Sagabaen Sr.
July 19, 2008
Emilio Vidad "Milio" Sagabaen Sr., 93, of Honolulu, a retired Hawaiian Building Maintenance custodian, died in Honolulu. He was born in Reina Mercedes, Isabela, Philippines. He is survived by wife Dolores "Loleng"; sons Jose "Peping," Emilio "Jr." and Danilo "Danny"; daughters Natalia "Taling" Baysa, Edilberta "Berting" Ancheta, Romula "Moling" Follante and Ludivita "Ludy" Macadangdang; eight granchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Friday and 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Burial: 11:30 a.m. at Valley of the Temples.

Alice Soares
Aug. 4, 2008
Alice Soares, 88, of Pearl City died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by son Ronald T.; daughters Judy Correa, Barbara Camara and Carol Chun; 13 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.

Maryann Williams
Aug. 19, 2008
Maryann Williams, 63, of Wahiawa died in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was born in Hawaii. She is survived by husband Gary; sons Charles, Douglas and Robert Lopez; daughters Donna Vinson, Theresa Parson, Bernadine Stevens and Bertha Mae Williams; brothers Antonio Jr. and Herman Rodrigues; sisters Shirley Nitullama, Sylvia Lopes, Julia Ruiz, Evonne Canceo, and Bernadette and Betty Ann Rodrigues; 24 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at United Gospel Fellowship Church in Mililani. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Gail Kealoha Woltz
Aug. 8, 2008
Gail Kealoha Woltz, 55, of Kailua, a retired Bank of Hawaii service manager and former Kamehameha Schools administrative assistant, died in Kailua. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Richard; son Michael; daughters Mandi Ching and Keri Woltz; and sisters Kelani McDonald, Ilona Alvarez and Edwina Robertson. Services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Kamehameha Schools Bernice Pauahi Bishop Memorial Chapel. Call after noon. Private scattering of ashes. Aloha attire. Leis welcome.

Mew Lee Tong Wong
Aug. 3, 2008
Mew Lee Tong Wong, 102, of Honolulu, a retired Lunalilo Elementary School teacher, died in Pearl City. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Wyman and Lloyd "Spider," daughter Wanda Wong, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Private services.

Bernice Naukana Yap
Aug. 8, 2008
Bernice Naukana Yap, 87, of Waianae, a retired federal government clerk and original member of the Women's Army Corps, died. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Michael and Edward, daughters Regina Gipaya and Betty Lau, 16 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. next Sunday at Bernice Pauahi Bishop Memorial Chapel, Kamehameha Schools. Call after 3 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.