Obituaries

LUZ MARY MENDOZA AGULAY, 67, of Kekaha, Kaua‘i, died Jan. 14, 2001. Born in the Philippines. A housekeeper for Lawa‘i Beach Hotel. Survived by husband, Victorio; sons, William, Vic and Reynaldo; daughters, Aemalita Adriano, Maryvic Adena, Maryanne Esteban, Lanie Agulay and Velma Domrequie; brothers, Federico Mendoza, Jesus Mendoza and Fidel Mendoza; sisters, Felicidad Delfredo and Francisca Gelinato; 22 grandchildren. Visitation from 9 a.m. Tuesday at ‘Ele‘ele Episcopal Church; service 10 a.m. Burial at the Filipino Cemetery, Hanapepe. Casual attire. Arrangements by Borthwick Kaua‘i Mortuary.

JEANE MEEHAN BUCCIARELLI, 88, of South Windsor, Conn., formerly of Honolulu, died Dec. 21, 2000. Born in New York City. A long-time resident of the ‘Ilikai condominiums and participant in Ala Wai Senior Citizen’s Club. Survived by sons, the Rev. Robert, Louis Jr. and James; daughters, Joan Yim and Diane Cerreto; 10 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren. Memorial donations to Barnard College Scholarship Fund, 3009 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10027-6598 or the Woodlawn Foundation, Inc., 241 Main St., New Rochelle, N.Y. 10804.

FREDERICK "BULLY" CAMBONGA, 35, of Dededo, Guam, died Jan. 16, 2001. Born in Wahiawa. Survived by wife, Marie; son, Keleo‘Okalani; mother of son, Noe; stepsons, Jon, Brandon and Scott San Nicolas; stepdaughter, Ashley San Nicolas; father, Frederick; mother, Lydia Lunasco; grandmother, Nancy Roylo; brothers, Chad Cambonga, Lenny and Lane Lunasco; stepbrother, Travis Lunasco; sister, Corrine Cambonga; stepsister, Debra Canne. Visitation 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Michael Church; Mass 11:30 a.m. Casual attire. Arrangements by Mililani Memorial Park & Mortuary.

GEORGE W. CARLOS, 71, of Wai‘anae, died Jan. 9, 2001. Born in Honolulu. Survived by wife, Diane; sons, Glenn, Clyde and Stanley Kaneshiro and Brian Carlos; daughters, Joyce Murray and Sarah Carlos; six grandchildren; brother, Gilbert Carlos; sister, Matilda Venenciano. Visitation 9:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary mauka chapel; prayer service 11:30 a.m. Burial service 2 p.m. at Hawai‘i State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire.

ASAO DOI, 97, of Honolulu, died Jan. 12, 2001. A geneticist retired from the Hawai‘i Sugar Planters Association. Survived by wife, Shizuka; son, William; daughters, Amy Hayashida and Jessie Doi-Chunha; brother, Tsuneo; sisters, Tatsuyo Honma, Michiyo Kitajima and Midori Kawamoto; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Private memorial service held. Arrangements by Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary.

CHIEF TOOMALATAI FEAGAI MALII MATANOFIE ALOSINA SUIPI FAAAGI, 61, of Honolulu, died Jan. 12, 2001. Born in Samoa. A bus operator with O‘ahu Transit Services. Survived by wife, Dianne; sons, Peniamina, Saufoi and Suipi; daughter, Faiaso Crichton; brother, Saufoi; sisters, Lisa Solomua, Lepe Utai, Elisa Atuatasai, Lauolive Tavai, Masele Lihang, Louise Iereneo and Tanya Faaagi; six grandchildren. Visitation from 10 a.m. tomorrow at Diamond Head Mortuary; service 11 a.m. Burial 2 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park.

CHARLES "GENE" EUGENE GENDROW JR., 61, of Wai‘anae, died Jan. 15, 2001. Born in Missoula, Mont. An electrical supervisor for A & B Electric in Kapolei, Hawai‘i, and a U.S. Navy veteran. Survived by wife, Denise; son, Charles III; daughters, Jeanne Smith and Janet Fitton; brothers, Robert and Richard; sister, Mary Beich; four grandchildren. Visitation 10:30 a.m. Monday at Sacred Hearts Church; Mass 11 a.m. Casual attire. Arrangements by Mililani Mortuary.

NATSUYO HIROKANE, 97, of Napili, Maui, died Jan. 14, 2001. Born in Hana, Maui. Survived by sons, Katsumi, Harold and Bert; daughters, Fusako Fujimoto and Karen Nishimura; brothers, Yoshio Iwamoto and Roy Shimada; sister, Mildred Kitsu; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren. Private service held. Arrangements by Borthwick Norman’s Mortuary.

YONEYO HIROTA, 76, of Lihu‘e, Kaua‘i, died Jan. 11, 2001. Born in Lihu‘e. A retired Central Pacific Bank teller and Kress Store office clerk. Survived by son, Brian; brothers, Kaoru and Suemi Okubo; sisters, Akiko Masumura, Yaeko Muramoto and Yasuko Urata. Private service. Arrangements by Garden Island Mortuary, Ltd.

SAKIKO "LILLIAN" HONNAKA, 85, of Honolulu, died Dec. 18, 2000. Born in Honom¬, Hawai‘i. A homemaker. Survived by daughters, Betty Lou Higuchi and Arlean Hamada; five grandchildren; a great-grandchild; sister, Marilyn Stockton. Private service held. Arrangements by Nu‘uanu Mortuary.

MEHANA WONG HOWE, 99, of Kane‘ohe, died Jan. 13, 2001. Born in Waialua. An office manager with E.O. Hall & Sons, Owens Paint Supply. Survived by nephews, Anthony Wong, Bernard Wong and Timothy Wong; nieces, Elizabeth Kudo, Marie Wagner; a grand nephew; three grand nieces. Visitation 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at Diamond Head Mortuary; service 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park.

THOMAS TAMEKICHI ICHIDA, 94, of Honolulu, died Jan. 11, 2001. Born in Yamaguchi, Japan. A retired electrical inspector with the Hawai‘i Housing Department. Survived by wife, Bette; son, Thomas; daughter, Faith Shido; sisters, Betty Matsumoto and Masako Uemura; two grandchildren. Private service held. Arrangements by Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Updated information was provided by the mortuary.

FUMEYO ISA, 79, of Honolulu, died Jan. 12, 2001. Born in Honolulu. A retired seamstress. Survived by sisters, Kameko Sunabe, Kikue Kaneshiro, Fumeye Isa and Tsuruko Shinjo. Private service held. Arrangements by Hosoi Garden Mortuary.

YOSHIE "Y" KAWAHARA, 79, of Holualoa, Kona, Hawai‘i, died Jan. 6, 2001. Born in Hale‘iwa. The owner of SKY Enterprise Plumeria Farm and charter cashier of former Kona Hilton Hotel. Survived by husband, Shoji; daughters, Iris Cantor, Ann Kawahara and Gail Cantor; brothers, Morichiko Yamada, Masamitsu Yamada, Paul Yamada and Henry Yamada; three grandsons. Private service held. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary, Kona.

CURTIS JAMES LA FORGE, 14, of Hawaiian Acres, Hawai‘i, died Jan. 11, 2001. Born in Hilo, Hawai‘i. A Kea‘au High School student. Survived by mother, Laura Gilliam; father Najim Gilliam; brother, Brat Gilliam; maternal grandparents, Tom and Donna Gilliam; paternal grandfather, Jim Gilliam; and paternal grandmother, Jan Thomson. Overnight vigil 6 p.m. Tuesday to 10 a.m. Wednesday at Laura Gilliam residence on F-3 Road, Hawaiian Acres. Burial to follow at ‘Alae Cemetery. Casual attire. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary-Hilo. Updated information provided by the mortuary.

UNA MCDONALD LAMBERT, formerly of Koloa, Kaua‘i, died Dec. 27, 2000. Born in Kodiak, Alaska. A dealer in Las Vegas, Nev. Survived by sisters, Bobette McDonald and ‘Iolani Ikehara; sons, Terry Stone and Ryan Stone. Private service on Kaua‘i.

HAROLD BRICKWOOD LYMAN, 78, of Sonora, Calif., died Jan. 6, 2001. Born in Hilo, Hawai‘i. A U.S. Navy veteran. Survived by wife, Dorothy; brothers, Gaylord, Nolan and Allan "Mickey". Burial service 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. No flowers. Casual attire.

HAZEL EVANGELISTA MARTINES, 77, of Waipahu, who died Jan. 12, 2001 and whose obituary appeared the paper recently, is also survived by sons, Benny Arreola, Rudolph Arreola and Mauricio Arreola. Corrected information was provided by the mortuary.

MARGARITA MENDIOLA, 77, of Honolulu, died Dec. 5, 2000. Born in Kahuku. A retired teacher who volunteered at the Queen’s Medical Center, Sacred Hearts Parish and Cathedral and Academy of Arts. Survived by brothers, Juanito, Rusein and Paul. Private service held. Arrangements by Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary.

FRANCIS MATSUO MISE, 93, of Honolulu, died Jan. 3, 2001. Born in Hiroshima, Japan. Survived by daughter, Frances Shinjo; grandchildren, Mark, Kimberly and Lauren Shinjo. Private service held. Arrangements by Mililani Memorial Park & Mortuary.

MASAYUKI "MIKE" MORIKAWA, 79, of ‘Aiea, died Jan. 14, 2001. Born in Kumamoto, Japan. Retired owner of Pi‘ikoi Union Service Station. Survived by wife, Sadako; daughters, Kathryn Sagum, Charlene Nakamoto and Carol Ono; nine grandchildren; brothers, Stanley, Yukitoshi and George; sister, Faye Yamashita. Visitation 6 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Memorial Park & Mortuary Mauka Chapel; service 6:30 p.m. No flowers. Casual attire.

MILDRED MISAO NAKATA, 83, of Honolulu, died Jan. 13, 2001. Born in Kailua. Survived by son, Harold; daughters, Maye Groeneveld and June Onishi; brothers, William, Stanley, Ronald and Lawrence Agena; sisters, Lynette Ching, Ellen Narramore, Erma Tahata and Mae Gillespie; eight grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren. Visitation 9:30 a.m. tomorrow at Mililani Downtown Mortuary; service 10:30 a.m. Private inurnment. Casual attire.

GEORGE "SAMMY" SAMUEL SILVA, 86, of Hilo, Hawai‘i, died Jan. 13, 2001. Born in Kapoho, Hawai‘i. A retired Hawai‘i County Hawaii fire captain and World War II army veteran. Survived by cousins, Thelma Hall and Clarence Self; sister-in-law, Dahlis Silva. Service held. Arrangements by Memorial Mortuary.

KATHRYN TSURUYO TARUTANI, 87, of Honolulu, died Jan. 10. 2001. Born in Honolulu. A retired Watumull’s Department Store sales clerk. Survived by son, Edward; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Private service held. Arrangements by Hosoi Garden Mortuary.

CLAIRETTE GRAVES COCHRAN THORNTON, 82, died Jan. 16, 2001. A homemaker. Survived by daughter, Billie Anne Walker; grandchildren, Jeffery and Shawn Walker. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday at United Church of Christ, Kapa‘a. Inurnment at a later date. Arrangements by Borthwick Kaua‘i Mortuary.

MITSURU "BROWN" WATABU, 77, of Pearl City, died Jan. 12, 2001. Born in Waipahu. A retired Lualualei N.A.D. employee and Watabu Watercress Farm employee. Survived by wife, Harue "Frances"; sons, Vince, Victor, Vernon and Vance; brothers, Akira and Douglas; sisters, Midori Watabu, Alice Uyehara, Sally Shito and Jane Kushima; six grandchildren. Service 6 p.m. Monday at Mililani Memorial Park & Mortuary Mauka Chapel. No flowers. Casual attire.

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