Obituaries
Advertiser Staff
Flamboyant promoter KIMO WILDER McVAY, who died of cancer at age 73 earlier in the morning at Kaiser Moanalua Medical Center. See story.
RALPH DUNPHY JR., 71, of Hilo, Hawai'i, died June 27, 2001. Born in Houlton, Maine. A retired Merchant Marine electrical engineer. Survived by wife, Marlene; son, Allan; daughter, Diane. Memorial service 11 a.m. Monday at the Kilauea Masonic Center. Inurnment at a later date at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary-Hilo.
LORRAINE AKIKO HIGA, 52, of Honolulu, died June 26, 2001. Born in Honolulu. A barber. Survived by mother, Betsy; brother, Ted; sisters, Patsy Stone and Laura Amoy; companion, Louis "Wigie" Kahui. Visitation 5 p.m. Tuesday at Oahu Cemetery Chapel; service 6 p.m. No flowers. Aloha attire. Arrangements by Ultimate Cremation Services of Hawai'i.
NAMORU NAKAMURA, 90, of Honolulu, died June 26, 2001. Survived by son, Bert Nakamura; daughters, Janet Hatoh and Evelyn Takei; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Service 6 p.m. Tuesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire.
JOSEPH BADILLIO RONIA, 78, of Honolulu, died June 26, 2001. A Hawaiian Electric Company employee. Survived by wife, Velma; children, Joseph, Donald, Gwendolyn Miller, Nicholas, Maureen Tokuhisa, Linda Yee Hoy, Henry Haina Jr., N. Puanani Koyanagi, Terry Haina and Renee Santiwan; siblings, Smile and Ernest Ronia, and Georgiana Greet; stepfather, Seraphine Carvalho; 28 grandchildren 24 great-grandchildren. Visitation 6 p.m. Monday at Honolulu Central Seventh-day Adventist Church; service 7 p.m. Committal service 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hawai'i State Veterans Cemetery. Arrangements by Moanalua Mortuary.
ELIZABETH BETTYE MOSELEY SIFFERT, 79, of Kailua, Kona, Hawai'i, died June 25, 2001. Born in Boston, Mass. A retired registered nurse with the U.S. Army. Survived by husband, Otto; brother, Maynard Jr. Service and scattering of ashes 4 p.m. Monday aboard the vessel "Terminator" departing from Honokohau Harbor. Potluck gathering at Otto Siffert's residence 6 p.m. Casual attire. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary-Kona.
CHIYOKO MIURA SUYEOKA, 92, of Mililani, died June 28, 2001. Born in Kapa'a, Kaua'i. A retired Dept. of Education teacher. Survived by daughters, Mildred McAuley and Marian Frazier; grandson; brothers, Dr. Donald and Dr. David Miura; sisters, Masako Ishii, Hatsue Masaoka and Satoko Masamura. Service 2 p.m. tomorrow at Manoa Japanese Seventh-day Adventist Church. No flowers. Aloha attire. Arrangements by Hosoi Garden Mortuary.
FUMIYA TAKANO, 59, of Tokyo, Japan, died June 22, 2001. Born in Tokyo. A longtime Hawai'i resident and member of Mid-Pacific Country Club. Survived by daughters, Sakura and Keiko; mother, Setsuko Inomata; sister, Seiko Inomata. Memorial service 8:30 a.m. Monday at 4363 Kilauea Ave. Burial 11 a.m. at Valley of the Temples.
SONJA FERNANDEZ WASHINGTON, 37, of Honolulu, died June 14, 2001. Born in Honolulu. A cosmetologist. Survived by son, Antroy Williams; mother, Carmen "Baby Girl" Fernandez; grandmother, Carmen Fernandez; brother, Jamieson Kahahawai. No service. Arrangements by Ultimate Cremation Services of Hawai'i.
ALVIN H. WATSON, 85, of Honolulu, died June 27, 2001. Born in Des Moines, Iowa. A retired service manager. Survived by wife, Claire; son, Paul; grandchildren, Sheri Del Core and Dan; great-grandchildren, Corynn and Paige Del Core. Memorial service 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Elks Club. Scattering of ashes at a later date. No flowers. Aloha attire. Memorial service 10:30 a.m. July 7 at the Elks Lodge, Kalakaua Ave. Scattering of ashes at a later date. No flowers. Aloha attire. Memorial donations to Shriner's Hospital for Children or to major Elks projects. Arrangements by Ultimate Cremation Services of Hawai'i.
VIONA HANSEN WHITLOW, 98, of Honolulu, died June 17, 2001. Born in Wisconsin. Widow of Edwin Whitlow, founder of Honolulu Business Collage. Survived by grandnephew, Thomas Martin; niece, Ardella Ebersold; sister-in-law, Louise. Graveside service 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Oahu Cemetery. Casual attire. Arrangements by Borthwick Mortuary.
