Obituaries
Advertiser Staff
The Advertiser publishes obituaries about people of interest to its readers as a free public service. Obituaries may be submitted by mortuaries or, with proof of death, by individuals in writing. Fax 525-8037 or write to Obituaries Editor, The Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802. Include a contact name and phone number. We reserve the right to edit for form, style and newsworthiness. Date of publication cannot be guaranteed. To publish paid death notices, call the classified ads department at 521-9111.
AL ROWAN, Hawai'i's dominant high school track coach, died yesterday at the age of 76. See story.
ROBERT L. MULLER, retired president and chairman of Honolulu Construction & Draying Co, died Feb. 8 in Honolulu. He was 92. See story.
HAROLD KAOPUA AHUNA SR., 70, of Wai'anae, died Jan. 29, 2003. Born in Honolulu. Employed at Jack Endo Electric. Survived by sons, Harold Jr., August and Wally Ahuna, and Andrew Kalaukoa; daughter, Lorraine "Sweetie" Braithwaite; hanai parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wally Yee; brothers, Robinson "Blackie" and Harold; sisters, Adele Greenleaf, Gladys Welsh, Nani and Ellen Pahinui; eight grandchildren. Visitation 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary Mauka Chapel; service 7 p.m. Visitation also 9 a.m. Monday at the mortuary; service noon; burial 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Hawaiian attire.
MITSUKO AKAZAWA, 86, of Honolulu, died Feb. 2, 2003. Born in Waialua. Retired barber for First Hawaiian Barber Shop. Survived by daughter, Phyllis Nomura; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; sister, Nobue Nishimoto. Private service held. Arrangements by Hosoi Garden Mortuary.
MALIA ELIZABETH-KI'ILANI BAKUTIS, 29, of Wai'anae, and Hana, Maui, died Feb. 3, 2003. A University of Hawai'i at Manoa student. Survived by parents, Robert and Gail; sister, Ane; half sister, Helena Marie Bakutis-Kekaula; paternal grandfather, Fred; maternal grandmother, Martha Killebrew. Private scattering of ashes in Hana. Donations to Searider Video Productions, Wai'anae High School, 85-251 Farrington Highway, Wai'anae, HI 96792. Arrangements by Borthwick Mortuary.
PEDRO NONO CACALDA SR., 86, of Wai'anae, died Feb. 3, 2003. Born in Nagbukel, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. Retired from Department of Education. Survived by wife, Leonora; sons, Vicente and Pedro Jr.; daughters, Myrna Gutfreund, Norma Hara and Arlene Mendoza; 12 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; great-great-grandchild. Visitation 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary Mauka Chapel; service 7 p.m. Mass 9:45 a.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Church; burial 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.
ARTHUR LEWIS CAMARA, 84, of Honolulu, died Feb. 9, 2003. Born in Ho-nolulu. First Hawai'i resident to be drafted by National Football League, but was drafted by U.S. Army within the same week and never played professional football; recipient of Purple Heart as survivor of the World War II Burma march. Survived by sons, Curtis, Dwayne Enos and Keith Enos; daughters, Mary Ann Whitman-Mansfield and Patricia McDonald; brother, Edward; 13 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. Service 9:30 a.m. tomorrow at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Arrangements by Mililani Downtown Mortuary.
KYONG SOON CHUNG, 82, of Honolulu, died Feb. 7, 2003. Born in South Korea. Survived by sons, Steven and Kyu "Q" Chung; daughters, Myong Lee, Myung Chung and Christin Cho; seven grandchildren; a great-grandchild. Visitation 3 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary; service 4 p.m. Burial 10 a.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.
ROSALINA DUARTE, 87, of Kalaheo, Kaua'i, died Feb. 10, 2003. Born in Puhi, Kaua'i. A homemaker. Survived by sons, Donald and Skippy; 10 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Gloria Perreira, Julie Ferreira and Emily Lopez. Visitation noon Saturday at Holy Cross Catholic Church; service 1 p.m.; burial to follow at Hanapepe Public Cemetery. Casual attire. Arrangements by Garden Island Mortuary.
EVAN NALIKO ENGLISH, 72, of Ho'olehua, Moloka'i, died Feb. 8, 2003. Born in Ho'olehua. Survived by husband, George "Sonny"; sons, George and Clayton; daughter, Melody Alcon; sisters, Alice Chun, Katherine Lau, Mokihana Alama, Anna Bishaw, Naomi Wilkinson, Poli Machado and Leialoha Ganon; 28 grandchildren; 46 great-grandchildren. Visitation 8 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kalama'ula, Moloka'i; service 11 a.m.; burial to follow in Kanakaloloa Cemetery, Ho'olehua. Arrangements by Molokai Mortuary.
ELIZABETH PAIVA FERNANDEZ, 77, of Honolulu, died Feb. 1, 2003. Born in Honolulu. Survived by son, Nelson Pasatiempo; daughters, Helen Lamoya and Bernadette Gray; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Visitation 6 p.m. Monday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary; service 7:30 p.m. Visitation also 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the mortuary; service 12:15 p.m.; burial 1 p.m at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. No flowers Aloha attire.
MICHAEL JOSEPH FREITAS, 66, of Wai'anae, died Feb. 2, 2003. Born in Pu'unene, Maui. Retired from Aloha Airlines. Survived by wife, Lani Varde; sons, Michael and Edward; brothers, Joseph and Andrew; sister, Patricia Wong; granddaughter, Brittney; stepchildren, Carol Merez, Lee Schierburg, Val Varde, James Varde, Walter Varde, Estelle Mullen and David Varde. Visitation 8:30 to 10 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Wahiawa; Mass 10 a.m.; inurnment 1 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. No flowers. Aloha attire. Arrangements by Mililani Mortuary.
EDITH MAE PUANANI HERNANDEZ, 55, of Kihei, Maui, died Feb. 6, 2003. Born on Lana'i. A postal clerk at the Kihei Post Office for 25 years. Survived by husband, Leonard; father, William Tolentino; daughters, Danyal Correia, Tammy-Lynn Manuel, Lena Boyce and Marisa; son, Daniel; brothers, Charlie, Ernest "Chili" and John Kim; sisters, Rose Alcomindras, Alice Tracey and Shirley "Momi" Tolentino; two grandchildren. Visitation 6 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at Ballard Family Mortuary; service 7 p.m. Visitation also 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary; service 11 a.m.; burial to follow at Maui Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire.
KEUN SUNG HONG, 80, of Honolulu, died Feb. 6, 2003. Born in Su Heung Kun, Hwan Hae Do, North Korea. Retired engineer for Korean Electric Company. Survived by daughters, Kyong Ae Yi, Kyong Sook Tidey, In Soon Jamiee Yokota, Kristie In Sook Ling and Grace Hungsop MacMaster; 12 grandchildren. Visitation 10 to 11 a.m Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary; service 11 a.m.; burial 2 p.m at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.
RURIKO KARIMOTO, 89, of Honolulu, died Feb. 5, 2003. Born on Kaua'i. A housewife. Survived by sons, Herbert and James; daughters, Elsie Kawakami and Shirley Willis; 13 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren. Service 6 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire.
WAICHI KUNIMITSU, 83, of Kahului, Maui, died Feb. 4, 2003. Born in Pa'ia, Maui. Retired accountant. Survived by sons, Lee and Mark; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Visitation 3:30 p.m. tomorrow at Makawao Hongwanji Mission; service 4:30 p.m. No flowers. Arrangements by Nakamura Mortuary.
SAMISONI MAAFU LAMA, 48, of Kahului, Maui, died Feb. 10, 2003. Born in Mataliku, Tonga Tapu. Member of Assembly of God, Life Center. Survived by wife, Lolinita; sons, Sekonaia Vainikolo, Elaiuti, Samisoni Jr. and Niuafe; daughter, Ilisapeti; brothers, Ilaiuti and Vaoahi; sisters, Kafoatu Molitika, Lavinia, Luana Ofa and Huufi Paasi; half sisters, Tonga Filimoehala and Halamehi Amanoni; half brother, Lesisita Malaefoou. Visitation 6 p.m. tomorrow at Assembly of God, Life Center; service 7 p.m. Visitation also 6:30 a.m. Saturday at the center; service 7:30 a.m.; burial 9 a.m. at Maui Memorial Park. Arrangements by Nakamura Mortuary, Maui.
DARRYL SHAWN HOKULANI LESLIE, 42, of Honolulu, died Feb. 10, 2003. A bookkeeper, and member of Na Hoaloha O Ka Roselani No'eau. Survived by father, Herbert Jr.; brothers, Wayne, Bryan "Kalani," and Michael; sister, Patricia "P.D." Kaniho; companion, Phil Richards. Gathering over ashes 10 a.m. Tuesday at 1230 Ku'una St., Kailua. No flowers. Arrangements by Woolsey-Hosoi Mortuary Services.
DONALD CHEW WO LUM, 69, of Honolulu, died Feb. 10, 2003. Born in Honolulu. Former Mac's Market manager. Survived by wife, Verna; son, Darryl; daughters, Vernette Munthe, Donelle Oda and Vernessa; brothers, Edmund and Wilfred; four grandsons. Visitation 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Wednesday at Diamond Head Mortuary; service 12:15 p.m.; inurnment to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. No flowers. Casual attire.
DENNIS "DENNY" "YASU" YASUJI MATSUDA, 75, of Wahiawa, died Feb. 7, 2003. Born in Honolulu. Retired general foreman for Hawaiian Dredging. Survived by wife, Evelyn; son, Wade; daughter, Denise Haruki; four grandchildren; brothers, Steven, Richard and William; sister, Violet Yoneshige. Visitation 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary Makai Chapel; service 6:30 p.m. No flowers. Casual attire.
JANICE BENGTILA MORTON, 63, of Colorado, formerly of Kailua, O'ahu, and Waikoloa, Hawai'i, died Feb. 10, 2003. Survived by husband, Eugene; daughter, Ann Hall; son, Gerald; eight grandchildren; brother, Donald Leethem. Service tomorrow in Littleton, Colo.; burial in Littleton Cemetery. Arrangements by Horan & McConaty Funeral Service, Wadsworth Family Chapel.
ROMAN R. NACAPOY, 96, of Honolulu, died Feb. 10, 2003. Born in Bo, 18, Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. Retired HC&D, Ready Mix Department, utilityman. survived by wife, Alfonsa; sons, Amancio and Greg; five grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; sister, Catalina Vea. Visitation 6 p.m. Wednesday at Borthwick Mortuary; service 7 p.m. Visitation also 9:30 a.m. next Thursday at St. John the Baptist Church, Kalihi; Mass 11 a.m.; burial 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.
KATSUYO OEKAWA, 99, of Kealakekua, Kona, Hawai'i, died Jan. 23, 2003, Born in Honaunau, Kona, Hawai'i. Retired seamstress. Retired Honaunau Post Office postmaster. Survived by son, Hiroshi; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren. Private service held. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary, Kona.
CHOM IM PAK, 76, of Honolulu, died Feb. 9, 2003. Survived by husband, Francis; sons, Glen and Roy Kim; daughter, Hea Sook Kim; stepson, Gary; four grandchildren; sisters, Diane Kim and Bonnie Walker. Visitation 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary; service 11:30 a.m.; inurnment 2 p.m at Nuuanu Memorial Park. No flowers. Casual attire.
MILES WYMAN RICHARDSON, 76, of Honolulu, died Feb. 7, 2003. Born in Massachusetts. Pacific manager of International Paper Company. Survived by wife, Maxine; daughter, Cynthia Cohen; sisters, Marjorie Carleton and Marilyn Olsson. Private service. Arrangements by Diamond Head Mortuary.
DENICHI "JOE" SATO, 85, of Honolulu, died Feb. 3, 2003. Born in Ho-nolulu. Retired federal engineering technician for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Fort Shafter. Survived by wife, Jane; daughter, Suzanne; two grandchildren; brothers, Jitsuo and Goichi; a sister in Japan. Private service held. No monetary gifts or flowers. Arrangements by Hosoi Garden Mortuary.
LEONE JANINE SIMONE SIAROT, 72, of Wai'anae, died Feb. 4, 2003. Born in Fountianbleu, France. Employee of Food Frame Snack Bar at Barbers Point. Survived by son, John; daughter, Marie; granddaughter, Noel; brother, Andre Bondini; sisters, Ginette Cochrine, Lydie Richard, Nicole Didio and Marie Lilly. Service 2 p.m today at Sacred Heart Church, Wai'anae; scattering of ashes to follow at Poka'i Bay Beach Park. Arrangements by Moanalua Mortuary.
THOMAS SILVA SR., 67, of Hanapepe, Kaua'i, died Feb. 5, 2003. Born on Kaua'i. Heavy equipment operator. Survived by daughter, Brenda Morando; sons, Thomas Jr., Antonio, Edward and John; sisters, Helen Obrero and Loretta Krueger; five grandchildren. Service 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Old Koloa Church. No flowers. Aloha attire. Arrangements by Borthwick Kaua'i Mortuary.
CLEO LEE THOMPSON, 74, of Pahoa, Hawai'i, died Feb. 8, 2003. Born in Tokyo, Texas. A butcher. U.S. Marine Corps Korean War veteran. Survived by son, Jack; a grandson. Private service held. Arrangements by Homelani Memorial Park & Crematory.
JENNIFER SUEKO THORNTON, 48, of Honolulu, died Feb. 6, 2003. Born in Honolulu. Waiolani Judd Nazarene School teacher. Survived by mother, Doris; brothers, Skip, Rodney and David. Visitation 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Monday at New Hope Christian Fellowship; service 1:30 p.m. No flowers. Aloha attire. Arrangements by Hosoi Garden Mortuary.
