Posted on: Friday, March 18, 2005

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.

ROSE "SEE MOI" LAU CARBONEL, 91, of Honolulu, died March 3, 2005. Born in Mokule'ia. Retired Sheraton Hotel waitress. Survived by sons, Fred, Ernest and Harold Silva, and Gary Baltazar; daughter, Anita Perreira; 18 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; brother, Richard Lau; sisters, Grace Mokulehua, Violet Young and Linda Daima. Private service held. Arrangements by Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary.

STELLA ANN CHAN, 85, of Honolulu, died March 9, 2005. Born in Honolulu. Survived by son, Stewart; daughter, Corinne; two grandchildren; brother, Clifford Young. Service pending. Arrangements by Nuuanu Memorial Park & Mortuary.

SUZAN "SANA" ESPERAS-MASON, 57, of Apopka, Fla., died Feb. 18, 2005. Born in Honolulu. Formerly employed by SIDA Taxi; and a beautician at J.C. Penney. Survived by husband, John; brothers, Herschel, John, Clifford, Kenneth and Sydney; sister, Corinne Laa. Visitation 5:30 p.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary Makai Chapel; service 6:30 p.m. No flowers. Casual attire.

ELIZABETH "PONI" J. FINN, 81, of Honolulu, died March 5, 2005. Born in Redding, Pa. Retired sales manager, Realtor associate and ballroom dance instructor. Private service. Arrangements by Ultimate Cremation Services of Hawai'i.

OLGA J. HODDER, 88, of Honolulu, died Dec. 15, 2004. Born in New York City. Service held in San Diego, Calif. Arrangements by Moanalua Mortuary.

TAKESHI "TAKE" IWAMOTO, 78, of Honolulu, died March 15, 2005. Born in Lahaina, Maui. Retired vice president of Central Pacific Bank; Korean War veteran. Survived by wife, Florence; son, Michael; daughters, Valerie Lum and Lisa Anne Matsumoto; four grandchildren; brothers, Shigeo and Stanley; sisters, Yumiko Nishimoto, Toshie Haraga, Mitsue Yamamoto, Toyoko Nishiki, Jean Sakai and Irene Ushiro. Service 4 p.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Inurnment service 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. No flowers. Casual attire.

YOKI KOIZUMI, 110, of Honolulu, died March 8, 2005. Born in Niigata-Ken, Japan. A homemaker. Survived by sons, Waichiro, Thomas and Edward; daughters, Grace Koizumi and Doris Kodama; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; 12 great--great-grandchildren. Private service held. No flowers. No koden (monetary gifts). Arrangements by Hosoi Garden Mortuary.

YEIKO MATSUURA, 73, of Honolulu, died March 6, 2005. Born in Kekaha, Kaua'i. Retired from Design Build. Survived by son, Gary; brother, Sus Nakamura; sister, Yaeko Hara; three grandchildren. Private service held. Arrangements by Diamond Head Mortuary.

ROBERT CLINE MEASEL SR., 80, of Honolulu, died March 10, 2005. Born in Danville, Ky. Retired U.S. Air Force military and civil engineer. Survived by wife, Betty; son, Robert Jr.; two grandchildren. Service 1 p.m. Tuesday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. No flowers. Donations to the Disabled American Veterans Association. Arrangements by Ultimate Cremation Services of Hawai'i.

SARAH PAIVA, 84, of Hilo, Hawai'i, died March 17, 2005. Born in Papa'ikou, Hawai'i. A homemaker. Survived by son, James Jr.; daughters, Mary Ponggan, Barbara Bondallian and Linda; brother, George Pereira; sister, Beatrice Kahookele; 17 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren. Visitation 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Dodo Mortuary, Hilo; service 7:30 p.m. Visitation also 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at the mortuary; service 10 a.m.; burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

DANIEL KANIELA PALAMA JR., 64, of Makakilo, died Feb. 19, 2005. Born in Makaweli, Kaua'i. Retired U.S. Army sergeant. Survived by companion, Laverne Catao; daughters, Kristl Kansana and Esther; five grandchildren; brother, Stanley; sisters, Linda Founatian and Charlotte "Tootsie." Scattering of ashes has been changed to noon Sunday at Queen's Surf Beach. Arrangements by Nuuanu Memorial Park & Mortuary.

VONIA LILO PATAUA, 43, of Wai'anae, died March 11, 2005. Born in Poloa, American Samoa. Survived by wife, Ember; sisters, Mile Tuiolemotu, Aliialofa Fa'atamala and Ainoama Fa'amasino, Simoemoe Jennings, Saini Ale, Nomeneta Lilo and Seleisa Ati; brothers Itai Lilo, Kalauna Pataua, Alatina Sula and Itai Lilo; father, Pataua Lilo. Visitation from 1 p.m. Sunday at Samoa-Tokelau Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1128 Banyan St.; service 2 p.m.; cremation to follow. Arrangements by Moanalua Mortuary.

SADAKO SADOYAMA, 91, of Kane'ohe, died March 10, 2005. Born in Laupahoehoe, Hawai'i. A homemaker. Survived by sons, Kenneth, Edward, Norman and Steven "Elena"; daughters, Mae Kinoshita, Janet Henriques, Jean Akai, Aimie Kamimura and Linda Atagi; 27 grandchildren; 47 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren. Visitation 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary; service 6:30 p.m. Burial 10 a.m. Wednesday at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park.

MARIAN ALYCE SWINGLE, 67, of Kaunakakai, Moloka'i, died March 14, 2005. Born in Schenectady, N.Y. Professor of psychiatric nursing. Survived by sisters, Ellen Swingle Haynes and Artice Swingle. Service at the Swingle gravesite at the Mountain View Cemetery, Ashland, Ore. at a later date. Arrangements by Ultimate Cremation Services of Hawai'i.

KIMIYE TADA, 82, of Honolulu, died March 14, 2005. Born in Kapa'a, Kaua'i. Retired registered nurse. Survived by husband, Daniel; daughter, Amy Mueller; two grandchildren; sisters, Harriet Nakamoto and Namiko Hatton. Service noon Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. No flowers. Casual attire.

NELLIE FUMIE TAM, 53, of Honolulu, died March 14, 2005. Born in Honolulu. A library technician retired from The Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Survived by husband, Vernon; daughter, Melissa; father, Mack Sakai; mother, Barbara Sakai; sisters, Sandra Goo and Dorothy Morioka. Visitation 5 p.m. Wednesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. No flowers. Casual attire.

FELOMENA FAYE NERI TODD, 60, of Las Vegas, died March 3, 2005. Born in Waipahu. Formerly employed with American Savings Bank and Security Diamond. Survived by husband, Bruce; daughter, Veronica Salley; sisters, Laraine Neri Olivares and Candie Neri Springer. Service 2 p.m. tomorrow at Palm Mortuary Summerlin, 7400 W. Cheyenne, Las Vegas, Nev. No flowers.

LUCILLE EVELYN AKANA WILSON, 89, of Hilo, Hawai'i, died March 15, 2005. Born in Green County, Tenn. Retired sale clerk at Kress Store in Hilo. Survived by husband, Roy; son, Louis Akana Jr.; daughters, Loretta Akana Sturla and Martha Robertson; brother, Norris Reaves; grandchild. Service in Hilo pending. Arrangements by Ultimate Cremation Services of Hawai'i.