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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Thursday, October 4, 2007

Obituaries

Advertiser Staff

RONALD DAVID BACOLINI, 59, of Napili, Lahaina, Maui, died Sept. 24, 2007. Born in San Francisco. Schoolteacher. Survived by daughter, Rose Anita; brother, Frederick. Private service. Arrangements by Borthwick Norman's Mortuary.

JON "BIG-JON" CLAYBOURNE COX-HISATAKE, 65, of Honolulu, died Sept. 26, 2007. Born in Los Angeles. Salesman. Survived by daughter, Leah Christina; sister, Carole Niemuth; grandchildren, Max and Scarlet Hisatake. Service noon to 4 p.m. Friday at Uncle Gil's, 1665 Ulueo St., Kailua. Aloha attire. Arrangements by Ultimate Cremation Services of Hawai'i.

GILBERT ELIAS, 91, of Honolulu, died Sept. 18, 2007. Born in Honolulu. Retired city worker. Survived by stepsons, Allan and Cordell Chun; sister, Helen Riis; four stepgrandchildren; one stepgreat-grandchild. Visitation 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at Diamond Head Mortuary; service 10 a.m.; burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.

ANTONIA ECITA ESPERON, 90, of Kailua, died Sept. 10, 2007. Born in the Philippines. Survived by sons, Eleuterio and Mario; daughters, Felisa, Aquilina Domingo, Sinforosa Villanueva, Lydia Igarta and Gertrude; 20 grandchildren. 32 great-grandchildren; one brother; four sisters. Private service held. Arrangements by Borthwick Mortuary.

BEATRICE H. K. FONG, 85, of Honolulu, died Sept. 29, 2007. Born in Honolulu. Survived by son, Stephen; sisters, Ellen Amoy and Gladys Rod; brothers, Herbert and Albert Amoy. Mass 11 a.m. Wednesday at Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa; burial 1 p.m. at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. No flowers. Casual attire. Arrangements by Borthwick Mortuary.

JONATHAN "SIR JON" ROSS HODKINSON, 56, of Kailua, Kona, Hawai'i, died Sept. 29, 2007. Born in Antrim, Northern Ireland. British Merchant Marines navigation officer for 17 years; Vietnam War veteran; retired stockbroker and real estate broker from Ventura, Calif.; past state president of Hawai'i State Navy League of the United States. Survived by wife, Bonnie; brother, Michael; sister, Clare Wason; hanai sons, James and Timothy James McPherson; hanai daughter, Lorraine Ann Mikels; hanai brother, John Bullock III; grandchildren; great-grandchildren. Service 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Hodkinson Hale. Call Angie at 936-2028 for information. Arrangements by A Hui Hou Crematory & Funeral Home of West Hawai'i.

CHARLES EKAIA KAMAI SR., 78, of Honolulu, died Sept. 25, 2007. Born in Honolulu. Retired Teamster 959 Anchorage, Alaska; retired transit department bus driver in Anchorage. Survived by wife, Charlene; sons, Keith Kamai, Adolph LaBatte, T.C. and Rome Kamai; daughters, Charlene Burthold, Roselie Weaver, Georgette Kealoha, Joy Pavia, Ruth Kamai, Mary Fern Urata and Cindy Fernandez; brothers, Joseph and Henry; sister, Lei; grandchildren; great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren. Private service held. Arrangements by Ultimate Cremation Services of Hawai'i.

CHARLES S. C. KIM, 77, of Honolulu, died Oct. 1, 2007. Born in Pu'unene, Maui. Honolulu Community College welding instructor; member of the University of Hawai'i Professional Assembly. Survived by daughter, Vivian Rabideau; son, Robin; 10 grandchildren; brother, James; sisters, Betty Shin, Ruth Chatham and Barbara. Visitation 5 to 6 p.m. Monday at Wai'alae Baptist Church; service 6 p.m. Committal service 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. No flowers. Aloha attire. Arrangements by Nuuanu Memorial Park & Mortuary.

GILBERT MASAYUKI KORENAGA, 82, of Honolulu, died Sept. 29, 2007. Born in Wai'anae. Veteran of World War II, Korean and Vietnam wars; retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel; U.S. Department of Agriculture loan administrator. Survived by wife, Masako; sons, Gilbert and Kendall; daughter, Cindy Honda; 10 grandchildren; brother, Tito; sisters, Joyce Matsumoto, Sally Tanaka and Edith Okimoto. Visitation 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary Mauka Chapel; service 5:30 p.m. Casual attire.

ROYDEN YOSHIMI KUBOTA, 62, of Ocean Springs, Miss., died May 6, 2007. Born in Pepe'ekeo, Hawai'i. Retired from the U.S. Air Force. Survived by mother, Hatsumi; sister, Frances Onishi; brother, Wilbert. Mississippi and Hawai'i services held; burial at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

ANTHONY LABRADOR JR., 60, of Honoka'a, Hawai'i, died Sept. 23, 2007. Born in Honoka'a. Retired property service manager for Mauna Kea Beach Hotel; U.S. Army Vietnam War veteran. Survived by wife, Diane; daughters, Kimberly and Toni Ann; brother, Gary; sisters, Ellen Matsumoto, Robin Hara, Darryl Phillips and Leora McMillan; three grandchildren. Service 11 a.m. Saturday at Honoka'a Hongwanji Mission. No flowers. Casual attire. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary, Hilo.

STEVEN T. LEALAMANUA, 38, of Kapolei, died Sept. 29, 2007. Born in Honolulu. Co-owner of J & S Express. Survived by wife, Nadine Lealamanua Perez; son, Jacob; daughter, Teia; mother, Judy Ann Southwell; father, Tuafno; brother, Michael; sister, Susan. Visitation 10 to 11 a.m. tomorrow at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kalama'ula; service: 11 a.m.; burial to follow at the Kanakaloloa Cemetery. Arrangements by Molokai Mortuary.

BEATRICE NAONE KALEOKAHULI NAHULU LOPEZ, 82, of 'Aiea, died Oct. 1, 2007. Born in Honolulu. Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard bookkeeper. Survived by son, Clarence Jr.; daughters, Theresa LaVon Yamabayashi and Sandy Davis; nine grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren. Visitation 9:30 a.m. tomorrow at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Newtown Ward, 'Aiea; service 10:30 a.m. Arrangements by Moanalua Mortuary.

MARY ELIZABETH MCDOWELL, 97, of Honolulu, died Sept. 30, 2007. Born in Iowa. Survived by sons, Robert and George; daughter, Carole Current; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; sister, Lucy Patterson. Private service held. Arrangements by Borthwick Mortuary.

LOUISE REGLA MOORE, 92, of Honolulu, formerly of California, died Sept. 27, 2007. Born in California. Survived by daughters, Jeanne and Bonnie. Visitation 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace; Mass noon; burial 1 p.m. Hawaiian Memorial Park. Arrangements by Borthwick Mortuary.

SHARON DENISE PENALUNA, 58, of Honolulu, died Oct. 2, 2007. Born in Goshen, N.Y. Honolulu Police Department dispatcher. Survived by son, John Michael Heffner; daughter, Kelly Ann Hynes; four grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; sisters, Melody Lee Lawnicki, Christine Norman, Cheryl Arlene Wettlin and Susan Leona Penaluna. Visitation 10 to 11 a.m. today at Nuuanu Memorial Park & Mortuary; service 11 a.m. Casual attire.

DACKY JAMES PUU, 54, of Huelo, Ha'iku, Maui, formerly of Kona, Hawai'i, died Sept. 28, 2007. Born in Honolulu. Bartender. Survived by father, Dacky Albert; mother, Geraldine Lum; daughters, Connie Puu Mann and Elizabeth Puu Randazzo; brother, Jeffery; sisters, Charlene Parker and DebraJean Wood; two grandchildren. Private service held. Arrangements by Borthwick Norman's Mortuary.

NORMAN ARTHUR RADEMACHER, 88, of Honolulu, died Sept. 21, 2007. Born in Guttenberg, Iowa. Retried U.S. Postal Service mail handler. Survived by son, Dennis. Visitation 10 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park Chapel; service 10:30 a.m.; emtombment to follow at the Valley of the Temples Memorial Park. Arrangements by Williams Funeral Services.

JASON "JAY" KARL RETIALO, 51, of 'Ewa Beach, died Sept. 15, 2007. Born in 'Ewa. O'ahu Sugar Plantation heavy equipment operator. Survived by daughters, Shandell Manuel and Cerene Kuia; mother, Amparo; sweetheart, Calandria; brothers, Rowland, Rodney and Alan; sister, Stephanie Alfonso; one grandson. Visitation 9:30 a.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary Mauka Chapel; service 11 a.m. Flowers welcome. Casual attire.

BENIE SUENOBU, 84, of Pearl City, died Sept. 22, 2007. Born in Kailua. Retired Bank of Tokyo secretary. Survived by son, Steven; brothers, Arthur, Lawrence and Frank Iyomasa; sisters, Marie Oshiro and Beatrice Jimbo; one grandson. Visitation 10 a.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary Makai Chapel; service 11 a.m. No flowers. Casual attire.

STANLEY YUJI YOKOYAMA, 90, of Honolulu, died Sept. 15, 2007. Born in Hanapepe, Kaua'i. Retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard mechanic. Survived by brother, Shoji; sister, Grace Morimoto; nephew, Leslie. Private service held. Arrangements by Hosoi Garden Mortuary.

MIEKO YOSHINAGA, 83, of Honolulu, died Oct. 1, 2007. Born in Wailuku, Maui. Homemaker. Survived by husband, Nadao; sons, Alvin, Leslie, Michael and Roger; daughters, Monica Haboush and Susan Ward; brother, Takeshi Oda; sisters, Yoshie Oda, Fusae Hiranaga and Aiko Tarumoto. Private service. Arrangements by Ultimate Cremation Services of Hawai'i.