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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Thursday, August 14, 2008

Obituaries

MARY K. BURKE, 79, of Kapolei, died July 26, 2008. Born in Honolulu. Retired Maluhia Hospital cook. Survived by sons, William and Buz Kaanoi, James and Raymond Burke; five grandchildren; nieces; nephews. Visitation 10 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary; service 11 a.m. No flowers. Casual attire. Arrangements by Mililani Mortuary.

G C DAVIS, 85, of Honolulu, died Aug. 10, 2008. Born in Knoxville, Tenn. Retired Kaiser Permanente Cement Co. district manager. Survived by wife, Connie; sons, Robert and Michael; daughter, Priscilla; stepson, Michael Thompson; stepdaughters, Susan Pearson and Kathleen Young; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Private service held. Arrangements by Borthwick Mortuary.

DARLENE IWALANI KAIMULOA, 52, of Honolulu, died Aug. 9, 2008. Born in Honolulu. A receptionist for the YMCA Atkinson. Survived by son, Chanson Kelekoma; mother, Gertrude; brothers, Clyde and Thomas; sister, Serena Gonzales. Service pending. Donations to the Hawai'i Cancer Society or St. Francis Hospice. Arrangements by Ultimate Cremation Services of Hawai'i.

SHISUE KURASAKI, 85, of Lihu'e, Kaua'i, died Aug. 12, 2008. Born on Kaua'i. Retired counter agent. Survived by sons, Gary and Steve; brothers, Isao and Miromu Suzawa; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild. Visitation 4 p.m. tomorrow at Lihu'e Hongwanji Mission; service 5 p.m. Casual attire. Arrangements by Borthwick Kaua'i Mortuary.

GEORGE ISAMU KUWAHARA, 81, of Honolulu, died Aug. 2, 2008. Born in Waialua. A marathon runner. Survived by wife, Teruko; daughter, Ann; sister, Utako Shimada. Private service held. Arrangements by Diamond Head Mortuary.

VERNON KING CHEONG LAU, 71, of Mililani, died July 25, 2008. Born in Kahuku. A supervisor for 15th Field Maintenance Squadron, Hickam Air Force Base. Survived by wife, Margaret; son, Brian; daughter, Lianne Mitsui; mother, Nina; brothers, Gerald and Leslie; grandchildren, Kristi and Keliana Mitsui and Griffin Lau; nieces; nephews. Visitation 9 a.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary Mauka Chapel; service 10:30 a.m. Casual attire.

YOSHIKO MATSUO, 86, of Honolulu, died Aug. 5, 2008. Born in Honomu, Hawai'i. A retired seamstress. Survived by brother, Raymond; sisters, Tokiko Kubota, Kiyoko and Noriko Nakafuji. Private service. No monetary gifts. Arrangements by Ultimate Cremation Services of Hawai'i.

HENRY KALAWELO MINER SR., 61, of Waialua, died Aug. 1, 2008. Born in Waialua. Survived by wife, Clara "Mamo"; sons, Ivan and Henry Jr.; daughters, Julia Homalon, Denice "Necce" Kuehu and Rainette "Ui" Miner-Vierra; brothers, Joe and Ben; sisters, Joyce Kauwalu, Judy Miram, Ala Almeida, Pauline Auelua-Sugimoto, Nona Miner and Nora Smith; six grandchildren; nieces; nephews. Visitation 10 a.m. Sunday at Ali'i Beach Park, Hale'iwa. Loose flowers and petals only. Arrangements by Mililani Mortuary.

GINGER SARAH LEIAWAPUHI BERNARD MONIZ, 71, of Hilo, Hawai'i, died Aug. 8, 2008. Born in Honolulu. A homemaker. Survived by husband, Anthony Sr.; daughters, Nina Bernard, Ginger Lorenzo, Kristy Kobashigawa, Alison Abadilla, Thenia "Lynn" Bautista, Norma Livermore, Sabrina Guyer and Luana Cox; sons, Anthony Jr., Kenneth, Neal and Patrick; brother, William Bernard; 37 grandchildren; 50 great-grandchildren. Visitation 8:30 to 10 a.m. Friday at Malia Puka O Kalani Catholic Church, Keaukaha; Mass 10 a.m.; cremation to follow. No flowers. Lei welcome, Aloha attire. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary, Hilo.

TOSHIO "TIMBER" NAKASHIMA, 90, of Honoka'a, Hawai'i, died Aug. 10, 2008. Born in Pa'auhau, Hawai'i. A retired insurance broker; proprietor of the former Timber Insurance Agency; member of the Hamakua Lions Club. Survived by sons, Earl, Kent, George and James; brothers, Clarence and Sumio; sister, Yotsue Taniguchi; hanai son, Mineo Honda; hanai daughter, Aiko Nakamura; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Visitation 1:30 to 2:45 p.m. Sunday at Dodo Mortuary Chapel, Hilo; Lions Club memorial service 2:45 p.m.; service 3 p.m. No flowers. Casual attire.

CHARLOTTE SADAKO NAKAMURA NAKASONE, 72, of Honolulu, died July 27, 2008. Born in Hanapepe, Kaua'i. A homemaker. Survived by husband, Yoshio "Rocky"; son, Karl; daughters, Renee Aquino and Holly Oili; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild; sisters, Doris Takatsuki, Jeannette Higa and Carole Nakano. Visitation 3 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary; service 4 p.m. No flowers. Casual attire.

AMY N. SUBIA, 57, of Waipahu, died July 30, 2008. Born in Honolulu. A retired city accounting clerk. Survived by husband, Irwin; mother, Betty Shishido; brothers, Alvin and Orrin Shishido; sister, Carol Shishido-Ogata; nieces; nephews. Visitation 5 p.m. Sundayat Mililani Mortuary Mauka Chapel; service 6:30 p.m. Burial 10 a.m. Monday at Mililani Memorial Park. Flowers welcome. Casual attire.

AYAME TSUNEZUMI, 89, of Hilo, Hawai'i, died Aug. 2, 2008. Born in Pepe'ekeo, Hawai'i. A retired barber and housemaid. Survived by husband, Masatoshi; sons, Edward, Francis, Arnold and Wallace; daughter, Vivian Terazono, brother, Tetsuo Miyaji; sisters, Ayako Yamane and Shimeno Ogawa; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren. Private service held. No koden (monetary gifts). No flowers. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary, Hilo.

HOWARD CHOW FAH ZEN, 65, of Kane'ohe, died July 24, 2008. Born in Honolulu. Retired state Department of Education janitor. Survived by sister-in-law, Peggy; nieces, Roz Kuvakos and Cheryl Birmingham; nephew, Russell. Visitation and Taoist service 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Borthwick Mortuary; burial 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.