Obituaries
MILDRED "PATTY" AH YO, 89, of Honomu, Hawai'i, died June 14, 2008. Born in Hakalau, Hawai'i. A housewife. Survived by daughter, Gabriela Kelley; sons, Nicholas and Casimir; sister, Violet Osborn. Visitation 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at Dodo Mortuary Chapel, Hilo, Hawai'i; service 6 p.m. Visitation also 9 to 10 a.m. Thursday at Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Honomu; Mass 10:30 a.m.; burial to follow at East Hawai'i Veterans Cemetery No. 2. No flowers. Aloha attire.
KENNETH A .T CHOW, 79, of Kapa'a, Kaua'i, died June 24, 2008. Born in Hawai'i. Retired Garden Island newspaper printer. Survived by wife, Martha Huddy Chow; daughters Lyndelle Makani and Darelen Thronas; sons, Ken, Clayton and Michael; 11 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; brothers, Aki and Raymond; sisters, Dorothy Huddy and Gladys Davis. Visitation 9 to 10:45 a.m. July 4 at Kapa'a First Hawaiian Church; service 11 a.m.; burial to follow at Lihu'e Cemetery. Casual attire. Arrangements by Borthwick/Kaua'i Mortuary.
CHARLES MEYER CUMMINS, 77, of Kaneohe, died June 19, 2008. Born in Honolulu. Retired Honolulu Fire Department captain, Kahalu'u station. Survived by sister, Jane; brother, Brickwood; nieces and nephews. Visitation 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Ann Church, Kanecohe; Mass 11 a.m.; burial 12:45 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Arrangements by Diamond Head Mortuary.
HATSUMI "HELEN" K. HOOTA, 87, of Honolulu, died June 18, 2008. Born in Wahiawa. Retired owner of Kalakaua Flower and Lei Shop. Survived by sons, Russell and David; four grandchildren; a great-grandchild; brother, Roy Kunihisa; sisters, Betty Obayashi and Jane Kubo. Private service held. Arrangements by Hosoi Garden Mortuary.
KATSU ISHIHIRO, 93, of Honolulu, died June 17, 2008. Born in Lahaina, Maui. Survived by wife, Mitsuko; son, Lance; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; sister, Sumako Kokubun. Private service held. Arrangements by Hosoi Garden Mortuary.
RUBY TERUKO IZUKA, 83, of Honolulu, died May 13, 2008. Born in Honolulu. Retired Honolulu Medical Group medical records clerk. Survived by son, Dean; daughter, Colleen Shimizu; sisters, Florence Nozawa and Dolores Lott; four grandchildren. Private service held. Arrangements by Nu'uanu Memorial Park & Mortuary.
PETER "UNCLE PETE" POMAIKA'I KAHA'I, 61, of 'Aiea, died June 11, 2008. Born in Honolulu. Longtime Pearl City High School security staff member. Survived by wife, Cherylann; children, Donald, Kawika and Lokelani; stepchildren, Keoni, Stacey and Shalyn Danahey; brothers, Augustine, Joseph, Abraham, Eugene and Roland Kaha'i, and Tex Flores; sister, Lavern Rhody; four grandchildren; 13 stepgrandchildren; hanai parents, Edward and Helen White; hanai sons, BJ Beach and Harrison Kaeo; hanai brothers, Edward, Matthew, Miles, Sanford, Nuwellen and Sheldon White, and Keoki Tagudin; hanai sisters, Ashlene Arneho, and Scarlet and Charlotte White. Visitation 5 to 9 p.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary Mauka Chapel; service 6:30 p.m. Scattering of ashes 10 a.m. July 5 at One'ula Beach Park, 'Ewa Beach (Hau Bush). Casual attire.
IDA "LANI" MAKAULA KALUNA McCLINTOCK KING, 76, of Waipahu, died June 20, 2008. Born on Maui. Moana Hotel, other Waikiki hotels, and Nanakuli Nakatani Restaurant, receptionist, Survived by son, Christopher Kaluna; daughter, Michelle Wilhelm; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild. Visitation 5 p.m. Tuesday at Sacred Hearts Church, Wai'anae; Mass 6:30 p.m. Scattering of ashes 11 a.m. Thursday at Zablan Beach, Nanakuli. Arrangements by Ultimate Cremation Services of Hawai'i.
ALFRED AUSTIN LASITER, 88, of Branson, Mo., and Honolulu, died April 16, 2008. Retired Tupperware Aloha Party sales distributor; U.S. Navy veteran; charter member of Honolulu Country Club. Survived by wife, Evelyn; son, A. Alan; daughter, Glenda Brooks; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren. Mainland service held. Hawai'i visitation 4 p.m. July 6 at Honolulu Country Club; celebration of life 5 p.m. No flowers. Arrangements by Greenlawn Funeral Home, Branson.
PETRA GUISADIO LENDIO, 89, of Waialua, died June 11, 2008. Born in Alegria, Cebu City, Philippines. Retired Dole Co. laborer. Survived by brother, Jesus; sister, Eustaquia; cousin, Pete. Visitation 9 a.m. Monday at St. Michael Church; eulogy 10:30 a.m.; Mass 11 a.m.; burial 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. Arrangements by Mililani Mortuary.
AILEEN SUMIYE MEZURASHI, 83, of Honolulu, died June 10, 2008. Born in Honolulu. Retired Island Insurance Co. claims adjuster. Survived by sons, Dan and Wayne; five grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; sisters, Kay Nakayama and Mildred Sakata. Private service held. No koden (monetary gifts). Arrangements by Hosoi Garden Mortuary.
AYANO MIYAKE, 94, of San Jose, Calif., formerly of Hawai'i, died June 9, 2008. Born in Honolulu. A garment presser. Survived by daughter, Jean Weaver; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild. Graveside service 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park. Arrangements by California Cremation Society, Santa Clara, Calif.
HAROLD JACKSON MOORE, 83, of Kihei, Maui, died June 14, 2008. Born in Colorado Springs, Colo. Retired mechanic. Survived by wife, Avalon. Scattering of ashes by Kihei Canoe Club. Arrangements by Nakamura Mortuary, Maui.
EVELYN ELEANOR ALMEIDA PARESA, 88, of St. Louis Heights, died June 12, 2008. Born in Honolulu. A homemaker. Survived by daughters, Laverne Griswold, Patricia Gallagher and Dianne Pereira; sons, Thomas Sr. and Stephen; 17 grandchildren; 46 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild. Visitation 10 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Diamond Head Mortuary; service 11:30 a.m.; burial 12:45 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Arrangements by Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary.
GRACE HISANO SHIMAMOTO, 89, of Hale'iwa, died June 12, 2008. Born in Waipahu. Retired from Hale'iwa IGA Supermarket. Survived by sons, Franklin, Gene and Wayne; four grandchildren; one great-grandchild; sisters, Mildred Taniguchi and Paulene Anzai. Private service held. No koden (monetary gift).
LOIS B.J. SHONK SAUNDERS, 83, of Wahiawa, died June 23, 2008. Born in Honolulu. A homemaker. Survived by son, Alby; daughters, Sheila, Glena, Paula Conteras and Lydia DeBay; sister, Gladys Frazier; 13 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren. Visitation noon Monday at O'ahu Cemetery chapel; service 1 p.m.; cremation to follow. Aloha attire. Arrangements by Ultimate Cremation Services of Hawai'i.
RALPH ZENSHO SHIMABUKU, 81, of Honolulu, died May 30, 2008. Born in Kailua. Retired state Health Department fiscal officer; U.S. Air Force veteran, European theater. Survived by wife, Loretta; daughter, Susan Nakahara; four grandchildren; brothers, Edwin and Stanley; sisters, Kathleen Fukumoto, Maryann Nakata and June Sato. Private service held. No flowers. Donations to St. Francis Hospice Facility, 24 Pu'iwa Road, Honolulu, HI 96817. Arrangements by Hosoi Garden Mortuary.
DONALD WAYNE STEVENS, 53, of Kailua, Kona, Hawai'i, died June 23, 2008. Born in Hobbs, N.M. Landscape designer. Survived by wife, Teresa; son, James; daughters, Amber Stevens and Sabrina Costello; brothers, John and Ron; sisters, Jan Peterson and Nan Cain; one grandchild. Service 6 p.m. today at Keauhou Bay Beach Park. Burial in Odessa, Texas. Arrangements by A Hui Hou Crematory & Funeral Home of West Hawai'i.
FLOYD CADWELL "PEEWEE" THOMAS, 60, of Waimanalo, died June 16, 2008. Born in Honolulu. A disabled U.S. Army veteran. Survived by son, Floyd Thomas Liftee; brothers, Frank and Bobby; sisters, Jackie Benson, Dawn Brown, Flossie Fernandes and Janet Young; grandchildren, Kameron, Kaden and Kayler Thomas Liftee. Viewing 4 to 5 p.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary.
DYONISCIO "TING" TINGCANG, 80, of Waipahu, died June 18, 2008. Born in Hilo, Hawai'i. Retired U.S. Army SP-7. Survived by son, Thad; daughter, Donna Sottile; brothers, Steven and Marcial Tingkang; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Visitation 9 a.m. Tuesday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 'Ewa; Mass 10 a.m.; burial 1 p.m. at Schofield Barracks Post Cemetery. Casual attire. Arrangements by Leeward Funeral Home.
DR. PETER YEI WANG WONG, formerly of Honolulu, died June 19, 2008. Born in Honolulu. Former Hong Kong physician in private practice; radiology, nuclear medicine and emergency medicine specialist; physician and teacher at Beaumont Hospital, Michigan. Survived by five children; three grandchildren. Visitation 9 to 10 a.m. Tuesday at Borthwick Mortuary; service 10 a.m.; burial 11 a.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. No flowers. Hawaiian attire. Donations to Beaumont Foundation Fund, Radiology Department, 3711 W. 13 Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI. 248-551-5332.