Obituaries
MARTA RAMOS AGCAOILI, 88, of 'Aiea, died Feb. 28, 2009. Born in Santa Maria, Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. Survived by daughters, Virginia Abad, Estelita Cabanera and Chita Dadiz; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; sisters, Leona and Marina Palting, Esperanza Felix and Pauline. Visitation 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary Mauka Chapel; service 6:30 p.m. Visitation also 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. John The Baptist Church; Mass 9:30 a.m.; burial 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Flowers welcome. Casual attire.
CHRISTINE OLIVIA AWA, 54, of 'Ewa Beach, died March 13, 2009. Born in Wahiawa. Survived by sons, John Das-Awa, John IV and Joshua; daughter, Jayla-Cheri; 10 grandchildren; brothers, Larry, Arnold, Leonard and Bernard Gorgonio; sister, Angeline Canoy. Visitation 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church; Mass 11 a.m. Casual attire. Arrangements by Mililani Mortuary.
SEVERO FORONDA CERIA, 98, of Wahiawa, died March 4, 2009. Born in Magsingal, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. Retired Del Monte Corp. heavy-equipment operator. Survived by wife, Margarita; daughter, Madeline Omnes; son, Dean; sister, Maria Utrela. Visitation 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Our Lady of Sorrows Church; Mass 11 a.m.; burial 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Flowers welcome. Casual attire. Arrangements by Mililani Mortuary.
GEORGE KAHOLOKAI CHANG, 91, of Honolulu, died March 9, 2009. Born in Honolulu. City bus driver with Honolulu Rapid Transit; tour bus driver with Grayline Tours. Survived by daughters, Daphne Lowe and Cecilia; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Private service held. Arrangements by Mililani Downtown Mortuary.
CHESTER FOONEY CHOW, 81, of Honolulu, died March 6, 2009. Born in Hilo, Hawai'i. Survived by brothers, Gary and Matthew. Visitation 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary; service 11 a.m. No flowers. Casual attire.
MARSHALL KEOLA CHUN, 57, of Kailua, died March 10, 2009. Born in Hilo, Hawai'i. Hotel worker. Survived by mother, Mary Mock-Chun; sister, Andrea Kualapai; nephew, Peter Kualapai; niece, Anakalia Duncan. Visitation 9 a.m. Thursday at Hope Chapel, Kane'ohe Bay, 45-815 Po'okela St.; service 10 a.m. Arrangements by Moanalua Mortuary.
BETTY JOLENE DOUGHERTY aka Betty Jolene Honek, 81, of Landers, Calif., formerly of Honolulu, died Jan. 16, 2009. Born in Tulsa, Okla. Actively involved in the community. Survived by sister, Barbara Woods; daughter, Sharon Burris; sons, James and Mellow Honek; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Memorial and scattering of ashes 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at the Elks Lodge. Lei welcome. Aloha attire. RSVP with Natane Vizcarra: 808-457-9882.
HENRY MITCHELL EMERICK JR., 66, of Honolulu, died March 14, 2009. Born in Philadelphia. Retired civil engineer. Survived by brother, Charles. Private service held. Arrangements by Ultimate Cremation Services of Hawai'i.
LESLIE YAU TIM GOO, 70, of Waikoloa, Hawai'i, died March 14, 2009. Born in Honolulu. Retired GTE Hawaiian Telephone Co. switchman; Vietnam War U.S. Navy veteran. Survived by daughter, Melynnie Leavey; sisters, Loretta Kishi and Sandra Moritsugu; two grandchildren; nieces. Service 9 a.m. Tuesday at West Hawai'i Veterans Cemetery. Information: 808-896-8538 (Matty Keith). No flowers. Arrangements by Cremation Services of West Hawai'i, Kailua, Kona.
GEORGE TADASHI HARADA, 87, of Honolulu, died March 13, 2009. Born in Hiroshima, Japan. Retired self-employed bookkeeper. Survived by wife, Margaret; sons, Ronnie and Don; three grandchildren; brother, William; sisters, Hannah Okamoto, Jane Hayama and Helen Ezaki. Private service held. Arrangements by Hosoi Garden Mortuary.
RICHARD SEI INAMINE, 90, of Pearl City, died March 3, 2009. Born in North Kohala, Hawai'i. Retired electrician for the Department of Navy, Pearl Harbor. Survived by son, Richard; daughters, Margaret and Carole; two grandchildren; sisters, Doris Higa, Betty Higa, Kay Nakata and Sue Nagao. Private service held. Arrangements by Hosoi Garden Mortuary.
R. PATRICK JARESS, 66, of Kamuki, died Jan. 30, 2009. Born in Detroit. Trial attorney; deputy attorney general who handled high-profile matters such as the state gasoline rationing program in the mid-1970s, and the state investigation into the campaign financing activities of Honolulu Mayor Frank Fasi. Survived by wife, Linda-Mei; children, David, Katherine, Brian, Kevin and Lisa; six grandchildren; two brothers. Service 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the First Unitarian Church. Arrangements by Williams Funeral Services.
PEGGY LEE BISHOP KIEN, 62, of Manoa, died March 15, 2009. Born in San Diego. Home renovator, haku lei maker and artist. Survived by husband, F. Michael; sister, Norma Bishop-Walker; son, Aaron Brown; daughter, Kira Bishop-McCarty; grandson, Andrew Smrecek. Service 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Casual attire. Donations to the American Cancer Society. Arrangements by Moanalua Mortuary.
FELICIDAD "PHYLLIS" LAMPITOC LEONARD , 82, of Kane'ohe, died Feb. 18, 2009. Born in Hu'ki'po, Kaua'i. Retired Hawaiian Tel operator. Survived by sons, Dominic, William Jr, James and Patrick; daughters, Cathie Pang, Mary Leonard Rustin and Natasha Reece; brothers, Mariano Lampitoc and Melvin Soriano; sisters, Josephine Alvarez, Diana Sasan, Lolita Toves, Rosalina Agni and Arsenia Schroeder; eight grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Visitation 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Ann's Catholic Church; eulogies 10 a.m.; Mass 10:30 a.m.; committal service 2 p.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. No flowers. Casual attire. Arrangements by Mililani Downtown Mortuary.
LANI LEE PARKER LUMIBAO, 95, of Fremont, Calif., died March 4, 2009. Born in Waipahu. Former Hawaiian Airlines employee. Survived by husband, Rogelio (Roger); sons, Noah Parker, Rogelio Jr. (Roger) and Dean; daughters, Leilani Camara and Jayne McCrary; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; brothers Arthur, Hang (Wallace) and Kwai Lee; sister, York See (Koon Chee). California service held. Service also 5 p.m. next Saturday at the Mariners Cove Bay Club, 800 Lunalilo Home Road, Hawai'i Kai. Casual attire. No flowers. Arrangements by Chapel of The Roses, Fremont.
FLORA REIKO MASUMOTOYA, 85, of Honolulu, died March 6, 2009. Born in Honolulu. Retired Leahi Hospital admissions clerk. Survived by sisters, Jean Emura and Kay Ono; nephew; niece; grandnephew; grandniece. Private service held. Arrangements by Hosoi Garden Mortuary.
CLIFFORD S. NIINO, 72, of Henderson, Nev., died March 15, 2009. Born in Honolulu. Retired electrician. Survived by wife, Adelina; daughters, Denise Ke'poo and Dawn; hanai daughters, Reggie Hampp, Terri Molloy and Spunky (Carol) Tayaba-Becks; hanai sons, Roque Jr. and Al Tayaba; sisters, Carol Todd and Lucille Shimonishi; brother, Douglas; 10 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren. Service 11 a.m. next Saturday at Palm Mortuary-Eastern, Las Vegas; refreshments to follow. No flowers.
LOUISE HELEN SHIMOKAWA, 84, of Kailua, died March 7, 2009. Born in Lexington, Mo. Retired dental assistant/office manager for John Shimokawa, D.D.S. Survived by daughters, Janice Brown and Jonilu Steibel; sisters, Inez Nordsieck, Clara Srain, Ruth Howard, Mayme Ward and Loretta Drake; four grandchildren; one great-grandchild. Service pending. Arrangements by Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary.
RUTH ELIZABETH SOUZA, 83, of Hilo, Hawai'i, died March 18, 2009. Born in Honolulu. A housewife. Survived by daughters, Carol Cordero, Winifred Conner, Barbara Metzger, Sharon Pacheco and Loretta Graper; son, Harold; 18 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren. Visitation 8 to 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church; Mass 10 a.m.; burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary, Hilo.
CAROLINE LING TAIPING TAKAFUJI, 83, of Kane'ohe, died March 10, 2009. Born in Hilo, Hawai'i. A housewife. Survived by sons, Rodney, Sydney, Leslie Mariano, Rocky Mondo and Marshall; daughters, Pennie Tsuha and Darlene Toki Mondo Oshiro; 12 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren; brothers, Joe and Elpidio Quilet, Reuben and Robert Escuadro; sisters, BettyJane Makalino, Arpinia Sampaga and Juanita Pascual. Visitation 9 a.m. Tuesday at Borthwick Mortuary; service 10:30 a.m.; burial 2 p.m. at Hawai'i State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire.
SHIGERU TAKETA, 90, of Hilo. Hawai'i, died March 8, 2009. Born in Papa'aloa, Hawai'i. Davis Hamakua Sugar Co. machinist. Survived by wife, Toshie; sister, Jean. Private service held. Arrangements by Borthwick Hawai'i Funeral Home.
GLENN ROGER VOLLBRACHT, 77, of Kailua, Kona, Hawai'i, died March 17, 2009. Born in Illinois. U.S. Army veteran; television repairman. Survived by wife, Marilyn; sisters, Marjorie Moore and Darlene Ritterbusch; nieces; nephews. Visitation 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Kona Church of the Nazarene; service 10 a.m.; burial and military honors noon at West Hawai'i Veterans Cemetery. Arrangements by A Hui Hou Crematory & Funeral Home of West Hawai'i.
SAI KWONG YOUNG, 94, of Honolulu, died March 11, 2009. Born in Honolulu. Retired Pearl Harbor Naval Base machinist. Survived by son, Ronald; daughters, LaVerne, Lenona Rusconi, Patricia Lew, and Bonnie Oldenkamp; brother, Sai; two grandchildren. Visitation 5 p.m. Wednesday at Waikiki Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses; service over the ashes 5:30 p.m. Private inurnment. Aloha attire. Donations to Jackie Chan Foundation U.S.A., American Cancer Society or Ballet San Jose. Arrangements by Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary.