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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Monday, February 8, 2010

Obituaries

Advertiser Staff

Wallace Jennings Akeo, 67, of Kailua, died Feb. 4, 2010. Born in Honolulu. Retired Honolulu Police Department lieutenant; Army veteran. Survived by wife, Ernestine; daughter, Celeste; grandsons, Maverick and Duke; brothers, Philip Jr., Lester and Paul; sister, Jacqueline Livsey. Visitation 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at St. John Vianney Church; eulogy 11:30 a.m.; Mass noon; inurnment at later date. No flowers. Casual attire. Arrangements by Borthwick Mortuary.

Caroline Natsuyo Asagi, 93, of Honolulu, died Jan. 26, 2010. Born in Kaaawa. Retired owner of Asagi Hatchery. Survived by son, Melvin; daughter, Patsy Irie; brothers, Masaru and Charles Nakasaki; sisters, Ethel Iboshi, Elaine Soeda, Evelyn Chappell and Mildred Torikawa; 10 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Private services held. No koden. Arrangements by Nuuanu Memorial Park & Mortuary.

Rennette Aiko Leimomi Cramer, 64, of Kailua, died Jan. 30, 2010. Born in Honolulu. Retired Chaney Brooks Management accounting clerk. Survived by daughters, Lynne Numata and Robin Agcaoili; stepdaughters, Yvette Tsuruda and Ida Cramer; stepsons, Scott and Dwayne; five grandchildren. Gathering 1:30 to 1:45 p.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary; service over ashes 1:45 p.m.; reception to follow at family residence. Committal of ashes 10 a.m. Feb. 24 at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. No flowers. Casual attire.

Margaret T. Furukawa, 71, of Honolulu, died Jan. 15, 2010. Born in Honolulu. Retired Salt Lake Elementary School principal. Survived by daughters, Ann Kwock and Kay Sides; five grandchildren; mother, Chieno Kurosu; brother, Raymond Kurosu. Visitation 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday at Thurston Chapel, Punahou School; memorial service 11 a.m. Aloha attire and bright colors. Arrangements by Nuuanu Memorial Park & Mortuary.

Masami Furukawa, 89, of Honolulu, died Jan. 8, 2010. Born in Honolulu. Retired Gas Co. technician. Survived by sons, Randall and Scott; sister, Harumi Kawano; three grandchildren. Private service held. Arrangements by Hosoi Garden Mortuary.

Carol Iwalani Hui, 79, of Kamuela, Hawaii, died Jan 21, 2010. Born in Kamuela. Retired Marriott Food Services employee at Hawaii Preparatory Academy. Survived by daughters, Paula Boteilho and Valerie Hanohano; six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. Visitation 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday at Imiola Congregational Church, Kamuela; service 10 a.m. Private committal service later. Casual attire. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.

Patrick Kauhane Kahaawi, 60, of Mountain View, Hawaii, died Jan. 26, 2010. Born in Honolulu. Commercial fisherman and painter. Survived by mother, Carol Vanderford; daughters, Stacey Rushlow, Leigh-Ann and Dayna-Lyn Kahaawi-Spencer, Hauoli Sonya, Aloha Renei and Pakelekia Jackson-Kahaawi; sons, Kaimi Moore-Kahaawi and Earl Jackson-Kahaawi; brothers, Solomon, Harry, Kelekona and Scott Vanderford; sisters, Earlene Low and Vanelle Love; hänai daughters, Kaycie and Jaime Furtado; hänai brother, Bill Sweeney; hänai sisters, Cyra Kalama, Yolanda Colon and Ana Park; grandchildren; great-grandson. Visitation 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary; service 10 a.m. Casual attire.

Miyoko Kamada, 94, of Waianae, died Jan. 27, 2009. Born in Waianae. Survived by sons, Calvin and Dennis; daughters, Jean Muranaka and Eleanor Nitta; brothers, Gilbert and Akira Kuioka; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren. Visitation 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary; service 4:30 p.m. No flowers. Casual attire.

Semisi Mateaki, 86, of Honolulu, died Feb. 5, 2010. Born in Haavakatolo, Tonga. Survived by wife, Ana; sons, Hotisa, Matangi, Peniami, Telikalafi and Seli; daughters, Pauline Taulava, Ilaisaane Feleunga, Toilose Mapapalangi; 50 grandchildren, 50 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grand-children. Visitation 6 to 10 p.m. Friday at Wesley United Methodist Church; service 8 p.m. Visitation also 8 to 9 a.m. Saturday at the church; service 9 a.m.; burial to follow at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Arrangements by Moanalua Mortuary.

William Yasutoshi Matsumura, 77, of Käneohe, died Jan. 25, 2010. Born in Honolulu. Retired Electrical Distributors appliance technician; Army veteran of Korean War. Survived by wife, Jane; sons, Troy, Neal, Kent; grandchildren, Tai and Tad; sister, Thelma Fukata. Visitation 3 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary; service 4 p.m. Private inurnment pending. No flowers. Casual attire.

Lovette Mahealani Kanoa Mun, 40, of Honolulu, died Jan. 15, 2010. Born in Honolulu. Homemaker. Survived by husband, Sung Hyun; sons, Izea' Kanoa-Green and Davis; daughter, Madison; parents, Maurice Sr. and Haunani Kanoa; brothers, Maurice Jr. and Kelii Kanoa; grandfather, Joseph Kanoa. Visitation 5 p.m. Friday at Diamond Head Mortuary; service 6 p.m. Casual attire. Arrangements by Diamond Head Mortuary.

Shizuko Nakasone, 93, of Honolulu, died Jan. 12, 2010. Born in Puun[0xeb]n[0xeb], Maui. Retired self-employed housekeeper. Survived by son, Dean; two grandchildren. Private service held. No koden. Arrangements by Hosoi Garden Mortuary.

Kazuko Ohbe, 82, of Honolulu, died Feb. 3, 2010. Born in Japan. Homemaker. Survived by husband, Kiyoshi; daughters, Michiko Sugawara, Yasuyo Nagoya, Dr. Irene Ohbe-Arakaki; seven grandchildren; great-grandchild. Visitation 9 a.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary, service 10 a.m. No flowers. Casual attire.

Elizabeth Thomas Rogers, 91, of Kailua, died Jan. 8, 2010. Born in Westminster, Md. Homemaker. Survived by sons, Frank and John; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; sister, Rebecca "Becky" Orrick. Visitation 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, Kailua. Ashes scattered at later date. Arrangements by Borthwick Mortuary.

Yoshie Shimabukuro, 90, of Hakalau, Hawaii, died Jan. 28, 2010. Born in Pepeekeo, Hawaii. Homemaker. Survived by sons, Kenneth, Howard, Alden, and Wil Shima; daughters, Carol Saji, Sandra Yamada, Ruby Shimabukuro, and Lois Parks; brothers, George and Toshihiro Matsuda; sisters, Yoneko Kanna, Tomiko Ishikawa, Irene Nelson and Vivian Pacleb; 14 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Private service held. No koden. No flowers. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary, Hilo, Hawaii.

Ronald Stanley Yonamine, 66, of Honolulu, died Jan. 24, 2010. Born in Honolulu. Survived by wife, Brenda; son, Terry; daughters, Janice Yonamine-Matsumoto and Laura Kanemoto; father, Stanley; brother, Dean. Private service held. Arrangements by Moanalua Mortuary.