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HELEN TSURUE YAMAGUCHI KUPELE, 79, of Hawai‘i Kai, died July 30, 2000. Born in 'Ola'a, Hawai‘i. Survived by husband, David; sons, Michael Tanaka, Ronald and Dayton Kupele; daughters, Rosemary Nishi, Sandra Gillis and Kealani Gillis; brothers, Hideo and Jack Yamaguchi; sisters Peggy Todoc and Fujie Oliver; 11 grandchildren; four great grandchildren. Service 4 p.m. Thursday at Maunalua Bay Park, Hawai‘i Kai; scattering of the ashes to follow.
GREGORY D. LAM, 40, of Honolulu, died Aug. 2, 2000. Born in Honolulu. Received a master‘s degree in psychology from the University of Hawai‘i. Survived by wife, Teresa De Virgilio Lam; daughters, Alexis, Ashlyn and Gabrielle; parents, Wallace and Ruth Lam. Visitation 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Diamond Head Mortuary, service 11 a.m.; private burial. Casual attire.
OLIVE HUNG ON WONG LEONG, 92, died July 16, 2000. Born in Honolulu. A schoolteacher retired from Kalakaua Intermediate School. Survived by son, Garrett; daughter, Laurie Okunami; brother, Henry Wong; sister, Phyllis Kam; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Private service held. Arrangements by Diamond Head Mortuary.
PAUL TSUNEO NAKAHARA, 80, of Pearl City, died July 25, 2000. Born in Honolulu. A firefighter retired from Hickam Air Force Base. Survived by wife, Dorothy; sons, Dennis, Maurice and David; daughters, Paula Wicklund and Theresa "Teri" Yogi; 12 grandchildren; a great-grandson; sister, Grace Fukumoto. Private service held. Arrangements by Mililani Memorial Park & Mortuary.
HERBERT H.K. NIHIPALI, 77, of Honolulu, died Aug. 3, 2000. Born in Hau‘ula. Survived by wife, Myra; sons, Herbert Jr., Libert Weatherholtz and Michael Kaneshiro; daughters, Pearl Pruett, Daisy Janicki, Annie Pau and Louise Higa; brother, Charles Nihipali Sr.; 14 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren. Private service. Arrangements by Borthwick Mortuary.
KENNETH MASAO "GRANDPA" OSHIRO, 80, of Honolulu, died July 23, 2000. Born in Kapa‘a, Kaua‘i. A retired carpenter. Survived by wife, Betty; sons, Milton, Wilfred and Alan; daughters, Karen Ogawa and Lynette Uehara; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; brothers, Hideo "Spud" and Raymond Toshio; sister, Evelyn Tawata. Visitation 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary, service 11:15 a.m.; burial noon at Hawaiian Memorial Park. No flowers. Aloha attire.
ANTOINETTE MARTINSEN "ANITA" ROCKFORT, 91, of Kane‘ohe, died July 18, 2000. Born in Lahaina, Maui. A retired Kailua Elementary School teacher. Survived by son, Rockey; granddaughter, Kanoelehua Kaneshiro. Private service held. Arrangements by Nu‘uanu Mortuary.
ALBERTO "BERTO" RARAMA SALVADOR SR., 75, of Wai‘anae, died July 29, 2000. Born in Cagayan, Philippines. Survived by wife, Estefania; son, Alberto Jr.; daughters, Susana Villanueva, Edna Laforteza and Lydia Ulandez; brothers, Richard, Harvey and Clement; sisters, Helen Lemons and Lulu Salvador; 17 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Visitation 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Sacred Heart Church in Wai‘anae, Mass 7 p.m. Casual attire. Arrangements by Mililani Memorial Park & Mortuary.
JOAN H. STAUFFER, 76, of Honolulu, died Aug. 3, 2000. Born in Lawton, Okla. A retired accountant who were among the first Hawai‘i women to have a CPA and MBA; also a lifetime supporter of equal rights who worked with YWCA and the State WIC Program. Survived by husband, Robert; children, Robert Stauffer, James Stauffer and Ann Siddons; seven grandchildren; sister, Edie Marshall. Graveside service 10 a.m. Thursday at Diamond Head Memorial Park. No flowers. Memorial donations to the YWCA’s Fernhurst Women’s Residence. Arrangements by Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary.
JULIANA "JULIE" MARIA SUGITAN, 61, of Waipahu, died July 30, 2000. Born in Laoag City, Philippines. A member of the Filipino Devotional Society of St. Joseph. Survived by husband, Eusibio; sons, James and Jeffrey; father, Exequiel Nicolas; sisters, Nicolasa "Lasing" Edrada, Caridad Doronio and Erlinda Narciso; a grandchild. Visitation 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Memorial Park mauka chapel, service 7 p.m. Visitation also 9 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Church in Waipahu, Mass 9:45 a.m.; burial 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Yoshimi Takeda dies at 67
Yoshimi Takeda, of Kalamazoo, Mich., an internationally renowned music director who worked for Hawai‘i Opera Theatre and conducted "Madame Butterfly" in Honolulu in 1985, died July 24. He was 67.
Takeda led the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra as music director for 25 years; in 1999 he became music director laureate.
He worked as a conductor in Hawai‘i in the 1960s. Hawai‘i Opera Theatre associate artistic director Beebe Freitas said she was continually amazed by Takeda’s talent and poise.
"I admired him greatly. He was extremely personable. He was very caring about the musicians and the music that was played," said Freitas. "He was a gentleman and a wonderful musician."
Takeda was born Feb. 3, 1933, in Yokohama, Japan. He graduated from the Tokyo University of Arts, made his debut with the Tokyo Symphony in 1958 and began his American career in 1962 in Cleveland.
In 1970, after serving as associate conductor of the Honolulu Symphony for six years, Takeda began work as music director and resident conductor of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, a post he held concurrently with a position in Kalamazoo from 1974 to 1984.
Takeda twice received the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Award for Adventuresome Programming of Contemporary Music. Takeda was also awarded two honorary doctorate degrees.
His guest conducting appearances included engagements with the Cleveland Orchestra; the Chicago, Detroit, Phoenix, San Diego, Pittsburgh, Louisville, Honolulu and Cape Town symphonies; the London Philharmonic; the National Orchestra of Belgium; and other major orchestras in Spain, Mexico, Portugal, Japan and South Africa.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Ellen; son, Christopher; brother, Tsuneo; and sister, Toshiko.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday at Stetson Chapel on the campus of Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, the West Michigan Cancer Center or the University of Michigan Cancer Clinic.
Margaret Anduha Almodova dies at 99
Margaret Anduha Almodova, 99, one of Hawai‘i’s last surviving original immigrants from Puerto Rico, died Sunday night at the Hale Omao nursing home on Kaua‘i.
Margaret Anduha Almodova came here in 1901 from Puerto Rico.
She was 9 months old in 1901 when her family arrived on the Big Island with the first group of immigrants from Puerto Rico. Her father went to work on a sugar plantation.
When Almodova was 8, the family moved to Camp Two, Makaweli, Kaua‘i. At age 14, she married Louis R. Almodova Sr. They lived in ‘Ele‘ele, Kaua‘i, and later moved to New Mill. They reared 11 children and a grandson.
"My grandmother never went to school," said granddaughter Pat Almodova Ashley of O‘ahu. "She couldn’t read or write a recipe, but she could certainly cook."
In addition to caring for her family, Almodova did washing and ironing for her neighbors to earn money. She attended church regularly and often visited hospitals in the evenings.
Almodova was born Dec. 24, 1900, in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Once in Hawai‘i, she never went back.
She is survived by daughters, Lydia Troche and Isabel Carvalho of California, Sophie Kea and Margaret du Pont of Honolulu; sons, David of Utah, and Louis, Frank Sr., Henry, August, Daniel and Ben of Hawai‘i; 38 grandchildren, 71 great-grandchildren and 31 great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Kalaheo, Kaua‘i, from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, followed by Mass at 11 a.m. and burial in the church cemetery. The family requests casual attire and no flowers.
WINIFRED Y. AHANA, 66, of Lihu‘e, Kaua‘i, died July 30, 2000. Born in Lihu‘e, Kaua‘i. Survived by mother, Hatsue; brothers, Robert and Patrick; sisters, Phyllis Tokita and Valerie Narikiyo. Private service held. Arrangements by Garden Island Mortuary Ltd.
MARGARET "MAMA" "GRANDMA" ANDUHA ALMODOVA, 100, died July 30, 2000. Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Possibly the last of the first group who came to Hawai‘i from Puerto Rico to work the sugar cane field. A member of the Puerto Rican Association of Hawai‘i. Survived by daughters, Lydia Troche, Sophie Ke-a, Isabel Carvalho, Margaret Du Pont; sons, Louis Jr., Frank Sr., Henry, August, Daniel, Ben and David; 38 grandchildren; 71 great-grandchildren; 31 great-great-grandchildren. Visitation 9 to 11 a.m. tomorrow at Holy Cross Catholic Church, Kalaheo,Kaua‘i. Burial at the church cemetery. No flowers. Casual attire. Arrangements by Borthwick Kaua‘i Mortuary.
VANESSA LEILANIKA‘I AQUINO, infant daughter of Charlotte Aquino, died June 2, 2000. Born in Hawai‘i. Survived by grandfather, Andrew; grandmother, Eva Kaalaiwaa; great-grandparents, Sergio Maxilom and Earl Oliphant. Graveside service noon Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.
MASAKO ISHIHARA ARAKAKI, 86, of Waimea, Kaua‘i, died July 31, 2000. Born in Kekaha, Kaua‘i. A retired clerk with Ishihara Market. Survived by sons, Wilfred and Winston; daughters, Amy Sugano and May Iwamoto; seven grandchildren; great-grandchild. Private service held. Arrangements by Garden Island Mortuary, Ltd.
ANGES NGIT HO BARBA, 63, of Kahului, Maui, died July 31, 2000. Born in Pu‘unene, Maui. A homemaker and member of Christ the King Catholic Church, Kahului. Survived by daughters, Doryann Howard, Darlene Barba and Rochelle Estrella; brothers, George Fong, Albert Fong, Ted Fong and Frank Fong; sisters, Bertha Kurosawa and Bessie Partridge; six grandchildren; a great-grandchild. Visitation 11 a.m. to noon Monday at Ballard Family Mortuary; service noon. Burial 1 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
SIMON ADAM CARVALHO, 32, of Hanama‘ulu, Kaua‘i, died Aug. 2, 2000. Born in Lihu‘e, Kaua‘i. A commercial fisherman. Survived by daughter, Fendellyn "Buttons"; son, Adam; mother of children, Franque Oclit; parents, John and Genevieve; brother, Jonathan "Jon"; sisters, Shandrina Garcia, Joanna Carvalho and Christina Medina. Visitation 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Borthwick/Kaua‘i Mortuary, Koloa. Visitation also 9 to 10:45 a.m. Monday at Immaculate Conception Church; service 11 a.m. Burial at Lihu‘e Public Cemetery. Casual attire.
GREGORIO DOMOGMA SR., 79, of Lahaina, Maui, died July 31, 2000. Born in the Philippines. A crew chief mechanic retired from Pioneer Mill. Survived by wife, Perolina "Fay"; son, Gregorio Jr.; daughter, Mary Ann Velez; brothers, Aguedo and Mariano; sisters, Carmen Domingo, Teresa and Sophia Ballaso; caretaker, Geraldine; three grandchildren. Visitation 6 to 9 p.m. Monday at Maria Lanakila Church. Visitation also 8 to 10 a.m. Tuesday at Maria Lanakila Church; Mass 10 a.m. Burial noon at Maui Memorial Park. Luncheon to follow at Nakamura Mortuary. Casual attire.
BETTY KAZUE ENRIQUES, 64, of Hilo, Hawai‘i, died Aug. 2, 2000. Born in Pahoa, Hawai‘i. A retired office manager for the Department of Accounting & General Services. Survived by husband, Lee; sons, Vernon, Russell and Jeffrey; daughter, Lynne; mother, Sachiko Ikeda; brother, James Ikeda; sisters, Jane Saclot and Marjorie Bright; three grandchildren. Visitation 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Dodo Mortuary-Hilo; wake service 7 p.m. Visitation also 10 a.m. to noon Thursday at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Hilo; Mass 12:15 p.m. Cremation to follow.
WILLIAM "WILLIE" GOULD SR., 72, of Makaha, who died July 27, 2000, was a tile layer retired from Craig & Co.
ALAN AKIRA HIGAKI, 52, of Pahoa, Hawai‘i, formerly of Honomu, Hawai‘i, died July 28, 2000. Born in Pepe‘ekeo, Hawai‘i. Former owner of Higaki’s Texaco Inc., Higaki’s Towing Inc. and Higaki’s Auto Parts, Inc. Survived by wife, Roquita; sons, Alan Aki and Alan "Alan boy" Higaki; daughters, Kori and Kelsy; brother, Stanley; sisters, Judy Hoshino, Pearl Uratani and Donna Mukai; two grandchildren. Visitation 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Dodo Mortuary, Hilo; service 7 p.m. Visitation also 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. Monday at Dodo Mortuary; prayer service 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawai‘i Veterans Cemetery #2. Casual attire.
ROSE LEE HO, 80, of Honolulu, died Aug. 3, 2000. Born in Puna, Hawai‘i. Survived by husband, Herbert; sons, Thomas and Morris; daughter, Sandra Ng; brother, Ah Chun and Ah Choy Lee; four grandchildren. Visitation 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Friday at Diamond Head Mortuary; service 11:30 a.m. burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.
ICHIKO "ICHI" FUJIMOTO HUNTER, 79, of Mililani, formerly of Wahiawa, died July 30, 2000. Born in Honolulu. A retired finance clerk for the the U.S. Army Finance Office at Schofield. Survived by husband, Earl; sons, Earl and Carl "Bo"; brothers, Albert, William and Richard Tabe; grandchildren, Scot, Trevor and Jesse. Visitation 5:30 p.m. Monday at Mililani Memorial Park & Mortuary Makai Chapel; wake service 6 p.m. Casual attire.
