May 3, 2000, at Wilcox Memorial Hospital at the age of 62. A retired trustee for Office of Hawaiian Affairs, he was born March 3, 1938, in Puuwai, Niihau. He is survived by his wife: Dianne L. Severn Keale of
May 3, 2000, at Wilcox Memorial Hospital at the age of 62.
A retired
trustee for Office of Hawaiian Affairs, he was born March 3, 1938, in Puuwai,
Niihau.
He is survived by his wife: Dianne L. Severn Keale of Anahola;
three daughters: Donna (Santos) Wichimai, Marla (Patrick) Silva and Sally Ann
(Randy) Diana, all of Anahola; four sons: Anthony (Jennifer) Keale of Anahola,
Nolan (Donna) Keale of Colorado Springs, Colo., Moses (Sandy) Keale and Leland
(Christy) Keale, both of Anahola; three brothers: Moses (Elaine) Keale Jr. of
Anahola, Arthur (Dorothy) Keale of Waimea, and Joseph K. (Jeanette) Kapale of
Kapa’a; three sisters: Rose “Loke” (Charles) Kaliloa and Adeline Rivera, both
of Anahola, and Josephine Keale of Makaweli; 23 grandchildren, one great
granddaughter; numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews.
Visitation is
scheduled for Monday, May 8, at the Lihue Convention Hall from 3 p.m. Services
will be conducted at 7 p.m. Visitation will continue after services for
everyone. Cremation will follow the day after and inurnment will be on
Thursday, May 11, at the Hanapepe Hawaiian Cemetery at 10 a.m.
Casual
attire is suggested. Arrangements are being handled by Borthwick/Kaua’i
Mortuary.
Muriel Rojas
Muriel Kealiihilahila Chung Rojas of Anahola
died May 2, 2000, at Wilcox Memorial Hospital at the age of 82.
A retired
dishwasher for Coco Palms Hotel for many years, she became a homemaker after
her retirement. She was born May 23, 1917, in Wainiha, Kauai.
She is
survived by seven daughters: Flora (Pedro) Camalliri of Kapahi, Ruth Surveyor
of Los Angeles, Calif., Loretta (Albert) Lum of Honolulu, Josephine (Tomas)
Refamonte of Hanamaulu, Cindy Rojas of Anahola, June “Dolly” (Christian) Chang
of Kapaa, Mona Mae (Edwin) Caldeira, Jr. of Anahola; one son, Patricio Rojas of
Waipahu; 31 grandchildren, 43 great-grandchildren, and eight great great
grandchildren; one sister: Agnes Chung of Anahola.
Family and friends may
call on Saturday, May 13, at Kapaa Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
from 10 a.m.
Casual attire is suggested. Arrangements are being handled by
Borthwick/Kaua’i Mortuary.
Zen Tokita
“Zen” Zensaku Tokita,
of Lihue, Kauai, died at Wilcox Memorial Hospital on May 4, 2000, at the age of
92. Born in Lihue, Kauai on April 18, 1908, he was a retired Accountant with
State of Hawaii Kauai Public Library.
He is survived by: his wife: Toshiko
Tokita of Lihue, Kauai; two daughters: Mary (Charles) Jones of California and
Adele (Robert) King of Colorado; two brothers: Joseph (Katherine) Tokita of
Lihue, Kauai and Turk T. (Emi) Tokita of Lihue, Kauai; two sisters: Maude T.
Konishi and Matsue Matoda, both of Honolulu, Oahu; numerous nieces and
nephews.
Friends may visit with the family at 9 a.m. on Monday, May 8, at
the Lihue Christian Church; service officiated by Rev. Kevin Page will begin at
10 a.m. Followed by interment at the Lihue Public Cemetery. Casual attire is
suggested and flowers omitted.
Arrangements are being handled by Garden
Island Mortuary, Ltd.
Elmer Kekoa Kalamau, Jr.
Elmer Kekoa Kalamau,
Jr. of Waimea, Kaua’i, died at home on May 4, 2000. Born in Honolulu, O’ahu on
the May 25, 1950, he was 49 years of age at the time of his death. Kalamau is
survived by his wife: Lei Kalamau of Waimea, Kaua’i; his mother: Mary Ahina
Kalama; two sisters: Belinda Macalino and Elaine Kalaluhi, all of Papakolea,
O’ahu; three brothers: Eddie Kalamau, Eugene Kalamau and Edwin Kalamau; four
step-sisters: Gloria Kalamau, Jenny Donner, Anela Kalamau, and Margaret
Kalamau, all of O’ahu. Services were private. Arrangements are being handled by
Garden Island Mortuary, Ltd.