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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Thursday, August 28, 2008

Obituaries

SARAH "MICKEY" GANN FRANK, 86, of Honolulu, died Aug. 23, 2008. Born in Providence, R.I. Avid tennis fan. Survived by sons, Dory and Michael; four grandchildren. Private service. Arrangements by Diamond Head Mortuary.

MICHAEL HARA, 62, of Tacoma, Wash., died June 28, 2008. Born in Honolulu. Owner of an environmental consulting business. Survived by wife, Toni; son, Kevin; brother, John; nieces; nephew. Service held. Donations to Gonzaga University Athletic Department/Baseball program. Arrangements by Tuell-McKee Funeral Home.

TOKUYUKI HINAZUMI, 89, of Honolulu, died Aug. 19, 2008. Born in Kilauea, Kaua'i. Retired superintendent welder for Dillingham Shipyard. Survived by wife, Masae; son, Gene; daughters, Irma Hinazumi and Frieda Hajiro; grandson, Ian; brothers, Shigeru, Robert and Jack. Visitation 3 to 4 p.m. Wednesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary; service 4 p.m. Casual attire.

RALPH SHICHIRO IWAMURA, 92, of Honolulu, died Aug. 13, 2008. Born in Honolulu. Retired construction inspector for the federal government. Survived by wife, Lydia; sons, Dennis and Fred; four grandchildren; brother, Rick Ito; sisters, Aiko Oi, Eleanor Aurand and Doris Futa. Private service held. Arrangements by Hosoi Garden Mortuary.

VINCENT KIYOSHI KUBO, 69, of Mililani, died Aug. 14, 2008. Born in Ka'u, Hawai'i. Retired Hawaiian Electric Co. welder. Survived by sons, Kevin and Davin; daughter, Valerie Cambra; nine grandchildren; brothers, James, Winfred and Ralph; sisters, Midori Shimabukuro, Amy Ross, Judith Fukuda, Eiko DeQuattro and Michi Hines. Visitation 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at Mililani Mortuary Makai Chapel; service 11 a.m.; private burial. Casual attire.

DOUGLAS KOON CHAN LOO, 82, of Honolulu, died Aug. 24, 2008. Born in Honolulu. Retired Hawaiian Telephone Co. engineer with 43 years of service. Survived by brother, Richard Sr.; sisters, Mary Loo and Helen Nakatani. Visitation 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary; service 11:45 a.m.; burial to follow at Hawaiian Memorial Park. No flowers. Casual attire.

THELMA TOSHIKO NINOMOTO, 93, of Hanalei, Kaua'i, died Aug. 12, 2008. Born in Kilauea, Kaua'i. Survived by sons, Richard, Alvin and Charles; daughters, Doris Haraguchi and Laura Lockridge; eight grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; brother, Les Kunso Saiki; sister, Misayo Tsuya. Private service held. Arrangements by Garden Island Mortuary.

LILLIAN YASUKO TAMASHIRO, 79, of Kane'ohe, died Aug. 19, 2008. Born in Lahaina, Maui. A homemaker. Survived by husband, Noboru "Tony"; daughters, Lynn, Gale, Leslie Taniguchi, Arleen Fujimoto and Lee Wenska; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild; sisters, Alice Ishizaka and Hanko Kuioka. Visitation 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary; service 6 p.m. No flowers. Casual attire.

ALBERT WELLS JR., 78, of Pa'auilo, Hawai'i, died Aug. 17, 2008. Born in Lewistown, Mont. A retired professional boxer and a tunnel miner; U.S. Marine Corps veteran. Survived by sons, Jerry Izeolla, Micheal and Martin; daughters, Kima Brown, Scarlet Nutt and Lara; 14 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Private service at a later date. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary, Hilo.

BETSY KIYOKO YAMASAKI, 72, of Honolulu, died Aug. 22, 2008. Born in Ka'u, Hawai'i. Retired from the Patisserie on Bishop Street. Survived by daughters, Deborah Urasaki and Lila Yabui; four grandchildren. Visitation 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at Diamond Head Mortuary; service 6 p.m.; cremation to follow. Inurnment 10 a.m. Sept. 6 at Nuuanu Memorial Park. No flowers. Casual attire.