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BETTY KATSUKO AFUSO, 86, of Honolulu, died Dec. 9, 2007. Born in North Kohala, Hawai'i. Retired Hawai'i Kai Elementary School cafeteria baker.Survived by husband, Roy; sons, Wayne and Nelson; brothers, Anyei, Larry and Thomas Arakaki; sister, Evelyn Kiyan. Visitation 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary; service 10 a.m. No flowers. Casual attire. Arrangements by Hosoi Garden Mortuary.

FRANCISCO PADILLA AGOO, 63, of Waialua, died Dec. 6, 2007. Born in Pasuquin, Philippines. Longtime Waialua Sugar Co. employee. Survived by son, Johnny; daughter, Valerie; father, Ciriaco; brother, Benjamin; sisters, Maria Lacar and Araceli Manrique; four grandchildren. Visitation 10:30 a.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary, Waipi'o, Mauka Chapel; service noon; burial 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

DORA YUNG OI AKAMU, 96, of Wahiawa, died Dec. 14, 2007. Born in Honolulu. Member of Wahiawa Baptist Church. Survived by son, Ronald; sister, Dorothy Carlos; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Visitation 11:30 a.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary, Waipi'o, Makai Chapel; service 12:30 p.m.; burial 1:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. No flowers. Casual attire.

JERZY JAN BEDNARSKI, 57, of Kihei, Maui, died Dec. 30, 2007. Born in Czestochowa, Poland. An apartment complex resident manager. Survived by wife, Halina; son, Lukasz; daughter, Aneta Wojtkow; sisters, Ludomira Kozik and Elzbieta Dywan; four grandchildren. Visitation 3 p.m. Friday at Ballard Family Mortuary, Maui; service 4 p.m.; cremation to follow.

MARY JOAN BEZANSON, 69, of Honolulu, died Dec. 29, 2007. Born in Minneapolis. A Bible study leader. Survived by husband, Ronald; son, Tim; daughters, Debbie, Becky McMillion and Angela Geistweidt; three grandchildren. Memorial service 10 a.m. Thursday at Fort DeRussy Chapel. No flowers; donations to Holt International Children's Services. Inc., P.O. Box 2880, Eugene, OR 97402. Arrangements by Borthwick Mortuary.

MARCEL EMILE CAILLIET, 93, of Honolulu, died Dec. 20, 2007. Born in Dijon, France. Retired U.S. Navy lieutenant and an artist. Survived by wife, Dorothy; sons, Jon and Jacques; daughter, Lorrella Busboom and Michelle Sheehan; 12 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; brother, Dr. Rene. Memorial service 2 p.m. Wednesday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl. No flowers. Arrangements by Borthwick Mortuary.

KIM FUNG "ROSE" CHING, 95, of Honolulu, died Nov. 10, 2007. Born in Waipahu. Member of Jehovah's Witnesses-Moanalua Congregation. Survived by son, Norman; daughters, Gloria Chun and Joan Lu; grandchildren, Cori Cornelissen and Norman Jr; great-granddaughter, Keana Cornelissen. Visitation 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary, Waipi'o, Mauka Chapel; memorial service 10:30 a.m.; inurnment 2:15 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. No flowers. Casual attire.

LUCIA M. CLARK, 92, of Volcano, Hawai'i, died Dec. 27, 2007. Born in Indianapolis. A city business directories publisher's office manager. Survived by daughter, Penelope Blair; nieces & nephews. Services 1 p.m. Jan. 9 at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl. No flowers. Donations to American Heart Association. Arrangements by Borthwick Hawai'i Funeral Home, Hilo, Hawai'i.

CIRIACO CERVANTES ESTAL, 84, of Honolulu, died Dec. 19, 2007. Born in Cagayan, Camalanuigan, Philippines. Retired crane operator. Survived by wife, Clarita; son, Samson; daughters, Delilah, Digna Bulauan and Jocelyn Mitura; brother, Loreto; sisters, Engracia, Remedios Barrilios and Mercedes Magadon; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Visitation 5 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary; service 6 p.m. Final services and burial in the Philippines. Arrangements by Mililani Downtown Mortuary.

LUCKY KAU'I HIRAKAWA, 52, of Wai'anae, died Dec. 23, 2007. Born in Honolulu. Survived by wife, Suzanne; sons, Kau'i O Ku'u Aloha, Franklin, Keolamaikalani, Keli'i Hirakawa and Melvin Rodriquez (son of Doreen); daughters, Leilani Roche; Kealaokalani, Kuiemaikalani and Kaleiimaikalani Hirakawa; brothers , Harold, Lono, Kalani and Shinichi Hirakawa, Clarence, Kenneth and William DeLude, and Donald Galarneau; sisters, Beverly Manchester and Ehukainani Kusalonis; three granddaughters. Visitation 4:30 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary, Waipi'o, Mauka Chapel; service 6:30 p.m.; scattering of ashes noon Sunday at Makaha Surfing Beach. Casual attire.

EDWIN "POPS" TADASHI HORIE, 80, of Kamuela, Hawai'i, died Dec. 20, 2007. Born in Laupahoehoe, Hawai'i. A Parker Ranch fence man, farmer, and Mauna Kea Beach Hotel and Golf Course landscape employee; also Waimea McDonalds and Waimea Foodland employee. Survived by daughter, Joyce; son, Thomas; sisters, Yoshimi Uyadaea, Fusami Yano and Itomi Kishi; four grandchildren. Visitation 9 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kapi'olani Road, Waimea; service 10 a.m.; burial 11 a.m. at the County Cemetery (Mormon Section). Arrangements by A Hui Hou Crematory & Funeral Home of West Hawai'i.

AHSAM LEE, 93, of Hilo, Hawai'i, died Dec. 15, 2007. Born in Kalapana, Hawai'i. Survived by son, Ken Wong; daughter; Eleanor Loo; sister, Theresa Waipa; brothers, Francis and Everest. Visitation 9 a.m. Monday at Borthwick Hawai'i Funeral Home, Hilo; service 10 a.m.; burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park.

LAURA POK SOON MAITLAND, 85, of Honolulu, died Dec. 26, 2007. Born in Hana, Maui. Survived by husband, Frank; son, Frankie; daughters, Kim, Linda Moreno and Diane Kuni; brothers, Harold and Richard; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Visitation 12:45 p.m. Monday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl; cemetery committal service 1 to 1:15 p.m. No flowers. Casual attire. Arrangements by Mililani Downtown Mortuary.

HATSUE NOZOE, 94, of Kane'ohe, died Dec. 27, 2007. Born in Waialua. A housewife. Survived by son, Melvin; daughter, Mae Nagai; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; brother, Teruo Saito; sisters, Hanako Katagiri, Jean Takahashi and Yukiko Kamiya. Services 4 p.m. Sunday at Tensho Kotai Jingu-kyo Temple, 888 N. King St. No Flowers; no koden (monetary gifts). Casual Attire. Arrangements by Hosoi Garden Mortuary.

HATSUMI "GRACE" OKAMOTO, 90, of Koloa, Kaua'i, died Dec. 26, 2007. Born in Hanapepe, Kaua'i. A T. T. Kuramoto Store cashier. Survived by son, Lawrence; daughter, Annie Gampon; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild. Visitation 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday at Hanapepe Hongwanji Mission; service 10 a.m.; interment to follow at church columbarium. No flowers. Casual attire.

HIDEO "DOC" UNO, 87, of Honolulu, died Dec. 27, 2007. Born in Honolulu. Retired dentist, sports fan and an orchid lover. Survived by sons, Thomas, James and Christopher; daughters, Susan and Linda Brain; brother, Yoshio; sisters, Ethel Kyoko Nishi, Dorothy Mitsuko Hamada, Masako Onama, Ann Nobuko Inouye and Takako Ishikawa; three grandchildren. Private memorial services. No koden (monetary gifts). Arrangements by Ultimate Cremation Services of Hawai'i.

MARGARET P. VILLANOVA, 87, of Kahului, Maui, died Dec. 27, 2007. Born in Pa'ia, Maui. Retired Hawaiian Telephone Co. telephone operator. Survived by sons, John and Roy; two grandchildren. Visitation 8:30 to 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church; Mass 10 a.m.; urn burial to follow in church cemetery. Arrangements by Ballard Family Mortuary.

BOK DUK LEE YANG, 97, of Honolulu, died Dec. 30, 2007. Born in Seoul, Korea. A homemaker. Survived by son, Hyong Jin Kim; daughters, Alice "Chicken Alice" Yang, Grace Ozaki and Joyce Holmas; seven grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; sisters, Pok Son Lee, Chong Ja Lee and Pok Jin Lee. Visitation 9 a.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary; service 10 a.m. Arrangements by Hosoi Garden Mortuary.

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