• Ayako Kashiwabara • Muriel Alice Ames • Yoshio Shiraki • Abdulla Khamzayev, • Martha Poepoe Hohu • John R.T. Davies • Dorothy Brown Ayako Kashiwabara Ayako Kashiwabara of Lihu‘e died at home on May 31, 2004, at the age
• Ayako Kashiwabara
• Muriel Alice Ames
• Yoshio Shiraki
• Abdulla Khamzayev,
• Martha Poepoe Hohu
• John R.T. Davies
• Dorothy Brown
Ayako Kashiwabara
Ayako Kashiwabara of Lihu‘e died at home on May 31, 2004, at the age of 88.
Born in Makaweli, on July 2, 1915, she was a nurses aide with Wilcox Memorial Hospital.
She is survived by son, James (Peaches) Kashiwabara of Lihu‘e; two daughters, Nancy (Charles) Toyama of Honolulu and Kathleen Kashiwabara of Kapa‘a; seven grandchildren; one great-grandchild; brother, Itsuji Nishi of California; daughter-in-law, Fay Kashiwabara of Kapa‘a.
Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 19, at the Lihue Baptist Church. Casual attire is suggested. Arrangements are being handled by Garden Island Mortuary, Ltd.
Muriel Alice Ames
Muriel Alice Ames of Anini Beach Road died June 13, 2004, at her home at the age of 88.
Born Dec. 6, 1915, she was a musician and life member of Mokihana Club on Kaua‘i.
She is survived by her husband Eli Ames; five daughters: Linda (Neal) Sutherland, Gaylyn (Norman) Miller, Scout Ames, Sandy Ames, and Betty Ames; four sons: Randall Lawrence, Lauren Ames, Murray Ames and Roger Ames, numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Friends may call on Thursday, June 17, at her home at 4085 Anini Road at 1 p.m. where memorial services will be celebrated at 1:30 p.m.
Casual attire is suggested. Monetary gifts can be sent to Kauai Hospice or Kauai Mokihana Club in memory of Muriel Ames.
Arrangements are being handled by Borthwick Kauai Mortuary.
Yoshio Shiraki
Yoshio Shiraki of Lihu‘e, died May 29, 2004, at Wilcox Memorial Hospital.
Born Sept. 4, 1918, in Anahola, he was a self-employed farmer.
He is survived by his wife: Mia Shiraki of Lihu‘e; one daughter: Edna (Frank) Yamada of California; one sister: Misayo Hashimoto of Honolulu; one grandchild; numerous nieces and nephews.
Private services were held on Friday, June 11, at the Kapa‘a Hong-
wanji Mission.
Arrangements were handled by Kauai Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home.
Other deaths
Martha Poepoe Hohu, a conductor, composer, arranger, singer and organist who spearheaded the compilation of three Hawaiian hymnals and won numerous awards for her music died Saturday at Kuakini Health System, Hale Pulama Mau, She was 97.
Robert Teeter, an influential Republican pollster who worked in several presidential races and was a longtime member of former President Bush’s campaign brain trust. He was 65.
John R.T. Davies, one of the world’s top restorers of old jazz records, died of cancer. Davies, a musician who also gained fame as a member of the 1960s band the Temperance Seven, was one of the foremost experts on remastering classic jazz recordings. He was 77.
Abdulla Khamzayev, a prominent Chechen lawyer who worked on Russia’s first major trial on military abuses in Chechnya, has died. He was 67.
Dorothy Brown a pioneering black female surgeon and legislator, died Sunday of congestive heart failure. Brown was the first black female to become a surgeon in the South, according to the National Library of Medicine. She was also a Tennessee legislator. The exact year of her birth is unknown, but she concluded she was born Jan. 7, 1914, after reviewing census records. She was chief of surgery at Riverside Hospital in Nashville for 25 years.
