• Sakuni Kanagawa • Bernadette Montemayor • Kamee Nishihara • Harry Akahane • Shizue Matsushige • Patricia Bergeron • Rodger Parks Sakuni Kanagawa Sakuni Kanagawa of Honolulu died July 23, 2009, at age 77. Born on Aug. 11, 1931, in
• Sakuni Kanagawa
• Bernadette Montemayor
• Kamee Nishihara
• Harry Akahane
• Shizue Matsushige
• Patricia Bergeron
• Rodger Parks
Sakuni Kanagawa
Sakuni Kanagawa of Honolulu died July 23, 2009, at age 77. Born on Aug. 11, 1931, in ‘Ele‘ele, Kaua‘i, he was a retired M. Nakai Construction Co. repairman.
He is survived by his sons Clint (Diana) Kanagawa of Honolulu, Cory Kanagawa of Honolulu; brother Donald Kanagawa of Honolulu; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; sisters Hisae (Seichi) Akagi of Kilauea and Asako Nakata of ‘Ele‘ele.
Visitation at 5 p.m., service at 6 p.m., on Wednesday, Aug. 5, at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Aloha attire is suggested and the family requests flowers be omitted.
Bernadette Montemayor
Bernadette “Bernie” Montemayor of ‘Ele‘ele died July 22, 2009, at her home at age 57. Born on June 6, 1952, in Lihu‘e, she was a financial service representative with Kaua‘i Community Federal Credit Union.
She is survived by her husband Glenn; sons Elton (Nori) Montemayor and Guy (Peggy) Montemayor of ‘Ele‘ele; daughter Kellie (Koa) Montemayor of ‘Ele‘ele, five grandchildren; mother Nieves Antonio of Kekaha; brothers Alex Antonio of Maui and Thomas Antonio of Kekaha; sisters Paula Tanaka of Honolulu and Teri Bible of Kansas; numerous uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews and cousins.
Visitation at 9 a.m., Mass at 10 a.m., on Saturday, Aug. 1, at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Kekaha. Casual attire is suggested and the family requests flowers be omitted.
Arrangements are being handled by Garden Island Mortuary, Ltd.
Kamee Nishihara
Kamee Nishihara of Koloa died July 21, 2009, at Garden Island Health Care at age 97. Born on Oct. 12, 1911, in Koloa, she was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her husband Mitsugi; sons Albert and Howard Nishihara; daughter Ann Ayabe; grandson Mike Nishihara; parents Yukichi and Yuu Kunioka; brothers Jiro Kunioka, Saburo Kunioka and Kazuo Kunioka; sisters Tsurue Okimoto and Matsue Pitts.
She is survived by her daughters Edna (Keith) Holdeman of Kalaheo, Gloria (Dr. Jack) Young of Pacific Palisades, Calif. and Thelma (Don) Chikuma of Bellevue, Wash.; grandchildren Beth Mizuno, Susan Yanagi, Glen Nishihara, Dr. Cheryl Ayabe, Dr. Sharon Ayabe, Eric Holdeman, Bruce Holdeman, Lesley Kamian, Dr. Jared Young, Stacy Logue, Kamery Nishihara, Marcus Nishihara, Nikki Cowling and Tricia Chikuma; six great-grandchildren; son-in-law Dr. Harold Ayabe of Kaneohe; daughters-in-law Rose Nishihara of Kailua, Hawai‘i and Lillian Nishihara of Hacienda Heights, Calif. and brother-in-law Tsutomu Okimoto of Honolulu.
Visitation at 10 a.m., service at 11 a.m., on Saturday, Aug. 1, at Koloa Missionary Church. Casual attire is suggested and the family requests flowers be omitted. Interment at a later date.
Arrangements are being handled by Garden Island Mortuary, Ltd.
Harry Akahane
Harry Akahane of Waimanalo died July 19, 2009, at age 87. Born in Waimea, Kaua‘i, he was a retired engineer for Hawaiian Telecom.
He is survived by his wife Betty; sons Kaihe and Kealii; daughter Kuuleialoha Akahane-Park; son-in-law Radford Park; three grandchildren; brother George (Nancy) and sister Nalani.
Visitation at 11 a.m., service at noon, Wednesday, Aug. 5, at the Kamehameha Schools – Bishop Memorial Chapel. Cremation to follow service.
Aloha attire suggested.
Shizue Matsushige
Shizue “Dorothy” Matsushige of Lihu‘e died on July 27, 2009, at the Regency at Puakea at age 93. Born on Sept. 6, 1915, in Hanapepe, she was a homemaker.
She is survived by her son James (Christy) Matsushige of Lihu‘e; daughters Barbara (Lee) Owen of Texas, Ruby Ota of Kaneohe, Mary (Wayne) Tokuhama of Aiea; brother George Ozaki of Lihu‘e; sister Fujiko Nakayama of Hanapepe; seven grandchildren; one great-grandchild; numerous nieces and nephews.
Casual attire requested and family graciously declines flowers.
Visitation from 10 a.m., service at 11 a.m., on Saturday, Aug. 1, at Lihu‘e Christian Church. Inurnment to follow at 1:30 p.m. at Kaua‘i Veterans Cemetery.
Kaua‘i Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home assisted the Matsushige family with arrangements.
Patricia Bergeron
Patricia Ann Bergeron of Kilauea died on July 23, 2009, at her home at age 51. Born on Oct. 4, 1957, in Worcester, Mass., she was a vacation rental agent with Bali Hai Realty.
She was preceded in death by her mother Dorothy Bergeron.
She is survived by her father Kenneth Bergeron Sr. of Marstons Mills, Mass.; daughter Tawn’e Bergeron Asing of Kilauea; brothers David (Roxie) Bergeron of Los Lunas, N.M., Kenneth Bergeron Jr. of Sebastion, Fla.; sisters Jo-Ann Bergeron of Marstons Mills, Mass., Sandra (Tom) Murphy of West Yarmouth, Mass., Betsy (Nick) Nicholson of Kilauea; hanai mother Irene Asing and hanai sister Nani Marston; numerous nieces and grandnephews.
A celebration of her life will be held on Sunday, Aug. 2, at Black Pot Beach, Hanalei Bay at 2 p.m.
Casual attire suggested.
Kaua‘i Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home assisted the Bergeron family with arrangements.
Rodger Parks
Rodger Parks of Lihu‘e died July 24, 2009, at Straub Hospital at age 55. Born in Inglewood, Calif., he was the owner of Gold and Silver Trading Co. in Lihu‘e.
He was preceded in death by his son David.
He is survived by his wife, Sigred Parks, and children, Heather, Amy and James.
Service information will be announced at a later date.
Arrangements by Borthwick Kaua‘i Mortuary.
