•Marcelina Burkhamer •Violet Sato Marcelina Burkhamer Marcelina Silva Burkhamer of Kapa‘a died Dec. 14, 2009, at Wilcox Memorial Hospital at age 58. She was born in Madeira, Portugal, and retired as a nurse’s aid. She is survived by her children
•Marcelina Burkhamer
•Violet Sato
Marcelina Burkhamer
Marcelina Silva Burkhamer of Kapa‘a died Dec. 14, 2009, at Wilcox Memorial Hospital at age 58. She was born in Madeira, Portugal, and retired as a nurse’s aid.
She is survived by her children Jeannett Martins, Jason Martins, Russell Smith and Kenneth Smith; sisters Maria (Edward) Martins, Grace (Eric) Ishida, Gilda Lima, Gloria (Teddy) Javellana; brother Antonio (Ynes) Da Silva; five grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Private services will be held at a later date.
Arrangements are being handled by Kaua‘i Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home.
Violet Sato
Violet Yukiko Sato of ‘Ele‘ele died Nov. 26, 2009, at Kaua‘i Veterans Memorial Hospital at age 83. Born on Dec. 13, 1925, in Koloa, she was a retired supervisor with Iolani Sportswear.
She was preceded in death by her brother Tetsuo Konishi; brothers-in-law Haruo Asai, Wakamatsu Iwamoto and Yoneo Kaneko.
She is survived by her husband George M. Sato; son Clifton (Joyce) Sato of Kalaheo; daughters Arlene Sato of Honolulu and Sandra Sato of Hilo; grandchildren Elysse Sato and Jordan Sato both of Oregon; brothers Gary (Marjorie) Konishi, Donald (Mildred) Konishi both of Kaua‘i and Michael (Ruby) Konishi of Honolulu; sisters Kimiyo Asai, Natsuko Iwamoto, Linda (Yoshito) Kawakami and Elaine Kaneko all of Kaua‘i and sister-in-law Aileen Konishi.
Visitation at 10 a.m., service at 11 a.m., on Saturday, Dec. 19, at Garden Island Mortuary Chapel.
Casual attire is suggests and the family requests that flowers be omitted.
Arrangements are being handled by Garden Island Mortuary Ltd.
