• Ronald Duarte Sr. • Abraham Cummings Ronald Duarte Sr. Ronald William “Skippy” Duarte Sr. of Kalaheo went to be with the Lord on April 7, 2008, at the age of 69. Born on Dec. 8, 1938, he was a
• Ronald Duarte Sr.
• Abraham Cummings
Ronald Duarte Sr.
Ronald William “Skippy” Duarte Sr. of Kalaheo went to be with the Lord on April 7, 2008, at the age of 69. Born on Dec. 8, 1938, he was a retired power plant supervisor with ITT at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) and a retired baseball coach of many years.
He was preceded in death by parents Ceasar and Rosalina Duarte; wife Patricia; sons Darrick and Ryan.
He is survived by daughters Elizabeth Duarte (Derek Arakaki) and Pernella (Sean) Beardsley; sons Ronald Jr. (Marleen) Duarte and Caesar (Vanessa) Duarte; 14 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; brother Donald (Betty) Duarte; daughter-in-law Edie Arrocena; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A celebration of his life will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15, at Holy Cross Church; Mass begins at 4 p.m. followed by interment at the Hanapepe Cemetery. The family requests casual attire.
Arrangements are being handled by Garden Island Mortuary Ltd.
Abraham Cummings
Abraham “Bra” J. Cummings died on April 4, 2008, at his home in Kapa‘a at the age of 76. He retired from GTE Hawaiian Tel as a PBX technician for 40 years. He was a Kamehameha School alumnus, class of ’49, a Korean war veteran and a member of the Aloha Chapter of the “Chosin Few.”
He also was a longtime musician, former Waikiki Surf Club paddler and Wailua Canoe Club paddler and coach.
He is survived by wife Helene Roselani Bailey Cummings; children Abraham (Carol) Cummings, Willie (Debra) Cummings, Aaron Cummings, Rinda (Kappy) Aiu, Mamo (Max) Cummings Graham, Koki Cummings, Keliilani Cummings and Cindra Manera; stepchildren Lance, Aric, Keith and Derek Koerte, Alane (Adam) Cole, Lynn (Russ) Mooney and Crissy Shamblin; sister Lovey (Toki) Tokioka; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. on Friday, April 25, at Kapa‘a First Hawaiian Church; services to follow. Inurnment will be at a later date at Punchbowl National Cemetery of the Pacific.
The family requests no floral arrangements but lei will be accepted.
Borthwick Kauai Mortuary is handling the arrangements.
