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WEST HAWAII TODAY | THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015
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Losa Fauhiva
Losa Fauhiva, 66,
of Ocean View is also
survived by sister, Salia
Finekifolau of Australia.
Her last name was omitted
in an obituary provided
to the newspaper.
Jeffrey Medeiros Jr.
Jeffrey Michael
Medeiros Jr., 22, of Hawi
died June 1, 2015. Born
June 27, 1992, in Hilo,
he was a rancher and
member of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints Kohala Ward.
Friends may call at
8:30 a.m. June 13 at The
Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints
in Hawi for an 11 a.m.
service. Burial follows at
Hawi County Cemetery.
He is survived by son,
Jeidyn Andrade Medeiros
of Waimea; father, Jeffrey
(Desiree Delos Santos)
Medeiros of Hawi; mother,
Karen Medeiros of
Hawi; sisters, Jacqulyne
(Franklin Johnson Jr.)
Bautista of Hilo, Kristin
(Ignacio) Abarca of
Aberdeen, Md., Crystalyn
(Christopher Usman)
Rabang of Kohala, Ariel
Afoa, Sariah Medeiros and
Ivy Medeiros, all of Hawi;
maternal grandmother,
Lillian (Warren) Ching
of Hawi; three nieces;
three nephews.
Arrangements by
Ballard Family Mortuary.
Janice Ontiveros
Janice Caila Ontiveros,
29, of Honokaa died May
9, 2015, at Hilo Medical
Center. Born in Hilo, she
was formerly employed
at the Waikoloa Beach
Marriott Resort.
A celebration of
life begins at 10 a.m.
June 14 at the Seventh
Day Adventist Church
in Honokaa.
She is survived
by mother, Cynthia
Ontiveros of Honokaa;
father, Jerry Ontiveros
of Honokaa; brothers,
Jerome Pacheco of
Honokaa, Jerry Ontiveros
of Waimea, Joseph
Ontiveros of Hilo; sisters,
Jennifer Ontiveros of
Hilo, Daisy Ontiveros
of Waimea; numerous
aunts, uncles, nieces,
nephews and cousins.
Arrangements by
Ballard Family Mortuary.
Shane Paulos
Shane Christopher
Paulos, 39, of Hilo died
June 8, 2015, at Hilo
Medical Center. Born Nov.
22, 1975, in Hilo, he was
employed by the Hawaii
County Fire Department
as a paramedic.
Friends may call at 9
a.m. June 17 at St. Joseph
Catholic Church in Hilo
for a 10:30 a.m. Mass. A
celebration of life begins
at 4 p.m. June 18 at Wailoa
State Park’s large pavilion
No. 2. Family requests
casual attire be worn.
He is survived by
companion, Dori
Sugihara of Hilo;
parents, Stephen and
Mary Ann Paulos of Hilo;
sisters, Christy Paulos
of Aiea, Oahu, Marlaina
(Craig) Fujisawa of
Hilo; brother, Ryan
(Monica) Paulos of
California; numerous
uncles, aunts, nephews,
nieces and cousins.
Arrangements by
Dodo Mortuary.
Randy Llanes
Randy Gay Llanes, 47, of
Kailua-Kona died May 29,
2015, at Kona Community
Hospital. Born July 23,
1967, in Kealakekua,
he was a charter boat
captain for the Sundowner
sports fishing boat and
team captain for the
Strongarms Bowling Team.
Friends may call at
10 a.m. June 19 at Big
Game Fishing Clubhouse
at Honokohau Harbor
in Kailua-Kona for
a memorial service.
Scattering of his ashes
will follow. Family
requests casual attire
be worn. Lei and loose
flowers are welcome.
He is survived by wife,
Rachael Llanes of Kailua-
Kona; daughter, Kaya
Llanes of Kailua-Kona; son,
Austin Llanes of Kailua-
Kona; mother, Florence
Llanes of Keauhou;
brothers, John (Roberta)
Llanes Jr. of Fiji, Duane
(Star) Llanes of Texas,
Keoni (Kalina) Llanes
of Keauhou; numerous
aunts, uncles, nieces,
nephews and cousins.
Arrangements by
Dodo Mortuary.
Rose Jose
Rose Jose, 94, of
Holualoa died June 3,
2015, at her residence.
Born March 5, 1921,
in Holualoa, she was
a former telephone
operator for Hawaiian
Telephone Co., substitute
teacher at Konawaena
and Holualoa schools,
co-owner and manager
of the Kailua Gift Shop,
a coffee and fruit
farmer and member of
Immaculate Conception
Catholic Church.
Private services will be
held. Entombment will be
at Kona Memorial Park.
She is survived by
sister, Gladys Jose
of Holualoa; brother,
Tony (Dorothy) Jose of
Kauai; hanai daughters,
Caroline Rokonuzzaman
and Marleen Alexander,
both of Holualoa;
numerous nieces,
nephews, grandnieces,
grandnephews
and cousins.
Arrangements by
Dodo Mortuary.
Alice Masada
Alice Akiko Masada,
87, of Kailua-Kona died
June 4, 2015, at her
residence. Born Dec,
20, 1927, in Kealakekua,
she was a licensed
practical nurse.
Private services were
held. Inurnment will be
at National Cemetery of
the Pacific (Punchbowl)
at a later date.
She is survived by
sons, Wesley Masada
of Fremont, Calif.,
Garry (Joy) Masada
of Chicago; daughter,
Gayle (Keith Winter)
Masada of Kailua-Kona;
sisters, Thema (Take)
Matsumoto of Keauhou,
Judy (Al) Esquitin of
Chicago, Betty Perry
of Reno, Nev.; five
grandchildren; five
great-grandchildren; one
great-great-grandchild;
numerous nieces,
nephews and cousins.
Arrangements by
Dodo Mortuary.
William Jones Jr.
William “Bill” Harvey
Jones Jr., 83, of Kailua-
Kona died June 8, 2015,
at Kona Community
Hospital. Born Feb. 15,
1932, in Philadelphia,
he owned Sunrise
Coffee in Akron, Ohio.
Private services
will be held.
He is survived by wife,
Gail Jones of Kailua-Kona;
son, Stephen Jones of
Houston, Texas; daughter,
Karen (Brent) Jackson
of Kailua-Kona; twin
sister, Doris Schindler
of Williamstown, N.J.;
four grandchildren, four
great-granddaughters;
one nephew.
Arrangements by
Ballard Family Mortuary.
a believer in our people’s
sovereignty, I think we
have taken many thou-
sands of small steps in
the last several hundred
years, but it’s people like
you folks, and now our
children, that need to
carry this forward.”
David,
her
voice
cracking with emotion,
thanked her ancestors
and kupuna for keeping
the history alive, even
while forced under-
ground during the years
of occupation. She said
she regrets that she was
a “child of the success-
ful indoctrination” of
Hawaiian children.
“This has to be the very
beginning of something
huge,” David said. “To see
the children have what
we never had, in learning
about the alii, about who
we are. As early as 1970,
there was nothing in our
school system about our
kings and queens, about
our Hawaiian history.”
The Association of
Hawaiian Civic Clubs
has been asking that hol-
idays traditionally cele-
brated in the Kingdom of
Hawaii also get state rec-
ognition. They also want
the holiday as an official
holiday, so workers get
the day off to celebrate.
The county, however,
doesn’t have the author-
ity to declare official
holidays unless the state
also sanctions them, said
Corporation
Counsel
Molly Stebbins.
Noenoe Wong-Wilson,
a Hawaii Community
College associate profes-
sor and a leader in the
Hawaiian Civic Club of
Hilo, said many Native
Hawaiians feel the resolu-
tion doesn’t go far enough,
but they do appreciate
that it’s on the table.
Even if July 31 isn’t
named an official state
holiday, state workers
would be able to select
that holiday as one of
their personal-option
holiday days, she said.
“During the time of
King Kamehameha III
… this was a special day
in Hawaiian history for
celebration and recog-
nition of this important
event,”
Wong-Wilson
said. “We believe this
will assist us in bringing
the recognition and cel-
ebration of this event to
Hawaii Island as well as
the aina.”
Restoration Day marks
the day that indepen-
dence was restored to
the Hawaiian Kingdom
on July 31, 1843, after
being seized and force-
fully taken by Lord
George Paulet, a cap-
tain of the British Royal
Navy’s HMS Carysfort
six months earlier. Adm.
Richard Darton Thomas
of the British Royal Navy
on that date ordered the
Union Jack removed
and replaced with the
Hawaiian flag, thus
returning the Kingdom
of Hawaii to power.
The County Council
will take up Resolution
185at itsmeetingTuesday
at the West Hawaii Civic
Center. The public can
testify at 9 a.m. at that
location, or by videocon-
ference from Hilo coun-
cil chambers, the Kohala
county facility, Waimea
council office, Naalehu
state office building or
the Pahoa neighborhood
facility.
RESTORATION:
Association of
Hawaiian Civic Clubs has been asking that
holidays traditionally celebrated in the
Kingdom of Hawaii also get state recognition
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A
Wednesday afternoon.
The plan features a
community agricultural
park, a green waste bio-
digester, a post-harvest
facility and commer-
cial kitchen. In a second
and third phase, the golf
facility would include a
practice course, a driving
range, a chip and putt
green, clubhouse and
restaurant.
The commercial kitch-
en will allow farmers to
meet food safety require-
ments while adding value
to everything from baked
goods to salad mixes
through processing and
labeling. The post-har-
vest facility will provide
growers with an area to
sort, brand and market
their produce, according
to the EA.
The 14.7-acre equestri-
an center will feature a
paniolo heritage muse-
um, stables for 50 horses
and an arena suitable for
local and national compe-
titions, with grandstand
space for 1,500 viewers.
An onsite biodigester will
be fed with manure and
plant waste for fertilizer
and energy production.
The biodigester systems
harness biogas as fuel a
generator.
The initiative pro-
vides for the first time a
space for homesteaders
to be buried within their
homestead, according
to the EA. The Waimea
Cemetery is full and
many deceased resi-
dents of the area have
been buried in Kailua-
Kona and Hilo, or have
been cremated, which is
not always in keeping
with Native Hawaiian
values. The 10-acre
cemetery will contain
a columbarium and a
chapel and reception
area capable of hosting
250 people.
WAIMEA:
Plan features a community agricultural park, a green waste
biodigester, a post-harvest facility and commercial kitchen
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A
Restoration
Day marks
the day that
independence
was restored to
the Hawaiian
Kingdom on
July 31, 1843.
The site of the Waimea Nui Regional Community Development Initiative is
seen in southeast Waimea.
SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY
Sandra Song, retired judge, dies at 65
Sandra Pechter Song, a retired
Hilo District Court judge and prom-
inent local attorney, diedWednesday
of cancer at Hospice of Hilo Pohai
Malama Facility. She was 65.
“She was one of the smartest peo-
ple that I’ve ever been privileged to
know,” said Dixie Kaetsu, a friend
and former county managing direc-
tor. “And she was a very talented
attorney. She was a scrapper. She
would fight for her clients.”
The Chicago-born Song gradu-
ated from Golden Gate University
School of Law in 1974, came to
Hawaii and opened the Molokai
office of the Legal Aid Society of
Hawaii. She later moved to the Big
Island, became a deputy county cor-
poration counsel, and later a part-
ner at Roehrig, Roehrig, Wilson,
Hara, Schutte & de Silva and coun-
sel at Case & Lynch, before her
1997-2003 bench term.
“She was outspoken, and she was
honest,” said Stephanie Salazar,
a friend and Circuit Court clerk.
“… She was fascinated with the
land division system in Hawaii, you
know, the ahupuaa, so when there
was a chance to come to Hawaii,
she did.”
In later years,
Song’s
private
practice focused
on arbitration and
mediation,
land
use, real estate and
civil litigation. She
was also a contract
hearing
officer
for the Hawaii County Planning
Commission, a volunteer media-
tor and board member of Kuikahi
Mediation Center, and served as
counsel to the Hilo grand jury.
Song’s husband, Jeremy “Jerry”
Song, described her as “a strong,
determined woman.” A retired cob-
bler who owned the former Modern
Shoe Repair in Hilo, Jeremy Song
said she became his friend when
she was a customer at his shop.
“I asked her to do … a power of
attorney for my daughter, and she
did it for free,” he said. “I said, ‘No,
no, no. I’ll take you to lunch or
dinner.’ We kept disconnecting for
a couple of months. Finally, I said,
‘You know what? I’ll buy a pizza, a
bottle of wine, and you can come up
to my house.’
“She came up, and from there,
she never left.”
Song was also an avid orchid
grower and judge, a member of the
Hilo and American orchid societies,
and for several years chaired the
annual orchid shows in Hilo.
“The orchids were her life,” said
Jeremy Song.
“She was a really talented and
dedicated grower and hybridiz-
er,” said fellow orchid grower and
enthusiast Danny Castro, who
described Song as a “great friend.”
“If you were one of Sandy’s
friends, she would go to the ends of
the Earth to help you,” he said.
Funeral arrangements are pend-
ing. In addition to her husband,
Song had a daughter, Helen, from a
previous marriage. Other survivors
will be contained in an obituary to
be published later.
Email John Burnett at jburnett@
hawaiitribune-herald.com.
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