John Franklin “Frank” Johnson, 88, of Hawi died Aug. 7 at Kohala Hospital. Born in Chatanooga, Tenn., he was a retired agriculturist for the former Hawaii Sugar Planters Association, U.S. Marine Corps veteran and member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church
John Franklin “Frank” Johnson, 88, of Hawi died Aug. 7 at Kohala Hospital. Born in Chatanooga, Tenn., he was a retired agriculturist for the former Hawaii Sugar Planters Association, U.S. Marine Corps veteran and member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hawi. Services held. Survived by wife, Marian Mae Johnson of Hawi; brothers-in-law, Urban Carvalho of Pensacola, Fla., Lionel (Laurine) Carvalho of Volcano and Glenn Carvalho of Pepeekeo; sister-in-law, Patricia Thornberg of Junction City, Kan.; nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Mavis Lillian LeBlanc, 93, of Waimea Aug. 17. She was a seamstress, yoga teacher and wife and mother, who enjoyed clothing design, travel, art, art museums and photography. Services in October. Survived by daughters, Paula Beamer of Waimea and Lisa Brunner Ashby of Port Townsend, Wash.; son, Glenn Gorecki of Oceanside, Calif.; sister, Gloria Romanus of Bloomington, Ill.; grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Lisamae Mahealani Martell, 54, of Kealakekua died July 17 at the Kona Community Hospital. She was born in North Kohala. Services held. Survived by husband, Ken Martell of Kealakekua; sons, Bryan Cabasal of Kalaoa, Kona, Frankie Cabasal of San Diego; mother, Florence Santiago of Kohala; brothers, Yone Nakamura of Waimea, Rafael (Shirley) Rodrigues of California and Albert (Maria) Santiago Jr., of Kohala; sisters, Angie Sarte of San Diego, Alberta Gouveia of Honolulu and Linda (Kenny) Chesterfield of Maui; nieces, nephews and cousins. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Ann Morgan, 87, of Kurtistown died Aug. 21 at Life Care Center of Hilo. Born in Massachusetts, she was a retired registered nurse. Services held. Survived by son, Charles O. Morgan III of Florida; daughters, Melinda A. Alsabrook of Arizona and Doralu Morgan of Kurtistown; brother, George Gove of Massachusetts; sister, Winifred Souza of Virginia; two grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
The Rev. Sueko Sakai, 94, of Hilo died July 27 at Life Care Center of Hilo. Born in Hilo, she was a great bishop from Daigoji Shingon Buddhist Temple in Kyoto, Japan. Services held. No flowers or koden (monetary gifts). Survived by niece, Lynn Sakai Gushiken; grandniece, Julie Gushiken; grandnephew, Kenny Gushiken; two great-grandnieces and a great-grandnephew. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
The late Sudsanguan “Sue” Nelson was owner of Sue’s Thai Kitchen. A second visitation will be 2-5 p.m. Wednesday (Aug. 30) 2017 at Orchid Thai Cuisine, 74-5563 Kaiwi St., Kailua-Kona. Incomplete and incorrect information was submitted for an obituary published Saturday.
