Richard “Rick” G. Fell
December 29, 1941 – April 16, 2025
Richard was born in Pittsburgh, PA on December 29, 1942. His family moved to Fort Myers Florida when he was a child, and he graduated from Fort Myers High School. Richard entered the Navy at age 17 and, after leaving the service received his degree from the University of Hawaii. He worked in the lighting industry after college eventually working his way up the corporate ladder to the ownership of Klopfenstein’s Lighting along with KLI receiving many awards during his ownership.
Richard was a very talented musician/pianist and surfer in his youth. He had a delightful sense of humor and was an animal advocate along with being actively involved in local charities that assisted many in his community. He was a former President, Board & Director of Lima Kokua, Inc. in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Richard was preceded in passing by his parents Paul and Frances Moran Fell, and brothers Tom and Paul Fell.
Robert “Bob” S. Madison Jr.
May 20, 1956 – January 13, 2025
Bob turned his lifelong passion for serving others into a career spanning over 50 years in the service industry. Starting with a position at the famous Higbee’s Department Store in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, he continued with numerous jobs in Hawai’i. These included the gift shop at The Contemporary Museum in Makiki, the Hawai’i State Art Museum, various restaurants on O’ahu, and ultimately Whole Foods Market where he worked until his passing.
Bob was a kind and gentle soul. He was a quiet but dependable and effective volunteer. He was an integral part of many past Lima Kōkua functions including: Great Aloha Runs (for which Lima Kōkua oversaw the Stroller Derby waiting area), the staging of our Annual Chili Cookoff Fundraisers, and serving as host of many social hour dinners for our monthly board meetings. We will miss you Bob. Rest in Love and Peace.
Lt. Katharine Payne
February 2, 1939 – September 30, 2024
Charles “Chuck” Joseph Anctil
January 28, 1935 – June 27, 2024
Resident of Las Cruces, NM for over 15 years, Chuck passed away June 27, 2024 at 89 yrs old. He is survived by his 4 children: Joleen Fly of Columbia TN, Robert Anctil and Cheryl Anctil both of Spring Hill TN, and Toni Wood of Murrieta Ca., 7 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Chuck relocated to Las Cruces from Honolulu, Hawaii. He was involved with choral and theater groups in Honolulu, HI, El Paso TX and Las Cruces, NM. He loved the Organ Mountains and loved playing cards with his pinochle group.
Charles Whitten
March 31, 1944 – May 30, 2024
Charles, 80, passed away peacefully at his home in Kaneohe on May 30, 2024, in the loving care of his husband. Charles was a retired counselor and academic advisor, having served at Windward Community College for 42 years, where he received the 2015 Chancellor’s Medal for Excellence in Teaching. Prior to his time at Windward, Charles was an educator at Hawai`i Baptist Academy, where he served as a Bible teacher, counselor, and academic dean. He was also a chaplain in the U.S. Army Reserve, attaining the rank of major. He served in both the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and 411th Engineer Battalion. Charles graduated from Punahou School, Baylor University, and Southwestern Theological Seminary. He was an ordained minister and took great joy in serving God. He worked in various churches and officiated at many of his colleagues’ weddings.
William “Bill” Henry Petty
April 16, 1951 – July, 29, 2023
Born to loving parents Donald Marion Petty and Lucile (Simmons) Petty in Provo, Utah, “Bill”, as he liked to be called, fought a 10 1/2-year battle with cancer. He was the eldest brother to Paul, Mark, Diane, Steve, and Karl.
While many people can say they are a jack of all trades but a master of none… Bill could say he truly could master most anything he set his brilliant mind to. He had an incredible memory, which served him and many others all of his life. He was able to take apart electronics and appliances, such as his mother’s Kirby vacuum, branching onto vehicles and other various simple and complex gadgets. His crowning achievement was fixing, building and repairing organs, pianos and pipe organs. He could tune anything. He knew and understood the inner workings of machines, simple to complex…Bill was a very complicated, complex, and trailblazing individual himself. After he graduated from the Bonneville High School class of 1969 in Ogden, Utah, he was then drafted into the Vietnam War, a scary time for all. Luckily, he was assigned to be a military policeman at the Presidio in San Francisco. During his time in the military, he learned confidence, structure, and a new world-view about politics and life. He is well-loved by many in Hawaii, California, Utah, and beyond.
Dr. Eberhard Mann
December 22, 1940 — May 15, 2021
In loving memory of Dr. Eberhard Mann, born on December 22, 1940 in Leverkusen, Germany. Dr. Mann passed away peacefully at his home in Honolulu on May 15, 2021 at the age of 80. Dr. Mann was the beloved son of the deceased Martin Mann and Annemarie Mann and brother of Gabriele Doring (also deceased). He is survived by his life partner Budi Staven.
Dr. Eberhard Mann completed medical school training in Münich, Germany in 1967 and completed his residency training in both Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the University of Hawai’i – Kauikealani Children’s Hospital in 1974. He was board certified in both general and child and adolescent psychiatry and pediatrics. In 1976, Dr. Mann received faculty appointments with the University of Hawai’i John A. Burns School of Medicine, holding positions of Associate Professor in both Department of Pediatrics (1977-1993) and Department of Psychiatry (1977-2018).
Dr. Mann was on the Board of Directors for the Gay Community Center in Honolulu from the mid 1980s through 1992 and member of the Hawaii Gay and Lesbian Teen Task Force from 1990 to 1993, Lima Kokua, and the Metro and Sunrise Rotary Club of Honolulu through which he participated in humanitarian programs including gifting dialysis machines to hospital in rural areas of Thailand on behalf of Rotary International.
A gentle and kind soul, Dr. Mann loved to travel. His adventures to many exciting destinations often combined with his philanthropic nature to make the communities he visited better in a multitude of ways. His life was truly dedicated to making the world a better place and his altruistic deeds will live on.
Miles Fukuo Shiratori
d. April 17, 2020
It is Lima Kokua’s sad duty to announce the passing of our long-time member and former president, MILES FUKUO SHIRATORI. Miles passed peacefully in his sleep at home on Friday, April 17th. Rest in Love, Miles.
Murray Brown
d. January 31, 2020
It is Lima Kokua’s sad duty to announce the passing of long-time member and associate of ours, MURRAY BROWN. Murray, who was a member for twenty years and an associate for twelve, passed away last Friday, January 31st in Rancho Mirage, CA. He last visited Lima Kokua five years ago, and was a dear and personal friend of our own Rick Fell since 1969. He will be cremated and eventually interred at Punchbowl National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Details and obituary will be posted as they become available.
Rest In Peace, Murray.
Leonard Jaffe
September 9, 1942 – January 25, 2020
Lima Kokua regrets to announce the passing of it’s long-time member and assistant treasurer, LEONARD JAFFE. Born September 9, 1942, Len passed peacefully in his sleep on Sunday, January 25th. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at Valley of the Temples Mortuary. Visitation 5:30; Service 6:00. The members of Lima Kokua offer our heartbroken condolences to the Jaffe-Shiratori Ohana.
Rest in Love, Len.
Valley of the Temples Memorial
Ernest Kazuyoshi Harada
October 20, 1944 – April 5, 2019
ERNEST KAZUYOSHI HARADA, the well-known actor/entertainer/ singer, 74, died peacefully April 5, 2019, surrounded by loving family and friends. Ernest attended Mid-Pacific Institute and, at 18, began studying acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and later, mime in Paris. Returning to the US, he appeared in over 35 films, including his first at age 23, “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968) and “Volunteers” (1985). He acted in a number of TV series and appeared in stage productions in Los Angeles. In New York, Ernest was featured in the original Broadway cast of Stephen Sondheim’s “Pacific Overtures”. He was a founding member of the Association of Asian Pacific American Artists, which advocates for more realistic depictions of Asians in the media. For the past nine years Ernest performed at the Hawai’i Yacht Club with his spouse and accompanist, Don Conover and both recently appeared in the cast of “Aging is Not For Sissies” at Manoa Valley Theatre.
In addition to his spouse, Ernest is survived by sisters Jean Matsueda and Dr. Ruth Harada. “Celebrating a Life Well-Lived” will be held at Church of the Crossroads, 1212 University Avenue, Saturday, June 15 at 4:30 pm; visitation, 3:30 pm. Floral wreaths and arrangements are gratefully declined; memorial donations may be made out to “Church of the Crossroads” with the notation “Ernest Harada and Don Conover Music Fund.”
The members of Lima Kokua wish to extend our most sincere and heartbroken affection to the Harada-Conover ohana. Ernest was loved and his absence is keenly felt.
Ernest “Sam” Heard
January 22, 1938 – January 25, 2017
ERNEST SAM HEARD was born on January 22, 1938, in Berlin, Germany and grew up on a ranch in Houston, Texas. His mother passed away when he was three years old. Sam had a very good relationship with his father but not with his subsequent step mother. He always mentioned his father and was very proud of him. Sam attended Texas A&M and represented the school on the swimming team. Sam loved to travel especially by train and enjoyed the finer things in life — fine dining, playing bridge, social gatherings, dancing, and singing. He also appeared in several Broadway shows, his favorite being “Cabaret”. When Sam retired from the military, he became a teacher in San Antonio, Texas before he moved to Oahu, Hawaii. While traveling in New York in 1986, he met his partner Raymond Yuen who was the member of the New York Ramblers Soccer Club. Sam became the manager of the club and traveled with them around the world for many years.
Sam was a volunteer in the USO office at the Honolulu Airport and was an active member of the Honolulu Rotary Club. He took his Rotary membership very seriously and made sure to attend every monthly meeting in Honolulu that he could; indeed, he even found the schedule of local meetings when he traveled. Sam was also a member of Lima Kokua, Inc, a social and charity club in Honolulu. After an exhausting and extended battle with liver cancer, he passed away on January 25, 2017 in Florida. There was a memorial service and burial at sea at Diamond Head with “Military Honors” on February 18, 2017. A grave side service was held near Fulshear, Texas on February 27, 2017 where he was laid to rest next to his father.
Rest in Peace, Sam. You are very much missed.
Donna Alene Spaulding
1932 – March 26, 2005
DONNA ALENE SPAULDING, 73, of Honolulu, died March 26, 2005 after a five month battle with lung cancer. Born in Rosalia, Washington, she was the daughter of George and Blanche Blackman. Donna attended the University of Washington where she received a degree in human development and then completed a masters degree in public health from the University of Hawaii.
Donna served as the executive director of the Hawaii Mental Health Association, the Hawaii Commission on Aging, and the Hawaii Multiple Sclerosis Society. She worked extensively with the renown author and speaker, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, she served as the director of San Diego Hospice prior to founding her own business — Linen Recovery of Hawaii. After her retirement in 2001, she remained extremely active in volunteer work with Lima Kokua and multiple other non-profit organizations.
Donna is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Daniel and Debra Abrescia of Morrison, Colorado, and two grandchildren, Paul and Sean. She is also survived by her sister and brother-in-law, Marie and Tom Janson of Deerpark, Washington as well as three nephews, Dennis, Richard, Randall, and their families.
A private memorial service was held on the morning of April 29th with a “celebration of life” for her friends and family in the evening at the Honolulu Country Club. A scholarship fund has been set up in her honor through Lima Kokua.
Rest in Peace, Donna. Your wit, erudition, and contribution to Hawaii’s less fortunate will forever be remembered.