Obituaries: Calvin Fukuhara, Myrna Leite, Juanita Valderama, and Masae Zukeran

Families across Hilo are remembering loved ones recently passed, with services scheduled through November, hawaiitribune-herald.com reported.

Calvin Jiro Fukuhara, a 75-year-old retired attorney born in Honolulu, died June 18 at his home in Hilo. Private services were held for him.

According to hawaiitribune-herald.com, Fukuhara is survived by his wife, Terry Imaino of Hilo; brother, Patrick (Susan) Fukuhara of Kaneohe, Oahu; sister, Louise (Michael) Saito of Aiea, Oahu; sister-in-law, Lei (Trent) Imaino-Hata of Hilo; alongside many cousins, nieces, and nephews.

Myrna Frances “Luana” Leite, 82, died Oct. 1 at Hilo Benioff Medical Center. Born in Hilo, she spent her life as a homemaker and active member of Malia Puka o Kalani Catholic Church.

Services for Leite are scheduled later this month. Visitation will run from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 24, at Dodo Mortuary Chapel, followed by a wake service at 6 p.m., hawaiitribune-herald.com reported.

Visitation resumes from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25, at Malia Puka o Kalani Catholic Church in Keaukaha. A funeral mass follows at 10 a.m., with burial at East Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2.

Juanita Valderama, 89, of Wasilla, Alaska, and formerly of Hilo, died Oct. 19 at her home. Born in Ilocos Sur, Philippines, she worked as a small business owner.

Services for Valderama include visitation from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, at Dodo Mortuary Chapel, and again from 9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17. Her funeral mass begins at 9:30 a.m., with burial at 11:30 a.m. at Alae Cemetery, hawaiitribune-herald.com reported.

Masae Kodama Zukeran, 88, of Hilo, died Oct. 18 at Hilo Benioff Medical Center. Born in Hiroshima, Japan, she retired as an events coordinator for Hawaii Island Adult Care and belonged to Honpa Hongwanji Hilo Betsuin.

Private services were held for Zukeran, with family requesting no flowers or koden monetary gifts.