Mrs. Kekula Amoe Has Passed Away
("O Mrs. Kekula Amoe Ua Hala", Nupepa Kuokoa, October 10, 1913)
Dear Kuokoa:—Please insert this message in available space of your columns and send it like a flash of lightning all around so that family members living in every area of the various counties will know of the one who has passed away.
While husband and wife were sitting peacefully, the deft hands of death came like a flash of lightning and vanished, snatching away the life breath of Mrs. Kekula Amoe, returning the spirit to its maker and laying her body in the eternal resting home of the grave, which has been the birthright of all throughout time.
On Monday, the 22nd of the previous month, September, Mrs. Kekula’s skin broke out in sores. On Tuesday, she told her husband to give her a purgative or salt. She wanted to wait until daytime on Wednesday to drink medicine since she knew that in the next few days the fruit of their loins would be arriving at some unknown time. In fact, their son appeared at 4 that morning.
Perhaps due to not being able to issue something small that was inside the body, there was a severe increase in fever, aches and pains, combated by ingesting a great deal of purgatives and fever pills. On Saturday, the 27th, at 1 p.m., her final breath took flight and left her husband, children and family behind to mourn.
She was 30 years old and had dwelled happily in matrimony with her Chinese husband for over 15. From their loins had come 5 boys and 4 girls still living and one who had already gone on the path the mother has taken.
She was a gentle, kind woman, full of generosity. She was devoted to her husband and caring to children. She was a member of the church of Mokulau here in Kaupo. She was a supporter of Christian activities until she passed away.
Therefore, let God provide comfort of mind and blessings to her husband, children, parents, grandparents and entire family, as is His province.
Greetings to the typesetting youths, to whom I send my regards.
SCOTT HAI.
Kaupo, Maui, Sept. 29, 1913.
A Eulogy for Mrs. Kekula Amoy
("He Hoalohaloha No Mrs. Kekula Amoy", Nupepa Kuokoa, November 28, 1913)
Dear Nupepa Kuokoa, Greetings:—Please be so kind as to publish this reflection in free space of your columns.
At 2 in the afternoon on September 22, 1913,1 the cruel hands of death struck, and the Almighty Father took away the spirit, leaving the cold body to return to the earth, her burden over, her work done.
She was born in Kaupo, Maui in 1883. She entered the holy bond of matrimony in 1898. They lived happily in marriage, and from their loins came 10 children, nine living with their father and one who had already passed. How sad!
She was a member of the church of Mokulau, Kaupo. She was a mother who helped with church matters and generously provided for friends who called on the home of her and her husband.
Therefore, be it resolved by us, the committee of the members, Sunday school students and members of the C. E.,2 we shoulder the burden of sadness and grief with you, widower and motherless children. Praise be to our heavenly Father, who shall lighten our heavy thoughts.
J. W. KAWAAKOA,
E. P. KEIKI,3
MRS. KEIKI,
MRS. S. APO.
Committee.
Below is the obituary in the original Hawaiian:
O MRS. KEKULA AMOE UA HALA
E ke Kuokoa:—E oluolu oe e hookomo iho i keia wahi puolo ma kahi kaawale o kou mau kolamu, a nau hoi ia e uwila ae apuni i ike mai ai na ohana o ka mea i hala, e noho ana ma kela ame kela wahi o na kalana.
Oiai e noho ana ke kane ame ka wahine me ka nanea, me he uwila la ka anapa ana ae a nalo iho, pela iho la na lima palanehe o ka make i kii mai ai a kaili aku i ka hanu ola o Mrs. Kekula Amoe, a hoi aku la ka uhane e pili i me ka mea nana ia i hana, a moe aku la kona kino i ka home maha mau, ka ilina hoi o na mea apau no ka wa i pau ole.
Ma ka Poakahi, la 22 o ka mahina i hala aku la o Sepatemaba, ua loaa iho la o Mrs. Kekula i ke owelawela ma ka ili, a ma ka po mai o ka Poalua, ua olelo aku la oia i ke kane e hoonaha iaia me ka aila, a i ole me ka paakai, ua makemake hou oia e kali a ao ae i ka Poakolu, alaila inu laau, a oiai no nae, ua kokoke mai i na la hope e oili mai ai ka hua a ko laua mau puhaka, ame ka maopopo ole ua hiki mai i ka manawa, ua oili i’o mai la he keikikane i ka hora 4 a oi o ka wanaao oia po no.
Mamuli paha hoi o ka pau pono ole o kekahi mau mea liilii i ka hemo iwaho, i hui puia hoi me ka pii ino loa mai o ka wela me ka ikaika, ka eha ame ka hu’i, me ka nui no hoi o na hoonaha ana me ka aila ame huaale piva, a ma ka Poaono la 27, hora 1 p. m., a lele loa ae la kona aho hope loa, a haalele mai la i ke kane, na keiki ame ka ohana, e u aku nona.
Ua piha iaia na makahiki i ke 30, a ua nohoia eia iloko o ka mare me ka i maikai me kana kane Pake i na makahiki he 15 a oi, a mai ko laua mau puhaka mai he 5 keikikane ame 4 kaikamahine e ola nei, he hookahi i hele mua i ke alahele a ka mama i hele aku la.
He wahine akahai oia ame ka oluolu, a he piha lokomaikai. He aloha kane a he wahine aloha keiki. He hoahanau no ka Ekalesia o Mokulau ma Kaupo nei. He kokua oia ma na mea hana Kristiano a hala wale aku la no.
Nolaila, e ukaliia ke kane me na manao hoomama ame na hoopomaikai ana i mai ke Akua mai, na keiki, na makua, na kupuna ame ka ohana apau, oiai o ko ke Akua kuleana ia.
Welina i na keiki hoonoho hua, a no lakou ko’u aloha.
SCOT HAI.
Kaupo, Maui, Sept. 29, 1913.
HE HOALOHALOHA NO MRS. KEKULA AMOY
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Aloha:—E oluolu mai kou ahonui e hookomo iho i keia mau wahi lalani manao ma kahi kaawale o kou mau kolamu.
Ma ka hora 2 auwina la Sepatemaba 22, 1913, i kii mai na lima menemene ole o ka make, a lawe aku la ka Makua mana loa i kana o ka uhane, a koe iho la ke kino puanuanu e hoi i ka lepo, kuu ka luhi, pau ka hana.
Ua hanauia oia ma Kaupo, Maui, ma ka 1883, a ua hoohuiia laua ma ka berita o ka mare ma ka 1898. He noho ana maikai ko laua iloko o ka mare a wale aku la no, a mai ko laua puhaka mai, he umi mau keiki, a he eiwa mau keiki e noho nei me ka makuakane, a he hookahi i hele pu aku me ia. Aloha wale!
He hoahanau oia no ka Ekalesia o Mokulau, Kaupo. He makuahine kokua i na hana pili Ekalesia, a he lokomaikai no hoi i na hoaloha e kipa mai ana ma ko laua home i na mea e oluolu ai ke kino.
Nolaila, e hooholoia, ma o ko makou komite la, o makou o na hoahanau, na haumana Kula Sabati ame na lala o ke C. E., ke komo pu aku nei makou e auamo me oe e ke kane i hooneleia i ka wahine, ame na keiki i hooneleia i ka makuahine, i na kaumaha ame na luuluu. Hoomaikai pu aku i ka Makua lani, Nana e hoomama mai i na manao kaumaha.
J. W. KAWAAKOA,
E. P. KEIKI,
MRS. KEIKI,
MRS. S. APO
Komite.
Footnotes
- September 27 at 1 p.m., as described in the article above.
- Christian Endeavor Society.
- Edward R. Keike.