Samuel Pupuhi Has Ceased Breathing the Air of This World
("Pauaho Mai O Samuel Pupuhi I Keia Ola Ana", Nupepa Kuokoa, October 4, 1923)
After months of illness, the callous hands of death reached out and took the life inhabiting the body of Samuel Pekuholo Pupuhi in the evening of Monday, Sept. 10, 1923, from the home of his sister, Mrs. Rebecca Papalimu, at the corner of Alapai Street and King Street, leaving the mortal remains to return to dust.1
His body was taken to Silva's Undertaking Parlors on Nuuanu Street at 3 p.m. The next afternoon, his remains were conveyed to Kawaiahao Cemetery to be interred.
He was born from the loins of Nanalu, his mother, and J. Pupuhi,2 his father, 43 years ago3 at Kipahulu, Maui. Samuel P. Pupuhi, the deceased, was one of many children who originated from the loins of these parents. Many have already passed on to the next world, with only three still living from this large family.
In the early days of his schooling, he was educated at the public school in Kipahulu under the instruction of various teachers and ended his studies at the Kamehameha School for Boys.
He was a skilled searcher of clouded property records in the government office in addition to other real estate work. With his passing, he leaves behind many friends and close companions. The Samuel Pupuhi who lives in Hana, Maui is one of his cousins.
Sam P. Pupuhi was a member of the Daughters and Sons of Hawaiian Warriors. Thus, his body was placed in Silva’s Undertaking Parlors under the care of this association before internment and was watched over by members of the group on the night before the funeral procession.
He was a seasoned skirter of the showers of the Rain of the Low Sky,4 a regular of the waters of Helani, a native son of the Love-snatching Wind5 and the Kaupo Rain that Makes One Hide Behind Rock Walls, a traveler who remade a foreign land into an adopted home, and who lay his body down to rest in this adopted land.
He left behind his beloved woman in this world as well as numerous friends and companions who will remember him forever.
Below is the obituary in the original Hawaiian:
PAUAHO MAI O SAMUEL PUPUHI I KEIA OLA ANA.
Mahope o ke kaama’i ana no kekahi mau mahina i hala aku nei, ua kii mai la na lima huluhulu o ka make a lawe aku la i ke ola mailoko aku o ke kino o Samuel Pekuholo Pupuhi ma ke ahiahi o ka Poakahi o ka la 10 o Sept 1923, ma ka home o kona kaikuahine, Mrs. Rebecca Papalimu ma ke kihi o ke alanui Alapai me Moi, a waiho iho la i ke kino lepo e hoi i ka lepo.
Ua laweia mai kona kino lepo no ka hale kupapau o Silva, ma ke alanui Nuuanu a ma ka hora 3 p. m., o ka auwina o kekahi la mai i hoolewaia aku ai kona kino wailua no ka hoomoe ana aku ma ka ilina o Kawaiahao.
Ua hanauia mai oia mailoko mai o ka puhaka o Nanalu kona luaui makuahine a o T. Pupuhi kona makuakane ma Kipahulu, Maui, he 43 makahiki i hala. O Samuel P. Pupuhi i hala aku la oia kekahi o na keiki lehulehu i oili mai i keia ao mailoko mai o ka puhaka o ko lakou makuakane ua hala e aku ka hapanui o lakou ma kela ao a he ekolu wale no o keia ohana nui i koe e ola mai nei.
Ua hoonaauaoia oia i na la makamua o kona hele ana i ke kula maloko o ke kula aupuni ma Kipahulu malalo o na kumukula lehulehu, a o ka hope loa maloko o ko Kula o Keikikane Kamehameha. He mea huli aina pohihihi akamai oia maloko o ke keena hana o ko aupuni mawaho ae o kekahi mau hana kuai aina e ae, a iaia i moe aku la ua haalele iho oia mahope nei he mau hoaloha lehulehu a me na makamaka he nui. O Samuel Pupuhi e noho mai la ma Hana, Maui, kekahi o kona mau hoahanau hiapo.
He lala o Sam P. Pupuhi no ka Ahahui Mamakakaua a oiai e kau ana kona kino wailua maloko o ka halekupapau o Silva, ua kaa aku malalo o na hooponopono ana a keia ahahui kona kino wailuna ahiki i ka hoomoeia ana aku, me ke ku kiaiia o kona kino e na lala o ka ahahui ma ka po mamua iho o ka hoolewa.
He kupa aloalo kuaua oia no ka Ua Lani Haahaa; he kupa nana wai no Helani, he kupa a he keiki papa no ka Makani Kailialoha ame ka Ua Pee Papohaku o Kaupo, a he kamahele hoi i hoolilo i ka aina malihini i aina hookama, a moe iho la no hoi kona kino ma ka aina hookama.
Ua haalele iho la oia i kana mea aloha he wahine ma keia ao, a pela hoi me na hoaloha ame na makamaka he nui a he lehulehu e hoomanao mau aku nona.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 3:20.
- Corrected from T. Pupuhi in the original article.
- On May 4, 1880.
- A poetic name for Hana. See entry No. 1578 in the book “ʻŌlelo NoÊ»eau: Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings“.
- A poetic name for Kipahulu. See entry No. 1463 in “ʻŌlelo NoÊ»eau”.
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