Category: Obituaries

Mrs. Malie Puaala Williams Has Passed Away ("O Mrs. Malie Puaala Williams Ua Hala", Nupepa Kuokoa, July 15, 1921) Dear editor of the Kuokoa, greetings:—To inform those in every corner of this land who are friends and acquaintances of Mrs. Puaala Williams, my dear wife and companion, my sympathizer in all things related to this…

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…

My Husband, the Rev. D. Murray, Has Passed ("O Kuu Kane Rev. D. Murray Ua Hala", Nupepa Kuokoa, January 26, 1917) Mr. Editor Hanohano—Please grant space in your treasure for my eulogy for my husband, the Rev. David Murray, who has left me, his wifely companion, and our beloved lei of a daughter who has…

My Beloved Mother Has Passed ("Kuu Mama Aloha Ua Hala", Ka Puuhonua o na Hawaii, January 19, 1917) My beloved mama, the only true mother who I loved, has passed on, leaving me and her family to cry in grief for her. My dear mother, unable to speak to me. My mother, ever mindful to…

Passed on to the Road of No Return ("Ua Hala I Ke Ala Hoi Ole Mai", Nupepa Kuokoa, December 24, 1909) Mr. Editor of the Nupepa Kuokoa, greetings: Honorable one, please grant me space in your newspaper, the Kuokoa, treasure of the nation, since I am laying a sorrowful message before you to report to…

Miss Makanui Haupu Has Passed ("O Miss Makanui Haupu Ua Hala", Nupepa Kuokoa, September 12, 1913) Mr. Editor of the Nupepa Kuokoa, greetings:—Please be so kind as to allow space in the darling of the nation for the topic above so that you may flash like lightning from where the sun rises at Haehae to…

A Eulogy for Our Deceased Child ("He Kanaenae Hoalohaloha No Ka Maua Keiki Hele Loa", Nupepa Kuokoa, July 29, 1921) Dear Mr. Editor of the Nupepa Kuokoa, Greetings:—Please provide space in your columns of the treasured Kuokoa for a eulogy for our dear one who has passed on the road of no return. The house…

Memorial Resolution ("Olelo Hooholo Hoalohaloha", Nupepa Kuokoa, August 26, 1921) Whereas it pleased the Almighty Father to take our fellow worker Mrs. Agnes Makekau from this fragile world after suffering from illness for some months. Because of her poor health, she again sought respite in Honolulu with her queen. They left Kaupo in July. She…

A Eulogy ("He Hoalohaloha", Nupepa Kuokoa, November 27, 1908) It pleased the Almighty Father to take the last breath of my beloved foster mother, Mrs. Kahaunaele Kapahukalaunu Bipikane, from her residence on Kuakini Street near Liliha Street in the city of Honolulu, Oahu County. Mrs. Kahaunaele Kapahukalaunu Bipikane was born in 1843 at Kaupo, Maui…

My Beloved Wife Has Passed on to the Infinite Path of Kane ("Hala Kuu Wahine Aloha, I Ke Ala Polikua A Kane", Nupepa Kuokoa, March 6, 1924) Mr. Editor; greetings:—Please be so kind as to publish in available space of our beloved, “The Great Treasure of the Hawaiian Nation”, for the words placed above. Whereas,…