Category: Obituaries

My Dear Husband Has Passed Away ("Kuu Kane Aloha Ua Hala", Kuokoa Home Rula, January 15, 1909) Mr. Editor.  Greetings.—  Please insert this in the Nupepa Kuokoa Home Rula: On Nov. 22, 1908, at 4 p.m., Makalii (male) departed from life in this earthly world and returned to the other realm, fulfilling the words of…

My Beloved Mrs. Abigail Has Passed Away ("Kuu Mrs. Abigail Aloha Ua Hala", Nupepa Kuokoa, January 19, 1917) Dear Mr. Editor of the Kuokoa, Greetings:—Please be so kind as to insert in an open column of our treasure my tearful message placed above that it may waft along in the gentle winds of our beloved…

Hawaii News ("Nu Hou Hawaii", Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, December 10, 1892) On November 28 at Kumunui, Kaupo, Hana, Maui, death came for P. Puhalahua and wrested him away from this life. He was born in Kaupo on New Year’s Day of 1850 and so was 42 years old when he passed away. He was an…

A Somber Message ("He Ukana Walohia", Nupepa Kuokoa, November 7, 1913) Mr. Editor of the Kuokoa, the Treasure of the Nation, greetings:—Please be so kind as to provide space in the treasure for my message above to inform the father, family, friends and acquaintances from where the sun rises to where it sets at Lehua,…

Malie Kaaiwaiu Has Passed Away ("Malie Kaaiwaiu ua Hala", Nupepa Kuokoa, November 4, 1910, and Kuokoa Home Rula, November 4, 1910) Mr. Editor of the Nupepa Kuokoa, greetings: At 9:15 a.m. on Wednesday, the 2nd of this month, our beloved mother, Mrs. Malie Kaaiwaiu, gently glided away from the residence of her foster grandchild Mr….

Joel Kamakahiki Has Passed Away ("Ua Hala O Joel Kamakahiki", Nupepa Kuokoa, November 1, 1907) Dear Nupepa Kuokoa, greetings—Please provide space in a corner of your paper to inform the numerous friends of the deceased about information related to him, to wit: Joel Kamakahiki was born from the loins of Mr. and Mrs. Kalahoouka at…

Elderly Death ("Make Hapauea", Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, August 4, 1894) Greetings:—At Kapohue, Hana, Maui, the angel of death struck and snatched the final breath of Luesiana Kahula, our mother, in her 70th year of life. She was born at Maalo, Kaupo, Maui, from the loins of Aieouo (father) and Kaululena (mother). In 1843, she married…

My Younger Brother Peter William Kamai Has Passed Away ("Kuu Pokii Peter William Kamai Ua Hala", Nupepa Kuokoa, September 20, 1918) Dear Mr. Solomon Hanohano, greetings:—Please publish in available space of our revered one my tearful message above to notify the family and friends of my departed younger brother. What sorrow for my brother! My…

Our Father, J. B. K. Kamai, Has Passed Away ("Ko Makou Papa, J. B. K. Kamai, Ua Hala", Nupepa Kuokoa, May 28, 1920) Mr. Editor of the Nupepa Kuokoa, Greetings:— Please be so kind as to provide space in the columns of the Kuokoa for our dear, never-forgotten father who has left us in this…

Removed Are the Supports of the Earthly Form ("Wehe I Ka Pili Hookoo Ia Loko", Ke Aloha Aina, April 13, 1901) Dear KE ALOHA AINA newspaper,  Greetings:— Please insert in available space of your delicate form my message referenced in the title to collectively inform your readers from where the sun rises at Ha’eha’e to…