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 Kaupo, Maui in 1861, and he took his last breath of this life on October 23 here in Honolulu.
Therefore, he spent 46 years breathing the air of this world before moving on to the path that all must take. He was a member of the Hawaiian Relief and Savings Society, which took care of the arrangements for his body.
For his funeral procession, the women’s branch and the men’s branch of the society dressed their members in finery. I would like to offer my boundless gratitude for the assistance of the members. You all have shown your true brotherly love. May God sustain your good deeds, and in this way shall the name of the Hawaiian Relief and Savings Society endure. Amen.
CHAS.1 KAHUAKAILOA.
Below is the obituary in the original Hawaiian:
UA HALA O JOEL KAMAKAHIKI
E ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Aloha oe—E oluolu mai no’u kekahi wahi kaawale o kou mau keena i ike mai ai na kini makamaka o ka mea i hala no na mea e pili ana iaia, oia iho keia:
Ua hanauia mai o Joel Kamakahiki mai na puhaka mai o Mr. ame Mrs. Kalahoouka, ma Kaupo, Maui i ka makahiki 1861, a ua pauaho mai oia i keia ola ana ma ka la 23 o ka mahina o Okatoba i hala aku la ma Honolulu nei.
Nolaila, ua piha iaia na makahiki he 46 o kona hanu ana i na ea o keia ola ana, a hala wale aku la oia ma ke alahele o na mea apau. Ua komo oia i ka “Hui Kokua a Hookuonoono o na Oiwi Hawaii,” a ua kaa aku hoi ka hooponopono ana i kona kino wailua malalo o ka hui.
Ma kona huakai hoolewa, ua komo pu mai na kaikuahine me ka hui o ke kane e hoohiwahiwa aku i ko lakou hoahanau a no lakou hoi au e haawi aku nei i na hoomaikai palena ole no na hana kokua i hanaia mai maluna o keia hoahanau o lakou, a ua hoike mai hoi oukou i ko oukou aloha hoahanau oiaio, a na ke Akua e hoopaa mai i ka oukou mau hana maikai, a pela e o mau ai ka inoa o ka Hui Kokua a Hookuonoono o na Oiwi Hawaii [Hawaiian Relief and Savings Society], Amene.
CHAS. KAHUAKAILOA.
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