Deaths It is with sincere regret that we note the passing of the following graduates:
1930
1956
Alice Robie Namakahelu Makaena Kaupiko of Honolulu died May 14, 2004.
Kenneth Kiyoshi Matsukado of Käne‘ohe, O‘ahu died Jan. 15, 2004.
1935
Milton Masao Iseri of ‘Aiea, O‘ahu died March 12, 2004.
Henry W. Watson of Olympia, Wash., died Feb. 19, 2004. He was born in Honolulu.
1936 Katherine Sakuma Akana of Boise, Idaho died May 28, 2004. She was born in Honolulu.
1938
Martha Poepoe Hohu
George Waldo Kekauoha of Los Angeles, Calif., died March 24, 2004. He was born in Honolulu.
1958
1962 Ralph Clouse of Käne‘ohe, O‘ahu died June 22, 2004. He was born in Honolulu.
1970 Rodney Craig Nicholas of Anchorage, Alaska died Feb. 24, 2004. He was born in Honolulu.
1941 Former Kamehameha Schools music teacher and 1925 graduate Martha Poepoe Hohu died June 12 at the age of 97. A composer, arranger, conductor, singer and organist, Hohu served for 67 years as choir director at Kaumakapili Church, and also directed choral groups in Hana, Maui, in Kalaupapa, Moloka‘i, and at Hawaiian Electric Co. and the Honolulu Police Department. She was best known for her work in compiling United Church of Christ Hawaiian hymnals. Hohu also spent 25 years working as a guide at the Bishop Museum and served 18 years as a docent at Washington Palace. She was also a Hawaiian language, history and ‘ukulele instructor. In 1993, she received a Nä Hökü Hanohano award for lifetime achievement from the Hawaiian Academy of Recording Arts and was earlier honored with a Hawai‘i Aloha Award from the Hawai‘i Music Foundation. In 1998, Kamehameha Schools presented Hohu with its highest honor – the Order of Ke Ali‘i Pauahi medal. “Mama grew up in the church, and she was a true Christian and a true teacher,” said Hohu’s daughter Leila Hohu Kiaha ’44. “She lived a full life.”
Edward Woodward Kepo‘oMahoe Horner of Honolulu died April 7, 2004. He was born in Waipahu, O‘ahu.
1943 Delores “Luana” Hooluanaokalani Forsythe Cummings of Lä‘ie, O‘ahu died Jan. 11, 2004.
1946 Viola Nalani Kim Lemon of ‘Aiea, O‘ahu died Feb. 18, 2004.
1947 Samuel Kalili of Cincinnati, Ohio died April 26, 2004. He was born in Honolulu.
Friends and family of Rodney Nicholas ’70 gather at Mauna Kea to scatter his ashes and offer a toast to his life.
1974 Wendell Warrington of Wailuku, Maui died June 26, 2004. He was ¯ inakoa, O‘ahu. born in ‘A
1980 Wesley J. K. Barientos of ‘Aiea, O‘ahu died April 20, 2004.
1948 Edward Kuulei Thompson, Jr. of Honolulu died March 31, 2004.
1954 Theodore Lewis Kinimaka of Honolulu died Jan. 12, 2004.
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