Punahou Class of 1959

In Memoriam

 

A 65th Reunion Video Tribute to Our '59 Classmates who are no longer with us.     <= click here

 

A wonderful way for us to remember others, and we hope how others remember us.

 

If tomorrow starts without you,

      I will know we are not far apart.

For every time I think of you,

      You will be right here (in MY heart).

 

And if tomorrow starts without me,

     I will know we are not far apart.

For every time you think of me,

      I will be right there (in YOUR heart).

 

 

 

From all of us who will join you some day...

May the memories of our good times together with you at Punahou remind us to give thanks for all that we have. And may our fond memories of you remind us to reassure our loved ones (every day of our lives while we are here together with them) that we love and enjoy and need them very much. These are your special gifts to us.

And may our tears in memory of you be like gentle rain that feeds and softens the desert places in our souls so we will continue to bloom and grow beautiful things for all the world to see, for as long as we are here, and forever thereafter.

 

 

   Kuu Milimili  <- click here to play our Aloha 'Oe 1959 graduation music while you read.

 

Aloha `Oe

words and music by Queen Lili`uokalani

 
Ha`aheo ka ua i nâ pali
Ke nihi a`ela i ka nahele
E hahai (uhai) ana paha i ka liko
Pua `âhihi lehua o uka
 
Hui: 
Aloha `oe, aloha `oe
E ke onaona noho i ka lipo
One fond embrace,
A ho`i a`e au
Until we meet again
 
 
 
`O ka hali`a aloha i hiki mai
Ke hone a`e nei i
Ku`u manawa
`O `oe nô ka`u ipo aloha
A loko e hana nei
 
 
Maopopo ku`u `ike i ka nani
Nâ pua rose o Maunawili
I laila hia`ia nâ manu
Miki`ala i ka nani o ka lipo
Proudly swept the rain by the cliffs
As it glided through the trees
Still following ever the bud
The `ahihi lehua of the vale
 
Chorus:
Farewell to you, farewell to you
The charming one who dwells in the shaded bowers
One fond embrace,
'Ere I depart
Until we meet again
 
 
Sweet memories come back to me
Bringing fresh remembrances
Of the past
Dearest one, yes, you are mine own
From you, true love shall never depart
 
 
I have seen and watched your loveliness
The sweet rose of Maunawili
And 'tis there the birds of love dwell
And sip the honey from your lips

 

Passings in 2024

Mickey Waddoups

Kathleen "Kit" Cabot

Sandra Osorio "Sandi" Stoner

Susan Hata O'Connor

Anne Richmond

William Jacobsen

Julie Beadle Peters

 

Passings in 2023

Paul Won

Robert (Bob) Wilkinson

Tek Yoon

Dennis Leong

Duke Chung

 

Passings in 2022

Arthur (Artie) Dederick

David Forbes

Elizabeth Frances Stump

Doug Wilburn

Jerol Hanson

 

Passings  in 2021

 

Jo Ann Choi Pottberg

Aka Hodgins

Robert "Bob" Liljestrand

Susan Rittenhouse Everest

Sheila Wirtz

 

Passings before 2021

 

Alethea Lee Akioka Gainsboro

 

 

Henry Ayau - Mr. Henry Keawe Ayau, Jr.

 

 

Connie Benner - Constance Benner

 

 

  

Willard Ching - Mr. Willard K.H. Ching

 

   

 

Ted Cleghorn - Mr. Willian Ted Cleghorn

 

   

 

David Jackson Cooper Jr,  (Rebel)

 

 

Mary Liz Cornell - Mary Elizabeth Cornell Gwilliam

 

 

  

Rick Curtis - Mr. Frederick Curtis, Jr.

 

 

  

Paul Christiansen

 

 

Herbert Cockett - Herbie

 

 

 

Brenda Cushnie - Mrs. Joseph Kuhl

 

 

 

Harry Cushnie - Mr. Harold A. Cushnie

 

 

 

 

William "Bill" Dupin

 

 

 

Andy Durant - Mrs. Anne D. Freebairn

 

 

 

Stan Dzura

 

 

 

Edsell 'Ed' Flinn

 

 

 

Donna Forbes - Miss Donna Kapuwaikahu Forbes Morgan

 

 

 

Kimo Godbold

 

 

Jim "Jimbo" Haley - Mr. James A. Haley

 

 

 

Don Harby - Mr. Donovan D. Harby

 

 

 

Gilbert "Gilly" Halpern

 

 

John "Jack" Hastreiter

 

 

 

Gerald "Gerry" Hiatt

 

 

Vernon "Vernie" Hoke

 

 

 

Robert "Bobbie" Hons

 

 

John Hoxie

 

 

 

Joy Hudson  - Mrs. Joy Hudson Duarte

 

 

 

Monty Iwanaga - Mr. Montague O. Iwanaga

 

 

 

Anna Karen Jacobsen - Mrs. Anna Karen Waters

 

 

 

Mary Kay Jeffrey - Mrs. Marcell R. Bishop

 

 

 

 

Melvin Kau - Mr. Melvin Kau

 

 

 

Alan Baird Kidwell

 

 

 

Lindsey Kinney

 

 

 

Helen Larson - Mrs. Helen Larson Dalton

 

 

 

Judy Lederer - Mrs. Judith Nelson

 

 

Roger Lochbaum

 

 

 

Stephanie Loo - Mrs. Stephanie Loo Clancy

 

 

Carole Lum Riley

 

 

 

Dick MacMillan - Mr. Richard MacMillan

 

 

 

Kuulei Marciel - Mrs. Kuulei Flores

 

   

Sonja Mollenhoff - Mrs. Sonja Massey

 

   

 

Richard "Dick" Mosely

 

 

 

Tony Murray - Mr. William K. Murray

 

  

 

Ann Neilson - Mrs. Ann Neilson Randle

 

 

 

Susan "Susie" Nelson - Mrs. Susan Nelson Fulton

 

 

 

Charles "Mike" O'Malley

 

 

Libby Orrick - Mrs. Libby Antone

 

 

 

Bard Peterson - Mr. Bard Peterson

 

 

 

Lael Prock - Mr. Lael Prock

 

 

Fred Ray - Mr. Fred Ray

 

 

 

   

Robert 'Bobby' Schwallie - Mr. Robert Schwallie

 

 

Radford Small - Mr. Radford Small

 

 

Doug Snyder - Mr. Douglas Snyder

 

 

Carl Sox - Mr. Carl Sox

 

 

 

Kimo Tabor  -  Mr. James Hamilton "Kimo" Tabor II

 

 

 

Margie Tam - Mrs. Marjorie Tam Opulauoho

 

 

 

Ian Thain - Scotty Thain

 

 

 

Ken Vesey - Mr. Kenneth Joseph Vesey

 

 

 

Mar Waite - Mrs. Marilyn Waite Prater

 

 

 

Virginia Ware - Ms. Virginia Ware

 

 

 

John Waterhouse - Mr. John Carl Waterhouse

 

 

 

Patricia (Patti Ann) Welsh Hilbig

 

 

 

 

Janet West Suter   "Westie"

 

 

Rusty White - Mr. Claude (Rusty) White, Jr.

 

 

Kent Whitman

 

 

Hugh Willocks

 

 

 

Steve Yamashiro

 

 

 

 

The following classmates left Punahou prior to their senior year, but they remain equally in our hearts and memory along with those who graduated with us in 1959.

(in alphabetical order)

 

William Baptiste - Mr. William Russell Baptiste

George W. Beswick

Tarn Cooper - Mr. Tarn Cooper

John Lee Elwell, Jr.

David Forbes

Leslee Rae Gardiner

Karen Diane Jenkins

Julia Kaleikini

Kent Ludwig

Duncan H. MacQuarrie

Linda Meyerson - Mrs. Renee Tillich, PhD.

Wayne L. O’Heron Jr.

John Parker

Merson Skinner

Frances Stump

Douglas (Doug) Wilburn

Bonnie Williamson - Mrs. Bonnie Hale

Brian Wuerker

 

 

 

 

 

   Steve Jobs Died a billionaire at age 56. This is his final essay:

"I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In some others' eyes, my life is the epitome of success. However, aside from work, I have little joy. In the end, my wealth is only a fact of life that I am accustomed to. At this moment, lying on my bed and recalling my life, I realize that all the recognition and wealth that I took so much pride in have paled and become meaningless in the face of my death. You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone bear your sickness for you. Material things lost can be found or replaced. But there is one thing that can never be found when it's lost - Life.

Whichever stage in life you are in right now, with time, you will face the day when the curtain comes down. Treasure love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends. Treat yourself well and cherish others. As we grow older, and hopefully wiser, we realize that a $300 or a $30 watch both tell the same time. You will realize that your true inner happiness does not come from the material things of this world. Whether you fly first class or economy, if the plane goes down - you go down with it. Therefore, I hope you realize, when you have mates, buddies and old friends, brothers and sisters, who you chat with, laugh with, talk with, sing songs with, talk about north-south-east-west or heaven and earth, that is true happiness!

Don't educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy. So when they grow up they will know the value of things and not the price. Eat your food as your medicine, otherwise you have to eat medicine as your food.

The One who loves you will never leave you for another because, even if there are 100 reasons to give up, he or she will find a reason to hold on. There is a big difference between a human being and being human. Only a few really understand it. You are loved when you are born. You will be loved when you die. In between, you have to manage!

The six best doctors in the world are: sunlight, rest, exercise, diet, self-confidence and friends.  Maintain them in all stages and enjoy a healthy life." ."

Punahou Class of 1959 - In Memoriam Service

Sunday June 13th, 1999 Waimanalo, Hawaii

Below are the words to the poem spoken during our In Memoriam Service to honor our classmates no longer with us on this earth.

 

" S L O W D A N C E "

 "Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round?

Or listened to the rain slapping on the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?

Or followed the sun into the fading night?

You better slow down, don't dance so fast.

Time is too short, the music won't last.

 

Do you run through each day on the fly?

When you ask "How are you?" - do you hear the reply?

When the day is done, do you lie in your bed

With the next hundred chores running through your head?

You'd better slow down, don't dance so fast.

Time is too short, the music won't last.

 

Ever told your child, "We'll do it tomorrow."

And in your haste, not see their sorrow?

Ever lost touch, Let a friendship die,

Cause you never had the time to call and say "Hi"?

You'd better slow down, don't dance so fast.

Time is too short, the Music won't last.

 

When you run so fast to get somewhere,

You miss half the fun of getting there.

When you worry and hurry through your busy day,

It is like an unopened gift.... just thrown away.

Life is not a race. please take it slower.

Hear the Music,,,,, before the song is over."

 

The following words are taken from the service of a recently passed classmate of ours.  Her name has not been mentioned because her words are truly universal and speak to each and every one of us.

Dear Family and Friends.

From  'To Those I Love'   by Isla Paschal Richardson

"If I should ever leave you whom I love, to go along the Silent Way,

Grieve not, nor speak of me with tears,

But laugh and talk of me as if I were beside you there.

I’d come - I’d come, could I but find a way!

And when you hear a song or see a bird I loved,

Please do not let the thought of me be sad,

For I am loving you just as I always have.

You were so good to me!

There are so many things I wanted still to do,

So many things to say to you.

Remember that I did not fear,

It was just leaving you that was so hard to face.

We cannot see Beyond.  But this I know…

I loved you so! ‘Twas heaven here with you!"

All my love,

 

The following poem was selected by one of our recently passed classmates for reading at the service celebrating her own passing of life into the next world.

"Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting,

The soul that rises with us, our life's star,

Hath had elsewhere its setting, and cometh from afar;

Not in entire forgetfulness, and not in utter nakedness,

But trailing clouds of glory do we come...

   from God who is our home."

        William Wordsworth

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - 3:22      King James Version of the Bible

1  To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

2  A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up [that which is] planted;

3  A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

4  A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

5  A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

6  A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

7  A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

8  A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

9  What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

10  I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

11  He hath made every [thing] beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

12  I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

13  And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it [is] the gift of God.

14  I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth [it], that [men] should fear before him.

15  That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

16  And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness, [that] iniquity [was] there.

17  I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for [there is] a time there for every purpose and for every work.

18  I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

19  For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all [is] vanity.

20  All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

21  Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

22  Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

 

 

And finally words spoken by Hiram DeFries at the ceremony of the too early passing of our beloved classmate Henry Ayau at Punahou School's Thurston Memorial Chapel.

"Ka hala e ka Pu'ulena a pa ahe ahe mai ka Moa'e."

Even though the strong winds of Pu'ulena are gone, the light breeze of Moa'e will always be there.

To our dear departed Friends and Parents,,, Aloha Oe. And may God Speed us all.

 

 

 To see the 40th reunion Sunday "In Memoriam" service photos,  click here.

To see the 45th reunion Sunday "In Memoriam" service photos,  click here.