29, 2000, at the age of 61. Born in Rockford, Ill., he came to Kaua’i in May 1999 from Santa Cruz, Calif., where he combined his passions for music and the sea in hundreds of original songs, which he sang
29, 2000, at the age of 61.
Born in Rockford, Ill., he came to Kaua’i in
May 1999 from Santa Cruz, Calif., where he combined his passions for music and
the sea in hundreds of original songs, which he sang to the accompaniment of
his own guitar. He played rhythm guitar for Hot Tuna, a spinoff from the
Jefferson Airplane, and toured with the band of Carlos Santana. He sailed
throughout the world as captain of private and commercial vessels, including
his own fishing boats.
On Kaua’i, he and his companion transformed an older
house in Anahola into a successful bed-and-breakfast establishment known as
Hale Pau Hana.
He is survived by his son, Jamie Ziegler of Santa Cruz,
Calif., and his longtime companion, Valerie Woods of Anahola.
Donations may
be sent to: Friends of the Library of Hawaii, 690 Pohukaina St., Honolulu HI
96813, Library Branch: Kapa’a, Kaua’i.
Joseph Kaauwai
Joseph Hoonani
Kaauwai died on July 6, 2000, at his home in Anahola at the age of 69 after a
long battle with heart disease and Parkinson’s disease.
Born Aug. 6, 1930,
in Kapa’a, Kaua’i, he was a 1949 graduate of Kapa’a High School; 1957 graduate
of Pacific University, Forest Grove, Ore., where he was an outstanding football
player from 1951 to 1956, Northwest Conference Little All American Guard and
received a bid to the Baltimore Colts. He was a U.S. Army veteran, and a police
sergeant with Kaua’i County Police Department. He retired with 25 years service
in 1985.
He is survived by his wife, Deloros Afrank Kaauwai, one daughter:
Joanne Lokelani Kaauwai of Wailua; two sons: Joseph Hoonani Kaauwai Jr. of
Anahola, and Abraham Kalunakanawai Kaauwai of St. Ann, Missouri; one
grand-daughter, Kalanikauleleiaiwi Kaauwai, and daughter-in-law, Monica K.
Kaauwai of Kapahi.
Also surviving are four brothers: John (Barbara) Kaauwai
of Anahola, William Kaauwai of Wailua, Kenneth (Alicia) Kaauwai of Waipouli,
and James Kaauwai of Oahu; six sisters: Elizabeth Costa of Hayward, Calif.,
Esther Teraoka of Wailua, Henrietta (Robert) Gonsalves of Wailua, Maureen
(John) Seagrove of Vail, Ariz., Annette Kaauwai of Anahola, and Linda (Melvin)
Iwamoto of O’ahu; a sister-in-law: Levinia Kaauwai of Kapa’a; many nieces,
nephews, and cousins.
Others surviving are his mother-in-law, Dorothy
Albert Afrank of McCleary, Wash., brother-and-sister-in-law Ronald and Myra
Afrank Kuffel of St. Helens, Ore., nieces and nephews.
Friends may visit
with the family from noon on July 14, at Kapa’a First Hawaiian Church; services
officiated by Rev. Richard Chun at 5 p.m.; burial at the Kapa’a First Hawaiian
Church cemetery.
Arrangements are being handled by Garden Island Mortuary,
Ltd.
Ellsworth Goodwin
Ellsworth Goodwin of Pearl City, O’ahu, died
July 3, 2000, at Tripler Army Medical Center at the age of 66.
Born July
16, 1933, in Waimea, Kaua’i, he was a 1951 graduate of Kamehameha Schools, and
retired as a Superintendent at Hawaiian Dredging Company. He resided in both
Las Vegas and Hawaii in recent years.
He is survived by his wife, Sang Nyo
Goodwin; daughter Kimi (Kenneth) Rafael; son, Russ (Kay) Goodwin Sr.; five
grandchildren; one brother, Robert H. Goodwin of Kaua’i; sisters, Margaret K.
Akana, Aletha K. Kaohi, both of Kaua’i; Elizabeth K. Silva of
Honolulu.
Friends may call on Monday, July 17, at 10 a.m. at Mililani
Mortuary Mauka Chapel on O”ahu. Funeral service at 11 a.m. Interment to follow
at 1 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery (Kaneohe).
The family requests
that aloha attire be worn.
