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.

   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

Alethea Lee Akioka Gainsboro

Connie Benner - Constance Benner

Willard Ching - Mr. Willard K.H. Ching

Mary Liz Cornell - Mary Elizabeth Cornell Gwilliam

Rick Curtis - Mr. Frederick Curtis, Jr.

Paul Christiansen

Brenda Cushnie - Mrs. Joseph Kuhl

Harry Cushnie - Mr. Harold A. Cushnie

Andy Durant - Mrs. Anne D. Freebairn

Edsell 'Ed' Flinn

Donna Forbes - Miss Donna Kapuwaikahu Forbes Morgan

Don Harby - Mr. Donovan D. Harby

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

Linda 'Cookie' Koch - Mrs. Linda Wood

Judy Lederer - Mrs. Judith Nelson

Stephanie Loo - Mrs. Stephanie Loo Clancy

Dick MacMillan - Mr. Richard MacMillan

Tony Murray - Mr. William K. Murray

Susan Nelson - Mrs. Susan Nelson Fulton

Fred Ray - Mr. Fred Ray

Robert 'Bobby' Schwallie - Mr. Robert Schwallie

Carl Sox - Mr. Carl Sox

Ken Vesey - Mr. Kenneth Joseph Vesey

Virginia Ware - Ms. Virginia Ware

John Waterhouse - Mr. John Carl Waterhouse

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

Kent Whitman

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.

William Baptiste - Mr. William Russell Baptiste

Tarn Cooper - Mr. Tarn Cooper

John Lee Elwell, Jr.

Leslee Rae Gardiner

Karen Diane Jenkins

John Parker

Linda Meyerson - Mrs. Renee Tillich, PhD.

Bonnie Williamson - Mrs. Bonnie Hale

Kent Ludwig

Brian Wuerker

     We also extend our Aloha to our parents, to the many of whom have already left us and to those infirmed and closing to that final transition that all of us shall pass through some day. Our sentiments are expressed by the thoughtful words of one of our classmates pondering the loss of her own parents and re-experiencing the feelings and emotions that our classmates are going through with their own aged parents at this time in our and in their lives.

"This is a hard time of life for all of us as we see our parents going through tough and sometimes, final times. One of our classmates left here today after two weeks with his 87 yr. old Mom who lives here. He has his hands full and the distance makes it even that much more difficult and frustrating. We wish our classmates and our parents all the best in these difficult times of transition for all of us. With love..."

"Isn't it true - the end of one generation is about on us with these kupuna in their 90's. We're next. They did so much to contribute to their communities, Hawai'i in such a wonderful period of change and they added love, class, culture, and concern for Hawai'i. How little the "now" world knows about them and how humble their heirs are about all of it. But the heirs continue in their own ways. Isn't that all any one of us can do to pay homage to our ancestors and to try to carry on in the same class, tradition, etc. Love, D."

" 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 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 Wadsworth

"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.

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