My mother died this morning at about 7 a.m. in a hospice house in the back of Palolo Valley.
The first photo was taken on Kahala Beach in late 1941. The second taken on Easter Sunday, 2012, during a visit to our home in Kaaawa.
Before her recent decline, she wrote her own obituary.
Here’s what she wrote, more or less. The original was written in her own hand.
Born Honolulu. Graduate Kamehameha School for Girls (before coed), and UH Manoa. Former instructor in Food Science, UH-Manoa. Also former secretary, Hawaiian Historical Society.
Survived by son, Ian Yonge Lind and wife, Meda, of Kaaawa; daughter, Bonnie (Lind) Stevens of California and Honolulu; granddaughter Christine (Lamont) Kemp and son, Kimo Lamont of Manteca, CA, and several great granddaughters.
Memorials to the Helen Yonge Lind Scholarship Fund
University of Hawaii Foundation
2444 Dole Street
Honolulu, HI 96822
Condolences to you and your family. Thank you for sharing your Mom’s life with your friends and readers.
Ian: condolences on the passing of your Mom. Thank you also for sharing such an insightful piece with everyone.
condolences … you are her legacy … it was wonderful to learn about her life through you
Belated condolences to you and your family. Sounds like she was one heck of a lady.
Thank you, Joe. Very much appreciated.