Hawaiian flags few at half-staff yesterday in honor of Duke Bainum, the doctor from Arkansas who stopped by Hawaii and stayed, was elected to the State House, the Honolulu City Council, and came within 1,300 votes of being mayor of Honolulu in 2004.

Hundreds of people gathered at a memorial service in downtown Honolulu. The crowd included Bainum’s colleagues on the City Council, Honolulu’s mayor, the House Speaker, Senate President, and other legislative leaders, two former governors, and those who knew and worked with Duke in different parts of his lives, as a medical doctor, good government activist, community volunteer, father, elected official, and friend.

We’ll miss you, Duke.