Keaka Kauliʻa-Neula
Oct. 1, 1987 – June 20, 2025
Keakaokalāʻalohi Kawaipiʻikalani Kauliʻa-Neula was born on Oct. 1, 1987 at Kapiʻolani Hospital in Honolulu and raised in Nānākuli and on Maui. He passed away at Queen’s Hospital on June 20, 2025. His inoa kūpuna comes from his great-great-great grandfather, Tūtūpā Keaka Kekuia of Kapapala- Kaʻū, Hawaiʻi. He leaves behind one keiki Kahalepiliokealoha; his mākuakāne hānai, Kuʻualohanui Kauliʻa; three sisters Ebony Lehuanani, Jolina Kehaulani, and Honesty Kamāmalu Kauliʻa; and two brothers Kelena and Kealiʻi Neula. His Celebration of Life will be on Aug. 9 on Oʻahu and on Aug. 23 on Maui. E ola loa i ke aloha!
He Haʻikupuna Aloha no Keaka Kauliʻa-Neula
ʻO keia ka haʻikupuna ʻo Keakaokala’alohi Kawaipiʻikalani Kauliʻa-Neʻula ma ka ʻaoʻao o kona mākuahine ʻo Donalynn Kauliʻa, kona kūpunakāne ʻo Peter Kauliʻa, me kona kūpunakāne kuakahi ʻo Keliʻi Kauliʻa. Pēnei nō kēia moʻokūʻauhau o Keaka:
Hānau ʻia ʻo Keaka Kuia Kekuia, he kāne
Hānau ʻia ʻo Waiholua Kekaua, he wahine
Noho pū lāua a hānau ʻia ʻo Lepeka Kekuia, he wahine.
Noho ʻo Lepeka Kekuia iā ʻĪpaʻapuka Kauliʻa,
Hānau ʻia ʻo Julian Keliʻi Kauliʻa, he kane.
Noho ʻo Julian Keliʻi Kauliʻa iā Lokalia Maliano Keliʻiholokai
Hānau ʻia ʻo Peter Hakuʻolekalimaekakanaloa, he kane.
Noho ʻo Peter Hakuʻolekalimaekakanaloa iā Flora Mayoga
Hānau ʻia ʻo Donalynn Agnes Kauliʻa, he wahine.
Noho ʻo Donalynn Kauliʻa iā Glenn Hoʻohuli Neula
Hānau ʻia ʻo Keakaokalāʻalohi Kawaipiʻikalani Kauliʻa-Neʻula,
he kane….ka mea nona kēia haʻikupuna aloha.
(Ua hānai ʻia ʻo Keaka e kona mau kūpuna/mākua ma ka ʻaoʻao Kauliʻa)
E ola ka hā o ka ʻohana Kekuia!
E ola ka hā o ka ʻohana Kauliʻa!
E ola ka hā o ka ʻohana Neula!
E ola ka hā loa o kuʻu mākuakane.
E ola loa i ke aloha!
Submitted by: Kuʻualohanui Kauliʻa (Keaka’s adopted father/mākua hānai)
Katherine Leslie Hendricks
Nov. 14, 1947 – JUNE 4, 2025
Katherine Leslie Hendricks, of Kailua, Oʻahu, passed away June 4, 2025. She was born in Honolulu on Nov. 14, 1947. She graduated from Kamehameha Schools in 1965 and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa with a bachelor’s degree in Zoology and a master’s degree in public health. In the early 1970s she researched vaccine development for ciguatera at UH and for dengue fever at Lēʻahi Hospital. She served for 30 years at the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Health, initially focusing on water, air, solid waste, and hazardous waste management and enforcement. She was later promoted to supervisor for the State of Hawaiʻi Clean Air Branch, monitoring and enforcement. Kathy loved being around family and friends. She enjoyed finding new ramen and saimin places to try, watching movies, and discovering new places to shop. She always had a large pot of something cooking to feed everyone and was the designated sashimi cutter. She loved ballet and poetry and could recite numerous passages by heart. She was preceded in death by her parents Richard and Ella Sawyer (Akuna Goo) and younger brother Thomas Sawyer. She was the proud mother of Jason and Melissa both of whom also predeceased her. Kathy is survived by her husband Todd Hendricks; brother Richard Sawyer; sister Barbara Sawyer; grandchildren Lea, Solymar, Grace, Sarah, Korah, Haruna, and Maximiliane; great-grandchildren Coda and Daphne; and all her Sawyer ʻOhana. Kathy spent her final days at home, surrounded by those who cherished her, much like she had always enveloped others in love and warmth.
