Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 11, Number 12, 1 December 1994 — Anne Kaapana, 1930 - 1994 [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Anne Kaapana, 1930 - 1994

A beloved member of the | Office of Hawaiian Affairs' Kūpuna Team and OHA's extended 'ohana has passed away. Anne Keliihopeole Inaina Kaapana died in her sleep November 1.

In addition to her work on the Kūpuna īeam, the City and County's Hō'ala Project, Alu Like's High Tech Computers Project, and E Ho'omau O Ke Ola (a drug addiction program on the { Leeward Coast), Kaapana was a member of I 'Ahahui Ka'ahumanu, the Royal Order of ) Kamehameha I (whieh posthumously gave her the Lei Kamoe award), the King Kamehameha Hawaiian Civic Club, and the Ali'i Pauahi Hawaiian Civic Club.

In the words of her dear friend Betty K. | Jenkins, Kaapana "belonged to Hawai'i, touching the lives of many, influencing and exerting her I mana over the minds and behavior of others, loving caring for her Hawai'i and her Hawaiianness." Kaapana, affectionately known by many as "Aunty Anne," will be sorely missed by OHA staff and the many Hawaiians and non-Hawaiians alike who were touched by her special brand of aloha.