Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 3, Number 8, 1 August 1986 — In Memoriam [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

In Memoriam

Richmond Kaliko Hlis, father of Office of Hawaiian Affairs Community Kupuna Coordinator Betty Kawohiokalani Ellis Jenkins, died July 16. He was 82. Services were held July 19 at Kawaiahao Church with inurnment following on July 21 at Oahu Cemetery Mausoleum.

A retired engineer at Ft. Shafter, he had been very supportive of his wife, Elizabeth Nalani Ellis, in her work with kupuna alongside their daughter, Betty. Ellis had also been one of seven surviving members of the then Kamehameha School for Boys, Class of 1926, whieh observed their first ever reunion June 9 at the Pagoda Floating Restaurant. He was one of five on hand forthis momentous occasion. In addition to his widow and daughter, Ellis is also survived by a son, Richmond K. Ellis Jr. of Phoenix, Ariz.; three brothers, Fred and Christian of Oahu; David of Kauai; two sisters, Thelma Gooman, Oahu, and Fannie Peters, Kauai; five grand-children; and a great-granddaughter.