Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 6, Number 6, 1 Iune 1989 — Kawaiahao Dedicates Reburial Headstone [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]
Kawaiahao Dedicates Reburial Headstone
Kawaiahao Church held a memorial service on May 7 to dedicate a headstone for the final resting plaee of 102 unknown individuals whose remains in unmarked graves were uncovered during the excavation of Queen Street in 1987. Following a brief noontime prayer service led by the Rev. William Kaina, kahu of Kawaiaha'o, and assistant pastor Dean Fujii, the coral headstone in the church cemetery was unveiled. The marker was constructed of coral and granite by George "Sonny" Poe, Jr., owner of Pohaku (Stone) Industries. The remains were found by contractors working for the State of Hawai'i with the Kakaako redevelopment project. The remains were reburied in a crypt within the present church cemetery in November 1988. A story on this memonal service appeared in the December 1988 Ka Wai Ola O OHA.
"Sonny" Poe and Kawaiahao headstone.