Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 12, Number 1, 1 Ianuali 1995 — Healani Onohiaulani Chilton Doane, 1909 - 1994 [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]
Healani Onohiaulani Chilton Doane, 1909 - 1994
The Hawaiian community lost a pillar of strength and courage when Healani Onohiaulani Chilton Doane died Nov. 3. She was 85. Doane was a Kuhina Nui of the Daughters and Sons of Hawaiian Warriors for 35 years, a trustee of Kawaiaha'o Church, and a Living
Treasure of Hawai'i. Along with her sister Erma, Thelma Anahu, and Irmgard Aluli, Doane played music for six decades as part of the Annie Kerr Ladies. Incensed at the deterioration of the Royal Mausoleum at Mauna 'Ala, Doane led the restoration of the sacred landmark, whieh began in 1976. "She brought forth the lessons of the past to reaffirm our beginnings," said OHA Trustee Billie Beamer. "Not an advocate of livins in the old, her vision
was to stabilize the cultural foundation of our birthright from whieh we could stretch to our greatest evolved potential. "Truly an Ali'i Wahine, she left Hawai'i a better plaee because she knew when to throw the spear and when to assert the gift of God's grace."
Doane