Jo-Anne was reportedly born in Tahiti, known for her Hawaiian feather capes, her obituary stated she was cremated and that her ashes were to be spread off Waikiki Beach, the same as her Uncles. Her spouse Leon Alfred Paoa Sterling was also cremated and per his obit, Sterling's ashes were taken on the Hokule'a and spread off the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Aug. 14 Joanne's ashes per the same obit were stated to be taken on a final voyage on the Hokule'a and spread off Waikiki on June 26. She and Leon died per obit several hours apart. It was stated she was his ex-wife, JoAnne was married as well to a Frederick Pualani Sakuma Kaanapu-22 Dec 1927-2 Jan 2000, he died in Mendocino County, his burial location is not yet known. Joanne and Leon sailed together including a 34-day sail from Hawaii to Tahiti. Leon and JoAnne were married for 25 years, she was known as a master of Hawaiian feather lei making and niece of Duke Kahanamoku.
She appears in multiple Family trees on ancestry.com, most mention marriages to Leon Sterling and Frederick Kaanapu, one particular tree mentions a marriage to a George Teruya, a daughter Patty Teruya is named in her obit, see below for full obit published in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser published on 13 Jun 2010. On the family tree that named him as a spouse it states they were divorced in 1955. George's full name was George Hitoshi "Konki" Teruya 19 Jan 1929-Jan 2006. His burial location is also not yet known.
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UPDATE: 29 Oct 2019-******
Contributor: Gloria Rodrigues (48703863) submitted the following suggestion, it clears up birthplace and disputes Tahiti as purported on many family trees.
Suggested edit: Aloha! JoAnne and brother Samuel Jr were born in Honolulu. It was her mother that was born and died in Papeete, Tahiti, 1906 - 1972. Ship records and census show Hawaii as birth place of children and Tahiti for mother. After her mothers divorce from Sam in 1930 she assumed her maiden name.
HER NAME; SARAH NAMOITA TENAMOETA( DEXTER), PARENTS; FLORENCE (CHAPMAN) born, 28 Oct 1867 in Papeete, Tahiti and died, 01 June 1908 in Papeete, Tahiti and GEORGE MAHEURA TETUANUI DEXTER, born 22 March 1868 in Paea, Tahiti and died on 08 Feb 1906 at sea.
OBITUARY
SALLY DEXTER DEAD
Sarah "Sally" Dexter, who was once married to Sam Kahanamoku, a younger brother of the late Duke Kahanamoku died in Tahiti Monday.
She was from a prominent part-Tahitian family, and her grandfather had come to Tahiti after moving from Baltimore to Hawaii to invest in sugar.
After her divorce from Sam she assumed her maiden name. She returned to Tahiti many years ago.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Jo-Anne K. Sterling, and a son, Sam Jr. both of Kona.
(Honolulu Advertiser, thursday, 21 Dec 1972)
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U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current about Joanne Kamuela Kahanam Sterling
Name: Joanne Kamuela Kahanamoku Sterling
Last Residence: 96740 Kailua Kona, Hawaii, Hawaii
Born: 7 Dec 1929
Died: 11 Jun 2010
State (Year) SSN issued: Hawaii (Before 1951)
_______________________
OBITUARY:
Master artist helped preserve Hawaiian culture The niece of "the Duke" was famed for making Hawaiian feather capes
Master artist helped preserve Hawaiian culture
Honolulu Star-Advertiser (HI) - Sunday, June 13, 2010
Jo-Anne Kahanamoku Sterling, a longtime member of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, a master artist known for her Hawaiian feather capes and the niece of legendary waterman Duke Kahanamoku, died in her Kona home Friday. She was 80.
The family is awaiting an autopsy to determine a cause of death.
Kahanamoku Sterling has been recognized for her work to preserve the Hawaiian culture and received many awards, including the Bishop Museum's Maoli Arts Month award as a master artist and Duke's Waikiki's Hookahiko Award for passing along Hawaiian traditions.
"We are not an oppressed race; rather, one that forever will uphold its early beginnings," she wrote in her will, her daughter Patty Teruya said.
Kahanamoku Sterling participated from 1977 to 1998 as a crewmember of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, sailing throughout the Society Islands, Tonga, New Zealand, Rapa Nui, Samoa, the Cook Islands and Hawaii, according to Bishop Museum.
She also participated in a 34-day voyage from Hawaii to Tahiti in 1980.
Born in Tahiti, Kahanamoku Sterling attended Sacred Hearts Academy before graduating from Roosevelt High School.
She learned Hawaiian feather cape making, and taught the art on Maui and the Big Island. Her artwork remains on display at the Hilton Hawaiian Village and the Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua on Maui. She was contracted to make a cape for the new Disney hotel planned for Ko Olina.
Teruya, who learned feather cape making from her mother, hopes she can finish the cape for her.
Jim Fulton, president of Duke's Oceanfest, a weeklong event in August that celebrates Duke Kahanamoku's achievements, said Kahanamoku Sterling is the one who brought together and strengthened the bond between the Duke Foundation and the family.
"We couldn't have done it without Jo-Anne's help," he said.
Outspoken and boisterous, she served on the Native Hawaiian Historic Preservation Council. She served with several Hawaiian organizations such as the Royal Order of Kamehameha, Kahekili Chapter, and commissioner of the street name commission on Maui and the Big Island, which ensured that proper Hawaiian names were chosen and spelled correctly on street signs, the family said.
The family will hold a service on the Big Island this week and plans to have her ashes picked up by the Hokulea and taken back to Oahu. Kahanamoku Sterling's remains will be spread off Waikiki Beach, the same place her uncles' ashes were spread, sometime this week.
She is survived by son Steven Teruya; daughters Gene Santos, Lori Young, Elianne Vannatta, Moeata Schmid and Patty Teruya; brother Samuel "Bunny" Kahanamoku; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Honolulu Star-Advertiser (HI) - Sunday, June 13, 2010
She appears in multiple Family trees on ancestry.com, most mention marriages to Leon Sterling and Frederick Kaanapu, one particular tree mentions a marriage to a George Teruya, a daughter Patty Teruya is named in her obit, see below for full obit published in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser published on 13 Jun 2010. On the family tree that named him as a spouse it states they were divorced in 1955. George's full name was George Hitoshi "Konki" Teruya 19 Jan 1929-Jan 2006. His burial location is also not yet known.
______________________________
UPDATE: 29 Oct 2019-******
Contributor: Gloria Rodrigues (48703863) submitted the following suggestion, it clears up birthplace and disputes Tahiti as purported on many family trees.
Suggested edit: Aloha! JoAnne and brother Samuel Jr were born in Honolulu. It was her mother that was born and died in Papeete, Tahiti, 1906 - 1972. Ship records and census show Hawaii as birth place of children and Tahiti for mother. After her mothers divorce from Sam in 1930 she assumed her maiden name.
HER NAME; SARAH NAMOITA TENAMOETA( DEXTER), PARENTS; FLORENCE (CHAPMAN) born, 28 Oct 1867 in Papeete, Tahiti and died, 01 June 1908 in Papeete, Tahiti and GEORGE MAHEURA TETUANUI DEXTER, born 22 March 1868 in Paea, Tahiti and died on 08 Feb 1906 at sea.
OBITUARY
SALLY DEXTER DEAD
Sarah "Sally" Dexter, who was once married to Sam Kahanamoku, a younger brother of the late Duke Kahanamoku died in Tahiti Monday.
She was from a prominent part-Tahitian family, and her grandfather had come to Tahiti after moving from Baltimore to Hawaii to invest in sugar.
After her divorce from Sam she assumed her maiden name. She returned to Tahiti many years ago.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Jo-Anne K. Sterling, and a son, Sam Jr. both of Kona.
(Honolulu Advertiser, thursday, 21 Dec 1972)
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U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current about Joanne Kamuela Kahanam Sterling
Name: Joanne Kamuela Kahanamoku Sterling
Last Residence: 96740 Kailua Kona, Hawaii, Hawaii
Born: 7 Dec 1929
Died: 11 Jun 2010
State (Year) SSN issued: Hawaii (Before 1951)
_______________________
OBITUARY:
Master artist helped preserve Hawaiian culture The niece of "the Duke" was famed for making Hawaiian feather capes
Master artist helped preserve Hawaiian culture
Honolulu Star-Advertiser (HI) - Sunday, June 13, 2010
Jo-Anne Kahanamoku Sterling, a longtime member of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, a master artist known for her Hawaiian feather capes and the niece of legendary waterman Duke Kahanamoku, died in her Kona home Friday. She was 80.
The family is awaiting an autopsy to determine a cause of death.
Kahanamoku Sterling has been recognized for her work to preserve the Hawaiian culture and received many awards, including the Bishop Museum's Maoli Arts Month award as a master artist and Duke's Waikiki's Hookahiko Award for passing along Hawaiian traditions.
"We are not an oppressed race; rather, one that forever will uphold its early beginnings," she wrote in her will, her daughter Patty Teruya said.
Kahanamoku Sterling participated from 1977 to 1998 as a crewmember of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, sailing throughout the Society Islands, Tonga, New Zealand, Rapa Nui, Samoa, the Cook Islands and Hawaii, according to Bishop Museum.
She also participated in a 34-day voyage from Hawaii to Tahiti in 1980.
Born in Tahiti, Kahanamoku Sterling attended Sacred Hearts Academy before graduating from Roosevelt High School.
She learned Hawaiian feather cape making, and taught the art on Maui and the Big Island. Her artwork remains on display at the Hilton Hawaiian Village and the Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua on Maui. She was contracted to make a cape for the new Disney hotel planned for Ko Olina.
Teruya, who learned feather cape making from her mother, hopes she can finish the cape for her.
Jim Fulton, president of Duke's Oceanfest, a weeklong event in August that celebrates Duke Kahanamoku's achievements, said Kahanamoku Sterling is the one who brought together and strengthened the bond between the Duke Foundation and the family.
"We couldn't have done it without Jo-Anne's help," he said.
Outspoken and boisterous, she served on the Native Hawaiian Historic Preservation Council. She served with several Hawaiian organizations such as the Royal Order of Kamehameha, Kahekili Chapter, and commissioner of the street name commission on Maui and the Big Island, which ensured that proper Hawaiian names were chosen and spelled correctly on street signs, the family said.
The family will hold a service on the Big Island this week and plans to have her ashes picked up by the Hokulea and taken back to Oahu. Kahanamoku Sterling's remains will be spread off Waikiki Beach, the same place her uncles' ashes were spread, sometime this week.
She is survived by son Steven Teruya; daughters Gene Santos, Lori Young, Elianne Vannatta, Moeata Schmid and Patty Teruya; brother Samuel "Bunny" Kahanamoku; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Honolulu Star-Advertiser (HI) - Sunday, June 13, 2010
Jo-Anne was reportedly born in Tahiti, known for her Hawaiian feather capes, her obituary stated she was cremated and that her ashes were to be spread off Waikiki Beach, the same as her Uncles. Her spouse Leon Alfred Paoa Sterling was also cremated and per his obit, Sterling's ashes were taken on the Hokule'a and spread off the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Aug. 14 Joanne's ashes per the same obit were stated to be taken on a final voyage on the Hokule'a and spread off Waikiki on June 26. She and Leon died per obit several hours apart. It was stated she was his ex-wife, JoAnne was married as well to a Frederick Pualani Sakuma Kaanapu-22 Dec 1927-2 Jan 2000, he died in Mendocino County, his burial location is not yet known. Joanne and Leon sailed together including a 34-day sail from Hawaii to Tahiti. Leon and JoAnne were married for 25 years, she was known as a master of Hawaiian feather lei making and niece of Duke Kahanamoku.
She appears in multiple Family trees on ancestry.com, most mention marriages to Leon Sterling and Frederick Kaanapu, one particular tree mentions a marriage to a George Teruya, a daughter Patty Teruya is named in her obit, see below for full obit published in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser published on 13 Jun 2010. On the family tree that named him as a spouse it states they were divorced in 1955. George's full name was George Hitoshi "Konki" Teruya 19 Jan 1929-Jan 2006. His burial location is also not yet known.
______________________________
UPDATE: 29 Oct 2019-******
Contributor: Gloria Rodrigues (48703863) submitted the following suggestion, it clears up birthplace and disputes Tahiti as purported on many family trees.
Suggested edit: Aloha! JoAnne and brother Samuel Jr were born in Honolulu. It was her mother that was born and died in Papeete, Tahiti, 1906 - 1972. Ship records and census show Hawaii as birth place of children and Tahiti for mother. After her mothers divorce from Sam in 1930 she assumed her maiden name.
HER NAME; SARAH NAMOITA TENAMOETA( DEXTER), PARENTS; FLORENCE (CHAPMAN) born, 28 Oct 1867 in Papeete, Tahiti and died, 01 June 1908 in Papeete, Tahiti and GEORGE MAHEURA TETUANUI DEXTER, born 22 March 1868 in Paea, Tahiti and died on 08 Feb 1906 at sea.
OBITUARY
SALLY DEXTER DEAD
Sarah "Sally" Dexter, who was once married to Sam Kahanamoku, a younger brother of the late Duke Kahanamoku died in Tahiti Monday.
She was from a prominent part-Tahitian family, and her grandfather had come to Tahiti after moving from Baltimore to Hawaii to invest in sugar.
After her divorce from Sam she assumed her maiden name. She returned to Tahiti many years ago.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Jo-Anne K. Sterling, and a son, Sam Jr. both of Kona.
(Honolulu Advertiser, thursday, 21 Dec 1972)
_____________________________________
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current about Joanne Kamuela Kahanam Sterling
Name: Joanne Kamuela Kahanamoku Sterling
Last Residence: 96740 Kailua Kona, Hawaii, Hawaii
Born: 7 Dec 1929
Died: 11 Jun 2010
State (Year) SSN issued: Hawaii (Before 1951)
_______________________
OBITUARY:
Master artist helped preserve Hawaiian culture The niece of "the Duke" was famed for making Hawaiian feather capes
Master artist helped preserve Hawaiian culture
Honolulu Star-Advertiser (HI) - Sunday, June 13, 2010
Jo-Anne Kahanamoku Sterling, a longtime member of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, a master artist known for her Hawaiian feather capes and the niece of legendary waterman Duke Kahanamoku, died in her Kona home Friday. She was 80.
The family is awaiting an autopsy to determine a cause of death.
Kahanamoku Sterling has been recognized for her work to preserve the Hawaiian culture and received many awards, including the Bishop Museum's Maoli Arts Month award as a master artist and Duke's Waikiki's Hookahiko Award for passing along Hawaiian traditions.
"We are not an oppressed race; rather, one that forever will uphold its early beginnings," she wrote in her will, her daughter Patty Teruya said.
Kahanamoku Sterling participated from 1977 to 1998 as a crewmember of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, sailing throughout the Society Islands, Tonga, New Zealand, Rapa Nui, Samoa, the Cook Islands and Hawaii, according to Bishop Museum.
She also participated in a 34-day voyage from Hawaii to Tahiti in 1980.
Born in Tahiti, Kahanamoku Sterling attended Sacred Hearts Academy before graduating from Roosevelt High School.
She learned Hawaiian feather cape making, and taught the art on Maui and the Big Island. Her artwork remains on display at the Hilton Hawaiian Village and the Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua on Maui. She was contracted to make a cape for the new Disney hotel planned for Ko Olina.
Teruya, who learned feather cape making from her mother, hopes she can finish the cape for her.
Jim Fulton, president of Duke's Oceanfest, a weeklong event in August that celebrates Duke Kahanamoku's achievements, said Kahanamoku Sterling is the one who brought together and strengthened the bond between the Duke Foundation and the family.
"We couldn't have done it without Jo-Anne's help," he said.
Outspoken and boisterous, she served on the Native Hawaiian Historic Preservation Council. She served with several Hawaiian organizations such as the Royal Order of Kamehameha, Kahekili Chapter, and commissioner of the street name commission on Maui and the Big Island, which ensured that proper Hawaiian names were chosen and spelled correctly on street signs, the family said.
The family will hold a service on the Big Island this week and plans to have her ashes picked up by the Hokulea and taken back to Oahu. Kahanamoku Sterling's remains will be spread off Waikiki Beach, the same place her uncles' ashes were spread, sometime this week.
She is survived by son Steven Teruya; daughters Gene Santos, Lori Young, Elianne Vannatta, Moeata Schmid and Patty Teruya; brother Samuel "Bunny" Kahanamoku; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Honolulu Star-Advertiser (HI) - Sunday, June 13, 2010
She appears in multiple Family trees on ancestry.com, most mention marriages to Leon Sterling and Frederick Kaanapu, one particular tree mentions a marriage to a George Teruya, a daughter Patty Teruya is named in her obit, see below for full obit published in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser published on 13 Jun 2010. On the family tree that named him as a spouse it states they were divorced in 1955. George's full name was George Hitoshi "Konki" Teruya 19 Jan 1929-Jan 2006. His burial location is also not yet known.
______________________________
UPDATE: 29 Oct 2019-******
Contributor: Gloria Rodrigues (48703863) submitted the following suggestion, it clears up birthplace and disputes Tahiti as purported on many family trees.
Suggested edit: Aloha! JoAnne and brother Samuel Jr were born in Honolulu. It was her mother that was born and died in Papeete, Tahiti, 1906 - 1972. Ship records and census show Hawaii as birth place of children and Tahiti for mother. After her mothers divorce from Sam in 1930 she assumed her maiden name.
HER NAME; SARAH NAMOITA TENAMOETA( DEXTER), PARENTS; FLORENCE (CHAPMAN) born, 28 Oct 1867 in Papeete, Tahiti and died, 01 June 1908 in Papeete, Tahiti and GEORGE MAHEURA TETUANUI DEXTER, born 22 March 1868 in Paea, Tahiti and died on 08 Feb 1906 at sea.
OBITUARY
SALLY DEXTER DEAD
Sarah "Sally" Dexter, who was once married to Sam Kahanamoku, a younger brother of the late Duke Kahanamoku died in Tahiti Monday.
She was from a prominent part-Tahitian family, and her grandfather had come to Tahiti after moving from Baltimore to Hawaii to invest in sugar.
After her divorce from Sam she assumed her maiden name. She returned to Tahiti many years ago.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Jo-Anne K. Sterling, and a son, Sam Jr. both of Kona.
(Honolulu Advertiser, thursday, 21 Dec 1972)
_____________________________________
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current about Joanne Kamuela Kahanam Sterling
Name: Joanne Kamuela Kahanamoku Sterling
Last Residence: 96740 Kailua Kona, Hawaii, Hawaii
Born: 7 Dec 1929
Died: 11 Jun 2010
State (Year) SSN issued: Hawaii (Before 1951)
_______________________
OBITUARY:
Master artist helped preserve Hawaiian culture The niece of "the Duke" was famed for making Hawaiian feather capes
Master artist helped preserve Hawaiian culture
Honolulu Star-Advertiser (HI) - Sunday, June 13, 2010
Jo-Anne Kahanamoku Sterling, a longtime member of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, a master artist known for her Hawaiian feather capes and the niece of legendary waterman Duke Kahanamoku, died in her Kona home Friday. She was 80.
The family is awaiting an autopsy to determine a cause of death.
Kahanamoku Sterling has been recognized for her work to preserve the Hawaiian culture and received many awards, including the Bishop Museum's Maoli Arts Month award as a master artist and Duke's Waikiki's Hookahiko Award for passing along Hawaiian traditions.
"We are not an oppressed race; rather, one that forever will uphold its early beginnings," she wrote in her will, her daughter Patty Teruya said.
Kahanamoku Sterling participated from 1977 to 1998 as a crewmember of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, sailing throughout the Society Islands, Tonga, New Zealand, Rapa Nui, Samoa, the Cook Islands and Hawaii, according to Bishop Museum.
She also participated in a 34-day voyage from Hawaii to Tahiti in 1980.
Born in Tahiti, Kahanamoku Sterling attended Sacred Hearts Academy before graduating from Roosevelt High School.
She learned Hawaiian feather cape making, and taught the art on Maui and the Big Island. Her artwork remains on display at the Hilton Hawaiian Village and the Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua on Maui. She was contracted to make a cape for the new Disney hotel planned for Ko Olina.
Teruya, who learned feather cape making from her mother, hopes she can finish the cape for her.
Jim Fulton, president of Duke's Oceanfest, a weeklong event in August that celebrates Duke Kahanamoku's achievements, said Kahanamoku Sterling is the one who brought together and strengthened the bond between the Duke Foundation and the family.
"We couldn't have done it without Jo-Anne's help," he said.
Outspoken and boisterous, she served on the Native Hawaiian Historic Preservation Council. She served with several Hawaiian organizations such as the Royal Order of Kamehameha, Kahekili Chapter, and commissioner of the street name commission on Maui and the Big Island, which ensured that proper Hawaiian names were chosen and spelled correctly on street signs, the family said.
The family will hold a service on the Big Island this week and plans to have her ashes picked up by the Hokulea and taken back to Oahu. Kahanamoku Sterling's remains will be spread off Waikiki Beach, the same place her uncles' ashes were spread, sometime this week.
She is survived by son Steven Teruya; daughters Gene Santos, Lori Young, Elianne Vannatta, Moeata Schmid and Patty Teruya; brother Samuel "Bunny" Kahanamoku; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Honolulu Star-Advertiser (HI) - Sunday, June 13, 2010
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