The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-04-24
", ", DIMONO
PASSES AWAY
WAS A NATIVE OF HONOLULU
AND ACTIVE AND PROMINENT
Al IN BUSINESS HERE.

William w. Dimond died last evening
at 7:15 O'Clock after an illness of five
weeks, at his residence, Dole and Alex
ander streets.
His death was due to exhaustion and
collapse following a succession of Ills
including diphtheria and pleuro-pneu-
monia. His strong vitality struggled
long against illness but succumbed at
last.
William W. Dimond was the eldest
son of the late Gen. w. H. Dimond and
was born in Honolulu Aug. s, 1862. His
paternal grandfather and grandmother
came to the Islands early in the last
century in connection with the Mission
of the American Board of Commission
ers. His mother was a sister of Henry
Waterhouse. He was educated at
Punahcu and afterwards lived with his
uncle, William Waterhouse in Cedar
Rapids, where he also attended school.
There he married for his first wife
Miss Higley, by whom he had one
child, daughter Lucy. February 3,
1900, he married Miss Emma Berndt,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Berndt. or this marriage, one child
has been born a son named William
Henry after his grandfather
Besides his wife and two children, w.
w. Dimond leaves q brother Henry w.
Dimond, Mrs. Jo Tobin and Mrs. Flea
nor Jarboe, brother and sisters, chill
| dren of his father by a second wife.
| E. r. Dimond is a member of the old
| established house of Williams, Dimond
&, Co., of San Francisco, of which his
father was one of the founders. The
sisters are both residents of California,
and have been practically all their
lives.
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mond of Honolulu, and the first Mrs.
Henry Waterhouse were sisters and
brother of Gen. w. H. DimOnd and
aunts and uncle of w. w. Dimond.
When w. w. Dimond returned from
Cedar Rapids, as young man, he
was placed in charge of the crockery
department of the large mercantile
establishment of his grandfather j. T.
Waterhouse. Following his grand
fathers death he established a
similar business of his own on Fort
street between Merchant and King
streets. Later this was removed to the
present quarters of the large establish
ment, the house being known as w. w.
Dimond & Company doing an extensive
business.
Besides his commercial interests Mr..
! Dimond owned a large ranch out to-
wards Koko Head, and had other in
| Vestments.
w. w. Dimond was a member of the
California Chapter of the Loyal Lee
gion, in right of succession to his fath-
! er, Gen. w II. Dimond, who served i'll
the Union army during the civil war.
He was a member of the Chamber of
Commerce. was active in the organiza-
ton Of the Merchants Association and
was president of that organization. He
was a member of other organizations of
various kinds, and just before he was
taken with his fatal illness he had Sc
cured from the Legislature franchise
for a company to manufacture and dis
tribute gas for light, heat and power
purposes. He had been for number
of years a member and officer of the
Pacific Club.
The body of Mr., Dimond will be Gre
mated The funeral services will be
held at p. m. today from the residence
The funeral services viii be held al
the late residence and will be conducted
by Rev. H. II. Parker. There will b'
singing by a quartet led by II. f. Wich'
man. The pail bearers will be Mr.. Di
monds cousins, DR., II. c. Waterhouse
John Warehouse, George S. Water
house, Albert Waterhouse and A. b
Wood, and Mrs. Dimond's brother Ott'
Berndt. The mortuary urn will be de
posted in a vault in Nnuanu cemetery
There was very general closing OF bust