The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-11-07
HEADOFHACKFELD eco
DIED IN NEW YORK
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with his parents for Bremen where he
attended various schools. After COM
pleting his education Gin Germany he
served an apprenticeship in business
houses in Bremen and London and i'm
1894 returned to Honolulu and entered
the business house of which he was
the practical head at the time of his
death Upon the retirement of j. f.
Hackfeld from Honolulu and from ac-
tive participation in the management
of the affairs of H. Hackfeld and Com
pany, Ltd, Isenberg was elected his
successor as the managing director OF
the firm in 1900. He was also chosen
vice president and German consul for
the Hawaiian Islands to succeed Mr..
Hackfeld who however has been in
the habit of making annual visits to
Honolulu from Germany.
Commercially Mr.. Isenberg had been
identified with various organizations.
He was at one time president of the
Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association,
was the first president of the Sugar
Factors Company Ltd, had been pre-
sident of the Chamber of Commerce
and also a director of that institution.
Mr. Isenberg was a director of practi-
cally every plantation with which H.
Hackfeld and Company are identified
in these islands, among them being
Pioneer Mill, Kekaha Sugar Company,
Oahu Sugar Company, Lihue and Ha-
namaulu Sugar Companies, Kukaiau
Plantation, Hawaii Mill Company XII
pahulu Sugar Company and Grove
Farm Company. He was a member
of the German Lutheran Church and
was director of the Queens Hospital.
! Mr.. Isenberg married on February 16,
1897 Miss Virginia Duisenberg the ac
/ complished daughter of the late Charles
! A. c. Duisenberg who was the first Ger
man consul at San Francisco, having
/ arrived there in 1S49. Two children,
boys, were born to Mr. and Mrs. Isen
berg. Mr. and Mrs. Isenberg enter
tanned very extensively at their Puma
hou residence in Honolulu and both
were great favorites in local consular
and social circles. Mr.. Isenberg was
man of magnificent presence and
personally had much grace and charm
of manner.
He left an estate which is estimated
in the millions but the extent of which
cannot now be stated. No details of
the disposition of his property are
known at present.
At H. Hackfeld and Companys Of
fees this morning, no advices regarding
the disposition of the remains had been
received. 1t was not known whether
the interment would be in Bremen or
in the Hawaiian Islands. No steps
were taken therefore by w, Pfoten-
hauer who is the acting head of II.
Hackfeld and Company to arrange any
details for memorial services. Such
services will be held i'm the German
Lutheran Church however even if the
remains are not brought to Honolulu
for interment. The offices of II. Hack
field and Company were closed today
out of respect to the memory of the
deceased the entrance being draped in
mourning. The German flag was at
half mast on the building, as were the
flags at the various consulates about
the city. Various business places and
banks closed during the day, out of
respect to the deceased and the flags on
the various island steamers and other
craft in the harbor were at half mast
All work in discharging the S. S.
Nebraskan at the Railway wharf was
stopped this morning owing to the
news of the death of Mr.. Isenberg
Memorials of regret will undoubtedly
be drafted by the various organizations
of which the deceased had been mem
Der
The near relatives who survive the
deceased are d. p. r. Isenberg half
brother who was the president of the
Senate during the last session, Mrs.
Dora Isenberg of Kauai and two
brothers and a sister living in Ger
many. Mr.. and Mrs. Isenberg and
their children left Honolulu on March
10 of this year to visit Germany. They
passed most of the time in Germany
with their relatives.
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