The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-07-28
HARRIET COAN
PASSES AWAY
ONE OF HILO'S KAMAAINAS
PASSED AWAY on LAST MON
DAY AFTERNOON.

HILO, Hawaii, July 24-Miss Harriet
f. Coan died at the Hilo Hospital at
p. m. Monday, July %, Miss Coan is
among the best known of the residents
of Hio. She was born in Hilo, and
was the eldest daughter of Rev. and
Mrs. Titus Coan, among the first mis-
sionaries to the islands, and has a
brother DR.. p. NJ. Coan, and sister Mrs
Sarah Waters, both living in New York
Miss Coan was educated in New York
state, but aside from several years
there, during her life, has resided in
Hilo She had taught i'm the Hilo
/ SC bis for a number of years and up
to the close of the last school year.
! The demise of Miss Coan, though a
shock to the community, was hardly
unexpected. A year ago she was found
to be suffering from cancer and an
! operation was found imperative. From
! the effects Of this she never quite rail-
lied and it is said by her friends that
when a week ago she went to the Hilo
Hospital, she calmly announced that
/ she did not expect to see them again.
Up to the end of the term just closed
she was a teacher in the Union school
where her services were always valued.
The funeral was held on Tuesday
from the residence of Dr. Frances
wetmore. A large gathering of mourn
ers attended.
The will of deceased was filed for
probate yesterday morning by Carl s.
Smith, the deceased lady's attorney
and sole executor. The document is
dated July ., and the signatures OF
Miss Bethel of the Hilo Hospital and
Miss Sarah Lyman appear as the wit
nesses.
There are six requests made In the
will. the great bulk of the estate 60
ing to Mrs. Sarah c. Waters of New
=. York. a sister of the late Miss Coan
To Mrs. Waters are left: shares OF
Waialua. 10 shares of Olaa, 125 shares
of Eva: 10 of Hilo Electric; of the l.
Turner Co. 2 preferred shares of Realty
, Syndicate. San Francisco; four-tifth!
of all cash on hand (about $4,000 in all
two lots on Church street, one lot OF
the makai side of Bridge street and {
life estate in the undivided half interes
in the COan homestead
To DR. p. NJ Coan One-fifth of al
cash in hand.
A small sum is left the trustees of thu
Foreign Church, and a similarly small
sum is left in trust for the upkeep o
the Coan cemetery lot.
Raymond G. Coan, a nephew, now a
Cornell University is left the fee simple
i'm the Coan Homestead after the eX
piory of the undivided half interest be
quethed Mrs. Waters. Mrs. Waters /
named as residuary legatee.
+ Following the disposition of the prop
, erty, Miss Coan gave the most minut
! details for the conduct of her funeral
even to the number of hacks to be en-
, gagged The situation of her. grave /
? specified and the executor is directe,
to have erected an inexpensive tomb
stone bearing the words Harriet F
; Coan, 1S39-19O6. Gone Home"
Taking the last quoted values of tn
E stocks mentioned Excepting that o
the two shares of Realty Syndicat
= which could not be ascertaineO, AM
= adding the assessed value of the rea
estate, which is of course less than it
proper value, the entire estate OF IN
5 late Miss Coan figures up to $1O,54S a
2 follows Cash, $4,000; Waialua at IS
r $461; 10 Olaa at 2. so $25; 1875 Eva at 231
. 81, 9S7 so; 10 Hilo Electric at 20 5000;
5 Turner at 3, $25; Real roerty: Undivid
= ed half of Coan Homestead (assesset
= at $4,000, $4,000; Church street lots, as
l sessed at $1,7OO; Bridge street lot, as
, sessed at $500.
Some surprise was expressed at tn
distribution of the estate, as man,
people were under the impression tina
Miss Coan had intended to leave mos
of her property to her nephew, Ray
mond c. Coan, now at Cornell AL
!. he gets is, however the fee simple of al
I undivided half in the homestead, ant
. he does not come into this until hi