The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1922-04-18
O Obituary
ORLANDO JOHN WHITEHEAD


Funeral services for o. J.. White
head whose death last Thursday af-
ternoon was reported in this paper
Friday, were held Friday afternoon
with many sorrowing friends and fell
low lodge members in attendance.
Members of the masonic lodges,
knights of Pythias and Forester
lodges, of all of which Mr.. Whitehead
was a member and of the Order of
the Eastern Star and the Pythian
Sisters gathered at the house before
$3.50 at which hour a cortege was
formed and proceeded to Wailuku
Union Church where the funeral ser.
vices were held, Rev. Augustine Jones
officiating and delivering a funeral
sermon which was singularly appro-
pirate. From the church the corlege
proceeded to Waikiki cemetery
where final obsequies were held at
the grave side.
For 20 years o. j. Whitehead had
been a resident of the Islands and
during % of those years he was act
lively connected with it's military af-
fairs. He was a member of the Ha-
waiian army in the monarchy days,
from 1894 to 1897, of the military or
ganization between the overthrow Of
the monarchy and annexation and
then of the National Guard of which
he was a major when he retired in
1897. He took part in the overthrow
of the monarchy and the exciting
events at that time and later.
Mr.. Whitehead was born at Fort
Dodge, Iowa, September "a, 1873, was
educated in Nebraska and came to Ha-
wall in 1894, becoming connected with
W plantation. Later he was with the
Peoples Ice Co., in Honolulu, the
predecessor of the Hawaiian Electric
Co., with the Honolulu Rapid Tran
sit Co, and was deputy warden of
the Oahu penetentiary. With his
family he came to Maui in 1909 to
enter business for himself and es-
tablished a sewing machine agency
here which he conducted successfully
until his health failed him about three
years ago. About a year ago he re-
turned to Maui and since his return
had appeared to be enjoying fairly
good health and was able to attend
to business for the Royal Hawaiian
Sales Co. up to the day of his death.
Over eXertion in marching to the &C.
W. "t ~ I'll VI lilS 1dlt VIII
liam F. Mangels is attributed as the
cause of the sudden and fatal attack
of Thursday afternoon.
In lodge affairs Mr.. Whitehead had
long taken important parts. He was
a member of Lodge Maui, A. F. &
A. NJ. Haleakala Chapter of Rose
CroiX, Past District Deputy Court
Valley Isle, A. o. F. Past Chancellor
OF Mystic Lodge X. p, a founder and
Past Dictator of the Moose lodge
now defunct, on this Island, a mem
Der of Harmony Chapter, Eastern
Star and Honolulu Temple Pythian
Sisters.
Surviving Mr.. Whitehead are his
widow, who before their marriage
was Miss Renee V. Speck oi Honolulu
two daughters, Ruth Leialoha and
Saddle Alice and a son William Fran
els.
OF all the felicities the most charm
ing is that OF a firm and gentle friend.
ship. 1t sweetens all our cares, dis
pels all our sorrows, counsels us in
our extremities.
Orlando j. Whitehead was all that
the word friend implies. He was the
kind of friend that is suggested in his
favorite hymn, What a friend we have
in Jesus
Morning, noon or night, he was
ever ready, willing, anxious to serve
a friend. He knew neither race MOI
creed; he did not talk Christianity
he lived it. He brought sunshine in.
to the lives of others and therefore
had much for himself"
A FRIEND.