Although she was not the eldest child, or even the oldest daughter, Amy Kekoolani Akao functioned like a mother of the extended Kekoolani clan. She was a loving sister, mother, aunt and grandmother who was the model Latter Day Saint woman. She was surrounded by the ohana during her last days, before she passed. She taught crimonology and Japanses studies at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. She wrote several books, which have preserved important family history and traditions.

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Obituary
STAR BULLETIN
Wednesday, July 9, 2003

Amy Charlotte Kaelehiwa Akao, 73, of Hilo, a retired Hawaii Community Correctional Center captain of the guards, died Friday at home. She was born in Kalopa, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Ernest; sons Nephi and Lehi Brown; hanai son Gregory Brown; hanai daughter MaryAgnes Kila; brothers Charles and Henry Kekoolani; sisters Katherine Dambley, Myra Chartrand and Winifred Silva; 11 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hilo Stake Center, Cultural Hall. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Alae Cemetery. Aloha attire.