Chasmin Sokoloski was Called Home –November 10-15, 2022

Our family suffered a loss this year when our son-in-law’s mother went home to be with her parents. Although she was in California when she passed, her ashes were taken to her beloved Hawaii for a traditional Hawaiian service. The entire service was steeped in ceremony from the beginning when the urn containing her ashes was taken down the aisle in a procession led by men blowing a conch shell horn followed by her husband and then the rest of the family, to the end when all the women performed a moving hula to the song written by the last reigning Queen when she was taken out of office. The service was held in the oldest Christian church in Hawaii where she and her husband were married.

Ward did a beautiful job eulogizing his mother and all her earthly accomplishments..

The Hula performed by all the women led by the Hawaiian Minister.

Everyone was comfortably dressed including traditional leis.

Sightseeing was not on the agenda, but we went to the Punchbowl cemetery and placed some of leis on the graves of Chasmin’s parents.

The Royal Palace where the Queen was held until the United States government took over Hawaii.

Aloha.