21ST ANNIVERSARY - SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

If we look around our communities, we are very likely to recognize or recall our community's heroes: friends, neighbors, family members who help others overcome life's emergencies or everyday predicaments. They are often ordinary people who make extraordinary differences in helping others, sometimes with personal sacrifice.  Waikoloa was blessed to have Aunty Mabel as one of them.  

Aunty's own need to help people was constant, and her persistent and loving nature fulfilled the needs of many who sought her advice, knowledge, wisdom, or a comforting hug of aloha that conveyed a feeling that "everything would be alright."  

Residents and general public are invited to place lei at the pohaku memorial during the month of September for her unwavering dedication to the Waikoloa Community.  The memorial is located at 68-1674 Meipala Pl, Waikoloa, HI 96738. 

COMMENTS AS OF

"A special lady."

"A wonderful lady! She shouldered our Village way back when!"

"My day got to be extra special by remembering Aunty Mabel."

"Miss you auntie."

"You were always so kind to me..."

"I'm glad to have known her. Very special"

"Such a wonderful lady."

"Funny, hard worker an quite a character! Loved by many."

PRIOR MEMORIAL PHOTOS

Friends, family, residents, and others celebrated the 20th Anniversary of The First Lady Of Waikoloa, beloved Aunty Mabel "Meipala" Ishii. Residents of Waikoloa, Aunty's ohana, and others came to talk story and pay their respects to the work this great lady provided to the the Village's community.

The pohaku memorial on the corner of Meipala Place and Kilakila Street was draped with beautiful lei and mementos as members of the community came by to remember her.

Below are photos and comments received about the Anniversary event.

COMMENTS RECEIVED:

"I will be thinking of ya'll today. It is beautiful to know Aunty's spirit lives on in her family, community, and anyone who continues to speak her name. She was a special LADY! LOVE U AUNTY. Love u my Ohana! - R.F."

"[Aunty Mabel] visited me briefly before her untimely passing and we laughed a lot as usual. She was and still is a lovely memory of such a wonderful spirit and such a kind and thoughtful person. Her loss will be felt forever in our island community and within the tight circle of childhood friends and adulthood pals and neighbors and her loving family. A hui hou Mabel. Organize heaven for us. - C.C.K."

August 2019 Memorial Photos

DEDICATION OF STREET MEMORIAL: August 18, 2019

The Memorial is located at the entrance of Meipala Place located on the corner of Kilakila Street and Meipala Place in Waikoloa Village.