Adeline D. Whisenand, 87, of Aina Haina, a Red Cross worker for some 20 years who also was very active in church and community, died Tuesday at home.
She was among those who insisted that the Honolulu International Center, now the Blaisdell Center, should be more than a sports arena.
“Six of us said there shouldn’t just be a sporting center. It had to be for the community as a whole,” she had said.
She was one of a number who envisioned an opera house, noting how opera productions were held mainly in high school gymnasiums. “We got together with Mayor (Neal) Blaisdell and he agreed that there should be both,” she said.
Her community service earned her a Star-Bulletin Good Neighbor Award in 1976.
“Mrs. Whisenand often opens her home to her ‘neighbors,’ giving shelter for the night or even longer when they need it,” her citation said in part.
“The neighbors she helps start out as strangers to her -- a Vietnam refugee family stranded at the airport, a woman with domestic trouble, a motherless 2-year-old girl whose father needed time to make baby-sitting arrangements.”
All this she did in a very quiet and selfless way, wrote a fellow volunteer in the FISH organization, a Christian group giving round-the-clock counseling and aid.
“FISH is just one of many organizations in which Mrs. Whisenand serves as a good neighbor,” the citation went on.
“A pet project in years past, which combined her avid interest in hiking and plant life with the desire to be of service, was the work she did with Girl Scouts and Camp Fire Girls.
She gave conducted tours of the botanical highlights of various Oahu hiking trails to troop leaders of those groups.”
Born in Los Angeles, she vacationed in Hawaii in 1929 and 1930 and stayed at the Moana Hotel, surfboarding and falling in love with Waikiki Beach.
Later, she married architect George Whisenand in Los Angeles and they moved to Hawaii in 1950.
The Whisenands built their home in Aina Haina in 1950, where Adeline Whisenand resided until her death.
George Whisenand died in 1983.
Adeline Whisenand worked for the American Red Cross from 1951 through the early 1970s. She was a member of the Trail and Mountain Club, Waialae Country Club and active in Waiokeola Congregational Church in Kahala. She also traveled extensively, circling the world three times.
She is survived by daughter Julianna W. Smith; adopted daughter Sarah Nordwall; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Waiokeola Congregational Church. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Waiokeola Church.
Source; The Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Thursday, February 6, 1997
She was among those who insisted that the Honolulu International Center, now the Blaisdell Center, should be more than a sports arena.
“Six of us said there shouldn’t just be a sporting center. It had to be for the community as a whole,” she had said.
She was one of a number who envisioned an opera house, noting how opera productions were held mainly in high school gymnasiums. “We got together with Mayor (Neal) Blaisdell and he agreed that there should be both,” she said.
Her community service earned her a Star-Bulletin Good Neighbor Award in 1976.
“Mrs. Whisenand often opens her home to her ‘neighbors,’ giving shelter for the night or even longer when they need it,” her citation said in part.
“The neighbors she helps start out as strangers to her -- a Vietnam refugee family stranded at the airport, a woman with domestic trouble, a motherless 2-year-old girl whose father needed time to make baby-sitting arrangements.”
All this she did in a very quiet and selfless way, wrote a fellow volunteer in the FISH organization, a Christian group giving round-the-clock counseling and aid.
“FISH is just one of many organizations in which Mrs. Whisenand serves as a good neighbor,” the citation went on.
“A pet project in years past, which combined her avid interest in hiking and plant life with the desire to be of service, was the work she did with Girl Scouts and Camp Fire Girls.
She gave conducted tours of the botanical highlights of various Oahu hiking trails to troop leaders of those groups.”
Born in Los Angeles, she vacationed in Hawaii in 1929 and 1930 and stayed at the Moana Hotel, surfboarding and falling in love with Waikiki Beach.
Later, she married architect George Whisenand in Los Angeles and they moved to Hawaii in 1950.
The Whisenands built their home in Aina Haina in 1950, where Adeline Whisenand resided until her death.
George Whisenand died in 1983.
Adeline Whisenand worked for the American Red Cross from 1951 through the early 1970s. She was a member of the Trail and Mountain Club, Waialae Country Club and active in Waiokeola Congregational Church in Kahala. She also traveled extensively, circling the world three times.
She is survived by daughter Julianna W. Smith; adopted daughter Sarah Nordwall; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Waiokeola Congregational Church. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Waiokeola Church.
Source; The Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Thursday, February 6, 1997
Adeline D. Whisenand, 87, of Aina Haina, a Red Cross worker for some 20 years who also was very active in church and community, died Tuesday at home.
She was among those who insisted that the Honolulu International Center, now the Blaisdell Center, should be more than a sports arena.
“Six of us said there shouldn’t just be a sporting center. It had to be for the community as a whole,” she had said.
She was one of a number who envisioned an opera house, noting how opera productions were held mainly in high school gymnasiums. “We got together with Mayor (Neal) Blaisdell and he agreed that there should be both,” she said.
Her community service earned her a Star-Bulletin Good Neighbor Award in 1976.
“Mrs. Whisenand often opens her home to her ‘neighbors,’ giving shelter for the night or even longer when they need it,” her citation said in part.
“The neighbors she helps start out as strangers to her -- a Vietnam refugee family stranded at the airport, a woman with domestic trouble, a motherless 2-year-old girl whose father needed time to make baby-sitting arrangements.”
All this she did in a very quiet and selfless way, wrote a fellow volunteer in the FISH organization, a Christian group giving round-the-clock counseling and aid.
“FISH is just one of many organizations in which Mrs. Whisenand serves as a good neighbor,” the citation went on.
“A pet project in years past, which combined her avid interest in hiking and plant life with the desire to be of service, was the work she did with Girl Scouts and Camp Fire Girls.
She gave conducted tours of the botanical highlights of various Oahu hiking trails to troop leaders of those groups.”
Born in Los Angeles, she vacationed in Hawaii in 1929 and 1930 and stayed at the Moana Hotel, surfboarding and falling in love with Waikiki Beach.
Later, she married architect George Whisenand in Los Angeles and they moved to Hawaii in 1950.
The Whisenands built their home in Aina Haina in 1950, where Adeline Whisenand resided until her death.
George Whisenand died in 1983.
Adeline Whisenand worked for the American Red Cross from 1951 through the early 1970s. She was a member of the Trail and Mountain Club, Waialae Country Club and active in Waiokeola Congregational Church in Kahala. She also traveled extensively, circling the world three times.
She is survived by daughter Julianna W. Smith; adopted daughter Sarah Nordwall; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Waiokeola Congregational Church. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Waiokeola Church.
Source; The Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Thursday, February 6, 1997
She was among those who insisted that the Honolulu International Center, now the Blaisdell Center, should be more than a sports arena.
“Six of us said there shouldn’t just be a sporting center. It had to be for the community as a whole,” she had said.
She was one of a number who envisioned an opera house, noting how opera productions were held mainly in high school gymnasiums. “We got together with Mayor (Neal) Blaisdell and he agreed that there should be both,” she said.
Her community service earned her a Star-Bulletin Good Neighbor Award in 1976.
“Mrs. Whisenand often opens her home to her ‘neighbors,’ giving shelter for the night or even longer when they need it,” her citation said in part.
“The neighbors she helps start out as strangers to her -- a Vietnam refugee family stranded at the airport, a woman with domestic trouble, a motherless 2-year-old girl whose father needed time to make baby-sitting arrangements.”
All this she did in a very quiet and selfless way, wrote a fellow volunteer in the FISH organization, a Christian group giving round-the-clock counseling and aid.
“FISH is just one of many organizations in which Mrs. Whisenand serves as a good neighbor,” the citation went on.
“A pet project in years past, which combined her avid interest in hiking and plant life with the desire to be of service, was the work she did with Girl Scouts and Camp Fire Girls.
She gave conducted tours of the botanical highlights of various Oahu hiking trails to troop leaders of those groups.”
Born in Los Angeles, she vacationed in Hawaii in 1929 and 1930 and stayed at the Moana Hotel, surfboarding and falling in love with Waikiki Beach.
Later, she married architect George Whisenand in Los Angeles and they moved to Hawaii in 1950.
The Whisenands built their home in Aina Haina in 1950, where Adeline Whisenand resided until her death.
George Whisenand died in 1983.
Adeline Whisenand worked for the American Red Cross from 1951 through the early 1970s. She was a member of the Trail and Mountain Club, Waialae Country Club and active in Waiokeola Congregational Church in Kahala. She also traveled extensively, circling the world three times.
She is survived by daughter Julianna W. Smith; adopted daughter Sarah Nordwall; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Waiokeola Congregational Church. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Waiokeola Church.
Source; The Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Thursday, February 6, 1997
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