Kenneth Hanson Kahao, a resident of Allendale Plantation in West Baton Rouge, died Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007, at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. He was 84.
A graduate of Tulane University, he served with distinction as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the Pacific theater. When his destroyer was disabled, he returned to earn his Navy wings. From 1946, as a third-generation sugar grower, he assisted his father on the family plantation. As a farmer, he was always concerned with improvements in agriculture. He served as president of the West Baton Rouge Farm Bureau, president of the American Sugar Cane League, member of the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, West Baton Rouge Agricultural and Stabilization Committee and chair of Smithfield Co-op. In 1976, he was honored to serve as King Sucrose XXIV by the Louisiana Festival and Fair Association for his contribution to the sugar-cane industry. In this he followed in the steps of his father, Martin, chosen King Sucrose in the 1960s.
Preceded in death by his father, Martin James Kahao, Jr.; mother, Ethel Barkdull Kahao; and brother, M.J. Barkdull Kahao.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Mary Jane Fly Kahao; children, Martin James Kahao, III and wife Alison Hentges, Kenneth Hanson Kahao, Jr., Eve Kahao Gonzalez and husband Tom Pollock, and Roger William Kahao; grandchildren, Kristopher Redmond Kahao and wife Kendra, Kenneth Schmalbach, Amber Dawn Kahao, Hays Hanson Kahao, Warren James Kahao, Megan Clair Kahao, Christina Margarita Gonzalez, Fernando Daniel Gonzalez, Sara Alicia Kahao, Rebeka Slocum; and great-grandchildren, Benjamin Mockwa and Mary Catherine Stice.
Visitation at St. James Episcopal Church until service. Private family interment in Magnolia Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the National Parkinson Foundation, 1501 NW 9th Ave, Bob Hope Road, Miami, FL 33136, or www.parkinson.org; the American Diabetes Association, Attn: National Call Center 1701 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria, VA 22311, or www. diabetes.org; or the charity of your choice.
Obituary published in The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., from 11/22/2007 - 11/23/2007.
∼Plot location suggested by Michael Helms.
A graduate of Tulane University, he served with distinction as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the Pacific theater. When his destroyer was disabled, he returned to earn his Navy wings. From 1946, as a third-generation sugar grower, he assisted his father on the family plantation. As a farmer, he was always concerned with improvements in agriculture. He served as president of the West Baton Rouge Farm Bureau, president of the American Sugar Cane League, member of the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, West Baton Rouge Agricultural and Stabilization Committee and chair of Smithfield Co-op. In 1976, he was honored to serve as King Sucrose XXIV by the Louisiana Festival and Fair Association for his contribution to the sugar-cane industry. In this he followed in the steps of his father, Martin, chosen King Sucrose in the 1960s.
Preceded in death by his father, Martin James Kahao, Jr.; mother, Ethel Barkdull Kahao; and brother, M.J. Barkdull Kahao.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Mary Jane Fly Kahao; children, Martin James Kahao, III and wife Alison Hentges, Kenneth Hanson Kahao, Jr., Eve Kahao Gonzalez and husband Tom Pollock, and Roger William Kahao; grandchildren, Kristopher Redmond Kahao and wife Kendra, Kenneth Schmalbach, Amber Dawn Kahao, Hays Hanson Kahao, Warren James Kahao, Megan Clair Kahao, Christina Margarita Gonzalez, Fernando Daniel Gonzalez, Sara Alicia Kahao, Rebeka Slocum; and great-grandchildren, Benjamin Mockwa and Mary Catherine Stice.
Visitation at St. James Episcopal Church until service. Private family interment in Magnolia Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the National Parkinson Foundation, 1501 NW 9th Ave, Bob Hope Road, Miami, FL 33136, or www.parkinson.org; the American Diabetes Association, Attn: National Call Center 1701 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria, VA 22311, or www. diabetes.org; or the charity of your choice.
Obituary published in The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., from 11/22/2007 - 11/23/2007.
∼Plot location suggested by Michael Helms.
Kenneth Hanson Kahao, a resident of Allendale Plantation in West Baton Rouge, died Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007, at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. He was 84.
A graduate of Tulane University, he served with distinction as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the Pacific theater. When his destroyer was disabled, he returned to earn his Navy wings. From 1946, as a third-generation sugar grower, he assisted his father on the family plantation. As a farmer, he was always concerned with improvements in agriculture. He served as president of the West Baton Rouge Farm Bureau, president of the American Sugar Cane League, member of the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, West Baton Rouge Agricultural and Stabilization Committee and chair of Smithfield Co-op. In 1976, he was honored to serve as King Sucrose XXIV by the Louisiana Festival and Fair Association for his contribution to the sugar-cane industry. In this he followed in the steps of his father, Martin, chosen King Sucrose in the 1960s.
Preceded in death by his father, Martin James Kahao, Jr.; mother, Ethel Barkdull Kahao; and brother, M.J. Barkdull Kahao.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Mary Jane Fly Kahao; children, Martin James Kahao, III and wife Alison Hentges, Kenneth Hanson Kahao, Jr., Eve Kahao Gonzalez and husband Tom Pollock, and Roger William Kahao; grandchildren, Kristopher Redmond Kahao and wife Kendra, Kenneth Schmalbach, Amber Dawn Kahao, Hays Hanson Kahao, Warren James Kahao, Megan Clair Kahao, Christina Margarita Gonzalez, Fernando Daniel Gonzalez, Sara Alicia Kahao, Rebeka Slocum; and great-grandchildren, Benjamin Mockwa and Mary Catherine Stice.
Visitation at St. James Episcopal Church until service. Private family interment in Magnolia Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the National Parkinson Foundation, 1501 NW 9th Ave, Bob Hope Road, Miami, FL 33136, or www.parkinson.org; the American Diabetes Association, Attn: National Call Center 1701 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria, VA 22311, or www. diabetes.org; or the charity of your choice.
Obituary published in The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., from 11/22/2007 - 11/23/2007.
∼Plot location suggested by Michael Helms.
A graduate of Tulane University, he served with distinction as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the Pacific theater. When his destroyer was disabled, he returned to earn his Navy wings. From 1946, as a third-generation sugar grower, he assisted his father on the family plantation. As a farmer, he was always concerned with improvements in agriculture. He served as president of the West Baton Rouge Farm Bureau, president of the American Sugar Cane League, member of the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, West Baton Rouge Agricultural and Stabilization Committee and chair of Smithfield Co-op. In 1976, he was honored to serve as King Sucrose XXIV by the Louisiana Festival and Fair Association for his contribution to the sugar-cane industry. In this he followed in the steps of his father, Martin, chosen King Sucrose in the 1960s.
Preceded in death by his father, Martin James Kahao, Jr.; mother, Ethel Barkdull Kahao; and brother, M.J. Barkdull Kahao.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Mary Jane Fly Kahao; children, Martin James Kahao, III and wife Alison Hentges, Kenneth Hanson Kahao, Jr., Eve Kahao Gonzalez and husband Tom Pollock, and Roger William Kahao; grandchildren, Kristopher Redmond Kahao and wife Kendra, Kenneth Schmalbach, Amber Dawn Kahao, Hays Hanson Kahao, Warren James Kahao, Megan Clair Kahao, Christina Margarita Gonzalez, Fernando Daniel Gonzalez, Sara Alicia Kahao, Rebeka Slocum; and great-grandchildren, Benjamin Mockwa and Mary Catherine Stice.
Visitation at St. James Episcopal Church until service. Private family interment in Magnolia Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the National Parkinson Foundation, 1501 NW 9th Ave, Bob Hope Road, Miami, FL 33136, or www.parkinson.org; the American Diabetes Association, Attn: National Call Center 1701 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria, VA 22311, or www. diabetes.org; or the charity of your choice.
Obituary published in The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., from 11/22/2007 - 11/23/2007.
∼Plot location suggested by Michael Helms.
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