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Florence Puana celebrates 100th birthday

By Cindy Ellen Russell

Aug. 25, 2019

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Florence Puana celebrated her 100th birthday with family and friends at the Mid-Pacific Country Club on Sunday. She is pictured receiving lei from her daughter-in-law Ann Puana. Puana is the grandmother of former deputy prosecutor Katherine Kealoha. She provided key testimony in Kealoha’s federal conspiracy and obstruction trial.
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Florence Puana greets her great grandson Niko DeMello, 4 months, who is the arms of his mother, Tina on Sunday.
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Florence Puana greets Gerald Kurashima, who represented her and Gerard Puana in the civil case against Katherine Kealoha, her granddaughter.
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Florence Puana celebrated her 100th birthday with her nephew Jeff Fryer and his wife Marla.
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A cake topper on one of three cakes at the birthday party.
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Gerard Puana, Katherine Kealoha's uncle who was framed for stealing the Kealohas' mailbox in 2013, looks on during Sunday's party.
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Florence Puana was greeted by former neighbor Joann Kwock on Sunday.
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Gerard Puana, right, Katherine Kealoha's uncle who was framed for stealing the Kealohas' mailbox in 2013, took a photo with UH law school faculty member Ken Lawson.
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