Services for Leo, Violet Yap
will be held on Saturday
By Star-Bulletin staff
Leo M.T. Yap created and developed many new orchid strains, giving the most beautiful and sought-after his daughters' and family members' names.
He had a small company, "Home of the Blue Vanda," from which he shipped exotic orchids, anthuriums, and flora to the mainland.
Wife Violet at one time was head of the math department at Hilo High, where she was well-liked by students.
Joint services will be held in Hilo Saturday for teachers Violet and Leo Yap.
Leo Yap, 77, of Hilo died March 3 died in Portland, Ore. Violet Yap died March 15.
Born in Halaula, Kohala, Leo Yap attended Big Island public schools, graduating from Hilo High School in 1938. He completed a bachelor's degree in industrial education at Bradley University in Peoria, Ill., in 1942. He served with the Army During World War II, at Fort Benning, Ga., rising to the rank of first sergeant.
He married Violet Sun Kin Loo in 1949, when they were both teachers in Laupahoehoe. He earned a master's in industrial education in 1952, also from Bradley, where he was the first non-Caucasian member of Sigma Phi and Sigma Chi fraternities. He taught at Waikea Kai Intermediate School and later Waikea Intermediate School, retiring in 1975.
"He was a very generous, kind fellow," said friend Teruo Ihara of Honolulu.
Ihara recalled that Yap played football at Hilo High School, where he also was a track star. Yap later became an expert on orchid culture, Ihara said.
"He bred and raised orchids from seedlings -- a man of patience. No one could handle that without patience," Ihara said.
Violet Yap, 77, was born in Hilo. She played piano, liked to read and cook and had an exceptional interest in her grandchildren. She also loved botany.
After retiring from Hilo High, she taught part time at Hilo Community College. Friends and family members say she was loving, caring and always there if someone was sick, cooking soup and helping in other ways.
The Yaps are survived by daughters Hollis Y. Bliatout, an acupuncturist and herbalist in Portland, and Dr. Laurent Loo-King, with the U.S. Public Health Service in Arizona; and two grandchildren.
Leo Yap also is survived by brother Oscar Mew Kong Yap. Violet Yap is additionally survived by sisters Ruth Wong and Mabel Loo; and brothers Ernest, Gilbert and Nelson Loo.
Joint services over the ashes will take place at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at United Community Church in Hilo. Friends may call after 9:30. The ashes will be encrypted at Homelani Memorial Park in Hilo.
Source; The Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Thursday, March 20, 1997
will be held on Saturday
By Star-Bulletin staff
Leo M.T. Yap created and developed many new orchid strains, giving the most beautiful and sought-after his daughters' and family members' names.
He had a small company, "Home of the Blue Vanda," from which he shipped exotic orchids, anthuriums, and flora to the mainland.
Wife Violet at one time was head of the math department at Hilo High, where she was well-liked by students.
Joint services will be held in Hilo Saturday for teachers Violet and Leo Yap.
Leo Yap, 77, of Hilo died March 3 died in Portland, Ore. Violet Yap died March 15.
Born in Halaula, Kohala, Leo Yap attended Big Island public schools, graduating from Hilo High School in 1938. He completed a bachelor's degree in industrial education at Bradley University in Peoria, Ill., in 1942. He served with the Army During World War II, at Fort Benning, Ga., rising to the rank of first sergeant.
He married Violet Sun Kin Loo in 1949, when they were both teachers in Laupahoehoe. He earned a master's in industrial education in 1952, also from Bradley, where he was the first non-Caucasian member of Sigma Phi and Sigma Chi fraternities. He taught at Waikea Kai Intermediate School and later Waikea Intermediate School, retiring in 1975.
"He was a very generous, kind fellow," said friend Teruo Ihara of Honolulu.
Ihara recalled that Yap played football at Hilo High School, where he also was a track star. Yap later became an expert on orchid culture, Ihara said.
"He bred and raised orchids from seedlings -- a man of patience. No one could handle that without patience," Ihara said.
Violet Yap, 77, was born in Hilo. She played piano, liked to read and cook and had an exceptional interest in her grandchildren. She also loved botany.
After retiring from Hilo High, she taught part time at Hilo Community College. Friends and family members say she was loving, caring and always there if someone was sick, cooking soup and helping in other ways.
The Yaps are survived by daughters Hollis Y. Bliatout, an acupuncturist and herbalist in Portland, and Dr. Laurent Loo-King, with the U.S. Public Health Service in Arizona; and two grandchildren.
Leo Yap also is survived by brother Oscar Mew Kong Yap. Violet Yap is additionally survived by sisters Ruth Wong and Mabel Loo; and brothers Ernest, Gilbert and Nelson Loo.
Joint services over the ashes will take place at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at United Community Church in Hilo. Friends may call after 9:30. The ashes will be encrypted at Homelani Memorial Park in Hilo.
Source; The Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Thursday, March 20, 1997
Services for Leo, Violet Yap
will be held on Saturday
By Star-Bulletin staff
Leo M.T. Yap created and developed many new orchid strains, giving the most beautiful and sought-after his daughters' and family members' names.
He had a small company, "Home of the Blue Vanda," from which he shipped exotic orchids, anthuriums, and flora to the mainland.
Wife Violet at one time was head of the math department at Hilo High, where she was well-liked by students.
Joint services will be held in Hilo Saturday for teachers Violet and Leo Yap.
Leo Yap, 77, of Hilo died March 3 died in Portland, Ore. Violet Yap died March 15.
Born in Halaula, Kohala, Leo Yap attended Big Island public schools, graduating from Hilo High School in 1938. He completed a bachelor's degree in industrial education at Bradley University in Peoria, Ill., in 1942. He served with the Army During World War II, at Fort Benning, Ga., rising to the rank of first sergeant.
He married Violet Sun Kin Loo in 1949, when they were both teachers in Laupahoehoe. He earned a master's in industrial education in 1952, also from Bradley, where he was the first non-Caucasian member of Sigma Phi and Sigma Chi fraternities. He taught at Waikea Kai Intermediate School and later Waikea Intermediate School, retiring in 1975.
"He was a very generous, kind fellow," said friend Teruo Ihara of Honolulu.
Ihara recalled that Yap played football at Hilo High School, where he also was a track star. Yap later became an expert on orchid culture, Ihara said.
"He bred and raised orchids from seedlings -- a man of patience. No one could handle that without patience," Ihara said.
Violet Yap, 77, was born in Hilo. She played piano, liked to read and cook and had an exceptional interest in her grandchildren. She also loved botany.
After retiring from Hilo High, she taught part time at Hilo Community College. Friends and family members say she was loving, caring and always there if someone was sick, cooking soup and helping in other ways.
The Yaps are survived by daughters Hollis Y. Bliatout, an acupuncturist and herbalist in Portland, and Dr. Laurent Loo-King, with the U.S. Public Health Service in Arizona; and two grandchildren.
Leo Yap also is survived by brother Oscar Mew Kong Yap. Violet Yap is additionally survived by sisters Ruth Wong and Mabel Loo; and brothers Ernest, Gilbert and Nelson Loo.
Joint services over the ashes will take place at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at United Community Church in Hilo. Friends may call after 9:30. The ashes will be encrypted at Homelani Memorial Park in Hilo.
Source; The Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Thursday, March 20, 1997
will be held on Saturday
By Star-Bulletin staff
Leo M.T. Yap created and developed many new orchid strains, giving the most beautiful and sought-after his daughters' and family members' names.
He had a small company, "Home of the Blue Vanda," from which he shipped exotic orchids, anthuriums, and flora to the mainland.
Wife Violet at one time was head of the math department at Hilo High, where she was well-liked by students.
Joint services will be held in Hilo Saturday for teachers Violet and Leo Yap.
Leo Yap, 77, of Hilo died March 3 died in Portland, Ore. Violet Yap died March 15.
Born in Halaula, Kohala, Leo Yap attended Big Island public schools, graduating from Hilo High School in 1938. He completed a bachelor's degree in industrial education at Bradley University in Peoria, Ill., in 1942. He served with the Army During World War II, at Fort Benning, Ga., rising to the rank of first sergeant.
He married Violet Sun Kin Loo in 1949, when they were both teachers in Laupahoehoe. He earned a master's in industrial education in 1952, also from Bradley, where he was the first non-Caucasian member of Sigma Phi and Sigma Chi fraternities. He taught at Waikea Kai Intermediate School and later Waikea Intermediate School, retiring in 1975.
"He was a very generous, kind fellow," said friend Teruo Ihara of Honolulu.
Ihara recalled that Yap played football at Hilo High School, where he also was a track star. Yap later became an expert on orchid culture, Ihara said.
"He bred and raised orchids from seedlings -- a man of patience. No one could handle that without patience," Ihara said.
Violet Yap, 77, was born in Hilo. She played piano, liked to read and cook and had an exceptional interest in her grandchildren. She also loved botany.
After retiring from Hilo High, she taught part time at Hilo Community College. Friends and family members say she was loving, caring and always there if someone was sick, cooking soup and helping in other ways.
The Yaps are survived by daughters Hollis Y. Bliatout, an acupuncturist and herbalist in Portland, and Dr. Laurent Loo-King, with the U.S. Public Health Service in Arizona; and two grandchildren.
Leo Yap also is survived by brother Oscar Mew Kong Yap. Violet Yap is additionally survived by sisters Ruth Wong and Mabel Loo; and brothers Ernest, Gilbert and Nelson Loo.
Joint services over the ashes will take place at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at United Community Church in Hilo. Friends may call after 9:30. The ashes will be encrypted at Homelani Memorial Park in Hilo.
Source; The Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Thursday, March 20, 1997
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