December 23, 2023
December 23, 2023
Missing Joe and my Kenny. Sending love and aloha to all who knew the both of them. So many fun times and special memories.
This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Joe Kennedy, 63 years old, born on September 8, 1948, and passed away on July 15, 2012. We will remember him forever.
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December 19, 2023
December 19, 2023
Kenny left a note for Joe in July just a month before Kent passed.
They will be remembered together.
They will be remembered together.
December 18, 2023
December 18, 2023
Indeed - missing Kenny too. He and Joe - both gone way too soon. Scrolling through this fine collection of photos is a wonderful walk along memory lane. Here’s to the fine times - make every day count!!!
December 17, 2023
December 17, 2023
With a heavy heart to learn of Kent Davenportʻs passing in Aug 2023 - much mahalo and aloha to him, his lovely family and all of his friends over many decades.
September 8, 2023
September 8, 2023
Still miss you Joe - but think of you often. And, a quote for the right guy, even if a bit late:
They are not dead who live in lives they leave behind.
In those whom they have blessed, they live a life again.
(note from a friend sent to Eleanor Roosevelt when FDR passed, also, way too soon)
They are not dead who live in lives they leave behind.
In those whom they have blessed, they live a life again.
(note from a friend sent to Eleanor Roosevelt when FDR passed, also, way too soon)
September 8, 2023
September 8, 2023
Joe was the nicest kid in our grade school and our neighborhood. We met in first grade 1954, where the nuns always called us kids by our formal name - thus for ages I thought of him as "Joseph" Kennedy. When I reconnected with him via email sometime c. Y2K, it was delightful. So sad not to be able to do that any longer. A deep loss for sure!
July 17, 2023
July 17, 2023
Hello Joe.
July 16, 2023
July 16, 2023
Nice memories of Joe when I pass Rainbow Drive occasionally, visited Kona Hotel (now closed) last Dec, and drive up to Pupukea... Mahalo for this website!
July 15, 2023
July 15, 2023
Difficult to believe that Joe has been gone for 11 years. We still think of him often.
July 15, 2023
July 15, 2023
Still miss you Joe - and recently came across this most salient statement which says it all: They are not dead who live in lives they leave behind.
In those whom they have blessed, they live a life again.
In those whom they have blessed, they live a life again.
December 22, 2022
December 22, 2022
I keep finding photos in strange places on my computer. Here is another
September 17, 2022
September 17, 2022
So a whlle ago Joe confided with me that several of his Samoan girls wanted to get pregnant with him
He refused
Imagine what would have been the outcome
Too bad
Kenny
He refused
Imagine what would have been the outcome
Too bad
Kenny
September 10, 2022
September 10, 2022
12 days my junior, Joe was. And something so symbolic that the date of his arrival coincides with the QEII's departure. So with 'arrival' and "queen" in the same sentence, here's to you Joe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9FaoRJAgII
September 9, 2022
September 9, 2022
I wish i could remember where i put the ashes.
Another thought that the Queens death correlates with joes birth. Have a drink together and talk about Ireland
Kent
Another thought that the Queens death correlates with joes birth. Have a drink together and talk about Ireland
Kent
September 9, 2022
September 9, 2022
The birthday
This is the memorial I do not remember if I posted them before, but I do not remember seeing so many grown people cry. Happy birthday Joe
Kent
This is the memorial I do not remember if I posted them before, but I do not remember seeing so many grown people cry. Happy birthday Joe
Kent
September 9, 2022
September 9, 2022
Happy Birthday to Joe…(.his birthday is actually Sept 9) so enjoy one extra day for everyone to remember our wonderful friend! I try to have a belly laugh every day because it’s how he helped us all to keep going in nutty times.
September 9, 2022
September 9, 2022
Happy Birthday Joe. The irony of your birthday coinciding across the world with the death of Queen Elizabeth II would not have been lost on you, just as my own birthday occurs on the anniversary of Battle of Hastings day when another English monarch left us, with an arrow in his eye. I can almost hear you singing along to the Irish republican song supporting the Argentinians during the Falklands war 'Falklands? Malvinas! Argentina!'...
July 16, 2022
July 16, 2022
Hard to believe it has been ten years. Miss all of us being together at Pupukea.
July 16, 2022
July 16, 2022
As everyone feels, it is hard to imagine it has been 10 years. I am now retired and living in beautiful Vanuatu with Rosie. It would have been great to welcome Joe to the wonderful Vila Rose Hotel, now up and running again since the borders finally opened again on July 1st this year. I'll lift up a shell of kava (Hawn: 'awa) to Joe tonight.
Matthew Spriggs
Matthew Spriggs
July 15, 2022
July 15, 2022
Of the many things we miss from having not visited Hawaii is way too long, it's our special time with you at your "heavenly ohana" in Pupukea, Joe. Gone, yet still with us. The great memories have kept you in our lives.
July 15, 2022
July 15, 2022
Just a little harder to laugh without you here to fuel the humor. Miss you Joe!
July 15, 2022
July 15, 2022
Ten years how did we make it without you. I posted some more photos they are probably not new but I see them so here they are
September 10, 2021
September 10, 2021
Happy Birthday Joe :)
July 16, 2021
July 16, 2021
We all miss you, Joe. Kent’s right: the world needs your wry perspective on it. Wish you could be here to share it with us.
July 16, 2021
July 16, 2021
Hey Joe: I thought you would be amused, I just passed 1 year sober. I still miss our evening sessions tho. I never thought it would happen but even old dogs learn new tricks!
July 15, 2021
July 15, 2021
Has it been nine years. No wonder the world is so silly. No rudder, no guiding light. Where are you Joe when we need your perspective more than ever.
December 27, 2020
December 27, 2020
Thank you Kent for your shared memories :)
December 23, 2020
December 23, 2020
Those recently posted pix by Kent were EXTRA good. There
never can be too many pix of Joe!
Merry Christmas and may 2021 be a winner in the end for us all!
never can be too many pix of Joe!
Merry Christmas and may 2021 be a winner in the end for us all!
October 3, 2020
October 3, 2020
more from the archives
October 3, 2020
October 3, 2020
For Kent:
That WAS a great photo of Joe. We were both 36 in fall of '84, but I hadn't seen him since we were 12! That is very much the way he looked back then in the old neighborhood. Still miss his antics, adventures and emails. Always will.
Mary Mullarkey from LF
That WAS a great photo of Joe. We were both 36 in fall of '84, but I hadn't seen him since we were 12! That is very much the way he looked back then in the old neighborhood. Still miss his antics, adventures and emails. Always will.
Mary Mullarkey from LF
October 2, 2020
October 2, 2020
I have discovered the one photo I have looked for forever. Joe got into an argument with a police officer after a baseball game and was arrested. He had a mug shot which is his favorite photo of himself. He did not want too many people to know about the arrest, but he loved the photo.
September 12, 2020
September 12, 2020
Joe Lets go to the tea room on the corner and take a screwdriver and take the hinges off the ice cream freezer and dive in for your birthday just like old times
September 10, 2020
September 10, 2020
Lifted up a large coconut shell of Kava on the day here in gloriously COVID-free Vanuatu, where I am 'trapped' unable to return to Oz.
Happy Birthday Joe! Greetings and good health to all in these weird times that Joe would doubtless have an original perspective on.
Matthew Spriggs
Happy Birthday Joe! Greetings and good health to all in these weird times that Joe would doubtless have an original perspective on.
Matthew Spriggs
September 8, 2020
September 8, 2020
Happy Birthday, Joe.
September 8, 2020
September 8, 2020
Happy Birthday Joe. We've not forgotten you - and will hoist a tall frosty in your memory this evening.
July 19, 2020
July 19, 2020
I still feel his presence - esp. now, in our "times of trouble"
July 18, 2020
July 18, 2020
We all miss you...
July 18, 2020
July 18, 2020
We could all use some of his insights into the events of 2020
July 17, 2020
July 17, 2020
Still miss you, kid. Vicki
July 17, 2020
July 17, 2020
Mahalo Kent! Weʻve been spending time in Pupukea this past year and when driving by his home sweet memories of him linger. Aloha to all. Karynne
July 16, 2020
July 16, 2020
Hi all,
I’ve been getting emails from archeologists in Alaska asking for Joe’s article in smallpox and disease risk for archeologists from smallpox cemeteries in various temperature regimes.Permafrost is thawing and Joe’s research is circulating because coffins are emerging from the muck; archeologists are scrambling to map the smallpox cemeteries and native village folk are having to pick up the bones of their ancestors and make do because nobody seems to give a shit.
He’d be dumbfounded by the mess we’re in. Even his unparalleled satirical skills would have been deeply challenged by today, but I think he’s be gratified that his research lives on. I miss him very much and could sure use the kind of laughs he made happen in the rough spots.
I’ve been getting emails from archeologists in Alaska asking for Joe’s article in smallpox and disease risk for archeologists from smallpox cemeteries in various temperature regimes.Permafrost is thawing and Joe’s research is circulating because coffins are emerging from the muck; archeologists are scrambling to map the smallpox cemeteries and native village folk are having to pick up the bones of their ancestors and make do because nobody seems to give a shit.
He’d be dumbfounded by the mess we’re in. Even his unparalleled satirical skills would have been deeply challenged by today, but I think he’s be gratified that his research lives on. I miss him very much and could sure use the kind of laughs he made happen in the rough spots.
October 6, 2019
October 6, 2019
It’s Sunday morning and watching the LPGA from my home in Abiquiu, NM. I’ve been reminiscing about my 12 years in Hawaii, 72-83. Was wondering about old brahs from the day and decided to google some names. First was a best friend Jim “the dog” Sands a teammate on Healani canoe and soccer clubs. He was recently killed crossing a highway in Eva beach. Next, I googled Joe Kennedy who was a great friend and neighbor in Manoa Valley, who I last saw back in the late 80’s when he visited me in Eldora, Colorado. I hadn’t been in contact with Joe for some time. The last time would have been after the publication of his book on Samoa, which I had eagerly purchased. Probably, the times I remember most were playing slide hockey with Tom K at Joes place in Manoa and drinking beer at the Rhino bar with Donnie A and at Anna Bananas. It is very sad for me to know Joe is gone, but, glad to know that he had such an impact on so many others like myself.
July 17, 2019
July 17, 2019
Into the 30th year of Hawaiian archeology there are still some stories and scenes and humor moments that make me really really miss my pal Joe- because he would get the montage of sad/funny/beautiful like no other friend. What if we could tell him Pohoiki is under lava?! What would he make of this world? I miss him, really miss him. I’m so glad for his circle of friends who are listening. Aloha everyone.
July 16, 2019
July 16, 2019
We do miss Joe - his piercing insights and boundless humor - and of course his Pupukea Compound. Email me if you would like to see a short video I shot of Joe on our last visit to his bungalow - we're discussing Joe's friend, Boston Red Sox all star pitcher, Frank Sullivan, who lived on Kauai and was then the last living Red Sox player on the Norman Rockwell illustration, "The Rookie". They've both "moved on" but still with us in spirit. jfultz@comcast.net
July 15, 2019
July 15, 2019
Seven long years without Joe’s wit and his slightly skewed view of the world. Still miss him!
July 15, 2019
July 15, 2019
Well Joe, I was right about being able to read more after I retired (on New Year's eve.) In fact, today I will order my own copy of your last book, "Ruffian Dick." Gotta keep up my "Kennedy collection." God bless!
July 15, 2019
July 15, 2019
Seven years! I don't know how I got along without his humor. We could all use it in these weird times
September 8, 2018
September 8, 2018
Me too, Joe. Wish you'd made it to seventy, a good age.
September 8, 2018
September 8, 2018
Still miss ya, Joseph Kennedy. Thanks for all the good books you recommended, as well as your own scholarly (and interesting) journal articles. I still have to read the books you mentioned about our soldiers in Viet Nam.
But I will read much more after I retire in January.
But I will read much more after I retire in January.
July 10, 2018
July 10, 2018
Five years later and a few more old photos
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December 23, 2023
December 23, 2023
Missing Joe and my Kenny. Sending love and aloha to all who knew the both of them. So many fun times and special memories.
December 19, 2023
December 19, 2023
Kenny left a note for Joe in July just a month before Kent passed.
They will be remembered together.
They will be remembered together.
December 18, 2023
December 18, 2023
Indeed - missing Kenny too. He and Joe - both gone way too soon. Scrolling through this fine collection of photos is a wonderful walk along memory lane. Here’s to the fine times - make every day count!!!
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Joe doing research for his photographic book on North O'ahu at the Polo Club on 28 November 2010.
The Wizard
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1987 The Hardy Boys
July 18, 2017
I think this is Tim Daugherty's 40th birthday
September 8, 2012
by Jim Brady
Kent,
Joe told me the "Joe and the hospital” story the week before he died. It was a riot. No one can say that Joe didn’t live life to the fullest.
Sharing Paradise
August 31, 2012
by Jack Fultz
Like a few others who have posted here, I met Joe through our mutual friend, Dr. Kenny D. “Oh, Davenport” Joe liked to quip, with a little mocking nasal lilt to his voice as he launched into some hilarious missive about……….whatever.
Our introduction occurred around early ’77 when Joe was still living in the tiny bungalow in Manoa Valley and writing what came to be known by some as the authoritative text on the history of cocaine in the US – “Cocoa Exotica”. Those days we were immortal, yet even the occasional visit to “The White Rhino” was almost more than any of us could take – but take it we did…and lived to tell about it.
After moving to his north shore compound in Pupukea, Joe resisted with substantial might visits back to the southern shores of Oahu. So it was an honor when, during what has become our annual January pilgrimage to Paradise, Joe would summon his energy…..and courage……and occasionally rendezvous at the Outrigger Canoe Club in Honolulu for an enjoyable evening of fine wining, dining, and great storytelling with us and the Davenport clan.
Often, the following day, Jan and I would mobilize north and enjoy the splendor of Joe’s compound for a few days, spreading out in the pineapple hale and partaking of the glorious hospitality so many of you also enjoyed from time to time.
I’ll miss my visits to the Pupukea compound, the Pleasure Dome, the Thinkatorium, the Pineapple Hale and Siamese Kitty’s delicious meals. But most of all, I’ll miss Joe
We love you Joe – you’ll always be with us.
jf