The Rollover

In 1991 I was employed at a job in Ft Collins, Colorado as a Printed Circuit Board designer and programmer.  I also had a teaching job at the Denver Business College as an AutoCAD instructor.  During this time I was driving a red Toyota Corolla hatchback and really...
Chock Chin’s Lotus Pond

Chock Chin’s Lotus Pond

Tourists to Hanalei throughout many decades were advised not to miss the famous Hanalei Lily Pond, dug by Chock Chin and his sons originally as a Lotus Pond near the family home.  Located along the main road, it was featured in the travel photos of thousands of...
George Gordon Chock

George Gordon Chock

George Gordon Chock was the only child of George Chock and his first wife, Edith Elizabeth Maes.  Gordon was born on 30 April 1930 in Dillon, Montana.  This was Edith’s second marriage, so Gordon had three older step-sisters, Margaret,  Mary Ann, and Marvel...
Dorothy Chock and Sau Yee Chang

Dorothy Chock and Sau Yee Chang

Dorothy Kam Mew Chock was born on 25 August 1897 in Hanalei to Chock Chin and Hee Shee (2nd Chinese wife).  She was the 2nd child, having an older sister named Katherine Kam Ho Chock, born in 1896.  My father, George Goon Fong Chock was born two years later in 1899. ...