Kohala Obituary 11/12/2020
Adi Kohler
Adi “Mr. Mauna Kea” Kohler, 83, of Kohala, died Nov. 12, 2020, at Hale Hoola Hamakua. Born Dec. 20, 1936, in Sudetenland (now a region of Czechoslovakia), he worked for first-class hotels in Munich, Germany, Paris, Arizona and Wyoming before becoming general manger of the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel for nearly three decades, an author, served as bailli (presdient) of Confrerie de la Chaine des Rotisseurs, recipient of many awards including America’s Resort Executive of the Year by the American Hotel &Motel Association in 1988 and the Bailliage of USA award in 2015, and was a member of the Rancheros Visitadores riding club, Rotary Club of North Hawaii, and the Board of Directors for Parker School and a volunteer for Queen’s North Hawaii Community Hospital.
Services will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations are suggested to the Bieni Kohler Johnson Memorial Fund, c/o Hawaii Preparatory Academy, 65-1692 Kohala Mountain Road, Kamuela, HI 96743.
Kohler is survived by wife Kathrin Kohler; son, Christian Kohler; daughter-in-law, Kristin Kohler, son-in-law Robert Johnson and four grandchildren.
