Kauai County HI Archives Obituaries.....DeBretteville, Paul July 7, 1912
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The Garden Island, Lihue, Kauai, Tues., 7-9-1912
deBRETTEVILLE, PAUL
PAUL DE BRETTEVILLE GOES TO HIS DEATH IN COLLISION - FORMER KAUAI BOY, GROUND TO 
DEATH UNDER WHEELS OF AN AUTOMOBILE.  Lihue was thrown into a state of profound 
grief Sunday evening when a wireless was received by Mr. and Mrs. deBretteville, 
announcing the death of their son Paul as the result of a collision with an 
automobile while riding a motorcycle. The remains will be brought to Lihue for 
interment. Paul was an employee of the C. M. Cooke Co. Ltd. in the capacity of 
stenographer, was a highly trusted young man and esteemed by all of his 
associates. He was born and raised on Kauai and a graduate of Punahou. To the 
bereaved family, The Garden Island Extends its heartfelt sympathy.  [The Garden 
Island, Lihue, Kauai, Tues., 7-9-1912]
A TRIBUTE TO A KAUAI BOY.  Paul le Normand deBretteville, who lost his life as the 
result of a collision between a bicycle which he was riding and an automobile on 
Sunday morning, July 7, 1912, was born in Honolulu in February 1888. Paul was a 
dutiful son and brother, always led an exemplary life, and as a result was a 
favorite among his associates. His early life was spent with his parents who came 
to Kauai while he was yet quite young. Having once entered Punahou College, he 
became so earnest in his endeavors to equip himself for his future struggles that 
he found little or no time to take other than occasional visits to his Kauai home. 
All through his college days, his closest chum was his only sister, Miss Maud, who 
graduated with him in the '09 class. Having been so devoted to each other, the 
sudden demise, enshrouded his lifetime bosom companion in inexpressible grief. 
Having finished college, he decided to follow commercial pursuits, finding 
employment as stenographer with a leading Canning Co.  His attention to business 
and personal deportment at once stamped him as a keen-sighted young man, and as 
the result, he had not long been with his first employer when he was offered an 
advancement by Mr. Richard Cooke of C. M. Cooke Co. Ltd., which he accepted. 
Beginning as stenographer he rapidly qualified for further advancement and ere 
long became bookkeeper. At the time of his death he was the company's most trusted 
employee, plans being underway to allow him full charge of affairs during a 
contemplated trip by the manager to the coast. He had worked for the firm for 
three years and three months, and enjoyed a reputation gained only by honesty and 
faithfulness to his duty and friends. Deceased was a devout member of the Central 
Union Church, a member of Hawaii N. G. Co. A., a member of the Healani Boat Club, 
and a member of the neighborhood Tennis Club, being it secretary and treasurer at 
the time of his death. He doted upon athletics; he fairly breathed them. Never an 
opportunity to enter into athletic sports presented itself but he hailed it with 
delight. During his college days he was a leading spirit in football, his favorite 
position being on the end. Of all the sports, however, perhaps that of canoeing 
appealed to him mostly, and it was while en route to a practice row with his crew 
that the great, grim reaper stalked abroad and claimed him for his own. [The 
Garden Island, Lihue, Kauai, Tues., 7-23-1912]


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