Sheila Jane Wickey

There are some people who simply cannot be summed up by the usual words. Sheila was one of those people. She was an artist, storyteller, seamstress, gardener, collector of beautiful and unusual things, and a woman who lived life entirely in her own style. She brought color, creativity, glamour, humor, and an unmistakable feminine allure wherever she went.

Born in Dixon, Illinois, Sheila spent part of her childhood in Covina, California, before moving into her family home in Claremont. She graduated from Azusa High School with academic honors.

Sheila was a painter, seamstress, and siren of old Honolulu. With her long, wavey maroon ponytail and unmistakable presence, she was splendidly sexy and entirely her own. Her creativity had no boundaries, from tiny bottles covered in shells and embellished dolls, to life size figurines, painted coconuts, and imaginative clothing creations filled with glamour and sparkle.

Her home and garden in Hana were just as imaginative, with orchids planted in seashells and a stone mushroom garden in her Kaawaloa driveway, where one of her nieces learned to ride a bicycle. Her art found its way throughout Hāna, including the front page of the Hāna Ranch Restaurant menu, where she once worked as a bartender, and onto the walls of the Jungle Spa.

She shared her creativity with the children of Hāna as a substitute teacher, inspiring them to explore, create, and learn. She loved the paddling canoe community, dancing, smoking, and all the wonderfully peculiar things that made life interesting. She had a car named Stormy, wore driving gloves, and on the winding road to Kahului, would sing with emotion to Diana Ross and the Supremes.

Passed away before her, were her parents, Bill and Eileen Wickey, her sister, Cyndi, and her beloved husband Bart Hrast.

Sheila leaves behind paintings, creations, stories, laughter, gardens, handmade cards, treasured objects, and little pieces of her imagination woven into the lives of the people who loved her:

Her brother Tony, her sister in-law Susie, her nephew, Will, her nieces, Christie and Monyca, her great nephews, Benjamin, Emmett, Rylee, and Waiʻolu, and her great niece, Toni.

She will be missed.