SENATE PRESIDENT RONALD D. KOUCHI’S STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF FORMER HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE GENE WARD

HONOLULU – Senate President Ronald D. Kouchi (District 8 – Kauaʻi, Niʻihau) today issued the following statement on the passing of former House Representative Gene Ward:  

“Hawaiʻi has lost a great public servant with the passing of Representative Gene Ward. In the words of Martin Luther King, Jr., ‘everyone can be great, because everyone can serve.’  Representative Ward dedicated his life to public service and in doing so displayed his greatness.  My thoughts and prayers go out to his ʻohana and close friends and hope they may find comfort and support in this difficult time.”