Birth date: Jul 10, 1929 Death date: Sep 13, 2025
Mrs. Tomie Cullins, age 96, passed away peacefully at her home Friday evening, September 12, 2025, after enduring the burden of a long illness. Tomie was born in Tomioka-machi, Yokohama, Japan. Tomie was preceded in death by her Read Obituary
What we call the beginning is often the end
And to make an end is to make a beginning
-T. S. Eliot
[Four Quartets: Little Gidding]
My dear beautiful hula sister,
I know you are dancing in heaven, with your gentle, pretty smile. Dance on! Aloha o’e!
- from your friend, Beth
My dear beautiful hula sister, I know you are dancing in heaven, with your gentle pretty smile. Aloha!
- from your friend, Beth
My name is Mio Good. I met Tomie Cullins at hula class at Mastick Senior Center back in 2011. She was one of the senior hula students. I was told she was among the original group of students that our kumu (teacher), Alberta Keakealani Jay, started her classes with. It was such a fun group of ladies learning hula dances, teaching dances, and performing in hula shows. I was so glad I found this class. I have been a member all these years.
Tomie was such a talented person. She was a great Japanese food cook. The sewed just about all her clothes. She was a lovely hula dancer and performed for many years. And she was a generous person, sharing to a fault.
I will miss Tomie very much. And I'm sure all the numerous friends she had will miss her, too. Ray, her son, cared for Tomie and was always there for her. She was very lucky to have such a devoted son.
Rest in peace Tomie, Love always, Mio Good
