Ronald Nolan Makaula Dela Cruz
April 9, 1945 – Sept. 20, 2024
Ronald Nolan Makaula Dela Cruz was born in Honolulu and passed away at Queen’s North Hawaiʻi Community Hospital. Ron lived in Honolulu, on Maui, and for the past 30+ years in Kamuela on the island of Hawaiʻi. He was preceded in death by his hānai parents Primentivo Dela Cruz and Mary Rego Dela Cruz, and by his birth parents Moses Kaluna Makaula and Miriam Lei Kua Makaula. Ron is survived by his wife, Mary L. Andrews of Kamuela; his stepchildren Ginger (Rick) Gelke of New York and Scott (Aya) Andrews of Panama, Central America; and step-grandchildren Ellie Gelke and Keats and Witt Andrews. He is also survived by his sisters Lorraine Daley of Kamuela; Elizabeth (Rick) Ahina of Oʻahu; Bernadette (Sterling) Nii of Oʻahu; by his brother Anthony (Malia) Koko of Oʻahu; and by numerous nieces and nephews. Ron graduated from Farrington High School and the College of San Mateo and attended UC Berkeley. He played football from junior high through college and was a junior All-American football award recipient. Ron appeared in several movies including Hawaiʻi, The Hawaiians, and King Kong and in the original Hawaiʻi 5-0. He worked in security was security manager at Parker Ranch for years. He later founded and operated Security Solutions. Almost full-blooded Hawaiian, Ron was a high chief in the Royal Order of Kamehameha and founder of the order’s North Hawaiʻi chapter. He was also a licensed kahu. Celebration of Life is Jan. 18, 2025, at Mana Christian/Kahilu Town Hall in Kamuela at 1:00 p.m
