Alan Baldwin King

11/13/1960 – 3/5/24

Alan Baldwin King (63) of Kalaheo, HI, died peacefully on March 5, 2024, after a brief and valiant battle with lung cancer.

Alan was born in Cleveland, OH, the youngest child of Ralph and Jane King. He spent his high school years at St. Edward’s School in Vero Beach, FL, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1983, and was a proud member of Gamma Delta Chi fraternity. Alan moved to Maui in 1983 to work for Alexander & Baldwin in Diversified Agriculture. In 1986, he transferred to Kauai and was an instrumental member of the team at McBryde Sugar Plantation that imported coffee seeds, grew seedlings, and planted the millions of coffee trees that make up the current Kauai Coffee Company plantation.

In 1987, Alan married Monica (Latini) at Keawalai Congregational Church in Makena, Maui. Alan retired from agriculture upon the arrival of their first son, Andrew, in 2000. Three years later, son Maximilian was born. Alan devoted his time to his family and community. With a huge heart and generous spirit, he dedicated himself to making Kauai a better place. He served on local nonprofit boards including the Wilcox Health Foundation, Island School, Kauai Junior Golf Association, Kukuiolono Golf Course, and the Mission Children’s Society, and coached high school golf at Waimea High School and Island School.

Alan’s greatest loves were his family, his community, his pets, and plants. He enjoyed golfing, working in his yard, and spending summers with his family and friends on Peaks Island, ME. Wherever he was, Alan reached out to those around him and shared his positivity, kindness and insight. Whether working to find viable crops to keep Kauai green, co-chairing an island fund-raiser, or helping make education and sports more accessible to island youth, Alan was there, with his contagious smile and an overabundant willingness to help. His generosity and commitment to the betterment of his two island communities will be greatly missed.

Alan is survived by his wife and best friend, Monica; sons, Andrew and Maximilian; sister Lindsay (Craig) Rahl; brothers Ralph (Leslie Chin) King and Douglas King; sister-in-law Lisa (Dave) Kirkendall; and his much loved godchildren, nieces and nephews, and their families.

A Celebration of Life will be held for Alan at Kukuiolono Golf Course Clubhouse in Kalaheo on Saturday, May 11 at 2 p.m.