Charlotte Cades dead at 96
Advertiser Staff
Charlotte McLean Cades, widow of late attorney J. Russell Cades, died Friday at her Tantalus home, six days after the death of her husband. She was 96.
Cades was known as a patron and student of the arts who studied dance in Austria, and was invited to join the Florentine Ballet, with which she had performed. Instead, in 1938 she married J. Russell Cades, who played viola and performed string quartets with her cellist father.
Charlotte Cades was an art circle hostess and volunteer.
During the postwar years, she was hostess to a circle of musicians, artists and Honolulu's literary and intellectual figures. She later served on the Citizens Advisory Board of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and was a Contemporary Museum docent until 1997.
Cades is survived by sons Ian McLean Cooke and Russell McLean Cades; a niece and nephew; and five grandchildren.
A memorial service is pending. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to The Contemporary Museum; the Honolulu Academy of Arts; or the Cades Foundation, P.O. Box 939, Honolulu, HI 96808.
