Alice Leialoha Porlas' Obituary
Alice Leialoha Porlas
July 6, 1940 - September 24, 2023
Alice Leialoha Porlas passed away at Sharp's Memorial Hospital in San Diego, CA on September 24, 2023, with her family by her side.
Alice was born and raised in Kalihi,Oahu, Hawaii, with 12 brothers and sisters. She graduated from Farrington High School. She danced hula in Honolulu, Hawaii as a teenager where she was a lei greeter for Elvis Presley when he visited Hawaii for the first time. Alice's picture was in the newspaper with Elvis Presley the next day. Alice walked to his hotel room, knocked on his door and received an autograph from Elvis. That autographed newspaper clipping is still present in the Porlas household today.
After graduating from high school, Alice moved to San Diego, CA where she danced at the Bali Hai and met her husband Conrad A. Porlas, Jr. They were married on October 31, 1959. They had six children and lived in their home in Clairemont since 1967.
Alice taught hula at home before working at the San Diego Hilton Beach and Tennis Resort as a banquet waitress in 1971. Alice worked at the Hilton until covid hit in 2020. Her actual year of retirement was 2021 at the age of 81, almost 50 years of service.
Alice kept herself busy with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Through the years, she loved watching her family grow. She also enjoyed watching their sporting events, attending grandparent’s days at schools, dancing hula at family gatherings, loving all her family and especially baking her famous Tutu’s Banana Bread for everyone to enjoy wherever she went.
Alice is preceded in death by; her husbands, Conrad A. Porlas, Jr., and Lawrence Loo, Sr. and her daughter Connie Porlas. Alice is survived by her 5 children, Thaddeus (Sue) Porlas, Nathan Porlas (Dawn), Katherine Porlas (Jeremy), Lorraine (Gary) Stafford, Xavier (Teri) Porlas, 12 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at Clairemont Mortuary 4266 Mt. Abernathy, San Diego, CA 92117. 3pm-5:30pm.
In lieu of flowers please make a donation in honor of Alice Porlas to:
St. Jude's Children Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Pl., Memphis, TN 38105.
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