Beth Chapman‘s loved ones will be saying their final aloha to the late star days after hertragic death.
This weekend, theDog the Bounty Hunterstar will be honored in an oceanfront celebration in the place she loved most: Hawaii.
“Cecily and Lyssa Chapman invite the public to join the Chapman ʻOhana (family) for a gathering to honor Beth Chapmanʻs life,” a rep for the Chapman family tells PEOPLE.
“Beth had two homes — Hawai’i and Colorado. ‘I love Hawai’i the most,’ she said, so she will be sent off in true Hawaiian style, with aloha,” the rep shares.
Attendees are “asked to bring ocean-friendly loose flowers,” according to the rep, “and please no leis (the strings can be harmful to ocean life).”
Additionally, Beth’s husbandDuane “Dog”Chapmanis “finalizing plans for a memorial service in Colorado, and details will be announced shortly.”
Beth Chapman/Instagram
“It’s 5:32 in Hawaii, this is the time she would wake up to go hike Koko Head mountain,” he wrote. “Only today, she hiked the stairway to heaven. We all love you, Beth. See you on the other side.”
The Chapmans first opened up about Beth’s illness in September 2017 when they publicly announced herstage II throat cancer diagnosis.
News of her death comes after Dog revealed that Beth was admitted to Hawaii’s Queen’s Medical Center on June 22. According toHawaii News Now, she wasplaced in a medically-induced coma. In a statement to the outlet, her husband said both he and his family “humbly ask everyone to please pray for Beth.”
“It’s quite serious,” the family rep told PEOPLE at the time.
Beth Chapman/Facebook
“I’ll never forget you, mama. You were such a strong woman, and you taught me to always be strong,” she continued. “You were strong for everyone, and you taught me it’s okay to let go.”
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Bonnie alsoclapped back at Twitter trollswho were speaking negatively about the late star.
“For those talking s— about my mother after her death, shame on you. My mother was a person and doesn’t deserve to be degraded because of ANY of her or my father’s past,” she wrote. “My mother fought for women’s rights and was the kindest woman.”
She added in a follow-up tweet, “I’d never thought I’d lose my mom at 20. I told her I thought she had a couple years left, but in her eyes she disagreed.”
source: people.com
