Emma had the remains of her dead husband embalmed and returned to Hawaii for burial, arriving by the steamer "Australia" on September 29. His body was taken to his Kapalama residence in the city to lie in state. The following afternoon, the final service was conducted by Rev. Enoka Semaia Timoteo and a grand funeral followed, attended by many of his friends and supporters. The funeral was considered to be grand enough to befit a head of state, although Nāwahī had never held that position. Local press noted that the attendance and scale of the funeral had been unseen since Kalākaua's last rites in 1891. Even the flags above the Executive Building of the Republic (i. e. the former ʻIolani Palace) were lowered at half-mast during the funeral. The government of the Republic also sent a detachment of police officers and the Royal Hawaiian Band to participate in the funeral procession. The funeral procession ended at the dock where the steamer "Hawaii" took the coffin back to the island of Hawaii for burial.