Services for Malia Schnackenberg
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Services will be held Saturday for former Moloka'i High School basketball star Malia Schnackenberg, 18, who was killed in a car wreck March 5 in La Conchita, Calif.
Schnackenberg had moved to La Conchita after graduating from Moloka'i High last year and was attending Santa Barbara City College. She was described as a fine student and a leading scorer on the Lady Farmers basketball team that earned a berth in the 2006 state tournament.
Born on Moloka'i, Schnacken-berg spent her sophomore and junior years at Carpinteria High School in California, where she was an honor student and a member of the basketball, track and field, and volleyball teams, according to the Ventura County Star.
Police said Schnackenberg was pulling out into the southbound lanes of Highway 101 when her vehicle was hit by a northbound car, the newspaper reported. The northbound driver, Dutch national Johannes Loffen, 47, was badly hurt.
A memorial service was held Friday in Carpinteria. A Moloka'i service will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at Gospel Shoes of Christ Jesus Church, with burial to follow at Kapa'akea Cemetery. Moloka'i Mortuary is handling the arrangements.
She is survived by her parents, George and Cora Schnackenberg; brothers, Chadd Caparida and Wolfgang Schnackenberg; sisters, Uilani and Okalani; and grandparents, Eustaquio "Cappy" and Judy Caparida, and Bob and Dorothy Schnackenberg.