October 16, 2026
KOLONIA, Pohnpei — Governor Stevenson A. Joseph declared three days of mourning in honor of former FSM Congressman Onlino Lawrence, who died October 13 at Pohnpei State Hospital. He was 75.
Executive Proclamation No. 26-12, signed October 16, designated October 16–18 as the mourning period and directed all flags to be flown at half-staff.
Lawrence represented Pohnpei’s Election District 2, comprising Madolenihmw and Kitti, in the FSM Congress. His public service also included work as a teacher, an FSM Personnel staff member, an officer at the FSM Development Bank, manager at the Pohnpei Social Security Administration, and executive director of the Pohnpei Housing Authority.
At the community level, Lawrence served as a delegate to the Kitti Constitutional Convention and as an elected member of the Isokohnedi, later serving as its speaker.
Born in Pohnpei on August 26, 1951, Lawrence was remembered in the proclamation for serving the people of Pohnpei and Micronesia with dignity, respect and integrity.
Joseph extended condolences to Lawrence’s family and described his death as a great loss to the people of Pohnpei.
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