Government of the Federated States of Micronesia

Setik Prominent Businessman Passed Away in Honolulu

PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 1,
1997 – Word has reached Pohnpei from Honolulu on August 25, 1997,
informing the untimely passing of prominent businessman Raymond Setik
from the State of Chuuk.

Setik died at about 8 o’clock Saturday morning. August 23rd at St.
Francis Hospital. FSM Consul General in Honolulu Kasio Mida stated
that Setik’s family plans to hold viewings at Brothwick on September
2nd and the remains and family members are scheduled to leave
Honolulu for Guam on Wednesday, September 3rd, and proceed to Chuuk
on September 5th after a layover on Guam.

Mida further stated that the family wans the remains to be taken
directly to the family’s residence on Weno where all the funeral
services and activities are to take place.

Setik one of the pioneer politicians and one of those who
respresented his home state of Chuuk (Truk) in the Congress of
Micronesia, the first territory-wide legislative body ever
established in the then United Nations Trust territory of the Pacific
Islands. At the inauguration of the FSM Government, (the) late Setik
was one of the first to serve in (the) 14-member FSM Congress. He
served three terms before loosing his seat.

Setik was a prominent businessman in his home state as well as in
Pohnpei where he invested in merchandising as well as in hotel,
restaurants and real estate businesses.

As a prominent politician and a successful businessman, Setik is
well-known and well-liked and has numerous friends in Micronesia and
abroad.