Teresa Marie Fernandez

TERESA MARIE FERNANDEZ, 75, OF LOS ANGELES AND PUKALANI MAUI, PASSED AWAY ON DECEMBER 20, 2023 AT MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER. TERESA WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1948 IN WAILUKU MAUI TO MANUEL “MYNAH” AND EVELYN FERNANDEZ.

TERESA GREW UP ON MAUI AND GRADUATED FROM MAUI HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS OF 1966. SHE LEFT MAUI RIGHT AFTER HIGH SCHOOL TO JOIN THE JOB CORPS IN LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA WHERE SHE TOOK UP DENTAL HYGEINE. TERESA THEN WENT ON TO WORK FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES FOR OVER 30 YEARS. SHE LIVED IN LOS ANGELES HER ENTIRE ADULT LIFE AND WOULD COME HOME FROM TIME TO TIME TO VISIT FAMILY AND FRIENDS. TERESA WAS NEVER MARRIED AND HAD A LOT OF FRIENDS IN LOS ANGELES WHO WHERE LIKE FAMILY TO HER.

TERESA WAS PREDECEASED BY HER PARENTS, BROTHERS KENNETH AND DENNIS. TERESA IS SURVIVED BY HER BROTHERS, RICHARD (MARILYN), JEROME (ROSE MARIE), PATRICK, ALLAN (MARY ANN) AND SISTER, LAURIE YAMAMOTO (FRANK) AND MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

SERVICES FOR TERESA WILL HELD ON JANUARY 19, 2024 AT ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MAKAWAO. VISITATION WILL BE FROM 9AM TO 11AM WITH MASS TO F0LLOW AND BURIAL AT THE CHURCH CEMETARY.

THE FERNANDEZ FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF OF MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER ON THE FOURTH FLOOR NORTH FOR BEING SO COMPASSIONATE TO TERESA WHILE SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL.