Martha Fernandez Tavares

Visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 3, 2016, at Holy Rosary Church in Paia. Eulogies will begin at 10:00 a.m., followed by Mass. Burial will follow at 2:00 p.m., at Maui Memorial Park Cemetery in Wailuku. Aloha attire is requested.

Martha was a homemaker; beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend. She was a part time sales associate for Woolworth’s Store in Kahului. She is survived by her husband, William D. Tavares; children, Susan (Martin) Tavares-Kenney, Mark Thomas - deceased (Helen Leilani Lynette) Tavares, James William (Helen Kiyomi) Tavares, Mary Elizabeth (John Jr.) Costales, Paul Anthony Tavares; grandchildren ,Sabrina Reid - deceased, Brian Reid, Naomi Reid, Christine Reid - deceased, Emery Tavares, Tasha Tavares, Melissa Tavares, Christopher Tavares, Taylor Tavares, Carlyn Costales, Cheré Costales, Coleson Costales, Danielle Tavares, Dasya Tavares, Devyn Tavares; and great grandchildren, Jaedys Delgado, Jayden Reid, Tanea Tavares, Kaylee Tavares, Wailanamalie Tavares, Kaleouwaloikapono Makuakane, Izeiah Tavares, Izaac Tavares and Jace Kerr; and her siblings, Carmen Carlson, Edna Zane, Lourdes Saito, Lucy Snead, Arthur Fernandez -deceased.

With grateful hearts, the family wishes to sincerely thank the Doctors and Staff of the following institutions: Maui Hospice, Maui Memorial Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente, Hale Makua Kahului, Kaiser Permanente Primary Care Doctor, George Talbot, M.D.