To Carmen and all the family,
    Your Dad was one amazing man. He was so friendly, intelligent, and kind. He will be missed by everyone. Please accept our sincere sympathy in his passing. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.
God's blessings, 
         David and Kathy

Lo siento mucho por la pérdida de Martín. En un tiempo difícil dios nos dará las fuerzas para sobrevivir todo lo que este mundo nos trae. La Biblia dice que nuestro dios Jehová "limpiara toda lágrima de sus ojos y la muerte no será más". -Revelación 21:3-5

Carmen, Im so sorry to hear about the loss of Your Dad. My prayers go out to You and Your family at this difficult time. Love You bunches, ~Paloma

Carmen, we are thinking of you and sending much love and warmth to you and all your family.  Jan and Zeki Karaahmet

We had the honor of attending Mr. & Mrs. Olivares's 50th wedding anniversary.  Our heartfelt prayers and love go out to the entire Olivares family at this time of tremendous sorrow.  Heaven is a better place today!
The James Family, Tom, Susan, Christi & Mark

Please accept our most heartfelt sympathies at this difficult time.

God bless this family in their time of sorrow and provide them with peace and comfort.  Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

My thoughts and prayers are with all of the family.

Deepest condolence and prayers.

From: Tommy & Anita Olivares.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.

Good morning, my name is Daniel Newcomer & I served with Alfonso, Jr on the USS City of Corpus Christi from 1997-2001.  I would like to express, for my girlfriend & I, our deepest condolences for the entire Olivares family.  After reading Mr Olivares' obituary, everything about who the person that Ponchin is really makes sense to me.  Of course I never met Mr. Olivares, but I feel like I know him now, after reading about his life & combining that with how I my experiences were with Ponchin in the Navy & the years that have followed since 2001.  There are many examples & stories that I could share with you about Ponchin's genorisity or how he is one of the few people that I can truly call a friend or a brother.  He taught me many lessons about being fair to all people no matter where they came from or the color of their skin.  He also showed me ways to take care of this less fortunate, when he was playing with 8-10 children in Manta, Ecuador & then he bought all of them dinner & we all sat down together to eat.  When we both left the Navy in February of 2001, I drove my car & he followed me in my truck to my home in North Carolina.  He didn't have to do this for me.  He could've easily jumped on a plane from New Hampshire & flown back home to Houston, but he helped a friend that needed him.  He has always been that type of person.  We have always stayed in touch with each other for these last 12 years & will continue to do so for the next 70 years.  Since meeting him in 1997, the one thing that he has always spoke about very highly, has been his family.  Many, many stories of the different members of his family have had me laughing so hard that I have cried.  Why am I saying all of these things about Ponchin?  It is because he is the only connection with Mr Martin Olivares that I have & through Ponchin & his actions, I feel that I & our close friends from the Navy, know Mr Olivares very well.  Also, if I have learned anything from Ponchin, I can only imagine the great celebration of Mr Martin Olivares' life that y'all are having!!  What a great man he truly had to have been!!  We can't be there in body, but please know that we are there in spirit & we will be thinking of y'all today.

Our hearts go out to you in your time of sorrow. ~
The Bible says "Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. I know that this will be especially true for you all because of your strong and abiding faith.
I will pray also that God watch over you and your family at this sad and difficult time. May His choicest blessings be bestowed on you all.
God Bless.
In Faith & Sympathy,                             ~ The Mendoza family

OBITUARY

Martin Olivares

November 11, 1917 – January 1, 2013

Grand View Funeral Home & Memorial Park/Bethany Cemetery

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