To support and continue this tradition, organizers invite the community to bring plumerias and other flowers to the Blue Hawaiian base (1, Lelepio Place, Kahului) on Sunday, May 28, before Memorial Day.
In a June report, the VA Office of the Inspector General noted “noncompliance issues“ within the state’s system of eight veterans cemeteries, including “critical deficiencies“ at the Hilo and Makawao facilities.
Apr 24, 2021
Gordon Bruce Tavares (86) of Kahului, Maui, passed away on March 27, 2021, with his family at his side. Gordon was born on October 16, 1934, to Louis Tavares Jr. and Matilda Milare Tavares in Hilo, Hawai’i.
As a young man, Gordon served in the US Marines and was a veteran of the Korean War. He was also a former employee at Love’s Bakery (O’ahu) and the Maui Price Hotel before retirement.
Gordon is predeceased by his brothers Richard and Donald, son Vernon, and daughter Candace.
He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Esperanza Tavares; daughters Katherine, Valerie, Marrianne (Ramin), and Princess Matilda (Matt); son Bruce, sisters Ruth, Marlene, and Minnie; nieces and nephews; 14 grandchildren, 22 greatgrandchildren, and one great-great grandchild.
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Gravel and dirt fill a former paved parking lot at the Maui Veterans Cemetery on April 2. Two construction projects are ongoing at the Makawao site to expand the cemetery and add 640 columbarium niches. The Maui News / MELISSA TANJI photo
MAKAWAO Two construction projects to expand the Maui Veterans Cemetery in Makawao and add a memorial wall are expected to be completed by the end of this year or early 2022, the state Office of Veterans’ Services said this week.
The $5.7 million cemetery expansion and improvements project is scheduled to be completed around September, while an approximately $1 million project that will add 640 columbarium niches and a memorial wall is expected to be finished in December, said Ret. Col. Ron Han Jr., director of the state Office of Veterans’ Services.