Moefaganoa Malala Fa'atupuinati Fa'avae

Devante & I went away for his 15th birthday. Sad that we could not celebrate it with you. We miss you so much 💕💕

A very late Merry Christmas & Happy New Year, Papa.
Gosh, I miss you very much. Always thinking of you. Love you Papa 🤍

Miss you Papa especially leading into the Christmas period 🎄 🎄
Memories - Our 2024 Xmas pic before D & I flew to Africa for Christmas.
Forever missing you ❤️

Happy 95th heavenly birthday Papa! Missing you deeply.

Viona & DeVanté 🕊️

You had still be here if your heart wasn't broken Dad💔 2025 has been so hard and tough for us because we know you had still be here if your Pele didn't leave us so soon 😢forever missing you 💔💔💔 mum must be so happy.

4 months for you today Papa. Miss & love you always ❤❤

Alofa aku ia Mama & Uncle x

May Aunty Pisi rest in love & in peace 🕊️

Love you Papa 💙

Happy First Father’s Day in heaven, Papa.
Missing you a lot more today 🕊️ Love you 😘

Papa, everyone knows I can't speak or understand much of our language. But for the little that I do know... it was because of you. Whether it was because you would ask me to turn on and off the light or the TV, or to go have a shower 😅, our communication when I got to come visit you was held back only by my lack of knowledge in speaking Samoan. I wish I would have learned so that you and I might have been able to speak freely. But that never stopped you from communicating your love for Sharni and I. Coming to visit you as a child on school holidays was always something that Sharni and I loved. Whether it was playing murder in the dark in your hallways, or telling ghost stories in the room next to yours, you provided a home that we all loved spending time in. You have always been there, guiding us. I used to wonder what our family would look like if you were to leave us. Worried about how it might split our family up. But if you could see how much you have brought us together, I think you'd be so happy. You should be proud of the family you started. Love you Papa. Say hello and send my love to Dad for me ❤️ we will miss you always ❤️

Oh how I miss you my best friend, my mentor but most of all my dearest DAD😢I miss your smile when you see us, your blessings and your constant prayers❤️‍🩹we will continue your legacy. I miss our funny talks. You blessed our children and theirs so thank you Dad. Thank you for all the sacrifices you and mum made for all of us. I thank God for you and mum. I made a promise to you before you left and I will fulfill that promise🙏 I love you dearest Dad. You 3 are our Guardian Angels 😇 😇 😇

I miss you Papa.

Visited your resting place today & it’s still unreal that you are no longer in the living world with us. Reality is different but I am at peace knowing that you are in a better place, walking and reunited with Mama & Uncle. I miss your voice & your hugs. I miss seeing your handsome face & your continuous prayers & blessings over us. Please continue to look over us and guide us through the storms of our daily lives.
You’ll forever have my heart. I love you always 🕊️♥️✝️

I miss you Papa.
I miss when you would oke Nu & Jaidah for hiding your TV remote when they were younger ahaha
I miss sneaking you chocolates when your kids told you No hahahaha My fondest memory of you Papa, Sunday when you'd get ready for church - your millions of ties youd make me go through just to go nicely with your ofu pa'epa'e 😂
Your words that will always stay with me is "Tausi faalelei lou aiga Tai, ma toaga e alu le loku" I will do my best with that.
Thank you for everything Papa, missing you the most ❤
Love always, Nu Jaidah Konrad & Tai xxx

Miss you Papa. Ill never forget your words of encouragement and wisdom especially when it comes to the faasamoa. You never showed nepotism and treated all of us your grandkids equally. Growing up in Samoa and then moving to Oz you were always the father figure regardless. I tear up everytime I think about you even now. One of my great memories as a kid was your tummy. It was like my pillow and always solid to lean on just like how I leaned on you so many times in my teen and young adult years for guidance and support. Never once failed to speak the right words to help ease my fear and pain in time when it was required. The last conversation we had during Uncle Papalis day, sitting on your bed, you leaned forward as if to whisper and asked me “ O le a le mea e ke magao ai? “ What do I want ? My answer then “ ou ke le iloa” i dont know Papa. But I do now…..just one last hug and kiss is what I want. “O lo’u maga’o le ga Papa” nevertheless E le o lo makou maga’o a o le finagalo o le Atua.I love you forever Papa. Rest now with God ❤️

Your love was a blessing to us all, you made sure to kiss us all whenever you saw us, and if we were far away, you would kiss our photos. I feel lucky to have had such a caring and gentle man to call my grandfather. Eli (your “Fale”) and I will spend a life time kissing your photo now that you are gone. We love you eternally, Papa ♥️

🧡🧡🕊 fly high papa

Tribute to My Dear Uncle – Moefaganoa Malala Faatupuinati Faavae

It is hard to find the words to express the weight of sorrow in my heart. In such a short time, our family has faced heartbreaking losses in a row. I could not let this moment pass without reaching out, to say a few words from the depth of my heart – I am so sorry.

Losing a father is an unbearable pain. My thoughts and prayers are with you all as you try to gather the broken pieces and hold the family together during these hard days. I wished to come and see Papa before he left us, but sadly, he was called home before I could. That is a pain that will remain with me – a moment I had so hoped for, but time did not permit.

I will always be grateful to my dear uncle and aunty for opening their home to me at Vaivase Uta in my early college years, before we had our own land at Vaitele in 1984. From those days as a teenager, I knew how deeply uncle loved his brothers and sisters. He cared for their children without hesitation, always providing for them with what he had. Under his roof, I was well looked after. I was given the best they could offer, fed when I was hungry, and given drink when I was thirsty. Those acts of kindness remain etched in my heart.

Talofa e… this is a humongous loss. But I find comfort in knowing Papa is now in a place of perfect peace – a place where there is no pain, only joy, reunion, and rejoicing with our loved ones who have gone before him.

I love you all, my sisters, brothers dear families. My prayers are with you all, and my love surrounds you during this time.

With love, hugs, and kisses,
Lina Tuivanu

“Ua ou tau le taua lelei, ua iu ia te au le tausinioga, ua ou taofi le upu o le fa’atuatua.”

Le mamalu o aiga, uō ma ē pele ua aofia mai, ou te tū nei i luma o outou ma le loto nutimomoia, e molimauina ma faamanatuima pea le soifua o le sa sili ona tāua ia te a’u, lo’u tamā pele, o Moefaganoa.

O ia o lo’u Papa, lo’u malu, ma lo’u malosiaga i taimi uma o lo’u ola. O a’u o Viona Malala, le afafine e to’atasi a Alei. Peita’i, e pei ona silafia ai e le to’atele, o a’u o le afafine a Moefaganoa. Talu ona ou fanau mai, sa tausi, alolofa ma ta’ita’i a’u e Papa ma Mama mo le fa lima(45) tausaga, tumu i le alofa moni ma le tausiga fa’amaoni.

Papa e, o oe o le mālamalama i taimi pogisa, o lo’u tali pupuni i taimi o matagi malolosi, ma le puna o le filemu i totonu o lo’u loto. O lou opoopo mai sa fusia ai a’u i le mafanafana e le māfai ona māvae, ma si au ataata sa pei o se la e susulu i aso puaoa. O le a oh matua misia lava lou ta’ita’iga agalelei, lou leo malu e musumusu mai i le fa’amalosi, ma le alofa e le uma na e foa’i mai i lo tatou aiga.

Sa e tatalo pea mo a’u ma lo’u atali’i, ma o na tatalo sa avea ma pa puipui i aso uma. E oo mai i lenei aso, ou te lagona pea lou agaga i o matou si’osi’omaga, ma le musumusuga o le fa’amoemoega lea i taimi e manaomia ai le mapu ma le filemu.

Fa’afetai tele Papa, mo mea uma sa e faia, mo ou tatalo, ou fautuaga, ma ou a’oa’oga. Ua tusia lou alofa i lo’u loto e le mafai ona soloia i soo se taimi po o se tausaga. E ui ua e tu’ua lenei lalolagi, ae o le a tumau pea lou igoa ma lou agaga i totonu o lou fatu i aso uma.

“O le Ali’i o lo’u leoleo mamoe ia, e leai se mea ou te mativa ai. Na te ave au i le mea o iai le vaomu’a ou te taoto ai. Na te taitai a’u i tafatafa o vaitafe lemu oute taoto ai. Na te faafoisia mai lou agaga, na te taitai ia te au i le ala o le amiotonu, ona o lona Suafa”

Tofa, tofa, tofa oe Papa,
Tofa i le filemu e lē toe ala mai ai,
Ia manuia lau malaga i le nu’u o le filemu,
Seia tatou toe feiloa’i i le aso matagofie a le Ali’i.

I love you ❤️

I miss you Papa