We met Marta and Hernando about 12yrs ago in Cotos Spain . A lovely charming couple and we became good friends. Marta was a gentle soul , elegant and very caring of her husband she had a great sense of humor. 
We loved to listen to her many stories of her life and family . Our daughter lives in the same town as her cousin Monse in Mollet near Barcelona. 
Marta had lots of great adventures and loved her job at the embassy in London . 
In the later years I used to meet them off the flight from London to Gibraltar and take them to their Spanish home .
We used to take them both out for a drive in the Andalucia countryside which they both loved and stop for a meal . Marta loved going to different restaurants and we enjoyed her company very much . 
I also look after her Spanish home . Before she arrived she would ask me to shop and send me an email . It’s such a shame the virus stopped her usual late Spring trip to Spain she was so wanted to come . We will miss Marta very much RIP our dear friend Marta . 

Katrina and Tony Villalo

Words cannot express the grief I feel by the passing of my dear friend Marta. 

It has been over 40 years ago  when we were introduced to our dear Marta by my wife’s close cousin Antonieta Arce Crespo married to the Bolivian Ambassador General Waldo Bernal.

Marta and I got on very well almost immediately, as the years passed we celebrated birthdays together. This year due to circumstances we sent her a birthday cake, she phoned us in tears, "those were tears of happiness" she told me.

Memories that will live in our lives forever.

The time we went to the Olympics in Barcelona with Marta and our children, James and Giana, to visit Marta’s family and to attend  her nephew Jordy’s wedding in Castel del Fels,, we all had such a wonderful time together.

I have a great recollection of her riding as a passenger on a motor bike, just once around the block in Castel del Fels, she came back laughing out loud but saying it was exciting, but she said after “I will never ever do that again”.

Often we had the pleasure to accompany Marta to the Royal enclosure at Ascot where we sat and drank Pimm’s and watched the Royals at play. We also accompanied her on many diplomatic functions where we saw her shining in her own element, a true diplomat and a lady of substance.

We will always remember the times she came to visit us in Santa Cruz and also when we met in Tarija where Nano her beloved husband was born and I had the opportunity to play around of golf with one of their friends, unfortunately I lost.  

Marta had a super sense of humour, she loved British comedy. We used to share funny moments together, one of her favourite shows was Fawlty Towers, she just loved the characters. She would call me or text me to comment on a show or film she had recently seen, so we could have a laugh together.

Words cannot express the grief I feel by the passing of my dear friend Marta.

Rest in Peace dear sweet friend

Martha and I met in 1950. We grew up in the same village and worked together in a bank.
We became good friends, and after Martha left to live in London and went to work at the Bolivian Embassy we stayed in contact.

We spent several happy holidays together in our younger days. In the last 18 years I have spent a holiday each year with her at her house in Spain.

Martha was a lovely lady and I have lost a very dear friend.  I will miss her greatly.