MANILA, Philippines -- The remains of a Filipino woman who died in the rubble of a collapsed supermarket in Haiti when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, will be brought home upon the request of her family.

Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Migrant Workers? Affairs Esteban B. Conejos Jr. said this on Tuesday that the Department of Foreign Affairs decided to heed the request of the family of Mary Grace Fabian to have her remains repatriated.

?The DFA is now coordinating with Overseas Workers Welfare Administration and her family so that we can bring home the remains of Mary Grace Fabian to her family as soon as possible. We would like to honor the family?s request to have her home,? Conejos said.

Earlier, Fabian?s sister Rosalyn, who is based in Port-au-Prince, had asked government officials dispatched to Haiti that her body be immediately buried in Haiti after it was recovered by the task force assisting in the search and rescue efforts for Filipinos and other nationals affected by the quake.

Fabian?s body was recovered last February 7 in the rubble of the Caribbean Supermarket in Haiti.

Fabian was positively identified by Lowel Lalican, the husband of Geraldine Lalican, another OFW still trapped under the rubble of the supermarket.

An employee of the Caribbean Supermarket, Fabian was identified through her uniform, hair and necklace.

Her sister Rosalyn decided to immediately bury her remains at the National Cemetary in Port-au-Prince.

Conejos said that the Philippine contingent in Haiti was continuing recovery efforts for Lalican in the Caribbean Supermarket area. Philippine Honorary Consul to Haiti Fitzgerald Brandt is supervising the recovery efforts.