Juan Arturo Menchaca, 67, passed away peacefully in his sleep on July 2, 2011. He fought a long hard battle after a car accident in Des Moines, Iowa on June 20th.
He is survived by his loving wife of 32 years, Susie Aguilar Menchaca. Their children are Addy Menchaca, Brandy (SGT Sam) Fries, Stephanie (Julio) Cabrera, Bobby Menchaca, and SGT Michael (Xandria) Menchaca. Also surviving are his children Juan (Carmen) Menchaca, Joey (Sandy) Menchaca and Adriana Menchaca.
His grandchildren are Herman, Dylan, Sawyer, Brayden, Devyn, Darrion, Leilah, Kalista, Kaelynn, Cassandra, Meagan, Juanito, Jacobo and Joaquin.
Also surviving him is his mother-in-law Elena Aguilar; Johnny (Angie) Pena; Belinda Sanchez; Chris (Corando) Gallegos; Pat (Alan) Fitzgerald; Mari Aguilar (Stephen Brown) and his cousin Tom (Irma) Menchaca whom he loved as a brother. He leaves behind 3 brothers Joe, Nacho and Pete and 3 sisters Diana, Sylvia and Carolina, and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Carolina Pardo.
Juan retired from the Army as a First Sergeant and also retired from INS as an Immigration Supervisor.
Visitation will be held 12 noon-9 p.m. Thursday, July 7, 2011 in the Rudy Garza Funeral Home Chapel with a rosary to be recited at 7 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial 10 a.m. Friday, July 8, 2011 St. Benedicts Catholic Church in San Benito with interment to follow in the Ashland Memorial Park, Harlingen, TX.
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All that matters is that OUR father rest in peace. I can never hold ill will or resentment in my heart for my 11 brothers & sisters, blood is thicker than water. On to the next chapter in my life. 😉
Peace out!!
How can you disrespect Juan & the family that way? Those kids will never go away no matter how much you want them to, because those are his kids, his kids, his kids!
It’s sad that their are people in the world like you. To Yolanda & the brothers your dad will always be with you, god bless you all.
to a “disguested co-worker” … you shouldn’t be in the education field ,if you can’t really spell. it’s “disgusted” … it would be “colors”….no apostrophe needed . …then there’s “gose” ? ..hmmmm? ….let’s see “preyers” ? geez … You are probably not even a co-worker of my mothers.(seeing as to how you are probably borderline illiterate and common sense says .. you have to be WELL EDUCATED to work in EDUCATION. )
I see you can just type in any name and comment all you want on this website. I , however am not a coward. I will state my full name.
THAT’S HOW MY FATHER RAISED ME !
nobody else on this comment page ,so far, would know what that feels like.
MY FATHER RAISED NOBODY ELSE ON THIS PAGE
How sad even after his death.. that lady shows hatred.. and ignorance.. pobre senor..!! At least they seem to have the burial information matching on both obits. He seemed like a loving parent.. may he rest in peace!!! For that lady que mala mujer.. he must have had a good reason to have had a second family. Those two obits tell so much about a person… hmmm… You just need to read between the lines..
I’m sorry Yolanda.
Shame on you Susie, so these are your true color’s, my heart gose out the those kids. Yep!! Those are his kids too.. and from what I know, he was very close to them, preyers sent to them in MN.
I am as well confused. Susie, why would you not list all of your husband’s children in this news? This paper, the obituary, is his final paper seen by the public of which explains the man he was alive. I feel you have manipulated the trust of many. God bless everyone in the family. This is sad to see our neighbor and friend would aim this low.
Yolanda your Daddy will miss you & his grandchildren. Prayers sent your way.
Juan is also Survived by his children with 2nd wife, HILDA MENCHACA and their 4 children, YOLANDA JEANETTE MENCHACA, JUAN A. MENCHACA JR, BENJAMIN JOSEPH MENCHACA, JORGE LUIS MENCHACA. Juan aslo leaves behind his grandchildren, Roger Lee Menchaca, Dominique Brooke Snyder, Cameron Guy Wojtasinski, Hilde Menchaca, Nathanel Menchaca, Isabella Menchaca, Max Menchaca. Juan is also survived by his ONLY great granddaughter, Makayla Nevaeh Menchaca… We will miss you daddy!
Why aren’t ALL his children listed to begin with & only listed on this comment?? Prayers are with the ENTIRE Menchaca family!!