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|death_date=October 19, 2017

|death_date=October 19, 2017

|birth_place=Colombia<br>Nuevo Leon<br>[[Mexico]]

|birth_place=Colombia<br>Nuevo Leon<br>[[Mexico]]

|death_place=[[Laredo, Texas]]

|death_place=[[Laredo]], [[Texas]]

|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]

|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]

|spouse=Mavis Arambula (married 1964)

|spouse=Mavis Arambula (married 1964)

Estela Salvador (deceased)

Estela Salvador (deceased)

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'''Odilon Arambula, I''', known as '''Odie Arambula''' (January 1, 1935 &ndash; October 19, 2017), was a [[journalist]] from [[Laredo, Texas]], who became a beloved community leader and philanthropist.

 

'''Odilon Arambula, I''', known as '''Odie Arambula''' (January 1, 1935 &ndash; October 19, 2017), was a [[journalist]] from [[Laredo]], [[Texas]], who became a beloved community leader and philanthropist.

One of eight children of Matias and Feliz Ramos Arambula, he was born in Colombia in the state of Nuevo Leon in [[Mexico]] but reared in Laredo, at which he graduated from Martin High School. He attended the former Laredo Junior College (renamed Laredo Community College in 1993) and was the editor of the former college newspaper, ''The Roundup.'' He also worked part-time at the Laredo Publishing Company owned by the late William N. Hall, Sr., which published several regional weeklies, including ''The South Texas Citizen'', later ''The Laredo Citizen.''<ref name=death/>  

One of eight children of Matias and Feliz Ramos Arambula, he was born in Colombia in the state of Nuevo Leon in [[Mexico]] but reared in Laredo, at which he graduated from Martin High School. He attended the former Laredo Junior College (renamed Laredo Community College in 1993) and was the editor of the former college newspaper, ''The Roundup.'' He also worked part-time at the Laredo Publishing Company owned by the late William N. Hall, Sr., which published several regional weeklies, including ''The South Texas Citizen'', later ''The Laredo Citizen.''<ref name=death/>