| | Arguindegui died in Laredo at the age of eighty-two. A mass of Christian burial was held on August 6, 2014 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church on Del Mar Boulevard. Interment followed in Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Laredo,<ref>"Peter Arguindedgui, Jr. (1931-2014)," ''Laredo Morning Times,'' August 6, 2014, p. 10A.</ref> where his father, Pedro, Sr. (1902-1991) and mother, Marina A. Arguindegui (1906-1973), are also interred.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSln=Arguindegui&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&|title=Arguindegui burials|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=October 15, 2020}}</ref> Arguindegui and his wife, the former Ethel Martha Leyendecker (born c. 1938), have five children, Peter Arguindegui, III (the managing partner at Lobo Logistics of Laredo), and wife Amelie, Maria Teresa Arguindegui, Maria Estella Arguindegui-Johnson and husband, Steve, Alfonso Luis Arguindegui and wife, Alejandra, and Ethel Maria Aguindegui.<ref>"Peter Arguindegui," ''The Laredo Morning Times,'' August 5, 2014, p. 10A.</ref> | | Arguindegui died in Laredo at the age of eighty-two. A mass of Christian burial was held on August 6, 2014 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church on Del Mar Boulevard. Interment followed in Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Laredo,<ref>"Peter Arguindedgui, Jr. (1931-2014)," ''Laredo Morning Times,'' August 6, 2014, p. 10A.</ref> where his father, Pedro, Sr. (1902-1991) and mother, Marina A. Arguindegui (1906-1973), are also interred.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSln=Arguindegui&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&|title=Arguindegui burials|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=October 15, 2020}}</ref> Arguindegui and his wife, the former Ethel Martha Leyendecker (born c. 1938), have five children, Peter Arguindegui, III (the managing partner at Lobo Logistics of Laredo), and wife Amelie, Maria Teresa Arguindegui, Maria Estella Arguindegui-Johnson and husband, Steve, Alfonso Luis Arguindegui and wife, Alejandra, and Ethel Maria Aguindegui.<ref>"Peter Arguindegui," ''The Laredo Morning Times,'' August 5, 2014, p. 10A.</ref> |
| − | Arguindegui and his brother and business partner, Carlos H. Arguindegui (born c. 1933), established with an initial $25,000 the Arguindegui Oil Company Endowed Scholarship at Texas A&M International University in Laredo. The funds subsidize business majors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamiu.edu/adminis/vpia/endowments/scholarships/|title=Arguindegui Oil Company Endowed Scholarship|publisher=tamiu.edu|accessdate=August 6, 2014}}</ref> | + | Arguindegui and his brother and business partner, Carlos H. Arguindegui (born c. 1933), established with an initial $25,000 the Arguindegui Oil Company Endowed Scholarship at Texas A&M International University in Laredo. The funds subsidize business majors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamiu.edu/adminis/vpia/endowments/scholarships/|title=Arguindegui Oil Company Endowed Scholarship|publisher=tamiu.edu|accessdate=August 6, 2014; material no longer on-line}}</ref> |
| | Saul Otero called Arguindegui "a great family man and businessman ... a great promoter and ambassador of Laredo".<ref name=lmt/> In 2009, [[U.S. Representative]] Henry Roberto Cuellar of Texas's 28th congressional district hailed the Arguindegui family in a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives, having noted its business success and commitment to philanthropy.<ref name=hrcuellar>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HsCh8Mj2XlYC&pg=PA301&lpg=PA301&dq=Peter+R.+Arguindegui&source=bl&ots=6FmT22AFT9&sig=ehWoZ01sbXaz2IsFLfbVe7Pv7_s&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oEXiU4-dLM34oASGuYBA&ved=0CFgQ6AEwDQ#v=onepage&q=Peter%20R.%20Arguindegui&f=false|title=Recognizing the Family Business, AOC Holding Company|author=Henry Roberto Cuellar|date=July 22, 2009|publisher=''[[Congressional Record]]''|accessdate=August 6, 2014}}</ref> | | Saul Otero called Arguindegui "a great family man and businessman ... a great promoter and ambassador of Laredo".<ref name=lmt/> In 2009, [[U.S. Representative]] Henry Roberto Cuellar of Texas's 28th congressional district hailed the Arguindegui family in a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives, having noted its business success and commitment to philanthropy.<ref name=hrcuellar>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HsCh8Mj2XlYC&pg=PA301&lpg=PA301&dq=Peter+R.+Arguindegui&source=bl&ots=6FmT22AFT9&sig=ehWoZ01sbXaz2IsFLfbVe7Pv7_s&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oEXiU4-dLM34oASGuYBA&ved=0CFgQ6AEwDQ#v=onepage&q=Peter%20R.%20Arguindegui&f=false|title=Recognizing the Family Business, AOC Holding Company|author=Henry Roberto Cuellar|date=July 22, 2009|publisher=''[[Congressional Record]]''|accessdate=August 6, 2014}}</ref> |