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Arguindegui served at various times as president of the Laredo Jaycees, the Kiwanis International, the Laredo Country Club, and Border Olympics, in which capacity he instituted the large annual men's Laredo Border Chapter of the American Petroleum Institute Golf Tournament. [[Odie Arambula]], another ''Laredo Morning Times'' veteran journalist, termed Arguindegui "probably the best amateur golfer in town."<ref name=lmt/> He once played the part of [[George Washington]] in Laredo's popular Washington's Birthday Celebration.<ref name=lmt/> From 1984 to 1994, he was a director of the former Union National Bank of Laredo. Thereafter, he was a director of the former Laredo National Bank, since Compass Bank. Arguindegui was a member of the Laredo [[Chamber of Commerce]]<ref name=oilcompany/> and was active in the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and the [[United Way]].<ref name=hrcuellar/>

Arguindegui served at various times as president of the Laredo Jaycees, the Kiwanis International, the Laredo Country Club, and Border Olympics, in which capacity he instituted the large annual men's Laredo Border Chapter of the American Petroleum Institute Golf Tournament. [[Odie Arambula]], another ''Laredo Morning Times'' veteran journalist, termed Arguindegui "probably the best amateur golfer in town."<ref name=lmt/> He once played the part of [[George Washington]] in Laredo's popular Washington's Birthday Celebration.<ref name=lmt/> From 1984 to 1994, he was a director of the former Union National Bank of Laredo. Thereafter, he was a director of the former Laredo National Bank, since Compass Bank. Arguindegui was a member of the Laredo [[Chamber of Commerce]]<ref name=oilcompany/> and was active in the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and the [[United Way]].<ref name=hrcuellar/>

===Death and legacy===

==Death and legacy==

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 name=lmt>Peter Arguindedgui, Jr. (1931-2014) obituary, ''The 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 was married for fifth-two years to a childhood acquaintance, the former Ethel Martha Leyendecker (1938-2021), the daughter of Maria Estella Palacios and Alfonso Santa Anna Leyendecker. an interior decorator born and reared in downtown Laredo<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lmtonline.com/obituaries/article/Ethel-Martha-Leyendecker-Arguindegui-16081176.php|title= Ethel Martha Leyendecker Arguindegui|publisher=''Laredo Morning Times''|accessdate=April 14, 2021}}</ref> The couple had five children, Peter Arguindegui, III (the managing partner at Lobo Logistics of Laredo), and wife Amelie, Maria Teresa Arguindegui-Keener, Maria Estella Arguindegui-Johnston and husband, Steve, Alfonso Luis Arguindegui and wife, Alejandra, and Ethel Maria Aguindegui-Guerra.<ref name=lmt/>

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 name=lmt>Peter Arguindedgui, Jr. (1931-2014) obituary, ''The 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 was married for fifth-two years to a childhood acquaintance, the former Ethel Martha Leyendecker (1938-2021), the daughter of Maria Estella Palacios and Alfonso Santa Anna Leyendecker. an interior decorator born and reared in downtown Laredo<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lmtonline.com/obituaries/article/Ethel-Martha-Leyendecker-Arguindegui-16081176.php|title= Ethel Martha Leyendecker Arguindegui|publisher=''Laredo Morning Times''|accessdate=April 14, 2021}}</ref> The couple had five children, Peter Arguindegui, III (the managing partner at Lobo Logistics of Laredo), and wife Amelie, Maria Teresa Arguindegui-Keener, Maria Estella Arguindegui-Johnston and husband, Steve, Alfonso Luis Arguindegui and wife, Alejandra, and Ethel Maria Aguindegui-Guerra.<ref name=lmt/>

Arguindegui and his brother and business partner, Carlos H. Arguindegui (1933-deceased), 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>

Arguindegui and his brother and business partner, Carlos H. Arguindegui (1933-deceased), 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]]'', Vol. 155|accessdate=October 15, 2020}}</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]]'', Vol. 155|accessdate=April 14, 2021}}</ref>

==References==

==References==