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Alberto Patricio Cardenas, Sr. (1937-2017), who worked with Sanchez at both Nixon High School and in the counseling department at Laredo College, recalled that Sanchez was "always advocating for the rights of the students." [[José Roberto Juárez]], Sr., of Laredo, the LCC academic dean at the time, credited Sanchez for strengthening the college's counseling and athletic departments: "We worked together many years, and he was very cooperative in terms of handling any student problems."<ref name=wire/>​

Alberto Patricio Cardenas, Sr. (1937-2017), who worked with Sanchez at both Nixon High School and in the counseling department at Laredo College, recalled that Sanchez was "always advocating for the rights of the students." [[José Roberto Juárez]], Sr., of Laredo, the LCC academic dean at the time, credited Sanchez for strengthening the college's counseling and athletic departments: "We worked together many years, and he was very cooperative in terms of handling any student problems."<ref name=wire/>​

==Death and legacy==​

==Death and legacy==

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In 1993, Sanchez retired from LCC with twenty-three years of service. After several years of working with his son Pedro "Pete" Sanchez, he moved to San Antonio, to share in the lives of his daughters and their families. He died of a sudden illness. He was survived by five children: Sandra S. Johnson (born 1949), Pete Sanchez and wife Lydia, Irene S. Galo and husband Bradford, Hugo G. Sanchez and wife Mary, and Laura J. Sanchez. There were also thirteen grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.<ref name=wire/> He is interred in his family plot at Calvary [[Roman Catholic]] Cemetery in Laredo.<ref>Sanchez obituary, ''Laredo Morning Times,'' March 22, 2008, p. 15A.</ref>​

In 1993, Sanchez retired from LCC with twenty-three years of service. After several years of working with his son Pedro "Pete" Sanchez, he moved to San Antonio, to share in the lives of his daughters and their families. He died of a sudden illness. He was survived by five children: Sandra S. Johnson (born 1949), Pete Sanchez and wife Lydia, Irene S. Galo and husband Bradford, Hugo G. Sanchez and wife Mary, and Laura J. Sanchez. There were also thirteen grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.<ref name=wire/> He is interred in his family plot at Calvary [[Roman Catholic]] Cemetery in Laredo.<ref>Sanchez obituary, ''Laredo Morning Times,'' March 22, 2008, p. 15A.</ref>​

Laredo Community College honors Sanchez through the naming of the Crispin "Doc" Sanchez Baseball Field.<ref>[http://www.lmtonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19235109&BRD=2290&PAG=461&dept_id=473477&rfi=6 Laredo Morning Times - Pals excited to open spring schedule<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>​

Laredo Community College honors Sanchez through the naming of the Crispin "Doc" Sanchez Baseball Field.<ref>[http://www.lmtonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19235109&BRD=2290&PAG=461&dept_id=473477&rfi=6 Laredo Morning Times - Pals excited to open spring schedule<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>​

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==References==

==References==

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