Candido Mendieta (1912 - 1978)

Born 21 Apr 1912 in Realitos, Duval, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Died 12 Dec 1978 at age 66 in Justice Precinct 5, Refugio, Texas, United States

Biography

Candido Mendieta was born in Realitos, Texas on 21 April 1912. He served in the Army from 2 Aug 1942 through 8 Jul 1943.^[1][2] Candido married Maria Teresa Trevino on 20 December 1951 in Nueces County, Texas.^[3] They had 2 children. Candido died instantly on 12 December 1978 in an automobile accident in Refugio County, Texas.^[4][5][6] He is buried at Rose Hill Memorial Park in Corpus Christi, Texas.^[7]

Death

Accident scene, 1978.

Crash Fatal to Corpus Man

Candido Soto Mendieta, 66-year-old retired Corpus Christi brewery employee, was killed instantly Wednesday morning when his pickup truck was struck broadside by a truck-tractor and semitrailer after the pickup truck slid out of control on rainslick U. S. Highway 77 on the Refugio County side of the San Antonio River bridge.

Mendieta was the father of Hector Mendieta of Victoria.

State Trooper Gary McBroom of Victoria, who assisted Trooper Mike O'Brien of Refugio with the investigation, said Mendieta was southbound when his pickup truck went out of control and "fishtailed" into the path of the empty van truck being driven north by Ronald Ranes, 42, of Highlands, Texas.

The impact sheared off the bed of the pickup truck, dropping it on the opposite side of the roadway from where the main wreckage came to rest.

Ranes escaped injury in the crash which occurred at approximately 10:15 a.m. during a light rainshower.

The accident occurred a short time after and .3 of a mile away from where the second of two trailers being pulled by a truck driven by Ken Williams of Houston-overturned as a result of the rainslick conditions. Williams escaped injury.

Justice of the Peace Richard Martinez of 1 Tivoli held an inquest at the scene.

Mendieta's body was taken to Moore Funeral Home in Refugio and then to Angelus Funeral Home in Corpus Christi.

Mendieta was born April 21, 1912, in Realitos, Texas, but had resided most of his life, in Corpus Christi where he had worked 33 years for Jax Brewing Co. before his retirement. He was a veteran of World War II.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Kelsey Memorial United Methodist Church in Corpus Christi with burial in Rosehill Memorial Park.

Also surviving are his wife, Mrs. Maria Mendieta; another son, Gilbert Mendieta; a sister, Mrs. Estella Salinas, and two brothers, Macedonio and Ezequiel L Mendieta, all of Corpus Christi, and two grandchildren.^[8]

Sources

• FamilySearch ID: L192-HNB

1. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8P5-R87 : 5 December 2014), Candido S Mindieta, enlisted 02 Aug 1942, Ft Sam Houston, Texas, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
4. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1977-1986," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH3F-Z59 : 23 February 2021), Candido S Mendieta, 12 Dec 1978; citing Refugio, Refugio, Texas, United States, 96496, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Austin; .
5. ↑ "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVC9-L59 : 5 December 2014), Candido S Mendieta, Refugio, Texas, United States; citing Department of State Health Services, Austin.
6. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JY5J-1Q7 : 10 January 2021), Candido Mendieta, Dec 1978; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 March 2021), memorial page for Candido Soto Mendieta (21 Apr 1912–12 Dec 1978), Find a Grave Memorial no. 138697736, citing Rose Hill Memorial Park, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by LJCL16 (contributor 47878768).
8. ↑ 14 December 1978. Victoria Advocate (Victoria, Texas). Page 1. Accessed on 28 March 2021 via:

Acknowledgement

The profile was created and researched by Melissa Arjona.