Crispin Sanchez - Death and Legacy

Death and Legacy

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. He is interred in his family plot at Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Laredo.

Robert Ochoa, the current LCC dean of student affairs, who worked under Sanchez for more than two decades, said that Sanchez helped many students to gain acceptance into four-year schools, medical schools, and dental programs.

Laredo Community College honors Sanchez through the naming of the Crispin "Doc" Sanchez Baseball Field.