Death and Legacy
In addition to her mother and siblings, she was survived by her husband, Lionel "Leo" Aguirre of Austin, and a son, Leo G. Aguirre (born 1987), a baseball player at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico. J. Thomas Stewart, a former aide to Guerrero, issued this statement for the family: "Lena was a champion. She dealt with the struggles in her personal life in the same way she dealt with those in her public life — with tenacity, vigor and a sense of humor that we will miss more than words can say." Though she had been given six months to live with the diagnosis of her brain cancer, she survived nearly eight years.
A funeral mass was held on April 26 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Austin. Burial was in the Monument Hill section of the Texas State Cemetery in Austin.
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| Texas House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by Gonzalo Barrientos |
Member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 51 (Austin) 1985–1991 |
Succeeded by Glen Maxey |
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| Preceded by John Sharp |
Texas Railroad Commissioner 1991–1992 |
Succeeded by Jim Wallace (temporary) Barry Williamson (full-term) |
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