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He was born November 21, 1941, in Gonzales, Texas, a son of Refugio and Rosa (Garcia) Aguirre, who both preceded him in death. On January 7, 1961 he married the former Guadalupe Benevidez, who survives in Van Wert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He is survived by three daughters, Cynthia Humrickhouse of Van Wert, Sonya (Rex) Kelly of Convoy, and Christie (Stacy) Bowers of Greenville; two granddaughters, Quincy (Weston) Thompson and Kendal Humrickhouse; three grandsons, Brian Kelly, A.J. Bowers, and Tressel Bowers; three great-grandchildren, Sebastian Parker Thompson, Erin Kelly, and Megan Kelly; three brothers, Jose Gomez, Rafael Aguirre, and Victor Aguilar, all of Gonzales, Texas; and a sister, Placida Guevara of Austin, Texas. He also is survived by numerous nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Four brothers, Nemefio Gomez, Julian Aguirre, Refugio Aguirre Jr., and Andrew Aguirre; and a sister, Lilly Aguirre, also preceded him in death. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr. Aguirre was a hair stylist and salon owner. He was a member of St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church and Sons of the American Legion, both in Van Wert. He was a former member of the Moose Lodge and Eagles. Prior to moving to Van Wert, he was a resident of Greenville. He loved to travel the world and was an avid gardener. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, February 15, at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Van Wert, with Father Stan Szybka officiating. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Visitation is from 4-7:30 p.m. Friday at Brickner Funeral Home in Van Wert, where a vigil service will be held at 7:30 that evening. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Preferred memorials: Parkview North Hospital Cancer Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Condolences may be expressed at www.bricknerfuneralhome.com<\/a> or emailed to bricknerfuneralhome@bright.net<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Armando G. Aguirre, 78, of Van Wert, died at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, February 9, 2020, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was born November 21, 1941, in Gonzales, Texas, a son of Refugio and Rosa (Garcia) Aguirre, who both preceded him in death. On January 7, 1961 he married the former Guadalupe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 03:08:19","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128070\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}