Ernest J. Arredondo Sr. was born February 26, 1935 to the late Teodoro and Jesusa Arredondo. Ernest "Ernie" graduated from Somerville High in 1954.
He later attended Sam Houston State University and graduated in 1961. After graduation, he joined the United States military where he served for one year.
From the military, he joined the Houston Police Department in 1963, serving for 32 years until his retirement in 1995.
He was also an active member with the Knights of Columbus.
Ernest is survived by his loving wife of 50 years, Mary, daughters Belinda Maves (Jeff); Anita Chudik (Mark); Sylvia Montelongo (Phillip); Sons Ernest Jr.and Richard (Megan). Loving grandchildren: Stephen, Andrew, Alex, Michael, Madelene, and Holly.
Visitation/Rosary service will be held at the Sugar Land Mortuary on Sunday, August 26 from 5-8 PM.
Memorial services to celebrate Ernest's life will be held Monday, August 27 at 10 AM at St. Jerome's Catholic Church.
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Ernest Arredondo was my partner for a few years when we were with the Houston Police Department during the late part of the 1960's. We worked Radio Patrol Division on the 3 pm to 11 pm shift. We patrolled the down town area and the Montrose section. We rode Unit #621. Ernest was a good officer. He on one occasion, save a lady and her husband lives on Inter-State I-45 near downtown. It was on a Saturday afternoon and the couple were traveling south on the North Freeway and they ran ran into a car which had been left abandoned in a lane of traffic. We came along and the found the car and called for a wrecker for the abandoned car. About this time this couple came over the hill and rear-ended the abandoned vehicle and it caused their car to catch on fire. The older man, who was driving tried to get out of the car and Ernest ran over to him and pulled him from the car. The fire was really going by this time and Ernest ran to the other side of the car, which was heavily engulfed in flames, and [at great risk to himself} opened the passenger front door and pulled the lady out saving her life. He was never credited with that bit of heroism.
Ernest had the distinction of killing a lion with in sight of downtown Houston. I was on vacation and Officer Robert Taylor was assigned to ride with Ernest. They got a call to the Houston SPCA on Studemont just south of Washington Avenue. When they arrived they found that a lion had broken loose and had mauled someone. Ernest and Robert shot the lion. Two weeks later, I had returned from vacation and we got a call that loin was in front of the gates at Glenwood Cemetery on Washington Avenue. This was not but 4 or 5 blocks from where the SPCA was located. This young lion was just sitting there and had not hurt anyone. We could not get anyone to help us and we stayed there for a couple of hours and still no help to capture the animal. He laid there and finally moved to run in front of the police car and when he got clear about four of us shot him including Ernest. Ernest had killed two lions in the shadows downtown Houston with in a time space of a month. He still holds the record for killing the most lions in Houston.
Like I said he was" A Good Officer". That title is what every officer strives for and when another officer credits him as being a " A Good Officer". He was a Great American.
Ernest loved his family and he saw that they were raised with the right values.
May God Bless You Ernest. You were number "1" in my book.
Ernest lived to be 77 years, 5 months and 24 days old.
The comments that were below the line were submitted by Retired Officer J,.B. Haney
He later attended Sam Houston State University and graduated in 1961. After graduation, he joined the United States military where he served for one year.
From the military, he joined the Houston Police Department in 1963, serving for 32 years until his retirement in 1995.
He was also an active member with the Knights of Columbus.
Ernest is survived by his loving wife of 50 years, Mary, daughters Belinda Maves (Jeff); Anita Chudik (Mark); Sylvia Montelongo (Phillip); Sons Ernest Jr.and Richard (Megan). Loving grandchildren: Stephen, Andrew, Alex, Michael, Madelene, and Holly.
Visitation/Rosary service will be held at the Sugar Land Mortuary on Sunday, August 26 from 5-8 PM.
Memorial services to celebrate Ernest's life will be held Monday, August 27 at 10 AM at St. Jerome's Catholic Church.
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Ernest Arredondo was my partner for a few years when we were with the Houston Police Department during the late part of the 1960's. We worked Radio Patrol Division on the 3 pm to 11 pm shift. We patrolled the down town area and the Montrose section. We rode Unit #621. Ernest was a good officer. He on one occasion, save a lady and her husband lives on Inter-State I-45 near downtown. It was on a Saturday afternoon and the couple were traveling south on the North Freeway and they ran ran into a car which had been left abandoned in a lane of traffic. We came along and the found the car and called for a wrecker for the abandoned car. About this time this couple came over the hill and rear-ended the abandoned vehicle and it caused their car to catch on fire. The older man, who was driving tried to get out of the car and Ernest ran over to him and pulled him from the car. The fire was really going by this time and Ernest ran to the other side of the car, which was heavily engulfed in flames, and [at great risk to himself} opened the passenger front door and pulled the lady out saving her life. He was never credited with that bit of heroism.
Ernest had the distinction of killing a lion with in sight of downtown Houston. I was on vacation and Officer Robert Taylor was assigned to ride with Ernest. They got a call to the Houston SPCA on Studemont just south of Washington Avenue. When they arrived they found that a lion had broken loose and had mauled someone. Ernest and Robert shot the lion. Two weeks later, I had returned from vacation and we got a call that loin was in front of the gates at Glenwood Cemetery on Washington Avenue. This was not but 4 or 5 blocks from where the SPCA was located. This young lion was just sitting there and had not hurt anyone. We could not get anyone to help us and we stayed there for a couple of hours and still no help to capture the animal. He laid there and finally moved to run in front of the police car and when he got clear about four of us shot him including Ernest. Ernest had killed two lions in the shadows downtown Houston with in a time space of a month. He still holds the record for killing the most lions in Houston.
Like I said he was" A Good Officer". That title is what every officer strives for and when another officer credits him as being a " A Good Officer". He was a Great American.
Ernest loved his family and he saw that they were raised with the right values.
May God Bless You Ernest. You were number "1" in my book.
Ernest lived to be 77 years, 5 months and 24 days old.
The comments that were below the line were submitted by Retired Officer J,.B. Haney
Ernest J. Arredondo Sr. was born February 26, 1935 to the late Teodoro and Jesusa Arredondo. Ernest "Ernie" graduated from Somerville High in 1954.
He later attended Sam Houston State University and graduated in 1961. After graduation, he joined the United States military where he served for one year.
From the military, he joined the Houston Police Department in 1963, serving for 32 years until his retirement in 1995.
He was also an active member with the Knights of Columbus.
Ernest is survived by his loving wife of 50 years, Mary, daughters Belinda Maves (Jeff); Anita Chudik (Mark); Sylvia Montelongo (Phillip); Sons Ernest Jr.and Richard (Megan). Loving grandchildren: Stephen, Andrew, Alex, Michael, Madelene, and Holly.
Visitation/Rosary service will be held at the Sugar Land Mortuary on Sunday, August 26 from 5-8 PM.
Memorial services to celebrate Ernest's life will be held Monday, August 27 at 10 AM at St. Jerome's Catholic Church.
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Ernest Arredondo was my partner for a few years when we were with the Houston Police Department during the late part of the 1960's. We worked Radio Patrol Division on the 3 pm to 11 pm shift. We patrolled the down town area and the Montrose section. We rode Unit #621. Ernest was a good officer. He on one occasion, save a lady and her husband lives on Inter-State I-45 near downtown. It was on a Saturday afternoon and the couple were traveling south on the North Freeway and they ran ran into a car which had been left abandoned in a lane of traffic. We came along and the found the car and called for a wrecker for the abandoned car. About this time this couple came over the hill and rear-ended the abandoned vehicle and it caused their car to catch on fire. The older man, who was driving tried to get out of the car and Ernest ran over to him and pulled him from the car. The fire was really going by this time and Ernest ran to the other side of the car, which was heavily engulfed in flames, and [at great risk to himself} opened the passenger front door and pulled the lady out saving her life. He was never credited with that bit of heroism.
Ernest had the distinction of killing a lion with in sight of downtown Houston. I was on vacation and Officer Robert Taylor was assigned to ride with Ernest. They got a call to the Houston SPCA on Studemont just south of Washington Avenue. When they arrived they found that a lion had broken loose and had mauled someone. Ernest and Robert shot the lion. Two weeks later, I had returned from vacation and we got a call that loin was in front of the gates at Glenwood Cemetery on Washington Avenue. This was not but 4 or 5 blocks from where the SPCA was located. This young lion was just sitting there and had not hurt anyone. We could not get anyone to help us and we stayed there for a couple of hours and still no help to capture the animal. He laid there and finally moved to run in front of the police car and when he got clear about four of us shot him including Ernest. Ernest had killed two lions in the shadows downtown Houston with in a time space of a month. He still holds the record for killing the most lions in Houston.
Like I said he was" A Good Officer". That title is what every officer strives for and when another officer credits him as being a " A Good Officer". He was a Great American.
Ernest loved his family and he saw that they were raised with the right values.
May God Bless You Ernest. You were number "1" in my book.
Ernest lived to be 77 years, 5 months and 24 days old.
The comments that were below the line were submitted by Retired Officer J,.B. Haney
He later attended Sam Houston State University and graduated in 1961. After graduation, he joined the United States military where he served for one year.
From the military, he joined the Houston Police Department in 1963, serving for 32 years until his retirement in 1995.
He was also an active member with the Knights of Columbus.
Ernest is survived by his loving wife of 50 years, Mary, daughters Belinda Maves (Jeff); Anita Chudik (Mark); Sylvia Montelongo (Phillip); Sons Ernest Jr.and Richard (Megan). Loving grandchildren: Stephen, Andrew, Alex, Michael, Madelene, and Holly.
Visitation/Rosary service will be held at the Sugar Land Mortuary on Sunday, August 26 from 5-8 PM.
Memorial services to celebrate Ernest's life will be held Monday, August 27 at 10 AM at St. Jerome's Catholic Church.
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Ernest Arredondo was my partner for a few years when we were with the Houston Police Department during the late part of the 1960's. We worked Radio Patrol Division on the 3 pm to 11 pm shift. We patrolled the down town area and the Montrose section. We rode Unit #621. Ernest was a good officer. He on one occasion, save a lady and her husband lives on Inter-State I-45 near downtown. It was on a Saturday afternoon and the couple were traveling south on the North Freeway and they ran ran into a car which had been left abandoned in a lane of traffic. We came along and the found the car and called for a wrecker for the abandoned car. About this time this couple came over the hill and rear-ended the abandoned vehicle and it caused their car to catch on fire. The older man, who was driving tried to get out of the car and Ernest ran over to him and pulled him from the car. The fire was really going by this time and Ernest ran to the other side of the car, which was heavily engulfed in flames, and [at great risk to himself} opened the passenger front door and pulled the lady out saving her life. He was never credited with that bit of heroism.
Ernest had the distinction of killing a lion with in sight of downtown Houston. I was on vacation and Officer Robert Taylor was assigned to ride with Ernest. They got a call to the Houston SPCA on Studemont just south of Washington Avenue. When they arrived they found that a lion had broken loose and had mauled someone. Ernest and Robert shot the lion. Two weeks later, I had returned from vacation and we got a call that loin was in front of the gates at Glenwood Cemetery on Washington Avenue. This was not but 4 or 5 blocks from where the SPCA was located. This young lion was just sitting there and had not hurt anyone. We could not get anyone to help us and we stayed there for a couple of hours and still no help to capture the animal. He laid there and finally moved to run in front of the police car and when he got clear about four of us shot him including Ernest. Ernest had killed two lions in the shadows downtown Houston with in a time space of a month. He still holds the record for killing the most lions in Houston.
Like I said he was" A Good Officer". That title is what every officer strives for and when another officer credits him as being a " A Good Officer". He was a Great American.
Ernest loved his family and he saw that they were raised with the right values.
May God Bless You Ernest. You were number "1" in my book.
Ernest lived to be 77 years, 5 months and 24 days old.
The comments that were below the line were submitted by Retired Officer J,.B. Haney
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