CLOVIS, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Family members and the community mourn the loss of Richard J. Sanchez, also known as \u201cHoney Man” in the Fresno and Clovis area.<\/p>\n
Sanchez was born Nov. 27, 1934, in Denver, Colorado, to Soloman and Lucinda Sanchez. <\/p>\n
He was one of 12 children and is survived by his sister, Fay Santillanes.<\/p>\n
He shared 72 years of marriage with his wife, Joan M. Sanchez.<\/p>\n
He is also survived by his children, Amada \u201cMandy\u201d Herring and her husband Richard, Arlene Sanford and her husband John, Martha Sanchez and her husband Eddie, and Tonya Sanchez and her wife Leeanne.<\/p>\n
Sanchez was preceded in death by his children, Barbara Napier and Gregory Sanchez.<\/p>\n
He is also survived by eight grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, five great-great-grandchildren, and one on the way, along with many nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n
Sanchez retired from the grocery business in 2007 as a produce manager.<\/p>\n
For 18 years, he sold honey at Temperance and Belmont, becoming known as \u201cThe Honeyman\u201d in the Fresno and Clovis community.<\/p>\n
He is being remembered for his hard work, devotion to his family, and the light he brought to those who knew him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLOVIS, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Family members and the community mourn the loss of Richard J. Sanchez, also known…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320456,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-320573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}