Jerry Apodaca wife: Was Jerry Apodaca married?

Clara Melendres is the name of the wife of Jerry Apodaca.

They got married in 1956. Apodaca had five children named; Cindy, Caroline, Jerry Jr., Jeff and Judy with his wife Clara Apodaca.

Unfortunately, Jerry and Clara separated after having their five children.

Clara Melendres went on to serve as a Cabinet secretary in New Mexico and in the presidential administration of Bill Clinton after the divorce.

Jerry Apodaca, a running back for the University of New Mexico football team, worked as a high school teacher and coach in Albuquerque before entering the insurance industry in Las Cruces.

In his 20s, he won election to the state Senate, representing a somewhat conservative area in southern New Mexico.

Apodaca was a 40-year-old businessman from Las Cruces in 1974 when he narrowly defeated Republican Joe Skeen, who later served as a congressman, to win the governor’s race.