The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s office has released the name of the 80-year-old Flower Mound man who died after his car went into a local pond on Christmas Eve.
Joseph Mahoney drowned in the accident, according to the medical examiner. Mahoney left behind a wife of 58 years, eight children, and 24 grandchildren.
A Flower Mound police spokesman said around 10 p.m. Sunday, officers responded to a single-car accident in the 11800 block of Denton Creek Boulevard in Canyon Falls. The Flower Mound Fire Department, Denton County ESD No. 1 and the Grapevine Fire Department dive team also responded to the scene.
Police have not released additional information about the accident, which remains under investigation.
A wake for Mahoney will be held on January 8 at Mulkey-Mason Funeral Home, 740 South Edmonds Lane in Lewisville, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church, 5201 Cross Timbers Road in Flower Mound, at 11 a.m. on January 9, followed at 2:15 p.m. by military honors and interment at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery.
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