SANTA ROSA, GRADALUPE CO.,NEW MEXICO

OLD SAINT ROSE CHURCH CEMETERY

South 3rd Street and Serrano Lane, Santa Rosa, NM

This cemetery was furnished April 9, 2000 by Charlotte Jones Farr. This information is for personal genealogical research only. The cemetery faces Southwest. It is entered by walking through a gate surrounded on both sides by pedestals, one with a cross on top and the inscription "In Memory of the Gidddings-1961".

(Tombstone inscriptions listed here by permission of Charlotte Jones Farr April 9, 2000. Harold Kilmer).  

Copyright © 2000 By: Charlotte Jones Farr

Row 1

1. Mother

Juanita L. Flores

Dec. 29, 1881

Feb. 8, 1931

She was the sunshine at our home

2. Mother

Catalina L. Lucero

1871-1930

She was the sun shine at our home

The above were in one plot and at the bottom of each plot were small white marble rectangles stones with their initials carved in them.

  1. Gumecindo Lopez

    2. Jan. 13, 1858

    Oct. 7, 1930

    Jesus Loves The Pure And Holy

  2. Wooden Cross

    3. No Name

  3. Stone Cross

No Name

6. Antonia Perea

May 1860 – Apr. 1926

  1. Giddings

    2. Albert J.

    Aug. 6, 1891

    Nov. 3, 1960

  2. Giddings

    3. Margarita R.

    Mar. 18, 1891

    Jan. 21, 1923

  3. Mother

    4. Manuelita S. Armijo

    1893-1932

  4. Wooden Cross

    5. Lucia Armijo

    1883-1926

  5. Leopoldo Sanchez

    6. Born Jan. 16,1818

    Died Dec. 18, 1928

    God be with you

    Til we meet again

  6. Mariana M. De Sanchez

    7. May 27, 1868

    Nov. 9, 1945

  7. Cement slab

    8. No Name

  8. Cement slab

    9. No name

  9. Julia Sanchez Lucero

    10. July 7, 1913

    Oct. 16, 1935

  10. & 17. This is an empty plot with two spaces with 2 crosses itched into the cement border.
  1. Gabriel J. Cory

    2. 1872-1931

  2. Martha S. Cory

    3. 1888-1965

  3. John J. Coury

    4. June 29, 1909

    Sept. 21, 1977

    In Memory Of

  4. Small cement border around space, no name or headstone.

 

Row 2

 

  1. Arcelia F. Smith

    2. Sept. 19, 1915

    Nov. 26, 1951

    A devoted Mother and Sister

  2. Father

    3. Sinfora S. Flores

    July 26, 1880

    Jan. 16, 1946

    Shine of our home

  3. Querida Hermana

    4. Tia, Y Madrina

    Elmira Flores

    Jan, 10, 1910

    May 26, 1980

    (Julian Mortuary-plaque at bottom of grave)

  4. Broken stone

    5. No Name

  5. Broken cement cross

    6. No Name

  6. Secundino Olona

1921 - 1930

Darling we miss thee

Small marble rectangle with initials

7. S. Giddings (All of the Ns are etched backwards)

Born Dec. 23, 1861

Died June 23, 1930

8. Estolano Ortega

Sept. 18, 1847

Feb. 11, 1927

(Small white marble rectangle with initials)

9. W. B. Giddings

Oct. 1, 1853

Apr. 19, 1914

Our loving father

10. Sanchez

Wife-Mother-Nanna At bottom of grave was a small stone

Francis G. Sanchez Beloved Wife & Mother

1888-1959 Francis Giddings Sanchez

Always in our hearts 1888-1959

11. Sanchez

Husband – Dad – Grandpa At bottom of grave was a small stone

Felipe L. Sanchez Felipe L. Sanchez

1892 – 1975 CPL US Army

Always in our hearts May 1, 1892 Mar. 25, 1975

12. A Devoted Husband and Father

Moises S. Sanchez

Sept. 9, 1889

Dec. 20, 1959

His Record is on High

13. Mother

Marillita D. Sanchez

February 22, 1899

February 10, 1986

Nana gave her greatest gift, Love  

14. IHS

Alfonso A. Sanchez

May 29, 1906

Feb. 28, 1971

(Small plaque – Julian Mortuary)

15 & 16. Cement slabs with no names

17. Canuto C. Sanchez

New Mexico

Pvt HQ Co 125 field Arty

World War 1

Oct. 9, 1890

June 18, 1968

(Small plaque-Julian Mortuary)

  1. Victoriana B. Sanchez

    2. March 18, 1896

    June 2, 1962

  2. Celso C. Baca

    3. July 16, 1894

    May 27, 1976

    In Loving Memory

    (Small plaque – Julian Mortuary)

  3. Jose A. Baca

    4. New Mexico

    Pvt Stu Army Tng Corps

    World War 1

    March 19, 1892

    Oct. 5, 1966

  4. Father

    5. Benjamin C. Baca

    1890 – 1977

  5. Mother

    6. Josefina H. Baca

    1891-1961

  6. William G. Coury

Dec. 8, 1958

Sept. 4. 1981

  

Row 3

 1. In Loving Memory

Jose Matias Chacon

Oct. 19, 1919

May 25, 1987

(Small plaque- Chavez Funeral Home)
  1. Adolfo N. Duran

May 22, 1940 (Wooden cross with name and date)

Aug. 27, 1992

(Chavez Funeral Home-small plaque)

 

3. In Loving Memory of Our "Tia Lola Madrid

March 15, 1905 – Aug. 13, 1991

(Small plaque – Lola M. Madrid-Chavez Funeral Home)

4. Carlos Casaus

1840-1923

5. Margarita J. Casaus

June 1, 1893

May 13, 1910

A loved one from

Us has gone.

A voice we love

Is stilled,

A place is vacant

In our home

Which never can

Be filled.

CASAUS

6. Ulibarri

Daniel M.

July 1, 1913

May 13, 1991

Married Feb. 18, 1939

Forever in our hearts

7. Ulibarri Eralda S.

Nov. 19, 1920

Forever in our hearts

8. Pascualita Villanueva

1873-1967

9. Camilo G. Chacon

1882 – 1970

(Small plaque – Julian Mortuary) 

10. Elvira Urban Chacon

1909 -1999

Age 89

(Small plaque byMuffley Funeral Home – Clovis, NM)

  

Row 4

 

1. Gallegos

Evaristo

March 3, 1893

April 17, 1962

(same plot-at foot)

Evaristo Gallegos

New Mexico

Pvt US Army

World War 1

March 3, 1893

April 17, 1962

2. Gallegos

Magdalena D.

Feb. 3, 1901

Aug. 26, 1993

3. Jesus Ma. Casaus

Dec. 30, 1868

Oct. 13, 1958

4. IHS

Cleofas B. Casaus

April 9, 1870

July 23, 1946

5. Manuelita S. Baca

1962-1931

6. Father

Felipe Baca

1878-1974

(Small plaque – Julian Mortuary)

7. Mother

Delores H. Baca

1888-1969

(Small plaque – Julian Mortuary)

8. Noonen

Dora M.

1885 – 1968

9. Noonen

Michael G.

1866 - 1942

10. Noonen

Dora Ann Noonen

Mar. 8, 1914

Apr. 3, 1924

 

OLD SAINT ROSE CHURCH

 Inside of church there are three crosses

1. Wooden 2. Cement 3. Wooden

I don’t know whether these are graves or someone has just put the crosses inside the church. They are broken.

The church was built with stone and at one time plastered with adobe but now is very deteriorated. The roof is gone and the windows (if there were any) are gone. The walls are about 18-24 inches thick.

 

Behind Church to the North

  1. In Gods Care

    2. Josephine S. Padilla

    1895 – 1986

  2. Isauro J. Padilla

New Mexico

Pvt Stu Army Tng Corps

World War 1

Nov. 1897 – Jan. 4, 1965

 

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