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010    OLD TOME CEMETERY (El Cemeterio de Los Ricos)

Location - on Tome Lane, off Sedillo Rd, off Hwy 47, Tome.

Coordinates: 34d 44m 19.7s N; 106d 43m 57.2s W Click here for Online Maps

Survey by Allen Dew in February 2014. Photographs by Sheryl Lord in February 2014.

This old, forgotten, one acre cemetery, SW of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Tome, had been neglected for 100 years, but is now restored. It's name was indicative of the people interred there at the end of the 19th century. There are also many infants buried here.

Additional views of the cemetery:
View #2. - View #3. - View #4. - View #5. - Immaculate Comception Church sign.

1. Baca, Alicia   (b. 6 Apr 1902 - d. 7 Sep 1928)
2. Baca, Clara B.   (b. Unknown - d. 8 Dec 1939)
3. Baca, Manuel B   (b. 13 Jan 1896 - d. 24 Jun 1915)
4. Baca, Miguel E.   (b. Unknown - d. 1 Apr 1938)
5. Baird, P. S.   (b. Jan 1883 - d. Dec 1908)
Woodmen of the World memorial.
6. Chavez de Lucero, Florentina   (b. 15 Mar 1882 - d. 31 May 1915)
7. Lucero, Unknown   (b. 1828 - d. Unknown)
8. Padilla, Antonia   (b. 14 Feb 1922 - d. 14 Feb 1922)
Son of Luis R Padilla and Eluisa Padilla
9. Padilla, Eloisa   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
10. Padilla, Gabriel   (b. Jan 1931 - d. 28 Aug 1931)
Daughter of Luis R Padilla and Eluisa Padilla
11. Padilla, Luis   (b. 1855 - d. 1916)
Adopted by Padre Ralliere
12. Sanchez, Beatriz S   (b. 15 Feb 1874 - d. 3 Mar 1923)
13. Sanchez, Jesus C.   (b. 1867 - d. 1932)
on same marker with Maximo Sanchez
14. Sanchez, Maximo   (b. 1910 - d. 1934)
on same marker with Jesus C. Sanchez
15. Sanchez, Precila   (b. 6 Oct 1915 - d. 10 May 1919)
16. Sanchez, Rosela   (b. 1898 - d. 1918)
Beloved mother.
17. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
18. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
19. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
20. Zamora, Amanda Torres   (b. 19 Sep 1877 - d. 18 Jul 1928)