Canoncito Cemetery
Contributed by Cheryl Harris
GPS 35.135323, 106.378913 Cemetery is 6 miles north of Tijeras on NM 14; 0.6 miles West on Canoncito Road.
The cemetery is in the small town of Canoncito, northwest of Cedar Crest, New Mexico. Canoncito is Spanish for "little canyon." This isolated town is at the foot of the east side of the Sandia Mountains.
The cemetery is in fair condition and there are still an occasional burial here. The cemetery was walked in 2003 and we have continued working with the information until December of 2006. We used old records as well as mortuary records to add to the information as well as clear up missing information.
| BACA | Santiago Lobato y Baca | 1862 | 1938 Nov 16 | |
| CANDELARIO | Adelia Rel | no dates | ||
| CANDELARIO | Migelita | 1918 | ||
| CHABES | Bito | 1893 Jun 30 | ||
| CHAVEZ | Manuel | 1924 Apr 13 | 1991 Aug 5 | Tec5 U.S. Army World War II |
| ENNEKING | Daniel M. | 1942 Aug 2 | 1974 Nov 29 | |
| GARCIA | Alejandro S. "Alex" | 1971 Jun 15 | 1988 Oct 22 | Beloved Son and Brother |
| GARCIA | Dimas | 1927 May 15 | 1999 Dec 30 | Tec5 U.S. Army; Beloved Father & Grandfather |
| GARCIA | Gustavo | 1931 Oct 22 | 1970 Feb 9 | |
| GARCIA | Joe M. | 1954 | 1972 | |
| GARCIA | Jose Cecilio | 1946 Jun 11 | 1967 Apr 30 | NM Pfc Co-E 2nd BN 3rd Marines Vietnam PH |
| GARCIA | Juan R. | 1881 | 1953 Nov 21 | |
| GARCIA | Leonor Rael | 1923 Jun 21 | 1990 Nov 30 | Beloved Wife of Dimas, Mother & Grandma |
| GARCIA | Marillita | 1854 | 1939 Oct 9 | |
| GARCIA | Onofe | 1891 | 1953 Mar 18 | |
| GARCIA | Pedro C. | 1903 Mar 9 | 1988 Dec 24 | U.S. Army |
| GARCIA | Rosalia G. | 1917 Mar 22 | 1996 Apr 15 | Beloved Wife and Mother |
| GARCIA | Santiago | 1913 May 1 | 1967 Aug 30 | Beloved Husband |
| GARCIA | Trene | 1951 Sep 17 | ||
| GURULE | Joe | 1958 Apr 17 | 2001 Dec 20 | |
| GURULE | Vicente | 1920 Apr 20 | 1989 Oct 4 | Father |
| GUTIERREZ | Donaciano | no dates | ||
| GUTIERREZ | Flora M. | 1918 Apr 2 | 1970 Apr 19 | Beloved Wife of Melchor |
| GUTIERREZ | Luis Orlando | 1947 May 18 | 1967 Aug 11 | |
| GUTIERREZ | Malchor | 1905 Sep 3 | 1990 Oct 1 | Beloved Ata and Grandpa |
| GUTIERREZ | Raina M. | no dates | Salazar Mortuary | |
| LUCERO | Filomeno | 1882 Apr 25 | 1976 Jun 24 | |
| LUCERO | Francisco | 1897 | 1984 | Pvt U.S. Army World War I |
| LUCERO | Ignacio G. | 1920 Apr 29 | 1976 Mar 4 | Pvt U.S. Army World War II |
| LUCERO | J. | 1916 Apr 9 | ||
| LUCERO | Lee | 1944 Oct 23 | 1973 Dec 18 | |
| LUCERO | Manuelita | 1904 | 1982 | |
| LUCERO | Mary | 1925 | 1992 | |
| LUCERO | Pedro | 1841 | 1932 Nov 17 | |
| MARTINEZ | Baltazar | 1901 Mar | 1956 | |
| MYRICK | Michael | 1950 May 9 | 1975 Oct 15 | Beloved Son of Dorrence & Patsy Myrick |
| OATES | Warren Rush | 1922 Aug 26 | 1972 Dec 13 | |
| PACHECO | ? | 1851 | 1918 Feb 21 | |
| PIZZARO | Petra Z. | 1907 Feb 9 | 1977 Apr 16 | Beloved Mother |
| RAEL | Candelaria M. | 1893 | 1970 | |
| RAEL | Jul Ferdinando | 1887 | 1929 | |
| RAEL | Macedonio | 1915 Mar 15 | 1994 Sep 21 | Pvt U.S. Army World War II; Husband of Flora |
| ROMERO | Luga Salasar | 1907 May 12 | ||
| SALAZAR | Andres | 1946 May 26 | ||
| SALAZAR | Graciano | 1930 Jan 19 | ||
| SALAZAR | Kimberly | 1972 Mar 22 | 1986 Aug 26 | |
| SALAZAR | Maria Rita | 1896 May 2 | 1971 Jun 25 | |
| SALAZAR | Nativida | 1916 | 1934 Nov 6 | |
| SALAZAR | Roman | 1940 Feb 8 | 1967 Jul 29 | |
| SALAZAR | Venceslao | 1887 Oct 28 | 1968 Feb 29 | |
| SAMORA | Lora | 1922 Sep 7 | ||
| SIERRA | Christina Monique | 1992 Dec 9 | 1994 Nov 25 | Daughter of Andrea & Chris Sierra |
| SMITH | Jose A. | 1894 Feb 20 | 1970 Jan 22 | Pvt U.S. Army World War I |
| SMITH | Trinidad G. | 1907 Dec 5 | 1988 Feb 2 | Beloved Mother |
| TORRES | Bertran | 1926 Aug 15 | ||
| TRIPLETT | Velma V. | 1909 | 1943 | |
| TRIPLETT | Virgil T. | 1909 | 1941 | |
| TRUJILLO | Jesus | 1931 Aug 26 | ||
| TRUJILLO | Lucarita G. | 1900 Nov 14 | 1982 Oct 6 | |
| ZAMORA | Alex B. | 1970 Oct 13 | 2002 Aug 20 | Beloved Son and Dad |
| ZAMORA | Elizardo | no dates | ||
| ZAMORA | Evie | 1836 Mar 28 | 1996 Feb 8 | Beloved Brother and Dad |
| ZAMORA | Lorenzo | 1912 Feb 27 | 1978 Aug 14 | Beloved Husband and Dad |
| ZAMORA | Rumaldo | 1924 Nov 20 | ||
| ZAMORA | Senovia | no dates | ||
| ZAMORA | Susan | 1932 Feb 14 |