Esperensa Cemetery, Las Animas County, Colorado http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/lasanimas/cemeteries/esperensa.txt Transcribed by Bridget Srader & Family mbtcws@hotmail.com ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** This cemetery is located on private property on a county road between Trinidad and Hoehne. There are a lot of graves that are not marked. The ones with the old small metal mortuary markers that are readable will be listed below and the ones that are no longer readable but mark a grave will be listed as mmm below. There are some headstones in Spanish they are as is as I do not understand the language. The ones that are listed as unreadable unless otherwise noted are concrete headstones that the elements have made impossible to transcribe. surname given name birth death comments mmm Lopez, Tom homemade metal cross O.H. homemade metal cross Sanchez, Edubijen 1912 1987 picture of couple on Sanchez, Eloy 1908 blank headstone Rael, Lene M. 1928 1963 wife&mother picture mmm Rael, Ella T. 1897 1963 mother unreadable white cross mmm mmm unreadable wooden cross mmm mmm mmm Flores, Florentino 1895 1969 grandfather Flores, Juanita 10-28-1895 3-18-1981 mmm mmm Roberto Hijo De F. y. d. Ortega nacio 15 de Mayo 1893 murio 21 de Acosto 1908 mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm Ribera, Antanacio CO. 1 IN. M. INF. mmm mmm Nall, Richard Martin 1926 1984 CD3 US Navy WW11 Korea Rivera, Miguel murio sept;Iro 1886 Ala Edad de 84 anos A La Memoria De Sus Venerables Padres(top) Rivera Paulita T. murio Feb 15 1916 A La Edad de 96 anos De Dicadopro Sus Hijas(bottom) unreadable wooden cross this and above two are in a iron fenced in area above two are on one headstone unreadable mmm Aragon, Francisco nacio 1860 murio 1924 Father Aragon, Genoveva nacio 1852 murio Julio 19 1922 Mother mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm Aguilar, Genoveva 1906 1935 unreadable wooden cross mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm Corral, Francisco 1898 1992 Corral. Isabel 1914 1997 Maiden name Slores unreadable Guzman, Josephine Al. 12-24-1923 2-?-1982 Guzman, ? Chandler, Bruce Nov 5 1923 Dec 5 1998 age 75 unreadable Felips S. VF & ET Florez unreadable Nov 21 1899 unreadable Glaria ??? Maria unreadable unreadable mmm mmm unreadable Gonzales, Felix A. May 2 1881 Dec 6 1937 Father Ouerida Esposa Librada Ruiz De Gugman Feb 10 1860 Juilo 29 1955 Recuerdo Albino Guzman n. Mar 1 de 1856 F. abr. 20 de 1950 S-Aqui Cumplio Mi Destino El Cual To Dos Traemos Consico -Y- De Esto To Dos Viven Advertidos - Dedicado Por Mis Hijos - unreadable wooden cross mmm mmm mmm unreadable wooden cross Salas, Mary Jane (Helen) June 12 1926 Mar 9 1987 Romero, Child white wooden cross mmm mmm mmm Romero, Child white wooden cross Romero, Child white wooden cross Salas, Louis A. July 2 1923 Sep 6 1982 PVT US Army WW11 mmm Salas, Luga?dita 1893 1941 Mother Salas, Catarino Feb 13 1889 July 28 1977 Grandpa wooden cross mmm Dal?o, Carlos 1949 1950 Romero, Child white wooden cross Romero, Child white wooden cross Romero, Child white wooden cross Romero, Child white wooden cross Romero, Child white wooden cross Romero, Dan 1916 1950 Father picture mmm unreadable wooden cross mmm