Sierra Vista Cemetery from records of Rivera Mortuary
Taos, Taos County 1946-1953
 Mary Alice Dickenson email 

Sierra Vista is the largest cemetery in Taos, New Mexico, and many well-known residents are buried here. 
The funeral records usually list the location of the grave and occasionally note the occupation or pertinent
information about the deceased. Last column is the place of birth, when stated.

Name                         Birth          Death         Lot                  Birth Place
Abbott, Bingham              7/21/1875      12/22/1948    MI
Austin, Essie                7/16/1950      7/16/1950     Lot 1 Sec. 4 Gr. 2    Nix, TX
Baby Shaffer                 1/08/1946      1/08/1946     Sec. 7 Gr. 30         Taos (Martin Shaffer, father)
Barnes, Marjorie Rebecca     10/15/1950     10/16/1950    Blk 9 Gr. 105         Taos
Beals, Iren Bennett          3/31/1901      9/28/1948     Lot 26 Sec. 3 Gr. 2   Missouri
Bennett, Albert Jackson      1/15/1866      9/03/1947     Lot 4 Sec. 2. Gr. 1   Iowa
Berkman, Alicia              3/29/1948      4/22/1948     Sec. 8 Gr. 9          Embudo
Berninghaus, Oscar Edmund    10/02/1874     4/27/1952     Lot 21 Sec. 1 Gr. 3   St. Louis, MO (artist)
Boyer, Miles Rutherford      10/12/1876     11/01/1947    Lot 5 Sec. 2          Gr. 2 Ohio (merchant)
Brito, Adolfo A.             4/18/1919      5/02/1952     Lot 8 Sec. 8 Gr. 52   Taos
Burgess, Howard William      6/16/1896      12/09/1949
Burns, James Augustus        2/26/1875      6/20/1951     Sec. 8 Gr. 47         Minn.
Cannard, Joe                 ns             3/10/1950     Sec. 9 Gr. 103
Cantu, Robert Phillip        ns             7/27/1948     Embudo
Carroll, Caroline B.         7/05/1868      10/23/1952    Lot 22 Sec. 4 Gr. 2   Bel Air Plantation, LA
Case, Julia Ann Witt         10/06/1873     1/06/1948     Lot 6 Sec. 2 Gr. 4    Arkansas
Chavez, Jose Frutoso         1/16/1862      7/15/1947     Lot 27                Sec. 4 Gr. 1
Cheetham, Francis Theodore   2/19/1873      2/03/1946     Sect. 7               Gr. 32
Cisneros, Lorencita C.       7/26/1896      12/28/1950    Sec. 8 Gr. 38         Ranchos
Clark, Infant                7/17/1951      7/17/1951
Creel, Ola Howe              11/11/1916     3/26/1951     Lot 8 Sec. 8 Gr. 40 o Nowata, OK
Cruz, Juan Alberto           1/25/1895      8/03/1948     Chico, NM
Cruz, Rebecca                11/16/1945     4/08/1947     Sec. 6 Gr. 90         Embudo
Currie, Grier Eldon          5/21/1896      12/03/1947    Sec. 8 Gr. 1          Iowa
Denton, Dalton Frank         3/04/1909      12/27/1947    Lot 7                 Sec. 3 Gr. 3
Desgeorges, Patrick          2/03/1913      6/16/1946     Lot 21 Sect. 2 Gr. 5  Taos
Donaldson, Hildegarde Nash   6/4/1895       5/01/1946     Lot 7 Gr. 26          Mass. (violinist)
DuBor, Flora Ennis           5/28/1885      8/08/1952     Lot 23 Sec. 4 Gr. 5   Manassa, CO
Dubor, Jr. John R.           12/07/1910     11/26/1948    Lot 23 Sec. 4 Gr. 4   Antonito, CO
Dunton, Nellie Gertrude      4/27/1874      1/12/1949     Sec. 8 Gr. 17         ME
Duran, Juan M.               9/07/1882      7/22/1949     Sec. 8 Gr. 33         Ranchos
Ellis, Frank Clarence        3/14/1882      4/29/1947     Lot 7 Sec. 2 Gr. 1    GA
Eppley, Ralph                11/21/1894     5/10/1946     Lot 7 Gr. 35          Denver (Molycorp mine bookkeeper)
Espinosa, Mela              1890            12/15/1950    Sec. 8 Gr. 34
Ferguson, John Harmon        11/11/1947     11/13/1947    Sec. 7 Gr. 49         Taos
Ferguson, Mary               ns             8/19/1950     Lot 10 Sec. 4
Fisher, David                8/15/1952      8/15/1952     Sec. 9                Espanola
Garcia, Charles S.           7/03/1898      2/20/1947     Lot 43 Sec. 4 Gr. 3   Taos
Garcia, Margarita S.         2/1873         4/07/1948     Sec. 8 Gr. 5          San Juan
Gatlin, Robert               10/04/1900     3/08/1948
Gonzales, Eliseo             4/10/1891      4/10/1946     Sect. 7 Gr. 8
Gonzales, Minimo Luis        6/19/1916      5/17/1952     Lot 8 Sec. 8 Gr. 50   Arroyo Seco
Graham, Torrance Porter      9/24/1888      10/1949       Lot 8 Sec. 8 Gr. 14   CO
Grant, Blanche C.            9/23/1874      6/19/1948     KS
Hearn, James Karl            8/12/1899      12/22/1949    9 Gr. 20              Springer, NM
Higgins, Victor              7/1884         8/23/1949     Lot 22 Sec. 1 Gr. 2   Indiana (artist)
Hinde, William Thomas        6/17/1873      3/22/1948     Lot 24 Sec. 2 Gr. 1   England (blacksmith)
Hoffman, John B.             4/10/1884      1/06/1950     Sec. 8 Gr. 26         Chicago
Hughes, Infant               1/19/1952      1/19/1952     Sec. 9 Gr. 112
James, Stephen L.            5/07/1892      8/29/1947     Sec. 7 Gr. 46         CO (tavern tender)
Jeantete, Filiberto          ns             1948 (repatriated)
Johnson, Joseph Harvey       12/29/1910     11/28/1947    Lot 8 Sec. 3 Gr. 3    Missouri
Johnson, William Riley       2/05/1863      3/30/1948     Lot 3 Sec. 1 Gr. 1    Arkansas
Joseph, John King            1/06/1887      4/01/1950     Sec. 9 Gr. 106        Ojo Caliente
Kahn, Siegfried              7/18/188-      8/28/1950     Lot 14 Sec. 4 Gr. 3   Germany
Karavas, James A.            10/25/1897     6/07/1952     Lot 35 Sec. 3 Gr. 3   Greece (hotel operator)
Kennon, Glenn Autrey         5/17/1936      1/05/1950     Lot 27 Sec. 4 Gr. 1   Taos
Kitts, Cora Easton           9/11/1870      5/07/1949     Iowa
Knight, Carmen Alice         7/16/1916      6/15/1951     Sec. 8 Gr. 46
Kontary (Contari) Eugenia    12/26/1864     1/12/1950     Lot 35 Sec. 4 Gr. 1   Greece
Lakey, William Wallace       10/28/1869     5/22/1947     Sec. 7 Gr. 48         TN
Lattimer, Mary               10/09/1874     12/31/1949    Sec. 8 Gr. 24         NY
Lavadie, Eleanor C.          1/22/1926      6/02/1951     Lot 8 Sec. 8 Gr. 45   Chacon, NM
Letterick, Robert Wells      11/09/1886     3/29/1951     Lot 8 Gr. 40          Cimarron
Lucero, Blas                 2/02/1850      6/12/1947     Sec. 7 Gr. 41         Anton Chico, NM
Lucero, David Demetrio       3/16/1931      10/11/1950    Sec. 8 Gr. 32         Taos
Lucero, Margarita            1/01/1860      3/10/1947     Sec. 7 Gr. 42         Taos
Lucero, Teofilo              10/24/1892     3/28/1952     Lot 7 Sec. 7 Gr. 43   Taos
Lynn, Grover Cleveland       6/09/1882      7/15/1946     Sect. 7 Gr. 36        KY
Mares, Benito J.             3/14/1868      1/27/1950     Sec. 8 Gr. 30         Taos
Mares, Pedro C.              5/31/1898      5/11/1947     Sec. 7 Gr. 20         Taos
Mares, Robert Juanito        10/13/1947     2/23/1950     Sec. 9 Gr. 98         Embudo
Martinez, Alfred W.          ns             11/02/1952    Blk. 8                Costilla
Martinez, Carlos Federico    7/08/1877      8/14/1951
Martinez, Leonarda           4/05/1951      6/23/1952     Taos
McCarthy, Justin Joseph      9/01/1905      3/01/1946     Lot 18 Sect. 3 Gr. 3  IL (merchant Federated Stores)
McDonald, Rozelle Bennie     4/23/1897      12/02/1948    Lot 19 Sec. 4 Gr. 2
McFadden, Alice Elenor       8/01/1874      1/14/1949     Sec. 8 Gr. 19         CA
McKee, William J.            12/06/1866     12/05/1947    Sec. 8 Gr. 2          Mass
Miller, Jacob Arthur         2/17/1897      7/21/1952     Lot 34 Sec. 4         Gr. 3
Miller, Linda Sue            1/16/1951      1/16/1951     Taos
Mitchell, Linda Gene         12/03/1951     4/09/1952     Lot 7 Stewart Sec. 1  Taos
Montaner, Mariquita          2/06/1866      7/29/1951     Lot 21 Sec. 3 Gr. 2   Ocate
Montoya, Christina           6/10/1950      11/16/1950    Sec. 9 Gr. 108        Taos
Muller, Dr. Fred             12/25/1892     11/12/1947    Lot 4 ec. 2 Gr. 6     Santa Fe (dentist)
Munden, Frank Earl           4/10/1890      6/06/1949     Lot 7 Sec. 4 Gr. 3    NE
Nelson, Infant               1/24/1949      1/24/1949     Taos
Nixon, Mary Quigg            12/23/1891     12/28/1950    Turkey Mtn, NM
Oakeley, Dorla Dean          2/15/1945      1/01/1949     Taos
Padilla Benigno E.           ns             8/09/1948 (repatriated)
Padilla, Candido Rogero      2/07/1895      2/03/1949     Lot 15 Sec. 4 Gr. 3   Springer (auto mechanic)
Palmer, Omer Earl            7/03/1903      8/13/1951     Sec. 10 Gr. 64        Jasper, Ark.
Pena, Carla Olivia           7/05/1946      12/26/1946    Lot 44 Sect. 4 Gr. 4
Rasmussen, Joseph A.         7/07/1889      10/29/1952    Lot 11 Sec. 1 Gr. 3 (mother was a Poulson)
Rayburn, Isadora Reynolds    3/11/1891      7/03/1949     PA
Reddick, Anna Baldwin        5/22/1874      8/12/1950     Lot 24 Sec. 3         MI
Roberts, Joseph              10/08/1946     10/08/1946    Taos
Robinson, Linda Ennen        5/06/1948      5/23/1948     Embudo
Rodriguez, Joseph Louis      4/19/1918      2/13/1951     Sec. 8 Gr. 39
Romero, Infant (son of Tony) 7/24/1949      7/24/1949
Romero, Juan Pedro           5/15/1880      7/25/1946     Sect. 7 Gr. 39        Taos
Romero, Juanita Cleotilde    ns             8/05/1948     Black Lake, Colfax County
Romero, Margarita            1/21/1897      6/14/1949     Sec. 8 Gr. 29         Ranchos
Romero, Tim                  ns             1948 (repatriated)
Sanchez, Ernest Paul         10/10/1948     1/05/1949     Sec. 9 Gr. 95         Embudo
Santistevan, Jose Eloy       11/26/1905     1/13/1948     Sec. 8 Gr. 3          Taos
Santistevan, Jose Manuel     7/10/1860      2/25/1946     Sect. 7 Gr. 45
Seargent, Andrew Jackson     5/05/1870      12/26/1948    Sec. 9 Gr. 97         TX
Sister Agnes Marie           2/19/1869      11/02/1946    Sect. 7 Gr. 28        Cascade, Iowa
Snyder, Carl Earl           1865            12/1948       KY
Stone, Richard H.            5/05/1868      4/17/1948     Chicago
Tarleton, Henry Wallace      3/20/1864      8/17/1952     Lot 8 Sec. 2 Gr. 3    County Lough, Ireland retired rancher
Tejada, Florentina           5/11/1874      1/12/1946     Sec. 7 Gr. 29         Spain
Tejada, Simeon               3/24/1878      7/21/1946     Sect. 7 Gr. 31        Spain (tavern operator)
Trisler, John Charles        7/14/1950      7/14/1950     Taos
Trujillo, Salome S.          10/12/1873     1/02/1950     Sec. 7 Gr. 12         Taos
Valencia, Pedro              10/19/1877     2/05/1949     Sec. 8 Gr. 23         Arroyo Seco
Vargas, Eli                 1918            5/09/1950     Sec. 9 Gr. 107
Vargas, Jose Abel            8/03/1890      5/20/1949     Sec. 8 Gr. 25
Varos, Ernest Nelson         3/15/1945      7/08/1946     Taos
Vigil, Elaiza                3/15/1885      11/08/1951    Lot 8 Sec. 8 Gr. 51   Questa
Vigil, Jose Jesus            4/15/1866      4/08/1951     Lot 8 Gr. 42          Ranchos
Wailes, Julia Mae            5/04/1949      5/11/1949     Taos
Weber, Charles August        5/30/1866      3/10/1948     Lot 14 Sec. 2 Gr. 2   Ohio (rancher)
Wetsel, Robert B.            7/10/1865      3/10/1952     Lot 5 Sec. 3 Gr. 3    Collen Col, TX (market operator)
White, Roger Claude          6/08/1948      4/14/1950     Sec. 9 Gr. 104        Cimarron
Williams (male)              ns             9/28/1946
Youma, Jose                  3/17/1867      10/30/1949    Sec. 8 Gr. 37         Syria
Youma, Juanita               4/18/1905      7/28/1949     Sec. 8 Gr. 35         Taos