SANTA RITA GARZA CEMETERY
Hidalgo Co. Cemeteries
of Tx
Submitted by Frances Isbell
With Permission of Hidalgo Co. Historical Commission (2005)
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LOCATION: Northwest Hidalgo County. Drive 18 miles north of Edinburg on US 281. Drive west on FM 1017 15 miles past Puerto Rico to county line. Turn east 3 miles on Cipres-La Gloria Road to Cipres Community. Cemetery is just east of Santa Rita Old and New Cemeteries on north side of road.
SURVEY: Dec.1975 by Wilma C. and Kathryn B.Kosar
HISTORY: Santa Rita Ranch, in San Ramon Land Grant of 1804, was established by Julian and Petra Gutierrez Casas of Camargo about 1881. Casas' grandson Felipe Garza Casas (1883-1969)and his wife Rosa Casas Garza raised sheep and cattle on his 109-acre share. Their son Reyes Garza (1917-1976) married Rita Flores. Mrs. Rita Flores Garza, now of McAllen, raises Santa Gertrudis and American Breed cattle at the ranch. Reyes and Rita Flores Garza donated land for a cemetery in 1965, after old Santa Rita Cemetery was filled. The family maintains the cemetery
Compiled by Wilma C. Kosar
& Kathryn B. Kosar: December
1975
Location: Northeast of Puerto
Rico; north side of la Gloria Road out of Cipres 1 Row West side of cemetery
| Last Name | First Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
| Garza |
Eulalia
Rodriguez |
Enero
1 1885 |
Oct
19 1971 |
2nd
wife of Felipe Garza |
| Garza |
Felipe |
Aug
23 1883 |
Dec
15 1969 |
Recuerdo
de su esposa hijas y hijo; Rest in Peace |
| Longoria
|
Rigoberto |
|
Dec
10 1975 |
Age
20 yrs. 3 mos. 12 days; No stone-Funeral home marker |
| Lopez |
Humberto
Cesar |
1955 |
|
|
| Rodriguez |
Gerada
G. |
1897 |
1968 |
Mother
of Eulalia R. Garza; QEPD |
| Rodriguez |
Javier |
|
Mar
16 1965 |
Age
2 yrs 9 mos. 3 days; Wooden cross-Funeral home marker |
| Solis |
Josefa
G. |
Enero
1 1894 |
Agosto
9 1969 |
Photograph
with cover; Su esposo M. Solis dedica este recuerdo a su memoria QEPD |
| Solis |
Magdaleno |
Agosto
18 1897 |
|
Recuerdo
de sus sobrinos y sobrinas QEPD; Photograph with cover |
| Trevino |
Rene |
Mar
16 1917 |
Dec
21 1967 |
Texas
Cpl. Btry. B AA BN; WW II |