La Isla Cemetery
16900 Wingo Reserve Rd, Fabens, Texas
GPS Coords: 31.483970, -106.203779
From El Paso, take I-10 southeast for about 28 miles to Fabens. Take exit 49 and turn right (southwest) onto Fabens Rd (which eventually becomes Island Rd and Fabens Island Rd) for about 5 miles. Turn right (northwest) onto Wingo Reserve Rd and cemetery is a short distance on the left (west) side of the road.).
More photos of the cemetery by Johnny Billingslea.
Surveyed March 2000 by Joe Pierce and rewalked and photographed by Dorris Harrison in 2006.
This unique cemetery is surrounded by a low wall with beautiful arched gates in front. The cemetery's age is not known at this time but the priest fron San Elizario attended the needs of the people in the 1800s.
| Name | Headstone | Birth | Death | Year | Age | Notes/Inscriptions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acuna, Pascuala | Yes | 1855 | 19__ | |||
| Aluillar, Luz N. | Yes | 18 Nov 1916 | d 18 Nov 1996 | |||
| Aluillar, Manuela | Yes | |||||
| Aluillar, Ramon | 8 May 1908 | d 7 Jan | 1978 | |||
| Alvarado, Pedro | Yes | d Jun 30 | 1949 | |||
| Anaya, Jesus | Yes | 1913 | d | 1949 | ||
| Aranda, Sra. Petra | Yes | 29 Jun 1905 | d 26 Feb | 1981 | ||
| Arrollos, Jesusita | Yes | 1888 | d | 1932 | ||
| Arrollos, Sra. Victoriana | Yes | d 23 Mar | 1928 | |||
| Artalejo, Carlos E. | Yes | d 28 Jan | 1974 | 69 yrs | ||
| Artalejo, Concepcion | Yes | 01/03/26 | d Jun 13 | 2004 | ||
| Artalejo, Dominga | Yes | 1898 | d | 1932 | ||
| Artalejo, Fernando | Yes | d 14 Mar | 1973 | 77 yrs | ||
| Artalejo, Jose Angel | Yes | 1838 | ||||
| Artalejo, Manuelita | Yes | d | ||||
| Artolejo, Trindad | Yes | 1855 | d | 1930 | ||
| Avila, Manuela B. | Yes | 17 Jun 1926 | d 24 Nov | 1989 | ||
| Batista, Dina A. | Yes | 22 Sep 1912 | d 20 Dec | 1991 | ||
| Beltran, Alicia | Yes | |||||
| Beltran, Guadalupe | Yes | 1907 | d | 1990 | ||
| Bustamantes, Sra. Margarita B. | Yes | 10 Oct 1897 | d 2-14 | 1953 | ||
| Bustamonte, Jose | Yes | 1897 | d | 1978 | ||
| Cano, Anita | Yes | d Dec 20 | 1944 | |||
| Carrillo, Merced | Yes | d OCT 14 | 1918 | |||
| Castillo, Bertha | Yes | d | ||||
| Chavez, Guadalupe | Yes | Dec 1907 | d Feb | 1935 | ||
| Cordero, Cruz S. | Yes | 1868 | d | 1930 | ||
| Cordero, Lucia S. | Yes | 19 Nov 1892 | d 23 Dec | 1999? | Hampton Valley | |
| Cordero, Refugio M. | Yes | 1898 | d | 1922 | ||
| Cordero, Refugio R. | Yes | Apr 17 1904 | d Apr 10 | 1977 | ||
| Cordero, Seuero S. | Yes | 1860 | d | 1939 | ||
| Cordero, Severo R. | Yes | 17 Apr 1906 | d 10 apr | 1982 | ||
| Cuevas, Joaquena | Yes | 1877 | d | 1957 | ||
| Delgado, Lucia | Yes | Jul 20 1937 | d Dec 19 | 1999 | ||
| Delgado, ThomasJr | Yes | Jul 20 19 37 | d Dec 19 | 1999 | ||
| Elias, Manuela Zenaida | Yes | 26 Oct 1946 | d 13 May | 1994 | ||
| Esparza, Jose Felipe | Yes | d 16 Aug | 1965 | |||
| Flores, Corina | Yes | 10 Apr 1927 | d 19 May | 1998 | ||
| Flores, Crecencio | Yes | 05/22/16 | 06/16/23 | 2003 | ||
| Galvan, Tomas | Yes | d | 2003 | |||
| Garcia, Fusebia | Yes | 12 Apr 1884 | d 8 Oct | 1944 | ||
| Garcia, Julia D. | Yes | 12 Apr 1884 | d 8 Oct | 1944 | ||
| Garcia, Rosa | Yes | d | ||||
| Guerra, Jacinto | Yes | 1865 | d | 1953 | ||
| Guerra | Yes | d | ||||
| Hinojos, Ambrosio_2004 | Yes | Dec 7 1909 | d Nov 1 | 2004 | 94 yrs | |
| Hinojos, Concepcion B. | Yes | 2 Oct 1905 | d 7 Jul | 1991 | ||
| Holguin, Sara | Yes | |||||
| Huerta, Inez C. | Yes | 20 Apr 1922 | d 26 Sep | 1948 | TX Pvt. 179 Inf. WWII | |
| Lopez, Monserrat | Yes | d 16 Jun | 1986 | Granddau. bur. in same grave Ramos | ||
| Lopez, Nina Rafaelita | Yes | 2 Oct 1969 | d 2 Oct | 1969 | ||
| Lozano, Bertha | Yes | 09/09/33 | 10/29/23 | 200-0 | 92 yrs | |
| Lujan, Juana | Yes | d | ||||
| Macloelde, Chavez | Yes | 4 Apr 1924 | d 11 Jul | 1978 | ||
| Marin, Concepcion G. | Yes | 4 Apr 1924 | d 11 Jul | 1978 | ||
| Martinez, Lorenza R. | Yes | 19-24-1924 | d 29 Jul | 1979 | ||
| Martinez, Manuel C. | Yes | 25 Dec 1913 | d 22 Jun | 1993 | ||
| Molinar, David | ||||||
| Molinar, Ricardo | ||||||
| Ortega, Samuel | 1 Jan 1998 | d 1 Jan | 1998 | |||
| Ortiz, Guadalupe | Oct 14 2002 | d Oct 14 | 2002 | |||
| Pacheco, Adelaida A. | Yes | 16 Nov 1889 | d 28 Dec | 1968 | Querida Madre | |
| Pacheco, Florencio | Yes | 23 Nov 1909 | d 19 Aug | 1998 | ||
| Pacheco, Maria Teresa | Yes | 13 Oct 1933 | d 8 Nov | 2002 | 70 yrs | |
| Perez, Juan | ||||||
| Portillo, Rufina | Yes | 27 Feb | 1949 | |||
| Prudencio, | Yes | d | ||||
| Ramos, Calixta G. | Yes | 1981 | ||||
| Ramos, Felipe G. | Yes | d 17 Oct | 1973 | |||
| Ramos, Ideegnsa C. | Yes | 23 Jan 1895 | d 14 Jan | 1950 | ||
| Ramos, Jose | Yes | 8 Aug | 1932 | |||
| Ramos, Macedohio | Yes | 12 Sep 1912 | d 14 May | 1960 | ||
| Ramos, Margarita | Yes | 2 Feb 1900 | d 5 Nov | 1936 | ||
| Ramos, Severo | Yes | 8 Nov | 1931 | |||
| Regalado, Elena Cano de | Yes | d 26 Sep | 1966 | 71 yrs | ||
| Rios, Antonio | Yes | Feb | 1949 | |||
| Rios, Ramona | Yes | d 25 Apr | 1938 | |||
| Rodriguez, Anastacia | Yes | 15 Apr 1900 | 20 Feb | 1989 | ||
| Rodriguez, Eloisa | 1886 | d | 1944 | Mother | ||
| Rodriguez, Ismael G. | Yes | 1978 | ||||
| Rodriguez, Jacinto d. | Yes | d 14 Feb | 1922 | |||
| Rodriguez, Luis G. | Yes | 25 Aug 1899 | d 5 Oct | 1971 | ||
| Rodriguez, Manuel | El Paso, TX | d 23 Dec | 1999 | (Nieves Ochoa d. Thursday, husb of Esperanza; Martin Funeral Home) | ||
| Salcido, Sra. Anastacia G. | Yes | d 23 Jun | 1964 | 90 yrs | ||
| Salcido, Sra. Juana Evangelistol | Yes | 27 Nov 1901 | d 10 May | 1964 | ||
| Salcido, Telesforo | Yes | d 5-30- | 1974 | 82 yrs | ||
| Sanchez, Dominga S. | Yes | 1862 | d | 1919 | ||
| Sierra, Gabriela R. | Yes | 1872 | d | 1934 | ||
| Sierra, Josefas | Yes | 187o | d | 1910 | ||
| Sierra, Natalia | Yes | 16 Jan 1903 | 7 Mar | 1974 | ||
| Sierra, Nicolas | Yes | 25 May 1903 | 26 Apr | 1975 | ||
| Sierra, Sabino | Yes | 1864 | d | 1933 | ||
| Silva, Marcial | Yes | 7 Mar 1932 | 24 Jan | 2005 | ||
| Slab | Yes | d | 1937 | |||
| Trujillo, Adolfo Pacheo | Yes | 25 Mar 1933 | d 13 Oct | 1989 | ||
| Trujillo, Antonia N. d. | Yes | d 1 Dec | 1959 | |||
| Trujillo, Jose M. | Yes | 23 Mar 1907 | d 24 Dec | 1980 | ||
| Trujillo, Manuella | Yes | 6 Jun 1926 | d 20 Mar | 1988 | ||
| Trujillo, Nieves | Yes | 1904 | d | 1972 | ||
| Trujillo, Niguelito | Yes | 1933 | d | 1935 | ||
| Trujillo, Pilar Flores | Yes | 5 Oct 1933 | d 26 Nov | 1985 | ||
| Trujillo, Rosa M | Yes | |||||
| Trujillo, Sanitago M. | Yes | 1875 | d | 1947 | ||
| Vargas Sr, Victor | Yes | 23 Mar 1914 | d | 7 Nov 2004 | ||
| Vargas, Jesus | Yes | 1886 | d | 1937 | ||
| Vargas, Maria Vargas* | Yes | 1895 | d | 1957 | ||
| Vargas, Trinidad | Yes | 1930 | d | 1932 | ||
| Vasquez, El Nono Rodolfo | Yes | 17 Oct 1929 | d 5 Feb | 1981 (or 31) | ||
| Vasquez, Fernie | Yes | d | ||||
| Vasquez, Martha | Yes | 23 Feb 1948 | 23 May | 2003 | ||
| Vasquez, Roxanne | Yes | 31 May 1981 | 14 Mar | 20093 | ||
| Velarde, Benjamin | Yes | 31 Mar 1952 | 20 Mar | 2005 | ||
| Velarde, Gabriela | Yes | |||||
| Velarde, Martin | Yes | 1937 | d | 1938 | ||
| Venegas, Mercedes Olivo | Yes | 24 Sep 1907 | d 11 Jan | 1991 | ||
| Vitela, Gilberto | Yes | 17 Mar 1932 | d 8 Nov | 1997 |
