Gate of Heaven, Albuquerque, NM

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GATE OF HEAVEN CEMETERY

Wyoming N.E. at Paseo del Norte N.E.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

505-821-0800

 

                                                            GPS 35.17309, 106.56271

 

This was the very first cemetery that I walked and registered.  My friend Danielle Sengel helped me get the Tombstone Transcription project off the ground.  We worked early mornings for about two months mapping out the grounds and then walking and writing down every headstone we found.  This information was later typed up and submitted to the internet.

This cemetery is beautiful in that there are many trees, lush green grass, a beautiful mausoleum and wonderful people in the office willing to help us.  Gate of Heaven is a Catholic cemetery, under the guidance of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe and is the sister cemetery of Mount Calvary (downtown Albuquerque).  You do not need to be Catholic to be buried here. 

The Tombstone Transcription group comes back to this cemetery about every 3 years,

most recently 2011.  We have logged 8,842 names. 

 My father, John Junior Ralf (1921-2006), is enniched in the Mausoleum.

 Gate of Heaven sections:

• St. Michael
• St. Peter
• St. Gabriel
• Garden of the Resurrection
• Garden of the Holy Family
• Garden of the Ascension
• Garden of the Nativity
• Garden of the Holy Cross
• Sacred Heart
• Mausoleum
• Garden Crypts
• Mausoleum Patio