These are the Catholics buried under the parking lot:
(per the City of San Buenaventura, Cemetery Records, prepared by Edess Fargo, Administrative Clerk, Office of the City Clerk, Barbara J. Kam, City Clerk, January 10, 2001)
Straight from Crimea St. there are several hundred Catholic graves, indicated by red arrow; orange box is the parking lot, yellow the new boundries.
Aerial View 1946
Aerial View 1958
Aerial View 1963
Aerial View 1966
This is the Rec Center that was demolished in 1972 because it sat on Catholic graves and the foundation came apart. It was directly south of the present parking lot.
Today's Grave of Mr. James Gallagher
Died in 1916, Block 4, Lot 11
Today's Grave of Mrs. Esperanza Hirbchiford Died in 1903, (Block 5, Lot 44)
Location is beneath the 1954 Recreation Center
(that was demolished in 1972)
Today's Grave of Mr. Alfonso Lorenzana
Today's Grave of Mr. John Riervon
Died 1911, Block 1, Lot 26