Cementerio Civil de Ponce

Cementerio Civil de Ponce
View of the cemetery's entrance
Details
Established	1901
Location	Barrio Portugues Urbano, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Country	Puerto Rico
Coordinates	18.01327°N 66.63286°W / 18.01327; -66.63286
Type	Public; a.k.a., Cementerio Municipal
Style	Art Deco
Owned by	Municipality of Ponce
Size	Unknown
No. of graves	Est. 1,000
Terms of lease	In perpetuity
Find a Grave	Cementerio Civil de Ponce
Footnotes	Manuel V. Domenech, Architect[1]

Cementerio Civil de Ponce (Ponce Civil Cemetery), a.k.a., Cementerio Municipal de Ponce, is a historic burial ground in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It was founded in 1901.[2][a] It was designed by Manuel V. Domenech.[3] Some of the people buried at Cementerio Civil include Ruth Fernández, Isabel la Negra and Héctor Lavoe. It is believed to be the largest cemetery in Puerto Rico.[4]

The cemetery is also home to the Monumento a los heroes de El Polvorín (Monument to the El Polvorin Heroes). It is located in Barrio Portugues Urbano at N 18.01327 W 66.63286 (18° 0' 47.7714" N, 66° 37' 58.2954" W).

Notable interments

• Ruth Fernández,[5][6] singer and politician
• Isabel la Negra,[7] brothel owner, philanthropist
• Héctor Lavoe,[8] salsa and bolero singer
• Rafael Rivera Esbrí,[9] politician
• Herminia Tormes García,[10] first female Puerto Rican judge of Puerto Rico.
• Orlando McFarlane,^[citation needed] MLB player for the Pittsburgh Pirates
• Antonio Correa Cotto,[11] outlaw

See also

• Cementerio Católico San Vicente de Paul
• Museo del Autonomismo Puertorriqueño
• Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro

Notes

1. Socorro Giron states it was inaugurated in 1904 (Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. 1992. p. 431.)

References

1. Eduardo Neumann Gandia. Verdadera y Autentica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. pp. 115–116.
2. Aproximación a la Iconografía Funeraria en Puerto Rico: Análisis de Tumbas y Pinturas Puertorriqueñas Representativas de Finales del Siglo XIX al Inicio del XXI. Doris E. Lugo Ramirez. Ph.D. Thesis. ISBN 978-8469179475. Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, España. 2008. p. 112.
3. Socorro Giron. Ponce, e; teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. 1992. Ponce Municipal Government. Ponce, Puerto Rico. p. 432.
4. Profanan tumbas en cementerio en Ponce. Miguel Rivera Puig. El Vocero. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
5. Emotiva despedida a la ‘Negra de Ponce’ Ruth Fernández.^[usurped] El Sur a la Vista. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
6. Despedirán a Ruth este sábado en Ponce. Omar Alfonso. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 11 January 2012. Year 30. Issue 1467. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
7. Listening to salsa: gender, Latin popular music, and Puerto Rican cultures. Frances R. Aparicio. Wesleyan University. 1998. pp. 3, 45, 52, 54.
8. Aplauden y sonean en honor a Lavoe. Carmen Cila Rodríguez. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 12 October 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
9. Conmemoran 113 aniversario del Fuego del Polvorín en Ponce: Los “Héroes del Polvorín” son: Rafael Rivera Esbri, Juan Romero, Rafael del Valle y Valle, Cayetano Casals, Pedro Sabater, Gregorio Rivera, Pedro Ruiz y Tomás Rivera. Primera Hora. 27 January 2012. Accessed 4 September 2018.
10. Certificado de Defunciones 1963–1965: Certificate number 56-1025. FamilySearch. Registro Civil. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Tomes 187–190. p. 56. 7 November 1964. Accessed 4 September 2018.
11. Cementerio Civil de Ponce. 3 January 2019.

External links

• Media related to Cementerio Civil de Ponce at Wikimedia Commons