Teodoro was the one who started building the Sacred Heart Church of Dilia, New Mexico. When he died his wishes were to be buried inside the church, but he died before it was completed. The story goes that after the service when they were taking his body to the local cemetery to be buried the horses would not enter the cemetery. It was not until a promise to him was made that when the Church was completed they would dig up his grave and move him to the Church to be buried as he wished, that the horses continued into the cemetery to allow the burial. This story was told to me by my grandmother, great granddaughter of Teodoro.
Teodoro was the one who started building the Sacred Heart Church of Dilia, New Mexico. When he died his wishes were to be buried inside the church, but he died before it was completed. The story goes that after the service when they were taking his body to the local cemetery to be buried the horses would not enter the cemetery. It was not until a promise to him was made that when the Church was completed they would dig up his grave and move him to the Church to be buried as he wished, that the horses continued into the cemetery to allow the burial. This story was told to me by my grandmother, great granddaughter of Teodoro.
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