A little about us
Dr. Donal W. Key's formal education is human development and counseling. He worked for decades in mental health in-patient psychiatric care and private practice, healthcare management, and consulting. He has been a hospice director; educating staff and assisting the dying and their families in obtaining a peaceful death. Dr. Key also hosted The Journey radio show, chronicling people’s end of life stories, and is a national speaker for healthcare providers on Hospice and Palliative Care End of Life Rights and Choices.
Linda Jo Canyon, OTR/L, is a registered, licensed occupational therapist with a dual degree in psychology and specialties in the rehabilitation of cancer patients and hospice and end of life care. She educates and empowers families and friends of the dying in end of life care and assists with burials. Linda is also a long-time national speaker for healthcare providers on the topics of rehabilitation after cancer treatment andHospice and Palliative Care End of Life Rights and Choices.
Donal and Linda, having worked for decades in end of life care participating intimately with the dying and their families, saw the need for an environmentally sustainable, respectful, affordable, kind, gentle, burial and this became their mission.
Donal W. Key Linda Canyon
505-716-2543 505-360-4480
naturalburialnewmexico@gmail.com
Mailing address: Natural Burial New Mexico
601 Griegos Rd NW,
Albuquerque, NM 87107
www.facebook.com/naturalburialnm/
* Downloadable, printable directions are also available at the bottom of the About page of this website *
Directions to La Puerta Natural Burial Ground
From Albuquerque:
- Take I-25 S to Belen Exit 195 and through downtown Belen.
- Turn left (east) on W Reinken Ave/NM 309/River and continue across the Rio Grande River (about 2.4 miles).
- Turn right (south) onto Rio Communities Blvd/NM 47 South.
- Follow NM 47 S about 15 miles to just beyond the BNSF railroad crossing.
- Shortly after mile marker 4, which will be on your left (east) look for a LA PUERTA sign with two red flags next to a green gate. The gate is never locked. Please close this gate behind you, coming and going.
- La Puerta Burial Ground is 2.5 miles east toward the Manzano Mountains from the gate.
- There is also a green gate at the entrance to the cemetery. It is never locked. Please close the gate behind you.
- Take I-25 N to NM 60 East.
- Follow NM 60 E to the intersection with NM 47 North.
- Follow NM 47 N to a green gate on your right (east) after mile marker 3, just before mile marker 4. There is a LA PUERTA sign with two red flags next to a green gate. The gate is never locked. Please close this gate behind you, coming and going.
- La Puerta Burial Ground is 2.5 miles east toward the Manzano Mountains from the gate.
- There is also a green gate at the entrance to the cemetery. It is never locked. Please close the gate behind you.
- Take Highway 60 West to NM 47 North toward Belen.
- Follow NM 47 N to a green gate on your right (east) after mile marker 3, just before mile marker 4. There is a LA PUERTA sign with two red flags next to the gate. The gate is never locked. Please close this gate behind you, coming and going.
- La Puerta Burial Ground is 2.5 miles east toward the Manzano Mountains from the gate at the highway.
- There is also a green gate at the entrance to the cemetery. It is never locked. Please close the gate behind you.
Certified by Green Burial Council - greenburialcouncil.org; member of National Home Funeral Alliance -homefuneralalliance.org
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