Sister Mary Damien Abell

Date of Birth: August 23, 1910
Date of Death: March 22, 2001
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 55

Mildred, daughter of Henry Frank and Elizabeth Adelade Spalding Abell, was born August 23, 1910, near Elizabethtown, Ky. Mildred was next to the youngest of six children of her father’s second marriage. When Mildred was 3 years old, her mother died giving birth to a baby boy named Richard. The baby also died. Mildred’s formal education…

Sister Mary Lawrence Abell

Date of Birth: April 3, 1898
Date of Death: January 9, 1981
Age at Death: 82 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 30

Ella joined the family of Lawrence and Emma Luckett Abell on April 3, 1899, at Calvary, Ky., the eighth of nine children. The Abell family, pioneers from Maryland, was active in the history of the Catholic Church in the Rolling Fork territory from the time of its settlement in 1785. Ella attended Calvary Public School.…

Sister Mary Otho Abell

Date of Birth: March 30, 1901
Date of Death: April 26, 2000
Age at Death: 99 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 53

Mary William (Willie), ninth child of William Lawrence and Ann Emma Luckett Abell, was born March 30, 1901, at Calvary, Ky. Her faith journey began with baptism on April 10, at Holy Name of Mary Church. Willie’s formal education began at Calvary Public Elementary School in September 1907 where she completed the eighth grade. She…

Sister Agnes Louise Abell

Date of Birth: July 24, 1904
Date of Death: December 20, 1975
Age at Death: 71 years
Marker Location: Row D Plot 40

The daughter of Guy and Elizabeth Davenport Abell, Elizabeth was born in Uniontown, Kentucky, on July 24, 1904. When Elizabeth was small, her mother died. She was sent to school at St. Vincent Academy in St. Vincent and then to Mount Saint Joseph Academy. At the age of 15, Elizabeth entered the novitiate at Mount Saint…

Sister Ann Vincentia Abell

Date of Birth: November 26, 1889
Date of Death: August 25, 1983
Age at Death: 93 years
Marker Location: Row F Plot 34

Blanche was the third of nine children born to William and Ann Emma Luckett Abell at Calvary, Ky., on November 26, 1889. She received her early schooling from the Sisters of Loretto in Calvary until the Abell family moved to a house on the farm of her paternal grandfather. Blanche’s father died when she was…

Sister Francis Marie Abell

Date of Birth: October 29, 1907
Date of Death: January 14, 2000
Age at Death: 92 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 54

Anna Elizabeth, one of six children of Henry Francis and Adelaide Spalding Abell, was born October 29, 1907, on a farm near Raywick, Ky. She joined a family of six brothers and sisters from her father’s first marriage, most of whom were living away from home. Her faith journey began with baptism at St. Francis…

Sister Sylvester Marie Allen

Date of Birth: June 5, 1907
Date of Death: September 1, 1982
Age at Death: 75 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 28

Born June 5, 1907, in Stithton, Ky., Mary Dennis was the only child of Martin and Nora Allen. Her father was a physician and from his previous marriage, she had a half-sister and a half-brother. Mary Dennis attended St. Patrick School in Stithton until 1918 when the U.S. Government took over Stithton and turned it…

Sister Mary Monica Aud I

Date of Birth: February 23, 1884
Date of Death: July 14, 1923
Age at Death: 39 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 1

Born February 23, 1884, in St. Lawrence, Ky., Mary Rose was the daughter of Richard and Mary Ann Poole Aud. When she was nearly 20 years of age, Mary Rose entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph where she spent a three‑month postulancy. On May 2, 1904, she received the Ursuline habit and the name…

Sister Monica Aud II

Date of Birth: June 24, 1903
Date of Death: November 3, 1988
Age at Death: 85 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 45

Born June 24, 1903, in Knottsville, Ky., Mary Agnes was the daughter of William and Mary Matilda Payne Aud. She received her early education at a one-room school on Short Station Road — called Snowball School. At times her father paid a cousin to stay in their home and tutor the children. Mary Agnes also…

Sister Naomi Aull

Date of Birth: December 30, 1923
Date of Death: September 29, 2023
Age at Death: 99 years
Marker Location: Row L No. 40

Mary Naomi Aull was born December 30, 1923, to Michael Xavier “Harry” and Mary Pauline Mattingly Aull. She was the fourth of 15 children. They were: Theresa Elizabeth, Thomasina, Margaret Ann (Sister Margaret Joseph OSU), Mildred (Sister Marie Michael CP), William Guy, Robert Eugene, Joyce Marie, James Leo, Beverly, Joseph Allen, Joseph Harry, Anna Carolyn. Two children died…