Sister Mary Albert O’Bryan

Date of Birth: April 27, 1924
Date of Death: July 16, 2003
Age at Death: 79 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 47

Teresa Noma was born to Thomas Albertus and Mary Gervase Harp O’Bryan on April 27, 1924, in Marion County, Ky. Her faith journey began with baptism on May 2, 1924, at Saint Francis of Assisi church in St. Francis, Ky. When Teresa Noma was 4 years old, her father died. She also had a brother…

Sister Robert Angela Fleischmann

Date of Birth: May 28, 1909
Date of Death: June 22, 2003
Age at Death: 94 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 36

Lorena Philomena, the fourth child of Robert Joseph and Mary Ann Fischer Fleischmann, was born on May 28, 1909, in Poseyville, Ind. Her journey of faith began three days later with her baptism at St. Francis de Sales Church, Poseyville. Her father died of tuberculosis when she was only one year old. Her mother remarried…

Sister Mary Lucy Mattingly

Date of Birth: August 20, 1908
Date of Death: May 25, 2003
Age at Death: 94 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 44

Mary Elizabeth was born to William Monroe and Edna Elizabeth Sapp Mattingly on August 20,1908. Her faith journey began with baptism on October 3, 1908 at St. Francis of Assisi Church, Chicago, Ky. She began her formal education at Loretto, Ky. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy. On June 21, 1924, Mary Elizabeth, along with…

Sister Charles Marie Coyle

Date of Birth: December 10, 1911
Date of Death: March 22, 2003
Age at Death: 91 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 50

Mary Cecilia was born in New Haven, Kentucky, Dec. 10, 1911, the younger of two daughters to Charles J. and Mary Willie Hagan Coyle. The mother died when Mary Cecelia was 11 years old. The two girls assumed the many home responsibilities. They often were responsible for answering the phone or doorbell when their father,…

Sister Joseph Cecelia Muller

Date of Birth: March 2, 1923
Date of Death: March 17, 2003
Age at Death: 80 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 40

Mary Rose Patricia Ann Muller was born March 2, 1923, in Louisville, Ky. She was the only daughter among four sons of Joseph Nicholas and Cecelia Aloysius Ballman Muller. Her home life was special as the family spent time together making candy, playing cards and listening to good music. In 1929, Patricia attended Hazelwood Elementary…

Sister Dorothy Ann Whelan

Date of Birth: April 14, 1912
Date of Death: February 25, 2003
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 41

Dorothy Cecilia, one of nine children, was born to Nicholas Leake and Addie Boone Whelan at Howardstown, Kentucky on April 14, 1912. In August 1918, Dorothy began her formal education at St. Ann School, Howardstown, staffed by the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph. She studied there through grade school and high school. On September 8,…

Sister Mary Leon Riney

Date of Birth: February 25, 1919
Date of Death: January 28, 2003
Age at Death: 83 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 34

Ruth Helen, the third child of 11 born to Thomas Leon and Irmine Mulligan Riney, was born February 25, 1919, at St. Joseph, Ky. As the oldest daughter, she assumed much responsibility for her younger brothers and sisters. Ruth’s formal education began at St. Alphonsus School in September 1925 where she commuted daily with her two…

Sister Mary Henry Russell

Date of Birth: May 29, 1916
Date of Death: January 3, 2003
Age at Death: 86 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 43

Sarah Frances Russell, the tenth child of 11, was born May 29, 1916, to Frank William and Mary Josephine Blanford Russell of Louisville. She began her formal education at St. Brigid Elementary School staffed by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. She continued there until she completed grade eight. She then attended Our Lady of…

Sister Georgetta Higdon

Date of Birth: June 2, 1907
Date of Death: December 20, 2002
Age at Death: 95 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 56

Cecelia Higdon was the oldest of 10 children born to Lawrence Henson and Mary Rose Coomes Higdon. She was born on June 2, 1907, in a log house in St. Lawrence, Ky. When about 3 years old, Cecilia was struck by lightning and temporarily blinded. Throughout her entire life, she relived that trauma during thunderstorms…

Sister Agnes Leo Newton

Date of Birth: June 2, 1911
Date of Death: August 22, 2002
Age at Death: 91 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 56

Mary Marcella, one of eight children of Joseph Lawrence and Alice Hughes Newton, was born at Manton, Ky. on June 6, 1911. Her faith journey began with baptism at Holy Rosary Church, Manton, on September 2. Her mother died when Marcella was only six years old, and an older sister, Golda, quit school to take…