Sister Consolata Stallings

Date of Birth: October 21, 1920
Date of Death: October 6, 1969
Age at Death: 48 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 10

Cleo was born Oct. 21, 1920, the daughter of Damien and Bertha Wethington Stallings of Waterflow, N.M., the third of eight children. She received her elementary and secondary education at Sacred Heart Academy in Waterflow. Cleo graduated from Mount Saint Joseph Junior College in June 1940. She entered the novitiate and received the Ursuline habit…

Sister Juliana Stallings

Date of Birth: March 14, 1884
Date of Death: September 26, 1967
Age at Death: 83 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 32

The daughter of Mars and Susan Railey Stallings, Lillie Mae was born March 14, 1884, in West Louisville, Ky., the youngest of three children. Her father was originally from Nelson County and her mother from Marion County. At the age of 18, Lillie Mae entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph and was a postulant…

Sister Mary Boniface Speaks

Date of Birth: July 6, 1907
Date of Death: October 15, 1992
Age at Death: 85 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 18

Born on July 6, 1907, in Waverly, Ky., Catherine was the daughter of James and Anabel Roberts Speaks. She was the only girl of four children. Her first schooling was received in a nearby one-room school. She completed elementary and high school at St. Peter School in Waverly. Following graduation from a business college, she…

Sister Mary Lois Speaks

Date of Birth: August 18, 1944
Date of Death: May 6, 2017
Age at Death: 72 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 50

Mary Lois Speaks was born on August 18, 1944, in Henderson, Ky. Her parents were James Raymond Speaks and Elizabeth Catherine Fenwick Speaks. She was baptized on August 27, 1944, at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church in Henderson by Rev, A. J. Tompkins. She was confirmed on October 14, 1952, by Most Rev. Francis…

Sister Agnes Cecilia Speak

Date of Birth: October 29, 1910
Date of Death: December 15, 2010
Age at Death: 100 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 49

Sister Agnes Cecilia Speak began a journey of 100 years on October 29, 1910, as Anne Cecilia, the third daughter of Joseph Lawrence and Apollonia Rhodes Speak of Irvington, Kentucky. Ultimately there would be five children growing up in the Speak family: Mary Joseph (our Sister Joseph Lawrence), Marie, Anne Cecilia (Sister Agnes Cecilia), Agnes…

Sister Joseph Lawrence Speak

Date of Birth: December 11, 1906
Date of Death: October 14, 1962
Age at Death: 55 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 29

The daughter of Lawrence and Appolonia Rhodes Speak, Mary Joseph was born Dec. 11, 1906, in Irvington, Ky. She received her elementary and secondary education at St. Romuald School in Hardinsburg. Mary Joseph graduated from there in 1925, and nearly two years later she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. On August 15, 1927,…

Sister Rosanne Spalding

Date of Birth: March 18, 1943
Date of Death: May 16, 2023
Age at Death: 80 years
Marker Location: Row L No. 53

Elizabeth Rose was born on March 18, 1943, to Alice and Philetus “Pete” Spalding. She was the fourth child to arrive in the Springfield home. Her siblings included: Eleanor, Martha, Lawrence, Wanda (Sister Laurita), Marlin, Sara, Alice and Eddie. When she was 10 days old, on Sunday, March 28, 1943, Elizabeth Rose “Betty Rose” was baptized with…

Sister Frances Miriam Spalding

Date of Birth: October 21, 1918
Date of Death: May 9, 2013
Age at Death: 94 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 57

Elizabeth Theresa, the fifth of seven children of John Collins and Elizabeth Esther Beavin Spalding, was born in Bardstown, Ky., on October 21, 1918. She began her journey with baptism at St. Thomas Church five days later. The Spalding home was dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and all the family names were entered…

Sister Marie Spalding

Date of Birth: January 11, 1917
Date of Death: July 6, 1943
Age at Death: 26 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 23

Mary Collins was born Jan. 11, 1917, the third child of John and Elizabeth Beaven Spalding of Bardstown, Ky. She had six brothers and sisters. Her early education was in St. Thomas Grade School. She attended high school at Bethlehem Academy in Bardstown, graduating in June 1935. Throughout her high school years, Mary served as…

Sister Mary Cordelia Spalding

Date of Birth: October 15, 1918
Date of Death: April 5, 2009
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 48

Mary Martha, born October 15, 1918, on a farm near Beech Fork River in Nelson County, Ky., was the oldest child of Archibald Aloysius and Mary Edna Bowling Spalding. Mary Martha had six siblings — two brothers, Charles Sylvester and Joseph Leo; and four sisters, Emily Rose, Lucy Regina, Elizabeth Ann and Margaret LaVerne. Because…