Sister Michael Marie Friedman

Date of Birth: October 1, 1946
Date of Death: September 12, 2022
Age at Death: 75 years
Marker Location: Row L No. 52

Madonna Marie Friedman was born on October 1, 1946, in Glennonville, Mo. Her parents were Michael Friedman and Johanna Vanderfeltz Friedman. She was the youngest of four children. Her siblings were Vincent, Patricia and Richard. Madonna was baptized on October 2, 1946, the day after she was born, at St. Teresa Church in Glennonville. She…

Sister Johanna Froeba

Date of Birth: May 30, 1829
Date of Death: April 6, 1909
Age at Death: 79 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 25

Cunigunda was the daughter of Johann and Cunigunda Fröba (Froeba). She was born May 30, 1829, in Buchbach, Ludwigstadt, Ober-Franken, Germany. In the early 1850s, she came from Buchbach to Louisville, Ky., to live with her brothers on Madison Street. Their home was across the street from the home of Henry and Katrina Bloemer, the…

Sister Mary Bridget Fulkerson

Date of Birth: March 28, 1902
Date of Death: October 15, 1983
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 35

Mary Emma was born March 28, 1902, the daughter of Lillard and Eliza Coomes Fulkerson of Rome, Ky. Her early education began in the public schools of Davies County. She later attended St. Elizabeth School in Curdsville, staffed by the Ursuline Sisters. When 20 years of age, Mary Emma entered the novitiate of Mount Saint…

Sister Mary Dolores Gatton

Date of Birth: September 2, 1907
Date of Death: October 15, 1985
Age at Death: 78 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 32

Born Sept. 2, 1907, in Browns Valley, Ky., Mary Anna was the daughter of David and Dolores Cline Gatton. Her formal education began at St. Martin School in Rome, Ky., and continued at St. Frances Academy in Owensboro through elementary school. She began high school at St. Frances Academy also, but graduated from Mount Saint…

Sister Sara Marie Gomez

Date of Birth: August 31, 1943
Date of Death: July 24, 2022
Age at Death: 78 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 55

Maria Evelyn Gomez was born on Tuesday, August 31, 1943, in Pagosa Springs, Colo., the first child born to Juan Christobal (Chris) Gomez and Lila Sarah Padilla Gomez. Just a few weeks later, on Sunday, September 19th, Maria Evelyn was baptized into her faith family at Sacred Heart Church in Durango. Over the next years,…

Sister Martha Goodin

Date of Birth: November 1, 1890
Date of Death: December 21, 1972
Age at Death: 82 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 19

Born November 1, 1890, in Finley, Ky., Willie was the daughter of James and Martha Preayer Goodin. When she was 17 years of age, she was baptized a Catholic at Our Lady of the Hills Church in Finley. Seven years later, Willie entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph and after a postulancy of seven…

Sister Mary Charles Gough

Date of Birth: November 7, 1891
Date of Death: June 28, 1958
Age at Death: 66 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 2

Born November 7, 1891 at Uniontown, Kentucky, Ida Laura was the daughter of Henry and Mary (Gough) Gough. Following her elementary education, she attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy during the years 1907‑1910. That same summer, Ida Laura entered the novitiate and after a six‑week postulancy, she received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Mary…

Sister Agnes Jean Greenwell

Date of Birth: March 10, 1907
Date of Death: February 15, 1958
Age at Death: 50 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 3

The daughter of John and Florence Schaefer Greenwell, Mary Agnes was born in Uniontown, Kentucky on March 10, 1958. The Greenwell families were descendents of the pioneer Catholic families from Maryland who settled in Nelson County and migrated to Union County. The true Catholic spirit had been handed down through the religious teaching and example…

Sister Marita Greenwell

Date of Birth: February 2, 1926
Date of Death: June 21, 2011
Age at Death: 85 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 43

Rena Catherine was born in Rhodelia, in Meade County, Ky., on February 2, 1926, the third and last child of Junius Marcellus and Sarah Eudora (Sallie) Vessels Greenwell. Rena Catherine joined her two sisters, Mary Anita and Dorothy Marie. She received the sacraments of Baptism on February 21, 1926, and Confirmation June 14, 1937 in…

Sister Lucita Greenwell

Date of Birth: March 5, 1906
Date of Death: March 11, 1994
Age at Death: 88 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 48

The daughter of Nicholas and Mary Veronica Bowling Greenwell, Edna was born March 5, 1906, in New Haven, Ky. She was the fifth in a family of two boys and six girls. Edna’s formal education began at St. Catherine School in New Haven with the Sisters of Loretto. She was still in elementary school when…