Sister Mary Clement Greenwell

Date of Birth: April 22, 1908
Date of Death: September 23, 2009
Age at Death: 101 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 57

Mary Magdalen Greenwell was born April 22, 1908, in Curdsville, Ky., to Matthew Greenwell and Elizabeth Sauer Byrne Greenwell. Elizabeth Sauer had four children —Leo, Michael, Wallace and Anna Marie— from her first marriage to Augusta Byrne. One year after her husband’s death, Elizabeth married Matthew Greenwell. Mary Magdalen was the first of the seven…

Sister Mary Cleophas Greenwell

Date of Birth: July 14, 1895
Date of Death: June 6, 1986
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 33

Born July 14, 1895, in St. Vincent, Ky., Matilda was the daughter of Sylvester and Margaret Mills Greenwell, descendants of the Maryland Catholic families who settled Nelson County. Following her earlier education at Cruz School in Waverly, Matilda spent her high school years (1910-1914) at Mount Saint Joseph Academy. She received special awards for various…

Sister Margaret Marie Greenwell

Date of Birth: August 31, 1938
Date of Death: April 7, 2026
Age at Death: 87 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 61

Just before noon, on August 31, 1938, Mary Helen Greenwell joined her sister, Rita Germaine, her dad, Paul Hogarty, and her mama, Margaret Marie, as the second child in the young Greenwell family in New Haven, Ky. Eager to initiate their second daughter in their faith, tiny Mary Helen was baptized just four days later,…

Sister Paul Marie Greenwell

Date of Birth: August 22, 1935
Date of Death: January 3, 2026
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 52

On August 22, 1935, tiny Rita Germaine Greenwell joined the growing family of Paul Hogarty and Margaret Marie Greenwell in New Haven, Ky. On August 29, Rita began her faith journey as she was baptized at Saint Catherine Church. By the time she had just turned 3, she was joined by her dear sister, Helen…

Sister Frances Therese Hagan

Date of Birth: October 21, 1910
Date of Death: October 16, 1993
Age at Death: 82 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 49

The daughter of Charles and Ellen Porter Hagan, Mary Pauline was born in Holy Cross, Ky., on Oct. 21, 1910, the tenth of 13 children. She received her early education at Holy Cross School, staffed by the Ursuline Sisters. She completed elementary and high school at Loretto Public School. In the summer of 1929, Mary…

Sister Mary Ellen Hagan

Date of Birth: March 29, 1877
Date of Death: April 16, 1937
Age at Death: 60 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 7

The daughter of William and Ellen Head Hagan, Ada was born on March 29, 1877 — Holy Thursday — and was baptized soon after in St. Agnes Church, Uniontown, Ky. The Hagans were pioneers from Maryland who first settled in Nelson County before coming to Union County. Ada was a prayerful girl and carried on…

Sister Stanislaus Hagan

Date of Birth: October 23, 1891
Date of Death: December 1, 1993
Age at Death: 102 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 3

Frances was born October 23, 1891, the daughter of Horace and Lydia Goodwin Hagan of Owensboro, Ky. She was the middle of seven children who had not been baptized when their father died. He had been baptized but not raised as a Catholic. Their mother, never a Catholic, died a year later. When the oldest…

Sister Mary Samuel Hamilton

Date of Birth: December 20, 1900
Date of Death: August 21, 1977
Age at Death: 76 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 6

Cecilia was the daughter of Samuel and Emma Hite Hamilton, born December 20, 1900, in Waverly, Ky. After her schooling, Cecilia entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph when she was 15 years of age. Following a seven‑month postulancy, she received the Ursuline habit on October 24, 1916. Cecilia was given the name Sister Mary…

Sister Jane Irvin Hancock

Date of Birth: June 14, 1927
Date of Death: March 18, 2017
Age at Death: 89 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 54

Martha Jane Hancock was born in Waverly, Ky., on June 14, 1927, to her parents Robert Irvin Hancock Sr. and Jane Catherine Payne Hancock. She was baptized on July 3, 1927, and confirmed on June 4, 1935 by Bishop John Floersch. Her brothers and sisters were Irvin Hancock Jr., Mary Catherine Hancock Veatch, Father Walter…

Sister Jane Miriam Hancock

Date of Birth: December 3, 1923
Date of Death: April 6, 2017
Age at Death: 93 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 58

Rita Emma Hancock was born in Waverly in Union County, Ky., on December 3, 1923. Her parents were Irvin Hancock Sr., and Jane Catherine Payne Hancock. She was baptized on December 16, 1923, by Father P. J. McNeil. She was confirmed on June 4, 1935, by Most Reverend John A. Floersch. Rita was born into…