Sister Mary Angela Matthews

Date of Birth: November 18, 1929
Date of Death: April 5, 2020
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 60

Mary Rita Matthew’s life began in Detroit, Mich. Her dad, Alva Matthews, worked at Ford Motor Company. Her mom, Grace Compton Matthews, would return to Axtel, Ky., to be with her mother, Alice Pool Compton, when her babies were to be delivered. Mary Rita’s grandmother was a midwife. Mary Rita was baptized on Nov. 30,…

Sister Rose Marita O’Bryan

Date of Birth: October 28, 1941
Date of Death: June 10, 2019
Age at Death: 77 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 4

Rose Marie O’Bryan was born on October 28, 1941, to Marion Albin O’Bryan Sr. and Elizabeth Theresa Oberst O’Bryan. She was the oldest of the four children. She had three brothers: Marion O’Bryan Jr., Herman Joseph O’Bryan and David Eugene O’Bryan. Rose Marie was baptized on November 9, 1941, at St. Stephen Cathedral by Reverend…

Sister M. Celine Leeker

Date of Birth: June 23, 1929
Date of Death: March 25, 2019
Age at Death: 89 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 52

Mary Louise Leeker was born on June 23, 1929, in Lenexa, Kan.. Her parents were John Leeker and Mary Elizabeth McGrath Leeker. She was baptized at St. Paul Church in Olathe, Kan., on July 18, 1929. She was confirmed on April 24, 1938, at Holy Trinity Church in Lenexa. She was the oldest of eight.…

Sister Martina Rockers

Date of Birth: April 23, 1926
Date of Death: June 5, 2018
Age at Death: 92 years
Marker Location: Ursuline Cemetery in Paola, Kan.

Martha Ida Rockers was born on April 23, 1926. Her father, Edward Rockers and her mother, Magdalena Wolken Rockers lived in Scipio, Kan. There were 11 children in her family. She was in the middle with five older and five younger siblings. They were LaVera, who died at 6 weeks of age, Florence, Elva, Elmer,…

Sister Pauletta McCarty

Date of Birth: July 17, 1921
Date of Death: April 7, 2018
Age at Death: 96 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 59

Helen Marie McCarty was born on July 17, 1921, the third of eight children born to Ignatius Paul McCarty and Nettie Rose Mahoney McCarty in Daviess County, Ky. Her siblings included William Anthony, Paul Ignatius, James Michael, Celestine Joseph, Francis Xavier, Elizabeth Jane and Rose Mary. She was baptized one week after she was born,…

Sister Rose Marian Powers

Date of Birth: February 6, 1933
Date of Death: November 27, 2017
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 52

Marian Alice Rose Powers was born on February 6, 1933, to Everett and Eva Mae Elder Powers of Cloverport, Kentucky. She was one of 10 children in the Powers family. They were a family of five boys and five girls. Verrill, Kenneth, Raphael, Father Benjamin, Sister Marian, Randolph, Sister Ann Roberta, Eulaine, Sister Rose Jean…

Sister Judith Osthoff

Date of Birth: November 9, 1926
Date of Death: July 10, 2017
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 58

Caroline Marie Osthoff was born in Lenora, Kan., to Frank Clement Osthoff and Anna Margaret Hickert on November 6, 1926. She was baptized at St. Joseph Church in New Almelo, Kan., on November 11, 1926, and confirmed at Immaculate Conception Church in Leoville, Kan., on March 29, 1939. Sister Judith wrote a short autobiography while…

Sister Joan of Arc Walz

Date of Birth: July 1, 1931
Date of Death: July 5, 2017
Age at Death: 86 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 4

Joan was born on July 1, 1931 in Cloverport, Ky., to Otto Walz and Ida May Brown Walz. She was baptized on September 13, 1931, at St. Rose Church in Cloverport by Rev. Gardian Lewis C.P. She joined her sisters, Martha, Regina and Dorothy and welcomed a younger brother, George in 1937. Though Joan’s formal…

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 Philomena Cox

Date of Birth: March 9, 1926
Date of Death: March 9, 2017
Age at Death: 91 years
Marker Location: Row L No. 46

Philomena Ward Cox was born in Owensboro, Ky., on March 9, 1926, to Thomas Sylvester Cox Sr. and Margaret Catherine Ebelhar Cox. She was baptized on March 14, 1926 by Rev. Richard Maloney and confirmed on April 26, 1936 by the Most Reverend John A. Floersch. She was the third child in the Cox family…