Sister Madeline Buckman

Date of Birth: October 7, 1886
Date of Death: April 2, 1944
Age at Death: 57 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 21

Born Oct. 7, 1886, in New Market, Ky., Mary Esther was the daughter of William and Mary Jane Boarman Buckman. She was baptized when she was only two days old. Since there were no parochial schools in that area of Marion County, Mary Esther attended the public school at New Market. She became a public…

Sister Madeline Rogers

Date of Birth: September 22, 1891
Date of Death: August 20, 1915
Age at Death: 23 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 12

The daughter of Sam and Arlee Ballew Rogers, Nila was born September 22, 1891, in Owensboro, Ky. She attended St. Frances Academy during her grade school years and spent her high school years at Mount Saint Joseph Academy, graduating from there in June 1911. After spending a year at home, Nila entered the novitiate at…

Sister Marcella Schrant

Date of Birth: June 17, 1926
Date of Death: September 25, 2021
Age at Death: 95 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 2

Marcella Schrant was born on June 17, 1926, to Henry and Catherine Etzel Schrant. She was the fifth of seven children. Her siblings included: Marie, Louis, Herman, Ralph, Norbert and Virginia. Marcella was born on a farm in Walker, Kan. She was baptized at St. Ann Church in Walker on June 18, 1926. She was…

Sister Margaret Ann Wathen

Date of Birth: November 5, 1909
Date of Death: May 1, 1996
Age at Death: 86 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 32

Elizabeth Beatrice Wathen was born to Linus and Beatrice Gribbon Wathen in Calvary, Ky., on Nov. 5, 1909. She was one of five children, two of whom died in infancy. The mother died when Elizabeth was 9years old, leaving her grief-stricken, as was her father who was left with three small children. Mr. Wathen married…

Sister Margaret Joseph Aull

Date of Birth: March 2, 1922
Date of Death: December 7, 2009
Age at Death: 87 years
Marker Location: Row L No. 39

Margaret Anna was born March 2, 1922, the third child in a family of 15 to Michael Xavier and Mary Pauline Mattingly Aull of Knottsville, Ky.: Theresa Elizabeth, Thomasina, Mary Naomi (Sister Naomi OSU), Mildred (Sister Marie Michael CP). William Guy, Robert Eugene, Joyce Marie, James Leo, Beverly, Joseph Allen, Joseph Harry, and Anne Carolyn. Two children…

Sister Margaret Louise Yates

Date of Birth: June 10, 1910
Date of Death: May 28, 1993
Age at Death: 82 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 49

Born June 10, 1910, to John and Coletta Bowling Yates in Waverly, Ky., Lillian was one of the six Yates children. They were descended from the Maryland settlement on Pottinger Creek. Lillian’s formal education began at Phipps Public School. From second grade through grade 12, she attended St. Peter School in Waverly. In high school,…

Sister Margaret Mary Barrow

Date of Birth: March 17, 1892
Date of Death: November 29, 1972
Age at Death: 80 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 28

Carlene Agatha was born March 17, 1892, the oldest of nine children of Elias and Mary Helen Cosby Barrow of Morganfield, Ky. Later the family moved to St. Joseph and within several more years, they moved to a farm three miles from Owensboro. Carlene received most of her elementary education at the public school on Ford…

Sister Margaret Mary Rodman

Date of Birth: October 12, 1876
Date of Death: August 9, 1901
Age at Death: 24 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 23

Gertrude was born Oct. 12, 1876, the daughter of Richard and Alice Blincoe Rodman of St. Joseph, Ky. She was raised within sight of St. Alphonsus Church and within hearing of the convent bells of Mount Saint Joseph. When she was almost 3 years of age, Gertrude and her mother were present for the funeral…

Sister Margaret Sipes

Date of Birth: September 7, 1907
Date of Death: August 8, 1994
Age at Death: 86 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 49

Martha Delphine — “Mattie” — was born Sept. 7, 1907, the third child of 13, six boys and seven girls. Her parents were Chester Taylor and Leora (Barnes) Sipes of Flaherty, Ky. Living in close daily contact with a group this size was an education in itself. Martha’s first six years of formal education were…

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,…