Sister Mary Barbara Ketzer

Date of Birth: July 4, 1915
Date of Death: March 16, 1996
Age at Death: 80 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 49

Marie was born July 4, 1915, in Rossford, Ohio, the daughter of Frank and Tillie Schilling Ketzer. Her faith life began with her baptism at St. Rose Church, Perrysburg, Ohio. In September 1921, Marie began her formal education at St. Rose School staffed by the Toledo Ursulines. When her grandfather died in 1930, she went to…

Sister Mary Rudina (Rita) Klarer

Date of Birth: January 3, 1926
Date of Death: July 11, 2014
Age at Death: 88 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 50

Mary Rita, one of eight children of Leo Lambert and Rudina Philomena Bauer Klarer, was born in Louisville, Ky., on January 3, 1926. Her faith journey began with baptism at St. Columba Church on January 10. In September of 1931, she began her formal education at St. Columba, staffed by the MSJ Ursulines, where she…

Sister Mary Louise Knott

Date of Birth: September 22, 1929
Date of Death: May 3, 2014
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 57

Mary Louise Knott was born to Proctor and Mary Florence (Thompson) Knott on September 22, 1929, in Browns Valley, Ky. Mary Louise was the fourth child of 12 children but the first girl of the family. Supposedly the Knott family practically lived in the church and school at St. Anthony, Browns Valley. It was in…

Sister Rosalia Knott

Date of Birth: April 2, 1895
Date of Death: November 12, 1978
Age at Death: 83 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 35

Born on April 2, 1895, Alma Genevieve was one of 12 children of Martin and Genevieve Payne Knott of Rome, Ky. She received her education in the public schools of Daviess County. When Alma was 16 she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph and following a 16-month postulancy, she received the Ursuline habit on…

Sister Mary Jamesetta Knott

Date of Birth: March 23, 1925
Date of Death: October 22, 2011
Age at Death: 86 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 44

Mildred Louise, the second child of 11, was born March 23, 1925, at Wilhelmina, Mo., to James Eugene and Virgie Lee Horrell Knott. Her faith journey began with baptism at Sacred Heart Church, Wilhelmina, on March 29, 1925. In August 1930, her formal education began at Wilhelmina Public School and continued through eighth grade there.…

Sister Mary Mercedes Knott

Date of Birth: February 10, 1923
Date of Death: February 21, 2013
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 45

Sister Mary Mercedes, known as Kate, began life’s journey in Knottsville, Ky., when she became the first addition to the new family started by James Eugene and Virgi Lee Horrell Knott. Mary Catherine was born on a wintry Saturday, February 10, 1923. On the first Saturday of March she was baptized at St. William Catholic…

Sister Angela Kohl

Date of Birth: December 4, 1872
Date of Death: May 9, 1950
Age at Death: 77 years
Marker Location: Row H Plot 16

Mary Lelia was born to Peter and Mary Snipes Kohl of Henderson, Kentucky, on December 4, 1872. Following her early education, Lelia came to Mount Saint Joseph Academy in 1888, graduating in the spring of 1893. Her parents were not Catholic, so Mary Lelia had never been baptized. She was aware of their strong prejudice…

Sister Mary Elizabeth Krampe

Date of Birth: June 21, 1918
Date of Death: January 14, 2019
Age at Death: 100 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 22

Mary Elizabeth Krampe was born on June 21, 1918, in Owensboro, Ky. She was the youngest of 12 children of Joseph John Krampe and Elizabeth Bickwermert Krampe. Her brothers and sisters were Joseph, Veronica, William, Leo, Paul, Louis, Frank (who died in infancy), a baby sister who died at birth, Sister Mary Aurea, a Benedictine…

Sister Mary Ann Krampe

Date of Birth: September 17, 1910
Date of Death: July 6, 2002
Age at Death: 91 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 55

Mary Frances, youngest of 13 children of Joseph Anthony and Effie Turner Krampe, was born September 17, 1910, in Browns Valley, Ky. She had a half-sister from her father’s first marriage. Five siblings died in infancy. Mary Frances’ faith journey began the very next day with baptism at St. Anthony Church. Mary Frances began her…

Sister Antoinette Krampe

Date of Birth: August 31, 1896
Date of Death: August 27, 1980
Age at Death: 83 years
Marker Location: Row G, No. 28

Mary Aloysius was born on Aug. 31, 1896, in St. Joseph, Ky., to Joseph and Effie Turner Krampe. At this time her father was overseer at Mount Saint Joseph. She was one of 13 children and when her father found the meager salary he received as overseer insufficient to sustain them, the family moved to…