Sister Mary Rose Lindauer

Date of Birth: March 18, 1915
Date of Death: February 24, 1990
Age at Death: 74 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 14

Mary Rose was born March 18, 1915, the daughter of John and Betty Husk Lindauer, a German family who lived in Newman, Ky. Her formal education began at St. Peter of Alcantara School in Stanley. She continued there through her graduation from high school. Mary Rose spent several years in the business world of Owensboro.…

Sister Theresa Ann Legeay

Date of Birth: April 5, 1925
Date of Death: September 2, 1996
Age at Death: 71 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 2

Suzanne, one of six children (three of whom died in childhood) of August and Theresa Kirchoff Legeay, Paducah, Ky., was born April 5, 1925. Her faith journey began at St. Francis de Sales Church on April 19. Her father died when Suzanne was only 5 years old. Her mother worked to support the family, Suzanne’s…

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 Joan Marie Lechner

Date of Birth: August 25, 1913
Date of Death: October 6, 1975
Age at Death: 62 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 41

Grace was born Aug. 25, 1913, the daughter of John George and Anna Tongish Lechner of Nebraska City, Neb. She graduated from St. Bernard Academy in Nebraska City in 1931. Grace entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph and on August 14, 1934, she received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Joan Marie. Sister…

Sister Johanna Lechner

Date of Birth: September 15, 1910
Date of Death: July 21, 1978
Age at Death: 67 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 36

The daughter of John and Mary Tongish Lechner, Leona was born Sept. 15, 1910, in Nebraska City, Neb. Her formal education began in a public school where she stayed for the first three grades. Leona then attended St. Bernard Academy where the Madames of the Sacred Heart taught her through the remainder of grade school.…

Sister Mercedes Ann Leake

Date of Birth: October 23, 1909
Date of Death: October 11, 1969
Age at Death: 59 years
Marker Location: Row C 40

The daughter of Joseph and Agnes Goete Leake, Mercedes was born October 23, 1909, in Raywick, Ky. When 16 years of age, she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. Following a six-month postulancy, Mercedes received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Mercedes Ann on March 19, 1927. In 1931, Sister Mercedes Ann was…

Sister Rita Lavigne

Date of Birth: August 2, 1922
Date of Death: September 17, 2015
Age at Death: 93 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 6

Rita, one of two children of Harry Lavigne and Elizabeth Bestgen, was born on August 2, 1922, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. She was a “home girl,” staying in her home parish of Assumption Church in Topeka from the time she was born until she entered the convent. She was baptized there on…

Sister Callista Langan

Date of Birth: November 6, 1896
Date of Death: May 6, 1976
Age at Death: 79 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 39

Nora was born Nov. 6, 1896, in Louisville, Ky., to James and Mary Marron Langan. She was 7 years old when her mother died. Her father was in the armed forces and was unable to care for his two daughters as he thought best. His sister, Mary Langan Clark, took them to Greenwood, Miss., to…

Sister Annalita Lancaster

Date of Birth: February 7, 1923
Date of Death: December 9, 2014
Age at Death: 91 years
Marker Location: Row G Plot 8

Rita Bernadette was born the third child in what would be a family of eight children on February 7, 1923 to Joshua and Anna Magdalene Lancaster from Meade County, Ky. When Rita turned six, she enjoyed her journeys to the Woodland School. When the rural schools were consolidated, Ursuline Sister Jamesina became Rita’s teacher. So…

Sister Mary Andrew Lamkin

Date of Birth: December 10, 1897
Date of Death: May 16, 1983
Age at Death: 85 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 1

Catherine was born Dec. 10, 1897, one of 11 children born to Thomas and Mattie Bickett Lamkin of Raywick, Ky. The children received religious instruction from their parents. Catherine’s formal education began with the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth who were teaching at St. Francis Xavier School in Raywick. When the Sisters of Charity left…