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 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 Clarentia Hutchins

Date of Birth: March 16, 1920
Date of Death: November 5, 2014
Age at Death: 94 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 58

Mary Clarentia was born on March 16, 1920, to Johanna Sutton Hutchins and Joseph Bernard Hutchins, of Louisville, Ky. She had two brothers Xavier, called X, and Henry. Her parents took Mary Clarentia, only five days old, to St. Patrick Church to be baptized. Mary Clarentia attended St. Patrick School and later St. Brigid School…

Sister Jean Madeline Peake

Date of Birth: July 22, 1915
Date of Death: October 23, 2014
Age at Death: 99 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 49

Mary Wilbie, the only child of John and Nettie Medley Peake, was born July 22, 1915, at Holy Cross, Ky. Her faith journey began with baptism at Holy Cross Church on September 14. When she was only two months old, her father died, and she and her mother moved in with her mother’ parents. Seven…

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 Joseph Clara Johnson

Date of Birth: February 22, 1948
Date of Death: June 12, 2014
Age at Death: 66 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 50

It was on February 22, 1948, at Daviess County Hospital in Owensboro that Clara Alice was born to Ruth Agnes Higdon Johnson and Justin Aloysius Johnson, the fourth of 10 children. Her parents took her to St. Columba, Lewisport, Ky., one week after her birth to have her baptized and become a member of the…

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 Jean Gertrude Mudd

Date of Birth: August 21, 1921
Date of Death: October 13, 2013
Age at Death: 92 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 50

On Sunday, August 21, 1921, Frances Vivian Mudd was the second daughter born to Xavier Eugene and Pearl Gertrude Mudd in Fredericktown, Ky. Almost three weeks later on Thursday, September 9, she received her full name – Mary Frances Vivian Mudd – at her baptism at Holy Trinity Church. She would be known as Vivian.…

Sister Mary Renee Monaghan

Date of Birth: May 18, 1929
Date of Death: August 30, 2013
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 49

On May 18, 1929, Patricia Jean Monaghan became the fifth child born to John William and Mary Louise Monaghan, in Central City, Ky. Pat – or Patty Jean – joined one brother and three sisters in the growing Monaghan family. As the years followed, the Monaghan family grew to include seven daughters and three sons.…

Sister Francis Joseph Porter

Date of Birth: June 29, 1934
Date of Death: July 7, 2013
Age at Death: 79 years
Marker Location: Row L No. 45

Inza Marie was the daughter of Joseph and Frances Porter of Owensboro, Ky. Her early education was in and around the Owensboro area, including Blessed Mother School, St. Peter in Stanley school and St. Frances Academy and eventually Catholic High in Owensboro. During the 1950s and early 1960s Inza attended Bresica College and Catherine Spalding…