Sister Mary Patrick McDonagh

Date of Birth: August 12, 1930
Date of Death: December 28, 2020
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row L No. 50

Ann (Annie) McDonagh was born on August 12, 1930, the tenth child of a family of 11 children born to John and Bridget Collins McDonagh in Trienbawn, Ireland. Her siblings included Mary, Julia, Michael, Delia, Sarah, Willie, Sister Frances, Eileen and Father Jarlath. Her parents owned a small farm of about 40 acres in County…

Sister Frances McDonagh

Date of Birth: September 18, 1924
Date of Death: November 22, 2011
Age at Death: 87 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 2

Nora was born Sept. 18, 1924, to John and Bridget Collins McDonagh in the village of Trienbawn, County Galway, Ireland. She was the eighth child in a family of 11. Mary, the oldest, was born in 1910, then Julia, Michael, Delia, Sara, Maragret, Willie, Nora (Sister Frances), Eileen, Annie (Sister Mary Patrick), and John, who…

Sister Charles Catherine Medley

Date of Birth: August 16, 1914
Date of Death: February 14, 2000
Age at Death: 85 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 53

Marguerite, the oldest of ten children (two of whom died in infancy) was born to Albert Wesley and Catherine Lee Blandford Medley on August 16, 1914 at Holy Cross, Kentucky. Her formal education began September 1920, at Holy Cross School where she spent all 12 years of elementary and secondary education. On September 7, 1932,…

Sister Miram Medley

Date of Birth: April 23, 1919
Date of Death: November 26, 2012
Age at Death: 93 years
Marker Location: Row L No. 44

It was just after Easter Sunday, on Wednesday the Octave of Easter, April 23, 1919, that the fourth little girl was born to the family of Albert Wesley and Catherine Lee Blandford Medley in Loretto, Ky. Ten days later, May 3, the worshipping community of Holy Cross Church was enriched by the addition of one…

Sister Etheldreda Melbourne

Date of Birth: May 31, 1872
Date of Death: December 28, 1923
Age at Death: 51 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 21

Born May 31, 1872, in Union County, Ky., Mary Ellen was the daughter of William Thomas and Ann Pulcharia Wathen Pike Melbourne. The Wathen family was one of that county’s oldest Catholic families. Mary Ellen was a first cousin to Mother Aloysius Willett and Sister Mercedes Wathen. Mary Ellen attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy during…

Sister Francis Xavier Miles

Date of Birth: July 19, 1901
Date of Death: October 18, 1989
Age at Death: 88 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 46

Born in Raywick, Ky., on July 19, 1901, Catherine was the daughter of Milburn and Anna Bartley Miles. Before the Ursuline Sisters opened St. Francis Xavier School in Raywick, Catherine attended public school in Marion County. After she finished the eighth grade at St. Francis Xavier School, she kept house for the Sisters at Raywick…

Sister Mary Jovita Milner

Date of Birth: January 15, 1921
Date of Death: August 24, 2010
Age at Death: 89 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 56

Mary Teresa was born in Plattsville, Colo., on Jan. 15, 1921, the second child of James and Mary Collard Milner. Teresa joined an older sister, Rita, and was followed by brothers James, Stanley and her baby sister, Marcella Ann. The Milner family returned to Kentucky where Teresa completed elementary school in Clarkson, and the first…

Sister Wendelin Milton

Date of Birth: October 13, 1913
Date of Death: July 1, 1977
Age at Death: 63 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 39

Born October 13, 1913, in Holy Cross, Ky., Elsie was the daughter of William and Ollie Reid Milton. The seven children of the Milton family were cared for single-handedly by their mother following the tragic death of their father. Elsie and her siblings attended school in a public school until Father Jolly Paschal Hayden had…

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 Rose Emma Monaghan

Date of Birth: April 14, 1915
Date of Death: December 27, 2008
Age at Death: 93 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 48

Rose Emma’s earthly journey began on April 14, 1915, at home in Percival, Iowa, as the sixth child of Thomas and Rose Emma Monaghan’s 11 children: seven sons Ed, Frank, Tom, Charles, Jerry, William (killed in WWII) and Leo; and, four daughters, Catherine, Mary, Alyce and Rose Emma, who was born with a congenital dislocated…