Sister Joseph Cecelia Muller

Date of Birth: March 2, 1923
Date of Death: March 17, 2003
Age at Death: 80 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 40

Mary Rose Patricia Ann Muller was born March 2, 1923, in Louisville, Ky. She was the only daughter among four sons of Joseph Nicholas and Cecelia Aloysius Ballman Muller. Her home life was special as the family spent time together making candy, playing cards and listening to good music. In 1929, Patricia attended Hazelwood Elementary…

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 Joseph Lawrence Speak

Date of Birth: December 11, 1906
Date of Death: October 14, 1962
Age at Death: 55 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 29

The daughter of Lawrence and Appolonia Rhodes Speak, Mary Joseph was born Dec. 11, 1906, in Irvington, Ky. She received her elementary and secondary education at St. Romuald School in Hardinsburg. Mary Joseph graduated from there in 1925, and nearly two years later she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. On August 15, 1927,…

Sister Joseph Volk Newton

Date of Birth: November 1, 1907
Date of Death: October 3, 1989
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 46

Born in Manton, Ky., on Nov. 1, 1907, Ada was the daughter of Joseph and Alice Hughes Newton and was one of eight children. Her formal education began in two Marion County schools, Gandertown and Nalton. The family moved to Flaherty, Ky., and the children enrolled at St. Martin School in Flaherty. Ada attended Mount…

Sister Joseph Marian Logsdon

Date of Birth: November 14, 1914
Date of Death: November 3, 1992
Age at Death: 77 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 9

Born at St. Mary, Ky., on Nov. 14, 1914, Gonzaga was the daughter of Herman and Susan Thompson Logsdon, one of 13 children. When she was 5 years old, the family moved to Chicago, Ky. Gonzaga attended St Francis of Assisi School, St. Charles School, and Loretto School for her elementary education. For her secondary…

Sister Joseph Mark Hayden

Date of Birth: May 17, 1909
Date of Death: July 25, 2003
Age at Death: 94 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 42

Mildred Catherine, one of 11 children, was born on a farm near Fancy Farm, Ky., to John Joseph and Allie Courtney Hayden on May 17, 1909. Her faith journey began on June 7 with baptism at St. Jerome Church, Fancy Farm. Mildred’s mother died when the child was only 11 years old, so early in…

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 Johanna Froeba

Date of Birth: May 30, 1829
Date of Death: April 6, 1909
Age at Death: 79 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 25

Cunigunda was the daughter of Johann and Cunigunda Fröba (Froeba). She was born May 30, 1829, in Buchbach, Ludwigstadt, Ober-Franken, Germany. In the early 1850s, she came from Buchbach to Louisville, Ky., to live with her brothers on Madison Street. Their home was across the street from the home of Henry and Katrina Bloemer, the…

Sister Joetta Mattingly

Date of Birth: August 24, 1901
Date of Death: January 11, 1981
Age at Death: 79 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 31

Myrtle was born Aug. 24, 1901, the daughter of Monroe and Alice Bennett Mattingly of Loretto, Ky. She was baptized, received her First Communion and was confirmed at St. Francis of Assisi Church in nearby Chicago. Her mother died and her father remarried when she was a small child. She attended Mills Public School at…

Sister Joan Brown

Date of Birth: December 25, 1905
Date of Death: December 15, 1991
Age at Death: 85 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 48

Catherine was born on Christmas day 1905, the fourth of seven children born to Julian and Elizabeth Mattingly Brown at Cloverport, Ky. She received her early schooling at the Cloverport Public School, then attended St. Rose School opened by the Ursuline Sisters in 1916. Her high school years were spent at Bethlehem Academy in St.…