Sister Mary Praxedes Spalding

Date of Birth: November 15, 1912
Date of Death: February 25, 1997
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 52

Mary Praxedes, one of four children of Mark and Cora Lula (Spalding) Spalding, was born November 15, 1912, in Calvary, Ky. Her faith journey began with baptism two days later at Holy Name of Mary Church. In September 1919, Praxedes began her formal education at Pine Hill College, a one-room school near Calvary. Later she…

Sister Mary Leander Burch

Date of Birth: April 24, 1906
Date of Death: April 30, 1997
Age at Death: 91 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 26

Ora Agnes, one of seven children of Paul and Ida Mills Mattingly, was born on April 24, 1906, in Paynesville, Ky. Her faith journey began with her baptism at St. Mary Magdalen of Pazzi Church, Paynesville. Her formal education began at St. Philip Neri School, Louisville. Ky., but the family moved to Bloomington, Ill., for…

Sister Joseph Carmel Redmon

Date of Birth: November 27, 1915
Date of Death: September 2, 1997
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 51

Roberta Catherine, one of 12 children of Columbus and Idell Ritchie Redmon, was born November 27, 1915 in Flaherty, Ky. Her faith journey began January 21, 1916, with baptism at St. Martin of Tours Church, Flaherty. In September 1922, Roberta began her formal education at St. Martin Elementary School, staffed by the Ursuline Sisters, where…

Sister Eudocia Mudd

Date of Birth: November 2, 1903
Date of Death: September 12, 1997
Age at Death: 93 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 40

Eudocia, one of the children of James A. and Virginia Hamilton Mudd, was born November 3, 1903, at Lebanon, Ky. Her faith journey began with baptism at St. Charles Church on November 8. Her formal education began in September 1910 at St. Charles Elementary School, St. Mary, Ky. She attended St. Charles High during the first…

Sister Mary Pierre Brady

Date of Birth: March 11, 1901
Date of Death: October 25, 1997
Age at Death: 96 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 51

Mary Genevieve, one of seven children of Charles and Mary Ellen French Brady, was born March 11, 1901, in Waverly, Ky. Her faith journey began with baptism at St. Agnes Church, Uniontown, on May 1. Her mother and father both died of flu only four days apart in March 1908, leaving a family of children between…

Sister Joseph Therese Thompson

Date of Birth: September 4, 1905
Date of Death: December 10, 1997
Age at Death: 92 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 1

Mary Martina, one of 10 children of William Francis and Serena (Thompson) Thompson, was born September 4, 1905, in Loretto, Ky. Her faith journey began with baptism at St. Francis of Assisi Church, St. Francis, Ky., on September 10. Her formal education began at Loretto Public School in September 1911, and she remained there to…

Sister Mary Edgar Warren

Date of Birth: August 17, 1918
Date of Death: December 20, 1997
Age at Death: 79 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 1

Mary Beatrice, the eighth of 11 children, was born August 17, 1918, to Thomas Edgar and Mary Loretta Stallings Warren. She was baptized in Sacred Heart Church at Waterflow, N.M. Her formal education began in September 1924 at Sacred Heart Academy and continued there until the family moved to Yellow Jacket, Colo., where she completed…

Sister Marie Claire Davis

Date of Birth: April 23, 1918
Date of Death: January 29, 1998
Age at Death: 79 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 53

Anna Mildred, one of nine children of William Weston and Clara Frances Fuerst Davis, was born April 23, 1918, in Owensboro, Ky. Her faith journey began May 5, 1918, at St. Joseph Church, Owensboro. Mildred’s formal education began in September 1924 at St. Joseph School, Owensboro, and continued there through graduation from high school in…

Sister Jean Claire Ballard

Date of Birth: September 11, 1912
Date of Death: February 15, 1998
Age at Death: 85 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 53

Wilhelmina Clara, one of five children born to Ernest E. and Nora Ballard Downs, was born September 11, 1912, in Louisville, Ky. Her faith journey began September 22, 1912, with baptism at St. William Church, Louisville. Clara was only a few days old when her mother died. Uncle John and Aunt Sara Downs Ballard took…

Sister Sylvia Mary Bowlds

Date of Birth: July 7, 1911
Date of Death: August 5, 1998
Age at Death: 87 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 52

Frances Camilla, the oldest of seven children of James Richard and Ann Isabel Payne Bowlds, was born at Knottsville, Ky., on July 7, 1911. Her faith journey began with baptism at St. William Church on August 4, 1911. Camilla’s formal education began in September 1917 at St. William School, staffed by the MSJ Ursulines. When…