Sister Mary Otho Abell

Date of Birth: March 30, 1901
Date of Death: April 26, 2000
Age at Death: 99 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 53

Mary William (Willie), ninth child of William Lawrence and Ann Emma Luckett Abell, was born March 30, 1901, at Calvary, Ky. Her faith journey began with baptism on April 10, at Holy Name of Mary Church. Willie’s formal education began at Calvary Public Elementary School in September 1907 where she completed the eighth grade. She…

Sister Marie Bernadette Blanford

Date of Birth: March 30, 1912
Date of Death: July 7, 2000
Age at Death: 88 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 46

Mary Elsie, one of 11 children of Francis Palmer and Mary Daisy Head Blanford, was born March 30, 1912, in Holy Cross, Marion County, Ky. Her faith journey began with baptism at Holy Cross Church, April 8, 1912. Elsie’s formal education began March 30, 1918, at Holy Cross School, staffed by the Ursuline Sisters of…

Sister Frances Ursula Heimes

Date of Birth: April 9, 1916
Date of Death: September 14, 2000
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 45

Agatha, one of 14 children (a set of twins and two other infants died at birth) of Anton and Frances Hochstein Heimes, was born April 9, 1916, in Wynot, Neb. She was one of a set of triplets –Ursula, Agatha and Victor. They began their faith journey with baptism on April 12th. She completed elementary…

Sister Ann Elizabeth Busam

Date of Birth: September 29, 1919
Date of Death: October 13, 2000
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row G, Plot 54

Ann Elizabeth, the fourth child of seven, was born to Michael Lawrence and Catherine Clarke Busam in Greenwood, Mississippi on September 29, 1919. (Two babies died in infancy). Ann began her faith journey with baptism at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Greenwood, on October 19. In September of 1925, Ann entered Davis Elementary…

Sister Mary Denise Brown

Date of Birth: June 30, 1914
Date of Death: December 23, 2000
Age at Death: 86 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 53

Cora Teresa, the oldest daughter of John Young and Viola Osborne Brown, was born June 30, 1914, on a farm in Hardin County just over the county line from Flaherty, Ky. She began her faith journey with baptism on August 1, 1914, at St. Martin of Tours Church. As a child, Cora Teresa loved the…

Sister Jane Frances Donahue

Date of Birth: June 14, 1903
Date of Death: February 11, 2001
Age at Death: 97 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 55

Barbara Ruth, one of 10 children of John Webb and Frances Beatrice Clark Donahue, was born June 14, 1903, at Holy Cross, Ky. She was baptized soon after birth. The baptism was solemnized at the parish church on June 27, 1903. The family lived on a large farm in Marion County. In June 1908, Barbara…

Sister Mary Damien Abell

Date of Birth: August 23, 1910
Date of Death: March 22, 2001
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 55

Mildred, daughter of Henry Frank and Elizabeth Adelade Spalding Abell, was born August 23, 1910, near Elizabethtown, Ky. Mildred was next to the youngest of six children of her father’s second marriage. When Mildred was 3 years old, her mother died giving birth to a baby boy named Richard. The baby also died. Mildred’s formal education…

Sister Mary Corda Carrico

Date of Birth: March 25, 1922
Date of Death: April 20, 2001
Age at Death: 79 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 54

Maxine Catherine was born on March 25, 1922, in Manton, Ky., the tenth child of 12 children in the family of Joseph Booth and Alma Austin Bell Carrico. When she was 5 years old, she started at the public school in Manton. Maxine spent her high school years at Holy Trinity in Fredericktown. The Ursuline…

Sister Mary Bernice Uhing

Date of Birth: October 23, 1916
Date of Death: July 13, 2001
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 54

Alma Anne Marie Uhing, the oldest of five children, was born Oct. 23, 1916, to Herman Joseph and Anne Marie Promes Uhing, on a farm near Bow Valley, Neb. Alma had one sister and three brothers. She was baptized at Sts. Peter and Paul Church, October 26, 1916. The Uhings were a happy family. Education…

Sister Mary Janette Bowling

Date of Birth: October 30, 1917
Date of Death: October 8, 2001
Age at Death: 83 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 54

Mary Janette, the oldest of seven children of James Nicholas and Mary Irene Boone Bowling, was born October 30, 1917, in New Haven, Ky. On November 3, 1917, she began her faith journey with baptism at St. Catherine Church. The family’s strong beliefs came from ancestors Thomas and Anna Bowling who were among the first…