Sister Therese Martin Mattingly

Date of Birth: March 12, 1907
Date of Death: October 20, 2001
Age at Death: 94 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 47

On March 12, 1907, during a terrible electrical storm, Mary Alice was born in Loretto, Ky., to Hugh Bernard and Mary Lila Lyon Mattingly, the second of five children. She began her faith journey with baptism on March 17, 1907, at St. Francis of Assisi Church. Soon after this, the family moved from Loretto to…

Sister Jean Catherine Purdy

Date of Birth: December 6, 1908
Date of Death: November 11, 2001
Age at Death: 92 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 46

Anna Rose, the youngest of eight children of John Thomas and Mary Catherine Byrne Purdy, was born December 6, 1908, on a farm near Curdsville, Ky. Her faith journey began with baptism at St. Elizabeth Church on December 13, 1908. The Purdy family were strict Catholics. The four daughters all became Ursulines: Sister Mary Ephrem,…

Sister Ancilla Marie Warren

Date of Birth: September 18, 1913
Date of Death: January 5, 2002
Age at Death: 88 years
Marker Location: Row A Plot 28

Edgar and Loretta Stallings Warren, of St. Joseph, Kentucky, were delighted to welcome a baby girl, Thelma Rosina, on September 18, 1913. She joined two older sisters and three brothers. When Thelma was less than two years old, her family moved to Waterflow, New Mexico, in search of a healthier climate for her mother. In…

Sister Mary Raymond Smith

Date of Birth: September 8, 1899
Date of Death: February 20, 2002
Age at Death: 102 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 33

Della, one of eight children of Joseph Matthew and Anna Marie Logsdon Smith, was born September 8, 1899 at Springfield, Ky. Her faith journey began with baptism at St. Rose Church on October 10, 1899. Her mother died when Della was 13 years old, and as the older children were grown and settled, only the…

Sister Mary Ann Krampe

Date of Birth: September 17, 1910
Date of Death: July 6, 2002
Age at Death: 91 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 55

Mary Frances, youngest of 13 children of Joseph Anthony and Effie Turner Krampe, was born September 17, 1910, in Browns Valley, Ky. She had a half-sister from her father’s first marriage. Five siblings died in infancy. Mary Frances’ faith journey began the very next day with baptism at St. Anthony Church. Mary Frances began her…

Sister Helen Marie Pfohl

Date of Birth: November 4, 1911
Date of Death: August 21, 2002
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 54

Margie Elizabeth, one of four children of William Butler and Mary Ellen Livers Pfohl, was born November 4, 1911, in Uniontown, Ky. Her faith journey began with baptism at St. Agnes Church on the very next day for there was some doubt that she would survive. Her mother died of diphtheria when Elizabeth was only…

Sister Agnes Leo Newton

Date of Birth: June 2, 1911
Date of Death: August 22, 2002
Age at Death: 91 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 56

Mary Marcella, one of eight children of Joseph Lawrence and Alice Hughes Newton, was born at Manton, Ky. on June 6, 1911. Her faith journey began with baptism at Holy Rosary Church, Manton, on September 2. Her mother died when Marcella was only six years old, and an older sister, Golda, quit school to take…

Sister Georgetta Higdon

Date of Birth: June 2, 1907
Date of Death: December 20, 2002
Age at Death: 95 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 56

Cecelia Higdon was the oldest of 10 children born to Lawrence Henson and Mary Rose Coomes Higdon. She was born on June 2, 1907, in a log house in St. Lawrence, Ky. When about 3 years old, Cecilia was struck by lightning and temporarily blinded. Throughout her entire life, she relived that trauma during thunderstorms…

Sister Mary Henry Russell

Date of Birth: May 29, 1916
Date of Death: January 3, 2003
Age at Death: 86 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 43

Sarah Frances Russell, the tenth child of 11, was born May 29, 1916, to Frank William and Mary Josephine Blanford Russell of Louisville. She began her formal education at St. Brigid Elementary School staffed by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. She continued there until she completed grade eight. She then attended Our Lady of…

Sister Mary Leon Riney

Date of Birth: February 25, 1919
Date of Death: January 28, 2003
Age at Death: 83 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 34

Ruth Helen, the third child of 11 born to Thomas Leon and Irmine Mulligan Riney, was born February 25, 1919, at St. Joseph, Ky. As the oldest daughter, she assumed much responsibility for her younger brothers and sisters. Ruth’s formal education began at St. Alphonsus School in September 1925 where she commuted daily with her two…