Sister Frances Miriam Spalding

Date of Birth: October 21, 1918
Date of Death: May 9, 2013
Age at Death: 94 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 57

Elizabeth Theresa, the fifth of seven children of John Collins and Elizabeth Esther Beavin Spalding, was born in Bardstown, Ky., on October 21, 1918. She began her journey with baptism at St. Thomas Church five days later. The Spalding home was dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and all the family names were entered…

Sister Mary Mercedes Knott

Date of Birth: February 10, 1923
Date of Death: February 21, 2013
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 45

Sister Mary Mercedes, known as Kate, began life’s journey in Knottsville, Ky., when she became the first addition to the new family started by James Eugene and Virgi Lee Horrell Knott. Mary Catherine was born on a wintry Saturday, February 10, 1923. On the first Saturday of March she was baptized at St. William Catholic…

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 Jean Richard Stukenholtz

Date of Birth: May 7, 1923
Date of Death: September 8, 2012
Age at Death: 89 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 53

In a small town of Julian, Neb., just south of Nebraska City, on Monday, May 7, 1923, Fern Ella was born to Rollan Frederick and Walburga Ann Wirth Stukenholtz. Fern Ella soon became just Fern, joining her older sister, Rose. On Sunday, May 25, Fern Ella was baptized into her faith at Saint Mary Church…

Sister Rita Redmond

Date of Birth: September 9, 1930
Date of Death: September 3, 2012
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 58

Rita Ruth Redmond was born on September 9, 1930, in Fort Scott, Kan., the only child of William Alphonsus and Josephine Therese Gees Redmond. Rita’s baptism took place on October 12 at St. Patrick Church in Walnut, Kan. Joseph E. Dave and Dorothy Gees were her godparents. She was confirmed when she was 9 in…

Sister Rose Theresa Johnson

Date of Birth: March 10, 1931
Date of Death: August 10, 2012
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 48

Lucy Mae, the middle child of 13 children, (11 girls and 2 boys) was born on a farm near St. Lawrence (Ky.) Church to David Damien and Catherine Morris Johnson on March 10, 1931. She was baptized in St. Lawrence Church on April 12, 1931, and was confirmed there, taking the name Hortense, on May…

Sister Mary Virginia Sturlich

Date of Birth: March 25, 1916
Date of Death: May 9, 2012
Age at Death: 96 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 59

Katherine Sturlich was the first of four daughters born to Joseph and Mary Sturlich on March 25, 1916, in Kansas City, Kan. Three other sisters (Ann, Agnes and Mary) were also born into the Sturlich family. Their mother died when Katherine was 9 years old. Katherine (or “Katie”) helped her father raise his daughters. Mr. Sturlich…

Sister Lennora Carrico

Date of Birth: December 8, 1915
Date of Death: May 4, 2012
Age at Death: 96 years
Marker Location: Row L No. 43

A baby girl, named Mary Lucian, was born to Thomas Aubrey and Mary Edna Carrico Carrico on December 8, 1915, in Fancy, Ky. Mary Lou was the oldest of seven children born to Aubrey and Mae, as her mother was called: Ruth, Lenna and Ruddy are deceased. Dot, Anna, and Bob survive. Mary Lou attended…

Sister Helen Ann Stuart

Date of Birth: May 25, 1922
Date of Death: April 15, 2012
Age at Death: 89 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 46

Mary Rita was born May 25, 1922, in Daviess County, Ky., the second of five children of Joseph Alexander (Jr.) and Minnie Catherine Ballard Stuart. She grew up in a religious family where prayer, the Mass and the Sacraments were an important part of family life. She first learned the love of God from her…

Sister Robert Ann Wheatley

Date of Birth: December 6, 1920
Date of Death: April 8, 2012
Age at Death: 91 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 58

Sister Robert Ann began her life of pilgrim journeying as Mary Ester Virginia Wheatley, joining the family of Wheatleys who arrived in Breckinridge County, Ky., in 1791— the first Catholics in the Breckinridge Hills. Ester was born on Monday December 6, 1920, the fifth child born to Robert E. and Mary Anna Beavin Wheatley, in…