Sister Susanne Bauer

Date of Birth: October 24, 1933
Date of Death: June 5, 2024
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row M No. 42

Anna Mae Bauer was born on October 24, 1933, the youngest child of George Gustiv and Marie Auberger Bauer of Louisburg, Kan. Her siblings included George, Elizabeth, John, and Tom. A week after she was born, she was baptized at Immaculate Conception Church in Louisburg. Nine years later she was confirmed in the same parish…

Sister Stanislaus Hagan

Date of Birth: October 23, 1891
Date of Death: December 1, 1993
Age at Death: 102 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 3

Frances was born October 23, 1891, the daughter of Horace and Lydia Goodwin Hagan of Owensboro, Ky. She was the middle of seven children who had not been baptized when their father died. He had been baptized but not raised as a Catholic. Their mother, never a Catholic, died a year later. When the oldest…

Sister Sheila Anne Smith

Date of Birth: July 20, 1943
Date of Death: July 5, 2025
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 53

Judith Ann Smith was born on Tuesday, July 20, 1943, in Deshon General Hospital in Butler, Pa. She was the first child born to Arthur Rufus Smith and Ruth Margaret Maley Smith. Three weeks later she was baptized by a U.S. Army Chaplain on August 13, 1934, in Deshon Army Hospital’s Chapel. She began her…

Sister Severia Bowlds

Date of Birth: October 5, 1909
Date of Death: April 6, 1938
Age at Death: 28 years
Marker Location: Row C, No. 6

Born October 5, 1909, in Knottsville, Ky., Eileen was the daughter of Severius and Maude Bowlds Bowlds. She was quite young when the family moved to Rome, Ky., where her father farmed. After finishing grade school, Eileen worked at home and often considered being a sister. She entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph in…

Sister Sebastian Brady

Date of Birth: March 21, 1898
Date of Death: July 24, 1972
Age at Death: 74 years
Marker Location: Row H, No. 30

One of the seven children of Charles and Mary Ellen French Brady, Anna was born March 21, 1898, in Waverly, Ky. She attended public school in Waverly until St. Peter School opened there in 1910, and she was taught by the Ursuline Sisters. Following the early death of Anna’s parents, the three girls were taken…

Sister Sara Marie Gomez

Date of Birth: August 31, 1943
Date of Death: July 24, 2022
Age at Death: 78 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 55

Maria Evelyn Gomez was born on Tuesday, August 31, 1943, in Pagosa Springs, Colo., the first child born to Juan Christobal (Chris) Gomez and Lila Sarah Padilla Gomez. Just a few weeks later, on Sunday, September 19th, Maria Evelyn was baptized into her faith family at Sacred Heart Church in Durango. Over the next years,…

Sister Ruth Mattingly

Date of Birth: September 22, 1935
Date of Death: November 1, 2018
Age at Death: 83 years
Marker Location: Row L No. 48

Frances Ruth Mattingly was born on September 22, 1935, to Joseph George Mattingly and Annie Mae Hall Mattingly of St. Francis, Ky.. She was baptized by Father Fitzgibbon on September 28, 1935, at St. Francis of Assisi in St. Francis. She was confirmed on May 11, 1942, at St. Francis of Assisi by Archbishop Floersh.…

Sister Ruth Agnes Conners

Date of Birth: September 19, 1911
Date of Death: June 17, 1999
Age at Death: 87 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 45

Ruth Elizabeth, eldest of two daughters of William Joseph and Margaret Shanks Conners, was born September 19, 1911, in Louisville, Ky. Her journey of faith began with baptism at St. Paul Church a few days later. Her non-Catholic mother had little patience with the Catholic Church beliefs and practices, so it fell to the father,…

Sister Ruth Ann Essex

Date of Birth: October 5, 1921
Date of Death: January 11, 1991
Age at Death: 69 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 19

It was a day of celebration in New Haven, Ky., when Mary Ruth was born October 5, 1921, to John and Margaret Mattingly Essex. When Mary Ruth was very young, her mother died. Aunts Agnita and Elizabeth Mattingly admitted her into their home. Mary Ruth began her formal education at St. Catherine School in New…

Sister Ruth Helen Flaherty

Date of Birth: May 28, 1913
Date of Death: August 14, 1989
Age at Death: 76 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 46

The first of the nine children of William and Helen Flaherty, Emma Mae was born May 28, 1913, in Concordia, Ky. Her schooling began at Fairview School in Andyville, and continued at St. Theresa School in Rhodelia and St. Martin School in Louisville. For high school Emma Mae went to Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Following…