Sister Mary Bartholene Warren

Date of Birth: February 10, 1903
Date of Death: April 13, 2005
Age at Death: 102 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 45

John Barton and Georgia Ann Thompson Warren of Marion County, Ky., welcomed Mary Hester, their sixth child, on Feb. 3, 1903. The family would eventually include five girls and four boys. Mary Hester began her elementary education in the Marion County Public Schools. She graduated from high school at Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Mary Hester…

Sister Charles Asa Williams

Date of Birth: June 7, 1902
Date of Death: June 5, 2005
Age at Death: 102 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 41

Jessie Martine, sixth of eight children of William Asa and Catherine Stengell Williams, was born on June 7, 1902 in Owensboro, Kentucky. Her faith journey began with baptism by Father Edward S. Fitzgerald at St. Paul Church on June 29, 1902. Her formal education began in 1909 at St. Frances Academy, Owensboro. After one semester…

Sister Mary Victor Rogers

Date of Birth: February 3, 1921
Date of Death: June 15, 2005
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 35

Agnes Evelyn was born February 3, 1921, to William Thomas and Mary Otto “Mame” Dugan Rogers, near Bardstown, Ky. She was the youngest of nine children, six brothers and two sisters. Six weeks after her birth, Agnes Evelyn’s mother died and her father followed four years later. Baby Agnes Evelyn went to live with her…

Sister Martin Gertrude Mattingly

Date of Birth: November 21, 1907
Date of Death: September 18, 2005
Age at Death: 97 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 34

Stella Mae was born November 21, 1907, in Knottsville, Ky., to Martin Spalding and Sarah Gertrude Bowlds Mattingly. She was one of 11 children. There were seven girls and four boys. Her life as a daughter of God began with baptism at St. William Church. Her schooling began at St. William followed by years at…

Sister Mary Emily Whelan

Date of Birth: August 16, 1918
Date of Death: August 26, 2006
Age at Death: 88 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 42

Mary Emily, the youngest of nine children born to Nicholas Leake and Mary Adelaide Boone Whelan of Howardstown, Ky., was born August 16, 1918. She was baptized August 17 at their parish church, St. Ann. She received both her grade school and high school education at St. Ann School, taught by the Ursuline Sisters of…

Sister Bertha Marie Nally

Date of Birth: March 30, 1921
Date of Death: October 6, 2006
Age at Death: 85 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 49

Susan Elizabeth (Sue) was born March 30, 1921, the daughter of Joseph Warren and Bertha Mary Hite Nally of Springfield, Kentucky. She was the seventh of eight children — six brothers and one sister. She was baptized at St. Rose Church in Springfield. The Nally home was full of love and faithfulness to the Catholic…

Sister Mary Beatrice Donahue

Date of Birth: February 11, 1910
Date of Death: October 15, 2006
Age at Death: 96 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 43

Mary Fidelma was born on Feb. 11, 1910, to John Webb and Frances Beatrice Clark Donahue, of Holy Cross, Ky., the fifth in a family of 10 children. In her biography, Fidelma writes about the beauties of her home life: morning and evening prayer, her mother reading stories and her father teaching them nursery rhymes…

Sister Martha Ann Cargile

Date of Birth: January 26, 1915
Date of Death: October 17, 2006
Age at Death: 91 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 46

Martha Harris was born January 26, 1915, one of three children born to Harris Stites and Mary Martha Higginson Cargile in Dixon, Ky. She was baptized at St. Ann Church, Morganfield, on March 12, 1915, and received the sacrament of Confirmation on March 18,1934, in the chapel of Mount Saint Joseph. Beginning in 1920, Martha…

Sister Mary Carolita Young

Date of Birth: April 10, 1913
Date of Death: November 29, 2006
Age at Death: 93 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 51

A daughter was born to Lorenzo Carroll Young and his second wife, Loretta Higdon, on April 10, 1913, in their home near St. Mary, Kentucky. She was named Mary Estelle after her father’s first wife, Mary Estelle Craycroft. Marie, her father’s daughter by his first wife, came to live with the family when Mary Estelle…

Sister Mildred Barr

Date of Birth: July 4, 1921
Date of Death: December 12, 2006
Age at Death: 85 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 55

Mildred, born July 4, 1921, was the daughter of William Garret and Ruth Cecilia Payne Ban — who cared for their 15 children (eight boys and seven girls) with loving care and guidance in a faith-filled Catholic home in Livermore, Ky. Mildred lived with her grandparents at Browns Valley to enter the first grade at…