Sister Mary Dolorita Robinson

Date of Birth: January 13, 1923
Date of Death: March 23, 2011
Age at Death: 88 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 48

Mary Dolores (Dola) was born January 13, 1923, in the small rural community of Little Saint Joseph in Marion County, Ky., the eighth of nine children to William Spalding and Lallie Marie Thomas Robinson. At age 2, her mother died. Shortly afterward the family moved to St. Mary, Ky. In 1929, her father married a kind…

Sister Mary Jamesetta Knott

Date of Birth: March 23, 1925
Date of Death: October 22, 2011
Age at Death: 86 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 44

Mildred Louise, the second child of 11, was born March 23, 1925, at Wilhelmina, Mo., to James Eugene and Virgie Lee Horrell Knott. Her faith journey began with baptism at Sacred Heart Church, Wilhelmina, on March 29, 1925. In August 1930, her formal education began at Wilhelmina Public School and continued through eighth grade there.…

Sister Mary Gesine Sherron

Date of Birth: November 17, 1898
Date of Death: June 28, 1950
Age at Death: 51 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 15

Born Nov. 17, 1898, to Denis and Mary Ryan Sherron, Catherine was one of 11 children. This family lived in McQuady, Ky., and Catherine grew up there when Father John Francis Knue was pastor. Catherine and her younger sister, Mary, traveled by horse and buggy to the Church of St. Mary of the Woods where…

Sister Mary Evelyn Duvall

Date of Birth: September 8, 1922
Date of Death: April 26, 2011
Age at Death: 88 years
Marker Location: Row L No. 41

On a late summer Friday, September 8, 1922, in rural Sunfish, Ky., Mary Evelyn was born to James Tilford (T.J.) and Mary Bennie Duvall, their third daughter and fourth child. She was baptized on Sunday, October 29 at St. John the Evangelist Church in Sunfish. Over the next decade the Duvall family would grow to include 14…

Sister Mary Jovita Milner

Date of Birth: January 15, 1921
Date of Death: August 24, 2010
Age at Death: 89 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 56

Mary Teresa was born in Plattsville, Colo., on Jan. 15, 1921, the second child of James and Mary Collard Milner. Teresa joined an older sister, Rita, and was followed by brothers James, Stanley and her baby sister, Marcella Ann. The Milner family returned to Kentucky where Teresa completed elementary school in Clarkson, and the first…

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 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 Mary Justina Heimann

Date of Birth: January 23, 1916
Date of Death: March 24, 2000
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 53

Gertrude Catherine, the fifth of seven children of Peter Louis and Matilda “Tillie” Grauel Heimann, was born at Hikes Point, Jeffersontown, Ky., on January 23, 1916. Her faith journey began at St. Edward Church, Jeffersontown, on January 30, 1916. Gertrude’s formal education began at St. Edward Elementary School in September 1922. She completed eight…

Sister Mary Leander Burch

Date of Birth: April 24, 1906
Date of Death: April 30, 1997
Age at Death: 91 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 26

Ora Agnes, one of seven children of Paul and Ida Mills Mattingly, was born on April 24, 1906, in Paynesville, Ky. Her faith journey began with her baptism at St. Mary Magdalen of Pazzi Church, Paynesville. Her formal education began at St. Philip Neri School, Louisville. Ky., but the family moved to Bloomington, Ill., for…

Sister Mary Agnes O’Flynn

Date of Birth: July 24, 1872
Date of Death: July 14, 1947
Age at Death: 74 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 16

Born in Owensboro, Ky., on July 24, 1872, Mary Frances was the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Coomes O’Flynn. She attended grade school at St. Frances Academy in Owensboro, then she attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy for her high school. Following her graduation in 1890, she stayed at home two years keeping house for her…