Sister Jamesina Spain

Date of Birth: April 21, 1911
Date of Death: January 12, 2000
Age at Death: 88 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 52

Margaret Elizabeth (Bessie) was born to James Robert II and Mary Elizabeth Hagan Spain on April 21, 1911, at New Haven, Ky. Her faith journey began with baptism at St. Catherine Church. When Bessie was 1 year old, her mother died. Her two teenage sisters cared for her until her father’s remarriage when Margaret was…

Sister Rosanne Spalding

Date of Birth: March 18, 1943
Date of Death: May 16, 2023
Age at Death: 80 years
Marker Location: Row L No. 53

Elizabeth Rose was born on March 18, 1943, to Alice and Philetus “Pete” Spalding. She was the fourth child to arrive in the Springfield home. Her siblings included: Eleanor, Martha, Lawrence, Wanda (Sister Laurita), Marlin, Sara, Alice and Eddie. When she was 10 days old, on Sunday, March 28, 1943, Elizabeth Rose “Betty Rose” was baptized with…

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 Marie Spalding

Date of Birth: January 11, 1917
Date of Death: July 6, 1943
Age at Death: 26 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 23

Mary Collins was born Jan. 11, 1917, the third child of John and Elizabeth Beaven Spalding of Bardstown, Ky. She had six brothers and sisters. Her early education was in St. Thomas Grade School. She attended high school at Bethlehem Academy in Bardstown, graduating in June 1935. Throughout her high school years, Mary served as…

Sister Mary Cordelia Spalding

Date of Birth: October 15, 1918
Date of Death: April 5, 2009
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 48

Mary Martha, born October 15, 1918, on a farm near Beech Fork River in Nelson County, Ky., was the oldest child of Archibald Aloysius and Mary Edna Bowling Spalding. Mary Martha had six siblings — two brothers, Charles Sylvester and Joseph Leo; and four sisters, Emily Rose, Lucy Regina, Elizabeth Ann and Margaret LaVerne. Because…

Sister Mary Praxedes Spalding

Date of Birth: November 15, 1912
Date of Death: February 25, 1997
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 52

Mary Praxedes, one of four children of Mark and Cora Lula (Spalding) Spalding, was born November 15, 1912, in Calvary, Ky. Her faith journey began with baptism two days later at Holy Name of Mary Church. In September 1919, Praxedes began her formal education at Pine Hill College, a one-room school near Calvary. Later she…

Sister Vincentia Spalding

Date of Birth: July 26, 1886
Date of Death: March 11, 1920
Age at Death: 33 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 5

Born July 26, 1886, in Uniontown, Ky., Lily Travis was the daughter of Ross and Laura Wight Spalding. She grew up in a home where morning and evening prayer was the order of the day. She received her high school education at Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Following graduation, she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint…

Sister Agnes Cecilia Speak

Date of Birth: October 29, 1910
Date of Death: December 15, 2010
Age at Death: 100 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 49

Sister Agnes Cecilia Speak began a journey of 100 years on October 29, 1910, as Anne Cecilia, the third daughter of Joseph Lawrence and Apollonia Rhodes Speak of Irvington, Kentucky. Ultimately there would be five children growing up in the Speak family: Mary Joseph (our Sister Joseph Lawrence), Marie, Anne Cecilia (Sister Agnes Cecilia), Agnes…

Sister Joseph Lawrence Speak

Date of Birth: December 11, 1906
Date of Death: October 14, 1962
Age at Death: 55 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 29

The daughter of Lawrence and Appolonia Rhodes Speak, Mary Joseph was born Dec. 11, 1906, in Irvington, Ky. She received her elementary and secondary education at St. Romuald School in Hardinsburg. Mary Joseph graduated from there in 1925, and nearly two years later she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. On August 15, 1927,…

Sister Mary Boniface Speaks

Date of Birth: July 6, 1907
Date of Death: October 15, 1992
Age at Death: 85 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 18

Born on July 6, 1907, in Waverly, Ky., Catherine was the daughter of James and Anabel Roberts Speaks. She was the only girl of four children. Her first schooling was received in a nearby one-room school. She completed elementary and high school at St. Peter School in Waverly. Following graduation from a business college, she…