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 Marita Greenwell

Date of Birth: February 2, 1926
Date of Death: June 21, 2011
Age at Death: 85 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 43

Rena Catherine was born in Rhodelia, in Meade County, Ky., on February 2, 1926, the third and last child of Junius Marcellus and Sarah Eudora (Sallie) Vessels Greenwell. Rena Catherine joined her two sisters, Mary Anita and Dorothy Marie. She received the sacraments of Baptism on February 21, 1926, and Confirmation June 14, 1937 in…

Sister Darlene Denton

Date of Birth: May 17, 1948
Date of Death: September 5, 2011
Age at Death: 63 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 56

Monday morning, May 17, 1948, just before 3:30 a.m. in the darkest reaches of the night, Judith Darlene brought to the loving family of Martin Edward and Elizabeth Helen Denton the gift of delight and laughter. She joined her older brother Tony. Within a week, Sunday, May 23rd, she began her faith journey in the…

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 Frances McDonagh

Date of Birth: September 18, 1924
Date of Death: November 22, 2011
Age at Death: 87 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 2

Nora was born Sept. 18, 1924, to John and Bridget Collins McDonagh in the village of Trienbawn, County Galway, Ireland. She was the eighth child in a family of 11. Mary, the oldest, was born in 1910, then Julia, Michael, Delia, Sara, Maragret, Willie, Nora (Sister Frances), Eileen, Annie (Sister Mary Patrick), and John, who…

Sister Elaine Byrne

Date of Birth: May 28, 1946
Date of Death: January 20, 2012
Age at Death: 65 years
Marker Location: Row L No. 42

The journey of faith began for Elaine Isabel Byrne May 28, 1946, when she was born to John D. and Anna Marie Coomes Byrne of Curdsville, Ky. She joined Margie, John Jr., and J.L. Later there would be Mary Lou, Eddie and Tony. She was baptized at St. Elizabeth Church in Curdsville, June 4, 1946,…

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…

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 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 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…