Sister Mary Lois Speaks

Date of Birth: August 18, 1944
Date of Death: May 6, 2017
Age at Death: 72 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 50

Mary Lois Speaks was born on August 18, 1944, in Henderson, Ky. Her parents were James Raymond Speaks and Elizabeth Catherine Fenwick Speaks. She was baptized on August 27, 1944, at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church in Henderson by Rev, A. J. Tompkins. She was confirmed on October 14, 1952, by Most Rev. Francis…

Sister Consolata Stallings

Date of Birth: October 21, 1920
Date of Death: October 6, 1969
Age at Death: 48 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 10

Cleo was born Oct. 21, 1920, the daughter of Damien and Bertha Wethington Stallings of Waterflow, N.M., the third of eight children. She received her elementary and secondary education at Sacred Heart Academy in Waterflow. Cleo graduated from Mount Saint Joseph Junior College in June 1940. She entered the novitiate and received the Ursuline habit…

Sister Juliana Stallings

Date of Birth: March 14, 1884
Date of Death: September 26, 1967
Age at Death: 83 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 32

The daughter of Mars and Susan Railey Stallings, Lillie Mae was born March 14, 1884, in West Louisville, Ky., the youngest of three children. Her father was originally from Nelson County and her mother from Marion County. At the age of 18, Lillie Mae entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph and was a postulant…

Sister Amelia Stenger

Date of Birth: September 26, 1948
Date of Death: March 28, 2026
Age at Death: 77 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 1

On September 26, 1948, Amelia Margaret Stenger was born – the seventh child in the family of blacksmith and farmer John Adolph and his wife Mary Teresa Stenger, of Glennonville, Mo. She was baptized the next day at Saint Teresa Catholic Church in Glennonville. Two years later her sister Teresa completed the Stenger family of…

Sister Cecele Stewart

Date of Birth: December 25, 1901
Date of Death: December 10, 1962
Age at Death: 60 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 30

Leora was born on Christmas day 1901, the daughter of John and Susanna Alton Stewart of Uniontown, Kentucky. Following the death of her mother, Leora was sent to grade school at Mount Saint Joseph Academy along with her younger sister, Cecilia. Leora attended the Academy during the years 1911-1919. At the age of 17, she…

Sister Leora Stewart

Date of Birth: September 21, 1898
Date of Death: April 8, 1964
Age at Death: 65 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 39

The daughter of John and Susanna Alton Stewart, Cecilia was born Sept. 21, 1898, in Uniontown, Ky. When Cecilia’s mother died, Travis, her older sister, took care of Cecilia and her younger sister, Leora, until Leora was school age. In 1911, Cecilia and Leora were sent to Mount Saint Joseph Academy as pupils. Cecilia remained…

Sister Mary Damien Stratton

Date of Birth: February 5, 1895
Date of Death: July 14, 1926
Age at Death: 31 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 24

The daughter of James and Adell Cielice Stratton, Eleanor was born Feb. 5, 1895, in Louisville, Ky. She attended school in Louisville during her childhood and when she was 14 years of age, Eleanor attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy, graduating in 1914. During these years she received high honors in vocal performance. She entered the…

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 Jean Richard Stukenholtz

Date of Birth: May 7, 1923
Date of Death: September 8, 2012
Age at Death: 89 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 53

In a small town of Julian, Neb., just south of Nebraska City, on Monday, May 7, 1923, Fern Ella was born to Rollan Frederick and Walburga Ann Wirth Stukenholtz. Fern Ella soon became just Fern, joining her older sister, Rose. On Sunday, May 25, Fern Ella was baptized into her faith at Saint Mary Church…

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…