Sister Rose Theresa Johnson

Date of Birth: March 10, 1931
Date of Death: August 10, 2012
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 48

Lucy Mae, the middle child of 13 children, (11 girls and 2 boys) was born on a farm near St. Lawrence (Ky.) Church to David Damien and Catherine Morris Johnson on March 10, 1931. She was baptized in St. Lawrence Church on April 12, 1931, and was confirmed there, taking the name Hortense, on May…

Sister Rita Redmond

Date of Birth: September 9, 1930
Date of Death: September 3, 2012
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 58

Rita Ruth Redmond was born on September 9, 1930, in Fort Scott, Kan., the only child of William Alphonsus and Josephine Therese Gees Redmond. Rita’s baptism took place on October 12 at St. Patrick Church in Walnut, Kan. Joseph E. Dave and Dorothy Gees were her godparents. She was confirmed when she was 9 in…

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 Miram Medley

Date of Birth: April 23, 1919
Date of Death: November 26, 2012
Age at Death: 93 years
Marker Location: Row L No. 44

It was just after Easter Sunday, on Wednesday the Octave of Easter, April 23, 1919, that the fourth little girl was born to the family of Albert Wesley and Catherine Lee Blandford Medley in Loretto, Ky. Ten days later, May 3, the worshipping community of Holy Cross Church was enriched by the addition of one…

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 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 Francis Joseph Porter

Date of Birth: June 29, 1934
Date of Death: July 7, 2013
Age at Death: 79 years
Marker Location: Row L No. 45

Inza Marie was the daughter of Joseph and Frances Porter of Owensboro, Ky. Her early education was in and around the Owensboro area, including Blessed Mother School, St. Peter in Stanley school and St. Frances Academy and eventually Catholic High in Owensboro. During the 1950s and early 1960s Inza attended Bresica College and Catherine Spalding…

Sister Mary Renee Monaghan

Date of Birth: May 18, 1929
Date of Death: August 30, 2013
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 49

On May 18, 1929, Patricia Jean Monaghan became the fifth child born to John William and Mary Louise Monaghan, in Central City, Ky. Pat – or Patty Jean – joined one brother and three sisters in the growing Monaghan family. As the years followed, the Monaghan family grew to include seven daughters and three sons.…

Sister Jean Gertrude Mudd

Date of Birth: August 21, 1921
Date of Death: October 13, 2013
Age at Death: 92 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 50

On Sunday, August 21, 1921, Frances Vivian Mudd was the second daughter born to Xavier Eugene and Pearl Gertrude Mudd in Fredericktown, Ky. Almost three weeks later on Thursday, September 9, she received her full name – Mary Frances Vivian Mudd – at her baptism at Holy Trinity Church. She would be known as Vivian.…

Sister Mary Louise Knott

Date of Birth: September 22, 1929
Date of Death: May 3, 2014
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 57

Mary Louise Knott was born to Proctor and Mary Florence (Thompson) Knott on September 22, 1929, in Browns Valley, Ky. Mary Louise was the fourth child of 12 children but the first girl of the family. Supposedly the Knott family practically lived in the church and school at St. Anthony, Browns Valley. It was in…