Sister Agnita Sweeney

Date of Birth: December 20, 1893
Date of Death: April 26, 1955
Age at Death: 61 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 11

Born in Mayfield, Ky., on Dec. 20, 1893, Mary Agnes was the daughter of John and Mary Haggerty Sweeney. She spent time at Mount Saint Joseph Academy as a student between the years 1903 and 1912. At the age of 18, she entered the novitiate on Nov. 17, 1912, and four days later received the…

Sister Mary Beatrice Tanner

Date of Birth: May 6, 1905
Date of Death: December 13, 1926
Age at Death: 21 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 23

Frances May was born May 6, 1905, the daughter of Joseph and Bessie Brown Tanner of St. John, Ky. She attended Bethlehem Academy where she received her elementary and secondary schooling from the Sisters of Loretto. At the age of 18, Frances entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph and had a postulancy of nine months.…

Sister Mary Diane Taylor

Date of Birth: October 19, 1932
Date of Death: June 28, 2021
Age at Death: 88 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 61

George Ann Taylor, the seventh of 11 children, was born to Diana Thompson Taylor and William Chester Taylor on October 19, 1932, at Fredericktown, Ky. George Ann was baptized on October 27, 1932, at Holy Trinity Church, Fredericktown. She was confirmed on May 7, 1942, at Holy Trinity Church, by Archbishop John A. Floersh. George Ann…

Sister Jean Teresa Taylor

Date of Birth: August 26, 1911
Date of Death: March 26, 1988
Age at Death: 76 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 44

Beatrice Collard and James Taylor of Peonia, Ky., were happy to welcome Virginia, the first of their 12 children, on Aug. 26, 1911. Her education began in the public school of Oklahoma, a small school near Peonia. She spent the first year of high school at Peonia and completed the last three years at Mount…

Sister Rosalin Thieneman

Date of Birth: December 7, 1920
Date of Death: March 29, 2017
Age at Death: 96 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 59

Mary Margaret Thieneman was born on December 7, 1920, in Shively, Ky., to John Joseph Thieneman and Elizabeth Mary Senn Thieneman. She was baptized the next day, December 8, at St. Denis Church by Fr. A. C. Zoeller. She was confirmed on April 22, 1928, by Bishop John Floersch. Mary Margaret was the first on…

Sister Mary Benedict Thomas

Date of Birth: June 30, 1898
Date of Death: May 18, 1966
Age at Death: 67 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 25

Mercedes was born May 30, 1898, the oldest child of John and Elizabeth Greenwell Thomas in Morganfield, Ky. She was 6 years old when her mother died. Aunt Minnie Thomas took Mercedes to make a home for her with the six children of her own. Mercedes spent her first school days at St. Vincent Academy…

Sister Mary David Thomas

Date of Birth: June 20, 1910
Date of Death: October 3, 2007
Age at Death: 97 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 36

Josephine Elizabeth, one of three children, was born on June 20, 1910, in St. Louis, Mo., to William Thomas and Susan Elizabeth Wathen Thomas. She was baptized at St. Thomas of Aquinas Church, St. Louis, on July 10. The family moved to Kentucky in 1913, and the father, along with a brother-in-law, bought a farm…

Sister Mary DeSales Thomas

Date of Birth: September 16, 1912
Date of Death: September 26, 1979
Age at Death: 67 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 32

Mary Prudence was born Sept. 16, 1912, the daughter of William and Susan Wathen Thomas of Calvary, Ky. Her education began at St. Joseph School in Raywick where she remained through her freshman year in high school. Mary Prudence went to St. Charles School in Lebanon for her sophomore year, then attended Mount Saint Joseph…

Sister Teresa Thomas

Date of Birth: December 12, 1887
Date of Death: December 30, 1961
Age at Death: 74 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 27

The daughter of James and Mary Belle Mitchell Thomas, Mary was born December 12, 1887, in Fancy Farm, Ky. She graduated from Mount Saint Joseph Academy in May 1909, and entered the novitiate that summer. On July 14, 1909, Mary received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Teresa. Sister Teresa’s first teaching assignment took…

Sister Diomede Thomas

Date of Birth: September 5, 1874
Date of Death: May 20, 1947
Age at Death: 72 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 18

Born at Fancy Farm, Kentucky, on September 5, 1874 to James and Mary Belle Mitchell Thomas, Henrietta belonged to a large family of brothers and sisters. Her parents were strict Catholics and believed in their children learning to pray at an early age. Because of a physical illness, Henrietta had to wait 38 years to…