Sister Richarda Blincoe

Date of Birth: October 26, 1890
Date of Death: May 15, 1980
Age at Death: 89 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 30

Born October 26, 1890, to Richard and Lucy Burnett Blincoe of Blincoe, Ky., Rose belonged to a large Catholic family. Her parents were devout church members and trained their children to know and serve God. Rose attended Hagan Public School in Marion County. She also traveled a short distance to Loretto Academy and took music…

Sister Rita Smith

Date of Birth: April 25, 1887
Date of Death: August 24, 1964
Age at Death: 77 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 20

Born April 25, 1887, in New Haven, Ky., Mary Rose was the daughter of James and Martha Redmond Smith. She entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph when she was nearly 21 years old. Following a five‑month postulancy, Mary Rose received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Rita on August 25, 1908. Sister Rita’s…

Sister Rita Lavigne

Date of Birth: August 2, 1922
Date of Death: September 17, 2015
Age at Death: 93 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 6

Rita, one of two children of Harry Lavigne and Elizabeth Bestgen, was born on August 2, 1922, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. She was a “home girl,” staying in her home parish of Assumption Church in Topeka from the time she was born until she entered the convent. She was baptized there on…

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 Robert Irene O’Brien

Date of Birth: April 19, 1891
Date of Death: February 27, 1982
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 41

The daughter of Christopher and Amelia Kaster Schmidt, Alma was born April 19, 1891, in Louisville, Ky. She obtained her elementary and secondary education in the Louisville public schools. Following graduation, she went to work as a secretary and bookkeeper. After her marriage to Robert O’Brien, she continued to work. In the days following Robert’s…

Sister Robert Angela Fleischmann

Date of Birth: May 28, 1909
Date of Death: June 22, 2003
Age at Death: 94 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 36

Lorena Philomena, the fourth child of Robert Joseph and Mary Ann Fischer Fleischmann, was born on May 28, 1909, in Poseyville, Ind. Her journey of faith began three days later with her baptism at St. Francis de Sales Church, Poseyville. Her father died of tuberculosis when she was only one year old. Her mother remarried…

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 Robertus Wethington

Date of Birth: May 28, 1886
Date of Death: June 19, 1963
Age at Death: 77 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 33

Mary was born May 28, 1886, the daughter of Alex and Martha Thompson Wethington of St. Joseph, Ky. She was in her early twenties when she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. Following a two‑month postulancy, Mary received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Robertus on July 14, 1909. Sister Robertus’ first assignment…

Sister Rosalia Knott

Date of Birth: April 2, 1895
Date of Death: November 12, 1978
Age at Death: 83 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 35

Born on April 2, 1895, Alma Genevieve was one of 12 children of Martin and Genevieve Payne Knott of Rome, Ky. She received her education in the public schools of Daviess County. When Alma was 16 she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph and following a 16-month postulancy, she received the Ursuline habit on…

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…