Sister Rosanne Spalding

Date of Birth: March 18, 1943
Date of Death: May 16, 2023
Age at Death: 80 years
Marker Location: Row L No. 53

Elizabeth Rose was born on March 18, 1943, to Alice and Philetus “Pete” Spalding. She was the fourth child to arrive in the Springfield home. Her siblings included: Eleanor, Martha, Lawrence, Wanda (Sister Laurita), Marlin, Sara, Alice and Eddie. When she was 10 days old, on Sunday, March 28, 1943, Elizabeth Rose “Betty Rose” was baptized with…

Sister Rosaria Ray

Date of Birth: January 4, 1922
Date of Death: August 21, 2010
Age at Death: 88 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 57

Sister Rosaria, Agnes Kathryn, was born Jan. 4, 1922, the first child to William Jennings and Bessie Pike Ray, in Sirocco, Ky. She was baptized by Reverend Joseph Gettelfinger at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Payneville, Ky. Seven siblings (including a set of twin) — four sisters and three brothers — would eventually become Kathryn’s family.…

Sister Rose Marian Powers

Date of Birth: February 6, 1933
Date of Death: November 27, 2017
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 52

Marian Alice Rose Powers was born on February 6, 1933, to Everett and Eva Mae Elder Powers of Cloverport, Kentucky. She was one of 10 children in the Powers family. They were a family of five boys and five girls. Verrill, Kenneth, Raphael, Father Benjamin, Sister Marian, Randolph, Sister Ann Roberta, Eulaine, Sister Rose Jean…

Sister Rose Marita O’Bryan

Date of Birth: October 28, 1941
Date of Death: June 10, 2019
Age at Death: 77 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 4

Rose Marie O’Bryan was born on October 28, 1941, to Marion Albin O’Bryan Sr. and Elizabeth Theresa Oberst O’Bryan. She was the oldest of the four children. She had three brothers: Marion O’Bryan Jr., Herman Joseph O’Bryan and David Eugene O’Bryan. Rose Marie was baptized on November 9, 1941, at St. Stephen Cathedral by Reverend…

Sister Rose Marie Craycoft

Date of Birth: December 21, 1923
Date of Death: January 13, 2021
Age at Death: 97 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 61

Rose Marie Craycroft was born on December 21, 1923, in New Haven, Ky., to George Hix Craycroft and Mary Josephine Hagan Craycroft. She was the second child in a family of 10, three girls and seven boys. Her siblings included Dr. William Francis Craycroft, Dr. Joseph Gerald Craycroft, Rev. George Preston Craycroft, Rev. Bernard Leo Craycroft,…

Sister Rose Karen Johnson

Date of Birth: December 5, 1940
Date of Death: January 15, 2024
Age at Death: 83 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 47

Mary Ellenee Johnson was born December 5, 1940, to the family of Damien and Catherine Johnson in St. Lawrence, Ky. She was the thirteenth child in the family of two boys and 11 girls. The boys were Gerald and Frank. Five of the daughters gave their lives as vowed religious to the Ursuline Sisters of…

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 Rose Ann Boone

Date of Birth: April 26, 1910
Date of Death: November 19, 1994
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 50

Mary Rose was one of seven children born to Milburn Boone and Mary Magdalene Bryan Boone. She was born April 26,1910, and was baptized April 30,1910, at Saint Catherine Church in New Haven, Ky. On September 10,1916, she was confirmed at Saint Catherine Church. Her siblings were Andrew, Miles Nicholas, Chester, Stephen Jesse, Agnes Emily,…

Sister Rose Beatrice Murphy

Date of Birth: December 29, 1903
Date of Death: November 7, 1961
Age at Death: 57 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 26

One of the nine children of Richard and Rose Anne Holland Murphy, Elizabeth was born December 29, 1903, in Stanley, Ky. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy as a day student through the years 1917-1928, receiving her elementary, secondary and junior college education. Elizabeth entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph on September 7, 1927,…

Sister Rose Alice Morgan

Date of Birth: June 30, 1902
Date of Death: February 1, 1982
Age at Death: 79 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 40

Mary Carmel was born June 30, 1902, in Owensboro, Ky., the daughter of George Elmer and Mary Alice Hayden Morgan. She had three brothers and a sister. Her first school days were spent at the public school in West Louisville. Later, she attended St. Frances Academy in Owensboro. Her high school years were spent at…