Sister Joan of Arc Walz

Date of Birth: July 1, 1931
Date of Death: July 5, 2017
Age at Death: 86 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 4

Joan was born on July 1, 1931 in Cloverport, Ky., to Otto Walz and Ida May Brown Walz. She was baptized on September 13, 1931, at St. Rose Church in Cloverport by Rev. Gardian Lewis C.P. She joined her sisters, Martha, Regina and Dorothy and welcomed a younger brother, George in 1937. Though Joan’s formal…

Sister Ancilla Marie Warren

Date of Birth: September 18, 1913
Date of Death: January 5, 2002
Age at Death: 88 years
Marker Location: Row A Plot 28

Edgar and Loretta Stallings Warren, of St. Joseph, Kentucky, were delighted to welcome a baby girl, Thelma Rosina, on September 18, 1913. She joined two older sisters and three brothers. When Thelma was less than two years old, her family moved to Waterflow, New Mexico, in search of a healthier climate for her mother. In…

Sister George Ann Warren

Date of Birth: February 25, 1894
Date of Death: October 29, 1939
Age at Death: 45 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 4

Born at St. Mary, Ky., on Feb. 25, 1894, Ann Mariah was the daughter of John and Georgia Thompson Warren. As one of the older children, Ann Mariah assisted her mother with the care of the family. She was 27 years old when she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. On March 20, 1922,…

Sister Mary Bartholene Warren

Date of Birth: February 10, 1903
Date of Death: April 13, 2005
Age at Death: 102 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 45

John Barton and Georgia Ann Thompson Warren of Marion County, Ky., welcomed Mary Hester, their sixth child, on Feb. 3, 1903. The family would eventually include five girls and four boys. Mary Hester began her elementary education in the Marion County Public Schools. She graduated from high school at Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Mary Hester…

Sister Mary Edgar Warren

Date of Birth: August 17, 1918
Date of Death: December 20, 1997
Age at Death: 79 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 1

Mary Beatrice, the eighth of 11 children, was born August 17, 1918, to Thomas Edgar and Mary Loretta Stallings Warren. She was baptized in Sacred Heart Church at Waterflow, N.M. Her formal education began in September 1924 at Sacred Heart Academy and continued there until the family moved to Yellow Jacket, Colo., where she completed…

Sister Ann Victoria Wasylina

Date of Birth: June 11, 1924
Date of Death: October 12, 2010
Age at Death: 86 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 41

Irena, born June 6, 1924, was the only daughter of blacksmith Basil Wasylina and his wife, Anna, residents of Duliby, Stryj, in Polish Ukraine. Irena had two brothers, Peter, also a blacksmith, and Nicholas, a cobbler. She was baptized and confirmed in the Byzantine Rite at St. Basil Church and grew up in a faith-filled…

Sister Francis Borgia Wathen

Date of Birth: December 2, 1887
Date of Death: March 10, 1969
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 41

The daughter of Wingate and Anna Hite Wathen, Anna Mary was born Dec. 2, 1887, not many miles from Uniontown, Ky. When Anna Mary was very young, her mother died. Her father remarried. She attended St. Vincent Academy in Uniontown and completed her high school education at Mount Saint Joseph Academy. She entered the novitiate…

Sister George Marie Wathen

Date of Birth: April 15, 1909
Date of Death: August 20, 2003
Age at Death: 94 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 43

Mary Catherine, one of seven children of George Xavier and Myrtle Ann Raley Wathen, was born April 15, 1909, in Marion County, Ky. On April 25, she began her journey of faith with baptism at Holy Name of Mary Church, Calvary, Ky. Her father and an uncle bought a house near Little Saint Joseph in…

Sister Jean Marie Wathen

Date of Birth: January 19, 1905
Date of Death: December 23, 1989
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 38

Born at Morganfield, Ky., on Jan. 19, 1905, Ursula Margaret was the daughter of John and Carrie Manning Wathen, one of 11 children. Her formal education began in the Wathen School of Union County and continued at St. Ann School at Morganfield. When Ursula was 19 years old, she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint…

Sister Margaret Ann Wathen

Date of Birth: November 5, 1909
Date of Death: May 1, 1996
Age at Death: 86 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 32

Elizabeth Beatrice Wathen was born to Linus and Beatrice Gribbon Wathen in Calvary, Ky., on Nov. 5, 1909. She was one of five children, two of whom died in infancy. The mother died when Elizabeth was 9years old, leaving her grief-stricken, as was her father who was left with three small children. Mr. Wathen married…