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 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 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 Virginia Sturlich

Date of Birth: March 25, 1916
Date of Death: May 9, 2012
Age at Death: 96 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 59

Katherine Sturlich was the first of four daughters born to Joseph and Mary Sturlich on March 25, 1916, in Kansas City, Kan. Three other sisters (Ann, Agnes and Mary) were also born into the Sturlich family. Their mother died when Katherine was 9 years old. Katherine (or “Katie”) helped her father raise his daughters. Mr. Sturlich…

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 Helen Ann Stuart

Date of Birth: May 25, 1922
Date of Death: April 15, 2012
Age at Death: 89 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 46

Mary Rita was born May 25, 1922, in Daviess County, Ky., the second of five children of Joseph Alexander (Jr.) and Minnie Catherine Ballard Stuart. She grew up in a religious family where prayer, the Mass and the Sacraments were an important part of family life. She first learned the love of God from her…

Sister Mary Damien Stratton

Date of Birth: February 5, 1895
Date of Death: July 14, 1926
Age at Death: 31 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 24

The daughter of James and Adell Cielice Stratton, Eleanor was born Feb. 5, 1895, in Louisville, Ky. She attended school in Louisville during her childhood and when she was 14 years of age, Eleanor attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy, graduating in 1914. During these years she received high honors in vocal performance. She entered the…

Sister Leora Stewart

Date of Birth: September 21, 1898
Date of Death: April 8, 1964
Age at Death: 65 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 39

The daughter of John and Susanna Alton Stewart, Cecilia was born Sept. 21, 1898, in Uniontown, Ky. When Cecilia’s mother died, Travis, her older sister, took care of Cecilia and her younger sister, Leora, until Leora was school age. In 1911, Cecilia and Leora were sent to Mount Saint Joseph Academy as pupils. Cecilia remained…

Sister Cecele Stewart

Date of Birth: December 25, 1901
Date of Death: December 10, 1962
Age at Death: 60 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 30

Leora was born on Christmas day 1901, the daughter of John and Susanna Alton Stewart of Uniontown, Kentucky. Following the death of her mother, Leora was sent to grade school at Mount Saint Joseph Academy along with her younger sister, Cecilia. Leora attended the Academy during the years 1911-1919. At the age of 17, she…

Sister Amelia Stenger

Date of Birth: September 26, 1948
Date of Death: March 28, 2026
Age at Death: 77 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 1

On September 26, 1948, Amelia Margaret Stenger was born – the seventh child in the family of blacksmith and farmer John Adolph and his wife Mary Teresa Stenger, of Glennonville, Mo. She was baptized the next day at Saint Teresa Catholic Church in Glennonville. Two years later her sister Teresa completed the Stenger family of…