The daughter of Joseph N. and Cordelia Haverin Pike, Mary Daisy was born April 4, 1881, in Rhodelia, Ky., the oldest of five children. Daisy attended the public school in Rhodelia. After graduating from the eighth grade, she taught for 10 years in the public schools of Meade County. At the age of 26, she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. On August 25, 1908, Daisy received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Amadeus.
During her novitiate, Sister Amadeus was secretary for the Literary Club. The minutes of these meetings give interesting information regarding the classical reading of the young community. Her novitiate days were cut short when she was sent to fill a vacancy at St. Romuald School in Hardinsburg, Ky. At that time, the school was under the direction of the Louisville Ursulines. In 1911, Sister Amadeus was assigned to St. Francis Xavier School at Raywick, Ky. For 19 years, Sister Amadeus served as principal and teacher in Raywick. She was assigned to Holy Cross School in Loretto, Ky., where she served only one year before being elected mother assistant to Sister Teresita Thompson. Following her service on the Council, Sister Amadeus returned to teaching at Central City and Holy Cross, Ky. From 1941 to 1950, she was missioned to Sacred Heart Academy, Waterflow, N.M. While at Sacred Heart Academy, she encouraged the Sisters and students in the construction of the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes. Father Alexius, OFM, and the students constructed the shrine from cobblestones and petrified wood gathered by Sisters Amadeus, Jane Frances and Ruth Helen. In 1951, Sister Amadeus was assigned as superior at St. Angela Home in Louisville. From 1957 to 1963, she was superior at the Eighth Street Convent in Owensboro. She contributed to the success of Brescia College by generously ministering to the needs of the Ursuline Sisters teaching there.
In 1963, Sister Amadeus retired to Mount Saint Joseph where she spent her last years reading to and praying with the sick. Following a fall on March 16, 1966, Sister underwent surgery for a broken hip at Mercy Hospital in Owensboro. She returned to the infirmary at Mount Saint Joseph, a bed patient until her death on May 15, 1966. Msgr. Albert Thompson, chaplain, and Msgr. Edward Russell celebrated the funeral Mass on May 17, 1966. Sister Amadeus’ remains are buried in the convent cemetery. Among her survivors was her Ursuline niece, Sister Tresine Clark.