Author: moduet

Sister Felicitas Weberding, 1903-2001 Born March 3, 1903, Covington, KentuckyEntered St. Walburg Monastery, August 2, 1921First Profession June 26, 1923Died April 12, 2001 When both her parents died in the flu epidemic of 1906, Sr. Felicitas, her brother and sister were placed in St. John’s Orphanage under the care of the Benedictine Sisters. When she Read more »

Sister Sylvester Shea, 1916-2000 Born May 25, 1916, Carlisle, KentuckyEntered St. Walburg Monastery, Covington, Kentucky, December 23, 1933Received habit, August 13, 1934First Profession August 14, 1935Died July 5, 2000 Sr. Sylvester was born in Carlisle, Kentucky on May 25, 1916 to Robert and Laura Woodall Shea and given the name Myrtle. She was the second Read more »

Sister Lea McGuire, 1911-1999 Born October 13, 1911, Covington, KentuckyEntered St. Walburg Monastery, July 16, 1928First Profession August 30, 1930Died January 8, 1999 At the age of five, Sr. Lea and her only brother Joe were placed in St. Joseph Orphanage where they were raised by the Benedictine Sisters. The efforts of many people to Read more »

Sister Valeria Schmidt, 1918-1999 Born November 18, 1918, Latonia, KentuckyEntered St. Walburg Monastery, December 27, 1938First Profession June 29, 1940Died September 8, 1999 Sr. Valeria was the youngest of seventeen children, five of whom died in infancy and all of whom preceded her in death. When she was fifteen, her mother died suddenly. Not long Read more »

Sr. Lois Elaine Krouse Born September 17, 1921, South Bend, IndianaEntered St. Walburg Monastery, January 2, 1953First Profession August 24. 1954Died November 7, 1999 Sr. Lois Elaine was born in South Bend, Indiana but in her early years her family moved to the farmlands of South Dakota. During World War II Lois enlisted in the Read more »

Sister Marian Oldendick, 1910-1999 Born February 1, 1910, Bellevue, KentuckyEntered St. Walburg Monastery, February 25, 1932First Profession August 25, 1933Died January 30, 1999 Sr. Marian was the second youngest of eight children. Three of her sisters died very young. Sr. Marian was a classmate of Sr. Edward Sandheger and both of them excelled at basketball, Read more »

Sister Delores Jane Kinnett, 1928-1998 Born December 23, 1928, Indianapolis, IndianaEntered St. Walburg Monastery, January 1, 1954First Profession August 24, 1955Died August 24, 1998 Sr. Delores Jane was an only child and when she was very young, her parents divorced and her mother remarried. Sr. Delores Jane continued to visit her stepfather after her mother’s Read more »

Sister Cyrilla Marks, 1908-1998 Born January 27, 1908, Covington, KentuckyEntered St. Walburg Monastery, October 7, 1925First Profession February 9, 1928Died February 19, 1998 Information on Sr. Cyrilla’s early childhood is sketchy. There were a large number of children, perhaps as many as fourteen. Her father was from New York: her mother from Nottingham, England. One Read more »

Sister Consuela Arens, 1914-1998 Born August 12, 1914, Forest Hills, KentuckyEntered St. Walburg Monastery, August 12, 1932First Profession August 25, 1934Died January 31, 1998 Sr. Consuela was the fourteenth of fifteen children, five of whom died in early childhood. She attended Holy Cross School for twelve years, graduating from the high in 1932. On her Read more »

Sister Edward Sandheger, 1909-1998 Born December 17, 1909, Bellevue, KentuckyEntered St. Walburg Monastery, June 3, 1932First Profession August 25, 1934Died July 14, 1998 Margaret Clare was Sr. Edward’s baptismal name. She was the second youngest of ten children, seven girls and three boys. Growing up in Sacred Heart Parish, she developed a lifelong interest in Read more »