In Memoriam

Sister Joanita Wagner, 1897-1997 Born March 4, 1897, Osgood, IndianaEntered St. Walburg Monastery, July 1, 1932First Profession August 25, 1934Died march 31, 1997 Sr. Joanita Wagner was born in Osgood, Indiana to John and Mary Burkhardt Wagner and given the name Ann Edna. The rural community of St. Joseph Parish in Osgood was close to Read more »

Sister Hildegarde Ricken, 1924-1997 Born April 13, 1924, Covington, KentuckyEntered St. Walburg Monastery, December 27, 1941First Profession June 30, 1943Died October 5, 1997 Sr. Hildegarde was the oldest of her family’s five daughters. When she was thirteen, her mother died and her father quickly followed her in death. Sr. Hildegarde had started high school at Read more »

Sister Donna Henry, 1912-1997 Born June 9, 1912, Lexington, KentuckyEntered St. Walburg Monastery, August 10, 1934First Profession August 25, 1934Died April 30, 1997 Sr. Donna was the youngest of five children. Her father was a policeman in Lexington and Sr. Donna had some interesting tales about those days. She was introduced to the Benedictine Sisters Read more »

Sister Lillian Goeke, 1903-1996 Born April 2, 1903, Newport, KentuckyEntered St. Walburg Monastery, August 20, 1921First Profession June 26, 1923Died March 23, 1996 Sr. Lillian was born to John Bernard and Margaret Heitzmann Goeke and given the name Evelyn Margaret. She first met the Benedictine Sisters when her sister Dorothy attended Villa Madonna Academy boarding Read more »

Sister Frances Jacobs, 1919-1996 Born July 11, 1919, Sparta, KentuckyEntered St. Walburg Monastery, August 15, 1938First Profession June 29, 1940Died August 27, 1996 Sr. Frances was born in Sparta, Kentucky to Frank P. and Angela Weldon Jacobs and given the name Rosella Margaret. She was the fourth of seven children, four boys and three girls. Read more »

Sister Adelaide Feldbauer, 1895-1996 Born May 13, 1895, St. Mary’s, PennsylvaniaEntered St. Walburg Monastery, June 21, 1916First Profession April 1, 1918Died November 29, 1996 Sr. Adelaide was the sixth of nine children. Her family operated a fruit farm but also grew vegetables and raised chickens to support the large family. Through the influence of Fr. Read more »

Sister Dorothy Kroetzsch, 1918-1996 Born February 8, 1918, Oakley, OhioEntered St. Walburg Monastery, August 15, 1937First Profession June 29, 1939Died August 19, 1996 Sr. Dorothy was born to Frank and Jennie Lillian Broadwell Kroetzsch and given the name Rosella Frances. When her father died, Rosella and her sister Dorothy went ot live at the Good Read more »

Sister Stella Kelz, 1911-1996 Born October 8, 1911, Union, New JerseyEntered St. Walburg Monastery, September 8, 1927First Profession February 10, 1930Died November 16, 1996 Sr. Stella was the second of four children,, two boys and two girls. In her early children her family moved to Brooklyn, New York; she carried traces of that accent all Read more »

Sr. Anne Beard 1996

Sister Gregory Bordenave, 1908-1996 Born August 26, 1908, New Orleans, LouisianaEntered St. Scholastica Priory, Covington, Louisiana, August 23, 1925First Profession August 7, 1927Transferred vow of stability to St. Walburg Monastery, August 15, 1990Died July 1, 1996 Sr. Gregory was born to John and Pualine Guibilate Bordenave and given the names Cecilia Christina. Cecilia entered St. Read more »