Obituaries

Rebecca Rodenbaugh, SCN, 100, a native of Tutwiler, MS, died at Nazareth Home, on Monday, Monday, May 15, 2017.  Sister had been a professed Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 79 years. Sister Rebecca served as a grade school teacher in Memphis, TN and in Louisville at...

Michael Anthony Wilson, SCN, 81, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, died at Nazareth Home, on Monday, May 1, 2017. Sister had been a professed Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 60 years. Sister Michael Anthony served as a teacher in Louisville at St. Patrick and St....

Margaret “Mag” Riggs, SCN, 69, a native of Lebanon, Kentucky, died at Nazareth, Kentucky, on Saturday, April 15, 2017. Sister had been a professed Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 34 years. Sister Mag lived in Belize from 1982-1983 where she served in a local parish....

Mary Loretto Krimple, SCN, 88, a native of Paducah, Kentucky, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, on Friday, April 7, 2017. Sister had been a professed Sister of Charity of Nazareth SCN for 68 years. Sister Mary Loretto served as a teacher in elementary education in...

Carol Ann Bonn, SCN, 75, a native of Columbus, OH, died at Nazareth Home, on, Friday, February 24, 2017. Sister had been a professed Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 53 years. Sister Carol Ann served in the education ministry, teaching at schools in Payneville, KY...

Ellen Paul McGovern, SCN, 86, a native of Boston, Massachusetts, died at Nazareth Home, on Thursday, February 2, 2017. Sister had been a professed Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 60 years. Sister Ellen Paul served in education ministries in Kentucky, Maryland, and...

Marjorie (Maggie) Fisher, SCN, 92, a native of St. Joseph, Missouri, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville on Monday, January 16, 2017. Sister made First Vows as a Religious of the Sacred Heart on March 19, 1949, and transferred to the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth on...

Catherine Nix, SCN, 84, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, died at Nazareth Home on Wednesday, January 11, 2017. She had been a professed SCN for 62 years. Sister Catherine served as a teacher in grade schools in Ohio, Tennessee, and Kentucky, including St. Augustine...

Margaret Meisner, SCN, 80, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, died at Nazareth Home on Tuesday, January 10, 2017. She had been a professed Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 61 years. For 20 years, Sister Margaret’s ministry was in education. She taught primary grades...

Mary Immaculata Kuehner, SCN, 94, a native of Memphis, Tennessee, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, on Friday, December 30, 2016. Sister had been a professed SCN for 74 years. Sister Mary Immaculata served as a teacher in elementary education in Kentucky, Louisiana,...

Margaret Regina Murphy, SCN, 92, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, on Wednesday, January 4, 2017. Sister had been a professed SCN for 71 years. Sister Margaret Regina served in elementary education in Maryland and Kentucky for 40...

Nancy Jane O’Reilly, SCN, age 78, formerly Sister Xaveria O’Reilly, a native of Brockton, Massachusetts, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville on Sunday, October 30, 2016. Sister had been a professed SCN for 57 years. Sister Nancy Jane served in elementary education in...

M. Annette Kasper, SCN, passed into eternity on Saturday, September 10, 2016, at the age of 93 and in the 74th year of her religious life. Sister Annette originally entered the Congregation of the Vincentian Sisters of Charity from St. Michael Parish in Munhall,...

Miriam Louise Hauser, SCN, 87, a native of Fort Thomas, Kentucky, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville on Wednesday, September 14, 2016. Sister had been a professed SCN for 61 years. Sister Miriam Louise served in elementary, secondary and collegiate education in...

Paula Merrill, SCN, 68, a native of Stoneham, Massachusetts, was pronounced dead in Durant, Mississippi on Thursday, August 25, 2016. Sister had been a professed SCN for 34 years. Sister served as a RN in Kentucky and Mississippi and later as a Family Nurse...

Maureen Taaffe, SCN, formerly Sister Mary Karen Taaffe, 81, a native of Hyde Park, Massachusetts, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, on Monday, August 22, 2016. Sister had been a professed SCN for 60 years. Sister Maureen served in elementary education as both teacher...

Lucy Marie Freibert, SCN, 93, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, died in Carrico Hall, Nazareth, Kentucky on Thursday, August 11, 2016. Sister Lucy had been a professed Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 69 years. Sister Lucy served in Louisville on various levels. She...

Marian Haney, SCN, 95, formerly Sister Marian Patrick Haney, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville on Sunday, August 7, 2016. She had been a professed Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 73 years. Sister Marian served in the apostolate of elementary education as both a...

Ellen Miriam Grimes, SCN, 93, a native of Louisville, Ky., died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, on Sunday, July 10, 2016.  She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 68 years. Sister served in elementary education as both teacher and principal in Kentucky,...

M. Immaculata Pavlik, SCN, was called to her heavenly home on Thursday, June 30, 2016, at the age of 84 and in the 65th year of her religious life. Sister entered the congregation of the Vincentian Sisters of Charity from St. Mathias Church in Youngstown, Ohio in...

Mary Zita Henkel, SCN, 85, a native of St. Joseph, Tennessee, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, on Thursday, June 16, 2016.  She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 66 years. Sister Mary Zita served in elementary and secondary education as both a teacher and...

Rachel Willett, SCN, formerly Sister Jerome Willett, 94, a native of Fancy Farm, Kentucky, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville on Thursday, June 2, 2016. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 73 years. Sister Rachel served in elementary and secondary...

Sister Mary Eugene Ivie, SCN, 99, a native of Whitesville, Kentucky, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Kentucky, on Sunday, May 8, 2016. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 77 years. Sister served in elementary education as teacher for 32 years in...

Mary Jean Kubilus, SCN, was called to her heavenly home on March 22, 2016, at the age of 87, and in the 66th year of her religious life. Sister entered the Congregation of the Vincentian Sisters of Charity from St. Michael Parish in Jessup, Pennsylvania in 1949....

Teresa Rose Nabholz, SCN, 85, formerly Sister Marita Ann Nabholz, a native of Conway, Arkansas, died at Carrico Hall, Nazareth, Kentucky on Thursday, February 11, 2016. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 62 years. Sister Teresa Rose served in the United...

Danielle Jankoviak, SCN, passed into eternal life on Monday, February 1, 2016, at the age of 89 and in the 66th year of her religious life. Sister Danielle received her B.Ed. degree from Mount Mercy College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and did her graduate work at...

Ignatius Maria Barbour, SCN, 85, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, on Friday, Nov. 20, 2015. She had been a vowed Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 55 years. Sister served in Child Care, Community Service, and various forms of Social...

Mary Jude Milko, SCN, passed into eternity on November 6, 2015, at the age of 92 and in the 68th year of her religious life. She originally entered the Congregation of the Vincentian Sisters of Charity in 1947 from St. Vincent Church in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Sister...

Wanda Banks, SCN, formerly Sister John Robert Banks, SCN, 92, a native of South Boston, Massachusetts, died at Nazareth Home on Sunday, October 25, 2015.

John Gabriel Kostelnik, SCN, passed into eternity on September 30, 2015, at the age of 93, and in the 76th year of her religious life.  Sister originally entered the Congregation of the Vincentian Sisters of Charity from St. Florian Parish in United, Pennsylvania in...

Mary Christopher Baseheart, SCN, 91, a native of Owensboro, Kentucky, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, on September 7, 2015. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 66 years. Sister Mary Christopher served in secondary education as teacher and as U.S....

Bridgid Clifford, SCN, formerly Sister Sarah Clifford, 78, a native of Chillicothe, Ohio, died at University Hospital, Louisville, on Sunday morning, September 6, 2015. She had been a professed Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 51 years. Sister Bridgid served in...

Eleanora Mattingly, SCN, 94, a native of Satterly, Maryland, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Kentucky, on Sunday, August 23, 2015. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 78 years. Sister Eleanora served in elementary education as a teacher in Kentucky,...

Louellyn Russell, SCN, 83, a native of Uniontown, Kentucky, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, on Wednesday, August 12, 2015. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 64 years. Sister Louellyn served in elementary education as teacher in Tennessee, Ohio and...

Mary Jeanette Cambron, SCN, 94, a native of Waverly, Kentucky, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Kentucky, on Sunday, July 26, 2015. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 76 years. Sister Mary Jeanette entered the SCN Congregation on Sept. 24, 1938, and...

Elaine Puthoff, SCN, 89, a native of Covington, Kentucky, died at Flaget Memorial Hospital, Bardstown, Kentucky, on Friday, July 24, 2015. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 60 years. Sister Elaine served in elementary and secondary education as teacher...

Charlene Jacobs, SCN (baptized Mary Marlene Jacobs), 72, a native of Lexington, Kentucky, died at Carrico Hall at Nazareth, Kentucky, on July 22, 2015. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 53 years. Sister Charlene served in elementary education as both...

Sister Marie McCarty, SCN, 91, a native of Roanoke, Virginia, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Kentucky, on June 15, 2015.  She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 69 years. Sister served in elementary education in Tennessee, Kentucky, Massachusetts and...

Ann Elizabeth Molony, SCN, 89, a native of Covington, Kentucky, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, on Thursday, May 21, 2015. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 71 years. Sister Ann Elizabeth served in elementary education in Kentucky, Massachusetts and...

Barbara Peterson, SCN, 90, a native of St. Mary’s, Kentucky, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, on Saturday, May 9, 2015. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 69 years. Sister Barbara served in elementary and secondary education as both teacher and...

Mary Christopher Zayicek, SCN, was called to her heavenly home on Wednesday, April 22, 2015, at the age of 85, and in the 64th year of her religious life. Sister Mary Christopher entered the Congregation of the Vincentian Sisters of Charity from Saint Anthony Parish...

Angeline Driscoll, SCN, 91, a native of Roanoke, Va., died at Nazareth Home on July 25, 2012. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 69 years. Sister Angeline served in elementary education, as both teacher and principal in Kentucky for 32 years. In...