Date of Birth: 1942 January 14
Place of Birth: South Bend, Indiana
Father: Berger, Alvin, Tell City, Indiana
Mother: Bickwermert, Mary Elizabeth, Ferdinand, Indiana
Baptized: Saint Matthew, South Bend, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Matthew, South Bend, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1961 September 10
Date of Reception: 1962 June 7
Temporary Vows: 1963 June 17
Perpetual Vows: 1968 June 13
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Date of Birth: 1889 November 21
Place of Birth: Schnellville, Indiana
Father: Benken, Clement, Hanover, Germany
Mother: Vonderheide, Wilhelmina, Jasper, Indiana
Tenth of ten children - three brothers, six sisters (twin sister of Sister Cleta Benken)
Baptized: Sacred Heart, Schnellville, Indiana
Entered from: Sacred Heart, Schnellville, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1914 June 2
Date of Reception: 1914 August 4
Temporary Vows: 1916 August 8
Perpetual Vows: 1919 August 11
Silver Jubilee: 1941 June 26
Golden Jubilee: 1966 July 10
Diamond Jubilee: 1976 April 25
Date of Death: 1981 February 6
Cause of Death: Heart condition, inoperable lung tumor
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section F Row 4 Plot 6
Date of Birth: 1889 November 21
Place of Birth: Schnellville, Indiana
Father: Benken, Clement, Hanover, Germany
Mother: Vonderheide, Wilhelmina, Jasper, Indiana
Ninth of ten children - 3 brothers 6 sisters (twin sister, Sister Marcella Benken)
Baptized: Sacred Heart, Schnellville, Indiana
Entered from: Sacred Heart, Schnellville, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1914 June 2
Date of Reception: 1914 August 4
Temporary Vows: 1916 August 8
Perpetual Vows: 1919 August 11
Silver Jubilee: 1941 July 26
Golden Jubilee:1966 July 10
Diamond Jubilee: 1976 April 25
Date of Death: 1979 July 1
Cause of Death: Cerebral hemorrhage
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section F Row 4 Plot 5
Date of Birth: 1859 December 12
Place of Birth: Ferdinand, Indiana
Father: Beyke, Bernhard Benjamin, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Mother: Mescher, Elisabeth Anna Marie, Lower Saxony, Germany
Seventh of thirteen children: ten brothers, two sisters
Baptized: Saint Ferdinand Church, Ferdinand, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Ferdinand, Ferdinand, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1880 November 18
Date of Reception: 1881 July 11
Temporary Vows: 1882 July 12
Perpetual Vows: 1886 August 13
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Date of Death: 1888 December 29
Cause of Death: Consumption
Buried: Saint Ferdinand Parish Cemetery, Ferdinand, Indiana
Date of Birth: 1863 October 23
Place of Birth: Fulda, Indiana
Father: Beier, Zyphrin
Mother: Schaeffer, Mary
Third of nine children - four brothers, four sisters
Third of nine children - four brothers, four sisters
Baptized: Saint Boniface, Fulda, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Boniface, Fulda, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1883 October 15
Date of Reception: 1884 June 14
Temporary Vows: 1885 August 22
Perpetual Vows: 1888 August 22
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Date of Death: 1910 September 5
Cause of Death: Typhoid fever
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section A Row 1 Plot 1
Date of Birth: 1869 July 10
Place of Birth: Fulda, Indiana
Father: Beier, Zyphrin
Mother: Schaeffer, Mary
Sixth of nine children - four brothers four sisters
Sixth of nine children - four brothers four sisters
Baptized: Saint Boniface, Fulda, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Boniface, Fulda, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1882 March 20
Date of Reception: 1883 August 22
Temporary Vows: 1887 July 22
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Date of Death: 1892 September 30
Cause of Death: Consumption
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section A Row 4 Plot 8
Date of Birth: 1893 March 19
Place of Birth: Lively Grove, Illinois
Father: Behrman, Henry, Germany
Mother: Kemper, Clementine, Illinois
Tenth of ten children - seven brothers, two sisters
Tenth of ten children - seven brothers two sisters
Baptized: Saint Anthony, Lively Grove, Illinois
Entered from: Saint Libory, Lively Grove, Illinois
Date of Entrance: 1919 January 5
Date of Reception: 1919 August 11
Temporary Vows: 1921 August 11
Perpetual Vows: 1924 August 11
Silver Jubilee: 1946 July 26
Golden Jubilee: 1971 June 13
Date of Death: 1980 January 15
Cause of Death: Cardiac arrest
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section E Row 5 Plot 10
Date of Birth: 1878 March 27
Place of Birth: Bradford, Indiana
Father: Behmer, Henry, Louisville, Kentucky
Mother: Ulmer, Sophia, New Albany, Indiana
Second of four children - two brothers, one sister
Second of four children - two brothers 1 sister
Baptized: Saint Michael, Bradford, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Michael, Bradford, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1896 April 15
Date of Reception: 1896 August 10
Temporary Vows: 1900 August 7
Perpetual Vows: 1907 August 1
Silver Jubilee: 1925
Golden Jubilee: 1950 July 16
Date of Death: 1951 March 17
Cause of Death: Thyroid cancer
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section D Row 2 Plot 8
Date of Birth: 1853 June 8
Place of Birth: Madison, Indiana
Father: Bedel, Peter, Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany
Mother: Glauber, Anna Mary, Bliesen (near Trier) Germany
Fourth of five children - one brother, three sisters
Baptized: Saint Michael, Madison, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Michael, Madison, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1886 February 4
Date of Reception: 1886 July 22
Temporary Vows: 1887 July 22
Perpetual Vows: 1898 July 19
Silver Jubilee: 1912
Golden Jubilee: 1937
Date of Death: 1940 February 18
Cause of Death: Arterial hypertension, SCOD: cerebral hemorrhage
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section C Row 2 Plot 7
Date of Birth: 1851 January 13
Place of Birth: Madison, Indiana
Father: Bedel, Peter, Aschaffenburg, Bavaria (Germany)
Mother: Glauber, Anna Mary, Bliesen (near Trier) Germany
Third of five children - one brother, three sisters
Baptized: Saint Michael, Madison, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Michael, Madison, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1885 April 12
Date of Reception: 1885 August 22
Temporary Vows: 1886 August 22
Perpetual Vows: 1889 August 22
Silver Jubilee: 1914
Date of Death: 1927 December 26
Cause of Death: Arterio Sclerosis
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section B Row 1 Plot 4
Date of Birth: 1930 July 21
Place of Birth: Jasper, Indiana
Father: Beckman, Harry, Dubois, Indiana
Mother: Zenthoefer, Flora, Evansville, Indiana
Baptized: Saint Joseph, Jasper, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Joseph, Jasper, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1950 September 6
Date of Reception: 1951 May 30
Temporary Vows: 1952 June 2
Perpetual Vows: 1955 August 10
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Date of Birth: 1929 February 6
Place of Birth: Jasper, Indiana
Father: Beckman, Harry, Dubois, Indiana
Mother: Zenthoefer, Flora, Evansville, Indiana
Second of four children - one brother, two sisters
Baptized: Saint Joseph, Jasper, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Joseph, Jasper, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1950 September 6
Date of Reception: 1951 May 30
Temporary Vows: 1952 June 2
Perpetual Vows: 1955 August 10
Silver Jubilee: 1980
Date of Death: 2001 August 7
Cause of Death: Lymphoma
Buried: Cremains brought from Grand Terrace, California to Monastery Cemetery for Committal 2012 March 10, Section G Row 1 Plot 1
Date of Birth: 1946 January 25
Place of Birth: Evansville, Indiana
Father: Becker, Henry William, Evansville, Inidana
Mother: Johnstone, Betty Jane
Baptized: Saint Benedict, Evansville, Indiana
Entered from: Sacred Heart, Evansville, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1963 September 8
Date of Reception: 1964 June 6
Temporary Vows: 1965 June 16
Perpetual Vows: 1971 August 7
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Date of Birth: 1868 June 24
Place of Birth: Saint Meinrad, Indiana
Father: Becher, Melchior, Switzerland
Mother: Klueh, Elizabeth, Ferdinand, Indiana
Fourth of twelve children - seven brothers, four sisters
Baptized: Saint Meinrad Church, Saint Meinrad, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Meinrad, Saint Meinrad, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1890 August 4
Date of Reception: 1890 October21
Temporary Vows: 1893 August 1
Perpetual Vows: 1896 January 20
Date of Death: 1896 February 22
Cause of Death: Tuberculosis
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section A Row 4 Plot 2
Date of Entrance: 1888 January 9
Date of Reception: 1888 June 21
Temporary Vows: 1890 January 23
Date of Dispensation: 1891 August 17
Date of Birth: 1918 August 28
Place of Birth: Greenville, Indiana
Father: Beach, George Covert, Greenville, Indiana
Mother: Kiesler, Clara Christina, Palmyra, Indiana
First of seven children - four brothers, two sisters
Baptized: Saint Michael, Bradford, Indiana, 1918 August 31
Entered from: Saint Michael, Bradford, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1943 September 8
Date of Reception: 1944 June 4
Temporary Vows: 1945 June 5
Perpetual Vows: 1948 August 10
Silver Jubilee: 1970 June 14
Golden Jubilee: 1995 June 4
Date of Death: 2010 September 5
Cause of Death: Atrial fibrillation
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section F Row 12 Plot 5
Date of Birth: 1882 March 21
Place of Birth: Saint Philip, Indiana
Father: Bastnagel, John
Mother: Schenk, Mary
Sixth of thirteen children - eight brothers, four sisters
Baptized: Saint Philip, Saint Philip, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Philip, Saint Philip, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1904 February 4
Date of Reception: 1904 October 5
Temporary Vows: 1907 August 1
Perpetual Vows: 1914 August 4
Silver Jubilee: 1932 July 26
Date of Death: 1944 August 27
Cause of Death: Chronic nephritis (kidney disease)
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section C Row 1 Plot 2
Date of Birth: 1894 June 12
Place of Birth: Saint Philip, Indiana
Father: Bastnagel, John, Saint Philip, Indiana
Mother: Schenk, Mary, Saint Philip, Indiana
Twelfth of thirteen children - eight brothers four sisters
Baptized: Saint Philip, Saint Philip, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Philip, Saint Philip, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1913 March 18
Date of Reception: 1913 August 5
Temporary Vows: 1915 August 3
Perpetual Vows: 1918 August 8
Silver Jubilee: 1940
Date of Death: 1948 September 25
Cause of Death: Chronic Myocardial failure, chronic bronchial asthma
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section D Row 3 Plot 8
Date of Birth: 1925 August 9
Place of Birth: Washington, Indiana
Father: Bassler, Joseph, Washington, Indiana
Mother: Schneider, Catherine, Washington, Indiana
Second of five children - two brothers, two sisters
Baptized: Saint Mary, Washington, Indiana, 1925 August 16
Entered from: Saint Mary, Washington, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1945 September 7
Date of Reception: 1946 June 6
Temporary Vows: 1947 June 9
Perpetual Vows: 1950 August 10
Silver Jubilee: 1972
Golden Jubilee: 1997 June 8
Date of Death: 2006 May 9
Cause of Death: Ovarian Cancer
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section F Row 10 Plot 1
Date of Birth: 1883 August 25
Place of Birth: Tippicanoe, Ohio
Father: Baskerville, Robert, Cincinnati, Ohio
Mother: Miller, Mary, Germany
Fifth of ten children - five brothers four sisters
Baptized: Saint John, Indianapolis, Indiana
Entered from: Assumption, Indianapolis, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1903 July 3
Date of Reception: 1904 February 10
Temporary Vows: 1906 August 2
Perpetual Vows: 1913 August 13
Silver Jubilee: 1931 July 26
Golden Jubilee: 1956 July 26
Date of Death: 1965 May 17
Cause of Death: Cerebral Hemorrhage (Stroke)
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section E Row 2 Plot 8
Date of Birth: 1867 April 21
Place of Birth: Saint Henry, Indiana
Father: Barth, Peter, Polent, Prussia
Mother: Egloff, Franciska, Switzerland
Fifth of five children - three brothers one sister
Baptized: 1867 April 26, Saint Henry, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Henry, Saint Henry, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1889 January 15
Date of Reception: 1889 June 24
Temporary Vows: 1890 June 24
Date of Death: 1890 October 5
Cause of Death: Hemorrhage
Buried: Saint Ferdinand Parish Cemetery, Ferdinand, Indiana
Date of Birth: 1954 October 11
Place of Birth: Lebanon, Kentucky
Father: Ballard, Paul E, Marion County, Kentucky
Mother: Wimpsett, Dorothy, Nelson County, Kentucky
Baptized: Holy Cross Church, Marion County, Holy Cross, Kentucky
Entered from: Saint Thomas, Bardstown, Kentucky
Date of Entrance: 1976 August 19
Date of Reception: 1977 July 2
Temporary Vows: 1978 July 25
Perpetual Vows: 1986 July 12
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Date of Birth: 1886 February 9
Place of Birth: Mariah Hill, Indiana
Father: Balbach, Lawrence, Speier, Bavaria Germany
Mother: Harz, Anna Maria, Speier, Bavaria, Germany
Second of two children - one brother
of children - brothers sisters
Baptized: Mary, Help of Christians, Mariah Hill, Indiana
Entered from: Mary Help of Christians, Mariah, Hill, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1899 April 8
Date of Reception: 1899 August 8
Temporary Vows: 1904 August 4
Perpetual Vows: 1909 August 5
Date of Death: 1925 May 20
Cause of Death: Carcinoma of liver
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section B Row 1 Plot 8
Date of Birth: 1929 July 18
Place of Birth: Armstrong, Indiana
Father: Baehl, Henry A., Armstrong, Indiana
Mother: Baumgart, Otillia, Saint Joseph, Indiana
Eighth of eight children - four brothers three sisters
Baptized: Saint Joseph, Vanderburg County, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Joseph, Vanderburg County, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1946 September 8
Date of Reception: 1947 June 9
Temporary Vows: 1948 June 10
Perpetual Vows: 1951 August 10
Silver Jubilee: 1993
Golden Jubilee: 1998 May 31
Sixty Years: 2008 October 26
Date of Death: 2011 August 9
Cause of Death: Metastatic Rectal Cancer
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section E Row 12 Plot 4
Date of Birth: 1931 July 27
Place of Birth: Saint James, Indiana
Father: Baehl, Leroy, Armstrong, Indiana
Mother: Schaefer, Cecilia, Wadesville, Indiana
Baptized: Saint James Church, Saint James, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Bernard, Fort Branch, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1948 September 7
Date of Reception: 1949 June 13
Temporary Vows: 1950 June 14
Perpetual Vows: 1953 August 10
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Date of Birth: 1933 May 20
Place of Birth: Fort Branch, Indiana
Father: Baehl, Leroy, Armstrong, Indiana
Mother: Schaefer, Cecilia, Wadesville, Indiana
Second of nine children - five brothers, three sisters
Baptized: Saints Peter and Paul, Haubstadt, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Bernard, Fort Branch, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1952 November23
Date of Reception: 1953 May 18
Temporary Vows: 1954 May 19
Perpetual Vows: 1957 August 10
Silver Jubilee: 1979 May 26
Date of Death: 2002 February 1
Cause of Death: Cancer
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section E Row 9 Plot 1
Date of Birth: 1883 April 7
Place of Birth: Rouelles, France
Entered the United States with parents on 24 May 1891
Father: Backert, Joseph, Alsace, France
Mother: Ebner, Carolina, Alsace, France
Fifth of six children - two brothers, three sisters
Baptized: Saint Eglise, Juliere Rouelles, France
Entered from: Saint John, Vincennes, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1905 October 22
Date of Reception: 1906 August 2
Temporary Vows: 1908 July 30
Perpetual Vows: 1915 August 3
Silver Jubilee: 1933 August 10
Golden Jubilee: 1958 June 29
Diamond Jubilee: 1968 June 16
Seventy years: 1978 July 30
Date of Death: 1981 February 9
Cause of Death: Cardiovascular collapse due to fracture of left femur
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section E Row 5 Plot 6