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Original master magnetic tapes, excellent quality, oral history, Huntingburg, 1997
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Date of Birth: 1903 December 21
Place of Birth: Evansville, Indiana
Father: Mitchell, Charles, Derby, Indiana
Mother: Born, Cecelia, Evansville, Indiana
Baptized: Saint Joseph, Evansville, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Joseph, Evansville, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1921 January 3
Date of Reception: 1921 August 11
Temporary Vows: 1922 August 11
Perpetual Vows: 1925 August 12
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Date of Death: 2008 October 27
Cause of Death:
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section F Row 11 Plot 9
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Date of Birth: 1904 December 18
Place of Birth: Buechel Kuchen, Germany
Father: Retzer, Francis X, Buechel Kuchen, Germany
Mother: Hoffman, Crescentia, Pottenstein, Germany
Baptized: Saints Peter and Paul, Buechel Kuchen, Germany
Entered from: Saints Peter and Paul, Buechel Kuchen, Germany
Date of Entrance: 1923 May 16
Date of Reception: 1924 August 11
Temporary Vows: 1925 August 12
Perpetual Vows: 1928 August 13
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Date of Death: 2004 January 26
Cause of Death:
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section F Row 10 Plot 4
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Date of Birth: 1904 December 5
Place of Birth: Cannelburg, Indiana
Father: Kavanaugh, John F, Cannelburg, Indiana
Mother: O'Connor, Mary L, Montgomery, Indiana
Baptized: All Saints, Cannelburg, Indiana
Entered from: All Saints, Cannelburg, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1922 October 30
Date of Reception: 1923 June 6
Temporary Vows: 1924 August 11
Perpetual Vows: 1927 August 10
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Date of Death: 2007 February 22
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Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section E Row 11 Plot 8
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Date of Birth: 1902 August 12
Place of Birth: Louisville, Kentucky
Father: Heckel, Edward, Louisville, Kentucky
Mother: Ofer, Frances, Mariah Hill, Indiana
Baptized: Saint Vincent de Paul, Louisville, Kentucky
Entered from: Saint Anthony, Jeffersonville, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1925 December 8
Date of Reception: 1926 June 8
Temporary Vows: 1927 June 9
Perpetual Vows: 1930 August 6
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Date of Death: 2000 December 27
Cause of Death:
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section F Row 9 Plot 8
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Date of Birth: 1904 January 24
Place of Birth: Schnellville, Indiana
Father: Kress, Michael, Jasper, Indiana
Mother: Striegel, Rose, Schnellville, Indiana
Baptized: Sacred Heart, Schnellville, Indiana
Entered from: Sacred Heart, Schnellville, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1933 November 27
Date of Reception: 1934 May 29
Temporary Vows: 1935 June 4
Perpetual Vows: 1935 August 10
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Date of Death: 2001 November 4
Cause of Death:
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section F Row 9 Plot 9
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Date of Birth: 1912 May 26
Place of Birth: Jasonville, Indiana
Father: Moore, William, Slamaning, Scotland
Mother: Brennan, Anna, Avonhead, Scotland
Baptized: Saint Joan of Arc, Jasonville, Indiana
Entered from: Sacred Heart, Vincennes, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1931 February 8
Date of Reception: 1932 May 12
Temporary Vows: 1933 May 18
Perpetual Vows: 1936 August 10
Silver Jubilee: 2004 July 8
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Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section E Row 10 Plot 8
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Recording these tapes was Paul Vance, Hometown Music, Huntingburg. Sister Mary Dominic Frederick, archivist, introduced the story tellers. These are master tapes which should never be taken from the archives. See F08/D08/AC0482/0498 for copies.
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Those recording were Sr. Carla Mitchell (age 93), Sr. Ildephonse Retzer (age 92), Sr. Bernice Kavanaugh (age 92), Sr. Mary Edward Heckel (age 95), Sr. Mary Cosmas Kress (Age 93), and Sr. Mary William Moore (age 85) whom Sr. Michelle Mohr accompanied.