Peake - Stiles - Person Sheet
Peake - Stiles - Person Sheet
NameMary Josephine (Josie) GREENWELL 210
BirthJul 8, 1890, Nelson Co., KY
DeathFeb 26, 1965, Bardstown, Nelson Co., KY
FatherAlbin Monroe GREENWELL (1855-1927)
Misc. Notes
Had 15 children.

The Kentucky Standard, Thursday, 3/04/1965.
MRS. W. J. BOONE, WED 54 YEARS, DIES AT NEW HAVEN - MRS. MARY JOSEPHINE GREENWELL BOONE, 74, wife of William J. Boone, farmer of Nelson and Larue Counties, died at 4:20 p.m. Friday, February 26, at Flaget Memorial Hospital, Bardstown, after being admitted to the hospital a few days before. Mr. and Mrs. Boone moved from their Larue County farm into a new home they built in New Haven a few years ago, and they have resided there since. She was hospitalized at Bardstown for three months in late summer and fall and had since been ill at her home. Born and reared at New Haven, Mrs. Boone and her husband lived near Mobile, Alabama, for a short time after their marriage, but most of their married life was on a farm near New Haven. They were married for 54 years. Mrs. Boone was a member of the Altar Society of St. Catherine Church, New Haven. Besides her husband, she is survived by three daughters, who are Ursuline Sisters, seven other daughters and two sons: Sister Aloise, Mt. St. Joseph, Daviess County; Sister Regina, St. Romuald School, Hardinsburg; and Sister Joseph Angela, Brescia College, Owensboro; Mrs. Hugh (Margie) Johnson and Mrs. John L. (Edna Marie) Newcomb, both of Bardstown; Mrs. Errol P. (Cecilia) Johnson, II; Mrs. Edward (Jeanie) Hagan and Mrs. Patrick (Teresa) Thompson, all of New Haven; Mrs. Joseph (Josephine) Dworzan, Orange, Calif.; Mrs. Frank (Catherine) Keene, Louisville; Fred Boone, Louisville; and Joe Bill Boone, New Haven; 53 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Jean Cecil, Louisville; and one brother, Frank Greenwell, Louisville. Funeral services were held Monday, March 1, at ten o'clock at St. Catherine Church, New Haven, with High Requiem Mass. Rev. Fred J. Gettelfinger, pastor, officiated. In the sanctuary were Rev. George Greenwell, Louisville, a nephew of the deceased; Rev. Lawrence Hardesty, Louisville; Msgr. James H. Willett, Bardstown. Pallbearers were Joe and Mike Boone, Mark and Mike Johnson, George and Robert Hagan.
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Spouses
BirthApr 11, 1886, Nelson Co., KY
DeathMar 26, 1969, Jefferson Co., KY
OccupationFarmer
ReligionCatholic
FatherJoseph Francis BOONE (1861-1938)
MotherMary Elizabeth HAGAN (1861-1886)
Misc. Notes
Widower of Mary Josephine Greenwell.

The Kentucky Standard, Thursday, 3/27/1969.
W. J. BOONE, 82, RETIRED NEW HAVEN FARMER, DIES - William J. Boone, 82, retired farmer of the New Haven community, died Friday, March 21, at 6:15 p.m. at St. Joseph Infirmary, Louisville, where he had been a patient about a week, after being transferred there from Flaget Hospital here. Mr. Boone retired from active farming ten years ago and moved to New Haven. His wife, the former Josephine Greenwell, died in 1965. After her death, he lived alone until two months ago, when he became ill and then moved to the home of his son, Joe Bill Boone, and Mrs. Boone in New Haven. He and Mrs. Boone observed their golden wedding anniversary in 1959. He leaves a family of 12 children, ten daughters and two sons. Surviving daughters, Mrs. Hugh Johnson and Mrs. John L. Newcomb, Bardstown; Sister Aloise, Maple Mount, Ky., Sister Regina, Whitesville, Ky.; and Sister Joseph Angela, Brescia College, Owensboro, all Ursuline Sisters; Mrs. Errol P. Johnson, II, Mrs. Edward Hagan, Mrs. Pat Thompson, all of New Haven; Mrs. Frank Keene, Louisville; Mrs. Joseph Dworzan, Orange, Calif.; sons, Fred Boone, Louisville; and Joe Bill Boone, of New Haven; three brothers, Frank and Bernard Boone, of Louisville; and Walter Boone, Salinas, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Robert Sims, of Akron, Ohio; and Miss Elizabeth Boone, New Haven; 56 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Monday, March 24, with a Requiem Mass at St. Catherine Church, New Haven, with Rev. George Greenwell, Louisville, chief celebrant, and Rev. Paul Russell, pastor of St. Catherine's, as con-celebrant. Other priests attending were Father Charles R. Bowling, Bowling Green, Kentucky; Father Fields and Father Fisher, Whitesville; Father Bernard Hartlage, Lebanon Junction. Several Ursuline Sisters from Mt. St. Joseph, Whitesville and Brescia College, Owensboro, also attended the funeral. Interment was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Mike Johnson, Jimmy Hagan, Joe Boone, Buddy Lee, Jack Newcomb, and Fred D. Boone, all grandsons and grandsons-in-law. The body was at the Greenwell Funeral Home at New Haven, where prayers were offered Sunday afternoon at five o'clock.
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ChildrenJoseph Frederick (1911-1979)
 Aloysius (1913-1930)
 Joan (Sr. Aloise) (1914-1995)
 Cecilia Marie (1919-2013)
 Mary Jean (Jeanie) (1921-2014)
 Josephine (1922-)
 Mary (1924-1924)
 Louise (1926-1926)
 Edna Marie (Eddie) (1927-1995)
 Anna Catherine (1931-)
 Theresa Marie (1934-)
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