Sister Margaret Marie Greenwell

Sister Margaret Marie Greenwell, 87, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, died April 7, 2026, at Mount Saint Joseph, in her 71st year of religious life. She was a native of New Haven.

Sister Margaret Marie was kind, hospitable and encouraging to all those she met, and tried to see Christ in everyone.

She was an educator in Kentucky for 35 years. From 1993 to 2015, she served the poor as the receptionist for the Sister Visitor Center in Louisville. She retired to Maple Mount in 2016, where she remained active in prayer.

Survivors include the members of her religious community; her sister Janice Newton of Bardstown; nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Paul Hogarty and Margaret Marie Greenwell, her sister, Sister Paul Marie Greenwell, OSU, and her brother, Homer Greenwell.

The funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 14, at Mount Saint Joseph, where visitation begins Monday at 4 p.m., with a wake service following at 6:30 p.m.

Glenn Funeral Home and Crematory, Owensboro, is handling arrangements.

Donations in memory of Sister Margaret Marie may be made to the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356.