Sister Charles Maureen Walker S.L. age 94 of Nerinx, passed away Friday, March 14, 2014 at the Loretto Motherhouse Infirmary.

She was born October 11, 1919 in Loretto. She entered religious life in 1939 and received her final vows in 1944. She graduated from A. B. Webster College, Webster, Missouri in 1951 and earned her Master's Degree in Education from St. Louis University in 1963.

Her assignments and ministries were located in Missouri, Ohio and Illinois. Locally, she served as Principal and Superior of St. Augustine Grade School in Lebanon from 1966-77. She retired to the Loretto Motherhouse Infirmary in 2011.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles Thomas and Sarah O'Daniel Walker, three sisters, Lillian Murray, Louise Ball, Dora Mae Farley and two brothers, Raymond and Buddy Walker.

Survivors include three sisters, Susan Hughes of Bardstown, Nell Hughes of Loretto, Marty Thompson (Donald) of Louisville and a number of nieces and nephews.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 AM Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at the Loretto Motherhouse Church, Nerinx, with burial to follow in the Motherhouse Cemetery.

A wake service will be 6:30 PM Monday at the Motherhouse.

Mattingly Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.