Obituaries

Sister Margaret Mary Fields, 85, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 12, 2026, at the Passionist Nuns Monastery in Erlanger, Kentucky where she lived and served the Lord. A sister for over 66 years, Sr. Margaret Mary served the community faithfully and joyfully in multiple roles.

She was born on September 15, 1940, in Louisville, Kentucky to the late Claude Francis and Mary Margaret (Stuckenborg) Fields. She was the oldest of four daughters. Sr. Margaret Mary was blessed to be educated by Catholic Sisters throughout grade school, high school, and nursing school.

Sr. Margaret Mary worked in the emergency room for several years at St. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital in Louisville, KY, until she followed God calling her to the contemplative life of prayer as a Passionist Nun. Truly a lovely lady who was easy to live with, joyful, resilient, and reliable, compassionate, caring, a true blessing for our community in every way. Sr. Margaret Mary’s faith was unwavering, and she will be sorely missed by everyone in her community.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Claude Francis and Mary Margaret Stuckenborg Fields and her sister, Martha Fields Lotz.

Sr. Margaret Mary is survived by her sisters, Claudia Day and Susan Fields Rutherford and her sisters at the Monastery.

A visitation will be held on Friday, September 18, 2026, from 3:00 – 7:00 PM at the Passionist Nuns Monastery, 1151 Donaldson Road, Erlanger, KY 41018. Mass of Christian Burial will be on Saturday, September 19, 2026, at the Monastery Chapel with Mass beginning at 11:00 AM following visitation from 10:00 – 11:00 AM. Burial will follow in the Monastery’s cemetery, where Sr. Margaret Mary will be laid next to her fellow sisters in Christ who have gone before her.

Expressions of sympathy may be made in Sr. Margarets Mary’s name to the Passionist Nuns Monastery, 1151 Donaldson Road, Erlanger, KY 41018.