Obituaries

Sr. Mary Ann Nadicksbernd (formerly Sr. Mary Baptista), CDP died peacefully at Holy Family Home on April 28, 2026.

She was a professed member of the Congregation of Divine Providence for 75 years. Born in Cincinnati, OH in 1933 to Elmer and Loretta Hein Nadicksbernd, she made her first profession of vows in 1951 and professed her final vows in 1955.

Sr. Mary Ann began her ministry of teaching in 1951 at Corpus Christi School, Newport, KY. For the next sixty-five years, she taught mostly second graders and considered it a great privilege to prepare the little ones for their First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion. She was stationed in elementary schools in Kentucky for long periods of time in each at Holy Family School, Ashland; at St. Francis de Sales School, Newport, at St. Agatha Academy, Winchester, at St. Philip School, Melbourne, and at Holy Trinity School, Bellevue. She proudly kept a list of all of her students and could recall their name and in what school she had them in class. In 2005 she became a teaching assistant and tutor until 2015 when she began keeping busy serving in the community and spending more time in prayer and making her famous quilling designs.

Sr. Mary Ann was a kind and generous sister, always ready to assist others. She enjoyed reading good novels and visiting with former students and long-time friends and family members. Her gentle and friendly manner touched many people she interacted with over the years. Her memory remained sharp up until the time of her death.

She will be missed by her religious community, the Sisters of Divine Providence, her brother, Rev. Elmer Nadicksbernd, SVD, and her sisters, Sr. Ruth Nadicksbernd, CDP, Sr. Juanita Nadicksbernd, CDP, and Diane Breitenstein and her sister-in-law, Carol Nadicksbernd and her nieces and nephews. Her brother, Joe preceded her in death.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in Immaculate Conception Chapel, Holy Family Home, Melbourne on Thursday, May 7, 2026. Gathering and sharing of memories service begins at 3:00, with the Mass of Resurrection at 4:00 followed by interment in the convent cemetery.

Memorials to the Congregation of Divine Providence, 5300 Saint Anne Drive, Melbourne, KY 41059.