Sister Emily Zent

Date of Birth: July 25, 1911
Date of Death: December 30, 2008
Age at Death: 97 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 23

Jacob P. Zent was born in Spier Russia, February 16, 1887. His wife, Rose Kupper, was born in Sultz, Russia, September 13, 1889. They migrated to Mandan, N.D., where their first child, Emily was born July 26, 1911. The family increased to eight by the birth of two more girls, Isabel and Tillie and five…

Sister Mary Charlotte Younker

Date of Birth: July 24, 1896
Date of Death: September 29, 1987
Age at Death: 91 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 44

Born On July 24, 1896, in St. John, Ky., Mary Esther was the daughter of John and Josephine Englert Younker, one of nine children. She entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph when she was 28 years old. On August 15, 1925, following a nine-month postulancy, Mary Esther received the Ursuline habit and the name…

Sister Marguerite Younker

Date of Birth: November 12, 1900
Date of Death: April 4, 1981
Age at Death: 80 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 32

Mary Josephine, the daughter of Henry and Rosa Poat Younker, was born November 12, 1900, in St. John, Ky. Her father died when she was a year old and before the birth of her sister, Margaret. When Father Charles Haeseley, her mother’s uncle, became pastor at St. Jerome in Fancy Farm, Ky., he invited Rosa…

Sister Mary Carolita Young

Date of Birth: April 10, 1913
Date of Death: November 29, 2006
Age at Death: 93 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 51

A daughter was born to Lorenzo Carroll Young and his second wife, Loretta Higdon, on April 10, 1913, in their home near St. Mary, Kentucky. She was named Mary Estelle after her father’s first wife, Mary Estelle Craycroft. Marie, her father’s daughter by his first wife, came to live with the family when Mary Estelle…

Sister Margaret Louise Yates

Date of Birth: June 10, 1910
Date of Death: May 28, 1993
Age at Death: 82 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 49

Born June 10, 1910, to John and Coletta Bowling Yates in Waverly, Ky., Lillian was one of the six Yates children. They were descended from the Maryland settlement on Pottinger Creek. Lillian’s formal education began at Phipps Public School. From second grade through grade 12, she attended St. Peter School in Waverly. In high school,…

Sister Mary Esther Yates

Date of Birth: February 5, 1932
Date of Death: December 26, 1960
Age at Death: 28 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 27

Norma Jean was the oldest of the seven children, born on Feb. 5, 1932, to Robert and Teresa Huntley Yates of Vine Grove, Ky. Following grammar school, she attended Rineyville High School in Rineyville. At the age of 17, she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph, September 7, 1949. She received the Ursuline habit…

Sister Florine Wiseman

Date of Birth: August 12, 1900
Date of Death: March 14, 1958
Age at Death: 57 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 1

Born to Charles and Florence Cooper Wiseman of Rineyville, Ky., on Aug. 12, 1900, Irene was the only girl in a large family of boys. During her elementary grades she attended St. Patrick School at Stithton. She began high school as a boarding student at Bethlehem Academy, taught by the Sisters of Loretto, in St.…

Sister Emmanuel Wimsatt

Date of Birth: July 17, 1885
Date of Death: December 27, 1953
Age at Death: 68 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 9

The daughter of John and Genevieve Buckler Wimsatt, Lucy was born July 17, 1885, in St. Mary, Ky. When she was 24 years of age, she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. She received the Ursuline habit on July 14, 1909, and given the name Sister Emmanuel. Sister Emmanuel was assigned first to St.…

Sister Mary Thomas Wimsatt

Date of Birth: March 20, 1894
Date of Death: September 16, 1976
Age at Death: 82 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 37

Mary Willie, the daughter of William and Martha Mitchell Wimsatt, was born March 20, 1894, in Newman, Ky. In 1900, she began her education at St. Peter of Alcantara School in Stanley. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy during the years 1906-1914. Having entered the novitiate at the age of 20, Mary Willie received the…

Sister Mary Christopher Williamson

Date of Birth: March 3, 1935
Date of Death: April 24, 1973
Age at Death: 38 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 21

Elizabeth Ann, born March 3, 1935, in Lyons, Ky., was the second daughter of Bob and Pauline Clark Williamson. When the first children were school age, they moved to their new farm in the Gethsemani area, and it was then that Bob and Pauline had their marriage rectified and the children baptized. Betty attended grade…