Sister Mary Charles Gough

Date of Birth: November 7, 1891
Date of Death: June 28, 1958
Age at Death: 66 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 2

Born November 7, 1891 at Uniontown, Kentucky, Ida Laura was the daughter of Henry and Mary (Gough) Gough. Following her elementary education, she attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy during the years 1907‑1910. That same summer, Ida Laura entered the novitiate and after a six‑week postulancy, she received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Mary…

Sister Celine Horrell

Date of Birth: August 23, 1904
Date of Death: June 16, 1959
Age at Death: 54 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 26

Born in Clarkson, Kentucky, on August 23, 1904, Helen was the daughter of William and Oda Jenkins Horrell. Helen entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph on September 8, 1921. She received the Ursuline habit on March 20, 1922, and became known as Sister Celine. Sister Celine’s apostolate was domestic work. On four different assignments…

Sister Benita Faller

Date of Birth: December 29, 1898
Date of Death: April 14, 1960
Age at Death: 61 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 27

Born Dec. 29, 1898, in Louisville, Ky., Catherine was the daughter of Albert and Elizabeth Strangel Faller, second generation Germans who spoke and prayed in their ancestral language in their home. Catherine continued praying privately in German throughout her life. She attended St. Paul School. After the completion of elementary school, she remained at home…

Sister Mary Denis Bumpus

Date of Birth: March 10, 1895
Date of Death: October 21, 1960
Age at Death: 65 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 26

Born March 10, 1895, in Owensboro, Ky., Forrest was the daughter of John and Teresa Clark Bumpus. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy during the year 1911-1912, studying in the commercial department. She entered the novitiate and received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Mary Denis on November 21, 1912. Sister Mary Denis’ first…

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 Nympha Smith

Date of Birth: October 29, 1901
Date of Death: March 12, 1961
Age at Death: 59 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 25

Mary Cecilia was born October 29, 1901, the second daughter of Ferdinand and Nannie Blair Smith. She attended the public school at Chicago, Ky., until her First Communion year. That year she and her older sister, Lillian, boarded the train each Monday morning to spend the week in New Hope attending St. Vincent de Paul…

Sister Rose Beatrice Murphy

Date of Birth: December 29, 1903
Date of Death: November 7, 1961
Age at Death: 57 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 26

One of the nine children of Richard and Rose Anne Holland Murphy, Elizabeth was born December 29, 1903, in Stanley, Ky. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy as a day student through the years 1917-1928, receiving her elementary, secondary and junior college education. Elizabeth entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph on September 7, 1927,…

Sister Teresa Thomas

Date of Birth: December 12, 1887
Date of Death: December 30, 1961
Age at Death: 74 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 27

The daughter of James and Mary Belle Mitchell Thomas, Mary was born December 12, 1887, in Fancy Farm, Ky. She graduated from Mount Saint Joseph Academy in May 1909, and entered the novitiate that summer. On July 14, 1909, Mary received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Teresa. Sister Teresa’s first teaching assignment took…

Sister Angeline Mattingly

Date of Birth: December 31, 1888
Date of Death: March 2, 1962
Age at Death: 73 years
Marker Location: Row J Plot 28

Malissa was born Dec. 31, 1888, in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, the daughter of Robert and Ellen Powers Mattingly, descendants of the Maryland pioneers who came to Kentucky. From words and example of her parents, Malissa learned the beauty and truths of the Catholic faith. Her school days were spent in the public schools of Breckinridge…

Sister Joseph Lawrence Speak

Date of Birth: December 11, 1906
Date of Death: October 14, 1962
Age at Death: 55 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 29

The daughter of Lawrence and Appolonia Rhodes Speak, Mary Joseph was born Dec. 11, 1906, in Irvington, Ky. She received her elementary and secondary education at St. Romuald School in Hardinsburg. Mary Joseph graduated from there in 1925, and nearly two years later she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. On August 15, 1927,…