Sister Dominica Thompson

Date of Birth: August 19, 1894
Date of Death: October 22, 1974
Age at Death: 80 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 26

One of 12 children, Myrtle was born Aug. 19, 1894, to Thomas and Anna Florence Ballard Thompson of Holy Cross, Ky. She received her early formal education in Clarktown School, a one-room public school in Nelson County. When the Ursuline Sisters opened Holy Cross School, Myrtle completed elementary and high school there. She entered the…

Sister Dorothy Payne

Date of Birth: September 30, 1893
Date of Death: April 20, 1989
Age at Death: 95 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 44

Born Sept. 30, 1893, in Knottsville, Ky., Monica Anna, the daughter of William and Mary Elizabeth Martin Payne, was baptized at birth by Mrs. James Higdon. She was baptized later by Father Louis Hilary Spalding, pastor of St. William Church. Monica’s formal education began at Snowball School in Whalen. She attended school at St. Claire…

Sister Dorothy Ann Whelan

Date of Birth: April 14, 1912
Date of Death: February 25, 2003
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 41

Dorothy Cecilia, one of nine children, was born to Nicholas Leake and Addie Boone Whelan at Howardstown, Kentucky on April 14, 1912. In August 1918, Dorothy began her formal education at St. Ann School, Howardstown, staffed by the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph. She studied there through grade school and high school. On September 8,…

Sister Dorothy Helbling

Date of Birth: June 17, 1928
Date of Death: November 1, 2020
Age at Death: 92 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 3

Dorothy Helbling was born on June 17, 1928, in St. Anthony, North Dakota. Her grandparents were homesteaders. The family came from Germany then migrated to Odessa, Russia. From there, they came to America. Her parents were Anton Erasmus and Matilda Helbling. She was the second of four children. She had an older brother, Jack, a…

Sister Dorothy Marie Willett

Date of Birth: October 8, 1921
Date of Death: February 4, 2009
Age at Death: 87 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 55

Anna Ursula Willett was born on October 8, 1921, in Waverly Ky., the fourth child of James Edward and Jane Isabel Perdue Willett. The family grew to eight, including brothers Thomas Edward and Joseph Vernon and sisters Theresa Bernadette, Dorothy Jane, Doris Hiltrude, Mary Kathleen and Rose Marie (Sister Rosita, OSU). When Anna Ursula was three…

Sister Edwardine Murphy

Date of Birth: February 13, 1914
Date of Death: November 2, 1984
Age at Death: 70 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 38

Born Feb. 13, 1914, in Central City, Ky., Mary Callista was the daughter of James Patrick and Mary Ellen McGown Murphy of Irish descent. She was one of nine children. Mary Callista received most of her formal education at St Joseph School in Central City, then attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy during the years 1930-1933.…

Sister Edwina Barrow

Date of Birth: November 10, 1895
Date of Death: April 20, 1918
Age at Death: 22 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 11

Born Nov. 10, 1895, in Delaware, Ky., Eulalia was the third daughter of Elias and Mary Helen Cosby Barrow. She was recognized as an unusual child. Eulalia entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph at the age of 15. On November 21, 1912, she received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Edwina. Sister Edwina…

Sister Eileen Mullen

Date of Birth: May 24, 1912
Date of Death: March 12, 2008
Age at Death: 95 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 24

Eileen Veronica Rose Mullen was born on May 24, 1912, on the family farm near the Canadian border, between Colgan and Fortuna, North Dakota. The town in which Eileen was born was named after her maternal grandfather Mac Colgan. She was the second child of the homesteading pioneers Michael Joseph Mullen and Edith Eileen Colgan…

Sister Elaine Byrne

Date of Birth: May 28, 1946
Date of Death: January 20, 2012
Age at Death: 65 years
Marker Location: Row L No. 42

The journey of faith began for Elaine Isabel Byrne May 28, 1946, when she was born to John D. and Anna Marie Coomes Byrne of Curdsville, Ky. She joined Margie, John Jr., and J.L. Later there would be Mary Lou, Eddie and Tony. She was baptized at St. Elizabeth Church in Curdsville, June 4, 1946,…

Sister Elizabeth Ann Ray

Date of Birth: August 7, 1910
Date of Death: November 16, 2008
Age at Death: 98 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 37

On August 7, 1910, Joseph Lawrence and Mary Elizabeth Mills Ray of Rhodelia, Kentucky, welcomed the birth of their sixth child. She was baptized Edith Elizabeth on September 11, 1910 by Father J.P. Raoux, pastor of St. Theresa Church, Rhodelia. As the years passed, this family welcomed the birth of six additional children: five boys…