Sister Elizabeth Henry Clark

Date of Birth: May 19, 1913
Date of Death: January 27, 1975
Age at Death: 61 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 25

Helen was born May 19, 1913, the ninth child of 15 born to James Henry and Elizabeth Clark Clark of Big Clifty, Ky. Helen attended the public school in Grayson County and the summer CCD classes taught by the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph. At age 17 she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint…

Sister Elizabeth Kelley

Date of Birth: January 15, 1889
Date of Death: October 27, 1977
Age at Death: 88 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 29

Ora Frances was the daughter of Frank and Della Summers Kelley of Owensboro, Ky. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy during the years 1908-1909. That same summer she entered the novitiate and ten days later on July 14, 1909, Ora Frances received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Elizabeth. Sister Elizabeth was prepared for…

Sister Elizabeth Marie Sipes

Date of Birth: September 14, 1889
Date of Death: August 19, 1954
Age at Death: 64 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 7

Born at Morganfield, Ky., Ellen was the daughter of N. F. and Mary E. Thompson Sipes. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy during the school year 1905‑1906, and took college courses at St. Francis College in Albuquerque, N.M. At the age of 32, Ellen entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph and following a postulancy…

Sister Emerentia Wiesner

Date of Birth: January 16, 1924
Date of Death: January 17, 2020
Age at Death: 96 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 58

Irma Clara Wiesner, the second child of Alfred Wiesner and Emma Margaret Roeckers Wiesner, was born on January 16, 1924, in Richmond, Kansas. Her older brother was named Alfred. She was followed by John, Marion, Joseph, Velma, Thelma, Florence, Rose and Frances. Joseph died as an infant. She was baptized on January 23, 1924, at…

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 Emma Cecilia Busam

Date of Birth: July 27, 1921
Date of Death: December 14, 2018
Age at Death: 97 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 55

Emma Cecilia Busam was born on July 27, 1921, to Mary Cecilia Bryan Busam and John William Busam Sr., at their home at 316 East 7th Street in Owensboro, Ky. Rev. Boniface Benkert, OSB, baptized her on August 7, 1921, in St. Joseph Church on Fourth Street. She received her First Holy Communion on June…

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 Ernestine Ritchie

Date of Birth: September 2, 1902
Date of Death: June 21, 1992
Age at Death: 89 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 48

Born on Sept. 2, 1902, Julietta was the oldest daughter of Andrew and Anne Ray Ritchie of Flaherty, Ky. She began her formal education in Meade County Public School at Flaherty and later attended Bethlehem Academy where she was taught by the Sisters of Loretto. In 1919, she met the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint…

Sister Etheldreda Melbourne

Date of Birth: May 31, 1872
Date of Death: December 28, 1923
Age at Death: 51 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 21

Born May 31, 1872, in Union County, Ky., Mary Ellen was the daughter of William Thomas and Ann Pulcharia Wathen Pike Melbourne. The Wathen family was one of that county’s oldest Catholic families. Mary Ellen was a first cousin to Mother Aloysius Willett and Sister Mercedes Wathen. Mary Ellen attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy during…

Sister Ethelreda Hayden

Date of Birth: September 12, 1915
Date of Death: February 25, 2007
Age at Death: 91 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 21

Marie Ernestine Hayden was born September 12, 1915, the second child of Felix and Ethel Buckman Hayden of Fancy Farm, Ky. An older brother Bill, (William Felix) and five other siblings, Mary Catherine, Frances Virginia, Charles Louis, Frances Eula and Mary Elizabeth completed the Felix and Ethel Hayden family. Ernestine was 3 years old when…