Annie Mary was born Sept. 9, 1872, the daughter of Philip and Anna Yates Clements of Clementsville, Ky. Following her early education, she was a milliner at Calvary, Ky. At the age of 38, Annie Mary entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph and after a postulancy of 25 days, she received the Ursuline habit…
Mount Saint Joseph Necrologies
The Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph Necrology contains biographical information for Sisters buried at Mount Saint Joseph Cemetery.
Many entries include a Marker Location (for example, “Row D No. 55”), which corresponds to a location on the cemetery map.
Sister Martina Clements
Born May 3, 1878, in Union County, Ky., Mary Chandler was the youngest of the seven children of Martin and Frances Hite Clements. She graduated from Mount Saint Joseph Academy in May 1898 and entered the novitiate that summer. Mary Chandler received the Ursuline habit on October 21, 1899, and was given the name Sister…
Sister Charles Emaline Clements
Born in St. Vincent, Kentucky, on August 12, 1903, Louise was the daughter of Charles and Mary Emma Payne Clements. She was one of seven children. Louise, like her older sisters, attended grade and high school at St. Vincent. In 1919, she enrolled as a sophomore at Mount Saint Joseph Academy. The first year, she…
Sister Jean Bernadine Collard
Born at Peonia, Ky., on Dec. 26, 1905, Elizabeth was the daughter of Benjamin and Mary T. Lucas Collard. Elizabeth received her education at Oklahoma Public School in Grayson County. During the school year 1923-1924, she attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Elizabeth entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph that September. On March 19, 1925,…
Sister Kathleen Condry
Kathleen Sharon Condry was born on August 14, 1950, to James Thomas and Mary Josephine Seyler Condry in Ottawa, Kan. She was the third child and first girl in the family. Her two older brothers were Patrick and Michael and her two younger sisters were Ellen and Patricia. Kathleen was born in Kansas, but mostly…
Sister Ruth Agnes Conners
Ruth Elizabeth, eldest of two daughters of William Joseph and Margaret Shanks Conners, was born September 19, 1911, in Louisville, Ky. Her journey of faith began with baptism at St. Paul Church a few days later. Her non-Catholic mother had little patience with the Catholic Church beliefs and practices, so it fell to the father,…
Sister Mary Edith Coomes
One of nine children of Francis and Anna Jarboe Coomes of Rome, Ky., Mary Thelma was born Oct. 20, 1907. Later the family moved to Knottsville where the children attended St. William School. Mary Thelma finished high school at Mount Saint Joseph Academy. In January 1928, she entered the novitiate. She received the Ursuline habit…
Sister Mary Edmund Coomes
Born Oct. 10, 1887, in St. Lawrence, Ky., Mary Grace was the daughter of Francis and Elizabeth Payne Coomes who belonged to the pioneer Coomes and Payne families of early Kentucky. She attended St. Lawrence School, which was taught by the Mount Olivet Franciscans. When the Franciscan Sisters left, she attended public school. Mary Grace…
Sister Mary Louis Coomes
The daughter of Hilary and Eleanora Daniel Coomes, Elizabeth was born September 2, 1870, in Knottsville, Ky. During the school year 1896-1897, she attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy and, in July that summer, she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. On October 9, 1897, Elizabeth received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Mary…
Sister Agnese Coomes
Myrtle was born March 29, 1903, the first child of Walter and Emma Aull Coomes of Knottsville, Ky. Her grade school education began at Pleasant Valley School in 1910. Later, she was enrolled at St. William School where the Ursuline Sisters were her teachers. After completing her first year of high school at St. William,…