Sister Mary Praxedes Spalding

Date of Birth: November 15, 1912
Date of Death: February 25, 1997
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 52

Mary Praxedes, one of four children of Mark and Cora Lula (Spalding) Spalding, was born November 15, 1912, in Calvary, Ky. Her faith journey began with baptism two days later at Holy Name of Mary Church. In September 1919, Praxedes began her formal education at Pine Hill College, a one-room school near Calvary. Later she…

Sister Vincentia Spalding

Date of Birth: July 26, 1886
Date of Death: March 11, 1920
Age at Death: 33 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 5

Born July 26, 1886, in Uniontown, Ky., Lily Travis was the daughter of Ross and Laura Wight Spalding. She grew up in a home where morning and evening prayer was the order of the day. She received her high school education at Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Following graduation, she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint…

Sister Jamesina Spain

Date of Birth: April 21, 1911
Date of Death: January 12, 2000
Age at Death: 88 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 52

Margaret Elizabeth (Bessie) was born to James Robert II and Mary Elizabeth Hagan Spain on April 21, 1911, at New Haven, Ky. Her faith journey began with baptism at St. Catherine Church. When Bessie was 1 year old, her mother died. Her two teenage sisters cared for her until her father’s remarriage when Margaret was…

Sister Agnes Marie Smith

Date of Birth: January 18, 1899
Date of Death: August 29, 1980
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row E Plot 28

Born at New Hope, Kentucky, on January 18, 1899, Mary Olivia was one of the 10 children of Thomas and Susan Hicks Smith. Her early education was obtained at St. Charles School in Lebanon. Entering the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph, Mary Olivia served her three‑month postulancy then received the Ursuline habit and the name…

Sister Helen Smith

Date of Birth: August 6, 1946
Date of Death: September 2, 2019
Age at Death: 73 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 9

Helen Pauline Smith was born on August 6, 1946, in Bartlesville, Okla. Her parents were David Thomas Smith and Mary Elizabeth Boltz Smith. She had two brothers, Francis T. Smith and James D. Smith. Her family attended St. John’s Church where Helen was baptized on September 15, 1946. She made her first communion on May…

Sister Sheila Anne Smith

Date of Birth: July 20, 1943
Date of Death: July 5, 2025
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 53

Judith Ann Smith was born on Tuesday, July 20, 1943, in Deshon General Hospital in Butler, Pa. She was the first child born to Arthur Rufus Smith and Ruth Margaret Maley Smith. Three weeks later she was baptized by a U.S. Army Chaplain on August 13, 1934, in Deshon Army Hospital’s Chapel. She began her…

Sister Francis Xavier Smith

Date of Birth: August 1, 1893
Date of Death: September 7, 1924
Age at Death: 31 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 25

Born in Owensboro, Ky., on Aug. 1, 1893, Martha Serena was the only daughter, among six sons, of Cornelius and Frances Emma Long Smith. At age 17, Martha entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph on August 5, 1910. She received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Mary Xavier on August 30, 1910. At…

Sister Catherine Smith

Date of Birth: October 9, 1875
Date of Death: January 30, 1931
Age at Death: 55 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 17

The daughter of Lawrence and Mary O’Hara Smith, Mary was born Oct. 9, 1875, in Cochiantown, Pa. Her parents were deeply religious and when the family moved to Louisville, Ky., they became staunch members of St. Louis Bertrand Parish. Through the influence of Dominican priests and brothers at Saint Louis Bertrand, they became involved in…

Sister Mary Cornelius Smith

Date of Birth: October 5, 1908
Date of Death: July 23, 1991
Age at Death: 82 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 38

Rosebell was born on Oct. 5, 1908, to Cornelius and Mary Beatrice Head Smith of Bardstown, Ky. When she was 5 years old, her father died and her mother moved the family to New Haven where Rosabell began her early schooling. There, too, she met the Ursuline Sisters from Mount Saint Joseph who staffed St. Catherine…

Sister Mary Ferdinand Smith

Date of Birth: December 19, 1897
Date of Death: March 20, 1968
Age at Death: 70 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 42

Born on Dec. 19, 1897, in Chicago, Ky., Mary Lillian was the oldest of the family of four girls born to Ferdinand and Nannie Blair Smith. During childhood she learned to love and practice her Catholic faith from her pious parents. Lillian attended the public school at Chicago until she was in the sixth grade,…