Sister Jerome Cooper

Date of Birth: August 22, 1878
Date of Death: January 18, 1970
Age at Death: 91 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 39

Effie Jean was born to Ignatius and Louisa Alvey Cooper, in Curdsville, Ky. The family later lived in the surrounding areas of Beech Grove, and Congleton. Effie received her early schooling in the public schools of Daviess and McLean counties. She enrolled at Mount Saint Joseph Academy in 1899. She advanced rapidly in her studies…

Sister Mary Gregory Cooper

Date of Birth: September 9, 1904
Date of Death: March 15, 1989
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 7

Born Sept. 9, 1904, in Whitesville, Ky., Mary Helen was the daughter of Peter and Catherine Hoheimer Cooper. The family moved from Whitesville to Owensboro before Helen was school age. She began her formal education at St. Frances Academy under the direction of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. Later she transferred to St. Joseph…

Sister Gonzaga Cotter

Date of Birth: June 21, 1890
Date of Death: September 16, 1970
Age at Death: 80 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 13

Born June 21, 1890, at Cedar Hill, Tenn., Annie was the daughter of John and Mary Jane Crouch Cotter and was one of eight children. Annie attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy during the school year of 1907-1908. She returned home to Tennessee for Christmas that year and responding to the call to religious life, she…

Sister Mary Jean Cotter

Date of Birth: March 4, 1898
Date of Death: November 15, 1980
Age at Death: 82 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 29

The daughter of John and Mary Jane Cotter, Bernadette was born March 4, 1898, in Cedar Hill, Tenn., one of eight children. She was enrolled as a student at Mount Saint Joseph Academy during the years 1914-1917. At the age of 20, Bernadette entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph and received the Ursuline habit…

Sister Philomena Cox

Date of Birth: March 9, 1926
Date of Death: March 9, 2017
Age at Death: 91 years
Marker Location: Row L No. 46

Philomena Ward Cox was born in Owensboro, Ky., on March 9, 1926, to Thomas Sylvester Cox Sr. and Margaret Catherine Ebelhar Cox. She was baptized on March 14, 1926 by Rev. Richard Maloney and confirmed on April 26, 1936 by the Most Reverend John A. Floersch. She was the third child in the Cox family…

Sister Charles Marie Coyle

Date of Birth: December 10, 1911
Date of Death: March 22, 2003
Age at Death: 91 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 50

Mary Cecilia was born in New Haven, Kentucky, Dec. 10, 1911, the younger of two daughters to Charles J. and Mary Willie Hagan Coyle. The mother died when Mary Cecelia was 11 years old. The two girls assumed the many home responsibilities. They often were responsible for answering the phone or doorbell when their father,…

Sister Vickie Lynn Cravens

Date of Birth: September 12, 1950
Date of Death: August 5, 2010
Age at Death: 59 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 39

Vickie Lynn Cravens, born September 12, 1950, in Laclede County, Mo., was the first child born to Hazel Loree Massey and Victor Lavern Cravens. Growing up for the first six years, Vickie’s journey took its first curve with the arrival of a second child, her cherished sister Elizabeth, known as Beth. Due to her mother’s…

Sister Mary Alice Cravens

Date of Birth: February 26, 1894
Date of Death: October 29, 1977
Age at Death: 83 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 17

Prudence was born Feb. 26, 1894, the daughter of Joseph and Alice Thompson Cravens of Raywick, Ky. She entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph at the age of 21. Following a 15-month postulancy, Prudence received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Mary Alice on March 25, 1916. When the next school year began…

Sister Josetta Cravens

Date of Birth: December 24, 1892
Date of Death: January 5, 1951
Age at Death: 58 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 14

The daughter of Joseph and Alice Thompson Cravens, Edna was born on Christmas Eve, 1892, and lived with her family at Raywick, Ky., where she attended the public elementary school. She made her First Holy Communion and was confirmed in St. Francis Xavier Church. Edna’s high school years were spent at Raywick Public High School…

Sister Mary Sylvester Craycroft

Date of Birth: April 8, 1907
Date of Death: February 15, 1993
Age at Death: 85 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 20

Agnita, daughter of Sylvester and Anna Mae Hughes Craycroft, was born April 8, 1907, in Big Spring, Ky. Her formal education began at Hall School in Big Spring. The family moved to Vine Grove where she enrolled as a fourth-grader at Maple Grove School. In 1919, the Mount Saint Joseph Ursulines opened St. Martin School…