Sister Mary Bernice Hayden

Date of Birth: December 7, 1910
Date of Death: October 2, 1931
Age at Death: 20 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 16

Born on Dec. 7, 1910, in West Louisville, Ky., Mary Etta was the daughter of Edward and Ursula Smith Hayden. She began her early schooling in the grade school at Mount Saint Joseph Academy in 1917. At that time, she remained for three years as a student and made her First Holy Communion. Mary Etta…

Sister Mary Bernice Uhing

Date of Birth: October 23, 1916
Date of Death: July 13, 2001
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 54

Alma Anne Marie Uhing, the oldest of five children, was born Oct. 23, 1916, to Herman Joseph and Anne Marie Promes Uhing, on a farm near Bow Valley, Neb. Alma had one sister and three brothers. She was baptized at Sts. Peter and Paul Church, October 26, 1916. The Uhings were a happy family. Education…

Sister Mary Bertha Wethington

Date of Birth: April 24, 1906
Date of Death: December 2, 2009
Age at Death: 103 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 52

Catherine was born to Albert Clarence and Mary Bertha Clements Wethington on April 24, 1906, in Clementsville, Ky. She was one of 12 children: nine brothers ─ Carl, Albert, Frank, Aloysius, Louis, John, William, James and David; and two sisters, Mary Louise and Betty Jane. The family moved to Beardstown, Ill. Catherine entered first grade,…

Sister Mary Boniface Speaks

Date of Birth: July 6, 1907
Date of Death: October 15, 1992
Age at Death: 85 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 18

Born on July 6, 1907, in Waverly, Ky., Catherine was the daughter of James and Anabel Roberts Speaks. She was the only girl of four children. Her first schooling was received in a nearby one-room school. She completed elementary and high school at St. Peter School in Waverly. Following graduation from a business college, she…

Sister Mary Bridget Fulkerson

Date of Birth: March 28, 1902
Date of Death: October 15, 1983
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 35

Mary Emma was born March 28, 1902, the daughter of Lillard and Eliza Coomes Fulkerson of Rome, Ky. Her early education began in the public schools of Davies County. She later attended St. Elizabeth School in Curdsville, staffed by the Ursuline Sisters. When 20 years of age, Mary Emma entered the novitiate of Mount Saint…

Sister Mary Carl Sherron

Date of Birth: May 5, 1919
Date of Death: October 30, 1982
Age at Death: 63 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 29

One of eight children, Mary Ruth was born May 5, 1919, the daughter of Carl and Frances Rhodes Sherron of McQuady, Ky. She attended St. Mary of the Woods for elementary school and graduated form Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Mary Ruth earned an associate degree from Mount Saint Joseph Junior College and completed an AB…

Sister Mary Cabrini Foushee

Date of Birth: September 22, 1930
Date of Death: July 27, 2016
Age at Death: 85 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 51

Mary Rosaline Foushee was born on Sept. 22, 1930, the third child of William Albert and Virginia Frances Mills Foushee at Ekron, Ky. She was the oldest girl in the family with six sisters and three brothers — Charles Albert, Bernard Alexander, James Aloysius, Rita Evelyn, Ann, Jeanette, Dorothy Jean, Margaret Laverne, Therese Frances and…

Sister Mary Carmel Browning

Date of Birth: July 17, 1896
Date of Death: May 24, 1980
Age at Death: 83 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 29

Born July 17, 1896, to Charles and Mary Josephine Fry Browning at St. Mary, Ky., Mary Alice brightened the lives of that Catholic family. They were thrifty, hard‑working people who lived near Lebanon, and were members of St. Charles parish. Later the family moved to Lebanon. Alice was educated in the Marion County public schools.…

Sister Mary Catherine Kuper

Date of Birth: June 23, 1917
Date of Death: January 6, 1996
Age at Death: 78 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 50

Antoinette was the oldest of five children born to Albert and Olilia Ebelhar Kuper at Glennonville, Mo., on January 1, 1917. As the oldest child, she learned early in life to assume responsibility for her three younger brothers and little sister. Antoinette’s formal education began at St. Teresa Elementary School, Glennonville, in 1923. She came…

Sister Mary Cecilia Payne

Date of Birth: December 13, 1905
Date of Death: July 29, 1987
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 42

Born Dec. 13, 1905, in Owensboro, Ky., Dorothy was the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth O’Flynn Payne. She attended grade and high school at St. Frances Academy where she also studied violin for eight years. Dorothy entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph following her senior year and on March 19, 1925, she received the…