Sister Charles Borromeo Calhoun

Date of Birth: December 12, 1910
Date of Death: March 12, 1968
Age at Death: 57 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 28

Mary Lena, baptized on the day of her birth, December 12, 1910, was the daughter of Charles and Mary Jovita Mattingly Calhoun. She had three brothers and four sisters. Mary Lena began her formal education and first two years of high school at St. Elizabeth School in Curdsville, where she became a star pupil in…

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,…

Sister Mary Martin Sisk

Date of Birth: July 26, 1896
Date of Death: May 30, 1968
Age at Death: 71 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 41

Catherine was born July 26, 1896, in Mortons Gap, Ky., to Thomas and Henrietta Morgan Sisk. Following her mother’s death, relatives took all the children and placed the three youngest girls at Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Catherine was the oldest of the three and enjoyed the companionship of her two sisters at the Academy. They…

Sister Charles Albert Rowe

Date of Birth: January 28, 1904
Date of Death: October 10, 1968
Age at Death: 64 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 29

Mary Hazel was born January 28, 1904, the daughter of Joseph and Frances Vessels Rowe of Fancy Farm, Kentucky, the fourth of twelve children. At the age of 20, she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. On August 15, 1925, following a nine-month postulancy, Mary Hazel received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister…

Sister Mary Celestine Cecil

Date of Birth: August 4, 1892
Date of Death: February 19, 1969
Age at Death: 76 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 30

Born Aug. 4, 1892, in St. Joseph, Ky., Annie Merlin was the fourth child in a family of eight children to gladden the hearts of her parents, Clement and Eva Hayden Cecil. She attended St. Alphonsus Grade School and graduated from Mount Saint. Joseph Academy. At the age of 17 she entered the novitiate at…

Sister Teresita Thompson

Date of Birth: September 29, 1887
Date of Death: March 9, 1969
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 14

Born September 29, 1887, in Raywick, Ky., Mary Columba was the youngest of the six children who lived to adulthood in the family of John and Teresa Hamilton Thompson. Mary Columba’s early school days were at St. Francis Xavier School in Raywick taught by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. After finishing high school, Columba…

Sister Francis Borgia Wathen

Date of Birth: December 2, 1887
Date of Death: March 10, 1969
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 41

The daughter of Wingate and Anna Hite Wathen, Anna Mary was born Dec. 2, 1887, not many miles from Uniontown, Ky. When Anna Mary was very young, her mother died. Her father remarried. She attended St. Vincent Academy in Uniontown and completed her high school education at Mount Saint Joseph Academy. She entered the novitiate…

Sister Raphael Hayden

Date of Birth: February 21, 1894
Date of Death: May 21, 1969
Age at Death: 75 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 40

Teresa was born February 21, 1894, one of 10 children born to Henry and Frances Clark Hayden in Owensboro, Ky. Her parents were devout Catholics and trained their children to love for God and serve their neighbor. Teresa attended grade school in Owensboro. In 1911, she enrolled at Mount Saint Joseph Academy for high school.…

Sister Dolorosa Purdy

Date of Birth: November 11, 1889
Date of Death: July 20, 1969
Age at Death: 79 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 29

The daughter of John and Mary Byrne Purdy, Margaret was born Nov. 11, 1889, in Curdsville, Ky. Following her schooling she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph and had a four‑month postulancy. On November 21, 1912, Margaret received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Dolorosa. Her sister Helena was invested the same day…

Sister Mary Leo Johnson

Date of Birth: February 17, 1877
Date of Death: September 12, 1969
Age at Death: 92 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 30

Alice was born February 17, 1877, the daughter of John and Sallie Speak Johnson of St. Lawrence, Ky., one of nine children. At age 25, Alice entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. She received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Mary Leo on October 21, 1902. While in the novitiate, Sister Mary Leo…