Sister Mary Denis Bumpus

Date of Birth: March 10, 1895
Date of Death: October 21, 1960
Age at Death: 65 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 26

Born March 10, 1895, in Owensboro, Ky., Forrest was the daughter of John and Teresa Clark Bumpus. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy during the year 1911-1912, studying in the commercial department. She entered the novitiate and received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Mary Denis on November 21, 1912. Sister Mary Denis’ first…

Sister Mary Charlotte Younker

Date of Birth: July 24, 1896
Date of Death: September 29, 1987
Age at Death: 91 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 44

Born On July 24, 1896, in St. John, Ky., Mary Esther was the daughter of John and Josephine Englert Younker, one of nine children. She entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph when she was 28 years old. On August 15, 1925, following a nine-month postulancy, Mary Esther received the Ursuline habit and the name…

Sister Mary DeChantal Whelan

Date of Birth: November 10, 1914
Date of Death: September 3, 2009
Age at Death: 94 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 55

DeChantal Whelan came into this life November 10, 1914, on a farm near Curdsville, Ky., the daughter of Joseph Leslie and Florence Eugenia Neal Whelan. She was the sister of Ruth and five brothers: Francis, Robert, Tom, Aloysius (called Tim) and Jim. Her mother named the baby DeChantal. DeChantal’s father, who didn’t like it, usually…

Sister Mary Christopher Williamson

Date of Birth: March 3, 1935
Date of Death: April 24, 1973
Age at Death: 38 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 21

Elizabeth Ann, born March 3, 1935, in Lyons, Ky., was the second daughter of Bob and Pauline Clark Williamson. When the first children were school age, they moved to their new farm in the Gethsemani area, and it was then that Bob and Pauline had their marriage rectified and the children baptized. Betty attended grade…

Sister Mary Clement Cecil

Date of Birth: September 13, 1891
Date of Death: May 20, 1915
Age at Death: 23 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 15

Born Sept. 13, 1891, to Clement and Eva Hayden Cecil at St. Joseph, Ky., Mary passed her youthful years with her family within sight of Mount Saint Joseph. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy during the school year 1907‑1908, then entered the novitiate. On August 25, 1908, Mary received the Ursuline habit and was given…

Sister Mary Cleophas Greenwell

Date of Birth: July 14, 1895
Date of Death: June 6, 1986
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 33

Born July 14, 1895, in St. Vincent, Ky., Matilda was the daughter of Sylvester and Margaret Mills Greenwell, descendants of the Maryland Catholic families who settled Nelson County. Following her earlier education at Cruz School in Waverly, Matilda spent her high school years (1910-1914) at Mount Saint Joseph Academy. She received special awards for various…

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 David Thomas

Date of Birth: June 20, 1910
Date of Death: October 3, 2007
Age at Death: 97 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 36

Josephine Elizabeth, one of three children, was born on June 20, 1910, in St. Louis, Mo., to William Thomas and Susan Elizabeth Wathen Thomas. She was baptized at St. Thomas of Aquinas Church, St. Louis, on July 10. The family moved to Kentucky in 1913, and the father, along with a brother-in-law, bought a farm…

Sister Mary Cordelia Spalding

Date of Birth: October 15, 1918
Date of Death: April 5, 2009
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 48

Mary Martha, born October 15, 1918, on a farm near Beech Fork River in Nelson County, Ky., was the oldest child of Archibald Aloysius and Mary Edna Bowling Spalding. Mary Martha had six siblings — two brothers, Charles Sylvester and Joseph Leo; and four sisters, Emily Rose, Lucy Regina, Elizabeth Ann and Margaret LaVerne. Because…

Sister Mary Damien Stratton

Date of Birth: February 5, 1895
Date of Death: July 14, 1926
Age at Death: 31 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 24

The daughter of James and Adell Cielice Stratton, Eleanor was born Feb. 5, 1895, in Louisville, Ky. She attended school in Louisville during her childhood and when she was 14 years of age, Eleanor attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy, graduating in 1914. During these years she received high honors in vocal performance. She entered the…