Sister Mary Denise Brown

Date of Birth: June 30, 1914
Date of Death: December 23, 2000
Age at Death: 86 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 53

Cora Teresa, the oldest daughter of John Young and Viola Osborne Brown, was born June 30, 1914, on a farm in Hardin County just over the county line from Flaherty, Ky. She began her faith journey with baptism on August 1, 1914, at St. Martin of Tours Church. As a child, Cora Teresa loved the…

Sister Mary Edgar Warren

Date of Birth: August 17, 1918
Date of Death: December 20, 1997
Age at Death: 79 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 1

Mary Beatrice, the eighth of 11 children, was born August 17, 1918, to Thomas Edgar and Mary Loretta Stallings Warren. She was baptized in Sacred Heart Church at Waterflow, N.M. Her formal education began in September 1924 at Sacred Heart Academy and continued there until the family moved to Yellow Jacket, Colo., where she completed…

Sister Mary DeSales Thomas

Date of Birth: September 16, 1912
Date of Death: September 26, 1979
Age at Death: 67 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 32

Mary Prudence was born Sept. 16, 1912, the daughter of William and Susan Wathen Thomas of Calvary, Ky. Her education began at St. Joseph School in Raywick where she remained through her freshman year in high school. Mary Prudence went to St. Charles School in Lebanon for her sophomore year, then attended Mount Saint Joseph…

Sister Mary Dolores Gatton

Date of Birth: September 2, 1907
Date of Death: October 15, 1985
Age at Death: 78 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 32

Born Sept. 2, 1907, in Browns Valley, Ky., Mary Anna was the daughter of David and Dolores Cline Gatton. Her formal education began at St. Martin School in Rome, Ky., and continued at St. Frances Academy in Owensboro through elementary school. She began high school at St. Frances Academy also, but graduated from Mount Saint…

Sister Mary Edith Coomes

Date of Birth: October 20, 1907
Date of Death: October 15, 1992
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 45

One of nine children of Francis and Anna Jarboe Coomes of Rome, Ky., Mary Thelma was born Oct. 20, 1907. Later the family moved to Knottsville where the children attended St. William School. Mary Thelma finished high school at Mount Saint Joseph Academy. In January 1928, she entered the novitiate. She received the Ursuline habit…

Sister Mary Durr

Date of Birth: April 25, 1918
Date of Death: April 21, 2017
Age at Death: 98 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 51

Margaret Mary Durr was born on April 25, 1918, in the midst of the first World War. She was the sixth child born to Albert Durr and Louise Tordoff Durr of Paul, Neb. The history of her family was very interesting. The Durr, Schmitz, Tordoff and Schneider families came together when Nebraska was beginning to…

Sister Mary Edmund Coomes

Date of Birth: October 10, 1887
Date of Death: April 24, 1964
Age at Death: 76 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 18

Born Oct. 10, 1887, in St. Lawrence, Ky., Mary Grace was the daughter of Francis and Elizabeth Payne Coomes who belonged to the pioneer Coomes and Payne families of early Kentucky. She attended St. Lawrence School, which was taught by the Mount Olivet Franciscans. When the Franciscan Sisters left, she attended public school. Mary Grace…

Sister Mary Edward Pope

Date of Birth: August 18, 1892
Date of Death: April 11, 1971
Age at Death: 78 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 32

Born Aug. 18, 1892, in Owensboro, Ky., Anna Belle was the daughter of James Hamilton and Emma Lancaster Pope. Her father was the descendant of Hamilton Pope, one of the first settlers of Louisville, and her mother from the Lancaster family of Maryland, by way of Nelson County. James Hamilton Pope’s family numbered 13 children,…

Sister Mary Ellen Hagan

Date of Birth: March 29, 1877
Date of Death: April 16, 1937
Age at Death: 60 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 7

The daughter of William and Ellen Head Hagan, Ada was born on March 29, 1877 — Holy Thursday — and was baptized soon after in St. Agnes Church, Uniontown, Ky. The Hagans were pioneers from Maryland who first settled in Nelson County before coming to Union County. Ada was a prayerful girl and carried on…

Sister Mary Edna Robinson

Date of Birth: March 18, 1877
Date of Death: October 11, 1947
Age at Death: 70 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 17

Born on March 18, 1877, at Morganfield, Ky., Alberta was the daughter of Albert and Mary Ann Russell Robinson. She entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph when she was 37 years old. Following a six-month postulancy, Alberta received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Mary Edna on August 15, 1915. Sister Mary Edna’s…