Sister Constantia Payne

Date of Birth: July 4, 1901
Date of Death: November 21, 1970
Age at Death: 69 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 33

Born in Knottsville, Ky., on Independence Day 1901, Bertha was the daughter of Thomas and Susan Montgomery Payne. She received her early education at St. Lawrence School. At the age of 18, Bertha entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. Following a postulancy of eight months, she received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Constantia…

Sister Theophane Floyd

Date of Birth: April 6, 1896
Date of Death: February 3, 1971
Age at Death: 74 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 38

The daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Peak Floyd of Rome, Ky., Anna Belle was born April 6, 1896, the seventh child in a family of 12 children. She attended St. Martin School in Rome where she excelled in reading and grammar. Anna Belle felt the call to religious life and entered the novitiate at Mount…

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 Gabriel Hayden

Date of Birth: February 16, 1892
Date of Death: September 24, 1971
Age at Death: 79 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 9

Mary Lillian, born Feb. 16, 1892, in Owensboro, Ky., was the daughter of Henry and Frances Clark Hayden. She entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph at the age of 18. After a 25-day postulancy, she received the Ursuline habit on August 30, 1910. Mary Lillian was given the name Sister Gabriella. Somewhere through the…

Sister Athanasius Powell

Date of Birth: March 11, 1900
Date of Death: October 6, 1971
Age at Death: 71 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 31

Born on March 11, 1900, in Calvary, Ky., Elizabeth was the daughter of John and Mary Thomas Powell. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy in the years 1910-1916. When Bettie finished the ninth grade, she entered the novitiate on July 16, 1916. She received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Athanasius on October 24,…

Sister Agatha Beaven

Date of Birth: November 16, 1886
Date of Death: October 8, 1971
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 32

The daughter of Charles and Sarah Neel Beaven, Mary Myrtle was born Nov. 16, 1886, in Morganfield, Ky. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy for two years then entered the novitiate. Three months later on May 5, 1914, Mary Myrtle received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Agatha. Sister Agatha completed her high school…

Sister Mary Lucian Wathen

Date of Birth: September 10, 1894
Date of Death: February 4, 1972
Age at Death: 77 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 35

Born September 10, 1894, in St. Lawrence, Ky., Mary Louise was the daughter of Peter and Mary Quinn Wathen. Her parents were descendants of the staunch Catholic Coomes families of Lord Baltimore’s time through the settlement in Nelson County at Fairfield. Mary Louise was always very proud of this holy ancestry. Her love of service…

Sister Mary Romuald Kennedy

Date of Birth: August 22, 1890
Date of Death: March 19, 1972
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 8

Ida Isabelle was born August 22, 1890, the daughter of James and Mary Louise Crews Kennedy of Hardinsburg, Ky. Her family was one of the pioneer families in St. Romuald Parish. She attended Hardinsburg Elementary Public School, St. Romuald Parish School (taught by lay teachers), and Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Ida became a certified public…

Sister Mary Helen Dougherty

Date of Birth: January 6, 1888
Date of Death: March 20, 1972
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 35

Born Jan. 6, 1888, in Owensboro, Ky., Ora Angela was one of eight children born to Robert and Ellen Harl Dougherty. She attended elementary school in Owensboro. For high school, she came to Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Ora Angela entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph on July 10, 1910. On August 30, 1910, she received…

Sister Louis Hilary Mattingly

Date of Birth: September 23, 1899
Date of Death: April 1, 1972
Age at Death: 72 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 37

Born in Knottsville, Ky., on Sept. 23, 1899, Susan was the daughter of John Henry and Anna Aull Mattingly. Father Louis Hilary Spalding, pastor at St. William Church, baptized her. She attended the public school until the Ursuline Sisters opened St. William School in 1912. Gifted with a beautiful voice, Susan was a good student…