Sister Jean Marie Wathen

Date of Birth: January 19, 1905
Date of Death: December 23, 1989
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 38

Born at Morganfield, Ky., on Jan. 19, 1905, Ursula Margaret was the daughter of John and Carrie Manning Wathen, one of 11 children. Her formal education began in the Wathen School of Union County and continued at St. Ann School at Morganfield. When Ursula was 19 years old, she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint…

Sister Jean Claire Ballard

Date of Birth: September 11, 1912
Date of Death: February 15, 1998
Age at Death: 85 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 53

Wilhelmina Clara, one of five children born to Ernest E. and Nora Ballard Downs, was born September 11, 1912, in Louisville, Ky. Her faith journey began September 22, 1912, with baptism at St. William Church, Louisville. Clara was only a few days old when her mother died. Uncle John and Aunt Sara Downs Ballard took…

Sister Jean Teresa Taylor

Date of Birth: August 26, 1911
Date of Death: March 26, 1988
Age at Death: 76 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 44

Beatrice Collard and James Taylor of Peonia, Ky., were happy to welcome Virginia, the first of their 12 children, on Aug. 26, 1911. Her education began in the public school of Oklahoma, a small school near Peonia. She spent the first year of high school at Peonia and completed the last three years at Mount…

Sister Jean Catherine Purdy

Date of Birth: December 6, 1908
Date of Death: November 11, 2001
Age at Death: 92 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 46

Anna Rose, the youngest of eight children of John Thomas and Mary Catherine Byrne Purdy, was born December 6, 1908, on a farm near Curdsville, Ky. Her faith journey began with baptism at St. Elizabeth Church on December 13, 1908. The Purdy family were strict Catholics. The four daughters all became Ursulines: Sister Mary Ephrem,…

Sister Jean Gertrude Mudd

Date of Birth: August 21, 1921
Date of Death: October 13, 2013
Age at Death: 92 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 50

On Sunday, August 21, 1921, Frances Vivian Mudd was the second daughter born to Xavier Eugene and Pearl Gertrude Mudd in Fredericktown, Ky. Almost three weeks later on Thursday, September 9, she received her full name – Mary Frances Vivian Mudd – at her baptism at Holy Trinity Church. She would be known as Vivian.…

Sister Jean Madeline Peake

Date of Birth: July 22, 1915
Date of Death: October 23, 2014
Age at Death: 99 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 49

Mary Wilbie, the only child of John and Nettie Medley Peake, was born July 22, 1915, at Holy Cross, Ky. Her faith journey began with baptism at Holy Cross Church on September 14. When she was only two months old, her father died, and she and her mother moved in with her mother’ parents. Seven…

Sister Jean Mark Buckler

Date of Birth: October 11, 1911
Date of Death: April 3, 1983
Age at Death: 71 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 30

Borgia, the fourth child of William and Mary Borgia Peterson Buckler, was born Oct. 11, 1911, in Loretto, Ky. Her mother died only a few hours after the baby was born. Borgia’s maternal grandparents took her as their own and arranged for her baptism two days later. Her father married a second time and the…

Sister Jean Martin Brey

Date of Birth: April 15, 1903
Date of Death: April 3, 1994
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 41

The daughter of James Edward and Marietta Brey, Mary Regina was born in Pettit, Ky. She was the seventh child in a family of five brothers and one sister. She received her education, grade school through high school, at St. Peter Alcantara in Stanley. The Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph were her teachers. Regina…

Sister Jean Paschal Ferriell

Date of Birth: June 4, 1902
Date of Death: September 9, 1995
Age at Death: 93 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 49

Edna was born June 4, 1902, one of 12 children born to Thomas and Catherine Peake Ferriell at Holy Cross, Ky. Her formal education began at Holy Cross School under Gonzaga Sims. Later, the Ursuline Sisters came to Holy Cross, and Edna met Sister Mary Anna, who taught her several years, and inspired in her…

Sister Jerome Cooper

Date of Birth: August 22, 1878
Date of Death: January 18, 1970
Age at Death: 91 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 39

Effie Jean was born to Ignatius and Louisa Alvey Cooper, in Curdsville, Ky. The family later lived in the surrounding areas of Beech Grove, and Congleton. Effie received her early schooling in the public schools of Daviess and McLean counties. She enrolled at Mount Saint Joseph Academy in 1899. She advanced rapidly in her studies…