Sister Ann Frances Johnson

Date of Birth: February 24, 1907
Date of Death: November 2, 1992
Age at Death: 85 years
Marker Location: Row J Plot 47

Clara Angela was born February 24, 1907 to F.G. and Anna Higdon Johnson of Knottsville, Kentucky. She graduated from Daviess County High School in Owensboro and attended Western Kentucky State Teachers College. Clara entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph when she was 29. Following a seven-month postulancy, she received the Ursuline habit on August…

Sister Mary Boniface Speaks

Date of Birth: July 6, 1907
Date of Death: October 15, 1992
Age at Death: 85 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 18

Born on July 6, 1907, in Waverly, Ky., Catherine was the daughter of James and Anabel Roberts Speaks. She was the only girl of four children. Her first schooling was received in a nearby one-room school. She completed elementary and high school at St. Peter School in Waverly. Following graduation from a business college, she…

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 Oda Mudd

Date of Birth: May 14, 1909
Date of Death: September 4, 1992
Age at Death: 83 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 47

Mary Oda was born May 14, 1909, the seventh of 11 children born to James and Virginia Hamilton Mudd of Loretto, Ky. Her formal education began at a one-room school at Frogtown, near St. Mary. Later Mary Oda attended St. Charles School at Lebanon where she was taught by the Ursuline Sisters. Having entered the…

Sister Ernestine Ritchie

Date of Birth: September 2, 1902
Date of Death: June 21, 1992
Age at Death: 89 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 48

Born on Sept. 2, 1902, Julietta was the oldest daughter of Andrew and Anne Ray Ritchie of Flaherty, Ky. She began her formal education in Meade County Public School at Flaherty and later attended Bethlehem Academy where she was taught by the Sisters of Loretto. In 1919, she met the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint…

Sister Mary Eva Thompson

Date of Birth: April 21, 1917
Date of Death: April 30, 1992
Age at Death: 75 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 48

Born April 21, 1917, to Ambrose and Ellen Mattingly Thompson, Mary Lillian was welcomed into the family at St. Joseph, Ky., by Cecilia, Catherine, and Bill. Later she would welcome James, Paul, and Frank. In 1924, her mother died. Cecilia, Catherine, and Lillian went to Mount Saint. Joseph Academy. The four boys went to St.…

Sister Victoria Brohm

Date of Birth: October 12, 1906
Date of Death: January 20, 1992
Age at Death: 85 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 4

The daughter of Julius and Theresa Allgeier Brohm, Rosamond was born October 12, 1906, in Jeffersontown, Ky., one of five children. She received her elementary education at St. Edward’s in her hometown. She attended Mercy Academy in Louisville for high school. Rosamond entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph on September 8, 1922. Six months…

Sister Joan Brown

Date of Birth: December 25, 1905
Date of Death: December 15, 1991
Age at Death: 85 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 48

Catherine was born on Christmas day 1905, the fourth of seven children born to Julian and Elizabeth Mattingly Brown at Cloverport, Ky. She received her early schooling at the Cloverport Public School, then attended St. Rose School opened by the Ursuline Sisters in 1916. Her high school years were spent at Bethlehem Academy in St.…

Sister Anne Rita Cash

Date of Birth: December 14, 1902
Date of Death: October 11, 1991
Age at Death: 88 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 46

Anna Roberta was born December 14, 1902, the daughter of Robert and Anna Cash of Fancy Farm, Kentucky, one of 12 children. A weak and nervous child, she was unable to attend much regular school with the Sisters of Charity at Fancy Farm. At the advice of her physician, Anna Roberta enrolled at Mount Saint…

Sister Joseph Ursula Barker

Date of Birth: September 13, 1902
Date of Death: September 16, 1991
Age at Death: 89 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 47

The daughter of Albert and Carrie Cruz Barker, Ursula was born Sept. 13, 1902, in Waverly, Ky. Her early schooling began at St. Peter School in Waverly where she had the Ursuline Sisters as teachers. Ursula attended high school at Mount Saint Joseph Academy during the year 1919-1920. Four days before her 25th birthday, Ursula…