Sister Jeromena Willett

Date of Birth: February 25, 1905
Date of Death: October 9, 1986
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 42

Born in Springfield, Ky., on Feb. 25, 1905, Mary Hazel was the daughter of Joseph and Jeromena Bell Willett, one of 10 children. She received her early schooling at several places —Howardstown, New Hope, and Fredericktown. At the age of 17, Mary Hazel entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. On March 19, 1923, following…

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 Joan Marie Lechner

Date of Birth: August 25, 1913
Date of Death: October 6, 1975
Age at Death: 62 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 41

Grace was born Aug. 25, 1913, the daughter of John George and Anna Tongish Lechner of Nebraska City, Neb. She graduated from St. Bernard Academy in Nebraska City in 1931. Grace entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph and on August 14, 1934, she received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Joan Marie. Sister…

Sister Joan of Arc Walz

Date of Birth: July 1, 1931
Date of Death: July 5, 2017
Age at Death: 86 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 4

Joan was born on July 1, 1931 in Cloverport, Ky., to Otto Walz and Ida May Brown Walz. She was baptized on September 13, 1931, at St. Rose Church in Cloverport by Rev. Gardian Lewis C.P. She joined her sisters, Martha, Regina and Dorothy and welcomed a younger brother, George in 1937. Though Joan’s formal…

Sister Joetta Mattingly

Date of Birth: August 24, 1901
Date of Death: January 11, 1981
Age at Death: 79 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 31

Myrtle was born Aug. 24, 1901, the daughter of Monroe and Alice Bennett Mattingly of Loretto, Ky. She was baptized, received her First Communion and was confirmed at St. Francis of Assisi Church in nearby Chicago. Her mother died and her father remarried when she was a small child. She attended Mills Public School at…

Sister Johanna Froeba

Date of Birth: May 30, 1829
Date of Death: April 6, 1909
Age at Death: 79 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 25

Cunigunda was the daughter of Johann and Cunigunda Fröba (Froeba). She was born May 30, 1829, in Buchbach, Ludwigstadt, Ober-Franken, Germany. In the early 1850s, she came from Buchbach to Louisville, Ky., to live with her brothers on Madison Street. Their home was across the street from the home of Henry and Katrina Bloemer, the…

Sister Johanna Lechner

Date of Birth: September 15, 1910
Date of Death: July 21, 1978
Age at Death: 67 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 36

The daughter of John and Mary Tongish Lechner, Leona was born Sept. 15, 1910, in Nebraska City, Neb. Her formal education began in a public school where she stayed for the first three grades. Leona then attended St. Bernard Academy where the Madames of the Sacred Heart taught her through the remainder of grade school.…

Sister Joseph Angela Boone

Date of Birth: September 20, 1928
Date of Death: November 11, 2018
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 8

Mary Bernice Boone was born in New Haven, Ky. She was the twelfth child in the family. Her parents were William Joseph Boone and Mary Josephine Greenwell Boone. She was born on September 20, 1928, and was baptized on September 24, 1928. Mary Bernice and all the Boone children including Frederick Joseph, Joseph Aloysius, Mary…

Sister Joseph Emma Morris

Date of Birth: June 5, 1923
Date of Death: December 31, 1994
Age at Death: 71 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 50

Frances Agnita was the daughter of Joseph B. and Emma D. Johnson Morris. She was born June 5, 1923, in Knottsville, Ky., the third of 13 children — seven brothers and five sisters. Agnita was baptized when she was five days old at Saint William Church and confirmed there on April 28, 1936, at the…

Sister Joseph Therese Thompson

Date of Birth: September 4, 1905
Date of Death: December 10, 1997
Age at Death: 92 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 1

Mary Martina, one of 10 children of William Francis and Serena (Thompson) Thompson, was born September 4, 1905, in Loretto, Ky. Her faith journey began with baptism at St. Francis of Assisi Church, St. Francis, Ky., on September 10. Her formal education began at Loretto Public School in September 1911, and she remained there to…