Sister Joseph Adrian Russell

Date of Birth: January 16, 1914
Date of Death: August 3, 2008
Age at Death: 94 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 44

Frank William and Mary Josephine Blandford Russell of Louisville welcomed their ninth child, Ann Beatrice, on January 16, 1914. The family was completed later with the birth of two more children, a total of seven girls and four boys. The family belonged to St. Brigid Church. The children were baptized, received First Holy Communion and…

Sister Joseph Ann Cissell

Date of Birth: November 23, 1902
Date of Death: April 24, 1996
Age at Death: 93 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 25

Praxedes, one of six children, was born to Dr. J. K. and Jennie Bowling Cissell in Loretto, Ky., on Nov. 23, 1902. The new baby was baptized at St. Francis Church. When Praxedes was very young, her mother died. Her father’s second marriage was blessed with an additional six children. Praxedes’ formal education began in…

Sister Joseph Marie Williams

Date of Birth: September 27, 1895
Date of Death: April 21, 1989
Age at Death: 93 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 10

The daughter of William and Catherine Stengell Williams, Eva Catherine was born on Sept. 27, 1895, in Owensboro, Ky. She had five brothers, and two sisters who also became Ursulines of Mount Saint Joseph. In 1904, Eva began her formal education at St. Frances Academy in Owensboro. She enrolled at Mount Saint Joseph Academy in…

Sister Joseph Benjamin Buckman

Date of Birth: December 31, 1903
Date of Death: September 15, 1988
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 45

Born Dec. 31, 1903, to Joseph Oliver “Ollie” and Elizabeth Lenora Shelton Buckman of Calvary, Ky., Inez was the second of 14 children. Her first years of formal education were at Moores Creek School near Jessetown. Inez completed the seventh and eighth grades and high school at Mount Saint Joseph Academy. After entering the novitiate…

Sister Joseph Carmel Redmon

Date of Birth: November 27, 1915
Date of Death: September 2, 1997
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 51

Roberta Catherine, one of 12 children of Columbus and Idell Ritchie Redmon, was born November 27, 1915 in Flaherty, Ky. Her faith journey began January 21, 1916, with baptism at St. Martin of Tours Church, Flaherty. In September 1922, Roberta began her formal education at St. Martin Elementary School, staffed by the Ursuline Sisters, where…

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…

Sister Joseph Cecelia Muller

Date of Birth: March 2, 1923
Date of Death: March 17, 2003
Age at Death: 80 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 40

Mary Rose Patricia Ann Muller was born March 2, 1923, in Louisville, Ky. She was the only daughter among four sons of Joseph Nicholas and Cecelia Aloysius Ballman Muller. Her home life was special as the family spent time together making candy, playing cards and listening to good music. In 1929, Patricia attended Hazelwood Elementary…

Sister Joseph Clara Johnson

Date of Birth: February 22, 1948
Date of Death: June 12, 2014
Age at Death: 66 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 50

It was on February 22, 1948, at Daviess County Hospital in Owensboro that Clara Alice was born to Ruth Agnes Higdon Johnson and Justin Aloysius Johnson, the fourth of 10 children. Her parents took her to St. Columba, Lewisport, Ky., one week after her birth to have her baptized and become a member of the…

Sister Joseph Lawrence Speak

Date of Birth: December 11, 1906
Date of Death: October 14, 1962
Age at Death: 55 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 29

The daughter of Lawrence and Appolonia Rhodes Speak, Mary Joseph was born Dec. 11, 1906, in Irvington, Ky. She received her elementary and secondary education at St. Romuald School in Hardinsburg. Mary Joseph graduated from there in 1925, and nearly two years later she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. On August 15, 1927,…

Sister Joseph Volk Newton

Date of Birth: November 1, 1907
Date of Death: October 3, 1989
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 46

Born in Manton, Ky., on Nov. 1, 1907, Ada was the daughter of Joseph and Alice Hughes Newton and was one of eight children. Her formal education began in two Marion County schools, Gandertown and Nalton. The family moved to Flaherty, Ky., and the children enrolled at St. Martin School in Flaherty. Ada attended Mount…