Sister Bernard Montgomery

Date of Birth: October 11, 1881
Date of Death: June 24, 1963
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 31

Mary Florence was born on Oct. 11, 1881, in St. Lawrence, Kentucky, to William and Laura Higdon Montgomery. She entered the novitiate at Mount Saint. Joseph when she was 19 years old. On October 24, 1901, following a ten‑month postulancy, Mary Florence received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Bernard. Sister Bernard’s life was…

Sister Marie Montgomery

Date of Birth: January 27, 1923
Date of Death: August 18, 2023
Age at Death: 100 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 46

Mary Hilary Montgomery was born on January 27, 1923, , to the family of Hilary and Emma May Montgomery in St. Lawrence, Ky. She was the fourth in a family of seven children. Her siblings included Catherine, Virginia, Vincent, Therese, Agnes (who would become Sister Dorothea, RSM) and John. Mary Hilary was baptized on March…

Sister Florence Monarch

Date of Birth: May 12, 1892
Date of Death: December 29, 1962
Age at Death: 70 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 32

Born in Knottsville, Ky., Anna Paschal was the daughter of James and Florence Riley Monarch. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy during the school year 1909-1910, and entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph on July 10. Anna received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Florence on August 30, 1910. In 1919, Sister Florence…

Sister Mary Renee Monaghan

Date of Birth: May 18, 1929
Date of Death: August 30, 2013
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 49

On May 18, 1929, Patricia Jean Monaghan became the fifth child born to John William and Mary Louise Monaghan, in Central City, Ky. Pat – or Patty Jean – joined one brother and three sisters in the growing Monaghan family. As the years followed, the Monaghan family grew to include seven daughters and three sons.…

Sister Rose Emma Monaghan

Date of Birth: April 14, 1915
Date of Death: December 27, 2008
Age at Death: 93 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 48

Rose Emma’s earthly journey began on April 14, 1915, at home in Percival, Iowa, as the sixth child of Thomas and Rose Emma Monaghan’s 11 children: seven sons Ed, Frank, Tom, Charles, Jerry, William (killed in WWII) and Leo; and, four daughters, Catherine, Mary, Alyce and Rose Emma, who was born with a congenital dislocated…

Sister Wendelin Milton

Date of Birth: October 13, 1913
Date of Death: July 1, 1977
Age at Death: 63 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 39

Born October 13, 1913, in Holy Cross, Ky., Elsie was the daughter of William and Ollie Reid Milton. The seven children of the Milton family were cared for single-handedly by their mother following the tragic death of their father. Elsie and her siblings attended school in a public school until Father Jolly Paschal Hayden had…

Sister Mary Jovita Milner

Date of Birth: January 15, 1921
Date of Death: August 24, 2010
Age at Death: 89 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 56

Mary Teresa was born in Plattsville, Colo., on Jan. 15, 1921, the second child of James and Mary Collard Milner. Teresa joined an older sister, Rita, and was followed by brothers James, Stanley and her baby sister, Marcella Ann. The Milner family returned to Kentucky where Teresa completed elementary school in Clarkson, and the first…

Sister Francis Xavier Miles

Date of Birth: July 19, 1901
Date of Death: October 18, 1989
Age at Death: 88 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 46

Born in Raywick, Ky., on July 19, 1901, Catherine was the daughter of Milburn and Anna Bartley Miles. Before the Ursuline Sisters opened St. Francis Xavier School in Raywick, Catherine attended public school in Marion County. After she finished the eighth grade at St. Francis Xavier School, she kept house for the Sisters at Raywick…

Sister Etheldreda Melbourne

Date of Birth: May 31, 1872
Date of Death: December 28, 1923
Age at Death: 51 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 21

Born May 31, 1872, in Union County, Ky., Mary Ellen was the daughter of William Thomas and Ann Pulcharia Wathen Pike Melbourne. The Wathen family was one of that county’s oldest Catholic families. Mary Ellen was a first cousin to Mother Aloysius Willett and Sister Mercedes Wathen. Mary Ellen attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy during…

Sister Charles Catherine Medley

Date of Birth: August 16, 1914
Date of Death: February 14, 2000
Age at Death: 85 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 53

Marguerite, the oldest of ten children (two of whom died in infancy) was born to Albert Wesley and Catherine Lee Blandford Medley on August 16, 1914 at Holy Cross, Kentucky. Her formal education began September 1920, at Holy Cross School where she spent all 12 years of elementary and secondary education. On September 7, 1932,…