Mary Angela was born on July 25, 1899, and blessed with generous and pious parents, Anthony and Effie Turner Krampe of Pettit, Kentucky. Anthony Krampe had served as the farm manager at the Mount. Their deep faith was shown by their generosity to the church. Though there were nine children to care for and educate,…
Mount Saint Joseph Necrologies
The Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph Necrology contains biographical information for Sisters buried at Mount Saint Joseph Cemetery.
Many entries include a Marker Location (for example, “Row D No. 55”), which corresponds to a location on the cemetery map.
Sister Angela Marie Krampe II
Born at Browns Valley, Kentucky, on March 3, 1907, Mary Helena was the daughter of Anthony and Effie Turner Krampe. Anthony Krampe had served as the farm manager at the Mount. She received her early education at St. Anthony School in Browns Valley and at St. Peter of Alcantara School in Stanley. After attending Mount…
Sister Mary Catherine Kuper
Antoinette was the oldest of five children born to Albert and Olilia Ebelhar Kuper at Glennonville, Mo., on January 1, 1917. As the oldest child, she learned early in life to assume responsibility for her three younger brothers and little sister. Antoinette’s formal education began at St. Teresa Elementary School, Glennonville, in 1923. She came…
Sister Mary Andrew Lamkin
Catherine was born Dec. 10, 1897, one of 11 children born to Thomas and Mattie Bickett Lamkin of Raywick, Ky. The children received religious instruction from their parents. Catherine’s formal education began with the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth who were teaching at St. Francis Xavier School in Raywick. When the Sisters of Charity left…
Sister Annalita Lancaster
Rita Bernadette was born the third child in what would be a family of eight children on February 7, 1923 to Joshua and Anna Magdalene Lancaster from Meade County, Ky. When Rita turned six, she enjoyed her journeys to the Woodland School. When the rural schools were consolidated, Ursuline Sister Jamesina became Rita’s teacher. So…
Sister Callista Langan
Nora was born Nov. 6, 1896, in Louisville, Ky., to James and Mary Marron Langan. She was 7 years old when her mother died. Her father was in the armed forces and was unable to care for his two daughters as he thought best. His sister, Mary Langan Clark, took them to Greenwood, Miss., to…
Sister Rita Lavigne
Rita, one of two children of Harry Lavigne and Elizabeth Bestgen, was born on August 2, 1922, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. She was a “home girl,” staying in her home parish of Assumption Church in Topeka from the time she was born until she entered the convent. She was baptized there on…
Sister Mercedes Ann Leake
The daughter of Joseph and Agnes Goete Leake, Mercedes was born October 23, 1909, in Raywick, Ky. When 16 years of age, she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. Following a six-month postulancy, Mercedes received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Mercedes Ann on March 19, 1927. In 1931, Sister Mercedes Ann was…
Sister Joan Marie Lechner
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 Johanna Lechner
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.…