Mother Aloysius Willett

Date of Birth: September 8, 1862
Date of Death: October 1, 1920
Age at Death: 58 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 18

The daughter of Samuel and Mary Ellen Wathen Willett, Mary Leona was born Sept. 8, 1862, in Union County, Ky. Her ancestors came from Maryland to western Kentucky. Leona’s brother, Thomas, was born in 1864. When their mother died in 1865, the two small children were sent to live with their maternal grandmother. In 1867,…

Sister Mary Pia (Pius) Dunbar

Date of Birth: April 30, 1886
Date of Death: February 27, 1921
Age at Death: 34 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 4

Magdalena was born April 30, 1886, in Reed, Ky., one of seven children born to Felix and Harriet Mitchell Dunbar. The family belonged to St. Augustine Parish. Her mother died while Magdalena was still quite young, and her father remarried. Ten children were born of this marriage. Magdalena, an apt and gifted student, attended public…

Sister Cecilia Redmond

Date of Birth: September 23, 1889
Date of Death: January 9, 1922
Age at Death: 32 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 3

Virginia, the daughter of George and Helen Powers Redmond, was born on September 23, 1889, in Louisville, Ky. She attended St. Cecilia Elementary School. During high school, she studied to earn a business certificate. She worked as a bookkeeper for several years. She was a prayerful young woman who spent much time in Sodality work.…

Sister Ursula Jenkins I

Date of Birth: October 5, 1873
Date of Death: May 2, 1922
Age at Death: 48 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 18

Teresa was born October 5, 1873, in Uniontown, Ky., to John and Althea Payne Jenkins. Her father was a physician. Both parents were descendants of Maryland pioneers through Nelson County. An uncle, Father Thomas Jefferson Jenkins, made a great impression on the entire family. Teresa spent her girlhood days in Uniontown where she attended the…

Sister Henrietta Lyvers

Date of Birth: March 20, 1900
Date of Death: June 4, 1922
Age at Death: 22 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 2

Born March 20, 1900, at Pettit, Ky., Mabel was the daughter of William and Rosella Hayden Lyvers. She was baptized at St. Martin Church in Rome, Ky. Mabel worked as a bookkeeper and stenographer in a business office at Russellville for several years before entering the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph at age 20. After…

Sister Mary Monica Aud I

Date of Birth: February 23, 1884
Date of Death: July 14, 1923
Age at Death: 39 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 1

Born February 23, 1884, in St. Lawrence, Ky., Mary Rose was the daughter of Richard and Mary Ann Poole Aud. When she was nearly 20 years of age, Mary Rose entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph where she spent a three‑month postulancy. On May 2, 1904, she received the Ursuline habit and the name…

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 Francis Xavier Smith

Date of Birth: August 1, 1893
Date of Death: September 7, 1924
Age at Death: 31 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 25

Born in Owensboro, Ky., on Aug. 1, 1893, Martha Serena was the only daughter, among six sons, of Cornelius and Frances Emma Long Smith. At age 17, Martha entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph on August 5, 1910. She received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Mary Xavier on August 30, 1910. At…

Sister George Marie Morgan

Date of Birth: September 10, 1900
Date of Death: December 21, 1925
Age at Death: 25 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 13

Mary Ruth was born Sept. 10, 1900, the daughter of George and Mary Alice Hayden Morgan of Owensboro, Ky. Mary Ruth attended school at Mount Saint Joseph Academy from fourth grade in grammar school through the tenth grade. In the summer following her sophomore year, at age 16, she entered the novitiate. On November 28,…

Sister Mary Damien Stratton

Date of Birth: February 5, 1895
Date of Death: July 14, 1926
Age at Death: 31 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 24

The daughter of James and Adell Cielice Stratton, Eleanor was born Feb. 5, 1895, in Louisville, Ky. She attended school in Louisville during her childhood and when she was 14 years of age, Eleanor attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy, graduating in 1914. During these years she received high honors in vocal performance. She entered the…