Sister Alphonsa Wiggins

Date of Birth: May 26, 1886
Date of Death: July 29, 1963
Age at Death: 77 years
Marker Location: Row J Plot 36

The daughter of Thomas and Eliza Wiggins, Julia was born May 26, 1886, in Beech Grove, Ky. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy from 1900‑1904. When 20 years old, Julia entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph and following a four‑day postulancy, she received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Alphonsa on August 23,…

Sister Emerentia Wiesner

Date of Birth: January 16, 1924
Date of Death: January 17, 2020
Age at Death: 96 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 58

Irma Clara Wiesner, the second child of Alfred Wiesner and Emma Margaret Roeckers Wiesner, was born on January 16, 1924, in Richmond, Kansas. Her older brother was named Alfred. She was followed by John, Marion, Joseph, Velma, Thelma, Florence, Rose and Frances. Joseph died as an infant. She was baptized on January 23, 1924, at…

Sister Dorothy Ann Whelan

Date of Birth: April 14, 1912
Date of Death: February 25, 2003
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 41

Dorothy Cecilia, one of nine children, was born to Nicholas Leake and Addie Boone Whelan at Howardstown, Kentucky on April 14, 1912. In August 1918, Dorothy began her formal education at St. Ann School, Howardstown, staffed by the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph. She studied there through grade school and high school. On September 8,…

Sister James Louis Whelan

Date of Birth: April 24, 1897
Date of Death: July 21, 1946
Age at Death: 49 years
Marker Location: Row J No, 20

Born in Flaherty, Ky., on April 24, 1897, Ella was the daughter of Thomas and French Lucy Whelan. She was 23 years old when she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph on July 16, 1920. Following an eight‑month postulancy, Ella received the Ursuline habit on March 19, 1921, and the name Sister James Louis.…

Sister Mary DeChantal Whelan

Date of Birth: November 10, 1914
Date of Death: September 3, 2009
Age at Death: 94 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 55

DeChantal Whelan came into this life November 10, 1914, on a farm near Curdsville, Ky., the daughter of Joseph Leslie and Florence Eugenia Neal Whelan. She was the sister of Ruth and five brothers: Francis, Robert, Tom, Aloysius (called Tim) and Jim. Her mother named the baby DeChantal. DeChantal’s father, who didn’t like it, usually…

Sister Mary Emily Whelan

Date of Birth: August 16, 1918
Date of Death: August 26, 2006
Age at Death: 88 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 42

Mary Emily, the youngest of nine children born to Nicholas Leake and Mary Adelaide Boone Whelan of Howardstown, Ky., was born August 16, 1918. She was baptized August 17 at their parish church, St. Ann. She received both her grade school and high school education at St. Ann School, taught by the Ursuline Sisters of…

Sister Paschal Wheatley

Date of Birth: December 17, 1890
Date of Death: January 20, 1978
Age at Death: 87 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 37

The daughter of John and Julia Hancock Wheatley, Mary Alicia (Allie) was born December 17, 1890. She had a happy home life with her family and attended the elementary school at Waverly, Ky. In 1905, Allie joined the other girls from Union County coming to Mount Saint Joseph Academy. She returned each year until 1908.…

Sister Robert Ann Wheatley

Date of Birth: December 6, 1920
Date of Death: April 8, 2012
Age at Death: 91 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 58

Sister Robert Ann began her life of pilgrim journeying as Mary Ester Virginia Wheatley, joining the family of Wheatleys who arrived in Breckinridge County, Ky., in 1791— the first Catholics in the Breckinridge Hills. Ester was born on Monday December 6, 1920, the fifth child born to Robert E. and Mary Anna Beavin Wheatley, in…

Sister Mary Augustine Wethington

Date of Birth: October 2, 1877
Date of Death: May 2, 1950
Age at Death: 72 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 16

Born at St. Joseph, Kentucky, on October 2, 1877, Hortense was the second oldest in the Wethington family of nine children. Her father, Alex, was from the original Casey Creek settlement in Casey County and was listed as a son of St. Bernard Parish who fought with the Union Army in the Civil War. He…

Sister Marietta Wethington

Date of Birth: December 12, 1938
Date of Death: May 26, 2022
Age at Death: 83 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 12

Marietta Wethington was born December 12, 1938, to Andrew F. Wethington and Sarah O. Wethington. She was the oldest of eight children — Anna Geraldine, Linda Louise, Andrew Francis, Jr., Wilma Pauline, Robert Irvin, Richard Anthony and Michaela Elizabeth. Marietta was baptized on January 15, 1939, at St. Bernard Church in Clementsville, Ky. She was…