Sister James Rita Sims

Date of Birth: August 26, 1911
Date of Death: July 12, 1990
Age at Death: 78 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 15

The daughter of Robert and Marie Boone Sims, Nancy Euthalia was born Aug. 26, 1911, in New Haven, Ky. Early education for Nancy and her two older sisters began with Miss Bernadette Bowling, a retired teacher who lived with them on a farm across the river from Howardstown. Later the three girls were sent to…

Sister Mary Gertrude Pike

Date of Birth: January 22, 1892
Date of Death: November 13, 1990
Age at Death: 98 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 46

Born Jan. 22, 1892, Frances Rosalia was one of eight children born to Samuel and Anna Lucy Meagher Pike in Waverly, Ky. When Frances was 2 years old, her mother died and she went to live with an aunt and uncle near Uniontown. Her formal education began at Hite School, a public school located in…

Sister Jean Bernadine Collard

Date of Birth: December 26, 1905
Date of Death: December 12, 1990
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 46

Born at Peonia, Ky., on Dec. 26, 1905, Elizabeth was the daughter of Benjamin and Mary T. Lucas Collard. Elizabeth received her education at Oklahoma Public School in Grayson County. During the school year 1923-1924, she attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Elizabeth entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph that September. On March 19, 1925,…

Sister Ruth Ann Essex

Date of Birth: October 5, 1921
Date of Death: January 11, 1991
Age at Death: 69 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 19

It was a day of celebration in New Haven, Ky., when Mary Ruth was born October 5, 1921, to John and Margaret Mattingly Essex. When Mary Ruth was very young, her mother died. Aunts Agnita and Elizabeth Mattingly admitted her into their home. Mary Ruth began her formal education at St. Catherine School in New…

Sister Mary Anna Mattingly

Date of Birth: January 23, 1895
Date of Death: June 11, 1991
Age at Death: 96 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 39

Born on Jan. 23, 1895, in St. Mary, Ky., Sarah Della was the daughter of George Edward and Anna Elizabeth Carrico Mattingly. From her parents, Della learned about her ancestors who came from England in 1634 with Lord Baltimore’s Colony seeking religious liberty. They were among the pioneers who came from Maryland to Hardin Creek,…

Sister Mary Cornelius Smith

Date of Birth: October 5, 1908
Date of Death: July 23, 1991
Age at Death: 82 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 38

Rosebell was born on Oct. 5, 1908, to Cornelius and Mary Beatrice Head Smith of Bardstown, Ky. When she was 5 years old, her father died and her mother moved the family to New Haven where Rosabell began her early schooling. There, too, she met the Ursuline Sisters from Mount Saint Joseph who staffed St. Catherine…

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 Anne Rita Cash

Date of Birth: December 14, 1902
Date of Death: October 11, 1991
Age at Death: 88 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 46

Anna Roberta was born December 14, 1902, the daughter of Robert and Anna Cash of Fancy Farm, Kentucky, one of 12 children. A weak and nervous child, she was unable to attend much regular school with the Sisters of Charity at Fancy Farm. At the advice of her physician, Anna Roberta enrolled at Mount Saint…

Sister Joan Brown

Date of Birth: December 25, 1905
Date of Death: December 15, 1991
Age at Death: 85 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 48

Catherine was born on Christmas day 1905, the fourth of seven children born to Julian and Elizabeth Mattingly Brown at Cloverport, Ky. She received her early schooling at the Cloverport Public School, then attended St. Rose School opened by the Ursuline Sisters in 1916. Her high school years were spent at Bethlehem Academy in St.…

Sister Victoria Brohm

Date of Birth: October 12, 1906
Date of Death: January 20, 1992
Age at Death: 85 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 4

The daughter of Julius and Theresa Allgeier Brohm, Rosamond was born October 12, 1906, in Jeffersontown, Ky., one of five children. She received her elementary education at St. Edward’s in her hometown. She attended Mercy Academy in Louisville for high school. Rosamond entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph on September 8, 1922. Six months…