Sister Mary Eileen Howard

Date of Birth: May 29, 1927
Date of Death: March 8, 2015
Age at Death: 87 years
Marker Location: Fow F No. 58

Eileen Marie Howard was born on May 29, 1927, the fourth child of Arnold Ignatius and Ethel Howard of Whitesville, Ky. Baptized on Sunday, July 10, 1927, Eileen was later joined with one more sister and five more brothers over the next 20 years; the complete “list” is — Mary Josephine, Mildred Genevieve, James Leon,…

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 Mary Ephrem Clements

Date of Birth: December 19, 1907
Date of Death: November 1, 1995
Age at Death: 87 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 42

On December 19, 1907, a daughter Arletta, one of 10 children, was born to Benjamin Cambron and Emma (Clements) Clements in Uniontown, Ky. Two days later, she was baptized at St. Agnes Church, Uniontown. Her formal education began in 1913 in the Union County Public School system, but the greater part of her schooling was…

Sister Mary Estelle VanVactor

Date of Birth: April 26, 1899
Date of Death: April 28, 1987
Age at Death: 88 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 43

Born on April 26, 1899, in St. Vincent, Ky., to Robert and Mary Willett VanVactor, Ann Eugenia was one of nine children. Her father died when she was 10 years old, but her mother kept the family together and provided for their spiritual and temporal well‑being. Eugenia’s elementary and secondary education was received in the…

Sister Mary Eva Thompson

Date of Birth: April 21, 1917
Date of Death: April 30, 1992
Age at Death: 75 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 48

Born April 21, 1917, to Ambrose and Ellen Mattingly Thompson, Mary Lillian was welcomed into the family at St. Joseph, Ky., by Cecilia, Catherine, and Bill. Later she would welcome James, Paul, and Frank. In 1924, her mother died. Cecilia, Catherine, and Lillian went to Mount Saint. Joseph Academy. The four boys went to St.…

Sister Mary Fides Thompson

Date of Birth: July 3, 1903
Date of Death: April 11, 1990
Age at Death: 86 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 17

The daughter of Joseph and Rose Cecil Thompson, Aletha was born on July 3, 1903, in Louisville, Ky. She was not a year old when the family moved from Louisville to a farm about a mile from Raywick. Her parents were from Washington County and they both longed for the good country air for their…

Sister Mary Esther Yates

Date of Birth: February 5, 1932
Date of Death: December 26, 1960
Age at Death: 28 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 27

Norma Jean was the oldest of the seven children, born on Feb. 5, 1932, to Robert and Teresa Huntley Yates of Vine Grove, Ky. Following grammar school, she attended Rineyville High School in Rineyville. At the age of 17, she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph, September 7, 1949. She received the Ursuline habit…

Sister Mary Ethel Sims

Date of Birth: April 15, 1919
Date of Death: March 27, 1996
Age at Death: 76 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 51

Mary Ethel, one of seven children, was born April 15, 1919, to Lewis and Florence Mahoney Sims at New Haven, Ky. Two days later, she began her faith journey with baptism at St. Catherine Church, New Haven. Prayer, church, school work and good family fun were the order of the day in her home. On…

Sister Mary Ferdinand Smith

Date of Birth: December 19, 1897
Date of Death: March 20, 1968
Age at Death: 70 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 42

Born on Dec. 19, 1897, in Chicago, Ky., Mary Lillian was the oldest of the family of four girls born to Ferdinand and Nannie Blair Smith. During childhood she learned to love and practice her Catholic faith from her pious parents. Lillian attended the public school at Chicago until she was in the sixth grade,…

Sister Mary Eugenia Scherm

Date of Birth: August 25, 1888
Date of Death: June 30, 1973
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 27

Mary Pauline was born Aug. 25, 1888, the daughter of Michael and Mary Grausz Scherm of Owensboro, Ky. Mary’s early school days were spent in her home under the supervision of several governesses. After completing the eighth grade, she was sent to Mount Saint Joseph Academy and graduated in June 1908. Mary had a love…