Sister Florence Monarch

Date of Birth: May 12, 1892
Date of Death: December 29, 1962
Age at Death: 70 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 32

Born in Knottsville, Ky., Anna Paschal was the daughter of James and Florence Riley Monarch. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy during the school year 1909-1910, and entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph on July 10. Anna received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Florence on August 30, 1910. In 1919, Sister Florence…

Sister Bernard Montgomery

Date of Birth: October 11, 1881
Date of Death: June 24, 1963
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 31

Mary Florence was born on Oct. 11, 1881, in St. Lawrence, Kentucky, to William and Laura Higdon Montgomery. She entered the novitiate at Mount Saint. Joseph when she was 19 years old. On October 24, 1901, following a ten‑month postulancy, Mary Florence received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Bernard. Sister Bernard’s life was…

Sister Marie Montgomery

Date of Birth: January 27, 1923
Date of Death: August 18, 2023
Age at Death: 100 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 46

Mary Hilary Montgomery was born on January 27, 1923, , to the family of Hilary and Emma May Montgomery in St. Lawrence, Ky. She was the fourth in a family of seven children. Her siblings included Catherine, Virginia, Vincent, Therese, Agnes (who would become Sister Dorothea, RSM) and John. Mary Hilary was baptized on March…

Sister Columba Montgomery

Date of Birth: July 17, 1884
Date of Death: November 27, 1977
Age at Death: 93 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 38

Born July 17, 1884, at Saint Lawrence, Ky., Mary Magdalen was the daughter of William and Laura Higdon Montgomery. She entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph when she was 17 years of age. On March 19, 1902, after a three-month postulancy, Mary Magdalen received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Columba. In her…

Sister Mary Paul Montgomery

Date of Birth: May 12, 1884
Date of Death: September 10, 1964
Age at Death: 80 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 21

The daughter of Zack and Magdalen Bruner Montgomery, Mary Agnes was born May 12, 1884, in St. Lawrence, Ky. On April 21, 1907, she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph and received the Ursuline habit one month later on May 31, 1907. Mary Agnes was given the name Sister Mary Paul. Sister Mary Paul’s…

Sister Rose Alice Morgan

Date of Birth: June 30, 1902
Date of Death: February 1, 1982
Age at Death: 79 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 40

Mary Carmel was born June 30, 1902, in Owensboro, Ky., the daughter of George Elmer and Mary Alice Hayden Morgan. She had three brothers and a sister. Her first school days were spent at the public school in West Louisville. Later, she attended St. Frances Academy in Owensboro. Her high school years were spent 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 Joseph Emma Morris

Date of Birth: June 5, 1923
Date of Death: December 31, 1994
Age at Death: 71 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 50

Frances Agnita was the daughter of Joseph B. and Emma D. Johnson Morris. She was born June 5, 1923, in Knottsville, Ky., the third of 13 children — seven brothers and five sisters. Agnita was baptized when she was five days old at Saint William Church and confirmed there on April 28, 1936, at the…

Sister Anne Michelle Mudd

Date of Birth: January 12, 1941
Date of Death: August 11, 2020
Age at Death: 79 years

Nancy Ann Mudd was born on January 12, 1941, in Peonia, Ky., to Julian Dent Mudd Sr., and Gladys Evelyn Stith Mudd. She was baptized on August 21, 1943, at St. Anthony Church, Peonia, and was confirmed on October 22, 1950, by Bishop Francis R. Cotton. Nancy Ann had nine brothers and sisters in her…

Sister Jean Gertrude Mudd

Date of Birth: August 21, 1921
Date of Death: October 13, 2013
Age at Death: 92 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 50

On Sunday, August 21, 1921, Frances Vivian Mudd was the second daughter born to Xavier Eugene and Pearl Gertrude Mudd in Fredericktown, Ky. Almost three weeks later on Thursday, September 9, she received her full name – Mary Frances Vivian Mudd – at her baptism at Holy Trinity Church. She would be known as Vivian.…