Born in St. Mary, Ky., on March 25, 1903, Marie was the ninth child of Charles Thaddeus and Gertrude Elizabeth Wheatley Mudd. Marie was 6 years old when she began her formal education at Mudd Elementary School near her home. She later attended St. Charles School and came to Mount Saint Joseph Academy for high…
Mount Saint Joseph Necrologies
The Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph Necrology contains biographical information for Sisters buried at Mount Saint Joseph Cemetery.
Many entries include a Marker Location (for example, “Row D No. 55”), which corresponds to a location on the cemetery map.
Sister Eudocia Mudd
Eudocia, one of the children of James A. and Virginia Hamilton Mudd, was born November 3, 1903, at Lebanon, Ky. Her faith journey began with baptism at St. Charles Church on November 8. Her formal education began in September 1910 at St. Charles Elementary School, St. Mary, Ky. She attended St. Charles High during the first…
Sister Mary Hilda Mudd
Mary Hilda was born Aug. 12, 1910, one of 10 children of Edward and Estelle Howard Mudd of New Haven, Ky. Her father was a physician. Hilda received her elementary and secondary education at St. Catherine School in New Haven. She was first taught by the Sisters of Loretto. In 1919, the Sisters of Loretto…
Sister Mary Oda Mudd
Mary Oda was born May 14, 1909, the seventh of 11 children born to James and Virginia Hamilton Mudd of Loretto, Ky. Her formal education began at a one-room school at Frogtown, near St. Mary. Later Mary Oda attended St. Charles School at Lebanon where she was taught by the Ursuline Sisters. Having entered the…
Sister Eileen Mullen
Eileen Veronica Rose Mullen was born on May 24, 1912, on the family farm near the Canadian border, between Colgan and Fortuna, North Dakota. The town in which Eileen was born was named after her maternal grandfather Mac Colgan. She was the second child of the homesteading pioneers Michael Joseph Mullen and Edith Eileen Colgan…
Sister Joseph Cecelia Muller
Mary Rose Patricia Ann Muller was born March 2, 1923, in Louisville, Ky. She was the only daughter among four sons of Joseph Nicholas and Cecelia Aloysius Ballman Muller. Her home life was special as the family spent time together making candy, playing cards and listening to good music. In 1929, Patricia attended Hazelwood Elementary…
Sister Aloise Murphy
Elizabeth was born Feb. 1, 1890, the daughter of John and Mollie York Murphy of Browns Valley, Ky. Her parents were members of St. Anthony parish. Elizabeth was often seen carrying flowers to decorate the altars, helping her mother clean the church and keeping the pastor’s table supplied with vegetables and fruits in season. Elizabeth…
Sister Edwardine Murphy
Born Feb. 13, 1914, in Central City, Ky., Mary Callista was the daughter of James Patrick and Mary Ellen McGown Murphy of Irish descent. She was one of nine children. Mary Callista received most of her formal education at St Joseph School in Central City, then attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy during the years 1930-1933.…
Sister Rose Beatrice Murphy
One of the nine children of Richard and Rose Anne Holland Murphy, Elizabeth was born December 29, 1903, in Stanley, Ky. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy as a day student through the years 1917-1928, receiving her elementary, secondary and junior college education. Elizabeth entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph on September 7, 1927,…
Sister Bertha Marie Nally
Susan Elizabeth (Sue) was born March 30, 1921, the daughter of Joseph Warren and Bertha Mary Hite Nally of Springfield, Kentucky. She was the seventh of eight children — six brothers and one sister. She was baptized at St. Rose Church in Springfield. The Nally home was full of love and faithfulness to the Catholic…