Sister Mary Sylvester Craycroft

Date of Birth: April 8, 1907
Date of Death: February 15, 1993
Age at Death: 85 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 20

Agnita, daughter of Sylvester and Anna Mae Hughes Craycroft, was born April 8, 1907, in Big Spring, Ky. Her formal education began at Hall School in Big Spring. The family moved to Vine Grove where she enrolled as a fourth-grader at Maple Grove School. In 1919, the Mount Saint Joseph Ursulines opened St. Martin School…

Sister Thomasine Mattingly

Date of Birth: November 6, 1899
Date of Death: April 20, 1993
Age at Death: 93 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 47

Born November 6, 1899, in St. Mary, Ky., Mary Teresa was one of twin daughters born to Thomas and Mary Mattingly. At the age of 3, both twins had pneumonia, which proved fatal for Mary Alethia. Schooling for Mary Teresa began at Birk’s Spring School near Loretto. Her elementary education continued at St. Charles School,…

Sister Margaret Louise Yates

Date of Birth: June 10, 1910
Date of Death: May 28, 1993
Age at Death: 82 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 49

Born June 10, 1910, to John and Coletta Bowling Yates in Waverly, Ky., Lillian was one of the six Yates children. They were descended from the Maryland settlement on Pottinger Creek. Lillian’s formal education began at Phipps Public School. From second grade through grade 12, she attended St. Peter School in Waverly. In high school,…

Sister Mary Hilda Mudd

Date of Birth: August 12, 1910
Date of Death: September 10, 1993
Age at Death: 83 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 49

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 Frances Therese Hagan

Date of Birth: October 21, 1910
Date of Death: October 16, 1993
Age at Death: 82 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 49

The daughter of Charles and Ellen Porter Hagan, Mary Pauline was born in Holy Cross, Ky., on Oct. 21, 1910, the tenth of 13 children. She received her early education at Holy Cross School, staffed by the Ursuline Sisters. She completed elementary and high school at Loretto Public School. In the summer of 1929, Mary…

Sister Stanislaus Hagan

Date of Birth: October 23, 1891
Date of Death: December 1, 1993
Age at Death: 102 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 3

Frances was born October 23, 1891, the daughter of Horace and Lydia Goodwin Hagan of Owensboro, Ky. She was the middle of seven children who had not been baptized when their father died. He had been baptized but not raised as a Catholic. Their mother, never a Catholic, died a year later. When the oldest…

Sister Susanne Head

Date of Birth: September 22, 1924
Date of Death: January 8, 1994
Age at Death: 69 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 48

The daughter of Joseph and Mary Anna Boone Head, Jessamine was born September 22, 1924, in New Haven, Ky., the seventh child in a family of nine. Her formal education began at Nelson County Public School, a one‑room school in Boone’s Mill. Jessamine enrolled at St. Catherine School in New Haven for high school. Following…

Sister Lucita Greenwell

Date of Birth: March 5, 1906
Date of Death: March 11, 1994
Age at Death: 88 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 48

The daughter of Nicholas and Mary Veronica Bowling Greenwell, Edna was born March 5, 1906, in New Haven, Ky. She was the fifth in a family of two boys and six girls. Edna’s formal education began at St. Catherine School in New Haven with the Sisters of Loretto. She was still in elementary school when…

Sister Jean Martin Brey

Date of Birth: April 15, 1903
Date of Death: April 3, 1994
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 41

The daughter of James Edward and Marietta Brey, Mary Regina was born in Pettit, Ky. She was the seventh child in a family of five brothers and one sister. She received her education, grade school through high school, at St. Peter Alcantara in Stanley. The Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph were her teachers. Regina…

Sister Barbara Ann Simpson

Date of Birth: March 29, 1912
Date of Death: July 5, 1994
Age at Death: 82 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 40

Pauline was born March 29, 1912, one of nine children born to Hall and Claudia Downs Simpson in Holy Cross, Kentucky. Her siblings were John Adrian, Joseph Hall, Jr. and Susan who preceded her in death, and Martha, Elizabeth, Gladys, Marietta and Garnetta. Her first four school years were spent at Ballard School in Nelson…