Sister Wilhelmina Pike

Date of Birth: March 16, 1880
Date of Death: September 8, 1972
Age at Death: 92 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 29

Stella was born March 16, 1880, the daughter of Thomas and Minerva Vittitoe Pike of Raywick, Ky. She entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph when she was 32 years old. Following a four-month postulancy, Stella received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Wilhelmina on November 21, 1912. Sister Wilhelmina spent her years in…

Sister Sebastian Brady

Date of Birth: March 21, 1898
Date of Death: July 24, 1972
Age at Death: 74 years
Marker Location: Row H, No. 30

One of the seven children of Charles and Mary Ellen French Brady, Anna was born March 21, 1898, in Waverly, Ky. She attended public school in Waverly until St. Peter School opened there in 1910, and she was taught by the Ursuline Sisters. Following the early death of Anna’s parents, the three girls were taken…

Sister Imelda Livers

Date of Birth: January 9, 1891
Date of Death: June 6, 1972
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 31

The daughter of George and Mary Farmer Livers, Agnes was born Jan. 9, 1891, in Finley, Ky. Very little is known about her early life except that at the age of 11, she was baptized on July 5, 1902, at Holy Name of Mary Church in nearby Calvary. She entered the novitiate at Mount Saint…

Sister Rose Mary Ford

Date of Birth: April 22, 1905
Date of Death: May 25, 1972
Age at Death: 67 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 36

Born April 22, 1905, to William and Elizabeth Boone Ford in New Haven, Ky., Louise was the youngest in her family. Her parents trained their children according to the instructions of their venerable pastor, Father William Hogarty. When Louise was four years old, her father died following an accident at work. She attended St. Catherine…

Sister DeLourdes Mattingly

Date of Birth: April 26, 1885
Date of Death: May 5, 1972
Age at Death: 87 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 37

The daughter of Reynolds and Mary Catherine (Mattingly) Mattingly, Bernadette was born April 26, 1885, in Curdsville, Ky., into a pioneer family from Maryland through Nelson County. She received her Catholic training from her parents and attended the public schools of Daviess County. Bernadette was inclined toward religious life but delayed entrance to help her…

Sister Mary Concepta Beavin

Date of Birth: April 26, 1910
Date of Death: April 3, 1972
Age at Death: 61 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 36

Born April 26, 1910, in McQuady, Ky., Mary Mabel was the daughter of Samuel and Mary Ryan Beavin, the oldest in the family of three girls and two boys. During the first and second grade, when school was in session, she lived with her grandmother whose home was within walking distance of a one-room school.…

Sister Louis Hilary Mattingly

Date of Birth: September 23, 1899
Date of Death: April 1, 1972
Age at Death: 72 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 37

Born in Knottsville, Ky., on Sept. 23, 1899, Susan was the daughter of John Henry and Anna Aull Mattingly. Father Louis Hilary Spalding, pastor at St. William Church, baptized her. She attended the public school until the Ursuline Sisters opened St. William School in 1912. Gifted with a beautiful voice, Susan was a good student…

Sister Mary Helen Dougherty

Date of Birth: January 6, 1888
Date of Death: March 20, 1972
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 35

Born Jan. 6, 1888, in Owensboro, Ky., Ora Angela was one of eight children born to Robert and Ellen Harl Dougherty. She attended elementary school in Owensboro. For high school, she came to Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Ora Angela entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph on July 10, 1910. On August 30, 1910, she received…

Sister Mary Romuald Kennedy

Date of Birth: August 22, 1890
Date of Death: March 19, 1972
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 8

Ida Isabelle was born August 22, 1890, the daughter of James and Mary Louise Crews Kennedy of Hardinsburg, Ky. Her family was one of the pioneer families in St. Romuald Parish. She attended Hardinsburg Elementary Public School, St. Romuald Parish School (taught by lay teachers), and Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Ida became a certified public…

Sister Mary Lucian Wathen

Date of Birth: September 10, 1894
Date of Death: February 4, 1972
Age at Death: 77 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 35

Born September 10, 1894, in St. Lawrence, Ky., Mary Louise was the daughter of Peter and Mary Quinn Wathen. Her parents were descendants of the staunch Catholic Coomes families of Lord Baltimore’s time through the settlement in Nelson County at Fairfield. Mary Louise was always very proud of this holy ancestry. Her love of service…