Sister Josepha Newton

Date of Birth: April 15, 1906
Date of Death: January 28, 1984
Age at Death: 77 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 37

Frances Athel was born April 15, 1906, one of seven children of Joseph and Nettie Hughes Newton of Manton, Ky. She attended public school there until her mother died. The family moved to Flaherty where Frances became a student at St. Martin of Tours School. Responding to the call to religious life in June 1923,…

Sister Joseph Angela Boone

Date of Birth: September 20, 1928
Date of Death: November 11, 2018
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 8

Mary Bernice Boone was born in New Haven, Ky. She was the twelfth child in the family. Her parents were William Joseph Boone and Mary Josephine Greenwell Boone. She was born on September 20, 1928, and was baptized on September 24, 1928. Mary Bernice and all the Boone children including Frederick Joseph, Joseph Aloysius, Mary…

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 Joseph Therese Thompson

Date of Birth: September 4, 1905
Date of Death: December 10, 1997
Age at Death: 92 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 1

Mary Martina, one of 10 children of William Francis and Serena (Thompson) Thompson, was born September 4, 1905, in Loretto, Ky. Her faith journey began with baptism at St. Francis of Assisi Church, St. Francis, Ky., on September 10. Her formal education began at Loretto Public School in September 1911, and she remained there to…

Sister Joseph Adrian Russell

Date of Birth: January 16, 1914
Date of Death: August 3, 2008
Age at Death: 94 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 44

Frank William and Mary Josephine Blandford Russell of Louisville welcomed their ninth child, Ann Beatrice, on January 16, 1914. The family was completed later with the birth of two more children, a total of seven girls and four boys. The family belonged to St. Brigid Church. The children were baptized, received First Holy Communion and…

Sister Joseph Ann Cissell

Date of Birth: November 23, 1902
Date of Death: April 24, 1996
Age at Death: 93 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 25

Praxedes, one of six children, was born to Dr. J. K. and Jennie Bowling Cissell in Loretto, Ky., on Nov. 23, 1902. The new baby was baptized at St. Francis Church. When Praxedes was very young, her mother died. Her father’s second marriage was blessed with an additional six children. Praxedes’ formal education began in…

Sister Joseph Marie Williams

Date of Birth: September 27, 1895
Date of Death: April 21, 1989
Age at Death: 93 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 10

The daughter of William and Catherine Stengell Williams, Eva Catherine was born on Sept. 27, 1895, in Owensboro, Ky. She had five brothers, and two sisters who also became Ursulines of Mount Saint Joseph. In 1904, Eva began her formal education at St. Frances Academy in Owensboro. She enrolled at Mount Saint Joseph Academy in…

Sister Joseph Benjamin Buckman

Date of Birth: December 31, 1903
Date of Death: September 15, 1988
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 45

Born Dec. 31, 1903, to Joseph Oliver “Ollie” and Elizabeth Lenora Shelton Buckman of Calvary, Ky., Inez was the second of 14 children. Her first years of formal education were at Moores Creek School near Jessetown. Inez completed the seventh and eighth grades and high school at Mount Saint Joseph Academy. After entering the novitiate…

Sister Joseph Carmel Redmon

Date of Birth: November 27, 1915
Date of Death: September 2, 1997
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 51

Roberta Catherine, one of 12 children of Columbus and Idell Ritchie Redmon, was born November 27, 1915 in Flaherty, Ky. Her faith journey began January 21, 1916, with baptism at St. Martin of Tours Church, Flaherty. In September 1922, Roberta began her formal education at St. Martin Elementary School, staffed by the Ursuline Sisters, where…

Sister Joseph Ursula Barker

Date of Birth: September 13, 1902
Date of Death: September 16, 1991
Age at Death: 89 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 47

The daughter of Albert and Carrie Cruz Barker, Ursula was born Sept. 13, 1902, in Waverly, Ky. Her early schooling began at St. Peter School in Waverly where she had the Ursuline Sisters as teachers. Ursula attended high school at Mount Saint Joseph Academy during the year 1919-1920. Four days before her 25th birthday, Ursula…