Sister Mary William Hite

Date of Birth: August 16, 1875
Date of Death: May 5, 1954
Age at Death: 78 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 8

Born August 16, 1875, to Martin and Susie Barker Hite of Uniontown, Ky., Mary Ada brought much joy to the family. She was fond of books and music as a child, and that fondness increased as years went by. Mary Ada came to Mount Saint Joseph Academy in 1890. She was an active participant of…

Sister Theresa Margaret Hite

Date of Birth: April 15, 1915
Date of Death: May 4, 2009
Age at Death: 94 years
Marker Location: Row H plot 47

A little girl, with beautiful blue eyes and red hair, was born on April 15, 1915, to Robert and Margaret Hite of Owensboro, Ky. They named her Mary Frances. She was the sixth of eight children which included Edward, who became Franciscan Brother Benedict, Buelah Mae, Walter, who died of flu as an infant, William…

Sister Rosina Hinton

Date of Birth: June 7, 1894
Date of Death: January 15, 1977
Age at Death: 82 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 36

Mary, the daughter of Joseph and Rose Beavin Hinton, was born June 7, 1894, at Kirk, Ky. She received the sacraments of Baptism, Holy Eucharist, and Confirmation at her parish church of St. Romuald in Hardinsburg. She attended public elementary school in Kirk. Mary and her sister, Irene, attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy. In their…

Sister Miriam Hinton

Date of Birth: January 10, 1896
Date of Death: November 5, 1936
Age at Death: 40 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 9

Irene was born January 10, 1896, the third of eight children born to Joseph and Rose Beavin Hinton of Kirk, Ky. Her early education was received in the local country school and her high schooling began at Mount Saint Joseph Academy in 1912. Irene entered the novitiate at the end of that school year and…

Sister Mary Sheila Higdon

Date of Birth: June 11, 1929
Date of Death: February 17, 2018
Age at Death: 88 years
Marker Location: Row L No. 47

Dorothy Marie Higdon was born on June 11, 1929, in Owensboro, Ky., to Bernard Joseph Higdon and Mary Philomena Strehl Higdon. She was number 10 of 11 children. There were eight boys and three girls in her family. They were Raymond, Gerald, James, John, Thomas, Marvin, Hugh, Anthony, Mary Louise, Catherine and Dorothy Marie. Dorothy…

Sister Georgetta Higdon

Date of Birth: June 2, 1907
Date of Death: December 20, 2002
Age at Death: 95 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 56

Cecelia Higdon was the oldest of 10 children born to Lawrence Henson and Mary Rose Coomes Higdon. She was born on June 2, 1907, in a log house in St. Lawrence, Ky. When about 3 years old, Cecilia was struck by lightning and temporarily blinded. Throughout her entire life, she relived that trauma during thunderstorms…

Sister Helen Hermreck

Date of Birth: November 24, 1923
Date of Death: March 27, 2011
Age at Death: 87 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 57

Helen Margaret Hermreck: musician, teacher, novice mistress, devoted family member, gardener, RCIA director, storyteller, nature-lover, champion of special education, prayer leader, flower arranger extraordinaire. Helen was born Nov. 24, 1923, in Scipio, Kansas, and joined the Ursulines of Paola when she was 15 years old. Shortly after entering the convent her family came to tell…

Sister Mary Laura Henning

Date of Birth: September 20, 1919
Date of Death: March 26, 1977
Age at Death: 57 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 35

Laura was born September 20, 1919, in Roff, Ky. Her parents, Eugene and Elizabeth Wheatley Henning, were descendants of Maryland pioneers in Kentucky. She was one of eight children. She attended the public schools of Breckinridge County, elementary grades through high school. After graduation, Laura went to St. Louis, Mo., finding employment in a factory…

Sister Dorothy Helbling

Date of Birth: June 17, 1928
Date of Death: November 1, 2020
Age at Death: 92 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 3

Dorothy Helbling was born on June 17, 1928, in St. Anthony, North Dakota. Her grandparents were homesteaders. The family came from Germany then migrated to Odessa, Russia. From there, they came to America. Her parents were Anton Erasmus and Matilda Helbling. She was the second of four children. She had an older brother, Jack, a…

Sister Frances Ursula Heimes

Date of Birth: April 9, 1916
Date of Death: September 14, 2000
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 45

Agatha, one of 14 children (a set of twins and two other infants died at birth) of Anton and Frances Hochstein Heimes, was born April 9, 1916, in Wynot, Neb. She was one of a set of triplets –Ursula, Agatha and Victor. They began their faith journey with baptism on April 12th. She completed elementary…