Sister Dorothy Payne

Date of Birth: September 30, 1893
Date of Death: April 20, 1989
Age at Death: 95 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 44

Born Sept. 30, 1893, in Knottsville, Ky., Monica Anna, the daughter of William and Mary Elizabeth Martin Payne, was baptized at birth by Mrs. James Higdon. She was baptized later by Father Louis Hilary Spalding, pastor of St. William Church. Monica’s formal education began at Snowball School in Whalen. She attended school at St. Claire…

Sister Mary Jane Payne

Date of Birth: August 1, 1905
Date of Death: September 14, 1996
Age at Death: 91 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 43

Mary, one of eight children of Marshall Thomas and Mary June Raley Payne, was born August 1, 1905, in Knottsville, Ky. Her faith journey began with baptism October 31 at St William Church, Knottsville. In September 1912, Mary began her formal education at St. William School, where she completed grade eight and began high school…

Sister Ignatius Payne

Date of Birth: October 11, 1898
Date of Death: April 17, 1987
Age at Death: 88 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 5

Mary Caroline was born Oct. 11, 1898, the youngest in the family of 10 children born to William and Mary Elizabeth Payne of Knottsville, Ky. Her parents were descended from the Maryland pioneers who settled Nelson County before coming to Daviess County. Caroline attended Snowball School in Whelan. In 1912, she transferred to the new…

Sister Mary Irene Payne

Date of Birth: December 2, 1879
Date of Death: April 5, 1915
Age at Death: 35 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 17

The daughter of Robert and Joanna Millay Payne, Mary Frances was born Dec. 2, 1897, in St. Lawrence, Ky. When Mary Frances was in her early teens, her mother died. She then became “mother” to her sisters and brothers. Mary Frances entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph in March 1897 and received the Ursuline…

Sister Mary Merici Payne

Date of Birth: February 26, 1885
Date of Death: March 4, 1920
Age at Death: 35 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 6

Rita was the daughter of Simeon and Margaret Lanham Payne, a pioneer Catholic family of Daviess County, Ky. Her home parish was St. Lawrence in the rural community of Philpot. At the age of 21, she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. She received the Ursuline habit on May 31, 1907 and the name…

Sister Angelina Payne

Date of Birth: January 31, 1904
Date of Death: November 17, 1999
Age at Death: 95 years
Marker Location: Row H Plot 44

Mary Matilda, the third of 11 children, was born to Sidney Ivo and Agnes Jane Millay Payne on January 31, 1904 in Knottsville, Kentucky. Her faith journey began with baptism February 9 at St. William Church. An older sister, Vetta, taught Mary many lessons before she went to school. Vetta read stories, taught nursery rhymes…

Sister Diane Marie Payne

Date of Birth: July 9, 1945
Date of Death: November 19, 2020
Age at Death: 75 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 59

Diane Marie Payne was born on July 9, 1945, in Glennonville, Mo. Her parents were David Payne and Anna Marie Peters. She was baptized the day after she was born, in St. Teresa Church in Glennonville. She was later confirmed on October 5, 1952, in the same church. She was raised by her grandparents, John…

Sister Virginia Payne

Date of Birth: October 8, 1895
Date of Death: September 2, 1963
Age at Death: 67 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 37

Born October 8, 1895, in Knottsville, Ky., Lucy Cecilia was the daughter of William Pius and Mary Elizabeth Payne, one of 10 children. At the age of 17, Cecilia entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph and on May 5, 1914, she received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Virginia. Sister Virginia’s apostolate was…

Sister Thomas James Peake

Date of Birth: March 17, 1905
Date of Death: December 30, 1989
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row H, No. 37

One of the nine children born to Boone and Madeline Greenwell Peake, Mary Cecilia was born March 17, 1905, in New Haven, Ky. Her formal education began at St. Catherine School in New Haven where she was taught by the Sisters of Loretto. Mary Cecilia also received her high school education at St. Catherine School,…

Sister Jean Madeline Peake

Date of Birth: July 22, 1915
Date of Death: October 23, 2014
Age at Death: 99 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 49

Mary Wilbie, the only child of John and Nettie Medley Peake, was born July 22, 1915, at Holy Cross, Ky. Her faith journey began with baptism at Holy Cross Church on September 14. When she was only two months old, her father died, and she and her mother moved in with her mother’ parents. Seven…