Sister Teresita Thompson

Date of Birth: September 29, 1887
Date of Death: March 9, 1969
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 14

Born September 29, 1887, in Raywick, Ky., Mary Columba was the youngest of the six children who lived to adulthood in the family of John and Teresa Hamilton Thompson. Mary Columba’s early school days were at St. Francis Xavier School in Raywick taught by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. After finishing high school, Columba…

Sister Mary Celestine Cecil

Date of Birth: August 4, 1892
Date of Death: February 19, 1969
Age at Death: 76 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 30

Born Aug. 4, 1892, in St. Joseph, Ky., Annie Merlin was the fourth child in a family of eight children to gladden the hearts of her parents, Clement and Eva Hayden Cecil. She attended St. Alphonsus Grade School and graduated from Mount Saint. Joseph Academy. At the age of 17 she entered the novitiate at…

Sister Charles Albert Rowe

Date of Birth: January 28, 1904
Date of Death: October 10, 1968
Age at Death: 64 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 29

Mary Hazel was born January 28, 1904, the daughter of Joseph and Frances Vessels Rowe of Fancy Farm, Kentucky, the fourth of twelve children. At the age of 20, she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. On August 15, 1925, following a nine-month postulancy, Mary Hazel received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister…

Sister Mary Martin Sisk

Date of Birth: July 26, 1896
Date of Death: May 30, 1968
Age at Death: 71 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 41

Catherine was born July 26, 1896, in Mortons Gap, Ky., to Thomas and Henrietta Morgan Sisk. Following her mother’s death, relatives took all the children and placed the three youngest girls at Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Catherine was the oldest of the three and enjoyed the companionship of her two sisters at the Academy. They…

Sister Mary Ferdinand Smith

Date of Birth: December 19, 1897
Date of Death: March 20, 1968
Age at Death: 70 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 42

Born on Dec. 19, 1897, in Chicago, Ky., Mary Lillian was the oldest of the family of four girls born to Ferdinand and Nannie Blair Smith. During childhood she learned to love and practice her Catholic faith from her pious parents. Lillian attended the public school at Chicago until she was in the sixth grade,…

Sister Charles Borromeo Calhoun

Date of Birth: December 12, 1910
Date of Death: March 12, 1968
Age at Death: 57 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 28

Mary Lena, baptized on the day of her birth, December 12, 1910, was the daughter of Charles and Mary Jovita Mattingly Calhoun. She had three brothers and four sisters. Mary Lena began her formal education and first two years of high school at St. Elizabeth School in Curdsville, where she became a star pupil in…

Sister Rose Marie Thompson

Date of Birth: June 13, 1895
Date of Death: February 10, 1968
Age at Death: 72 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 42

The daughter of Joseph and Rose Cecil Thompson, Edna was born June 13, 1895, the fifth child in a family of 10 children. She spent early childhood in Louisville, Ky. When she was nine, the family moved to a farm on Cherry Run near Raywick, Ky. She attended St. Francis Xavier Elementary School at Raywick…

Sister Immaculata O’Reilly

Date of Birth: November 28, 1902
Date of Death: December 2, 1967
Age at Death: 65 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 15

The daughter of John and Elizabeth Mattingly O’Reilly, Margaret was born Nov. 28, 1902, in Hardinsburg, Ky. She received her elementary and some secondary schooling at St. Romuald School there and later attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy. When she was 21 years of age, Margaret entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. Following a seven-month…

Sister Aquina Losson

Date of Birth: November 30, 1886
Date of Death: November 11, 1967
Age at Death: 80 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 28

Born Nov. 30, 1886, in Bardstown, Ky., Eulalia was the daughter of John and Sarah Wilson Losson. She received her secondary education at Bethlehem Academy in Bardstown and at Nazareth Academy conducted by the Sister of Charity of Nazareth, also at Bardstown. Eulalia entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph when she was 19 and…

Sister Juliana Stallings

Date of Birth: March 14, 1884
Date of Death: September 26, 1967
Age at Death: 83 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 32

The daughter of Mars and Susan Railey Stallings, Lillie Mae was born March 14, 1884, in West Louisville, Ky., the youngest of three children. Her father was originally from Nelson County and her mother from Marion County. At the age of 18, Lillie Mae entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph and was a postulant…