Sister Mary Mercy Hayden

Date of Birth: April 16, 1917
Date of Death: May 26, 1996
Age at Death: 79 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 51

Frances Virginia, the third of seven children (one of whom died in infancy) of Felix and Ethel Veronica Buckman Hayden, was born April 16,1917, in Graves County, Ky. One month later, she was baptized at St. Jerome Church, Fancy Farm. In September 1921, Frances began her formal education at St. Charles, Bardwell. She continued there…

Sister Raphael Hayden

Date of Birth: February 21, 1894
Date of Death: May 21, 1969
Age at Death: 75 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 40

Teresa was born February 21, 1894, one of 10 children born to Henry and Frances Clark Hayden in Owensboro, Ky. Her parents were devout Catholics and trained their children to love for God and serve their neighbor. Teresa attended grade school in Owensboro. In 1911, she enrolled at Mount Saint Joseph Academy for high school.…

Sister Mary Wilfrid Hayden

Date of Birth: January 4, 1906
Date of Death: June 8, 1990
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 10

Born January 4, 1906, in Tuck, Ky., Mary Lucy was the second child of Charles and Lucy (Hayden) Hayden. She began her formal education at Sutherland School, a one‑room public school. She transferred to St. Anthony School in Browns Valley which was opened by the Ursuline Sisters from Mount Saint Joseph in 1912. Lucy had…

Sister Jane Irvin Hancock

Date of Birth: June 14, 1927
Date of Death: March 18, 2017
Age at Death: 89 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 54

Martha Jane Hancock was born in Waverly, Ky., on June 14, 1927, to her parents Robert Irvin Hancock Sr. and Jane Catherine Payne Hancock. She was baptized on July 3, 1927, and confirmed on June 4, 1935 by Bishop John Floersch. Her brothers and sisters were Irvin Hancock Jr., Mary Catherine Hancock Veatch, Father Walter…

Sister Jane Miriam Hancock

Date of Birth: December 3, 1923
Date of Death: April 6, 2017
Age at Death: 93 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 58

Rita Emma Hancock was born in Waverly in Union County, Ky., on December 3, 1923. Her parents were Irvin Hancock Sr., and Jane Catherine Payne Hancock. She was baptized on December 16, 1923, by Father P. J. McNeil. She was confirmed on June 4, 1935, by Most Reverend John A. Floersch. Rita was born into…

Sister Mary Samuel Hamilton

Date of Birth: December 20, 1900
Date of Death: August 21, 1977
Age at Death: 76 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 6

Cecilia was the daughter of Samuel and Emma Hite Hamilton, born December 20, 1900, in Waverly, Ky. After her schooling, Cecilia entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph when she was 15 years of age. Following a seven‑month postulancy, she received the Ursuline habit on October 24, 1916. Cecilia was given the name Sister Mary…

Sister Mary Ellen Hagan

Date of Birth: March 29, 1877
Date of Death: April 16, 1937
Age at Death: 60 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 7

The daughter of William and Ellen Head Hagan, Ada was born on March 29, 1877 — Holy Thursday — and was baptized soon after in St. Agnes Church, Uniontown, Ky. The Hagans were pioneers from Maryland who first settled in Nelson County before coming to Union County. Ada was a prayerful girl and carried on…

Sister Stanislaus Hagan

Date of Birth: October 23, 1891
Date of Death: December 1, 1993
Age at Death: 102 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 3

Frances was born October 23, 1891, the daughter of Horace and Lydia Goodwin Hagan of Owensboro, Ky. She was the middle of seven children who had not been baptized when their father died. He had been baptized but not raised as a Catholic. Their mother, never a Catholic, died a year later. When the oldest…

Sister Frances Therese Hagan

Date of Birth: October 21, 1910
Date of Death: October 16, 1993
Age at Death: 82 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 49

The daughter of Charles and Ellen Porter Hagan, Mary Pauline was born in Holy Cross, Ky., on Oct. 21, 1910, the tenth of 13 children. She received her early education at Holy Cross School, staffed by the Ursuline Sisters. She completed elementary and high school at Loretto Public School. In the summer of 1929, Mary…

Sister Agnes Jean Greenwell

Date of Birth: March 10, 1907
Date of Death: February 15, 1958
Age at Death: 50 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 3

The daughter of John and Florence Schaefer Greenwell, Mary Agnes was born in Uniontown, Kentucky on March 10, 1958. The Greenwell families were descendents of the pioneer Catholic families from Maryland who settled in Nelson County and migrated to Union County. The true Catholic spirit had been handed down through the religious teaching and example…