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 Hilary O’Brien

Date of Birth: June 6, 1894
Date of Death: November 8, 1963
Age at Death: 69 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 38

The daughter of John and Harriett N. Evans O’Brien, Harriett (Hattie) was born June 6, 1894, in Henderson, Ky. After her mother’s death, Hattie was enrolled at Mount Saint Joseph Academy while still in grade school and continued there through high school. Hattie had a beautiful singing voice and received many honors for vocal performances.…

Sister Henrietta Mackin

Date of Birth: October 19, 1904
Date of Death: December 6, 1981
Age at Death: 77 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 37

Eunita was born Oct. 19, 1904, the daughter of Clarence and Lillian Butch Mackin in St. Joseph, Ky. She received her elementary education at the West Louisville Public School, then attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy during the years 1919-1922. At the age of 17, Eunita entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph on March 19, 1923,…

Sister Henrietta Burch

Date of Birth: February 22, 1890
Date of Death: May 13, 1918
Age at Death: 28 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 10

Born Feb. 22, 1890, in West Louisville, Ky., to Henry and Matilda Mattingly Burch, baby Blanche was the miracle baby. On March 27, 1890, when Blanche was only five weeks old, a tornado wrecked West Louisville. Blanche was blown about a fourth of a mile from her home. In the midst of the destruction, she…

Sister Henrietta Lyvers

Date of Birth: March 20, 1900
Date of Death: June 4, 1922
Age at Death: 22 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 2

Born March 20, 1900, at Pettit, Ky., Mabel was the daughter of William and Rosella Hayden Lyvers. She was baptized at St. Martin Church in Rome, Ky. Mabel worked as a bookkeeper and stenographer in a business office at Russellville for several years before entering the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph at age 20. After…

Sister Helene Thompson

Date of Birth: October 12, 1902
Date of Death: December 30, 1978
Age at Death: 76 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 34

Louise was born on Oct. 12, 1902, one of the five children of John and Helena Walker Thompson of Uniontown, Ky. She completed grammar school at St. Vincent Academy in Union County. Louise completed her high school education at Mount Saint Joseph Academy. In September 1918, at age 18, she entered the novitiate, and received…

Sister Agnes Leo Newton

Date of Birth: June 2, 1911
Date of Death: August 22, 2002
Age at Death: 91 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 56

Mary Marcella, one of eight children of Joseph Lawrence and Alice Hughes Newton, was born at Manton, Ky. on June 6, 1911. Her faith journey began with baptism at Holy Rosary Church, Manton, on September 2. Her mother died when Marcella was only six years old, and an older sister, Golda, quit school to take…

Sister Helen Smith

Date of Birth: August 6, 1946
Date of Death: September 2, 2019
Age at Death: 73 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 9

Helen Pauline Smith was born on August 6, 1946, in Bartlesville, Okla. Her parents were David Thomas Smith and Mary Elizabeth Boltz Smith. She had two brothers, Francis T. Smith and James D. Smith. Her family attended St. John’s Church where Helen was baptized on September 15, 1946. She made her first communion on May…

Sister Helen Leo Ebelhar

Date of Birth: January 17, 1933
Date of Death: November 10, 2020
Age at Death: 87 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 60

Martha Louise Ebelhar was born on January 17, 1933, in Sorgho, located in Daviess County, Ky. Her parents were Leo Ebelhar and Helen Cecilia Russell Ebelhar. Her siblings included five sisters and four brothers. They were Thomas Hugh Ebelhar, Clarence Alphonsus Ebelhar, Barbara Ann Ebelhar Powers, Patricia Marie Ebelhar-Mearkle, Robert Douglas Ebelhar, Francis Russell Ebelhar, Mary Leo Ebelhar-Guinn,…

Sister Helen Marie Pfohl

Date of Birth: November 4, 1911
Date of Death: August 21, 2002
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 54

Margie Elizabeth, one of four children of William Butler and Mary Ellen Livers Pfohl, was born November 4, 1911, in Uniontown, Ky. Her faith journey began with baptism at St. Agnes Church on the very next day for there was some doubt that she would survive. Her mother died of diphtheria when Elizabeth was only…