Sister Mary Victor Rogers

Date of Birth: February 3, 1921
Date of Death: June 15, 2005
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 35

Agnes Evelyn was born February 3, 1921, to William Thomas and Mary Otto “Mame” Dugan Rogers, near Bardstown, Ky. She was the youngest of nine children, six brothers and two sisters. Six weeks after her birth, Agnes Evelyn’s mother died and her father followed four years later. Baby Agnes Evelyn went to live with her…

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 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 Mary Rudina (Rita) Klarer

Date of Birth: January 3, 1926
Date of Death: July 11, 2014
Age at Death: 88 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 50

Mary Rita, one of eight children of Leo Lambert and Rudina Philomena Bauer Klarer, was born in Louisville, Ky., on January 3, 1926. Her faith journey began with baptism at St. Columba Church on January 10. In September of 1931, she began her formal education at St. Columba, staffed by the MSJ Ursulines, where she…

Sister Angeline Mattingly

Date of Birth: December 31, 1888
Date of Death: March 2, 1962
Age at Death: 73 years
Marker Location: Row J Plot 28

Malissa was born Dec. 31, 1888, in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, the daughter of Robert and Ellen Powers Mattingly, descendants of the Maryland pioneers who came to Kentucky. From words and example of her parents, Malissa learned the beauty and truths of the Catholic faith. Her school days were spent in the public schools of Breckinridge…

Sister Mary Augustine Wethington

Date of Birth: October 2, 1877
Date of Death: May 2, 1950
Age at Death: 72 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 16

Born at St. Joseph, Kentucky, on October 2, 1877, Hortense was the second oldest in the Wethington family of nine children. Her father, Alex, was from the original Casey Creek settlement in Casey County and was listed as a son of St. Bernard Parish who fought with the Union Army in the Civil War. He…

Sister Mary Carolita Young

Date of Birth: April 10, 1913
Date of Death: November 29, 2006
Age at Death: 93 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 51

A daughter was born to Lorenzo Carroll Young and his second wife, Loretta Higdon, on April 10, 1913, in their home near St. Mary, Kentucky. She was named Mary Estelle after her father’s first wife, Mary Estelle Craycroft. Marie, her father’s daughter by his first wife, came to live with the family when Mary Estelle…

Sister Celine Horrell

Date of Birth: August 23, 1904
Date of Death: June 16, 1959
Age at Death: 54 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 26

Born in Clarkson, Kentucky, on August 23, 1904, Helen was the daughter of William and Oda Jenkins Horrell. Helen entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph on September 8, 1921. She received the Ursuline habit on March 20, 1922, and became known as Sister Celine. Sister Celine’s apostolate was domestic work. On four different assignments…

Sister Mary Charles Gough

Date of Birth: November 7, 1891
Date of Death: June 28, 1958
Age at Death: 66 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 2

Born November 7, 1891 at Uniontown, Kentucky, Ida Laura was the daughter of Henry and Mary (Gough) Gough. Following her elementary education, she attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy during the years 1907‑1910. That same summer, Ida Laura entered the novitiate and after a six‑week postulancy, she received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Mary…

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…