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 Nympha Smith

Date of Birth: October 29, 1901
Date of Death: March 12, 1961
Age at Death: 59 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 25

Mary Cecilia was born October 29, 1901, the second daughter of Ferdinand and Nannie Blair Smith. She attended the public school at Chicago, Ky., until her First Communion year. That year she and her older sister, Lillian, boarded the train each Monday morning to spend the week in New Hope attending St. Vincent de Paul…

Sister Mary Raymond Smith

Date of Birth: September 8, 1899
Date of Death: February 20, 2002
Age at Death: 102 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 33

Della, one of eight children of Joseph Matthew and Anna Marie Logsdon Smith, was born September 8, 1899 at Springfield, Ky. Her faith journey began with baptism at St. Rose Church on October 10, 1899. Her mother died when Della was 13 years old, and as the older children were grown and settled, only the…

Sister Rita Smith

Date of Birth: April 25, 1887
Date of Death: August 24, 1964
Age at Death: 77 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 20

Born April 25, 1887, in New Haven, Ky., Mary Rose was the daughter of James and Martha Redmond Smith. She entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph when she was nearly 21 years old. Following a five‑month postulancy, Mary Rose received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Rita on August 25, 1908. Sister Rita’s…

Sister Mary Stephen Smith

Date of Birth: September 9, 1898
Date of Death: May 23, 1932
Age at Death: 33 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 14

James and Martha Redmond Smith had moved from New Haven, Ky., to St. Mary, and had finally settled at Browns Valley where Anna was born on September 9, 1898. She was a cousin of Father Leo Smith and Sister Francis Xavier Smith, OSU. At the age of 19, Anna entered the novitiate at Mount Saint…

Sister Agnes Marie Smith

Date of Birth: January 18, 1899
Date of Death: August 29, 1980
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row E Plot 28

Born at New Hope, Kentucky, on January 18, 1899, Mary Olivia was one of the 10 children of Thomas and Susan Hicks Smith. Her early education was obtained at St. Charles School in Lebanon. Entering the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph, Mary Olivia served her three‑month postulancy then received the Ursuline habit and the name…

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 Sheila Anne Smith

Date of Birth: July 20, 1943
Date of Death: July 5, 2025
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 53

Judith Ann Smith was born on Tuesday, July 20, 1943, in Deshon General Hospital in Butler, Pa. She was the first child born to Arthur Rufus Smith and Ruth Margaret Maley Smith. Three weeks later she was baptized by a U.S. Army Chaplain on August 13, 1934, in Deshon Army Hospital’s Chapel. She began her…

Sister Francis Xavier Smith

Date of Birth: August 1, 1893
Date of Death: September 7, 1924
Age at Death: 31 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 25

Born in Owensboro, Ky., on Aug. 1, 1893, Martha Serena was the only daughter, among six sons, of Cornelius and Frances Emma Long Smith. At age 17, Martha entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph on August 5, 1910. She received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Mary Xavier on August 30, 1910. At…

Sister Catherine Smith

Date of Birth: October 9, 1875
Date of Death: January 30, 1931
Age at Death: 55 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 17

The daughter of Lawrence and Mary O’Hara Smith, Mary was born Oct. 9, 1875, in Cochiantown, Pa. Her parents were deeply religious and when the family moved to Louisville, Ky., they became staunch members of St. Louis Bertrand Parish. Through the influence of Dominican priests and brothers at Saint Louis Bertrand, they became involved in…