Sister Eva Marie Boone

Date of Birth: April 25, 1934
Date of Death: January 15, 2025
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row L No. 54

Mary Estelle was born on Wednesday, April 25, 1934, in Louisville, Ky. She was the fourth child born to Richard Leo and Regina Eva Spalding Boone. Ten days later, on May 6, Estelle was baptized at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in Louisville. Later when Estelle was 4 years old, her father gave up…

Sister Eulalia Blandford

Date of Birth: February 10, 1878
Date of Death: March 4, 1950
Age at Death: 72 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 14

Born in West Louisville, Ky., Faretta was the daughter of John and Ellen Cashion Blandford. She was a small child when her mother died. After her father remarried the family moved to Mayfield, Ky. She received her elementary schooling in Graves County Public Schools. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy during 1895‑1899. She entered the…

Sister Eudocia Mudd

Date of Birth: November 2, 1903
Date of Death: September 12, 1997
Age at Death: 93 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 40

Eudocia, one of the children of James A. and Virginia Hamilton Mudd, was born November 3, 1903, at Lebanon, Ky. Her faith journey began with baptism at St. Charles Church on November 8. Her formal education began in September 1910 at St. Charles Elementary School, St. Mary, Ky. She attended St. Charles High during the first…

Sister Ethelreda Hayden

Date of Birth: September 12, 1915
Date of Death: February 25, 2007
Age at Death: 91 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 21

Marie Ernestine Hayden was born September 12, 1915, the second child of Felix and Ethel Buckman Hayden of Fancy Farm, Ky. An older brother Bill, (William Felix) and five other siblings, Mary Catherine, Frances Virginia, Charles Louis, Frances Eula and Mary Elizabeth completed the Felix and Ethel Hayden family. Ernestine was 3 years old when…

Sister Etheldreda Melbourne

Date of Birth: May 31, 1872
Date of Death: December 28, 1923
Age at Death: 51 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 21

Born May 31, 1872, in Union County, Ky., Mary Ellen was the daughter of William Thomas and Ann Pulcharia Wathen Pike Melbourne. The Wathen family was one of that county’s oldest Catholic families. Mary Ellen was a first cousin to Mother Aloysius Willett and Sister Mercedes Wathen. Mary Ellen attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy during…

Sister Ernestine Ritchie

Date of Birth: September 2, 1902
Date of Death: June 21, 1992
Age at Death: 89 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 48

Born on Sept. 2, 1902, Julietta was the oldest daughter of Andrew and Anne Ray Ritchie of Flaherty, Ky. She began her formal education in Meade County Public School at Flaherty and later attended Bethlehem Academy where she was taught by the Sisters of Loretto. In 1919, she met the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint…

Sister Emmanuel Wimsatt

Date of Birth: July 17, 1885
Date of Death: December 27, 1953
Age at Death: 68 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 9

The daughter of John and Genevieve Buckler Wimsatt, Lucy was born July 17, 1885, in St. Mary, Ky. When she was 24 years of age, she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. She received the Ursuline habit on July 14, 1909, and given the name Sister Emmanuel. Sister Emmanuel was assigned first to St.…

Sister Emma Cecilia Busam

Date of Birth: July 27, 1921
Date of Death: December 14, 2018
Age at Death: 97 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 55

Emma Cecilia Busam was born on July 27, 1921, to Mary Cecilia Bryan Busam and John William Busam Sr., at their home at 316 East 7th Street in Owensboro, Ky. Rev. Boniface Benkert, OSB, baptized her on August 7, 1921, in St. Joseph Church on Fourth Street. She received her First Holy Communion on June…

Sister Emily Zent

Date of Birth: July 25, 1911
Date of Death: December 30, 2008
Age at Death: 97 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 23

Jacob P. Zent was born in Spier Russia, February 16, 1887. His wife, Rose Kupper, was born in Sultz, Russia, September 13, 1889. They migrated to Mandan, N.D., where their first child, Emily was born July 26, 1911. The family increased to eight by the birth of two more girls, Isabel and Tillie and five…

Sister Emerentia Wiesner

Date of Birth: January 16, 1924
Date of Death: January 17, 2020
Age at Death: 96 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 58

Irma Clara Wiesner, the second child of Alfred Wiesner and Emma Margaret Roeckers Wiesner, was born on January 16, 1924, in Richmond, Kansas. Her older brother was named Alfred. She was followed by John, Marion, Joseph, Velma, Thelma, Florence, Rose and Frances. Joseph died as an infant. She was baptized on January 23, 1924, at…