Sister Mary Jean Cotter

Date of Birth: March 4, 1898
Date of Death: November 15, 1980
Age at Death: 82 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 29

The daughter of John and Mary Jane Cotter, Bernadette was born March 4, 1898, in Cedar Hill, Tenn., one of eight children. She was enrolled as a student at Mount Saint Joseph Academy during the years 1914-1917. At the age of 20, Bernadette entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph and received the Ursuline habit…

Sister Mary Gregory Cooper

Date of Birth: September 9, 1904
Date of Death: March 15, 1989
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 7

Born Sept. 9, 1904, in Whitesville, Ky., Mary Helen was the daughter of Peter and Catherine Hoheimer Cooper. The family moved from Whitesville to Owensboro before Helen was school age. She began her formal education at St. Frances Academy under the direction of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. Later she transferred to St. Joseph…

Sister Jerome Cooper

Date of Birth: August 22, 1878
Date of Death: January 18, 1970
Age at Death: 91 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 39

Effie Jean was born to Ignatius and Louisa Alvey Cooper, in Curdsville, Ky. The family later lived in the surrounding areas of Beech Grove, and Congleton. Effie received her early schooling in the public schools of Daviess and McLean counties. She enrolled at Mount Saint Joseph Academy in 1899. She advanced rapidly in her studies…

Sister Agnese Coomes

Date of Birth: March 29, 1903
Date of Death: July 6, 1990
Age at Death: 87 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 47

Myrtle was born March 29, 1903, the first child of Walter and Emma Aull Coomes of Knottsville, Ky. Her grade school education began at Pleasant Valley School in 1910. Later, she was enrolled at St. William School where the Ursuline Sisters were her teachers. After completing her first year of high school at St. William,…

Sister Mary Edith Coomes

Date of Birth: October 20, 1907
Date of Death: October 15, 1992
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 45

One of nine children of Francis and Anna Jarboe Coomes of Rome, Ky., Mary Thelma was born Oct. 20, 1907. Later the family moved to Knottsville where the children attended St. William School. Mary Thelma finished high school at Mount Saint Joseph Academy. In January 1928, she entered the novitiate. She received the Ursuline habit…

Sister Mary Edmund Coomes

Date of Birth: October 10, 1887
Date of Death: April 24, 1964
Age at Death: 76 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 18

Born Oct. 10, 1887, in St. Lawrence, Ky., Mary Grace was the daughter of Francis and Elizabeth Payne Coomes who belonged to the pioneer Coomes and Payne families of early Kentucky. She attended St. Lawrence School, which was taught by the Mount Olivet Franciscans. When the Franciscan Sisters left, she attended public school. Mary Grace…

Sister Mary Louis Coomes

Date of Birth: September 2, 1870
Date of Death: December 7, 1918
Age at Death: 48 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 8

The daughter of Hilary and Eleanora Daniel Coomes, Elizabeth was born September 2, 1870, in Knottsville, Ky. During the school year 1896-1897, she attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy and, in July that summer, she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. On October 9, 1897, Elizabeth received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Mary…

Sister Ruth Agnes Conners

Date of Birth: September 19, 1911
Date of Death: June 17, 1999
Age at Death: 87 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 45

Ruth Elizabeth, eldest of two daughters of William Joseph and Margaret Shanks Conners, was born September 19, 1911, in Louisville, Ky. Her journey of faith began with baptism at St. Paul Church a few days later. Her non-Catholic mother had little patience with the Catholic Church beliefs and practices, so it fell to the father,…

Sister Kathleen Condry

Date of Birth: August 14, 1950
Date of Death: September 5, 2016
Age at Death: 66 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 7

Kathleen Sharon Condry was born on August 14, 1950, to James Thomas and Mary Josephine Seyler Condry in Ottawa, Kan. She was the third child and first girl in the family. Her two older brothers were Patrick and Michael and her two younger sisters were Ellen and Patricia. Kathleen was born in Kansas, but mostly…

Sister Jean Bernadine Collard

Date of Birth: December 26, 1905
Date of Death: December 12, 1990
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 46

Born at Peonia, Ky., on Dec. 26, 1905, Elizabeth was the daughter of Benjamin and Mary T. Lucas Collard. Elizabeth received her education at Oklahoma Public School in Grayson County. During the school year 1923-1924, she attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Elizabeth entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph that September. On March 19, 1925,…