Sister Elizabeth Ann Ray

Date of Birth: August 7, 1910
Date of Death: November 16, 2008
Age at Death: 98 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 37

On August 7, 1910, Joseph Lawrence and Mary Elizabeth Mills Ray of Rhodelia, Kentucky, welcomed the birth of their sixth child. She was baptized Edith Elizabeth on September 11, 1910 by Father J.P. Raoux, pastor of St. Theresa Church, Rhodelia. As the years passed, this family welcomed the birth of six additional children: five boys…

Sister Elizabeth Henry Clark

Date of Birth: May 19, 1913
Date of Death: January 27, 1975
Age at Death: 61 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 25

Helen was born May 19, 1913, the ninth child of 15 born to James Henry and Elizabeth Clark Clark of Big Clifty, Ky. Helen attended the public school in Grayson County and the summer CCD classes taught by the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph. At age 17 she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint…

Sister Elizabeth Kelley

Date of Birth: January 15, 1889
Date of Death: October 27, 1977
Age at Death: 88 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 29

Ora Frances was the daughter of Frank and Della Summers Kelley of Owensboro, Ky. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy during the years 1908-1909. That same summer she entered the novitiate and ten days later on July 14, 1909, Ora Frances received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Elizabeth. Sister Elizabeth was prepared for…

Sister Elizabeth Marie Sipes

Date of Birth: September 14, 1889
Date of Death: August 19, 1954
Age at Death: 64 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 7

Born at Morganfield, Ky., Ellen was the daughter of N. F. and Mary E. Thompson Sipes. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy during the school year 1905‑1906, and took college courses at St. Francis College in Albuquerque, N.M. At the age of 32, Ellen entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph and following a postulancy…

Sister Elaine Byrne

Date of Birth: May 28, 1946
Date of Death: January 20, 2012
Age at Death: 65 years
Marker Location: Row L No. 42

The journey of faith began for Elaine Isabel Byrne May 28, 1946, when she was born to John D. and Anna Marie Coomes Byrne of Curdsville, Ky. She joined Margie, John Jr., and J.L. Later there would be Mary Lou, Eddie and Tony. She was baptized at St. Elizabeth Church in Curdsville, June 4, 1946,…

Sister Eileen Mullen

Date of Birth: May 24, 1912
Date of Death: March 12, 2008
Age at Death: 95 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 24

Eileen Veronica Rose Mullen was born on May 24, 1912, on the family farm near the Canadian border, between Colgan and Fortuna, North Dakota. The town in which Eileen was born was named after her maternal grandfather Mac Colgan. She was the second child of the homesteading pioneers Michael Joseph Mullen and Edith Eileen Colgan…

Sister Edwina Barrow

Date of Birth: November 10, 1895
Date of Death: April 20, 1918
Age at Death: 22 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 11

Born Nov. 10, 1895, in Delaware, Ky., Eulalia was the third daughter of Elias and Mary Helen Cosby Barrow. She was recognized as an unusual child. Eulalia entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph at the age of 15. On November 21, 1912, she received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Edwina. Sister Edwina…

Sister Edwardine Murphy

Date of Birth: February 13, 1914
Date of Death: November 2, 1984
Age at Death: 70 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 38

Born Feb. 13, 1914, in Central City, Ky., Mary Callista was the daughter of James Patrick and Mary Ellen McGown Murphy of Irish descent. She was one of nine children. Mary Callista received most of her formal education at St Joseph School in Central City, then attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy during the years 1930-1933.…

Sister Dorothy Payne

Date of Birth: September 30, 1893
Date of Death: April 20, 1989
Age at Death: 95 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 44

Born Sept. 30, 1893, in Knottsville, Ky., Monica Anna, the daughter of William and Mary Elizabeth Martin Payne, was baptized at birth by Mrs. James Higdon. She was baptized later by Father Louis Hilary Spalding, pastor of St. William Church. Monica’s formal education began at Snowball School in Whalen. She attended school at St. Claire…

Sister Dorothy Ann Whelan

Date of Birth: April 14, 1912
Date of Death: February 25, 2003
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 41

Dorothy Cecilia, one of nine children, was born to Nicholas Leake and Addie Boone Whelan at Howardstown, Kentucky on April 14, 1912. In August 1918, Dorothy began her formal education at St. Ann School, Howardstown, staffed by the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph. She studied there through grade school and high school. On September 8,…