Sister Dorothy Helbling

Date of Birth: June 17, 1928
Date of Death: November 1, 2020
Age at Death: 92 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 3

Dorothy Helbling was born on June 17, 1928, in St. Anthony, North Dakota. Her grandparents were homesteaders. The family came from Germany then migrated to Odessa, Russia. From there, they came to America. Her parents were Anton Erasmus and Matilda Helbling. She was the second of four children. She had an older brother, Jack, a…

Sister Dorothy Marie Willett

Date of Birth: October 8, 1921
Date of Death: February 4, 2009
Age at Death: 87 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 55

Anna Ursula Willett was born on October 8, 1921, in Waverly Ky., the fourth child of James Edward and Jane Isabel Perdue Willett. The family grew to eight, including brothers Thomas Edward and Joseph Vernon and sisters Theresa Bernadette, Dorothy Jane, Doris Hiltrude, Mary Kathleen and Rose Marie (Sister Rosita, OSU). When Anna Ursula was three…

Sister Dominica Thompson

Date of Birth: August 19, 1894
Date of Death: October 22, 1974
Age at Death: 80 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 26

One of 12 children, Myrtle was born Aug. 19, 1894, to Thomas and Anna Florence Ballard Thompson of Holy Cross, Ky. She received her early formal education in Clarktown School, a one-room public school in Nelson County. When the Ursuline Sisters opened Holy Cross School, Myrtle completed elementary and high school there. She entered the…

Sister Dolorosa Purdy

Date of Birth: November 11, 1889
Date of Death: July 20, 1969
Age at Death: 79 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 29

The daughter of John and Mary Byrne Purdy, Margaret was born Nov. 11, 1889, in Curdsville, Ky. Following her schooling she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph and had a four‑month postulancy. On November 21, 1912, Margaret received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Dolorosa. Her sister Helena was invested the same day…

Sister Diomede Thomas

Date of Birth: September 5, 1874
Date of Death: May 20, 1947
Age at Death: 72 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 18

Born at Fancy Farm, Kentucky, on September 5, 1874 to James and Mary Belle Mitchell Thomas, Henrietta belonged to a large family of brothers and sisters. Her parents were strict Catholics and believed in their children learning to pray at an early age. Because of a physical illness, Henrietta had to wait 38 years to…

Sister Dianna Ortiz

Date of Birth: September 2, 1958
Date of Death: February 19, 2021
Age at Death: 62 years
Marker Location: Row L No. 51

Dianna Mae Ortiz was born in Colorado Springs, Colo., on September 2, 1958. Her parents were Pilar Ortiz and Ambrosita (Amby) Esquibel Ortiz. Her siblings were Ronald, Brian, Barbara, Pilar Jr., Jonathan, Michelle, and Joshua. She was baptized on December 07, 1958, at St. Joseph Church, in Fountain, Colo. She was confirmed on June 28,…

Sister Diane Marie Payne

Date of Birth: July 9, 1945
Date of Death: November 19, 2020
Age at Death: 75 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 59

Diane Marie Payne was born on July 9, 1945, in Glennonville, Mo. Her parents were David Payne and Anna Marie Peters. She was baptized the day after she was born, in St. Teresa Church in Glennonville. She was later confirmed on October 5, 1952, in the same church. She was raised by her grandparents, John…

Sister DeLourdes Mattingly

Date of Birth: April 26, 1885
Date of Death: May 5, 1972
Age at Death: 87 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 37

The daughter of Reynolds and Mary Catherine (Mattingly) Mattingly, Bernadette was born April 26, 1885, in Curdsville, Ky., into a pioneer family from Maryland through Nelson County. She received her Catholic training from her parents and attended the public schools of Daviess County. Bernadette was inclined toward religious life but delayed entrance to help her…

Sister Delores “Dee” Long

Date of Birth: May 19, 1939
Date of Death: June 7, 2020
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 60

Delores Ruth Long was born on May 19, 1939, the oldest of four daughters born to Cloyd Harold Long and Wilma Francis Gibson Long, in Mexico, Mo. Dee’s father was born in Pratt, Kan., and her mother was born in Hawk Point, Mo. They were both Methodists. Dee said that her family began in the…

Sister David Marie Johnson

Date of Birth: December 2, 1926
Date of Death: March 26, 1977
Age at Death: 50 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 34

Damien and Catherine Morris Johnson welcomed the birth of Rose Elizabeth into their family at St. Lawrence, Kentucky, on December 2, 1926. She attended the public schools of Daviess County and spent a year at Nazareth Academy in Nazareth, Kentucky, near Bardstown. Rose entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph on August 14, 1951 and became…