Sister Darlene Denton

Date of Birth: May 17, 1948
Date of Death: September 5, 2011
Age at Death: 63 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 56

Monday morning, May 17, 1948, just before 3:30 a.m. in the darkest reaches of the night, Judith Darlene brought to the loving family of Martin Edward and Elizabeth Helen Denton the gift of delight and laughter. She joined her older brother Tony. Within a week, Sunday, May 23rd, she began her faith journey in the…

Sister Constantia Payne

Date of Birth: July 4, 1901
Date of Death: November 21, 1970
Age at Death: 69 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 33

Born in Knottsville, Ky., on Independence Day 1901, Bertha was the daughter of Thomas and Susan Montgomery Payne. She received her early education at St. Lawrence School. At the age of 18, Bertha entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. Following a postulancy of eight months, she received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Constantia…

Sister Consolata Stallings

Date of Birth: October 21, 1920
Date of Death: October 6, 1969
Age at Death: 48 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 10

Cleo was born Oct. 21, 1920, the daughter of Damien and Bertha Wethington Stallings of Waterflow, N.M., the third of eight children. She received her elementary and secondary education at Sacred Heart Academy in Waterflow. Cleo graduated from Mount Saint Joseph Junior College in June 1940. She entered the novitiate and received the Ursuline habit…

Sister Columba Montgomery

Date of Birth: July 17, 1884
Date of Death: November 27, 1977
Age at Death: 93 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 38

Born July 17, 1884, at Saint Lawrence, Ky., Mary Magdalen was the daughter of William and Laura Higdon Montgomery. She entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph when she was 17 years of age. On March 19, 1902, after a three-month postulancy, Mary Magdalen received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Columba. In her…

Sister Colletta Drury

Date of Birth: August 26, 1895
Date of Death: April 2, 1989
Age at Death: 93 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 13

The birth of Mary Colletta, the daughter of John Pius and Mary Lawson Drury of West Louisville, Ky., on Aug. 26, 1895, gladdened the hearts of her parents and older sister, Eula. Her formal education began at the Blandford Public School in West Louisville. When Mary Colletta was 12 years old, her mother died. She…

Sister Clarentia Kelly

Date of Birth: December 27, 1882
Date of Death: May 31, 1930
Age at Death: 47 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 18

The daughter of George and Anna Lamkin Kelly, Mary Jane was born Dec. 27, 1882, near Raywick, Ky. She was the fourth child in a family of seven children. She attended Cravens Public School. After completing grade school, Mary, encouraged by her parents and teachers, prepared for a teaching career by attending one term of…

Sister Clarence Marie Luckett

Date of Birth: August 12, 1930
Date of Death: February 14, 2023
Age at Death: 92 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 60

Mary Ola Luckett was born on August 12, 1930, to Clarence and Mary Matilda Luckett in Greenbriar, Kentucky, in Marion County. She was the seventh of 10 children. Her siblings included: James Wathen, Thomas Ellwyn, Mary Dorothy, Ann Marjorie, Clarence Junior, Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Joseph Benjamin, and Joseph Timothy. Mary Ola Luckett was the official…

Sister Clara Reid

Date of Birth: January 14, 1939
Date of Death: December 29, 2019
Age at Death: 80 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 51

Clara Mae Reid was born on January 14, 1939, in Nelson County near Loretto, Ky. She was the third of nine children born to William Joseph Reid and Mary Josephine Corbett Reid. She was preceded in birth by Carolyn Maurice and Joseph Gerald and followed by Bernadette, Joseph Parker, Charles Stanley, William Michael, Helman Philip…

Sister Christina Eckmans

Date of Birth: May 7, 1894
Date of Death: July 25, 1963
Age at Death: 69 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 34

Born in Elizabethtown, Illinois, on May 7, 1894, Mary Josephine was the daughter of Henry and Christina Shettler Eckmans. At the age of 20 she entered the novitiate of Mount Saint Joseph. On December 30, 1914, following a six‑month postulancy, Mary Josephine received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Christina. Her first two mission…

Sister Charlesine Bowling

Date of Birth: June 8, 1911
Date of Death: April 3, 2008
Age at Death: 96 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 39

Mary Isabelle Bowling was born on June 8, 1911, in Athertonville, Larue County, Kentucky. She was the last of eight children of Joseph Walker and Mary Alexine McGee Bowling, who were descendants from the original pioneer settlers who came in 1785 to Nelson County, Kentucky. Charles Patrick was the oldest, followed by Martina, Bill, Nancy,…