Born December 8, 1896, in Elizabethtown, Ky., Catherine was the daughter of William and Florence Thomas Castile. The Castile family moved to Stithton when Catherine was 6 years old. Her formal education began at Stithton Public School. The Ursulines from Mount Saint Joseph opened St. Patrick School in Stithton in 1913, and Catherine attended school…
Mount Saint Joseph Necrologies
The Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph Necrology contains biographical information for Sisters buried at Mount Saint Joseph Cemetery.
Many entries include a Marker Location (for example, “Row D No. 55”), which corresponds to a location on the cemetery map.
Sister Anne Rita Cash
Anna Roberta was born December 14, 1902, the daughter of Robert and Anna Cash of Fancy Farm, Kentucky, one of 12 children. A weak and nervous child, she was unable to attend much regular school with the Sisters of Charity at Fancy Farm. At the advice of her physician, Anna Roberta enrolled at Mount Saint…
Sister Lennora Carrico
A baby girl, named Mary Lucian, was born to Thomas Aubrey and Mary Edna Carrico Carrico on December 8, 1915, in Fancy, Ky. Mary Lou was the oldest of seven children born to Aubrey and Mae, as her mother was called: Ruth, Lenna and Ruddy are deceased. Dot, Anna, and Bob survive. Mary Lou attended…
Sister Carmencita Carrico
Mary Shirley Carmen, the ninth of 12 children of Joseph Booth and Alma Bell Carrico, was born June 2, 1920, in Manton, Nelson County, Ky. On June 6, she began her faith journey with baptism at Holy Rosary Church, Manton. In September 1926, Shirley began her formal education at High View School, Nelson County, where…
Sister Mary Corda Carrico
Maxine Catherine was born on March 25, 1922, in Manton, Ky., the tenth child of 12 children in the family of Joseph Booth and Alma Austin Bell Carrico. When she was 5 years old, she started at the public school in Manton. Maxine spent her high school years at Holy Trinity in Fredericktown. The Ursuline…
Sister Mary Lucian Carrico
Anna Lois was born Feb. 11, 1885, the daughter of Lucian and Juliana Cash Carrico of Fancy Farm, Ky. Her parents sent her to St. Jerome School under the direction of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. In 1902, she came to Mount Saint Joseph Academy. She was an honor student during high school and…
Sister Martha Ann Cargile
Martha Harris was born January 26, 1915, one of three children born to Harris Stites and Mary Martha Higginson Cargile in Dixon, Ky. She was baptized at St. Ann Church, Morganfield, on March 12, 1915, and received the sacrament of Confirmation on March 18,1934, in the chapel of Mount Saint Joseph. Beginning in 1920, Martha…
Sister Charles Borromeo Calhoun
Mary Lena, baptized on the day of her birth, December 12, 1910, was the daughter of Charles and Mary Jovita Mattingly Calhoun. She had three brothers and four sisters. Mary Lena began her formal education and first two years of high school at St. Elizabeth School in Curdsville, where she became a star pupil in…
Sister Elaine Byrne
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 Ann Elizabeth Busam
Ann Elizabeth, the fourth child of seven, was born to Michael Lawrence and Catherine Clarke Busam in Greenwood, Mississippi on September 29, 1919. (Two babies died in infancy). Ann began her faith journey with baptism at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Greenwood, on October 19. In September of 1925, Ann entered Davis Elementary…