Sister Mary Monica Aud I

Date of Birth: February 23, 1884
Date of Death: July 14, 1923
Age at Death: 39 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 1

Born February 23, 1884, in St. Lawrence, Ky., Mary Rose was the daughter of Richard and Mary Ann Poole Aud. When she was nearly 20 years of age, Mary Rose entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph where she spent a three‑month postulancy. On May 2, 1904, she received the Ursuline habit and the name…

Sister Henrietta Lyvers

Date of Birth: March 20, 1900
Date of Death: June 4, 1922
Age at Death: 22 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 2

Born March 20, 1900, at Pettit, Ky., Mabel was the daughter of William and Rosella Hayden Lyvers. She was baptized at St. Martin Church in Rome, Ky. Mabel worked as a bookkeeper and stenographer in a business office at Russellville for several years before entering the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph at age 20. After…

Sister Ursula Jenkins I

Date of Birth: October 5, 1873
Date of Death: May 2, 1922
Age at Death: 48 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 18

Teresa was born October 5, 1873, in Uniontown, Ky., to John and Althea Payne Jenkins. Her father was a physician. Both parents were descendants of Maryland pioneers through Nelson County. An uncle, Father Thomas Jefferson Jenkins, made a great impression on the entire family. Teresa spent her girlhood days in Uniontown where she attended the…

Sister Cecilia Redmond

Date of Birth: September 23, 1889
Date of Death: January 9, 1922
Age at Death: 32 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 3

Virginia, the daughter of George and Helen Powers Redmond, was born on September 23, 1889, in Louisville, Ky. She attended St. Cecilia Elementary School. During high school, she studied to earn a business certificate. She worked as a bookkeeper for several years. She was a prayerful young woman who spent much time in Sodality work.…

Sister Mary Pia (Pius) Dunbar

Date of Birth: April 30, 1886
Date of Death: February 27, 1921
Age at Death: 34 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 4

Magdalena was born April 30, 1886, in Reed, Ky., one of seven children born to Felix and Harriet Mitchell Dunbar. The family belonged to St. Augustine Parish. Her mother died while Magdalena was still quite young, and her father remarried. Ten children were born of this marriage. Magdalena, an apt and gifted student, attended public…

Mother Aloysius Willett

Date of Birth: September 8, 1862
Date of Death: October 1, 1920
Age at Death: 58 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 18

The daughter of Samuel and Mary Ellen Wathen Willett, Mary Leona was born Sept. 8, 1862, in Union County, Ky. Her ancestors came from Maryland to western Kentucky. Leona’s brother, Thomas, was born in 1864. When their mother died in 1865, the two small children were sent to live with their maternal grandmother. In 1867,…

Sister Vincentia Spalding

Date of Birth: July 26, 1886
Date of Death: March 11, 1920
Age at Death: 33 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 5

Born July 26, 1886, in Uniontown, Ky., Lily Travis was the daughter of Ross and Laura Wight Spalding. She grew up in a home where morning and evening prayer was the order of the day. She received her high school education at Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Following graduation, she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint…

Sister Mary Merici Payne

Date of Birth: February 26, 1885
Date of Death: March 4, 1920
Age at Death: 35 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 6

Rita was the daughter of Simeon and Margaret Lanham Payne, a pioneer Catholic family of Daviess County, Ky. Her home parish was St. Lawrence in the rural community of Philpot. At the age of 21, she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. She received the Ursuline habit on May 31, 1907 and the name…

Sister Mary Frances Weise

Date of Birth: October 8, 1891
Date of Death: January 29, 1920
Age at Death: 28 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 7

The daughter of Joseph and Catherine Elder Weise, Margaret Victoria [Vic] was born Oct. 8, 1891. She spent her childhood among her brothers and sisters in Balltown, a small village near McQuady, Ky. At the age of 11, she cast aside her dolls and playthings to begin piecing quilts, weaving, and sewing for the six…

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…