Sister Mary Benedict McDaniel

Date of Birth: October 20, 1890
Date of Death: September 27, 1910
Age at Death: 19 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 20

Born Oct. 20, 1890, in Beech Grove, Ky., Mary Isobel was the daughter of Benedict and Mary Lindsey McDaniel. She entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph when she was 16 years of age. Having waited for seven months, Mary Isobel received the Ursuline habit on May 31, 1907, and the name Sister Mary Benedict.…

Sister Johanna Froeba

Date of Birth: May 30, 1829
Date of Death: April 6, 1909
Age at Death: 79 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 25

Cunigunda was the daughter of Johann and Cunigunda Fröba (Froeba). She was born May 30, 1829, in Buchbach, Ludwigstadt, Ober-Franken, Germany. In the early 1850s, she came from Buchbach to Louisville, Ky., to live with her brothers on Madison Street. Their home was across the street from the home of Henry and Katrina Bloemer, the…

Mother Augustine Bloemer

Date of Birth: January 10, 1849
Date of Death: March 28, 1906
Age at Death: 57 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 17

Katrina was an only child, born Jan. 10, 1849, to Henry and Katrina Bloemer of Louisville, Ky. She attended St. Martin Elementary School. The Ursuline teachers prepared her for Ursuline Academy in Louisville where she was given the advantages of a classical and Christian education. At age 15, she entered the novitiate of the Ursuline…

Sister Mary Lucian Bowlds

Date of Birth: May 13, 1886
Date of Death: February 11, 1906
Age at Death: 19 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 24

Mae, the only child of Thomas and Emma Wathen Bowlds, was born May 13, 1886, at St. Lawrence, Ky. She was a prayerful child, often spending hours without moving before the Blessed Sacrament while her mother did sacristy work at St. Lawrence Church. On March 8, 1905, at the age of 18, Mae entered the…

Sister Margaret Mary Rodman

Date of Birth: October 12, 1876
Date of Death: August 9, 1901
Age at Death: 24 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 23

Gertrude was born Oct. 12, 1876, the daughter of Richard and Alice Blincoe Rodman of St. Joseph, Ky. She was raised within sight of St. Alphonsus Church and within hearing of the convent bells of Mount Saint Joseph. When she was almost 3 years of age, Gertrude and her mother were present for the funeral…

Sister Rosina Sedelmeier

Date of Birth: March 15, 1838
Date of Death: September 24, 1879
Age at Death: 41 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 22

Born in Oberhinting, Germany, on March 15, 1838, Catherine Sedelmeier spent her early years in her home country. Responding to the cries for missionaries to the United States, she came to Louisville, Ky., and entered the novitiate of the Ursuline Convent of the Immaculate Conception. On September 21, 1872, Catherine received the Ursuline habit and…