Sister Blanche Rita Bickett

Date of Birth: March 20, 1912
Date of Death: January 10, 2011
Age at Death: 98 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 57

Sister Blanche Rita was born in Uniontown, Kentucky, on March 20 1912, as Mary Blanche, the tenth child born to James Henry and Mary Alma Bickett. Within four years, numbers eleven and twelve completed the roster for the Bickett family with four brothers: Lewis, Paul, Lucian and Ben; and seven sisters: Emma, Mary Josephine, Mary…

Sister Bertha Marie Nally

Date of Birth: March 30, 1921
Date of Death: October 6, 2006
Age at Death: 85 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 49

Susan Elizabeth (Sue) was born March 30, 1921, the daughter of Joseph Warren and Bertha Mary Hite Nally of Springfield, Kentucky. She was the seventh of eight children — six brothers and one sister. She was baptized at St. Rose Church in Springfield. The Nally home was full of love and faithfulness to the Catholic…

Sister Bernard Montgomery

Date of Birth: October 11, 1881
Date of Death: June 24, 1963
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 31

Mary Florence was born on Oct. 11, 1881, in St. Lawrence, Kentucky, to William and Laura Higdon Montgomery. She entered the novitiate at Mount Saint. Joseph when she was 19 years old. On October 24, 1901, following a ten‑month postulancy, Mary Florence received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Bernard. Sister Bernard’s life was…

Sister Bernadita Sipes

Date of Birth: September 1, 1906
Date of Death: April 27, 1996
Age at Death: 89 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 27

Beulah Mae, second child of 13 children, was born to Chester Taylor and Leora Barnes Sipes on September 01, 1906 at Flaherty, Kentucky. Her journey of faith began with baptism at St. Martin of Tours Church. In September of 1911, although but five years old, Beulah began her formal education at Hill Grove Public School.…

Sister Bernardine Howard

Date of Birth: June 1, 1893
Date of Death: December 1, 1985
Age at Death: 92 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 4

Born June 1, 1893, in Uniontown, Ky., Bertha was one of the 11 children born to Louis N. and Elizabeth A. Shanks Howard. She received most of her elementary schooling under the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth at St. Agnes School, Uniontown. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy for high school. When 20 years of…

Sister Benita Faller

Date of Birth: December 29, 1898
Date of Death: April 14, 1960
Age at Death: 61 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 27

Born Dec. 29, 1898, in Louisville, Ky., Catherine was the daughter of Albert and Elizabeth Strangel Faller, second generation Germans who spoke and prayed in their ancestral language in their home. Catherine continued praying privately in German throughout her life. She attended St. Paul School. After the completion of elementary school, she remained at home…

Sister Benedict Joseph Sisk

Date of Birth: December 9, 1900
Date of Death: May 11, 1955
Age at Death: 54 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 10

The daughter of Thomas Hansby and Henrietta Morgan Sisk, Anna was born December 9, 1900, in Mortons Gap, Kentucky. After the mother’s death the family was separated. Although the family was not Catholic, relatives placed the three youngest girls at Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Anna was the youngest of the three. Sister Aloysius Willett accepted…

Sister Bartholomew Walsh

Date of Birth: June 24, 1880
Date of Death: May 29, 1930
Age at Death: 49 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 19

Born in Castletownsend, County Cork, Ireland, on June 24, 1880, Mary was the only surviving child of the second marriage of Catherine Walsh. Mary had four half‑brothers and half‑sisters with the family name of Hegarty. Two of the Hegarty children came to the United States in early youth and settled in Boston, Mass. Daniel Walsh,…

Sister Barbara Ann Simpson

Date of Birth: March 29, 1912
Date of Death: July 5, 1994
Age at Death: 82 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 40

Pauline was born March 29, 1912, one of nine children born to Hall and Claudia Downs Simpson in Holy Cross, Kentucky. Her siblings were John Adrian, Joseph Hall, Jr. and Susan who preceded her in death, and Martha, Elizabeth, Gladys, Marietta and Garnetta. Her first four school years were spent at Ballard School in Nelson…

Sister Athanasius Powell

Date of Birth: March 11, 1900
Date of Death: October 6, 1971
Age at Death: 71 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 31

Born on March 11, 1900, in Calvary, Ky., Elizabeth was the daughter of John and Mary Thomas Powell. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy in the years 1910-1916. When Bettie finished the ninth grade, she entered the novitiate on July 16, 1916. She received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Athanasius on October 24,…