Sister Ann Marie Scherman

Date of Birth: October 14, 1941
Date of Death: November 8, 2010
Age at Death: 69 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 42

It seems that Mary Ann was born into the world of the Ursuline Sisters. Her family always lived in Paola, Kan., and a few days after her birth her parents, Anna Belle and Ernest, brought little Mary Ann to the Ursuline convent where she was held in the arms of Sister Jerome, founder of the…

Sister Antoinette Krampe

Date of Birth: August 31, 1896
Date of Death: August 27, 1980
Age at Death: 83 years
Marker Location: Row G, No. 28

Mary Aloysius was born on Aug. 31, 1896, in St. Joseph, Ky., to Joseph and Effie Turner Krampe. At this time her father was overseer at Mount Saint Joseph. She was one of 13 children and when her father found the meager salary he received as overseer insufficient to sustain them, the family moved to…

Sister Aquina Losson

Date of Birth: November 30, 1886
Date of Death: November 11, 1967
Age at Death: 80 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 28

Born Nov. 30, 1886, in Bardstown, Ky., Eulalia was the daughter of John and Sarah Wilson Losson. She received her secondary education at Bethlehem Academy in Bardstown and at Nazareth Academy conducted by the Sister of Charity of Nazareth, also at Bardstown. Eulalia entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph when she was 19 and…

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,…

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 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 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 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 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 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.…