Sister Rosita Willett

Date of Birth: November 5, 1918
Date of Death: February 21, 2007
Age at Death: 88 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 35

Rose Marie was born to Joseph Edward and Jane Isabel Perdue Willett, their second child, on November 5, 1918, at Waverly, Ky. Her older brother, Edward, and six other siblings: Dorothy Jane, Anna Ursula, Mary Kathleen, Joseph Vernon, Theresa Bernadette and Doris Hiltrude made up the happy family of Joseph and Jane Willett. Rose Marie…

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…

Sister Rosina Hinton

Date of Birth: June 7, 1894
Date of Death: January 15, 1977
Age at Death: 82 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 36

Mary, the daughter of Joseph and Rose Beavin Hinton, was born June 7, 1894, at Kirk, Ky. She received the sacraments of Baptism, Holy Eucharist, and Confirmation at her parish church of St. Romuald in Hardinsburg. She attended public elementary school in Kirk. Mary and her sister, Irene, attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy. In their…

Sister Rosemary Keough

Date of Birth: December 11, 1938
Date of Death: November 21, 2020
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 59

Rosemary Ellen Keough was born on December 11, 1938, in Auburn, N.Y. Her parents were Thomas Patrick Keough and Catherine Agnes Scully. She was baptized on January 15, 1939, and confirmed on October 17, 1948, in St. Patrick’s Church in Aurora, N.Y. Her siblings were Sara K. Scully, Thomas Patrick Keough Jr., and John Roger…

Sister Rose Marian Powers

Date of Birth: February 6, 1933
Date of Death: November 27, 2017
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 52

Marian Alice Rose Powers was born on February 6, 1933, to Everett and Eva Mae Elder Powers of Cloverport, Kentucky. She was one of 10 children in the Powers family. They were a family of five boys and five girls. Verrill, Kenneth, Raphael, Father Benjamin, Sister Marian, Randolph, Sister Ann Roberta, Eulaine, Sister Rose Jean…

Sister Rose Marita O’Bryan

Date of Birth: October 28, 1941
Date of Death: June 10, 2019
Age at Death: 77 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 4

Rose Marie O’Bryan was born on October 28, 1941, to Marion Albin O’Bryan Sr. and Elizabeth Theresa Oberst O’Bryan. She was the oldest of the four children. She had three brothers: Marion O’Bryan Jr., Herman Joseph O’Bryan and David Eugene O’Bryan. Rose Marie was baptized on November 9, 1941, at St. Stephen Cathedral by Reverend…

Sister Rose Marie Craycoft

Date of Birth: December 21, 1923
Date of Death: January 13, 2021
Age at Death: 97 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 61

Rose Marie Craycroft was born on December 21, 1923, in New Haven, Ky., to George Hix Craycroft and Mary Josephine Hagan Craycroft. She was the second child in a family of 10, three girls and seven boys. Her siblings included Dr. William Francis Craycroft, Dr. Joseph Gerald Craycroft, Rev. George Preston Craycroft, Rev. Bernard Leo Craycroft,…

Sister Rose Karen Johnson

Date of Birth: December 5, 1940
Date of Death: January 15, 2024
Age at Death: 83 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 47

Mary Ellenee Johnson was born December 5, 1940, to the family of Damien and Catherine Johnson in St. Lawrence, Ky. She was the thirteenth child in the family of two boys and 11 girls. The boys were Gerald and Frank. Five of the daughters gave their lives as vowed religious to the Ursuline Sisters of…

Sister Rose Theresa Johnson

Date of Birth: March 10, 1931
Date of Death: August 10, 2012
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 48

Lucy Mae, the middle child of 13 children, (11 girls and 2 boys) was born on a farm near St. Lawrence (Ky.) Church to David Damien and Catherine Morris Johnson on March 10, 1931. She was baptized in St. Lawrence Church on April 12, 1931, and was confirmed there, taking the name Hortense, on May…

Sister Rose Ann Boone

Date of Birth: April 26, 1910
Date of Death: November 19, 1994
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 50

Mary Rose was one of seven children born to Milburn Boone and Mary Magdalene Bryan Boone. She was born April 26,1910, and was baptized April 30,1910, at Saint Catherine Church in New Haven, Ky. On September 10,1916, she was confirmed at Saint Catherine Church. Her siblings were Andrew, Miles Nicholas, Chester, Stephen Jesse, Agnes Emily,…