Sister Sheila Anne Smith

Date of Birth: July 20, 1943
Date of Death: July 5, 2025
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 53

Judith Ann Smith was born on Tuesday, July 20, 1943, in Deshon General Hospital in Butler, Pa. She was the first child born to Arthur Rufus Smith and Ruth Margaret Maley Smith. Three weeks later she was baptized by a U.S. Army Chaplain on August 13, 1934, in Deshon Army Hospital’s Chapel. She began her…

Sister Stanislaus Hagan

Date of Birth: October 23, 1891
Date of Death: December 1, 1993
Age at Death: 102 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 3

Frances was born October 23, 1891, the daughter of Horace and Lydia Goodwin Hagan of Owensboro, Ky. She was the middle of seven children who had not been baptized when their father died. He had been baptized but not raised as a Catholic. Their mother, never a Catholic, died a year later. When the oldest…

Sister Susanne Head

Date of Birth: September 22, 1924
Date of Death: January 8, 1994
Age at Death: 69 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 48

The daughter of Joseph and Mary Anna Boone Head, Jessamine was born September 22, 1924, in New Haven, Ky., the seventh child in a family of nine. Her formal education began at Nelson County Public School, a one‑room school in Boone’s Mill. Jessamine enrolled at St. Catherine School in New Haven for high school. Following…

Sister Susanne Bauer

Date of Birth: October 24, 1933
Date of Death: June 5, 2024
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row M No. 42

Anna Mae Bauer was born on October 24, 1933, the youngest child of George Gustiv and Marie Auberger Bauer of Louisburg, Kan. Her siblings included George, Elizabeth, John, and Tom. A week after she was born, she was baptized at Immaculate Conception Church in Louisburg. Nine years later she was confirmed in the same parish…

Sister Sylvester Marie Allen

Date of Birth: June 5, 1907
Date of Death: September 1, 1982
Age at Death: 75 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 28

Born June 5, 1907, in Stithton, Ky., Mary Dennis was the only child of Martin and Nora Allen. Her father was a physician and from his previous marriage, she had a half-sister and a half-brother. Mary Dennis attended St. Patrick School in Stithton until 1918 when the U.S. Government took over Stithton and turned it…

Sister Sylvia Mary Bowlds

Date of Birth: July 7, 1911
Date of Death: August 5, 1998
Age at Death: 87 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 52

Frances Camilla, the oldest of seven children of James Richard and Ann Isabel Payne Bowlds, was born at Knottsville, Ky., on July 7, 1911. Her faith journey began with baptism at St. William Church on August 4, 1911. Camilla’s formal education began in September 1917 at St. William School, staffed by the MSJ Ursulines. When…

Sister Teresa Thomas

Date of Birth: December 12, 1887
Date of Death: December 30, 1961
Age at Death: 74 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 27

The daughter of James and Mary Belle Mitchell Thomas, Mary was born December 12, 1887, in Fancy Farm, Ky. She graduated from Mount Saint Joseph Academy in May 1909, and entered the novitiate that summer. On July 14, 1909, Mary received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Teresa. Sister Teresa’s first teaching assignment took…

Sister Teresa Riley

Date of Birth: September 24, 1936
Date of Death: November 24, 2020
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 59

Teresa Ann Riley was born on September 24, 1936, in Graves County near Mayfield, Ky. She was the seventh child of Cecil Anthony Riley and Mary Lucille Sanderson Riley. Her older brothers and sisters were Cecil, Margie, Wilma, Joseph, Mary and James. Her younger siblings were John, Ruth, and Roy. Teresa Ann was baptized at St.…

Sister Teresita Thompson

Date of Birth: September 29, 1887
Date of Death: March 9, 1969
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 14

Born September 29, 1887, in Raywick, Ky., Mary Columba was the youngest of the six children who lived to adulthood in the family of John and Teresa Hamilton Thompson. Mary Columba’s early school days were at St. Francis Xavier School in Raywick taught by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. After finishing high school, Columba…

Sister Theodore Thompson

Date of Birth: October 1, 1897
Date of Death: August 9, 1982
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 42

The daughter of William Ivo and Dora Blandford Thompson, Mary Phoebe was born October 1, 1897, in West Louisville, Ky., where she attended the little country school. Later she attended St. Frances Academy in Owensboro and received her high schooling at Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Following her graduation, Mary Phoebe entered the novitiate and after…