Sister Mary Bertha Wethington

Date of Birth: April 24, 1906
Date of Death: December 2, 2009
Age at Death: 103 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 52

Catherine was born to Albert Clarence and Mary Bertha Clements Wethington on April 24, 1906, in Clementsville, Ky. She was one of 12 children: nine brothers ─ Carl, Albert, Frank, Aloysius, Louis, John, William, James and David; and two sisters, Mary Louise and Betty Jane. The family moved to Beardstown, Ill. Catherine entered first grade,…

Sister Pancratius Wethington

Date of Birth: November 4, 1899
Date of Death: April 20, 1970
Age at Death: 70 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 34

The daughter of Patrick and Louise Wethington, Orene was born November 4, 1899, in Clementsville, Ky. She came into a family that possessed a deep and abiding Catholic faith. Orene attended public school at an early age. In 1911, when the Ursuline Sisters opened St. Bernard School in Clementsville, Orene was one of the first…

Sister Richard Wethington

Date of Birth: January 17, 1889
Date of Death: December 24, 1936
Age at Death: 47 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 8

The daughter of Alex and Martha Thompson Wethington, Gertrude was born January 17, 1889, in St. Joseph, Ky. Gertrude was one of nine children, three of whom became Ursuline Sisters. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy during the year 1900-1901. At the age of 21, Gertrude entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph on July…

Sister Rose Angela Wethington

Date of Birth: December 10, 1897
Date of Death: October 15, 1946
Age at Death: 48 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 19

Born December 10, 1897, in Clementsville, Ky., Ursula was the daughter of Henry Alfred and Cordelia Clements Wethington. She was one of the first students to enroll at St. Bernard School in Clementsville, opened by the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph. When she was 17 years of age, Ursula entered the novitiate at Mount…

Sister Robertus Wethington

Date of Birth: May 28, 1886
Date of Death: June 19, 1963
Age at Death: 77 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 33

Mary was born May 28, 1886, the daughter of Alex and Martha Thompson Wethington of St. Joseph, Ky. She was in her early twenties when she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. Following a two‑month postulancy, Mary received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Robertus on July 14, 1909. Sister Robertus’ first assignment…

Sister Paschal Wheatley

Date of Birth: December 17, 1890
Date of Death: January 20, 1978
Age at Death: 87 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 37

The daughter of John and Julia Hancock Wheatley, Mary Alicia (Allie) was born December 17, 1890. She had a happy home life with her family and attended the elementary school at Waverly, Ky. In 1905, Allie joined the other girls from Union County coming to Mount Saint Joseph Academy. She returned each year until 1908.…

Sister Robert Ann Wheatley

Date of Birth: December 6, 1920
Date of Death: April 8, 2012
Age at Death: 91 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 58

Sister Robert Ann began her life of pilgrim journeying as Mary Ester Virginia Wheatley, joining the family of Wheatleys who arrived in Breckinridge County, Ky., in 1791— the first Catholics in the Breckinridge Hills. Ester was born on Monday December 6, 1920, the fifth child born to Robert E. and Mary Anna Beavin Wheatley, in…

Sister Dorothy Ann Whelan

Date of Birth: April 14, 1912
Date of Death: February 25, 2003
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 41

Dorothy Cecilia, one of nine children, was born to Nicholas Leake and Addie Boone Whelan at Howardstown, Kentucky on April 14, 1912. In August 1918, Dorothy began her formal education at St. Ann School, Howardstown, staffed by the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph. She studied there through grade school and high school. On September 8,…

Sister James Louis Whelan

Date of Birth: April 24, 1897
Date of Death: July 21, 1946
Age at Death: 49 years
Marker Location: Row J No, 20

Born in Flaherty, Ky., on April 24, 1897, Ella was the daughter of Thomas and French Lucy Whelan. She was 23 years old when she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph on July 16, 1920. Following an eight‑month postulancy, Ella received the Ursuline habit on March 19, 1921, and the name Sister James Louis.…

Sister Mary DeChantal Whelan

Date of Birth: November 10, 1914
Date of Death: September 3, 2009
Age at Death: 94 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 55

DeChantal Whelan came into this life November 10, 1914, on a farm near Curdsville, Ky., the daughter of Joseph Leslie and Florence Eugenia Neal Whelan. She was the sister of Ruth and five brothers: Francis, Robert, Tom, Aloysius (called Tim) and Jim. Her mother named the baby DeChantal. DeChantal’s father, who didn’t like it, usually…