Sister Mary Emily Whelan

Date of Birth: August 16, 1918
Date of Death: August 26, 2006
Age at Death: 88 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 42

Mary Emily, the youngest of nine children born to Nicholas Leake and Mary Adelaide Boone Whelan of Howardstown, Ky., was born August 16, 1918. She was baptized August 17 at their parish church, St. Ann. She received both her grade school and high school education at St. Ann School, taught by the Ursuline Sisters of…

Sister Emerentia Wiesner

Date of Birth: January 16, 1924
Date of Death: January 17, 2020
Age at Death: 96 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 58

Irma Clara Wiesner, the second child of Alfred Wiesner and Emma Margaret Roeckers Wiesner, was born on January 16, 1924, in Richmond, Kansas. Her older brother was named Alfred. She was followed by John, Marion, Joseph, Velma, Thelma, Florence, Rose and Frances. Joseph died as an infant. She was baptized on January 23, 1924, at…

Sister Alphonsa Wiggins

Date of Birth: May 26, 1886
Date of Death: July 29, 1963
Age at Death: 77 years
Marker Location: Row J Plot 36

The daughter of Thomas and Eliza Wiggins, Julia was born May 26, 1886, in Beech Grove, Ky. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy from 1900‑1904. When 20 years old, Julia entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph and following a four‑day postulancy, she received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Alphonsa on August 23,…

Sister Frances Mary Wilhelm

Date of Birth: January 7, 1929
Date of Death: November 5, 2020
Age at Death: 91 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 10

Joan Frances Wilhelm was born on January 07, 1929, in a two- room adobe cabin at the northeast corner of the orchard at Sacred Heart Academy. Her parents were Frank Leo and Mary Lucille Warren Wilhelm. She was the third daughter in the family followed by a son and another daughter. Her other siblings included…

Sister Theresa Marie Wilkerson

Date of Birth: May 16, 1920
Date of Death: July 27, 2009
Age at Death: 89 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 56

Mary Louise, the first child and only daughter of James Wallace and Earmena Catherine Hay Wilkerson, was born May 16, 1920, in Owensboro, Ky. Her father was a telegraph operator and her mother stayed at home to raise her daughter and the five brothers that came along later —Thomas Carl, James Wallace, Gerald Martin, Robert…

Sister Dorothy Marie Willett

Date of Birth: October 8, 1921
Date of Death: February 4, 2009
Age at Death: 87 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 55

Anna Ursula Willett was born on October 8, 1921, in Waverly Ky., the fourth child of James Edward and Jane Isabel Perdue Willett. The family grew to eight, including brothers Thomas Edward and Joseph Vernon and sisters Theresa Bernadette, Dorothy Jane, Doris Hiltrude, Mary Kathleen and Rose Marie (Sister Rosita, OSU). When Anna Ursula was three…

Sister Jeromena Willett

Date of Birth: February 25, 1905
Date of Death: October 9, 1986
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 42

Born in Springfield, Ky., on Feb. 25, 1905, Mary Hazel was the daughter of Joseph and Jeromena Bell Willett, one of 10 children. She received her early schooling at several places —Howardstown, New Hope, and Fredericktown. At the age of 17, Mary Hazel entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. On March 19, 1923, following…

Mother Aloysius Willett

Date of Birth: September 8, 1862
Date of Death: October 1, 1920
Age at Death: 58 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 18

The daughter of Samuel and Mary Ellen Wathen Willett, Mary Leona was born Sept. 8, 1862, in Union County, Ky. Her ancestors came from Maryland to western Kentucky. Leona’s brother, Thomas, was born in 1864. When their mother died in 1865, the two small children were sent to live with their maternal grandmother. In 1867,…

Sister Leona Willett

Date of Birth: August 3, 1896
Date of Death: May 18, 1967
Age at Death: 70 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 30

Born August 3, 1896, in Fancy Farm, Ky., Mary Sylvia was the first child of William and Mary Beatrice Fenwick Willett. When Sylvia was school age, she entered St. Jerome School at Fancy Farm. In 1912, she came to Mount Saint Joseph Academy. From early youth, she was drawn to religious life and entered the…

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…