Sister Uriel Logsdon

Date of Birth: August 18, 1872
Date of Death: September 30, 1966
Age at Death: 94 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 28

Born August 18, 1872, to Barney and Mary Susanna Lilly Logsdon of Sturgis, Ky., Marie was one of four children. At the age of 34, she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph and following a 13-month postulancy, received the Ursuline habit on August 25, 1908. Marie was given the name Sister Uriel. Sister Uriel…

Sister Ursula Jenkins I

Date of Birth: October 5, 1873
Date of Death: May 2, 1922
Age at Death: 48 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 18

Teresa was born October 5, 1873, in Uniontown, Ky., to John and Althea Payne Jenkins. Her father was a physician. Both parents were descendants of Maryland pioneers through Nelson County. An uncle, Father Thomas Jefferson Jenkins, made a great impression on the entire family. Teresa spent her girlhood days in Uniontown where she attended the…

Sister Ursula Jenkins II

Date of Birth: January 8, 1904
Date of Death: November 7, 1981
Age at Death: 77 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 36

Emily was born January 8, 1904, the daughter of James and Mary Jenkins of Louisville, Ky. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy during the years 1918-1922, and entered the formation program the following September. Following a six-month postulancy, Emily received the Ursuline habit on March 19, 1923, and the name Sister Ursula. In 1924, Sister…

Sister Ursula Marie O’Bryan

Date of Birth: July 22, 1905
Date of Death: March 28, 1989
Age at Death: 83 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 9

The daughter of Joseph and Regina Mattingly O’Bryan, Mary Ursula was born July 22, 1905. She began life in the log cabin on her grandfather’s farm in West Louisville, Ky. She attended the West Louisville public school, and when ready for the eighth grade, became a student at Mount Saint Joseph Academy. After graduation in…

Sister Veronica Benedict

Date of Birth: April 14, 1895
Date of Death: August 6, 1977
Age at Death: 82 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 32

The daughter of William and Finetta Simmons Benedict, Gertrude was born April 14, 1895, in Louisville, Ky. When she was still 19 years of age, she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph and after an eight‑month postulancy, she received the Ursuline habit on August 10, 1915. Gertrude was given the name Sister Veronica. Prepared…

Sister Vickie Lynn Cravens

Date of Birth: September 12, 1950
Date of Death: August 5, 2010
Age at Death: 59 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 39

Vickie Lynn Cravens, born September 12, 1950, in Laclede County, Mo., was the first child born to Hazel Loree Massey and Victor Lavern Cravens. Growing up for the first six years, Vickie’s journey took its first curve with the arrival of a second child, her cherished sister Elizabeth, known as Beth. Due to her mother’s…

Sister Victoria Brohm

Date of Birth: October 12, 1906
Date of Death: January 20, 1992
Age at Death: 85 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 4

The daughter of Julius and Theresa Allgeier Brohm, Rosamond was born October 12, 1906, in Jeffersontown, Ky., one of five children. She received her elementary education at St. Edward’s in her hometown. She attended Mercy Academy in Louisville for high school. Rosamond entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph on September 8, 1922. Six months…

Sister Vincentia Spalding

Date of Birth: July 26, 1886
Date of Death: March 11, 1920
Age at Death: 33 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 5

Born July 26, 1886, in Uniontown, Ky., Lily Travis was the daughter of Ross and Laura Wight Spalding. She grew up in a home where morning and evening prayer was the order of the day. She received her high school education at Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Following graduation, she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint…

Sister Virginia Mary Nichols

Date of Birth: December 28, 1923
Date of Death: January 10, 1999
Age at Death: 75 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 52

Mary Leone, youngest of seven children of John Ellsworth and Marie Antoinette Daze’ Nichols, was born December 28, 1923, in Flagstaff, Ariz. Mary Leone’s formal education began in 1929 in the public schools at Kearns Canyon and Chir Lee, Ariz. Due to her father’s employment with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the family lived on or…

Sister Virginia Payne

Date of Birth: October 8, 1895
Date of Death: September 2, 1963
Age at Death: 67 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 37

Born October 8, 1895, in Knottsville, Ky., Lucy Cecilia was the daughter of William Pius and Mary Elizabeth Payne, one of 10 children. At the age of 17, Cecilia entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph and on May 5, 1914, she received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Virginia. Sister Virginia’s apostolate was…