Sister Agnes Catherine Williams

Date of Birth: January 29, 1905
Date of Death: August 9, 2007
Age at Death: 102 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 42

Mary Agnes, the seventh child of William Asa and Catherine Stengell Williams, was born on January 29, 1905 at their home in Owensboro, Ky. She had three brothers and two sisters older than she and a younger brother. Soon after birth Mary Agnes developed a severe eye infection which robbed her of sight in the…

Sister Charles Asa Williams

Date of Birth: June 7, 1902
Date of Death: June 5, 2005
Age at Death: 102 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 41

Jessie Martine, sixth of eight children of William Asa and Catherine Stengell Williams, was born on June 7, 1902 in Owensboro, Kentucky. Her faith journey began with baptism by Father Edward S. Fitzgerald at St. Paul Church on June 29, 1902. Her formal education began in 1909 at St. Frances Academy, Owensboro. After one semester…

Sister Joseph Marie Williams

Date of Birth: September 27, 1895
Date of Death: April 21, 1989
Age at Death: 93 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 10

The daughter of William and Catherine Stengell Williams, Eva Catherine was born on Sept. 27, 1895, in Owensboro, Ky. She had five brothers, and two sisters who also became Ursulines of Mount Saint Joseph. In 1904, Eva began her formal education at St. Frances Academy in Owensboro. She enrolled at Mount Saint Joseph Academy in…

Sister Mary Christopher Williamson

Date of Birth: March 3, 1935
Date of Death: April 24, 1973
Age at Death: 38 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 21

Elizabeth Ann, born March 3, 1935, in Lyons, Ky., was the second daughter of Bob and Pauline Clark Williamson. When the first children were school age, they moved to their new farm in the Gethsemani area, and it was then that Bob and Pauline had their marriage rectified and the children baptized. Betty attended grade…

Sister Emmanuel Wimsatt

Date of Birth: July 17, 1885
Date of Death: December 27, 1953
Age at Death: 68 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 9

The daughter of John and Genevieve Buckler Wimsatt, Lucy was born July 17, 1885, in St. Mary, Ky. When she was 24 years of age, she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. She received the Ursuline habit on July 14, 1909, and given the name Sister Emmanuel. Sister Emmanuel was assigned first to St.…

Sister Mary Thomas Wimsatt

Date of Birth: March 20, 1894
Date of Death: September 16, 1976
Age at Death: 82 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 37

Mary Willie, the daughter of William and Martha Mitchell Wimsatt, was born March 20, 1894, in Newman, Ky. In 1900, she began her education at St. Peter of Alcantara School in Stanley. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy during the years 1906-1914. Having entered the novitiate at the age of 20, Mary Willie received the…

Sister Florine Wiseman

Date of Birth: August 12, 1900
Date of Death: March 14, 1958
Age at Death: 57 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 1

Born to Charles and Florence Cooper Wiseman of Rineyville, Ky., on Aug. 12, 1900, Irene was the only girl in a large family of boys. During her elementary grades she attended St. Patrick School at Stithton. She began high school as a boarding student at Bethlehem Academy, taught by the Sisters of Loretto, in St.…

Sister Margaret Louise Yates

Date of Birth: June 10, 1910
Date of Death: May 28, 1993
Age at Death: 82 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 49

Born June 10, 1910, to John and Coletta Bowling Yates in Waverly, Ky., Lillian was one of the six Yates children. They were descended from the Maryland settlement on Pottinger Creek. Lillian’s formal education began at Phipps Public School. From second grade through grade 12, she attended St. Peter School in Waverly. In high school,…

Sister Mary Esther Yates

Date of Birth: February 5, 1932
Date of Death: December 26, 1960
Age at Death: 28 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 27

Norma Jean was the oldest of the seven children, born on Feb. 5, 1932, to Robert and Teresa Huntley Yates of Vine Grove, Ky. Following grammar school, she attended Rineyville High School in Rineyville. At the age of 17, she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph, September 7, 1949. She received the Ursuline habit…

Sister Mary Carolita Young

Date of Birth: April 10, 1913
Date of Death: November 29, 2006
Age at Death: 93 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 51

A daughter was born to Lorenzo Carroll Young and his second wife, Loretta Higdon, on April 10, 1913, in their home near St. Mary, Kentucky. She was named Mary Estelle after her father’s first wife, Mary Estelle Craycroft. Marie, her father’s daughter by his first wife, came to live with the family when Mary Estelle…