Sister Bernard Montgomery

Date of Birth: October 11, 1881
Date of Death: June 24, 1963
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 31

Mary Florence was born on Oct. 11, 1881, in St. Lawrence, Kentucky, to William and Laura Higdon Montgomery. She entered the novitiate at Mount Saint. Joseph when she was 19 years old. On October 24, 1901, following a ten‑month postulancy, Mary Florence received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Bernard. Sister Bernard’s life was…

Sister Bertha Marie Nally

Date of Birth: March 30, 1921
Date of Death: October 6, 2006
Age at Death: 85 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 49

Susan Elizabeth (Sue) was born March 30, 1921, the daughter of Joseph Warren and Bertha Mary Hite Nally of Springfield, Kentucky. She was the seventh of eight children — six brothers and one sister. She was baptized at St. Rose Church in Springfield. The Nally home was full of love and faithfulness to the Catholic…

Sister Blanche Rita Bickett

Date of Birth: March 20, 1912
Date of Death: January 10, 2011
Age at Death: 98 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 57

Sister Blanche Rita was born in Uniontown, Kentucky, on March 20 1912, as Mary Blanche, the tenth child born to James Henry and Mary Alma Bickett. Within four years, numbers eleven and twelve completed the roster for the Bickett family with four brothers: Lewis, Paul, Lucian and Ben; and seven sisters: Emma, Mary Josephine, Mary…

Sister Callista Langan

Date of Birth: November 6, 1896
Date of Death: May 6, 1976
Age at Death: 79 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 39

Nora was born Nov. 6, 1896, in Louisville, Ky., to James and Mary Marron Langan. She was 7 years old when her mother died. Her father was in the armed forces and was unable to care for his two daughters as he thought best. His sister, Mary Langan Clark, took them to Greenwood, Miss., to…

Sister Carmelita Mattingly

Date of Birth: May 15, 1898
Date of Death: December 23, 1964
Age at Death: 66 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 22

The daughter of William and Sarah Thompson Mattingly, Mae was born May 15, 1898, in Loretto, Ky., one of 12 children. She went to the public schools in Marion County through grade and high school. In July 1916, Mae entered the novitiate at Mount St. Joseph. She received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister…

Sister Carmencita Carrico

Date of Birth: June 2, 1920
Date of Death: October 19, 1998
Age at Death: 78 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 52

Mary Shirley Carmen, the ninth of 12 children of Joseph Booth and Alma Bell Carrico, was born June 2, 1920, in Manton, Nelson County, Ky. On June 6, she began her faith journey with baptism at Holy Rosary Church, Manton. In September 1926, Shirley began her formal education at High View School, Nelson County, where…

Sister Caroline Wathen

Date of Birth: January 19, 1898
Date of Death: June 15, 1988
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 43

Born Jan. 19, 1898, in Anthoston, Ky., Lillian was the daughter of John and Caroline Manning Wathen. She had eight sisters and two brothers. Lillian was 5 years old when she began her formal education at the Wathen School, a one‑room school with all eight grades and one teacher. She came to Mount Saint Joseph…

Sister Carolyn Marie O’Harrow

Date of Birth: June 1, 1944
Date of Death: December 21, 1981
Age at Death: 37 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 38

Born June 1, 1944, in Portland, Oregon, Ann Elizabeth was the daughter of Patrick and Mary Caroline Pritchard O’Harrow. She attended Sacred Heart Academy in Waterflow, New Mexico, during the years 1958-1961, and spent her senior year at Newman High School in Mason City, Iowa, graduating from there in 1962. On September 9, Ann Elisabeth…

Sister Casimir Czurles

Date of Birth: July 9, 1907
Date of Death: December 19, 1994
Age at Death: 87 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 50

Emily was the daughter of John and Rosalia Malinski Czurles and was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey on July 9, 1907. She was baptized July 21, 1907 at Saint Adelbert Parish Church. Emily attended Saint Stanislaus Polish School and Amsterdam High School before going to New York State College and Cornell University for graduate work.…

Sister Catherine Kaufman

Date of Birth: August 29, 1931
Date of Death: July 29, 2024
Age at Death: 92 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 60

On August 29, 1931, the hottest day of the year in tiny Dahlgren Township in southern Illinois, Helen Marie Kaufman joined her brother Henry, becoming the second child of Charles Albert Kaufman and Gertrude Rose Birkner Kaufman. One week later, she was baptized at Saint John the Baptist Church in Piopolis, Illinois. Just eighteen months later,…