It seems that Mary Ann was born into the world of the Ursuline Sisters. Her family always lived in Paola, Kan., and a few days after her birth her parents, Anna Belle and Ernest, brought little Mary Ann to the Ursuline convent where she was held in the arms of Sister Jerome, founder of the…
Mount Saint Joseph Necrologies
The Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph Necrology contains biographical information for Sisters buried at Mount Saint Joseph Cemetery.
Many entries include a Marker Location (for example, “Row D No. 55”), which corresponds to a location on the cemetery map.
Sister Ann Victoria Wasylina
Irena, born June 6, 1924, was the only daughter of blacksmith Basil Wasylina and his wife, Anna, residents of Duliby, Stryj, in Polish Ukraine. Irena had two brothers, Peter, also a blacksmith, and Nicholas, a cobbler. She was baptized and confirmed in the Byzantine Rite at St. Basil Church and grew up in a faith-filled…
Sister Mary Jovita Milner
Mary Teresa was born in Plattsville, Colo., on Jan. 15, 1921, the second child of James and Mary Collard Milner. Teresa joined an older sister, Rita, and was followed by brothers James, Stanley and her baby sister, Marcella Ann. The Milner family returned to Kentucky where Teresa completed elementary school in Clarkson, and the first…
Sister Rosaria Ray
Sister Rosaria, Agnes Kathryn, was born Jan. 4, 1922, the first child to William Jennings and Bessie Pike Ray, in Sirocco, Ky. She was baptized by Reverend Joseph Gettelfinger at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Payneville, Ky. Seven siblings (including a set of twin) — four sisters and three brothers — would eventually become Kathryn’s family.…
Sister Vickie Lynn Cravens
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 Mary Regina Boone
Mary Elizabeth, the fifth child of William Joseph and Mary Josephine Greenwell Boone of New Haven, Ky., was born January 31, 1918, in a deadly cold winter. Despite the sub zero temperature, she was taken by buggy two days later to St. Catherine Church for baptism. Even the horse received lacerations on its legs from…
Sister Anita Flaugher
Eva Warren was born August 27, 1911, into the family of Gwynn Marvin and Eva Elizabeth Wathen Flaugher of Fairfield, Ky. She had four brothers: Gwynn Marvin, Edwin Drury, Charles. and Wilfred Wathen; three sisters: Alice Carpenter, Evelyn Mae and Mary Freda. The Flaugher family were members of St. Michael parish and attended the parish…
Sister Margaret Joseph Aull
Margaret Anna was born March 2, 1922, the third child in a family of 15 to Michael Xavier and Mary Pauline Mattingly Aull of Knottsville, Ky.: Theresa Elizabeth, Thomasina, Mary Naomi (Sister Naomi OSU), Mildred (Sister Marie Michael CP). William Guy, Robert Eugene, Joyce Marie, James Leo, Beverly, Joseph Allen, Joseph Harry, and Anne Carolyn. Two children…
Sister Mary Bertha Wethington
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 Agnes Irene Bickett
Agnes Lucille Bickett was the 12th and last child born to James Henry and Alma Stewart Bickett of Uniontown, Kentucky, on August 18, 1917. Her four brothers were James Louis, Robert Paul, Lucian Nathan, and Benjamin Franklin; her sisters were Mary Jo, Mary Ellen (Sister James Alma OSU), Alice Cecilia, Margaret Catherine, Mary Blanche (Sister…