Sister Mary Bartholene Warren

Date of Birth: February 10, 1903
Date of Death: April 13, 2005
Age at Death: 102 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 45

John Barton and Georgia Ann Thompson Warren of Marion County, Ky., welcomed Mary Hester, their sixth child, on Feb. 3, 1903. The family would eventually include five girls and four boys. Mary Hester began her elementary education in the Marion County Public Schools. She graduated from high school at Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Mary Hester…

Sister Mary Edgar Warren

Date of Birth: August 17, 1918
Date of Death: December 20, 1997
Age at Death: 79 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 1

Mary Beatrice, the eighth of 11 children, was born August 17, 1918, to Thomas Edgar and Mary Loretta Stallings Warren. She was baptized in Sacred Heart Church at Waterflow, N.M. Her formal education began in September 1924 at Sacred Heart Academy and continued there until the family moved to Yellow Jacket, Colo., where she completed…

Sister Joan of Arc Walz

Date of Birth: July 1, 1931
Date of Death: July 5, 2017
Age at Death: 86 years
Marker Location: Row K No. 4

Joan was born on July 1, 1931 in Cloverport, Ky., to Otto Walz and Ida May Brown Walz. She was baptized on September 13, 1931, at St. Rose Church in Cloverport by Rev. Gardian Lewis C.P. She joined her sisters, Martha, Regina and Dorothy and welcomed a younger brother, George in 1937. Though Joan’s formal…

Sister Bartholomew Walsh

Date of Birth: June 24, 1880
Date of Death: May 29, 1930
Age at Death: 49 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 19

Born in Castletownsend, County Cork, Ireland, on June 24, 1880, Mary was the only surviving child of the second marriage of Catherine Walsh. Mary had four half‑brothers and half‑sisters with the family name of Hegarty. Two of the Hegarty children came to the United States in early youth and settled in Boston, Mass. Daniel Walsh,…

Sister Marie Brenda Vowels

Date of Birth: April 24, 1926
Date of Death: July 27, 2018
Age at Death: 92 years
Marker Location: Row A No. 54

Francis Marie Vowels was born on April 24, 1926, in Louisville, Ky., to Maud Elizabeth Byerly Vowels and Stephen Vowels. She was the second child of 14. Her siblings were: Ruby, Joseph, Helen, Virginia, William, Leo, Jane, David, Barbara, Judith, Dale and twins, Stephen and Sylvester who were still born. Francis Marie was baptized on…

Sister Mary Agnes VonderHaar

Date of Birth: December 17, 1933
Date of Death: May 10, 2023
Age at Death: 89 years
Marker Location: Row M No. 40

Patricia Ann VonderHaar, the third of five children, and the only girl, was born to Bernard and Dorothy VonderHaar on December 17, 1933, in Vine Grove, Ky. Her siblings included: John, William, Jerome, and Lawrence. A week after Patsy was born, her family traveled 500 miles to Davenport, Iowa, to celebrate Christmas with family. A…

Sister Mary Ruth Vick

Date of Birth: August 27, 1882
Date of Death: August 5, 1951
Age at Death: 68 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 13

Blanche was born August 27, 1882, the daughter of Sebastian and Nancy Whanger Vick of Greenville, Ky. At the age of 31, she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. On December 30, 1914, following an eight‑month postulancy, Blanche received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Mary Ruth. Sister Mary Ruth’s first assignment was…

Sister Mary Estelle VanVactor

Date of Birth: April 26, 1899
Date of Death: April 28, 1987
Age at Death: 88 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 43

Born on April 26, 1899, in St. Vincent, Ky., to Robert and Mary Willett VanVactor, Ann Eugenia was one of nine children. Her father died when she was 10 years old, but her mother kept the family together and provided for their spiritual and temporal well‑being. Eugenia’s elementary and secondary education was received in the…

Sister Mary Bernice Uhing

Date of Birth: October 23, 1916
Date of Death: July 13, 2001
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 54

Alma Anne Marie Uhing, the oldest of five children, was born Oct. 23, 1916, to Herman Joseph and Anne Marie Promes Uhing, on a farm near Bow Valley, Neb. Alma had one sister and three brothers. She was baptized at Sts. Peter and Paul Church, October 26, 1916. The Uhings were a happy family. Education…

Sister Dominica Thompson

Date of Birth: August 19, 1894
Date of Death: October 22, 1974
Age at Death: 80 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 26

One of 12 children, Myrtle was born Aug. 19, 1894, to Thomas and Anna Florence Ballard Thompson of Holy Cross, Ky. She received her early formal education in Clarktown School, a one-room public school in Nelson County. When the Ursuline Sisters opened Holy Cross School, Myrtle completed elementary and high school there. She entered the…