Sister Mary Francis Brumlow

Date of Birth: July 11, 1905
Date of Death: December 4, 1979
Age at Death: 74 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 31

Born July 11, 1905, in Fancy Farm, Ky., Edna was the daughter of Edward and Sarah Vessels Brumlow. She was 20 years old when she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph on February 10,1926. Following a six-month postulancy, Edna received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Mary Francis on August 15, 1926. Sister…

Sister Michaeline Brumlow

Date of Birth: May 22, 1907
Date of Death: February 11, 1988
Age at Death: 80 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 35

Born May 22, 1907, in Fancy Farm, Ky., Julia Mary was a cheerful, loving child in a family of nine. She learned to practice her faith from the example of her parents, Edward and Sarah Vessels Brumlow. Her early school days were spent at St. Jerome School in Fancy Farm. She came to Mount Saint…

Sister Mary Robert Buckler

Date of Birth: September 20, 1909
Date of Death: November 1, 1988
Age at Death: 79 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 36

The daughter of George and Mary Cleve Cambron Buckler, Frances Alice was born September 20, 1909, in St. Mary, Ky., one of nine children. She received her grade school education in the public school at Loretto. For her junior and senior years in high school she attended St. Charles School in St. Mary (Lebanon) staffed…

Sister Jean Mark Buckler

Date of Birth: October 11, 1911
Date of Death: April 3, 1983
Age at Death: 71 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 30

Borgia, the fourth child of William and Mary Borgia Peterson Buckler, was born Oct. 11, 1911, in Loretto, Ky. Her mother died only a few hours after the baby was born. Borgia’s maternal grandparents took her as their own and arranged for her baptism two days later. Her father married a second time and the…

Sister Jane Patrick Buckman

Date of Birth: April 21, 1889
Date of Death: April 21, 1970
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 33

On April 21, 1889, William and Mary Jane Boarman Buckman in New Market, Ky., were happy to welcome a baby girl, Mary Caroline, to their family. These pioneers, stemming from Maryland days, had Mary Caroline baptized at Old St. Matthew Church in Finley. Carrie learned her religion from her parents and attended the New Market…

Sister Joseph Benjamin Buckman

Date of Birth: December 31, 1903
Date of Death: September 15, 1988
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 45

Born Dec. 31, 1903, to Joseph Oliver “Ollie” and Elizabeth Lenora Shelton Buckman of Calvary, Ky., Inez was the second of 14 children. Her first years of formal education were at Moores Creek School near Jessetown. Inez completed the seventh and eighth grades and high school at Mount Saint Joseph Academy. After entering the novitiate…

Sister Madeline Buckman

Date of Birth: October 7, 1886
Date of Death: April 2, 1944
Age at Death: 57 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 21

Born Oct. 7, 1886, in New Market, Ky., Mary Esther was the daughter of William and Mary Jane Boarman Buckman. She was baptized when she was only two days old. Since there were no parochial schools in that area of Marion County, Mary Esther attended the public school at New Market. She became a public…

Sister Mary George Buckman

Date of Birth: December 25, 1876
Date of Death: February 24, 1948
Age at Death: 71 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 12

Born on Christmas day, 1876, Mary Agnes was the eleventh child of Linus and Jane Ann Wathen Buckman. Her parents, descendents of the early Catholic pioneers, migrated to Union County, Ky., from Bardstown, Ky. She was well‑trained in her Catholic faith during her early years. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy in 1893‑1894. Returning to…

Sister Rose Agnes Buckman

Date of Birth: October 22, 1898
Date of Death: August 6, 1981
Age at Death: 82 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 34

Born October 22, 1898, in Uniontown, Ky., Lillian was the daughter of Adrian and Ann Spalding Buckman. She was trained in music from early on and while attending Mount Saint Joseph Academy during 1915‑1917, she performed on the piano at all the special feasts that were celebrated during the school year. Lillian entered the novitiate…

Sister Mary Denis Bumpus

Date of Birth: March 10, 1895
Date of Death: October 21, 1960
Age at Death: 65 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 26

Born March 10, 1895, in Owensboro, Ky., Forrest was the daughter of John and Teresa Clark Bumpus. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy during the year 1911-1912, studying in the commercial department. She entered the novitiate and received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Mary Denis on November 21, 1912. Sister Mary Denis’ first…