Born March 20, 1900, at Pettit, Ky., Mabel was the daughter of William and Rosella Hayden Lyvers. She was baptized at St. Martin Church in Rome, Ky. Mabel worked as a bookkeeper and stenographer in a business office at Russellville for several years before entering the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph at age 20. After a six‑month postulancy, Mabel received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Henrietta on March 19, 1921.
At the opening of the school year in 1921, Sister Henrietta was assigned to St. Charles School at Livermore, Ky. She and her companion, Sister Jean D’Arc, lived with the Sisters teaching at Browns Valley and traveled by public conveyance to Livermore each day.
In early February 1922, Sister was diagnosed with tuberculosis. She returned to Mount Saint Joseph for nursing care and treatment. The third floor of Saint Angela Hall was especially designed for caring for tubercular patients. Each of the bedrooms on the east opened directly out to a balcony making fresh-air therapy easily accessible. Sister Henrietta’s mother was given a room next to her daughter to help the nurses care for her.
It became evident that Sister would not survive. She was allowed to pronounce her vows on March 28, 1922. Father James L. Whelan, chaplain, representative of the bishop, witnessed her profession.
Sister Henrietta died June 4, 1922. The funeral Mass was celebrated by Father James Whelan. Sister’s remains are buried in the convent cemetery. In addition to her mother, Sister Henrietta was survived by her two Ursuline sisters, Sister Mary Rose and Sister Rose Vincent.