Born February 5, 1904, to William and Anna Rose Hayden Lyvers of Owensboro, Ky., Lila Rose, though delicate at birth, enjoyed a healthy childhood. Following the death of her oldest sister, the family moved to Bowling Green, Ky. She attended St. Joseph Elementary School. The family moved later to Russellville, Ky., where she attended public school. At age 16, she enrolled in Mount Saint Joseph Academy.
After graduation, she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. She received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Rose Vincent on August 24, 1921. Her two older sisters, Sister Henrietta and Sister Mary Rose, were professed members of the Mount Saint Joseph Ursuline community.
Sister Rose Vincent’s assignment was teaching the first four grades at St. Alphonsus School across the highway from Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Other assignments took her to Bow Valley and Nebraska City, Neb.; to Waterflow, N.M.; to Fredericktown, Rome, Flaherty, Owensboro (St. Joseph and Blessed Mother), Howardstown, Marion County (St. Charles), and Louisville (St. Columba), Ky. Sister Rose Vincent spent several years teaching French and Spanish at Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Following retirement in 1980, Sister Rose Vincent continued to tutor Mount Saint Joseph Academy students in Spanish. She also taught Spanish in small classes in local parochial schools.
On January 22, 1987, Sister Rose Vincent was admitted to Mercy Hospital in Owensboro. She died there on January 28. Msgr. Bernard Powers and Father Lyle Johnson concelebrated the funeral Mass on January 30, followed by the burial service in the convent cemetery. Among her survivors was her Ursuline sister, Sister Mary Rose. She was preceded in death by her other Ursuline sister, Sister Henrietta.