Sister Josephine Seier, 94.
GREENFIELD -- Sister Josephine Seier, 94, is the sixth nun to die at Our Lady of the Angels convent in Greenfield during the coronavirus pandemic. She tested positive for COVID-19 in a post mortem test on Friday, May 1, according to the medical examiner.
Sister Josephine had been a member of the School Sisters of St. Francis for 79 years.
Statement from Michael O’Loughlin, the Marketing and Communications Director, School Sisters of St. Francis:
Our Lady of the Angels is a co-sponsored ministry of the School Sisters of St. Francis and the School Sisters of Notre Dame. It is a state-of-the-art home for retired sisters of both communities and offers specialized memory care.
Our Lady of the Angels has been working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, the Milwaukee County Health Department, infection control specialists, and the Greenfield Health Department for months to protect the sisters and staff against COVID-19; and once the presence of the virus was identified, to prevent further spread.