8 nuns die of coronavirus at Wisconsin retirement home
Four passed away on the same day.
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A do not trespass sign is displayed outside the School Sisters of Notre Dame Central Pacific Province, Thursday in Elm Grove, Wis. Eight nuns living in the suburban Milwaukee covent have died in the last week from COVID-19, according to the congregation. [ MORRY GASH | AP ]
Published Dec. 21, 2020
ELM GROVE, Wis. â Eight nuns living at a retirement home for sisters in suburban Milwaukee died of COVID-19 complications in the last week â including four who passed away on the same day â a grim reminder of how quickly the virus can spread in congregate living situations, even when precautions are taken.
8 nuns at Wisconsin retirement home die of COVID-19 in one week
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December 19, 2020 12/19/2020 10:08 pm
A retirement home in Wisconsin is suffering a huge loss after eight nuns died of COVID-related illnesses within a week of each other.
The deaths happened at Notre Dame of Elm Grove. Every one of our sisters is really important, Sister Debra Sciano, the provincial leader of the School Sisters of Notre Dame Central Pacific Province, told WTMJ. Not only to us, but we feel they have touched thousands of lives we ll never be aware of.
All of the sisters, who were mentors in the community for many years, died within days of each other, according to Trudy Hamilton, a spokeswoman for the School Sisters of Notre Dame Central Pacific Province.
8 School Sisters of Notre Dame lost to COVID-19 in a week
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8 School Sisters of Notre Dame lost to COVID-19 in a week
Eight sisters at the School Sisters of Notre Dame in Elm Grove have died of COVID-19 since December 9.
ELM GROVE, Wis. - Eight nuns living at a retirement home for sisters in suburban Milwaukee died of COVID-19 complications in the last week including four who passed away on the same day a grim reminder of how quickly the virus can spread in congregate living situations, even when precautions are taken.
Notre Dame of Elm Grove had been free of the virus for the last nine months, but the congregation that runs the home found out on Thanksgiving Day that one of the roughly 100 sisters who live there had tested positive. Despite social distancing and other mitigation efforts that were already in place, several more positive tests followed, said Sister Debra Marie Sciano, the provincial leader for School Sisters of Notre Dame Cen