Mary Magdalene Nieland (1892 - 1972)
Sister Mary Sigmunda, FSPA

Sister Mary Sigmunda was born June 26, 1892, on a farm northwest of Breda, Iowa and was a daughter of John Henry and Anna (Köster) Nieland. She entered the convent on August 19,1909, at the age of seventen and made her final profession July 2, 1919.

Photo: Sister M. Sigmunda, about 1910

Sister Sigmunda's ministry was teaching. She began teaching in 1914, with her first class a 4th grade class at Marathon, Wisconsin. She continued to teach in the elementary grade at Dorchester, Wisconsin and at Spokane, Washington. She then became a high school teacher and taught at Bozeman, Montana, New Vienna, West Point, Marycliff, Aquinas, Bozeman, Lima, and Marycliff from 1925 to 1967. She then was semi-retired and lived at St. Rose Convent. Her last years were spent at Villa St. Joseph, the retirement home of the order, near LaCrosse.

Sister M. Sigmunda was the sister of Sister M. Florina (Elizabeth Nieland).

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