Sister Petrann Sieben, SSND, 91, died April 23, 2024, at Benedictine Living Community - Windermere, Shakopee, MN. Funeral services were held Monday, April 29 at Windermere Chapel, 1705 Windermere Way, Shakopee, with Visitation beginning at 10:00 AM; Sharing of Memories at 10:45 AM; and Funeral Mass at 11:15 AM. Burial in the Good Counsel Cemetery, Mankato, followed at 2:15 PM. Livestreaming at www.ssndcp.org/live/blc will begin at 10:45 AM.
Sister Petrann (Mary Sieben) was born in New Trier, Minnesota, in 1932, and later moved to Hastings with her family. She graduated from Good Counsel Academy in Mankato in 1950 and entered the School Sisters of Notre Dame that same year. She professed first vows in 1953. She ministered as a classroom teacher of primary grades in Catholic schools in Minnesota and South Dakota, including at St. John the Baptist, in Vermillion. In 1994 she began part time work in Ceramic Haven, located on Good Counsel Hill and stepped up to a fulltime presence in 2002. When the founder of Ceramic Haven, Sister Irene Federspiel, died in 2011, Sister Petrann assumed leadership for this creative venture and kept it going until just a few weeks before she moved with other School Sisters of Notre Dame to Shakopee in fall 2022.
Sister Petrann is survived by brothers, Al (Betty Lou) and Tony (Carol), her sister, Lorraine (Ted) Johnson, her nieces and nephews and their families, and her sisters in community, the School Sisters of Notre Dame and SSND Associates. She was preceded in death by her parents, Peter and Catharine (Bauer) Sieben, her brothers, Clarence and Leander, and her sister, Loretta Sieben. A longer obituary and a recording of her funeral will be available at www.ssndcp.org/obituaries
Funeral arrangements by McNearney - Schmidt Funeral and Cremation 1220 3rd Ave E, Shakopee, MN
Funeral services will be held Monday, April 29 at Windermere Chapel, 1705 Windermere Way, Shakopee, with Visitation beginning at 10:00 AM; Sharing of Memories at 10:45 AM; and Funeral Mass at 11:15 AM. Burial in the Good Counsel Cemetery, Mankato, will follow at 2:15 PM. Livestreaming at www.ssndcp.org/live/blc will begin at 10:45 AM.
