Sister Katherine A. Misbauer also known as Sister Catherine Sienna, age 78 of the Loretto Motherhouse Infirmary died there Sunday, October 1st, 2017.

Sister was born November 8, 1938 in Saint Louis, Missouri to the late Joseph Albert and Katheran Bellovich Misbauer. She entered religious life in 1955 and received her final vows in 1963. She graduated from Webster College in Missouri and earned her Master's degree in Spanish in 1966 from Notre Dame University. Her assignments were located in Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Texas and The Philippines. In Kentucky, she taught at Christ the King and Saint Francis Schools in Louisville and she was the former principal of Saint Augustine High School in Lebanon from 1963 until it closed. She also served locally on the board of the Caring Place and as president of the Casa Guadalupe Board in Springfield. She was the creator, designer and director of the Loretto Heritage Center-Museum and Archives at Nerinx until her retirement in 2013.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 AM Saturday, October 7, 2017 at Loretto Motherhouse Church. Burial will follow in the motherhouse cemetery.

A wake will be held at 6:30 PM Friday at the motherhouse. Mattingly Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.