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Sister Alvera Staed, OSF, 96, died at Assisi House in Aston, Pa. on April 14.
Born in Evansville, Ind., Sister Alvera Mabel Marie Staed had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 76 years.
As a child, she moved to Chickasha, Ok., where she graduated from St. Joseph Academy. She entered the congregation in 1928 and professed her first vows in 1931. Sister Alvera ministered in elementary education, as a teacher and a caregiver of children in several boarding schools, and in domestic work.
She was an excellent cook and seamstress and often made use of her skills to make clothing for the children in the boarding schools.
Sister Alvera served for 34 years in Oklahoma, 27 of them spent at St. Joseph Academy in Chickasha, where she had attended school as a child. She also ministered at St. Patrick School in Anadarko from 1933-1935 and 1946-1949, and St. Elizabeth Academy in Purcell from 1935-1937.
Her 18 years of ministry in the Diocese of Wilmington included serving at St. Thomas School in 1928-1929, St. Paul School from 1930-1932, St. John School in Hockessin, Del. in 1932-1933, Holy Angels Convent in Newark, Del. from 1968-1972, and Padua Academy Convent from 1972-1983.
Sister Alvera ministered for 19 years in the Archdiocese of Baltimore in Maryland. She served first at Mount St. Mary College in Emmitsburg in 1937-1938. From 1983-2001, she ministered at St. Anthony Convent in Gardenville, Md., first in domestic work and later in prayer ministry. In 2001, she moved to Assisi House in Aston, where she served in prayer ministry until her death. Sister Stead is survived by her brother George Staed of Lexington Ky., nieces, nephews, and her Franciscan family.
Interment was at Our Lady of Angels Cemetery in Aston.
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