By MIKE LATONAOsv News ROCHESTER, N.Y. OSV News – Two Sisters of Mercy from Rochester were killed in a two-vehicle crash that took place July 16 in Pennsylvania and also involved two other congregation members.According to a Pennsylvania State Police report, Mercy Sister Joanne Deck was driving a 2017 Chevrolet Equinox SUV when it collided…...
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Mercy Sister Joanne Deck, injured with three other members of her order in a July 16, 2023, auto accident in East Township, Pa., succumbed to her injuries July 19. Sister Joanne, pictured in an undated photo, was 75 years old, and had been a Sister of Mercy for 57 years. Mercy Sister Arlene Semesky was also killed in the accident. OSV News photo/courtesy Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Mercy Sister Arlene Semesky, pictured in an undated photo, was killed July 16, 2023, in in East Township, Pa., when the car she was in with three other members of her order, collided with an SUV. Sister Semesky lived at the St. Rita Parish convent in Webster, N.Y., in the Rochester Diocese and was to have celebrated her 60th jubilee in the religious congregation in September. OSV News photo/courtesy Sister Kathleen Mary O'Connell
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