Jean Carmel Howard, SCN

Jean Carmel Howard, SCN, age 97, a native of Whitesville, Ky., died at Flaget Hospital, Bardstown, Ky., on May 13, 2009. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 77 years.

Sister served in the apostolate of elementary education in Kentucky, Ohio, Massachusetts, Tennessee and Virginia. Sister also served in child care in Memphis, Tenn. In retirement at the Motherhouse, Sister worked in arts and crafts, the Thrift Shop and served in the Apostolate of Prayer.

Survivors include a niece and her husband, Mary and Gordon Faulkner, and a grand-niece, Donna Roby, all of Owensboro, Ky.