Samuella Buckman, SCN, 76, a native of Waverly, Ky., died at Hardin Memorial Hospital, Elizabethtown, Ky., on Monday, September 7, 2009. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 57 years.
Sister Samuella served in the apostolate of elementary education in Tennessee, Maryland, Ohio and Kentucky for 35 years as teacher and librarian. Sister taught at St. Thomas School, Bardstown, from 1981-82, and was a student at Spalding College, Louisville, Ky., from 1982-83. Sister served in Pastoral Ministry and Maintenance at Camp Maria Retreat Center, Leonardtown, Md. from 1990-96 when she became a resident at the Motherhouse.
Survivors include a sister, Elizabeth Jenkins of Roseville, Mich., and a sister-in-law, Betty Jean Buckman of Buda, Ill., as well as many nieces and nephews.
