Theresa Murphy, SCN, 82

Theresa Murphy, SCN, 82, formerly Sister Joseph Theresa Murphy, a native of St. Joseph, Ky., died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky., on June 12, 2009. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 62 years.

Sister Theresa served in the apostolate of education in Kentucky, Ohio and Maryland. She taught at St. Thomas School, Bardstown, Ky., from 1975-84. Sister Theresa also served as a member of the Catherine Spalding Center Pastoral Ministry Staff at Nazareth from 1991-92, and as Office Assistant in the SCN Mission Office and later in the Office of Congregational Advancement at Nazareth, Ky., from 1992-2000. Sister became a resident at Nazareth Home in October 2003.

Survivors include a brother, Murray Murphy of Owensboro, Ky., and several nieces and nephews.