Marie Smith, SCN, 87, of Nazareth, died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, at Nazareth. She was born in Deer Lodge, Mont, and was a professed Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 67 years. She served in educational ministries as a grade school teacher and choir director. In Louisville, she served at Sacred Heart, St. Brigid, and Holy Name. From 1966-1975, she served as principal, teacher and choir director at St. Vincent de Paul in New Hope. Her ministry from 1979-1986 was as an assistant at the Learning Center at Spalding College in Louisville. She was involved in 
social service, serving as a teacher at the Nelson County Jail from 1990-1994. She was an organist for liturgies at St. James in Elizabethtown, KY and St. Francis Xavier in Mount Washington. She served her SCN Community in a variety of ways, including as a musician and chaplain, at Russell Hall and the Motherhouse on Nazareth campus and Nazareth Home in Louisville.
She is survived by her siblings three sisters, Louise Simpson of Cox’s Creek, Theresa Ayers of Miami, Fla., and Margie Collinsworth of Columbus, Ohio; two brothers, Robert Smith of Champaign, Il., and John E. Cissell of Bardstown; and by her religious community.
The Mass of Resurrection is 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, at St. Vincent de Paul Church at Nazareth. Burial is in the Nazareth Cemetery.
The wake is 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, at St. Vincent de Paul Church at Nazareth.
Memorial donations may got to the Office of Mission Advancement, P.O. Box 9, Nazareth, KY, 40048.
The Houghlin-Greenwell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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