Sister Cecilia Clare Spalding, SCN - August 8, 2007

Sister of Charity of Nazareth Cecilia Clare Spalding died Aug. 8 at the SCN Motherhouse in Nazareth, Ky. She was 95 and had been an SCN for almost 77 years.

A native of Slidell, La., Sister Spalding served in the apostolate of education as a music teacher on the elementary, secondary and college levels in Kentucky, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Ohio and Maryland. In the Archdiocese of Louisville, she taught at St. Frances of Rome School, Louisville, from 1934-37 and at Nazareth College, Nazareth, Ky., from 1967-71.

Survivors include one brother, John R. Spalding of Fort Myers, Fla.; a sister-in-law, Virginia Spalding of Fallbrook, Calif.; several nieces and nephews; and friends, former students and sisters in her congregation. The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Aug. 13 at St. Vincent Church, Nazareth, Ky. Burial was in Nazareth Cemetery.