Sam Butcher

Samuel John Butcher (January 1, 1939 - Mee 20, 2024) bụ onye omenkà America.  A mara ya nke ọma dị ka onye na-ese ihe n'azụ akara ngosi Precious Moments nke dabere na isiokwu American- Christian .  O sere, agba mmiri, acrylic, na mgbasa ozi agwakọta.

## Ndụ mbido
A Manchester Butcher na Jackson, Michigan na Jenụwarị 1, 1939. Ọ bụ nwa nke atọ n'ime ihe onyonyo ise dara ogbenye.  N'oge na-adịghị anya ka a mụsịrị ya, ahụ kwagara Redding, California . 

Mgbe ọ bụ nwa nwanyị, Butcher bụ “onye ozi chalkboard,” na-agbasa egwu nke Iso Ụzọ akara site n'ihe atụ.  Ozi a ajịkọ paying, n'ihi ya, o gbakwunyere ego ọ na-enweta dị ka onye na-elekọta ụlọ .

Site na mmalite nke Reverend Royal Blue, Butcher mere nri miri emi na Iso Ụzọ akwụkwọ.  O sonyeere nnwe nwoke ozi ọma nke Child (CEF) na Grand Rapids, Michigan .  N'ebe ahụ, ọ zutere Bill Biel, onye ya na ya ga-amalite azụmahịa mbụ ya, Jonathan & David (J&D).  N'ime ọrụ afọ iri ya na CEF, ọtụtụ nde ụmụ mmadụ ọrụ Butcher site na mmemme ikiri Tree House Club . 

## Oge dị oké ọnụ ahịa
N'afọ 1974, Butcher kere ihe osise Precious Moments maka J&D, nke ewebatara n'ahịa otu afọ ka e ịhụ.  Tupu nke ahụ, Butcher kere ọtụtụ ndị ọrụ ndị ọzọ, site na ike isiokwu kitsch ruo na mpempe akwụkwọ ọchị .  Enwere ike ịhụ ọrụ ndị a na Precious Moments Chapel dị na Carthage, Missouri .

Tupu 1978, Sam zutere Eugene Freedman na ihe ngosi ahia ndị ahịa na Los Angeles, California. 

Ngwaahịa atọ bụ isi J&D bu bụ ike ekele, ihe oyiyi poselin, na ụmụ bebi vinyl.  J&D weputara ụmụ bebi vinyl ya na Eshia, na-eduga Butcher na Philippines .  Na 1981 Butcher na Biel gara Philippines, bụ́ ebe ha nyere aka n'akwụkwọ akwụkwọ dị na Bible akwụkwọ ego.. 

Oge ụfọdụ nke ahụ eze, Butcher na Biel map ndị ahịa ha.  J&D ụfọdụ ahịa ngwaahịa ekele ya, bufeeDie poselin ya na Enesco, ma ụmụ bebi vinyl.  A ga-amaliteghachi nwa bebi ahụ dị ka Precious Moments Country Dolls na 1989 wee nye iwu ya Precious Moments Company Dolls na 1992. 

Butcher ntọala Samuel J. Butcher Foundation na Precious Moments, Inc. [1] Na 1989, o wuchara ihe owuwu nke Precious Moments Chapel n'ụdị ndịda Carthage, Missouri.  Ndị eze ahụ na ọtụtụ ụlọ ngosi mgbe ochie ndị ọzọ dị na ụlọ ahụ, yana ụlọ akwụkwọ na ebe ebe.  O jiri ego ọhụrụ ala n'otu dị njikere na Aklan na-eso wee wuo ebe ezumike a na-akpọ Sampaguita Gardens.  Site na ebe ezumike a, Butcher na-enye ndị si Aklan na ụmụ akwụkwọ si mpaghara ndị ọzọ na Western Visayas ọrụ na ikike.

Mgbe e ịhụ, Butcher kwagara St. Charles, Illinois, ma soro ụmụ ya biri.

Dika Precious Moments ihe ịga nke ọma ọma, Butcher pụta ihe oge na ebe ezumike ya na Philippines.  Mgbe ọ na-ewu ewu, Butcher dara ọrịa n'ihi ọrịa strok butere site n'ịgwọ onwe ya.  Ụmụ ya kpọghachitere ya na steeti, ebe a ngwa na ọ na-arịa ọrịa bipolar ma gwọọ ya.  Ọ la mfe Philippines. 

## Ọnwụ ụmụ ya
Mgbe Butcher nọ na Philippines, e gburu nwa ya nwoke dị afọ 27 bụ́ Phillip. Onye na-egbu anụ nwere oke iru újú na enweghị ike ịchụso mmasị ya na nka. 

Butcher meriri iru uju ya site n'ịlaghachi na nka. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ na eserese n'ebe a na-akpọ ugbu a Phillip's Room na Chapel. Dị ka ndị ọrụ Chapel bụ ndị na-ekiri Butcher si kwuo, "ọ dị ka a ga-asị na ọ nwere ịda mbà n'obi na iwe. N'ikpeazụ, ahụ na uche ya enweghị ike iburu ya ọzọ. Sam mebiri, kwụsị." 

Ụmụ Butcher gbara nna ha ume ka o lekọta onwe ya anya nke ọma ma weghara ọrụ azụmahịa niile na PMI. Butcher hapụrụ Philippines ruo ogologo oge.

Nwa ya nwoke Tim Butcher nwụrụ na Ọktoba 14, 2012, ebe ọ bụụrụ mkpali maka ọtụtụ iberibe oge dị oke ọnụ ahịa. Butcher wuru Belltower nke a na-akpọ "Timmy's Tower", na ncheta nwa ya nwoke, nke nwere abụ Samuel dere. 

## Site na 2012
, Sam Butcher resided in the Philippines and his sons, Jon and Don, controlled PMI and most of his artistic assets. 

Butcher mere ihe ngosi na Precious Moments Chapel dị na Carthage n'oge ọkọchị maka mmemme nnọkọ ezinụlọ mara mma. Ọ nwụrụ n'ụlọ ya na Carthage, Missouri na Mee 20, 2024, mgbe ọ dị afọ 85.  

## Ntụaka

## Ọgụgụ ọzọ

* Butcher, Jon. Ajụjụ ọnụ. Jun. 2004 ~ Ọkt. 2004.
* Onye na-egbu anụ, Sam & Butcher, Jon. Ajụjụ ọnụ. Ọkt 2004.
* Siytangco-Masigan, Sandee. "Akwụkwọ ọrụ: Okwukwe dị oké ọnụ ahịa." Ọnwa Nke Asatọ 31, 2004.

## Njikọ mpụga

* Ọnụ ego nke CIO Insight. Obere oge dị oke ọnụ ahịa. http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,1869514,00.asp ( ewepụtara Disemba 2005).
* https://web.archive.org/web/20060306174241/http://www.herword.com/workbook/masigan08.31.04.html
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