Samuel Butcher, the founder and designer of the collectible "Precious Moments" porcelain figurines, died at the age of 85 on Monday, the company announced in a statement. In a post shared to Facebook, ...

Sam Butcher, the creator behind the iconic "Precious Moments" porcelain figurines, has died at the age of 85. Butcher died Monday surrounded by loved ones,” the company said in a Facebook post. The ...

CARTHAGE, Mo. - Samuel "Sam" Butcher, the artist and creator of the iconic collectibles company Precious Moments, has died. He was 85 years old. The company said in a Facebook post that he died early ...

CARTHAGE, Mo. — Sam Butcher, the artist who created the Precious Moments figurines depicting angelic teardrop-eyed children, has died. He was 85. The company said in a Facebook post that he died early ...

Precious Moments said that Butcher died Monday surrounded by loved ones at his house in Carthage, Missouri. The company said that Butcher’s life mission was “to share God’s gift of love with the world ...

Sam Butcher, the artist behind the teardrop-eyed, inches-high Precious Moments figurines that captivated collectors since the 1970s, has died. He was 85. The founder of Precious Moments Inc. died ...