Tagged with "Obituaries"
Former LDS general authority Albert Choules Jr. dies of natural causes at 86
Elder Albert Choules Jr., an Idaho-born businessman who served for six years as a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died of natural causes Dec. 5. He was 86 years old. Elder Choules was sustained to the First Quorum of the Seventy at the October 1988 general...
LDS Church News: Obituaries
Romona May Hill Barker, 84, who served on the Relief Society general board from 1974-82 and with husband, Richard Alvin Barker, as he presided over the Missouri Independence Mission from 1982-85, died Nov. 26, 2012, in Taylorsville,...
Thankful for obituaries and other written records
MR says: We should not consider ourselves an exception to the task of record keeping for ourselves and for those who have passed on. During my time in the newsroom, I edited obituaries with reverence and awe and witnessed their predictable spike in number at this time of year. It’s a gift to many when...
Obituary: Elder Gardner Russell: A life spent building the Church
Elder Gardner H. Russell, who served in the First and Second Quorums of the Seventy from 1986 to 1991, passed away on Nov. 19, in Florida. He was 92. He was sustained on April 6, 1986, as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy where he served in many capacities within the...
LDS Church News: Obituaries
Alison Tuckett Shawcroft, 52, who served with her husband, Gene Shawcroft, as he presided over the Brazil Campinas Mission from 2004-2007, died Nov. 11, 2012, in Provo,...
LDS Church News: Obituary
H. Hal Visick, 82, who presided over the Illinois Peoria Mission from 1986-89, died Oct. 23, 2012, in Provo,...
Mormon potato physiologist Robert Kunkel dies at 99
MR says: The obituary of a world-famous Mormon scientist. Robert Kunkel, 99, a patriarch in the Moscow Idaho Stake and retired Washington State University scientist heralded as “the greatest living potato physiologist in the world,” died here Thursday, Oct. 25. Kunkel was credited with saving...
LDS Church News: Obituaries
Frank Edward Berrett, 81, who presided over the Colombia Bogota Mission from 1986-88 and the Colombia Barranquilla Mission from 1988-89, died Oct. 9, 2012, in Draper,...
Co-founder of the National Mormon Trail Foundation dies at 75
The co-founder of the National Mormon Trail Foundation, C. Booth Wallentine, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 24. He was 75. Wallentine was involved with many organizations throughout his life, such as the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, the Utah Council on Economic Education, the Utah Board of...
LDS Church News: Obituary
Richard Nephi McDougal, 79, who presided over the Michigan Lansing Mission from 1984-87, died Oct. 19, 2012, in West Jordan,...
LDS Church News: Obituaries
Muriel Morris Curtis, 91, who served with her husband, Dale R. Curtis, as he presided over the Netherlands Mission from 1965-68 and as a regional representative, died Oct. 9, 2012, in Murray,...
LDS Church News: Obituaries
Dale L. Russon, 87, who presided over the California Oakland Mission from 1974-77 and as the director of the Oakland California Temple Visitors Center from 1996-97, died Sept. 22, 2012, in Salt Lake City,...
LDS Church News: Obituaries
Richard Holton Cracroft, 76, who presided over the Switzerland Zurich Mission from 1986-89 and served as a professor at Brigham Young University, died Sept. 20, 2012, in Orem,...
LDS Church News: Obituaries
Floyd H. Hogan, 95, who presided over the Thailand Bangkok Mission from 1982-85 and as president of the Manila Philippines Temple from 1987-90, died Sept. 13, 2012, in Bountiful,...
LDS Church News: Obituary
Leon T. Ballard, 83, who presided over the Australia Brisbane Mission from 1983-86, served as the director of the St....
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