Gordon b hinckley obituary

Following is a brief summary of some major events in the life of Gordon B. Hinckley, the fifteenth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• Gordon Bitner Hinckley was born June 23, 1910 in Salt Lake City to Bryant Stringham Hinckley and Ada Bitner Hinckley.
• He was baptized on April 28, 1919 by his father at age 8.
• He graduated from the University of Utah in 1932, having studied English and journalism.
• He served a full-time mission in the British Isles from 1933 to 1935, age 23 to 25.
• In 1935, he was called as the secretary of the Radio, Publicity, and Mission Literature Committee of the Church.
• He married Marjorie Pay on April 29, 1937 in the Salt Lake Temple.
• In 1937 he as called to serve on the Sunday School Union General board. He served in this capacity until 1946.
• In 1946 he was called as a counselor in the East Mill Creek Stake preside
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  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Gordon B. Hinckley (né le à Salt Lake City – mort dans la même ville le )^[1], est le 15^e président de l'Église de Jésus-Christ des saints des derniers jours de 1995 à sa mort.

  En 1937, il épouse Marjorie Pay, décédée en 2004 après 67 ans de mariage.

  Pendant sa présidence, Hinckley voyage beaucoup et rencontre de nombreux journalistes, membres du gouvernement, dirigeants et chefs d'État. Ayant atteint l'âge de 97 ans, il sera le président le plus âgé qui ait été à la tête de l'Église.

  Études et mission

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  Gordon B. Hinckley fait ses études à Salt Lake City et est diplômé de l'université de l'Utah en 1932, après quoi il accomplit une mission en Grande-Bretagne pendant deux ans pour l'Église de Jésus-Christ des saints des derniers jours.

  Cursus dans l'Église de Jésus-Christ des saints des derniers jours

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  Après sa mission, Gordon B. Hinckley est appelé par le président de l'Église de l'époque, Heber J. Grant, à organiser ce qui deviendra le programme des communications publiques de l

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  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Gordon Bitner Hinckley served as the 15th President of the Church between 1995 and his death in 2008. He was born on June 23, 1910, as the first child of Ada and Bryant Hinckley, who raised him in a large, close-knit family in Salt Lake City, Utah, and fostered in him a love of learning and resilient faith. As a child, Gordon was not especially robust (once considered a “spindly, frail boy”), but he learned diligence and a strong work ethic while exploring and laboring on his family’s farm in the East Mill Creek area of the Salt Lake Valley. He graduated from high school in 1928 and immediately enrolled at the University of Utah. After the United States stock market crashed in 1929, unemployment in the Salt Lake area shot up, but he managed to keep a job as a maintenance worker and continue to fund his schooling.¹ Tragically, his mother Ada passed away from cancer a year later, when Gordon was 20, ushering in a period of “emptiness.” He graduated with a degree in English in 1932 and looked forward to a career in journalism.

  Although relatively few young men