Sister Rudá Martins the wife of Elder Helvécio Martins, passed away recently at the age of 92. Wife of the first Black General Authority Passes Away
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Elder H. Ross Workman General Authority and Mission Leader Passes Away
Elder H. Ross Workman, who dedicated decades of his life to serving The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, passed away on Sunday, September 22, 2024, in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. He was 83 years old. Workman, an emeritus General Authority Seventy, held several leadership roles throughout his service in the Church. In 2001, he […]
A life shaped by service — Elder Robert L. Backman dies
Elder Robert LeGrand Backman, an emeritus general authority, died Friday, June 3, 2022, in Holladay, Utah. He was 100 years old. When he was called by President Spencer W. Kimball in 1978 to the First Quorum of the Seventy, President Kimball asked if Elder Backman and his wife needed time to think it over as […]
Elder James M. Paramore emeritus general authority and veteran priesthood leader passed away
Elder James M. Paramore emeritus general authority and veteran priesthood leader dies. Elder James M. Paramore, an emeritus general authority who spent decades in a variety of Church leadership callings, died Thursday, March 17, in Murray, Utah. He was 93. Elder Paramore served as a General Authority Seventy from 1977 to 1998 and in the Presidency of […]
Elder Horacio A. Tenorio the first general authority of Mexican ancestry dies
Elder Horacio A. Tenorio, the first general authority of Mexican ancestry, died Oct. 20, 2021, in Atizapán de Zaragoza, Mexico. He was 86 years old. Since his conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1969, Elder Tenorio immersed himself in service to the Church. Within a year of his and his wife’s decision to be […]