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Funeral Services for President Hinckley Announced
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Funeral
services for President Gordon B. Hinckley, leader of The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who died Sunday evening, will
be held this Saturday, February 2, in the Conference Center in Salt
Lake City.
The proceedings will be broadcast via
satellite in 69 languages to more than 6,000 church buildings globally.
Brigham Young University’s BYU Television will also broadcast
the funeral internationally.
Those who attend the funeral services
at the Conference Center will need to be in their seats no later
than 10:30 a.m. for an 11:00 a.m. start. Seating will be restricted
to the 21,000 capacity of the Conference Center. Overflow seating
with large screen viewing of proceedings will be offered in the
adjacent Tabernacle, Assembly Hall and Conference Center Theater.
Between the funeral and graveside services,
a program profiling the life and ministry of President Hinckley
titled In His Own Words will also be televised.
President Hinckley was the 15th president
in the 177-year history of the Church and had served as its president
since March 12, 1995.
There will be a public viewing Thursday
and Friday from 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. in the Church Administration
Building, 47 East, South Temple Street, Salt Lake City.
President Hinckley, who led The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints through twelve years of global expansion, died at the age
of 97.
The Church president passed away at
his apartment in downtown Salt Lake City at 7:00 p.m. Sunday night
from causes incident to age. Members of his family were at his bedside.
Expressions of sympathy can be emailed
to condolences@ldschurch.org
or mailed to Church headquarters at 47 East South Temple St., Salt
Lake City, UT 84150.
President Hinckley’s family members
have suggested that in lieu of flowers those who wish to send a
memorial gift could donate to the Church’s Perpetual Education,
Humanitarian or Missionary funds, or the Gordon B. Hinckley Chair
of British Studies at the University of Utah.
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