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Joseph Bitner Wirthlin Sr.

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Joseph Bitner Wirthlin Sr.

Birth
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Death
1 Dec 2008 (aged 91)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Burial
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.7785274, Longitude: -111.8546083
Plot
X-7-137
Memorial ID
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Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin, who was the oldest living apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has passed away at the age of 91.

Elder Wirthlin had gone to bed at his Salt Lake City home last night and died peacefully at about 11.30 pm of causes incident to age.

According to the LDS Church Web site, his oldest daughter, Jane Wirthlin Parker, was present. A member of the family had been staying and caring for Elder Wirthlin, whose wife, Elisa Young Rogers Wirthlin, died in 2006.

He had continued to work at his office up until the Thanksgiving holiday.

Funeral arrangements will be announced.

Elder Wirthlin was born in Salt Lake City on June 11, 1917. He graduated from the University of Utah in Business Administration and played football at the U.

Before his call as a General Authority, he was a prominent business leader and was also president of a trade association in Utah. He served a mission to Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in the late 1930s. He was ordained an Apostle in 1986.

Funeral arrangements will be announced.

-Deseret Antique Times, by Mary Richards
Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin, who was the oldest living apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has passed away at the age of 91.

Elder Wirthlin had gone to bed at his Salt Lake City home last night and died peacefully at about 11.30 pm of causes incident to age.

According to the LDS Church Web site, his oldest daughter, Jane Wirthlin Parker, was present. A member of the family had been staying and caring for Elder Wirthlin, whose wife, Elisa Young Rogers Wirthlin, died in 2006.

He had continued to work at his office up until the Thanksgiving holiday.

Funeral arrangements will be announced.

Elder Wirthlin was born in Salt Lake City on June 11, 1917. He graduated from the University of Utah in Business Administration and played football at the U.

Before his call as a General Authority, he was a prominent business leader and was also president of a trade association in Utah. He served a mission to Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in the late 1930s. He was ordained an Apostle in 1986.

Funeral arrangements will be announced.

-Deseret Antique Times, by Mary Richards


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