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Elder L. Tom Perry of LDS Church’s Quorum of the Twelve dies at 92

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Saturday that Elder L. Tom Perry, who served in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, has died at the age of 92.

According to Mormonnewsroom.org, Perry died Saturday around 3 p.m. while at his home. His death comes one day after LDS Church officials announced Perry's thyroid cancer was spreading aggressively,and Friday they stated they expected hospice care to begin soon.

Perry was ordained an apostle in the LDS Church in April of 1974 after he served as an assistant to the Twelve since 1972, according to the press release from the LDS Church. The release says Perry was known for a commanding physical presence and an enthusiasm and optimistic style that made him a forceful as well as popular figure in the LDS Church.

“That warmth, that graciousness, the fact that he really did like people and he liked all the members of the Church and appreciated them — I think that's how he'll be remembered,” stated Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of

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Lawrence R. Flake, Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001), 517–20.

Born: 5 August 1922, Logan, Utah

Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve: 6 October 1972

Quorum of the Twelve Apostles:6 April 1974 (age 51)

A group of Marines persuaded a Mormon buddy of theirs to accompany them into Los Angeles for what they promised would be an exciting and entertaining evening. It didn’t take long for the young Marine, a native of Logan, Utah, to realize that he had been invited to come along because he didn’t drink and would be on hand to guide his companions back to the barracks. Private Tom Perry, reflecting on the faith and trust of his parents, looked for an escape but soon found himself on a streetcar headed toward a dance hall. He recalled how the Lord came to his rescue: “The streetcar stopped and allowed new passengers to come aboard. The new passengers separated me from my buddies and pushed me to the back of the car. It was there that I discovered a nice group of young people standing an

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Elder L. Tom Perry

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Elder L. Tom Perry, who had served as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles since 1974, passed away on Saturday, May 30, 2015. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Virginia Lee, who passed away in 1974, and their daughter, who passed away in 1983. Tom and Virginia are the parents of three children. He is survived by two children and his second wife, Barbara Taylor Dayton, whom Elder Perry married in 1976.

Born of Goodly Parents

Lowell Tom Perry was born August 5, 1922, in Logan, Utah, USA, to Leslie Thomas and Nora Sonne Perry. He was one of six children in the family. Tom’s parents loved and taught the gospel in their home every chance they could. This righteous upbringing was a source of strength to Elder Perry his whole life.

Young Tom Perry (top row, left) with his parents, brothers, and sisters. Elder Perry said he always remembered the spiritual t