Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin

"Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin, the oldest living apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died last night, December 2, 2008, age 91.

Elder Wirthlin had gone to bed at his Salt Lake City home, and died peacefully at about 11:30 pm of causes incident to age. 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 right up until the Thanksgiving holiday."

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I'm sure you Utah people already heard this was in an e-mail I got from LDS Living today and I thought I would post it here. I had the oppurtunity to hear him speak in person while I was at Ricks and have always enjoyed his talks at General Conference.