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The Salt Lake City Cemetery is in The Avenues neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah. Approximately 120,000 persons are buried in the cemetery. Many religious leaders and politicians, particularly many leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) lie in the cemetery. It encompasses over 250 acres (1.0 km 2) and contains ...
The Deseret News (/ ˌ d ɛ z ə ˈ r ɛ t / ⓘ) [3] is a multi-platform newspaper based in Salt Lake City, published by Deseret News Publishing Company, a subsidiary of Deseret Management Corporation, which is owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [4]
Mark Edward Petersen (November 7, 1900 – January 11, 1984) was an American news editor and religious leader. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah.He served as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1944 until his death.
At the request of church president Brigham Young, the Deseret Musical & Dramatic Association was organized on October 6, 1849, in Great Salt Lake City, to provide entertainment in the new settlement. It included long-time Saints who had performed in Nauvoo, Illinois , previous home of the church, along with newly immigrated church members.
Lori Kay Soares Hacking (December 31, 1976 – July 19, 2004) was a teacher who was murdered by her husband Mark Douglas Hacking in 2004 in Salt Lake City, Utah.She was reported missing by her husband, and the search gained national attention before her husband confessed to the crime.
Maxwell died in Salt Lake City, from leukemia. [1] He was originally diagnosed with leukemia in 1996, eight years before his death. An estimated 4,000 people attended the funeral in the Tabernacle or via video in the Salt Lake Assembly Hall or the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. [7] He was buried at Salt Lake City Cemetery. According to ...
Matthew Stanford Robison was born on September 23, 1988, in Salt Lake City, Utah [6] to parents Ernest and Anneke Robison. [3] Deprived of oxygen, he was not expected to live. [6] Because the boy did not get enough oxygen at birth, he was born blind and partially paralyzed. He died on February 21, 1999, at age 10. [2]
The State of Deseret (modern pronunciation / ˌ d ɛ z ə ˈ r ɛ t / ⓘ DEZ-ə-RET, [1] contemporaneously / d ɛ s iː r ɛ t / dess-ee-ret, [dubious – discuss] as recorded in the Deseret alphabet spelling 𐐔𐐯𐑅𐐨𐑉𐐯𐐻) [2] was a proposed state of the United States promoted by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who had founded settlements in what is ...