424. Elder L. Tom Perry has terminal Thyroid Cancer. Sad news.
UPDATE! ELDER L. TOM PERRY PASSED AWAY ABOUT 3 P.M. JUST OVER 2 AND A HALF HOURS AGO, IN UTAH.
In blog # 403, I told about Elder L. Tom Perry having cancer. This is the update as of today. He has been such a stalwart apostle, and inspiration. Of course, all apostles are stalwarts, and we love them all. The article below was in our local newspaper, The Spectrum, this morning. The statement from Church spokesman Eric Hawkins was from the Mormon News Room. The link below is written in many languages.
http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/elder-l-tom-perry-thanks-members-and-friends-as-health-worsens
Church spokesman Eric Hawkins said, “Elder Perry has asked that we share his thanks for the prayers and kindness extended to him by Church members and friends. Despite earlier treatments, cancer has spread aggressively to his lungs and beyond. Elder Perry is at home. He will no longer attend meetings, though he is still receiving visits from members of the Quorum of the Twelve, the First Presidency, and close family. He will begin receiving hospice care in the coming days.”
In blog # 403, I told about Elder L. Tom Perry having cancer. This is the update as of today. He has been such a stalwart apostle, and inspiration. Of course, all apostles are stalwarts, and we love them all. The article below was in our local newspaper, The Spectrum, this morning. The statement from Church spokesman Eric Hawkins was from the Mormon News Room. The link below is written in many languages.
http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/elder-l-tom-perry-thanks-members-and-friends-as-health-worsens
Church spokesman Eric Hawkins said, “Elder Perry has asked that we share his thanks for the prayers and kindness extended to him by Church members and friends. Despite earlier treatments, cancer has spread aggressively to his lungs and beyond. Elder Perry is at home. He will no longer attend meetings, though he is still receiving visits from members of the Quorum of the Twelve, the First Presidency, and close family. He will begin receiving hospice care in the coming days.”
A top-ranking LDS Church leader, 92-year-old L. Tom Perry, is headed to hospice as his cancer spreads aggressively.
Cancer found last month in Perry’s thyroid gland has spread to his lungs and beyond, church spokesman Eric Hawkins said in a statement Friday.
Perry is at home and no longer will attend meetings of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, a high-level Mormon governing body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . He will be moved to hospice in the coming days, Hawkins said.
Perry is the second-most senior member of the quorum, which is modeled after Jesus Christ’s apostles and serves under the church president and his two counselors.
Originally from Logan, Perry spent his professional career as a vice president and treasurer in retail business before being named to the quorum in 1974.
He was one of four leaders to meet with President Barack Obama during his recent trip to Utah.
Perry also was in attendance when Mormon leaders and state lawmakers introduced a landmark bill in March that bars discrimination against gay and transgender people while protecting the rights of religious groups and individuals.
Perry was greeted warmly by LGBT advocates that day but drew their rebuke in early April when he gave a speech about the church being a leading advocate for traditional families and opposing “counterfeit and alternative lifestyles.”
Church President Thomas S. Monson, considered the religion’s prophet, is tasked with choosing replacements when quorum members die. Members of the faith believe those decisions are guided by inspiration from God.
Some past quorum members have been moved up from another governing body, the Quorum of the Seventy, while others have come from leadership posts at church-run universities.
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