guess which apostle…. age: 85 wife: barbara children: 7 friends in college nicknamed him the...
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Guess Which Apostle…
Age: 85Wife: Barbara
Children: 7Friends in college nicknamed him the
Bishop because regardless of the situation, they always knew he would be
true to the faith.
Elder Melvin Russell Ballard
President Henry Bennion Eyring
Age: 81Wife: Kathleen
Children: 6Graduated from Harvard, taught
business at Stanford. His dad was a famous
scientist.
Age: 69Wife: Katherine
Children: 5He was the only
member of the church in his entire high school. Lawyer.
Elder David Todd Christofferson
Age: 62Wife: SusanChildren: 3
As a young adult, he baptized his father. Met his wife playing
pickup football.
Elder David Allan Bednar
Age: 82Wife: June (deceased) Kristin
Children: 5His father died when he was 8.
An avid prankster as a youth and a disc jockey at 17. Held
at gunpoint. Former president of BYU.
Elder Dallin Harris Oaks
Age: 92Wife: Virginia (deceased)
BarbaraChildren: 3
Loves sports, huge booming voice, Vice
President of a department store chain in Boston.
Outshined by each of his siblings, according to dad.
Elder Lowell Tom Perry
Age: 73Wife: PatriciaChildren: 4
Married his high school sweetheart. Lettered in
football, baseball, basketball and track. Co-captain of the
Dixie college basketball team. Taught seminary and Institute.
Elder Jeffrey Roy Holland
Age: 74Wife: MaryChildren: 3
Senior class president, captain of the Logan High football team. Missionary companions with Jeffrey R.
Holland
Elder Quentin LaMar Cook
Age: 73Wife: HarrietChildren: 2
Born during World War II in war torn Germany, he
grew up playing in bombed out buildings. Became an outstanding
pilot for both the German and American Air forces.
President Dieter Freidrich Uchtdorf
Age: 87Wife: Frances (deceased)
Children: 3Loves to go fishing, whistles just about
wherever he goes. Raised pigeons for fun. Ran the Deseret News. Met his
wife while he was dancing with another girl.
President Thomas Spencer Monson
Age: 90Wife: DonnaChildren: 10
Bomber Pilot in WWII, enjoys painting and
carving birds, raised in Brigham City. Overcame
polio as a child.
President Boyd Kenneth Packer
Elder Richard Gordon Scott
Age: 85Wife: Jeanene (deceased)
Children: 7Dad was not a member of the church and his mother was inactive when he was a child. The girl he liked
said she would only marry a return missionary. That day he decided to serve a mission. Got married 12 days after his mission.
Age: 82Wife: MaryChildren: 2
Pitched a no hitter in college baseball. A Pilot in the Air force, his squadron’s motto was “Return With Honor”
Elder Robert Dean Hales
Elder Russell Marion Nelson
Age: 90 Wife: Dantzel (deceased)
Children: 10While playing football he usually sat the bench the
whole game. He was afraid someone would step on his
hands. 40 years later, those hands would perform open
heart surgery on his football coach.
Age: 63Wife: KathyChildren: 4
Cross Country runner in high
school. Took his kids individually to
breakfast once a month. Was called to
the same mission twice, once as a
missionary and later as the President.
Elder Neil Linden Andersen