Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin Passes Away

Elder Wirthlin passed away last night. What a sweet man he was. I am so grateful for his talk in October's General Conference, Come What May, and Love It. That talk made such an impression in my mind. I have read it numerous times, and I can't even recall the amount of times I have thought about the wonderful stories he told.

Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin passes away
December 2nd, 2008 @ 7:38am
(KSL News) Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin, who was the oldest living apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has passed away at the age of 91.
Elder Wirthlin had gone to bed at his Salt Lake City home last night and died peacefully at about 11.30 pm of causes incident to age.
According to the LDS Church Web site, 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 up until the Thanksgiving holiday.
Funeral arrangements will be announced.
Elder Wirthlin was born in Salt Lake City on June 11, 1917. He graduated from the University of Utah in Business Administration and played football at the U.
Before his call as a General Authority, he was a prominent business leader and was also president of a trade association in Utah. He served a mission to Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in the late 1930s. He was ordained an Apostle in 1986.