Church announces special broadcast and funeral services honoring Pres. Nelson

A memorial broadcast for President Nelson will air this Wednesday. Public funeral services will be held the week after October general conference.
“He is just the gentlest and sweetest person you could ever hope to associate with,” said President Dallin H. Oaks. “And he will always be remembered that way.”
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“The focus of the last 40 years in medicine and surgery was changed to devote the rest of my life in full-time service to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.”
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