Spencer H. Osborn
| Spencer H. Osborn | |
|---|---|
| Photograph of Spencer H. Osborn | |
| First Quorum of the Seventy | |
| April 7, 1984 – April 1, 1989 | |
| End reason | Transferred to the Second Quorum of the Seventy |
| Second Quorum of the Seventy | |
| April 1, 1989 – September 30, 1989 | |
| End reason | Honorably released |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Spencer Hamlin Osborn July 8, 1921 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
| Died | May 1, 2006 (aged 84) Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
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Spencer Hamlin Osborn (July 8, 1921 – May 1, 2006) was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1984 to 1989. He was a member of both the First Quorum of the Seventy and the Second Quorum of the Seventy.
Osborn was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and raised in Los Angeles, California. He was a full-time missionary for the LDS Church in northern California from 1942 to 1944. After his mission, Osborn met Avenelle Richards in Los Angeles; they were married in the Salt Lake Temple on May 25, 1945. They have seven children.
For many years, Osborn ran a clothing company with his older brother. He served for ten years as president of the LDS Church's Granite Stake in Salt Lake County, Utah.
In the early 1970s, Osborn served as president of the Alabama–Florida Mission of the LDS Church. He then was a regional representative of the Twelve. From 1982 to 1984 he served as a counselor in the presidency of the Salt Lake Temple. He was a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy from April 1984 In April 1989, he was made part of the newly formed Second Quorum of the Seventy. He was released as a general authority in September 1989. From 1990 to 1993, Osborn was the president of the Salt Lake Temple.
Osborn died in Salt Lake City of pancreatic cancer.
References[edit]
- “Elder Spencer H. Osborn of the First Quorum of the Seventy,” Ensign, May 1984, p. 95
- 2007 Deseret News Church Alamanac (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 2006) pp. 16, 80.
- "Elder Spencer H. Osborn dies", Church News, 2006-05-06]
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- 1921 births
- 2006 deaths
- American general authorities (LDS Church)
- American Mormon missionaries in the United States
- 20th-century Mormon missionaries
- Deaths from cancer in Utah
- Deaths from pancreatic cancer
- Members of the First Quorum of the Seventy (LDS Church)
- Members of the Second Quorum of the Seventy (LDS Church)
- Mission presidents (LDS Church)
- People from Los Angeles
- People from Salt Lake County, Utah
- Regional representatives of the Twelve
- Temple presidents and matrons (LDS Church)
- Latter Day Saints from Utah
- Latter Day Saints from California
