Elder L. Tom Perry — an 'uncommon' life of service and enthusiasm - Deseret News
Tom Perry, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who championed family values with a robust voice and cheerful optimism, died May 30, 2015, in his home from the effects of cancer. Elder Perry was called to be a member of the Quorum of the Twelve on April 6, 1974. He was third in leadership seniority in the quorum, behind LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson and President Boyd K. Packer, president of the Quorum of the... Elder Perry was well-loved by Latter-day Saints around the world because his personal touch was so memorable, said Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. “That warmth, that graciousness, the fact that he really did like people and he liked all the members of the church and appreciated them — I think that's how he'll be remembered,” Elder Cook said in a statement released by the church on Saturday. Elder Cook said Elder Perry’s witness of Jesus Christ would also be remembered: “Tom Perry bore a powerful witness of Jesus Christ. His death came a single day after a church spokesman said Elder Perry's thyroid cancer — found by doctors last month — had spread to his lungs and beyond and was terminal. "A month ago you'd have thought that Elder Perry would live forever," Mike Otterson, the church's managing director of public affairs, said Saturday. Elder Perry took the lessons he learned growing up on a farm in Logan, Utah, and applied them to a life of service toward his country, his church and his family — doing it all with hallmark enthusiasm. Source: www.deseretnews.com
