Gaston Chappuis

Birth Date
On 1908 January 8
Death Date
On 1969 January 11
Gender
Male
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Born in Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

1908 January 8

Date Details

Occurred On 1908 January 8
Birth

Relationships

Father
Henri Jean Frederic Chappuis
Mother
Louise Rosina Habegger

Baptized

1917 May 21 (Age 9)

Set Apart as Missionary

French Mission
1936 March 18 – 1938 July 1 (Age 28)

Start Date Details

Set Apart
Sources

End Date Details

Ended On 1938 July 1
Released

Additional Information

Marital Status at Start of Position
Single
Residence When Called
United States
Priesthood Office When Called
Elder
Location Served
Leige, Belgium and Paris, France
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Set Apart By
Melvin Joseph Ballard
Additional Notes

Appointed official mission translator 1 October 1936.

Appointed assistant director of L'Etoile 1 February 1937


Called as Missionary

French Mission
1939 August 16 – 1940 August 25 (Age 31)

Start Date Details

Called
Sources

End Date Details

Ended On 1940 August 25
Released

Additional Information

Marital Status at Start of Position
Single
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
Seventy
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Set Apart By
Joseph Francis Merrill

Set Apart as Mission President

French Mission
1939 August 30 – 1940 September 6 (Age 31)

Start Date Details

Set Apart
Sources

End Date Details

Ended On 1940 September 6
Arrived at Home

Additional Information

Marital Status at Start of Position
Single
Residence When Called
French Mission
Priesthood Office When Called
Elder
Location Served
Paris
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Set Apart By
Melvin Joseph Ballard
Additional Notes

Due to war between France and Germany, he was left as the acting mission president in October 1939. In February 1940, he was married by special permission from the First Presidency to Flore Guillemine Catherine Lahon. A few months later, in May, he received a telegram from the First Presidency directing him to close the mission home in Paris.


Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1969 January 11 (Age 61)

Date Details

Occurred On 1969 January 11
Died