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Joseph B. Wirthlin
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Clear AllBorn in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1917 June 11
Relationships
Father
Mother
Madeline Bitner
Baptized by Henry Stringham
1925 September 5 (Age 8)
Set Apart as Missionary
German and Austrian Mission
1937 March 17 – 1938 November 1 (Age 19)
1937 March 17 – 1938 November 1 (Age 19)
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Released
Additional Dates
Departed from Home
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Single
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
Elder
Location Served
AustriaSwiss-Austria
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Set Apart By
Melvin Joseph Ballard
Additional Notes
Transferred to the new Swiss-Austrian Mission when Swiss-German and German-Austrian Missions were dissolved in the later part of 1937.
1 Nov 1938: Austrian part of Swiss-Austria Mission became part of West German Mission (remainder became the Swiss Mission).
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Missionaries on Bikes
German-Austrian Mission Conference, 1937
Called as Missionary
Swiss Mission
1938 November 1 – 1939 September 23 (Age 21)
1938 November 1 – 1939 September 23 (Age 21)
Start Date Details
Called
End Date Details
Arrived at Home
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Single
Location Served
Swiss
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Additional Notes
Served in Swiss Mission Office Apr-Sep 1939
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Missionaries of the West German Mission - Frankfurt, May 30, 1939.
Sustained as Sunday School General Presidency First Counselor
General Sunday School Organization
1971 June – 1975 April (Age 53)
1971 June – 1975 April (Age 53)
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Sustained
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Released
Sustained as Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1975 April 4 – October 1 (Age 57)
1975 April 4 – October 1 (Age 57)
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Sustained
End Date Details
New Assignment
Sustained as General Authority Seventy
First Quorum of the Seventy
1976 October 1 – 1986 October 4 (Age 59)
1976 October 1 – 1986 October 4 (Age 59)
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Sustained
End Date Details
New Assignment
Called as President in the Presidency of the Seventy
Presidency of the Seventy
1986 August 28 – October 4 (Age 69)
1986 August 28 – October 4 (Age 69)
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Called
End Date Details
New Assignment
Sustained as Apostle in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
1986 October 4 – 2008 December 1 (Age 69)
1986 October 4 – 2008 December 1 (Age 69)
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Sustained
End Date Details
Died in Position
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
2008 December 1 (Age 91)
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German-Austrian Mission Conference, 1937
Missionaries of the West German Mission - Frankfurt, May 30, 1939.