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Thursday, January 5, 2017

Funeral Services Held Today for Elder Bruce D. Porter

Hello, all! As anticipated, funeral services were held today for General Authority Seventy Elder Bruce D. Porter. Also as anticipated, the Deseret News gave a report on that commemoration of his life. But what was not expected was the difference between the report of the services honoring Elder Rudd yesterday and the same today for Elder Porter. Rather than listing specific General Authority attendees, as was done in the article about Elder Rudd the article about Elder Porter only vaguely made mention of those in attendance. I am sure those specifics may be added given time, if they become available, but for now, the article is not clear in that regard.

That being said, the General Authorities of the Church appear to have been well represented in terms of the number of them in attendance, even though specific attendees were not known. President Eyring represented the First Presidency. 75% (9 members) of the Quorum of the Twelve were also in attendance, as were four members (a clear majority) of the Presidency of the Seventy and many other unnamed General Authorities and general officers of the Church.

The most weird thing about the article reporting the services, in my opinion, was the fact that the article, written earlier today, was nowhere to be found on the main LDS Church News website. I only found it by running a search for it. Also, it is indicated in the article that the article itself was put together as press time approached and that a more full report would be contained in the next print edition of the Church News (though it indicated that the full report would be available instantly on the Church News website). For now, if any of you would like to read the version to which I am referring, click here. I will post the more complete report as soon as I am able to find it.

Well, with how very busy it has been at work today, it's time for me to go home. Depending on what I might learn in terms of other Church news and developments, I may be posting again as needed once I get there. Thanks, as always, for your kind readership and attention. Any and all comments continue to be welcome and appreciated.

(Added from home about 75 minutes later) Click here for the more extensive report I referenced above. Still no specific list of attendees from the various leadership groups mentioned in the article. But perhaps the numbers mentioned above are more indicative of Elder Porter's scope of influence than an actual list of participants would be. Hope this additional information is helpful to you.

(Still later) We have yet another source available to us in regard to Elder Porter's funeral services. This article from the Mormon Newsroom on lds.org, goes into greater detail than that which has been provided by the Church News. Still no official list of participants, but another amazing read nonetheless. Another great report of the events commemorating the life of this amazing spiritual giant. Stay tuned for more on all Church news and developments as I hear of them. Thanks again.


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