[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 41 (Monday, March 6, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S3494]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


 DEATH OF HOWARD W. HUNTER, PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF 
                           LATTER-DAY SAINTS

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I join with the family, friends and over 9 
million members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 
grieving the death of Howard W. Hunter, president of the Church of 
Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
  President Hunter was born November 14, 1907, in Boise, ID, the son of 
John William and Nellie Marie Rasmussen Hunter. He had been President 
of the Latter-Day Saints church since June 5, 1994, when he succeeded 
another Idahoan, the late Ezra Taft Benson. He was known as a gentle, 
kind, and humble man. He will be remembered for his compassionate 
nature, which blended well with his thoughtful, orderly leadership 
style. Howard W. Hunter was a soft-spoken man who stressed love, 
forgiveness, and attendance at the temples of the church.
  During his long life, Howard W. Hunter was noted for his hard work 
and strength of character.
  President Hunter began working early in life in Boise, selling 
newspapers on street corners, delivering telegrams, and later working 
in a newspaper office. He excelled scholastically and was active in the 
Scouting Program, becoming the second Boy Scout in Idaho to attain the 
rank of Eagle Scout. He became interested in music as a young boy, won 
a marimba in a high school contest and became proficient with the 
saxophone, clarinet, violin, and drums. As a young man he organized a 
dance band and in 1927 the band, called Hunter's Croonaders, went on a 
5-month Asian cruise abroad the S.S. President Jackson. He gave up a 
promising musical profession in favor of marriage, family life, church 
service, and his law career.
  Howard W. Hunter enjoyed a successful career as a corporate attorney 
and served as a director of a number corporations, including Beneficial 
Life Insurance Co., First Security Corp., and New World Archaeological 
Foundation.
  President Howard H. Hunter spent a life of service to others and will 
be missed by all those who came to know him and were the recipient of 
his many years of dedicated service.
  I would ask all Senators to join with me in a heartfelt thank you to 
Howard W. Hunter and an expression of comfort to his surviving wife, 
Inis Bernice Egan, his sons John J. Hunter and Richard A. Hunter, and 
his 18 grandchildren, and 23 great-grandchildren.


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