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Show ;;. .iF660ivi5,2gd,Vcs.tr .. reasisAWAWM041,10sAKSAIS091,042010510Mionacr.410101WilesUP , VeteAfirrIF,'"igehs9Cflarliz.idomenrittor t'S , ., 1 ' Elder ellor R. Hunter Dies in S . L. aii&l Age 12 I ibtVitt 00 $, ,i mar 1 ,. m ..,i.,,,,.,-,- , Elder Milton R. limiter, a member of the First Council of the Seventy for 30 years, died at 7:45 p.m. June 25 in LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. Cali;4e of death was listed as congestive heart and kidney failure. His family was at the bedside at time of death. He had been in failing health for the past few years. Elder Hunter's loss will be felt keenly by his colleagues among the General Authorities, as well as the Church and educational world. .., I, ,, ' --417..r4... 1 ' ,., f t . . .oj "A. -- ZV- rilW .14. .t Is; ct. . , ..4 . 1 ,,,,,i,, 4. ..s M !, - 4.,''.0.- 0 ' z,.,, .,tit ii He replaced that book with one on Utah history entitled "Tile Utah Story." It has been used in junior high schools of Utah in recent years. Several other of his books have been used as texts and study manuals within - et:,,, 1 ! ' ssa., :7Ar. t 1 -.,:,n.:!..:::;;Qr,-..,.,:c.7,....T:,:?-,-..- .:,:,.:, 11116A11011111ENNMEMEMOSIMERIMISIIIINIMMUlf "z: I, ,ii,. '1 ,,,', ..,:t: k,',, I - ..'" ,.- 4:,-!::,'- X:.'.:',:!7::.):,:.' '' t,,',,.:, ..- t I':1 ,: .,:..,.,,, ,t,-- '' .:..,.saa,-,..,,.... Vtc sorzs-.,- ffss .. ss ,.i,1,..1'', : : sa -- r 1.t it :',: ',.:...se5::. ;:::::3 ::::',.:5;4:;: ,.:; ::: ':.:: :..,....a,. ."a, Ia ,;.' t 4 .:.' 'ass.: ZA v.-- ti. 9.. :, ' 4: 401? i. ,,,: ?':' Ng'. :: , :. , . ' j i ,, s o . N ',.. 'A, ;0P,,, I :fr', ' ,i- (i. i 1 ,,,,,,:4:'::.1 ,,,,,, i1,1-,,,.,,), ,,,:i,,,,:-' 3 , 0 ' Ekler Hunter traveled extensively in South America to gather information and artifacts of early people. 6 - CHURCH . .. -- WEEK ENDING JUNE ' 28, 1975 V t...';.; I ;,':,.:,;:0.j-..:::,;...,.4...-, -- .,." ''' , .1 .? f ''' ta of - -- " s ss, ,,,,,,,,a ,. ,,,.,),,as. - ' ',' rk l':.:'' ,I, , fr - L-- - - .1' ,,,'' "7 iZ,...41 '7 ., , ,,,.,,;.1 I .,..;:.::, :5,,I.:.4..:.,:,..:,., ,:.:,..:, , svii iR , $:;,,-a- I - s ssass.:,;,::;,:,as,.,ss,s,:,.; l''''' '.; si ,,:';aiii.,,4:,,, , , 1:74,?:., 1.:.,. 4,..?,,,ir,ipm, i:: ,i,,li':'ka:,,';3',..::,',..:.3;3::3"'::.4 ti Pa ts.,!.'7''' k i...4...: ,' V: 3' i,, 1 ,,,:4),..! .7:44',4,.:: F.7 '......il .: 4 '''':'9'.:::V':':.::' :::0:',.''' i) .,, .,..,, ,: - : t',."' , , ':, 1 . ...i, I - .:if , .: ,v esIlt. . ',,,s,.1 rl 11 t i it 1 ., r ,r,..sas,,,, ..,,,,, ,, k. i .....C,.: l'., ').'i'' .as,,,,,s,-- . ,,:r f 4,r-i-.'' s, , , . , ''' sia 'N :1 Li .. ..,,, eaxripdtt,rhieetut:te,,,,,afntota)risti.cle the Improvement Era said: "In Logan, the family,lives in a home they themselves built. Brother Hunter was his own contractor, building super-visor and chief carpenter. I have often marveled how a simple couple could rear their children, spend Tuesday, Friday and Saturday evenings at the institute, do more regular church work in the Logan Ninth Ward and Cache Stake than people with regular hours, and still produce and publish scholarly books." Elder limiter was ordained a seventy in 1928 by President Rulon S.. Wells, a member of the First Council of the Seventy. While in Logan, Elder Hunter was a president of the 64th Quorum of the Seventy. IBesides his widow, Elder Hunter i s 1 ,,, ks Tit ',,isr::, ,:y7a,1 .:::1:,:::..1 ha N;::,..,..,,:J,: 0 "''''--i .,,,k in '''' '. ,,,,..4., ,,,, , 1945. rodfw;horakt '", .., ss .. 4,,,,, . NT- ri, as :414 I :I. ,,tc,;,- 7,' ss :. - 'c,,.,, 0 I , '',.;:' t ,:.:': '164.' ' ,::.::-,,,- ,'....',!, :.:?..1:' w:,,a;4:4,,k , ; I '.., 1 :.k.'1: "':,?!..: :). 7 ,:i',,,y:: :':'':::7?--: :': ,,,- :;.',.:... ..':::::,:s ',..1 i':E,:::!...;.:::'; :.;. k,''?- - ( 1. t. .7'.',..,i ::::?.;;.: 4' ,. ,..,..s1::.-..- ,, '',N,,, He married Fume Gardner of Lphi, Utah on July 30, 1931, in the Logan Temple, and they were the parents of six children. While the family lived in Logan, Elder and Sister Bunter built their own home, showing Elder hunter's talent for I 1 .:;'.:,":.:.:::):,..,.7.::....:' ,,,,,,,,, '.' '' 00 lir' (.:".1 t:: I s 1 r.,.Al!:'.:;::N :..4 1'.ys..:-,- 111 .:':::?.,:1 114' fi a , ;M:,:4',?:,,,:;,,,..-,,,,::.,,4,;.4- 4 li.4i:','-'s- ..,i ,' o , LI ,, er 4:,,,n.r...;.;H:.H .":;" :,assss,s..,,i Et,;::- - :e.77:;:.;::;F7,.. oP: , t He has served as national president of Delta Phi, an LDS missionary of New fraternity, and was World Archaeology Foundation. - 1, 1' .... ir.;'..5..:-.:Z......:-.:-.....!..- - 'V''''',.0r :., ,:..,.... Elder Hunter served as principal , , t: El ,,,.:;..,::,',5,-.,..... Church seminaries at Lyman Wyoming Stake, South Emery Utah Stake in Ferron, and also taught as a member of the faculty in the Provo seminary system. In 1939, Elder Hunter received a second master's degree, this time in education and guidance, from the University of Southern California. He later became an instructor in the Institute of Religion in Logan and it was while he was teaching here that he was called as a General, Authority in April ,:: ;.: .' ......... ... where he was awarded 1his bachelor's degree in 1929 and his master's in 1931. He went on to the Ilniversity of California at Berkeley where he earned his doctor of philosophy degree in 1933. While studying in institutions of higher learning he taught in and was principall of schools in St. Thomas, Nev., and Leamington and Lakeview, Utah. In interim periods from 1928 to 1935, ,...7,,,,.. ,..,.,t ,,, , H7z. Ti,,,,,t, ;,:j''.- :::1 , l'"';:".1 ,,,,,,,t-k,- ,!''.77,,:- - ' - ',.,::c1- , ' , EitiS :1' . W::.:Wi:.,..T.-- ,.. ............................................................................................. 1975. S.-,:iirkiy: , , 1 Teeples Hunter. Elder Hunter's grandparents were converts to the Church in Scotland and were among Utah's early pioneers. After he attended public schools in, his home town, Elder Hunter enrolled in Brigham Young High School in Provo, and later Brigham Young University, -- .,,...,,,...,-- - , ..,:, v3Hunter, chaeologists. He was born in Holden, Millard County, a small farming and ranching community in central Utah, on(Oct. 25, 1902 to John Edward and Margaret ' , , . ., - - .... 1902 to Vila! his primary responsibility had been in the area of missionary' work, Elder Hunter also had been considered among the Cburch's foremost ar- His writings have appeared in a number of authoritative and widely read historical journals, and his book, "Utah In Her Western Setting," was used as a textbook in Utah public schools for 17 years. 4- -'-i ,,, ., 1 Elder Hunter traveled widely in Mexico, Central and South America in connection with his intense interest in archaeology. It was from these studies and travels that his books and photos came. Ills office was adorned with he found and Was given. many artifacts , Author, teacher and scholar, Elder Hunter has been a member of the First Council of the Seventy since April 1945. Prior to his call to be a General i o Church, Elder Hunter Authority had taught scf hDOIS in several western states for 20 yea s. Elder Hunter was a prolific writer, having authored 23 books, principally on religious and historical subjects, and countless articles, reviews and papers. Pet 4. 1 the Church, including ,"The Gospel Through The Ages." Among his latest books are the first two volumes in "Archaeology and The Book of Mormon." The second volume is called "Christ in Ancient America." The third volume is 'Great Civilizations and the : Book of Mormon.'! . , In 1940 he published "Brigham Young the Colonizer," and "The Mormons and the American Frontier," the Milton R. latter being used in the Church educational system as a textbook. - , ,p. :., Ekler Hunter at his typewriter in 1946. A U'''' Ir; ' s survived by two sons and four daughters. t,-- They are Milton R. Jr., Berkeley, Calif.;; Mrs. Vance (Margaret) Gritton, Orange, Calif.; Mrs. Patrick (Lois Anne) McGill, Digan;; Mrs. Charles P. (Linda) Adams, Mrs. Charles (Alison) Koritz, and Michael 11. Hunter, all of Salt Lake City, and 10 grandchildren. : Also surviving are four brothers and two sisters. They are Dr, Vaughn B. Hunter, Salt Lake City,: Ambrose, Otto T., and S. O. Hunter, and Mrs. Elza II. Nixon, all of Holden, and Mrs. Merrill L. i (Euphamial Terry, Bountiful, Utah. E. 1 , '" 1 t :,,1 ti la FI, 9 FI, i,rat 1$:,0 .' |
