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Show FROM PAGE ONE 2A Sunday, June 5, 1994 Standard-Examuner Hundreds of mourners wait to see procession By AUGUST MILLER ‘We just wanted to show our gratitude and reverence for the att Hundreds of mourners lined the route of the funeral motorcade taking farm Ezra Taft Benson back to his Idaho hometown after a lifetime spent in worldwideservice to his church and government Benson, president of the LDS Church for the last 8% years, died prophet.’ — Mark Jacobs of congestive heart failure Monday Logan and crowds did the same in mithfield, to the north At the Whitney gravesite, about 500 people gathered to wait for the arrival of the funeral procession. Jason Lower, of Richmond, said He was 94 He was buried Saturday in Whitney, Idaho, in a quiet cemetery about a mile from the farmhousein rn which he was born As the motorcade proceeded north from Salt Lake City on InterState 15, at every overpass people waved and held signs expressing their love for a man they considered a prophet of God services so his children could see the church’s leaders in person and have a special remembrance of Benson. As cottonwood fluff floated down On an overpass in Farmington, on the graveside crowd, Lower said he thought it was appropriate because it was typical of the area where Benson grewup. headed north on U.S. 89-91 at Brigham City, about 75 people stood along the highway and waved. In College Ward, just south of Logan, about 40 people stood in The gravesite was dedicated by Manyfeel joy and sadness Standard-Examiner staff SALT LAKE CITY — Saturday Benson’s eldest son, Reed Benson, was a day of mixed emotions for 14-year-old John Roring of Tremonton. He and his twosisters and two brothers were waiting outside the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Inside, their parents were witnessing the sealing of their uncle’s family, a owned Brigham Young University. Ezra Tatt Benson’s grandson, Steve Benson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist, was one of the pallbearers. He made headlines last year when he left the church, saying church leaders were manipulating his enfeebled grandfather and with a huge sign saying. “Welove you President Benson,” and two practice Mormons believe allows a family to be together eternally. But the occasion happened to coincide with the funeral for Mormon Church President Ezra Taft Ben- to protest what he called intoler- other smaller ones saying, “God, Family, Country,” and “Read the Book of Mormon.” ance by church leadership in their reaction to his statements. At the time he said he was only trying to be true to what his grandfather had taught him — totell the truth and fight evil. “Grandpa would understand,” he said at the time. Steve Benson kissed his grandfather’s coffin at the gravesite Satur- Benson's presidency was marked by his repeated counsel to church members to read the book considered by Mormons to beholy scripture, along with the Bible. “We just wanted to show our gratitude and reverence for the prophet,” said Mark Jacobs. Well-wishers lined Main Street in son, inside the Tabernacle on Temple Square. $e Ree ta AUGUST MILLER/Standard-Examiner The hearse carrying the body of Ezra Taft Benson passes byhis beloved mountains of Cache Valley en route to Whitney, Idaho. day. Benson From 1A since Joseph Smith himself has done more to teach the truths of the Book of Mormon than Benson. LDS Church membersbelieve the book, along with the Bible, to be holy scripture. Elder Gordon B. Hinckley and others spoke of Benson’s humble birth. “He was a farm boy, literally and truly, an overalls-clad, sunburned boy who at a very early age came to knowthe lawofthe harvest,” Elder Gordon B. Hinckleysaid to the several thousand people gathered in the Tabernacle. Hinckley had served as Benson’s first counselor and was largelyre- sponsible for leading the church in recent years as the president's health failed. Elder Boyd K. Packer of the Council of the Twelve added that whenever. Benson traveled the world, no matter where he stayed he would say, “This is too good for a farm boy from Idaho.” Both men said the lessons Ben- Eldest son Reed Benson wipes a tear away as the Mormon Tabernacie Choir sings ‘Love at Home,’ a favorite of President Benson. son learned from working the land helped him grow into a great leader. “He came to knowin those lean days that without hard work nothing grows except weeds,” Hinckley said. He said he could picture the Conditions and high temperatures M. sunny/breezy Salt Lake City 91 Monday # Provo 92 89/62 Ptly. cldy./windy Nine-year-old Suzy Montierth also traveled from Utah County. She was spending the night with her grandmother, Linda Condie of Salt Lake, and asked if they could go to the funeral. “I was planning to watch it on television,” Condie said. Condie added she owesherlife to Benson, because he was the reason she joined the LDS Church. Condie said she was raised a Quaker, but converted to Mormonism after seeing Benson on a newsreel. “I thought, anyone that intelligent cannot belong to a churchthat is not right. So I followed him.” Packer said Benson was notreal- ly a good politician. “He had that without respite, blessing the members of the church in Europe, giving them nourishment for their bodies and everlasting hope for kind of honesty that made people shake their heads and that kind of their souls,” Monson said. Hinckley said Benson’s experi- was Benson’s second counselor, But Hinckley said Benson was ences in Europeresulted in his de- said the president was veryclose to not intimidated bycriticism, and always spoke his mind. his family. “This love the prophet had for his own children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren extended CORRECTIONS to the children of the church even & CLARIFICATIONS to the children of the world,” MonThe Standard-Examiner’s policy son said. Benson's love for his family -is to promptly correct anyerror. If madeit difficult to leave them for you find a mistake or something a special mission in war-torn Eu- you think is unfair, please call 625rope, where he helped distribute 4210 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. food and clothing, Monson said. 80s/50s ~ Chance of shrs. ISO — 90s Ptly. cloudy ‘tne ers tae f orms As Moab97 # DS fA Rain Snow e Cedar City y 86 oa Flurnies Nati with south winds 10-20 mph. Highs in the lower 90s. Sunday night fair wit h tah Southern U 7 lows in the upper 50sto the of afternoon showersor thunderstorms. Highs near 90. SUN & MOON ' afternoon and evening . ™m Mondaypartly cloudy ; | "Sunrise Shem. Sunset Eee | courage which made him essentially immune to criticism and opposition.” he said. Packer said it is more appropriate to measure Benson by howhe taught the Book of Mormon. 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