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Jose S. Ojeda, 87, called in August 1962 as the first patriarch in Peru, died May 16.
Before being called as patriarch by then-Elder Gordon B. Hinckley of the Council of the Twelve, Brother Ojeda served in the Church as a stake president, branch president and Sunday School teacher.He spent his career as an air traffic controller at airports in Arequipa and Lima.

