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Church News: Death

Published: Saturday, Dec. 13, 1997

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Stanley Davis Rees, 85, president of the North German Mission from 1967-1970, died Dec. 1 in Salt Lake City. Brother Rees also served as a counselor in the Salt Lake Missionary Training Center presidency from from 1972-1975 and as president of the Swiss Temple from 1981-1984. In 1946, he founded Recording Arts Inc. with Gordon B. Hinckley, before President Hinckley was called as a General Authority, and other partners. The business was sold in 1976.

Brother Rees was also a broadcast engineer for Mormon Tabernacle Choir radio broadcasts.