Inis Egan Hunter dies
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LAGUNA HILLS, Calif. — Inis Egan Hunter, widow of President Howard W. Hunter, died Sunday, Oct. 14, 2007, in Laguna Hills, Calif. She was 93. President Hunter, the 14th president of the Church, died in March 1995 at age 87.
Inis Bernice Egan was born Aug. 19, 1914, in Thatcher, Box Elder County, Utah, to Horace Walter Egan and Anna Bernhardina Jacobsson Tengberg Egan. She married President Hunter, then president of the Quorum of the Twelve, on April 12, 1990, in the Salt Lake Temple, with President Gordon B. Hinckley officiating. She had three children from a previous marriage. President Hunter's first wife, Clara Jeffs, died in 1983.
Sister Hunter loved to sing and was known for winning blue ribbons at state fairs as a doll hobbyist. After marrying President Hunter, she traveled with him as he fulfilled his Church duties and spoke to Church members worldwide.
Her funeral will be held Oct. 22 at noon in the Salt Lake Ensign Stake Center, 135 A Street, Salt Lake City. Condolences and expressions of sympathy may be e-mailed to condolences@ldschurch.org, or mailed to Church headquarters at 47 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, UT, 84150.
