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Obituaries

Published: Saturday, March 12, 2011

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Russell Nozomi Horiuchi, 87, who presided over the Japan East Mission from 1970-1973 and served as president of the Japan Tokyo Temple from 1988-1991, died Jan. 15 in Orem, Utah.

Edna Ruth Jones Clifford, 85, who served with her husband as he presided over the Texas Houston Mission from 1979-82 and as president of the Oakland California Temple from 1999-2000, died Feb. 19 in Salt Lake City.

Marjorie Elizabeth Yeates Nelson, 89, who served as a member of the Relief Society General Board for 12 years, died Feb. 22 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Willard Byron Barton, 87, who presided over the New York New York Mission from 1986-89 and served as president of the Chicago Illinois Temple from 1994-97, died Feb. 26 in Orem, Utah.