1975
Sister Brown, Sister Perry Pass Away
March 1975


“Sister Brown, Sister Perry Pass Away,” Ensign, Mar. 1975, 77

Sister Brown, Sister Perry Pass Away

Two members of the Council of the Twelve recently had their wives taken in death.

Sister Zina Card Brown, wife of Elder Hugh B. Brown, died December 19 at her Salt Lake City home of a heart ailment. Her funeral was held December 23. She had been confined to bed since 1968. Sister Brown was born June 12, 1888. She is survived by Elder Brown, a son and six daughters, 25 grandchildren, 44 great-grandchildren, a brother, a half-brother, and two half-sisters.

A funeral service for Virginia Lee Perry, wife of Elder L. Tom Perry, was held December 18 in Bountiful, Utah. Sister Perry was born December 24, 1923. She had served in many auxiliaries of the Church and on the National Council of Women in New York. She is survived by Elder Perry, a son and two daughters, one grandchild, and six brothers and sisters.