A special tribute will also be livestreamed before General Conference weekend.
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) In a recorded message, President Russell M. Nelson speaks at General Conference in April 2025. Nelson died Sept. 27 at age 101.
A special tribute will be livestreamed Wednesday honoring President Russell M. Nelson, the centenarian leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who died Saturday night.
A public viewing and funeral will take place next week.
At 101, Nelson, a former heart surgeon, was the oldest president in the global faith’s history and had served in high-level church leadership for more than half a century.
In a Monday news release, the church announced it will broadcast the tribute Wednesday at 10 a.m. MDT. The event will be livedstreamed on the church’s website, YouTube, KSL and BYUtv, and will feature remarks by several church leaders.
After the faith’s fall General Conference — set for Saturday and Sunday — visitors of all ages can attend a public viewing Monday, Oct. 6, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Conference Center in downtown Salt Lake City.
A public funeral service is scheduled the next day, Tuesday, Oct. 7, at noon in the Conference Center. Free tickets will be required and will be available online starting Thursday, Oct. 2, at 10 a.m.
The Conference Center will open at 10:30 a.m. for the funeral, the release said, and attendees must be seated by 11:30 a.m.
Services will be broadcast on the church website, YouTube, KSL and BYUtv,
After the public funeral, a private burial will take place. Nelson already has a grave site in the historic Salt Lake City Cemetery.
(Michael Stack | Special to The Tribune) This monument will mark the grave of church President Russell M. Nelson in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.
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