Elder Robert D. He was The LDS Church announced he died from causes incident to age, passing peacefully at the hospital surrounded by his wife and family. Elder Hales was sustained as a member of the Twelve on April 2, , after serving as Presiding Bishop since Elder Hales smiles as a boy.
Photo via LDS. His parents, J. They raised their three children on Long Island, New York, while faithfully serving in various positions in the Queens Ward. When Elder Hales was a deacon, he and his father went to the Sacred Grove. The experience he had there helped shape his budding testimony. When we got back home, my father, who worked as an artist in New York City, painted a picture of the Sacred Grove for me.
Elder Hales was a baseball fan from a young age. A pitching slump while Elder Hales was in high school led his team to a three-game losing streak. Then his coach taught him a valuable lesson in pitching that he remembered for the rest of his life. The coach told young Robert that he was losing because he was showing off before the game, throwing fastballs and curveballs, when he should have been warming up with more conservative throws. The Lord is like that too.
She was a student at Brigham Young University who was also spending the summer in New York with her family. After Elder Hales met Mary, he never went on a date with another girl. They spent the summer together and were married in the Salt Lake Temple the following summer on June 10, Deseret News homepage. Filed under: Faith Mormon Times Utah.
Hales dies at age Reddit Pocket Email Linkedin. Grid View. Elder Robert D. Hales and Mary Elene Crandall Hales on their wedding day in Hales family photo Elders Richard G. Scott and Robert D. Hales, right, attend the funeral service of Elder L.
Jeffrey D. Hill, Virginia, on Sunday, Aug. Hales speaks at a BYU devotional on the topic of temples on Nov. Hales during his time with the th Fighter-Bomber Squadron. Hales family photo Robert D. Hales plays baseball at age Hales family photo Elder Robert D. Hales and his wife, Mary Elene Crandall Hales, stand on the balcony of their apartment in Monson shakes hands with Elder Robert D. Deseret News archives Elder Robert D. Hinckley, right, and Elder Robert D.
Hales watches as actress Cheryl Ladd chips onto the green during the pro-am round of the Champions Challenge at Thanksgiving Point on Aug. Hales is helped from his seat by fellow members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles after the morning session of the th Semiannual General Conference on Sunday, Oct. Hales and Mary Hales exit a session of general conference in October Hales greets President Thomas S.
Hales and his wife, Mary Elene Crandall Hales, in their apartment in Deseret News archives President Thomas S. Monson hugs Elder Robert D. Hales as a child practicing the piano. Deseret News archives Robert D. Hales as a young man Hales family photo Lt. Robert D. Hales Hales family photo Elders Richard G. Hales attend funeral services for President Boyd K. Mark A. Hales after he sank a long putt during the pro-am round of the Champions Challenge at Thanksgiving Point on Monday, Aug. Hales offers remarks on July 13, Sarah Jane Weaver.
In an October general conference address, Elder Hales described how he came to know God. Hales family photo In a general conference talk in April , Elder Hales spoke about preserving agency and protecting religious freedom, one of the hot-button issues of the day. Elder Hales succeeded in every aspect of life, except one.
Elder Hales said his father took him to the Sacred Grove when he was a deacon. Hales family photo Elder Hales joined the Air Force after graduation and flew F and F fighter jets for three and a half years in the strategic and tactical air commands. He learned an important principle in the Air Force. Sign up for the newsletter Morning Edition Start your day with the top stories you missed while you were sleeping. Thanks for signing up!
Check your inbox for a welcome email. Some people may have trouble understanding that, but I believe you really show the Lord who you are and what you are willing to become when you make those hard decisions as a young person.
I never want to let a time go by without expressing my testimony. I have been called of him to declare his word among his people, that they might have everlasting life.
Elder Hales enjoyed a successful business career upon graduating from Harvard, serving in executive positions for national corporations, including Gillette Co. During these years he also served as a bishop in Massachusetts, Chicago and Frankfurt, Germany, and in a branch presidency in Seville, Spain. He also served as a regional representative in Louisiana and Minnesota. President Spencer W. When Elder Hales agreed, President Kimball issued the call to be a general authority.
Though disappointed at not being able to serve in England, Elder Hales accepted the call and spent his first years of service traveling with the First Presidency for area conferences. Elder Hales, as before, accepted the call and loved the experience. Elder Hales and his family stayed in Europe upon his release as mission president.
There he served as area supervisor and assisted President Thomas S. Monson in efforts to secure permission to build a temple in Freiburg, Germany. His travels in Eastern Europe sometimes landed him in the midst of military and political unrest. Subsequent assignments, upon his moving back to Utah, included area president in the North America Southwest Area, Presiding Bishop of the church and utilizing his New York background in efforts to build a temple in Manhattan.
Described by family members and friends as compassionate, supportive and without guile, Elder Hales empowered those he worked with to solve problems and develop as individuals and as a church. He has been helping people quietly over many years.
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