From Deseret News archives:
Marjorie Hinckley dies at home Tuesday afternoon
She is viewed as an 'outstanding mother, teacher'
At press time, funeral services were pending.
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints worldwide learned of her failing health on Sunday, during the final session of the church's 174th Annual General Conference. During closing remarks, President Hinckley said his wife had collapsed "with weariness" on the way home from a trip she had joined him on to Ghana in January.
President Hinckley dedicated the church's most recently completed temple there and said his wife accompanied him on to the island of Sal, then on to St. Thomas in the Caribbean before she became ill.
"She's had a difficult time ever since. She is now 92 years old, a little younger than I am," he said. "I guess the clock is winding down, and we do not know how to rewind it. It is a somber time for me."
The weekend conference was the first time in President Hinckley's 46 years as a general authority of the church that she had not accompanied him to the meetings, he said.
In a press release from the Office of the First Presidency, President Hinckley identified his wife as "the lodestar of their family (who) gently guided her children with faith, intelligence and humor. Her happiest role was that of a supportive wife and mother (who) made good use of humor to settle many of life's difficulties. She was often heard to say, 'The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it.' "
An avid reader and family history enthusiast, she encouraged her children and grandchildren to pursue higher education and "delighted in the opportunity to share stories of their (her ancestors') faith from her research."
She is survived by her husband, five children, 25 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren.
Sister Hinckley was born Nov. 23, 1911, in Nephi, the first child of Phillip LeRoy and Georgetta Paxman Pay. She had four sisters and two brothers, but one brother died in infancy. The family moved to Salt Lake City in 1914, and she attended East High School, graduating in 1929. She then went to work at the Owens Illinois Glass Co. performing secretarial duties.
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