President James E. Faust dies at age 87

One example of his deep devotion to Sister Faust might be gauged by the fact that while they were separated as newlyweds during World War II, he wrote a letter every day to her. The letters arrived irregularly, and one day Sister Faust received 90 letters.

Her employer gave her the afternoon off to go home and read them.

In this same magazine article, daughter Lisa observed that, "My dad has always made it very clear how much he loves my mother and respects womanhood. He has always treated her with a sweet tenderness."

When President Faust was called to the Quorum of the Twelve and while he was receiving congratulations from the brethren on the stand, his chief concern was: "Where's my wife?" Even later on, when he gave conference addresses, he was quick to look over to receive Sister Faust's smiling approval.

"What would you have been without your wife, Ruth?" President Boyd K. Packer, acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve, once asked President Faust.

"It shocked me a little even to think about what life would be and would have been without her," he said 24 hours later.

He and Sister Faust had five children, 23 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services are pending.

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Contributing: Tom Hatch

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