Pres. Faust funeral set for Tuesday

Funeral services for President James E. Faust, second counselor in the First Presidency of the LDS Church, will be broadcast live on KBYU-TV Ch. 11 and BYU-TV Tuesday at noon Mountain Standard Time.

Rob Howell, spokesman for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said local network representatives in Salt Lake City have also indicated plans to broadcast the service, but that could be subject to change based on breaking news events. The services will also be broadcast live via the church satellite system to remote locations yet to be announced.

The public is invited to the funeral at the Tabernacle. Doors will open at 11 a.m., and those wishing to attend should be in their seats by 11:30 a.m. Overflow seating will be available in the Assembly Hall on Temple Square and in the Conference Center.

A private burial service will take place in the Holladay Memorial Park Cemetery following the funeral. Information regarding live and tape-delayed TV broadcasts of the funeral service will be forthcoming.

There will be no public viewing, but expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to condolences@ldschurch.org or mailed to church headquarters at 47 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84150.

The Faust family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Church Missionary Fund or to the Perpetual Education Fund. Donations can be made online at www.lds.org/Faust.

The church also announced that a concert scheduled for 8 p.m. Tuesday, featuring the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the Orchestra at Temple Square and musical artists from the Shadow Mountain Music label, has been canceled out of respect for President Faust's passing. Deseret Book was sponsoring the concert for the 2007 LDS Booksellers Association Convention, and the concert will not be rescheduled.

The last time the LDS Church experienced the loss of a counselor in the First Presidency was in 1982, when President N. Eldon Tanner, first counselor to then-President Spencer W. Kimball, died at the age of 84.

When a counselor in the First Presidency dies, his place is filled within days, usually by a member of the Quorum of the Twelve.

In 1982, five days after President Tanner's passing, President Marion G. Romney — who had been serving as second counselor in the First Presidency — was called as first counselor, and President Gordon B. Hinckley was called as second counselor. Previous to that call, President Hinckley had been serving as an extra counselor to President Kimball for about 18 months.

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