MormonTimes.com: U. football to feel a void

Published: Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008 12:49 a.m. MST
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There will be a void in the president's box next season at University of Utah football games.

Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin, who spent many Saturdays watching his alma mater at Rice-Eccles Stadium, died late Monday at age 91.

"He was a remarkable, kind, thoughtful, warm, compassionate person, and we will genuinely miss him," University of Utah President Michael K. Young said Tuesday.

The university is one of the many places where Elder Wirthlin, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will be missed. For Young and his wife, Suzan, Elder Wirthlin "had become a very big part" of their lives.

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sorry...Wirthlin...not Worthlin

I agree | Dec. 3, 2008 at 11:35 p.m.

Elder Worthlin will be sorely missed.

AS a die-hard BYU fan, I...

I agree | Dec. 3, 2008 at 11:34 p.m.

A prime example that not all "yewts" or "ewets" are stupid, drunk,...

proof | Dec. 3, 2008 at 9:28 p.m.

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Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News

Elder Joseph Wirthlin watches from the bench during the University of Utah Red and white football game Apr 19, 2008

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