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Unlike most talks given at BYU by church leaders, the landmark response of a Latter-day Saint apostle to the murderous spree of forgings and bombings by Mark Hofmann recently featured in “Murder Among the Mormons” can’t be found on speeches.byu.edu.
There’s a simple reason for that, and it has nothing to do covering up church history. In fact in his talk at BYU, then-Elder Dallin H. Oaks issued a scathing reprimand to a major news organization that spent a year insisting the church was covering up a document until it was proved that the document never existed. In fact, and this is mind-boggling, it was Hofmann himself that had deceived the newspaper into believing the document was real and in possession of the church.
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The author of a new biography about President Dallin H. Oaks is on a mission to set the record straight about the stern public image of the first counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints based in Salt Lake City.
Some church members, and even his own family members, don’t always see that in his face when President Oaks, who is 88, delivers serious, doctrinal talks during the faith’s semiannual general conferences. One of his daughters once told President Oaks that he sometimes looks mad when he speaks.
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Patricia Joyce Frank, 66, of Tall Timbers, MD, passed away peacefully on February 1, 2021 at Hospice House of St. Mary s County in Callaway.
Patricia was born on January 11, 1955 in West Point, NY to Patricia J. Fowler Stewart and the late William L. Stewart.
Patricia was born and raised in the Hudson Valley and left to attend college in Florida. Life moved her to North Carolina then Philadelphia, finally moving to Maryland in 1995 where she made St. Mary s County her home. Even though she was raised in the North, she embraced the southern lifestyle including the tradition of preparing and eating stuffed ham, oysters, and Maryland crab. She was employed at McKay s working in the deli and bakery for 19 years before retiring in 2017. Her job fit her well because of her passion for cooking and baking. Patricia led an active lifestyle, participating in many groups and clubs, as well as keeping up with her many hobbies, such as scrapbooking, making cards, gardening, and watercolors.