Nelson’s headstone gets assist from temple renovation
(Michael Stack | Special to The Tribune) This notation appears on the monument that will mark church President Russell M. Nelson s grave in the Salt Lake City Cemetery. May 10, 2021.
It has become a common practice for a husband or wife to erect a headstone for the couple after only one has died waiting to list the death date for the surviving spouse to be engraved later.
Still, mourners strolling through the northwest quadrant of the historic Salt Lake City Cemetery might be startled to see a tall granite shaft emblazoned with the name Russell M. Nelson and the words “Seventeenth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”
Jacob Newman: Nelson asks for understanding, but doesnât offer it
It is LGBTQ people, not LDS leaders, who are the victims of âemotional violenceâ
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Graduates listen in their cars, as commencement speaker, Wendy Watson Nelson speaks, at Utah Valley University s graduation program in Orem, on Friday, May 7, 2021.
By Jacob Newman | Special to The Tribune
  | May 11, 2021, 4:00 p.m.
In her commencement keynote address last week at Utah Valley University, Wendy Watson Nelson remarked: âWhen we âopen spaceâ in our lives, and in our hearts and minds, for others, they can arise as who they really are.â
In the face of concern and controversy over her speaking, Wendy Watson Nelson — a former family therapist and the wife of the president of the Latter-day Saint Church —
The wife of the LDS president is speaking at Utah Valley Universityâs commencement. Hereâs why LGBTQ students are opposed.
Some say theyâre planning to skip the ceremony where Wendy Watson Nelson will be the keynote.
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Wendy Nelson, wife of church President Russell M. Nelson, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. She s set to speak to graduates during commencement at Utah Valley University on Friday, May 7, 2021. | Updated: May 7, 2021, 1:11 a.m.
LGBTQ students at Utah Valley University say they are fearful and frustrated by their schoolâs choice for commencement speaker this year â and some say they will not be attending the ceremony because of it.