It’s still a year wait, right?

I believe that can only be done if an immediate family member is LDS and submits the request. Otherwise, they get to cool their heels for 110 years after date of death. At that point, anyone who knew the deceased will also be dead, and can’t complain about them getting dead-dunked.

    BofJ, I thought the "110-year" interregnum commenced with the date of birth, not the date of death.

    If I'm wrong, ... oops!

Right-O again, EOD! Congratulate yourself (with LW's permission, that is)

the 110 thing is when a member who has gone AWOL is presumed to be dead & 'not counted' as a member anymore....

Yeah Right.

EOD is correct

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/general-handbook/28?lang=eng


28.1
General Guidelines for Performing Proxy Ordinances

"Except as noted in 28.3, proxy ordinances may be performed for all deceased persons as soon as 30 days have passed from their date of death if either of the following applies:

A close relative of the deceased (undivorced spouse, adult child, parent, or sibling) submits the name for temple ordinances.

Permission to perform the ordinances is received from a close relative of the deceased (undivorced spouse, adult child, parent, or sibling).

If neither of the above conditions applies, proxy temple ordinances may be performed 110 years after the deceased person was born."

https://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/FHD/Local_Support/Consultant/Temple_Policy-Name_Submissions/resources/assets/fil/z00001w00000000000a0/Name-Policies-lesson-handout.pdf

"If you are not one of the closest living relatives, you must obtain permission to submit the name of any
individual born less than 110 years ago."

Not like the good old days when Elvis’ temple work was done hundreds of times.

    It was kind of nice to know that Elvis might buy you a drink in the CK should you happen to run into him while out and about on the roads paved with gold and precious stones...

    Mormonism used to be a lot more fun!

Elvis might enjoy all of the white and gilt decoratons.

Hmmm. Thanks for the clarification. It does seem a little odd, in that if the deceased lived to a ripe old age, it is entirely possible that a sibling might still be alive when the 110th birthday rolls around (sibling born late in the parents' marriage) and likely that a child might still be alive.

I suppose they just wanted to be consistent with the rule that a person is counted as a member until the church is notified of the person's death, or, in the case of no notification of death, until age 110, when the person can be presumed dead with very high probability. That of course allows the church to claim someone as a member for decades after their likely death, as long as they are inactive members and nobody tells the church that person has died.

This is Mormondom's most obvious way of cooking the membership books.



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But she was famous. That means she's special. The normal rules do not apply.

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> But she was famous. That means she's special. The
> normal rules do not apply.


'We don't need no stinking rules!'

Transplendent!

Her "work" will be done at 7-11. Yup. I got my free slurpy today.

More importantly, did someone remember to tell Dave?

Yup



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She was a wonderful actress in some wonderful films. Anyone remember Altman's Popeye? A brilliant film.

Yes! She was a perfect fit for Olive Oyl.

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> She was a wonderful actress in some wonderful
> films. Anyone remember Altman's Popeye? A
> brilliant film.


One of my favorite films is "3 Women", also by Altman.