Posted by:
steve benson
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Date: November 16, 2010 04:59PM
. . . he laid in state in the high-ceiling lobby of the Church Administration Building in downtown SLC, first for a private viewing by his family before the event was opened to the believing public.
I was there. The place was cool, low-lit, stark, eerily quiet and echoey. Not much was said by family members. As I experienced the scene, it was, frankly, a bit weird and strangely emotionless.
I asked inside the family circle what ETB's funeral program would entail and was told by someone high in the Benson clan hierarchy (this being as direct a quote as comes to mind):
"I don't know. The Brethern are in charge."
So in life, so in death. The ultimate fate of the Mormon.
Edited 10 time(s). Last edit at 11/16/2010 06:27PM by steve benson.