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    12 January 2019 - Salt Lake City
    News Release

    Daughter of President Nelson Passes

       
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      The following statement is provided by spokesperson Irene Caso regarding the passing of the daughter of Church President Russell M. Nelson.

      “With sadness, we share the news of the passing of Wendy Nelson Maxfield, a daughter of President Russell M. Nelson and Dantzel White Nelson. Wendy died peacefully at her home Friday afternoon, January 11, 2019, at age 67 after a courageous battle with cancer. Sister Maxfield is married to Norman Maxfield, and they are the parents of seven children and 20 grandchildren. We express our love to the entire Nelson and Maxfield family as they remember her life and mourn her passing." 

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