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Delbert Leon Stapley

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Delbert Leon Stapley

Birth
Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Death
19 Aug 1978 (aged 81)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Burial
Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA GPS-Latitude: 33.4382848, Longitude: -111.8338408
Plot
Section 476, Lot 4, Grave 8
Memorial ID
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Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Also a WWI U.S. Marines Veteran.
Inbetween General Conference sessions in October of 1950, he stepped out of an elevator in the lobby of the Hotel Utah where he ran into Church President George Albert Smith. "You're just the man I'm looking for," and without even retiring to a private office the President called Bro. Stapley to the Apostleship.
Elder Stapley died at the age of eighty-one of heart failure while on a walk near his Salt Lake City home.
Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Also a WWI U.S. Marines Veteran.
Inbetween General Conference sessions in October of 1950, he stepped out of an elevator in the lobby of the Hotel Utah where he ran into Church President George Albert Smith. "You're just the man I'm looking for," and without even retiring to a private office the President called Bro. Stapley to the Apostleship.
Elder Stapley died at the age of eighty-one of heart failure while on a walk near his Salt Lake City home.


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