Alma Sonne

Alma Sonne



Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
April 6, 1941 (1941-04-06) – October 1, 1976 (1976-10-01)
Called by	Heber J. Grant
End reason	Position abolished

First Quorum of the Seventy
October 1, 1976 (1976-10-01) – November 27, 1977 (1977-11-27)
Called by	Spencer W. Kimball

Personal details
Born	Alma Sonne (1884-03-05)March 5, 1884 Logan, Utah Territory, United States
Died	November 27, 1977(1977-11-27) (aged 93) Logan, Utah, United States
Resting place	Logan City Cemetery 41°44′57.12″N 111°48′21.96″W / 41.7492000°N 111.8061000°W / 41.7492000; -111.8061000 (Logan City Cemetery)
Spouse(s)	Geneva Ballantyne (1912-1941) Leona Ballantyne (1943-1971)
Children	Richard B. Sonne Conway B. Sonne Alma B. Sonne Norman L. Sonne
Parents	Niels C. Sonne Lise Petersen

Alma Sonne (March 5, 1884 – November 27, 1977) was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1941 until his death.

Sonne was born in Logan, Utah Territory. He graduated from Brigham Young College in Logan and entered the banking business. From 1910 to 1912, Sonne was a missionary for the LDS Church in England. He and seven other missionaries purchased tickets to travel back to America on the RMS Titanic, but due to a situation with one of the missionaries, Sonne canceled all eight tickets.^[1]

Sonne eventually became the president of the Cache Stake of the church.

In 1941, Sonne became one of the first five individuals to hold the calling of Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the LDS Church. Sonne was the president of the European Mission of the church from 1946 to 1950.^[2] Sonne was an Assistant to the Twelve until 1976, when the position was abolished. At this time, he was transferred to the newly created First Quorum of the Seventy.

Sonne died in Logan, Utah. He was the father of Conway Sonne.

Notes

↑ Frank Millward, "8 elders missed voyage on Titanic", Deseret News, July 24, 2008 (accessed October 13, 2011)
↑ “Sixty Have Served as General Authorities in the British Isles,” Ensign Oct. 1987, pp. 76–77

References

“Elder Alma Sonne Dies,” Ensign, January 1978, p. 72

External links

Assistants to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Anderson (1970–76)
Ashton (1969–71)
Bangerter (1975–76)
Bennett (1970–76)
Brockbank (1962–76)
Brown (1953–58)
Burton (1960–76)
Christiansen (1951–75)
Critchlow (1958–68)
Cullimore (1966–76)
Dyer (1958–67)
Faust (1972–76)
Fyans (1974–76)
Haight (1970–76)
Hales (1975–76)
Hanks (1968–76)
Hinckley (1958–61)
Isaacson (1961–65, 1970)
Komatsu (1975–76)
Longden (1951–69)
Maxwell (1974–76)
McKay (1941–58)
Morris (1951–54)
Packer (1961–70)
Perry (1972–74)
F. Richards (1960–76)
S. Richards (1951–53)
Romney (1941–51)
Sill (1954–76)
Simpson (1972–76)
Smith (1941–45)
Sonne (1941–76)
Stone (1972–76)
Tanner (1958–67)
Taylor (1958–76)
Vandenberg (1972–76)
Wirthlin (1975–76)
Young (1941–58)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 72932017 LCCN: n88025159

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