Douglas J. Martin
Douglas J. Martin | |
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Second Quorum of the Seventy | |
Second Quorum of the Seventy | |
1 April 1989 | – 3 October 1992|
Called by | Ezra Taft Benson |
End reason | Honorably released |
Personal details | |
Born | Douglas James Martin 20 April 1927 Napier, New Zealand[1] |
Died | 23 January 2010 Hamilton, New Zealand[1] | (aged 82)
Spouse(s) | Amelia Wati Crawford |
Children | 4 |
Douglas James Martin (20 April 1927 – 23 January 2010) was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1987 to 1992. He was the first New Zealand resident to become a church general authority.
Martin was born in Napier, New Zealand. He was introduced to the LDS Church by Amelia Wati Crawford (who was Maori), and he was baptised in 1951 at age 24. He was a missionary for the LDS Church from 1952 to 1954 serving in New Zealand. Crawford was a missionary in New Zealand at the same time.[2] In 1954, he and Crawford travelled to Hawaii and were married in the church's Laie Hawaii Temple.
He worked for a company that made moulds of plastic, rising to the level of manager.[3]
Shortly after the
Martin also served in the LDS Church as a
In 2010, Martin died in Hamilton at age 82.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c "Elder Douglas Martin, 82, dies", Church News, 2010-01-30.
- ^ article on Douglas and his wife
- ^ Ensign article on Martin
- ^ Hamilton New Zealand LDS (Mormon) Temple Presidents , ldschurchtemples.com, accessed 2008-05-29.
References
- Derin Head Rodriguez (1990). From Every Nation (Salt Lake City, Utah: ISBN 0-87579-251-0
- "Elder Douglas J. Martin of the First Quorum of the Seventy," Ensign, May 1987, p. 90
- R. Lanier Britsch, "Roots of Faith," Ensign, September 1989, p. 44