H. Burke Peterson

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
H. Burke Peterson
Emeritus General Authority
October 2, 1993 (1993-10-02) – April 14, 2013 (2013-04-14)
Called byEzra Taft Benson
First Quorum of the Seventy
April 6, 1985 (1985-04-06) – October 2, 1993 (1993-10-02)
Called bySpencer W. Kimball
End reasonGranted general authority emeritus status
First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric
April 6, 1972 (1972-04-06) – April 6, 1985 (1985-04-06)
Called byVictor L. Brown
End reasonHonorable release of Victor L. Brown and his counselors
Personal details
BornHarold Burke Peterson
(1923-09-19)September 19, 1923
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
DiedApril 14, 2013(2013-04-14) (aged 89)
Bountiful, Utah, United States

Harold Burke Peterson (September 19, 1923 – April 14, 2013) was a

First Quorum of the Seventy
. He became an emeritus general authority in 1993.

Peterson was born in

Eagle Scout. Beginning in 1940, Peterson attended Phoenix College, and in 1942 he joined the United States Navy. He completed a civil engineering course of study at the University of Oklahoma and became a Seabee, working on projects in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II
.

After the war, he earned a

Latter-day Saints
founded a civil engineering firm.

In 1947 Peterson married Brookie Cardon in the Mesa Arizona Temple. They eventually had five daughters.

Prior to his call as a

regional representative for the Phoenix, Mesa, and Tempe regions. On 6 April 1972, Peterson was appointed as first counselor to Victor L. Brown, the church's presiding bishop. Peterson acted in this capacity until 1985, when Brown was succeeded by Robert D. Hales
.

When he was released from the presiding bishopric, Peterson became a member of the church's

First Quorum of the Seventy. He served as president of the Jordan River Utah Temple from 1985 to 1987. Peterson continued his responsibilities as a general authority until he was granted emeritus
status in October 1993.

Peterson died at his home in Bountiful, Utah, four months after his wife died.

Publications

References

External links

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints titles
Preceded by First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric
April 6, 1972 – April 6, 1985
Succeeded by