Janath R. Cannon

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Janath R. Cannon
Marian R. Boyer
Personal details
Born	Janath Russell Cannon (1918-10-28)October 28, 1918 Ogden, Utah, United States
Died	July 5, 2007(2007-07-05) (aged 88) Bountiful, Utah, United States
Resting place	Salt Lake City Cemetery 40°46′37″N 111°51′29″W / 40.777°N 111.858°W / 40.777; -111.858 (Salt Lake City Cemetery)
Spouse(s)	Edwin Q. Cannon
Children	6
Parents	Dr. George Oscar Russell Oertel Rich Russell

Janath Russell Cannon (October 28, 1918 – July 5, 2007) was a counselor to

.

Born in Ogden, Utah, Janath Russell was educated at Wellesley College. In 1941, she married Edwin Q. Cannon in the Salt Lake Temple.

From 1971 to 1974, Cannon and her husband served in the church's

.

In the late 1980s, Cannon and her husband were the directors of the LDS Church's visitors' center in Nauvoo, Illinois. In 1989, they served as interim leaders of the church's Germany Hamburg Mission; during this time, the regular president of the mission was working on getting the church's missionaries admitted to East Germany.

From 1989 to 1992, Cannon was the matron of the Frankfurt Germany Temple, while her husband served as the temple president.

Cannon was a member of the

for 18 years and during this time edited the choir's newsletter, Keeping Tab. Cannon was the editor or author of a number of books on LDS Church-related topics.

Cannon died in Bountiful, Utah, and was buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.

Publications

• Janath R. Cannon (ed.) (1991). Nauvoo Panorama: Views of Nauvoo Before, During, and After Its Rise, Fall, and Restoration (Nauvoo, Ill.: Nauvoo Restoration Inc.)
• ISBN 1-57345-604-7

References

• ISBN 0-87579-338-X
• "Former LDS leader Janath Cannon dies,
  Deseret Morning News
  , 2007-07-14, p. B8
• 2008 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News, 2007)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints titles
Preceded by Marianne C. Sharp	First Counselor in the general presidency of the Relief Society 1974–1978	Succeeded by Marian R. Boyer