Mary N. Cook
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Mary Nielsen Cook | |
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First Counselor in the Young Women General Presidency | |
April 5, 2008 | – April 6, 2013|
Called by | Elaine S. Dalton |
Predecessor | Elaine S. Dalton |
Successor | Carol F. McConkie |
Second Counselor in the Young Women General Presidency | |
March 31, 2007 | – April 5, 2008|
Called by | Susan W. Tanner |
Predecessor | Elaine S. Dalton |
Successor | Ann M. Dibb |
Personal details | |
Born | Mary Nielsen June 8, 1951 Midvale, Utah |
Alma mater | Brigham Young University |
Spouse(s) | Richard E. Cook |
Children | 4 (stepchildren) |
Mary Nielsen Cook (born June 8, 1951) was a counselor in the general presidency of the Young Women organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 2007 to 2013. She served as second counselor to Susan W. Tanner, with Elaine S. Dalton as first counselor, from March 2007 until April 2008. In April 2008, Dalton succeeded Tanner as Young Women General President and selected Cook as her first counselor.
Born in
On July 16, 1988, Nielsen married Richard E. Cook, whose first wife had died in 1984. Richard Cook would later serve as a general authority of the LDS Church from 1997 to 2001.
In the early 1990s, the Cooks served in
On March 31, 2007, during the church's annual
Cook has no biological children, but is the stepmother to Richard Cook's four children.
Speeches and publications
- Mary N. Cook, “Strengthen Home and Family,” Liahona, November 2007, pp. 11–13
- Richard E. Cook and Mary N. Cook, "Mongolia", Religious Liberty and the Global Church: The Challenge of Sharing, Seventh Annual Conference of the International Society (Provo, Utah: David M. Kennedy Center, Brigham Young University) 1996-08-19
- Catherine D. Montgomery and Mary N. Cook, "'Teach Me to Know': Cultivating Teaching Skills", Rise to the Divinity within You, Brigham Young University Women's Conference, (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University) 2006-05-04
Notes
References
- 2007 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac, (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News, 2006) s.v. "Mongolia"
- "Changes for Young Women", Deseret Morning News, 2007-04-01
- “Mary N. Cook,” Liahona, May 2007, p. 128.
- Jessica Ravitz, "YW counselor tapped to lead Relief Society", Salt Lake Tribune, 2007-04-01
External links
- "General Auxiliaries: Sister Mary N. Cook", churchofjesuschrist.org