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  • UtahDan
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    • Nov 2008
    • 14496

    #1

    Mad to be alive.

    My dad just came back from a visit in Utah with my mom's family (she is still there) and in talking to him apparently my great aunt just passed away while he was there (or maybe it was just before they got there). Anyway, she must have been 95 and has been wanting to die for some time. She had been saying "every night the bus comes but they don't let me get on" for at least a year.

    So it looked as though she was getting ready to pass and her son came and gave her the final blessing and released her spirit from her body (which by the way, I keep hearing about this but is that an actual ordinance?) and it looked as though she was ready to go. And then she woke up the next day. And she was mad as a hornet to still be there. She did pass later that day though. That just tickled me for some reason (the anger, not the passing).
  • Indy Coug
    Heartless Bastard
    • Dec 2008
    • 18747

    #2
    My grandfather had been suffering from brain cancer for some time. Finally the home teachers came over and gave him a blessing and told him it was time to go. He passed away within the hour.
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    • Fiyero
      Banned
      • Nov 2008
      • 5266

      #3
      Originally posted by UtahDan View Post
      her son came and gave her the final blessing and released her spirit from her body (which by the way, I keep hearing about this but is that an actual ordinance?)
      Dedicating the Dying

      Scroll down to comment 20. Years ago when I read that account of Elder Packer's experience with Elder McConkie, it was the first I'd heard of such a blessing.

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