Albert E. Bowen
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Albert E. Bowen | |
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Quorum of the Twelve Apostles | |
April 8, 1937 | – July 15, 1953|
LDS Church Apostle | |
April 8, 1937 | – July 15, 1953|
Reason | Death of Alonzo A. Hinckley |
Reorganization at end of term | Richard L. Evans ordained |
Personal details | |
Born | Albert Ernest Bowen October 31, 1875 , Idaho Territory, United States |
Died | July 15, 1953 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | (aged 77)
Resting place | Salt Lake City Cemetery 40°46′37.92″N 111°51′28.8″W / 40.7772000°N 111.858000°W |
Spouse(s) | Aletha Reeder (1902–06) Emma Lucy Gates (1916–51) |
Parents | David Bowen Annie Shackleton |
Albert Ernest Bowen (October 31, 1875 – July 15, 1953) was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
Born in Henderson Creek, Idaho Territory, to David Bowen and Annie Shackleton, Bowen served as an LDS Church missionary in Switzerland and Germany from 1902 to 1904.[1][2]
Bowen received a J.D. degree from the University of Chicago Law School. He was a lawyer in Logan, Utah, and the county attorney for Cache County, Utah. He later worked in Salt Lake City.
In 1902, Bowen married Aletha Reeder; they had two children. She died in 1906, and in 1916 Bowen married Emma Lucy Gates. He was married to Gates until her death in 1951.
Bowen served on the General Board of the Deseret Sunday School Union and as president of the Sunday School Union for the Cache Stake, based in Logan, Utah. In 1935, Bowen became the Superintendent of the LDS Church's Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association (YMMIA), succeeding George Albert Smith. In 1937, Bowen was chosen by church president Heber J. Grant to fill a spot in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles that was left vacant by the death of Alonzo A. Hinckley. At the same time, Bowen was succeeded at the YMMIA by George Q. Morris.
Bowen died of arteriosclerosis in Salt Lake City at the age of 77.[3] He was replaced in the Quorum of the Twelve by Richard L. Evans. Bowen was buried at Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Grave marker of
Albert E. Bowen.
Published works[]
- Bowen, Albert E. (1946). The Church Welfare Plan. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1.
- Constancy Amid Change. The Deseret News Press. 1944. 2.
References[]
- ^ Spencer J. Palmer. The Expanding Church.[full citation needed]
- ^ Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, vol. 4, p. 232.
- ^ State of Utah Death Certificate Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine.
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