Bonnie Lee Green Oscarson (born October 23, 1950) was the fourteenth president of the

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(LDS Church) from 2013 to 2018. Bonnie Lee Green was born in

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to Theo James Green and Jean Stringham. Oscarson earned a bachelor’s degree, with an emphasis in British and American Literature, from

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. For many years she lived in

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LDS Church service

Oscarson lived in

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from 1976 to 1979, where she served with her husband while he was

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of the church's Sweden

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Mission, and again from 2009 to 2012 when she and her husband served as matron and

of the

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."Bonnie L. Oscarson"
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'', May 2013, p. 143. She is fluent in

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. She has lived in New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Texas, where her husband was the first

of the Klein Texas

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. At the church's April 2013 general conference, Oscarson was sustained as the new general president of the

, succeeding Elaine S. Dalton. Oscarson's appointment as general president of the Young Women was welcomed by church members in the St. Louis area. As president of the Young Women, Oscarson is an

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member of the church's Boards of Trustees/Education. In 2015, Oscarson became the first female member of the LDS Church's Missionary Executive Council.. These three committees “are immensely important in deciding how budgets are delegated, how programs and products are prioritized, and how church business moves forward,” explained

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in a ''

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'' article. Oscarson was released at the church's April 2018 general conference and was succeeded by Bonnie H. Cordon.

Personal life

Oscarson married Paul K. Oscarson in 1969 in the Salt Lake Temple. They have seven children. Her husband was born and raised in St. Louis. Her husband's father, Roy W. Oscarson, was the first LDS Church stake president in St. Louis.R. Scott Lloyd
"Steady faithfulness is a characteristic of St. Louis family"
'' Church News'', January 17, 1998.

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External links

"General Auxiliaries: Sister Bonnie L. Oscarson"
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