William Grant Bangerter (June 8, 1918 – April 18, 2010) was a general authority of

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(LDS Church) from 1975 until his death. Bangerter was born in Granger, Utah. From 1939 to 1941, he served as a

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. After his mission he graduated from the

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and became a building contractor. In the LDS Church, Bangerter served as a

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in Granger and was later

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of the church's North Jordan

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. From 1958 to 1963, Bangerter was

of the church's Brazilian

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. After serving in Brazil, he became a regional representative. In 1974, he became the first president of the church's

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Mission. In 1975, he became an

Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, commonly shortened to Assistant to the Twelve or Assistant to the Twelve Apostles, was a priesthood calling in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1941 and 1976. As the title of t ...

. In 1976, when the position of Assistant to the Twelve was abolished, Bangerter became a member of the

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. He twice served as a member of the

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, from 1978 to 1980 and from 1985 to 1989. In 1989, he was designated as an

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general authority and released from active duties. From 1990 to 1993, Bangerter was

of the

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. He later worked in the

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and from 2003 until his death was a

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in the Alpine Utah West Stake.

Family

Bangerter is the father of 11 children. In 1944, he married Mildred Lee Schwantes, with whom he had four children. Mildred died of

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in 1952. In 1953, Bangerter married Geraldine Hamblin and they became the parents of seven children. Bangerter is the elder brother of

Norman H. Bangerter Norman Howard Bangerter (January 4, 1933 – April 14, 2015) was an American politician and businessman who served as the 13th governor of Utah from 1985 to 1993. He was the first Republican elected to the position since 1960, and the first to h ...

, who was

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from 1985 to 1993. He is the father of

Julie B. Beck Julie Bangerter Beck (born September 29, 1954) was the fifteenth general president of the Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 2007 to 2012. Born in Granger, Utah, to William Grant Bangerter and Geral ...

, who served as the general president of the church's

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from 2007 to 2012.

References

"Elder William Grant Bangerter: Assistant to the Council of the Twelve"
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'', May 1975
"Elder W. Grant Bangerter of the Presidency of the First Quorum of the Seventy,"
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'', November 1978, pp. 96–97 *Lynn Arave
"Elder William Grant Bangerter dies at 91"
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'', 2010-04-19

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