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Guests including government, political, business and faith leaders wait for the start of today’s funeral service.
Link to the funeral services for Gordon B. Hinckley
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Below is a series of videos, article links, and other insights into the life of President Gordon B. Hinckley

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Story Behind Hymn That Was Sung At Pres. Hinckley’s
Funeral (and copy of it)
During President Hinckley’s funeral the Tabernacle Choir sang a hymn
text written by President Hinckley which I set to music in December.
I would like to share the story of it with you: Janice Kapp Perry
About two months before my niece Kathy Blacker died, on January 11, 2008,
she found a three-verse poem by President Hinckley among her files.
Although she was resigned to dying, she had some fears about the dying
process and his words greatly comforted her-especially the second verse
which descibed exactly what she was feeling. She wrote to Pres.
Hinckley’s office to ask permission to have the poem printed on her funeral
program, and she received a very nice letter from his secretary Don H.
Staheli saying that President Hinckley gave his permission for her to do so.
The letter also conveyed some very comforting words from Pres. Hinckley
which were helpful to helpful to Kathy in her final weeks, and he said he
would remember Kathy in his prayers.
Then Kathy suggested that I write and ask permission to give the poem a
hymn setting. I did so, and Brother Staheli conveyed President Hinckley’s
permission for me to write the hymn. After offering some heartfelt prayers
that I might be able to write appropriate music for his profoundly beautiful
and moving text, I wrote the hymn setting and sent a copy to President
Hinckley’s office for approval at the end of December. I received so
immediate response.
Kathy passed away January 11 and after her funeral I sent a copy of her
funeral program to President Hinckley’s office so he could see how nicely
his poem was displayed along side my brother Gary Kapp’s painting of Christ.
When I heard President Hinckley had passed away last Sunday night I was
feeling a little sad to think I hadn’t received a letter with his official
approval. But the very next day after his passing, the hoped-for letter
arrived with his approval, his permission for me to publish it in a future
volume of my series Inspirational New Hymns for Choir and Home, and leaving
it to my discretion as to whether to submit it to the Church Music Division.
The timing was so unusual and I was extremely grateful to receive the letter
as a tender mercy in my life.
Then on Monday afternoon Craig Jessop, Tabernacle Choir Director, heard
about the hymn and had his office call me to obtain a copy of the hymn for
consideration for President Hinckley’s funeral. On Tuesday, while
travelling in California, I learned that the hymn would be performed by The
Tabernacle Choir at President Hinckley’s funeral on Saturday.
Having seen the great comfort this hymn brought to my niece who died just
two weeks before President Hinckley passed away, my great desire is for
people throughout the world to have a free copy of these magnificent words
of President Hinckley to comfort them in times of the loss of loved ones.
This is just one more way his influence could be felt down through time.
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