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Reporting the death of an inactive church member

Linda Tippets
Linda Tippets ✭
April 27, 2022 in Temple

I'm helping a sister whose brother died last November. He was baptized/confirmed as a child but was inactive at the time of his death. The sister recorded his death on FamilyTree but he does not appearing as a duplicate with ordinance information. She would like to have the remaining individual ordinances done. What does she need to do?

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  • BarryJohnson
    BarryJohnson mod
    April 27, 2022

    @Linda Tippets

    Hi Linda,

    Has the brother's membership record been amended to say that he is deceased? This will need to be done by the ward clerk before any further work can be done for him. With the waiting period now reduced to 30 days there shouldn't be any issues with merging the records and completing the ordinances, but post again if there are any further issues.

    Kind regards,

    Barry

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  • Bryan54
    Bryan54 ✭✭✭✭✭
    April 27, 2022

    Private message sent with an update on the issue.

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  • Linda Tippets
    Linda Tippets ✭
    April 28, 2022

    Since he had been inactive for quite some time and was rather transient (lived off the grid) I'm guessing his membership records hadn't followed him to where he was living when he died. Is there a department to contact at church headquarters that would be able to assist with this?

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  • DMS1737
    DMS1737 ✭✭✭✭✭
    April 28, 2022

    @Linda Tippets

    Please see the private message that was sent to you. You will know you have received a message by the red dot in the upper right corner near the bell.

    Thank you

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  • Bryan54
    Bryan54 ✭✭✭✭✭
    April 28, 2022

    Richard Cleon Stoney LKFT-PZK: The temple ordinances now appear correctly in Family Tree.

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  • Linda Tippets
    Linda Tippets ✭
    April 28, 2022

    Thank you!

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  • WheatleyKarlH1
    WheatleyKarlH1 ✭
    September 30, 2022 edited September 30, 2022

    I have a classmate Keith Ralph Davis, 11 August 1944 – 18 August 2022 • LF3Y-L39. He was a member of the Church but his ordinance work doesn't appear yet. He was less active and the family has no known ward clerk to report his death to. His obituary has been posted as a memory his person page above.

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  • Bryan54
    Bryan54 ✭✭✭✭✭
    September 30, 2022

    Your question has been forwarded to a specialty team for review and resolution. You may be contacted by that team if they need to gather more information.

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  • Bryan54
    Bryan54 ✭✭✭✭✭
    October 4, 2022

    Keith Ralph Davis LF3Y-L39: Private message sent with an update on the issue. Please watch for a red dot near the envelope icon in the upper right-hand corner of this page.

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  • Linda Tippets
    Linda Tippets ✭
    October 4, 2022

    Somehow the answer re: Keith Ralph Davis was sent to Linda Tippets instead of WheatlyKarlH1. My question re: Richard Cleon Stoney has been answered and his ordinances are being done on Thursday.

    Linda Tippets

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