What Did Elder Nelsons Daughter, Emily, Say to Him Just Before She Passed Away?

President Nelson Speaks at His "Righteous and Blithesome" Daughter's Funeral

Contributed By Sarah Jane Weaver, Church News editor

COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, UTAH

When a parent bids farewell to a kid, something dies within that parent'due south heart, said President Russell M. Nelson, speaking at funeral services for his "righteous and joyful" daughter on Saturday.

"Just when love pours in so bounteously from family, friends, and colleagues, that grief is assuaged in a most marvelous way," said the leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Thousands filled the Cottonwood Heights Utah Brighton Pale Center to capacity to pay tribute to Wendy Nelson Maxfield, 67, who died Friday, January 11, of cancer.

A wife and mother, Wendy Maxfield was remembered for the love, testimony, music, energy, and laughter she shared. She and her husband, Norman A. Maxfield, are the parents of 7 children and have xx grandchildren. She is the second of nine daughters and one son built-in to President Nelson and Sister Dantzel White Nelson.

President Nelson was joined at the funeral service by his wife, Sister Wendy W. Nelson; three generations of his large family unit; his counselors in the First Presidency—President Dallin H. Oaks and President Henry B. Eyring; and numerous members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

President Nelson told his posterity: "I, with near of yous, accept shed many tears. I am especially comforted by the Lord's commandment that 'yard shalt alive together in beloved, insomuch that thou shalt cry for the loss of them that die' (Doctrine and Covenants 42:45)."

In his last conversation with his daughter, President Nelson reported to her "that her daddy is very proud of her," he said. "She has e'er chosen to do that which is right."

President Russell Chiliad. Nelson with his married woman, Sister Wendy Nelson, stand up with son in-law Norman A. Maxfield subsequently funeral services at the Cottonwood Heights Utah Brighton Stake Center for President Nelson'south daughter Wendy Nelson Maxfield on Saturday, January 19, 2019. Photo past Scott G Winterton, Deseret News.

President Russell Thou. Nelson hugs members of his family unit at the Cottonwood Heights Utah Brighton Stake Eye after President Nelson spoke at his girl Wendy Nelson Maxfield'due south funeral on Saturday, January 19, 2019. Photo by Scott G Winterton, Deseret News.

She married a wonderful husband for time and all eternity in a holy temple, he said. "The most of import date in her life is neither her birth date nor her death engagement. Her most important date is August 27, 1974. That is the date she and Norm were sealed. Each kid was born nether the everlasting covenant made on that memorable date."

President Nelson told his grandchildren that they will honor their mother—who spent her entire life ministering, teaching, loving, and serving others—through their own righteousness.

"Our tears of sorrow will turn to tears of anticipation equally nosotros gain an eternal perspective," he said.

Thanks to the Atonement of Jesus Christ, Wendy Nelson Maxfield's spirit yet lives as an eternal entity, he said. With that eternal perspective, Latter-24-hour interval Saints can empathize better the purposes of life and death.

Quoting President Joseph F. Smith, President Nelson said, "'Children should exist taught early in life that death is really a necessity as well as a approving, and that we would not and could not exist satisfied and supremely happy without it.'

"Our precious Wendy had to pass through that gateway nosotros call death in order to experience a fulness of joy."

President Nelson said his daughter has been welcomed home by her mother, Sister Dantzel W. Nelson, who died unexpectedly on Feb 12, 2005, and her sis Emily Nelson Wittwer, who died on January 29, 1995. She will continue to abound, acquire, and progress, he said. "But retrieve of what lies ahead for her."

To her children and grandchildren, President Nelson said: "She tin can minister to you in what I phone call 'parenting through the veil.' She tin can come across u.s. more clearly through the veil than we come across her. We cannot forget her. We do not terminate to love her. We are sealed to her by eternal ties. She loves the states at present more than ever. Her desire for our well-being will be even greater than that which we feel for ourselves. Then, dearest family, stay tuned."

Sis Gloria Nelson Irion, matron of the Nauvoo Illinois Temple, remembered her sister's "love of the Lord and her want to serve Him," which extended naturally to serving others—especially her family unit.

All seven Maxfield children—Marissa Jackson, Blake Maxfield, Matthew Maxfield, Brady Maxfield, Megan Hammond, Bryndy Bradshaw, and Makenzie Taylor—spoke of their female parent's many attributes. She spent her days serving others; loving her hubby, children, and grandchildren; and creating a home "centered on Christ," they said.

"I believe my mother's happiness came from her faith and conventionalities in the gospel of Jesus Christ," said Blake Maxfield.

President Russell M. Nelson hugs members of his family at the Cottonwood Heights Utah Brighton Stake Center after President Nelson spoke at his daughter Wendy Nelson Maxfield's funeral on Saturday, January 19, 2019. Photograph by Scott Yard Winterton, Deseret News.

The casket of Wendy Nelson Maxfield is lifted and placed into the hearse after funeral services in the Cottonwood Heights Utah Brighton Stake Center on Sabbatum, Jan 19, 2019. Photo past Scott M Winterton, Deseret News.

Family and friends exit the Cottonwood Heights Utah Brighton Stake Center later funeral services for Wendy Nelson Maxfield on Saturday, January 19, 2019. Photo by Scott G Winterton, Deseret News.

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