Mormon Missionary Memoriam-Those Who Have Died While Serving The Mormon Church As Missionaries.

I felt inspired to post this page and list it in my permanent links on my blog. I just wanted to find a way to honor those young men that have died in the service of the Mormon Church. It's amazing to me that the Mormon Church hasn't done something like this, but then again, why would they? They only like positive, faith promoting, burning bosom material, thus the lack of even mentioning Benjamin Ellsworth's death in Argentina back in December. Still not one word on Benjamin on the Churches website. I'm glad that I and others are around to point this stuff out.

The only mention of the Elders that died in New Zealand, was in the talk given By M. Russell Ballard. No official mention of them either, like in a statement to the press, nada. Also, no mention of the Elder that died back in November in Mexico. Why you ask? Because they really don't care. They believe that hey, if you die on your mission for them, which they consider to be for Jesus, that you couldn't have died in a better place or time. I know, very twisted, but that's how these cult leaders think. I just think that is disgraceful that they do nothing to honor these men and women each year and nothing permanent in their memory, yet they can celebrate Joseph's and Hinckley's birthdays all year long.

I just want to dedicate this page to these young men and women that have fallen and also their Families, since their own Church won't even do it and my goal is to eventually have all of them listed. I need your help out there to be able to gather all the names. I'm going to start with those that were listed in the Deseret News since 1999 but please send me the names of the others, those of you that know them. For example, the 2 missionaries that were killed in Texas and the 2 that were assassinated in Bolivia, etc. I'll be doing my research, but any help that you could provide me, would be greatly appreciated and expedite the process.

Here is the beginning of this list:

LDS Missionary Deaths from 1999-2006

Matthew Turley of Ridgefield, Connecticut, was hit by a drunk driver and killed on April 23, 2006. He was serving in the Mendoza, Argentina mission, in the city of San Luis.

Matthew Turley's companion, Elder Tyler Watts, of West Valley City was also injured and hit by the drunk driver, but is expected to make a full recovery and yes, FINISH his mission of course. He has around 5 months to go.

Bradley Isle New Zealand 1/5/2006 Auto accident Accident

Jonathan Talmadge New Zealand 1/5/2006 Auto accident Accident

Morgan W. Young U.S./Virginia 1/2/2006 Shot Witnessed crime, gunman shot him

Benjamin Ellsworth Argentina 12/5/2005 Train accident Fell under train

Joel Galindo Flores Mexico 11/9/2005 Hit by car Accident

Michael Joshua Bent Samoa 11/23/2003 Drowning Accident

Nathan Scott Godfrey Argentina 3/10/2003 Electrocuted Accident, trying to save another




Lym Kelly U.S. 10/18/2002 Auto accident Accident

Johnson Gregory Scott Mexico 9/29/2002 Electrocuted Accident

Atchley Adele Ivory Coast 8/3/2002 Murder Robbery

Leaunae Limuula Samoa 1/30/2002 Auto accident Accident

Platt Spencer U.S. 12/17/2001 Auto accident Accident

Thomas Jonathan Reed Argentina 8/29/2001 Hit by train Accident

Gleason Mark England 6/12/2001Auto accident Accident

Teodorescu Mihai England 6/12/2001 Auto accident Accident

Pixton Clark Henry Ukraine 7/14/2001 Fall Accident

Driggs Eric Robert Argentina 4/6/2000 Auto accident Accident

Christiansen Jaysen Ray U.S. 1/28/2000 Auto accident Accident

Pulham Jared Mont U.S. 1/28/2000 Auto accident Accident

Roundy Daniel Byrne U.S. 1/28/2000 Auto accident Accident

Savage Bradley Alan U.S. 1/28/2000 Auto accident Accident

Peterson Melissa U.S. 1/21/2000Auto accident Accident

Barrett Jonathan Philip Ivory Coast 4/24/1999 Stabbed Attacked by drunken man Papenfuss Jaarl Michael Canary Islands 1/18/1999

Prymak Joshua Matthew Canary Islands 1/18/1999 Drowning Accident
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I then found a great site that listed many of the missionaries all the way back to the 1800's. Interestingly, this list has some from 2001, 2002, etc, that are not listed on the above list, and vice versa, not sure why. In any case, hopefully between the two lists, they are all listed.

The Parley P. Pratt Missionary Memorial Monument and Wall
In Memoria

We want to honor and recognize the work of all missionaries on the Parley P. Pratt Missionary Memorial, but unfortunately we do not have a complete list of those who have given their lives in the service of the Master. Nor do we have a complete roster of all missionaries who now face physical, emotional and intellectual challenges as a result of accident or illness suffered on their missions. Further, we do not have a complete list of those missionaries whose lives were taken before being able to enter the mission field. Your help in compiling a more complete account of those we would honor will be greatly appreciated.

Adele Atchley, 65, Ivory Coast Abidjan, Santa Monica, CA 2002

*Seth Jorry Wright, (19), Scotland Edinburgh, Springville, UT 2002

Lee Carl Nelson, 77, Washington D.C. North, Big Fork, MT 2002

Michael John Jones, 20, Washington Spokane, Taylorsville, UT 2002

Spencer Goodwin Platt, 20, Montana Billings, Murray, UT 2001

Jonathan Reed Thomas, 19, Argentina Buenos Aires West, Chandler, AZ 2001

Scott Robert Smith, 21, Washington Seattle, Clearfield, UT 2001

Mark Douglas Gleason, 20, England Bristol, Pleasant Grove, UT 2001

Mihai Teodorescu, 20, England Bristol, Ploiseti, Romania 2001

*Carl Miller, (21), Salt Lake City South, Vergennes, Vermont 2001

James Coleman Gatherum, 65, Laotian/Thai Church Service, Salt Lake City, UT 2001

*Burke Jensen, (20), Texas Dallas, Orem, UT 2001

*Nathan James, (20), Brazil, Orem, UT 2001

Wen Ping Shi, 27, Washington D.C. North, Fujin, China 2000

Thomas Dale Cram, 72, Thailand Bangkok, Salt Lake City, UT 2000

Melvin Joseph Merrell, 66, China Xi’an English Teachers, Salt Lake City,
UT 2000

*Bradley Green, (20), Brazil Rio de Janeiro North, Cedar City, UT 2000

Clark Henry Pixton, 20, Ukraine Donetsk, Logan, UT 2000

*Robert Michael Lawrence, (20), Guatemala North, Murray, UT 2000

Delbert Tolton Goates, 68, England Manchester, Salt Lake City, UT 2000

Eric Robert Driggs, 20, Argentina Resistencia, Mesa, AZ 2000

*Jordan Lee Call, (19), Argentina Resistencia, Logan, UT 2000

Melissa Peterson, 22, North Carolina Raleigh, Snowflake, AZ 2000

Jaysen Ray Christiansen, Iowa DesMoines, Harrisville, UT 2000

Jared Mont Pulham, 20, Iowa DesMoines, Alpine, UT 2000

Bradly Alan Savage, 20, Iowa DesMoines, Lehi, UT 2000

Daniel Byrne Roundy, 19, Iowa DesMoines, Kaysville, UT 2000

Hartley, Chile Santiago South

ChristianGlen Packer, 24, Salt Lake City Welfare Square, Farmington, UT 1999

Richard Keith Black, South Africa Capetown, Murray, UT 1999

Jaarl Michael Papenfuss, 20, Spain Las Palmas, Fountain Green, UT 1999

Joshua Matthew Prymak, 19, Spain Las Palmas, Montclair, VA 1999

Jonathan Philip Barrett, Ivory Coast Abidjan, Morgan, UT 1999

Rhett S. Orcutt, 19, Texas Houston, Salt Lake City, UT 1998

Charlotte Dorae Lofgreen, 67, Ivory Coast Abidjan, Orem, UT 1998

Renee Anderson, 66, Ivory Coast Abidjan, Salt Lake City, UT 1998

Sean Thomas Richardson, 21, Mexico Mexico City East, Ukiah, CA 1998

Jose Manuel Mackintosh, 20, Russia Yekaterinburg, Hiko, NV 1998

*Bradley Borden, (20), Russia Yekaterinburg, Mesa, AZ 1998

Nathan Wallace Kofford, 19, Taiwan Taichung, Alpine, UT 1998

Kenton Martin, 20, Florida Tallahassee, South Jordan, UT 1998

*Andrew Wayne Peterson, (50), Mexico Area Presidency, Salt Lake City, UT 1997

*Orin A. Voorheis, (20), Argentina Buenos Aires, Pleasant Grove, UT 1997

Devin Ranald Boren, 19, Spirit World, Alpine, UT 1997

Keith Madsen, 20, Taiwan Taipei, 1997

Juan Carlos Castillo, 40, Santiago Chile Area Presidency, Santiago,
Chile, 1996

M. Lee Miller, 62, Tonga Nuku'alofa, Bountiful, UT 1996

Joshua Vaughn Berrett, 21, Arizona Tempe, __________, 1995

Jennifer Schulz, 22, Japan Fukuoka, Salt Lake City, UT 1995

Ryan Matthew Akers, 20, Spain Malaga, Gunnison, CO 1994

Max Christiansen, 66, Arizona Tucson, Newton, UT 1994

Carl Hildt Wollenzien, 68, Germany Frankfurt, Provo, UT 1993

Marion Ellnor Nash Lee, England Bristol, Ephraim, UT 1993

Kent Virl Hyde, 22, Arizona Phoenix, Thayne, WY 1992

Martha Lorena Gutierrez, 23, Finland Helsinki East, Nicaragua 1991

Oscar Zapata, 20, Peru Lima East, Piura, Peru 1991

Gale Stanley Critchfield, 20, Ireland Dublin, Payson, UT 1990

Manuel Antonio Hidalgo, 22, Peru Lima East, Arequipa, Peru 1990

Christian Andreani Ugarte, 21, Peru Lima East, Trujillo, Peru 1990

Ronald Jamon Eastland, 20, Bolivia La Paz, Syracuse, UT 1989

Jeffrey Brent Ball, 20, Bolivia La Paz, Wanship, UT 1989

Todd Ray Wilson, 20, Bolivia La Paz, Wellington, UT 1989

Adam Richard Koontz, 19, Portugal Porto, Upland, CA 1988

Ronald Brent Jack, 21, Portugal Porto, Kirtland, NM 1988

Gayle H. Thurman, California Carlsbad, Highland, UT

Richard Keith Black, 19, South Africa Cape Town, Murray, UT

Steven Chad Fairbanks, Germany Dusseldorf, Highland, UT

Bill Rawson Hardy, 19, Michigan Lansing, Mesa, AZ 1988

Todd Larry Walker, 19, Michigan Lansing, Highland, UT 1988

Lee Roberts, 20, Michigan Lansing, South Jordan, UT 1988

Matthew Erin Elwood, 22, Brazil Brasilia, Salt Lake City, UT 1987

Harlan Wallace Clark, 73, South Africa Johannesburg 1987

Roger Todd Hunt, 19, Portugal Lisbon, Las Vegas, NV 1987

Con Barlow Fox, 19, Australia Brisbane, Bountiful, 1987

Joann Wilson, 54, Austria Vienna, Orem, UT 1986

Bruce Drennan, 20, Bolivia La Paz, 1984

Kevin Bons, 20, Bolivia La Paz, 1984

Chad Blaine Williams, 20, Oregon Portland, Bountiful, UT 1982

Ralph Thales Howe, 20, Missouri Independence, Pleasant Grove, UT
1982

Aldemar Gutierrez, 20, Bolivia La Paz, Santa Cruz, Bolivia 1982

Matthew Erin Elwood, 21, Brazil Brasilia, Salt Lake City, UT

Yunette Harris, Argentina, Memphis, TN

Gabriela Cristina Nieva, Argentina, Godoy Cruz, Argentina

Jeffrey Brent Ball, 20, Bolivia La Paz, Wanship, UT

Todd Ray Wilson, 20, Bolivia La Paz, Wellington, UT

Linda Jackson, 57, Armenia, Oak City, UT

Brian Michael Miller, 20, Connecticut Hartford, Rexburg, ID

Roger Todd Hunt, 19, Portugal Lisbon, Las Vegas, NV

Jared Marvin Prescott, 20, Mascarene Islands, Centerville, UT

Alan Knight, 20, Texas Houston, Bountiful, UT

Matthew Brown, 19, Nebraska Omaha, Twin Falls, ID

Christopher Phillips, 19, Nebraska Omaha, Salem, OR

Joseph Israel Bookstaber, 19, Thailand Bangkok, Short Hills, N.J

Noel Andre De Waal, 20, South Africa Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa 1980

Jonathan Guy Twitchell, 20, South Africa Johannesburg, Payson, UT 1980

David S. Kalt, 21, Germany Frankfurt, Provo, UT 1980

Phyllis Lissian (Goad) Hatch, England Bristol Mission, Cardston 1980

Boyd Bateman, 20, Texas Dallas, Idaho Falls, ID 1980

Darrell Maddox, 21, England Blackburn, American Fork, UT

Gary Apgood, 26, England Blackburn, San Jose, CA

Elizabeth L Webb King, 66, South Carolina Charleston, Kaysville, UT 1979

Jane Elizabeth Ruth Cannell Teuscher, 65, South Carolina Charleston, Fish Haven, ID 1979

Kevin Stewart Cook, 19, California Ventura, Bountiful, UT 1979

Duane Aycock, 19, England Bristol, Mesa, AZ 1979

Cory Dean Watts, 19, California Anaheim, Salt Lake City, UT 1979
Senitelela Cindy Tonga, 23, Missouri Independence, Millbrae, CA

Jan Andersen, 21, Florida Tampa, Salt Lake City, UT 1979

Venna Elizabeth Tolman Hess, 72, Missouri Independence, Las, Vegas, NV

Mark Walter Brand, 21, Florida Tallahassee, Fruit Heights, UT 1979

Jesse Nephi Durette, 25, Florida Tallahassee, Portland, OR 1978

Scott Carter, 21, Bountiful, UT 1978

Wallace Barney Tolman, 20, Indiana Indianapolis, Camarillo, CA 1978

Robert Jay Mathews, 19, Indiana Indianapolis, Salt Lake City, UT 1976

Wesley Brian Johnson, 20, Germany Hamburg, Preston, ID 1976

David Patten Kimball IV, Uruguay Montevideo, Scottsdale, AZ 1974

Kent McMullan,

David William Grow, 20, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, UT 1974

Leonard Charles Martin, 20, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, UT 1974

*Valoy Dee Twitchell, (19), Australia Brisbane, Payson, UT 1974

Jeffrey Walter Buehner, 20, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Phoenix, AZ 1974

Mark J. Fischer, 19, Texas Austin, Milwaukee, MI 1974

Gary Smith Darley, 20, Texas Austin, Simi Valley, CA 1974

Garth Pierce, 20, England London, Salt Lake City, UT 1974

Donald R. LaBeau, 19, Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Yakima, WA 1973

Smith, Argentina, Long Beach, CA, 1970

Garcés, Argentina South, 1971

Gregory Scott McFarland, 19, Alaskan-Canadian, Salt Lake City, UT 1970

James Blauer Bangerter, 19, Peru Lima, Provo, UT

Richard Heath-Hall, 20, Scotland Edinburgh, England 1970

Leon Julius Viehweg, 19, Scotland Edinburgh, Soda Springs, ID 1970

Phillip Terry Styler, 22, Andes, Sacramento, CA 1963

*Rebecca Ann Reeve, (22), Western States, Salt Lake City, UT 1962

Howard Williams, (20), Mexico Mexico City, Salt Lake City, UT 1961

Alfred Bauer, 68, California Los Angeles, Charlo, MT 1956

Quist, Argentina Buenos Aires, Pocatello, ID 1952

LeRoy Tripp, France Paris, 1908

Walter Phillips, Hawaii, 1901

Ethel Lowry Reid, Netherlands, 1899

Samuel Thomas Clark, Great Britain, 1899

Thomas H. Bell, Southern States, 1899

John Woolfe Isom, Southern States, 1899

Joseph Hogan Jr, Netherlands, 1899

Hirum Rosewald Hamson, Eastern States, 1899

Lewis Albert Warren, Southern States, 1899

Albert Peterson, Scandinavia, 1898

David M. Muir, Great Britain, 1898

H.C. Holley, Western States, 1898

Isaac Edinborough, Great Britain, 1898

Hyrum Maughn, Northern States, 1898

Ole Christian Jensen, Scandinavia, 1898

Godfred Alder, Germany, 1898

Joseph Henry Jenson, Scandinavia, 1898

William Francis Butt, Scandinavia, 1898

Neils Christian Heselt, Colorado, 1898

Jacob Bushman, Southern States, Escalante, UT 1897

Andrew Bjorkman, Scandinavia, 1896

Joseph Alma Ott, Switzerland/Germany, 1896

Daniel Stewart Jones, Southern States, 1895

Charles Scott Hall, Southern States, 1895

Ella Adelia Moody, Samoa, 1895

John Alexander Clark, 25, Turkey Istanbul, Minersville, UT 1895

Hyrum Carter, Southern States, 1894

Ransom Marion Stevens, Samoa, 1894

Walter H. Barton, Southern States, 1894

Pher A. Bjorklund, Scandinavia, 1892

David Hoagland Cannon, Germany, Salt Lake City, UT 1892

Adolph Haag, Turkey, Payson, UT 1892

Lorenzo W. Roundy, Southern States, 1892

Otto Lyman Chipman, New Zealand, American Fork, UT 1892

Thomas Butler, Southern States, Richfield, UT 1892

Katie Eliza Hale Merrill, Samoa Upolu, Smithfield, UT 1891

Willard Henry Halliday, North Carolina, Pleasant Grove, UT 1890

John Anderson Quist, Sweden, Big Cottonwood, UT 1890

Edgar Dilworth Simmons, Syria, Salt Lake City, UT 1890

Andrew K. Anderson, Denmark, Salt Lake City, UT 1890

John Powell, 1890

Washington N. Cook, Cherokee Nation, Salt Lake City, UT 1889

John A Richards, Cherokee Nation, Cache County, UT 1889

Sylvester Daniel Collett, Mexico, Salt Lake City, UT 1889

Edmund Zebulon Taylor, Southern States, Harmony, UT 1888

Vincent McKay Pugmire, Southern States, St. Charles, ID 1888

Alma Pascal Richards, Southern States, Morgan, UT 1888

Richard Thornton Booth Jr, Northwestern States, 1887

John Bullock, England London, Salt Lake City, UT 1887

Brigham Willard Young, New Zealand, Salt Lake City, UT 1887

Jesper Peterson, Denmark, Castledale, UT 1887

Jeremiah Heber Kimball, Germany, Salt Lake City, UT 1887

John Henry Gibbs, Southern States, Paradise, UT 1884

William S. Berry, Southern States, Kanarra, UT 1884

Charles E. Robison, Southern States, Montpelier, ID 1883

Shadrach Jones, Wales, Willard, UT 1883

Nathaniel Ashby, Hawaiian Islands, 1882

William H. Butler, Great Britain, 1882

Feramorz Little Young, Mexico, Salt Lake City, UT 1881

Niels Wilhelmsen, Denmark Copenhagen, St. Charles, ID 1881

Gustaf Peterson, Denmark Copenhagen, Salt Lake City, UT 1881

Joseph Standing, 25, Southern States, Salt Lake City, UT 1879

Joseph E. Hyde, England London, Salt Lake City, UT 1878

Edwin W. Street, England London, Salt Lake City, UT 1878

James Lisonbee, US, 1877

John Hubbard, Wichata Reservation, Willard, UT 1877

Lorenzo W. Roundy, Lee’s Ferry, Salt Lake City, UT 1876

Thomas Hunter, Scotland, 1876

Francis A. Hammond Jr, Arizona, 1876

Dianah Camp, Texas, 1876

Haden W. Church, Tennessee Memphis, Salt Lake City, UT 1875

Caleb W. Haws, England Barusely, Provo, UT 1871

Caleb Parry, England Birmingham, Salt Lake City, UT 1871

Moroni Bigelow, US, 1870

Albert Merrill Jr, US, 1870

John Mace, England Leeds, Salt Lake City, UT 1869

Robert C. Sharkey, Southern States, 1869

James Ezra Clark, 22, England London, Farmington, UT 1868

Anson Vasco Call, England London, Salt Lake City, UT 1867

Brigham Willard Kimball, England London, Salt Lake City, UT 1867

Abel Evans, Wales, Salt Lake City, UT 1866

Collins Moore Gillett, England London, Salt Lake City, UT 1866

Peter Horrocks, Europe, 1866

George Simms, England London, Salt Lake City, UT 1865

Jesse Yelton Cherry, England Nottingham, Centerville, UT 1865

Martin Wood, England, 1864

John Moburn Kay, England London, Salt Lake City, UT 1864

Joseph Greenwood, Missouri, Salt Lake City, UT 1864

Thomas Atkinson, Sandwich Islands, Salt Lake City, UT 1863

Hiram Kimball, Sandwich Islands, Salt Lake City, UT 1863

Joseph Siney, Great Britain, 1861

George A. Smith, Jr., Moquis Indian Nation, Salt Lake City, UT 1860

Washington N. Cook, Indian Territory, 1858

Samuel Francis Neslen, England London, Salt Lake City, UT 1858

Parley Parker Pratt, 50, Southern States, Salt Lake City, UT 1857

Robert W. Wolcott, England Northampton, Salt Lake City, UT 1856

George Peden Waugh, Great Britain, 1856

Robert C. Petty, Indian Territory, Salt Lake City, UT1856

Orson Spencer, Cherokee Nation, Salt Lake City, UT 1855

Jane Amanda Lewis, Sandwich Islands, 1855

John Parry, Great Britain, 1855

Jacob F. Secrist, European Mission, Salt Lake City, UT 1855

Andrew L. Lamoreaux, France Paris, Salt Lake City, UT 1855

James F. Bell, Malta, 1855

Sister James F. Bell, Malta, 1855

Albert Gregory, Central States, Salt Lake City, UT 1855

Lemon Bronson, Michigan, 1855

William W. Major, Great Britain, 1854

Alondus LaFayette Buckland, Nova Scotia, 1854

Levi Stillman Nickerson, England, 1853

John Hyde, Australia Sydney, Salt Lake City, UT 1853

Willard Snow, Denmark Copenhagen, Salt Lake City, UT 1853

Jane Amanda Stevens Lewis, Sandwich Islands, Salt Lake City, UT 1851

William Burton, Scotland Edinburgh, Salt Lake City, UT 1851

James Henry Flanigan, England Birmingham, Winter Quarters, NE 1851

George W. Langley, England, 1851

Elijah Malin, Pennsylvania, Winter Quarters, NE 1849

Mephibosheth Sirrine, England, 1848

Alvah Lewis Tippetts, 38, Eastern States, Winter Quarters, NE, 1847

Thomas Ward, 1847

Peter Melling, Indiana, 1844

Phelps, Joshua R.G., New York, 1844

Knowlton F. Hanks, Pacific Islands, Nauvoo, IL 1843

James Burnham, Eastern States, 1843

Lorenzo D. Barnes, England Bradford, Salt Lake City, UT 1843

Alpheus Harmon, Illinois, 1842

George Washington Gee, Pennsylvannia, 1842

John Herrit, Eastern States, 1840

Joseph B. Brackenbury, New York, 1832

*Severely injured on mission and still with us

"Since the day of the Prophet Joseph Smith, we've had approximately 447,969 missionaries serve in the world," Elder M. Russell Ballard said in 1989. "Of those 447,969, (some) 525 have lost their lives while serving as full-time missionaries," he added. "When you contemplate that number, it appears that the safest place in the whole world is to be on a full-time mission," concluded the member of the Twelve.
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Now, I also found another site that lists quite a few of the missionaries and the cause of their death and where they were from. I just thought that this information should also be included in this Memoriam. This list is in no particular order by year or anything and also includes some missionaries that actually lived through their ordeal, such as being kidnapped, etc. I just strongly felt that people should know what these young men and women have suffered through and go through today, as we speak.


Category Where When Who Hometown What happened Source

accident Abidjan, Ivory Coast 12-May-98 Renee Anderson Salt Lake City, Utah
killed in single car accident Deseret News 10/18/98

accident Abidjan, Ivory Coast 26-May-98 Carlotte Dirae Lofgreen Orem, Utah died two weeks later as result of above accident Deseret News 10/18/98

accident Argentina unknown female missionary suffocated by carbon monoxide from faulty heater personal correspondence

accident Argentina unknown female missionary suffocated by carbon monoxide from faulty heater personal correspondence

accident Brazil 19-Jun-99 Dielson Gomes Dos Santos Caico, Brazil died in car accident; companion injured LDS Gems archive

accident Canary Islands 20-Jan-99 Jaarl Michale Papenfuss Fountain Green, Utah swept out to sea by large wave and drowned post to soc.religion.mormon

accident Canary Islands 20-Jan-99 Joshua Matthew Prymak Montclair, Virginia swept out to sea by large wave and drowned post to soc.religion.mormon

accident Capetown, South Africa 24-Jul-99 Richard Keith Black Murray, Utah hit and killed by a car while riding his bike Salt Lake Tribune 7/26/99

accident Colorado 1983 male missionary hit and killed by a car while riding his bike personal correspondence

accident Connecticut 15-Mar-96 Brian Michale Miller Rexburg, Idaho killed by hit and run driver while walking down highway Deseret News 10/18/98

accident Ecuador 4-Aug-98 Eslantina Bravo Pico died in earthquake Deseret News 10/18/98

accident Osceola, Iowa 28-Jan-00 Jaysen Ray Christiansen Harrisville, Utah killed in auto accident Deseret News 1/29/00

accident Osceola, Iowa 28-Jan-00 Jared Mont Pulham Alpine, Utah killed in auto accident Deseret News 1/29/00

accident Osceola, Iowa 28-Jan-00 Bradley Alan Savage Lehi, Utah killed in auto accident Deseret News 1/29/00

accident Osceola, Iowa 28-Jan-00 Daniel Byrne Roundy Kaysville, Utah killed in auto accident Deseret News 1/29/00

accident Southern Hemisphere 1985 male missionary dove into pool, broke neck; paralyzed personal correspondence

accident Tallahassee, Florida 27-Mar-98 Kenton Martin South Jordan, Utah killed by truck while waiting at intersection Deseret News 10/18/98

accident Thailand 8-Nov-97 Joseph Bookstaber New Jersey killed by truck Deseret News 10/18/98

accident USA 1975 male missionary suffocated by carbon monoxide from broken pipe personal correspondence

accident USA 1975 male missionary suffocated by carbon monoxide from broken pipe personal correspondence

accident Villa Angela, Argentina Apr-00 Eric Robert Driggs Mesa, Arizona killed in auto accident Deseret News 4/10/00

accident Villa Angela, Argentina Apr-00 Jordan Lee Call Logan, Utah severely injured in auto accident Deseret News 4/10/00

accident Yerevan, Armenia 1-Aug-97 Linda Randle Jackson Oak City, Utah died in hit and run accident Deseret News 10/18/98

accident Provo, Utah 9-Jun-00 Wen Ping Shi Fujin, China killed on freeway on-ramp while apparently leaving MTC Deseret News 6/9/00

kidnapping Guatemala Jun-98 Barbara and Anita Stolfus kidnapped, rescued by police Deseret News 6/30/98

kidnapping Guatemala Jun-98 Otto and Jane Glick kidnapped, rescued by police Deseret News 6/30/98

kidnapping Nicaragua 1979 Terry Lee Benton Simi Valley, California kidnapped by Sandinistas, held at gunpoint 2 hrs, released personal knowledge

kidnapping Nicaragua 1979 male missionary kidnapped by Sandinistas, held at gunpoint 2 hrs, released personal knowledge

kidnapping Pittsburgh, PA 1990 male missionary kidnapped, held 3 days, abused; sent home w/ pysch prob personal correspondence

kidnapping Saratov, Russia Mar-98 Andrew Lee Probst Lebanon, Oregon kidnapped, held for 5 days and released Deseret News 8/25/98

kidnapping Saratov, Russia Mar-98 Travis Robert Tuttle Gilbert, Arizona kidnapped, held for 5 days and released Deseret News 8/25/98

violence Argentina Apr-97 Orin Voorheis critically wounding in shooting; brain damaged Deseret News 10/18/98

violence Bolivia 25-May-89 Jeffrey Brent Ball Wanship, Utah shot and killed by left-wing terrorist group Salt Lake Tribune 4/7/91

violence Bolivia 25-May-89 Todd Ray Wilson Wellington, Utah shot and killed by left-wing terrorist group Salt Lake Tribune 4/7/91

violence Buenos Aires, Argentina Oct-97 Daniel Lawson shot in face during robbery attempt; survived Deseret News 10/18/98

violence Cordoba, Argentina 8-Jun-05 Bradley Hall Rexburg, Idaho shot by burglars; temporarily paralyzed; survived personal correspondence

violence Dominican Republic 27-Dec-89 David Hadley Read San Francisco, California shot in leg by two men on a motorcycle; survived Salt Lake Tribune 4/7/91

violence Dublin, Ireland May-90 Gale Stanley Critchfield Payson, Utah stabbed to death Salt Lake Tribune 4/7/91

violence Ivory Coast, West Africa 24-Apr-99 Jonathan Philip Barrett Morgan, Utah stabbed to death while walking to appointment Deseret News 4/25/99

violence Lima, Peru 6-Mar-91 Oscar Zapata Piura, Peru shot and killed after getting off a bus Deseret News 10/18/98

violence Lisbon, Portugal Feb-87 Roger Todd Hunt Las Vegas, Nevada shot and killed by a security guard in a mistake Salt Lake Tribune 4/7/91

violence Peru Aug-90 Manuel Antonio Hidalgo Peru shot and killed on way to visit church members Salt Lake Tribune 4/7/91

violence Peru Aug-90 Christian Andreani Ugarte Peru shot and killed on way to visit church members Salt Lake Tribune 4/7/91

violence South Carolina Dec-79 female missionary Utah sexually assaulted and murdered Salt Lake Tribune 4/7/91

violence South Carolina Dec-79 female missionary Idaho sexually assaulted and murdered Salt Lake Tribune 4/7/91

violence Texas 28-Oct-74 Gary Darley Simi Valley, California murdered and dismembered by investigator Sunstone, personal knowledge

violence Texas 28-Oct-74 Mark Fischer murdered and dismembered by investigator Sunstone, personal knowledge

violence Ufa, Russia 18-Oct-98 Jose Manual Mackintosh Hiko, Nevada stabbed to death when leaving LDS family residence Salt Lake Tribune 10/18/98

violence Ufa, Russia 18-Oct-98 Bradley Alan Borden Mesa, Arizona wounded in above attack Salt Lake Tribune 10/18/98

violence Utah 1991 female missionary raped Salt Lake Tribune 05/12/99
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I don't believe, through my own personal experience and the experiences of many Friends and Family members, that the Mormon Church, being the massive multi-billion dollar corporation that they are, spends enough money in protecting the Mormon Missionaries from harm; especially when it comes to bad water and bad food. In fact, it isn't even close!!

There are places in this world and in many countries, where Mormon Missionaries should never be sent, period!! I wish the Church would report monthly, how many missionaries are physically hurt or sick with intestinal worms, etc. I read one report the other day that in Bolivia, up to 60% of the mission, meaning around 100 missionaries are too sick to work, at any given time. Now that is just sad.

That doesn't even count the ones that go out working everyday that are too sick to be out there but feel guilted, pressured and obligated to do it. I understand how that is, because I did it many times. Sometimes, you are walking to a discussion appointment and throwing up along the way. It becomes so normal, that you don't think anything of it after a while. I used to leave with cramps, a fever, etc. After all, I had to do the Lords' work, right? I also didn't want my companion ratting me out to the President, Assistants, Zones Leaders, etc, that I was lazy and didn't want to work. Isn't that sad? I should have been in bed, getting better!!

In Hinckley's latest book, there are several disgusting talks that he gave to missionaries, while in their missions around the world and in the MTCS, where he just rips on sick missionaries, saying that a sick missionary "is a an imposition to his companion", because the work all has to come to a halt and they can no longer find God's anointed. Again, the work is more important than the missionaries.

He then basically blames the missionary for being sick and says that if he takes proper care of himself and obeys the rules, that God will bless him with health and strength. So basically, any missionary that gets sick, only has himself to blame. Isn't that great? He also goes on and on in one talk, saying 3 times in a row, "missionaries are so careless." Now that's a man full of love and compassion, isn't it?

Well, what the hell does this dumb ass, old geezer, with no wisdom or common sense, expect out of 19 year old kids that are still wet behind the ears, especially the naive kids from Utah? He wants 19 year old kids, barely out of high school, in most cases, very sheltered,(living in "THE VILLAGE") to act like life experienced, mature 35 year old men and it just ain't gonna happen folks. They say that you leave a Boy and come back a man, right? Well, if that's the case, then every 2 years, we have around 50,000 boys and girls out there, not men and women.

Now, let me share with everyone another one of my many mission experiences. This should help some of you out there to see how, "following the rules", supposedly "inspired wisdom", can make you sick and maybe even kill you. In my mission in Argentina, the water was horrible and full of parasites. As I reflect back, to the soups, the ice, the bread, the stews and everything that had that parasite infested water in it, it's no wonder why I was so damn sick, so many times, along with every other missionary I knew.(Except those living high on the hog in the Mission home.)

Anyway, at one point, we were told that it was okay to drink the water(it wasn't) and then we were told that it wasn't okay(The Mormon God changing his mind again) and to only drink bottled water and specific brands, as they were the best and safest. So for well over a year, I and most of the other missionaries, bought and drank this "safe bottled water." I was still sick all the time, had the runs, terrible stomach cramps, throwing up, off an on, etc. So, one day, we were in a members home, where they received their TV news from the Capital, Buenos Aires, where the water was bottled and guess what?

It turned out that for the last 2 years or so, the water bottling plant, that bottled THE EXACT WATER, that the President was INSPIRED to tell us to drink, had been putting out contaminated water, ALL OF IT!! Guess what it was contaminated with? How about RAW SEWAGE!! Isn't it just wonderful?!! Yeah, just wonderful!! So, you see, dumb ass Hinckley, in this particular case, obeying the "inspired rules", just made us sicker and it wasn't our fault, was it?

Hinckley is such an arrogant man and the Church always wants to blame the poor missionaries and their unworthiness. I've been home for over a decade now and I've had stomach problems off and on and have never been the same. I've had to watch what I eat and be careful. Before infesting my body with parasites for 2 years, I had never had any type of stomach problems. I guess it was my fault, right? Well, it is if you ask the Mormon Cult Prophet of fraud!!

Sure, we took parasite medicine every 2-3 months, but does that change the fact that we had the parasites in our body for a month or two or three and that they had already done their damage? Does the Mormon Hierarchy care? Of course they don't, that's why they stay in five star hotels and eat only the finest cuisine wherever they go. They don't want to get sick like us. Does anybody know or even care, what type of permanent damage is done by having these parasites in our bodies for basically 2 years?


So, we show up to their "one man show conferences", sometimes, sicker than dogs, puking on the way, with fevers, and all they can do is rip on us, cut us down, etc, for not working hard enough, or enough hours and not producing enough numbers, mainly baptisms. I had the unfortunate bad luck of meeting 3 Mormon General Authorities while on my mission and not once did they ask me how I was physically, mentally, or emotionally. They didn't give a shit about me, just my baptisms, my zone's baptisms, etc.

One month, as a Zone Leader, nearly everyone in our zone was sick and our baptisms, along with discussions, working hours, etc, went way down, predictably and oh man, did we get our heads ripped off. We also got a very special visit and work session with the ass-istants, sent specially by the Mission President himself. They wanted to know the "REAL" reason that our numbers were down and accused us of not obeying the rules, therefore causing God to withdraw his spirit and blessing from us. They want to know how we felt, knowing that our lack of obedience was making the rest of the zone suffer? Can you believe that shit?

Now, I'll be the first to admit that missionaries driving skills are horrendous in general and it's really a miracle that more missionaries aren't killed on a daily basis, all around the world from their high speed and reckless driving. I have several friends that were in fairly bad car accidents, two in rollovers, but they survived, thankfully, due to wearing their seat belts.

Also, in all 3 cases, the accident was indeed caused by the missionary driving, a couple were even my friends. There were several accidents in my mission too, all caused by the missionaries. It's not like 19 year old kids, are going to be automatically good drivers.

The Church should put them all through drivers safety courses in the MTC or in the mission when they arrive, but that would cost more time and money and the Church doesn't give a damn about missionary safety, especially if it would take more of their precious time away, that could be spent looking for those "Elect of God."

Anyway, please everyone, as you read the names of the missionaries above and their information, if anything is wrong, send me an Email, so that I can correct it. Also, if there is someone missing from the list and you have the details, please let me know, so that I can add them to the list and honor them in their sacrifice that they gave. Even though I now don't agree with what missionaries are doing, I was once a missionary and believed that what I was doing, was ordained of Jesus Christ himself, just like these missionaries believed.

My belief that what they are doing is wrong, in no way, takes away from the fact that they payed the ultimate price and sacrificed their lives and are now gone, leaving their friends and family to suffer and try to move forward the best way they know how. I could have very easily been on that list above and for some unknown reason or just plain luck, I'm still here and grateful everyday for my life, especially now, knowing the truth that I know.

My heart truly aches for those that have lost their Son's, Daughters, Brothers, Sisters, Aunts and Uncles, Nieces and Nephews and friends. May they be blessed with peace and the ability to move forward, but at the same time, never forgetting their loved one.

I sincerely wish all of you the very best and may God bless all of you!!

Samuel the Utahnite