First LDS missionary known to have died of COVID-19 was a beloved Utah teacher
(Photo courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Allen Dee Pace, age 68 of Willard, Utah, has died of the coronavirus. Pace was serving a senior mission with his wife, Nedra, in Detroit when he became ill.
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