LDS leader Russell M. Nelson recalls the ‘most difficult’ time in his life
Church president revisits the “deep grief and loneliness” of losing his first wife two days before Valentine’s Day, urges people to “show ‘lovingkindness’ to everyone.”
(Courtesy of the Nelson family in Tribune archives)
Russell M. Nelson and Dantzel shortly before announcing their engagement in the summer of 1945. She died in 2005 after the couple's nearly 60-year marriage.