facebook-pixel

She helped shape today’s LDS Primary. She sneaked behind the Iron Curtain. Oh, and she still water-skis at 92.

Dwan Jacobsen Young oversaw the children’s organization when it transitioned from a weekday, activity-filled gathering, which attracted many nonmembers, to a staple of Sunday worship.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dwan Young, the seventh Primary president, sits in her home in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, March 13, 2024.