Linda K. Burton

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Linda K. Burton

16th General President of the Relief Society

March 31, 2012

Called by

Thomas S. Monson

Predecessor

Julie B. Beck

Personal details

Residence

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Alma mater

University of Utah

Spouse

Craig P. Burton

Children

Linda Kjar Burton is the general president of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). She was appointed on 31 March 2012 and is the sixteenth woman to hold this position.

Biography

Linda Kjar was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to parents Morris Ashton Kjar and Marjorie Castleton, the second of six children. While in her adolescence, she accompanied her family to Christchurch, New Zealand while her father served as a president of the church's New Zealand South Mission.^[1] While in New Zealand, she attended the Church College of New Zealand.

She married Craig Palmer Burton in 1973. She studied elementary education at the University of Utah. She and her husband are the parents of six children.^[1]

Burton worked briefly as an LDS seminary teacher, and served previously on the general boards of the church's Relief Society and Primary organizations.^[2] She also served with her husband while he was president of the Korea Seoul West Mission from 2007 to 2010.^[1]

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "RS General Board". LDS Church. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
↑ Stack, Peggy (31 March 2012). "New leaders for Mormon women". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2 April 2012.

References

"Linda K. Burton", Liahona, May 2012.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints titles
Preceded by Julie B. Beck	President of the Relief Society March 31, 2012	Incumbent

v t e General Presidencies of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Presidents	E.H. Smith (1842–44) Snow (1866–87) Young (1888–1901) B.W. Smith (1901–10) Wells (1910–21) Williams (1921–28) Robison (1928–39) Lyman (1940–45) Spafford (1945–74) B.B. Smith (1974–84) Winder (1984–90) Jack (1990–97) Smoot (1997–2002) Parkin (2002–07) Beck (2007–12) Burton (2012–)

First Counselors	Cleveland (1842–44) Young (1880–87) Richards (1888–1901) Hyde (1901–09) Williams (1910–21) Knight (1921–28) Lyman (1928–39) Howells (1939–45) Sharp (1945–74) Cannon (1974–78) Boyer (1978–84) Evans (1984–90) Okazaki (1990–97) Jensen (1997–2002) Hughes (2002–07) Allred (2007–12) Stephens (2012–)

Second Counselor	Whitney (1842–44, 1886–87) B.W. Smith (1888–1901) Dusenberry (1901–10) J.L. Smith (1910–21) Robison (1921–28) Child (1928–35) Barker (1935–39) Sorensen (1940–42) Spafford (1942–45) Garff (1945–47) Simonsen (1947–56) Anderson (1957–58) Madsen (1958–74) Boyer (1974–78) Thomas (1978–83) Reese (1983–84) Doxey (1984–90) Clyde (1990–97) Dew (1997–2002) Pingree (2002–07) Thompson (2007–12) Reeves (2012–)

Persondata
Name	Burton, Linda K.
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Short description	Official of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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