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Edmunds, Mary Ellen, 1940-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1940-

Biographical History

Mary Ellen Edmunds (1940- ) was a nurse and welfare missionary across Asia, Africa, and the Phillipines.

Mary Ellen Edmunds was born on March 3, 1940, in California. She graduated from Brigham Young University in nursing and later returned to be a faculty member at the university. She has served in a variety of capacities in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; these positions include Assistant Director of Training in the Provo, Utah, Missionary Training Center, Coordinator of Training Welfare Missionaries, and a member of the Relief Society general board. She has served various types of missions: full-time, proselyting, and welfare missions in Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Africa. With an unforgettable love and humor, she has authored best-selling books and is an admired speaker in the Latter-day Saint realm.

Citation:
MEE Thinks: Random Thoughts On Life's Wrinkles, 2004: jkt. (graduated in Nursing from Brigham Young University; served in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as Assistant Director of Training in the Provo Missionary Training Center, Coordinator of Training Welfare Missionaries, a member of the Relief Society general board; served missions - full-time, proselyting, and welfare missions in Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Africa; best-seller and admired speaker)

Ancestry, July 2011:California Birth Index, 1905-1995 about Mary Ellen Edmunds (b. 3 March 1940, California)

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Mary Ellen Edmunds papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7643
Scope and Contents Contains personal and professional papers of Edmunds, including resources from her work at the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah, especially training in foreign languages and instruction of senior missionaries. Some materials deal with human services missions in countries such as India and Ghana. Collection also contains work from Edmunds' work on the Relief Society General Board, including teaching manuals, cards, and correspondence between various members of the Board. Also...
Dates: approximately 1971-2015
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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