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Funeral Services Planned for President Jeffrey R. Holland
By Meridian Church Newswire
· December 28, 2025
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Funeral services for President Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be held in the Tabernacle on Temple Square on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. MST.
President Holland died on December 27, 2025, in Salt Lake City at the age of 85 (read more about his life).
The funeral will be open to the public, ages 8 and older. Seating in the Tabernacle will be available to the public with doors opening at 9:30 a.m. Admission to the Tabernacle will be on a space available basis. Overflow seating will be made available as appropriate.
President Dallin H. Oaks will preside and Elder Quentin L. Cook, a former mission companion of President Holland, will conduct the service. The program will include remarks by members of the Holland family. Music will be provided by the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.
The funeral services will be streamed live and available on demand in 38 languages on ChurchofJesusChrist.org and on YouTube in 10 languages noted with an asterisk:
American Sign Language (ASL), Armenian, Albanian, British Sign Language (BSL), Cambodian, Cantonese, Cebuano, *Chinese (Trad.), Czech, Danish, Dutch, *English, Estonian, Finnish, *French, *German, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, *Italian, *Japanese, *Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, *Mandarin, Mongolian, Norwegian, *Portuguese, Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, *Russian, Samoan, *Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tahitian, Thai, Tongan, and Ukrainian.
President Holland will be buried in his hometown of St. George, Utah, next to his wife, Patricia, who died in 2023.
Those wishing to send condolences can email them to [email protected].
Please follow The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ social media or visit Church Newsroom for further details about the funeral services and broadcast.