Photo gallery: The life of President Thomas S. Monson
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson leaves the funeral for Sister Ruth Faust, wife of the late President James E. Faust, former second counselor in the LDS Church's First Presidency in Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 13, 2008. Credit: DESERET MORNING NEWS
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson new president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, speaks to the media at the announcement of the new First Presidency of the LDS church. He chose as 1st counselor Henry B. Eyring and 2nd Counselor Diedet F. Uchtdorf. Photo taken at the LDS Church office building in Salt Lake City, Utah Monday Feb. 4, 2008. August Miller/ Deseret Morning News
August Miller, Deseret Morning News
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson, center new president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, left, 1st counselor Henry B. Eyring and right, 2nd Counselor Diedet F. Uchtdorf are named as the new first presidency of the LDS church at a news conference at the LDS Church office building in Salt Lake City, Utah Monday Feb. 4, 2008. August Miller/ Deseret Morning News
Credit: August Miller/ Deseret Morning N
View 60 more
LDS President Thomas S. Monson and wife, Frances, watch the game as the Utah Jazz and the Los Angeles Clippers play NBA basketball in Salt Lake City, Utah, Mar. 28, 2008 Credit: DESERET MORNING NEWS
View 60 more
FOR CHURCH NEWS COVER--DO NOT USE ANYWHERE BEFORE PRINTED ON APRIL 5TH--President Thomas S. Monson in his Salt Lake City, Utah, office April 2, 2008. Photo by Tom Smart Credit: DESERET MORNING NEWS
View 60 more
President George W. Bush greets Thomas Monson, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the churchÕs headquarters Thursday, May 29, 2008, in Salt Lake City. Also pictured at right is Henry Eyring, First Counsel in the Counsel of Twelve. White House photo by Eric Draper
Credit: Eric Draper
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson attends the Cultural Celebration performed by the youth of the Twin falls Temple district August 23, 2008 Photo by Scott G. Winterton/Deseret News. Deseret News
View 60 more
President Thomas Monson and his wife Frances wave to fans at the Days of 47 parade in Salt Lake City on July 24, 2008. Photo/Laura Seitz, Deseret News.
Credit: Deseret News
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson, as he is leaving the temple waves to a member man in a house across the street. just before getting into his car at the Twin Falls Temple. August 24, 2008 Photo by Scott G. Winterton/Deseret News. Deseret News
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson turns and speaks after placing mortar into the corner stone during the Corner stone ceremony at the Twin Falls LDS Temple. August 24, 2008 Photo by Scott G. Winterton/Deseret News. Credit: Dnews
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson attends the Cultural Celebration performed by the youth of the Twin falls Temple district August 23, 2008 Photo by Scott G. Winterton/Deseret News. (Submission date: 08/26/2008) Credit: Dnews
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson and Frances J. Monson at the 60th anniversary celebration for at the Lion House in Salt Lake City Utah, Utah, Oct. 6, 2008. Photo by Tom Smart Credit: Deseret News
View 60 more
David Archuletta sings the National Anthem as President Thomas S. Monson, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stands and listens at the opening State of Utah Inauguration ceremonies. Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. was sworn in for his 2nd term as Governor. January 5, 2009 Photo by Stuart Johnson Credit: Deseret News
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson and McKenzie Miller wait for her mother to take their photo during intermission at Mormon Tabernacle Choir concert at Red Rocks Amphitheater, near Denver, Colo., June 29, 2009
{td0w}, June30, 2009. Gerry Avant, Deseret News Deseret News
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson, Pres. Henry Eyring and Pres. Dieter Uchtdorf with wives Frances Monson, Kathleen Eyring and Harriet Uchtdorf listen during Centennial Civic Service for the 100th anniversary celebration of the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News Deseret News
View 60 more
LDS first presidency members Henry Eyring, Thomas Monson and Dieter Uchtdorf pose outside the temple between sessions during the dedication of the Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple in South Jordan, Utah, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News Credit: Deseret News
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson and his wife, Sister Frances Monson, pause outside the Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple after the first dedicatory session Aug. 21, which was his 82nd birthday., {td0w}, Aug.21, 2009 in South Jordan, Utah. Gerry Avant, Deseret News Credit: Deseret News
View 60 more
University of Utah Athletic Director Chris Hill, University of Utah President Michael Young, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints President Thomas S. Monson and Deseret News Publisher Jim Wall (left to right) honor President Monson as the University of Utah and the Air Force Academy play MWC football Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Tom Smart, Deseret News
Credit: Deseret News
View 60 more
From left, President Thomas S. Monson, waves to the crowd with his wife Frances and his daughter Ann M. Dibb at his side at the conclusion of the morning session of the 179th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009. August Miller, Deseret News
Credit: Deseret News
View 60 more
(from left) Florence Jacobsen, President Thomas S. Monson and Ruth Funk, both Jacobsen and Funk are past Young Women Presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints they were honored at a luncheon where President Thomas S. Monson spoke at the Relief Society Building in Salt Lake City, Utah .Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. August Miller, Deseret News
Credit: Deseret News
View 60 more
Photos from Wednesday, February 3, 2010. President Thomas S. Monson holds the basketball before the Jazz game.
Photo by Brent Asay, Utah Jazz Credit: Brent Asay, Utah Jazz
View 60 more
President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Thomas Monson, left, comforts singer Marie Osmond before a graveside service after the funeral of her son Michael Bryan in Provo, Utah on Monday, March 8, 2010. (AP Photo/George Frey) Credit: AP
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson and wife Francis meet with 100 year old Thelma Fetze and her family in Salt Lake City, Utah, Friday, April 9, 2010. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News Credit: Deseret News
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson and wife Francis meet with 100 year old Thelma Fetze and her family in Salt Lake City, Utah, Friday, April 9, 2010. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News Credit: Deseret News
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson and wife Francis meet with 100 year old Thelma Fetze and her family in Salt Lake City, Utah, Friday, April 9, 2010. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News Credit: Deseret News
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson and wife Francis meet with 100 year old Thelma Fetze and her family in Salt Lake City, Utah, Friday, April 9, 2010. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News Deseret News
View 60 more
President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Thomas S. Monson in attendance as the Mormon Historic Sites Foundation honors Florence S. Jacobsen at the Junius F. Wells Award Dinner at the Joseph Smith Memorial building in Salt Lake City,Utah on Wednesday, April, 21, 2010. Mike Terry, Deseret News Deseret News
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson, President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, first counselor in the First Presidency, Sister Harriott Uchtdorf, and Sister Ann M. Dibb, second counselor in the young women general presidency and President Monson's daughter listen to temple cornerstone choir.
President Monson dedicated the Vancouver British Columbia Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Sunday, May 2.
Sunday, May2, 2010. Sarah Jane Weaver Deseret News Credit: Sarah Jane Weaver
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson arrives at a cultural program held Saturday, June 12, to celebrate the completion of the Cebu City Philippines Temple, which he will dedicate Sunday, June 13.
Saturday, June, 12, 2010. Gerry Avant Credit: Gerry Avant
View 60 more
After the cornerstone ceremony for the Cebu City Philippines Temple on Sunday, June 12, 2010, President Thomas S. Monson delights crowd by playing the piano.
Sunday, June, 13, 2010. Gerry Avant Credit: Gerry Avant
View 60 more
Jacob and Jonathan Lowry are among children President Thomas S. Monson called upon to place mortar on the Cebu City Philippines Temple's symbolic cornerstone.
Sunday, June, 13, 2010. Gerry Avant Credit: Gerry Avant
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson speaks to boys and girls after conducting the cornerstone ceremony for the Cebu City Philippines Temple on Sunday, June 13, 2010.
Sunday, June, 13, 2010. Gerry Avant Credit: Gerry Avant
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson and his wife, Sister Frances J. Monson, and daughter, Ann M. Dibb, pause for photo after sacrament meeting during the Seminar for New Mission Presidents at the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah, June 27.
Monday, June, 28, 2010. Gerry Avant Credit: Gerry Avant
View 60 more
Cover of President Thomas S. Monson's new biography August 2010. Credit: IRI
View 60 more
LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson and his author Heidi Swinton looks over the beginning of the printing of his new biography in Salt Lake City, Utah, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News Credit: Deseret News
View 60 more
LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson has some fun with his wife Francis while LDS Church printing facility in Salt Lake City, Utah, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News Credit: Deseret News
View 60 more
LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson looks over the book cover of his new biography in Salt Lake City, Utah, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News Credit: Deseret News
View 60 more
Credit: Scott Taylor
View 60 more
LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson addresses audience assembled for a program celebrating the culture of the Hawaiian Islands and other parts of Polynesia. The program was held Saturday on conjunction with the rededication of the Laie Hawaii Temple on Sunday.
Sunday, Nov., 21, 2010. Gerry Avant Credit: Gerry Avant
View 60 more
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints President Thomas S. Monson speaks during the Sunday morning session of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 181st Annual General Conference Sunday, April 3, 2011, in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Tom Smart, Deseret News)
Credit: Deseret News
View 60 more
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Thomas S. Monson and his wife, Frances, wave to the crowd after The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 181st Annual General Conference on Sunday, April 3, 2011, in Salt Lake City, Utah. On Saturday, Monson announced plans to build new temples in Fort Collins, Colo., Meridian, Idaho and Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The church has 134 operating temples worldwide and another 26 either under construction or planned. (AP Photo/The Deseret News, Tom Smart) Credit: AP
View 60 more
Funeral of Elder Jack H. Goaslind Jr. on May 2, 2011.Tuesday, May3, 2011. At gravesite, President Thomas S. Monson places a rose on the casket of Elder Goaslind.
Credit: Photos by R. Scott Lloyd
View 60 more
Thomas S. Monson, the 16th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivers the commencement address to 1,528 graduating students at Dixie State College of Utah's Centennial Commencement Ceremony at the Burns Arena Friday, May 6, 2011.
Samantha Clemens / The Spectrum Credit: The Spectrum
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson (center) uses a pair of large scissors to cut a ribbon during a party for the Former Hotel Utah and current Joseph Smith Memorial building as it turns 100 Thursday, June 9, 2011. Mark Willis, CEO of Deseret Management Corporation (left) and Brent Shingleton, President and CEO of Temple Square Hospitality (right) hold the ribbon steady. Credit: Deseret News
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints speaks at a gala which was part of the 100th birthday celebration of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, Friday, June 10, 2011. Credit: Deseret News
View 60 more
LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson and Beverley Taylor Sorenson laugh during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts & Education Complex at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City Tuesday, June 14, 2011. Credit: Tom Smart, Deseret News
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson visits on June 26 with Pat Davies, called as the first patriarch of the Toronto Ontario Stake, which President Monson organized in 1962.
Sunday, June, 26, 2011. Photo by Gerry Avant Credit: Gerry Avant
View 60 more
After speaking at a sacrament meeting in Mississaugua Ontario Stake on Sunday, June 26, President Thomas S. Monson, seated, poses for photo with June Pallin and her husband, Everett Pallin, one of his counselors in the Canadian Mission presidency, and Stephen Hadley, who was one of his missionaries and a counselor, and is now president of the Toronto Alberta Temple, and his wife, Shirley.
Sunday, June, 26, 2011. Photo by Gerry Avant Gerry Avant, Church News
View 60 more
Sacrament meeting for Etobiocoke and Churchville YSA wards, Mississaugua Ontario Stake, wards on June 26, President Thomas S. Monson visits with Joseph and Gladys Willmont; Brother Willmont was a branch president and bishop when President Monson presided over the Canadian Mission.
Sunday, June, 26, 2011. Photo by Gerry Avant Gerry Avant, Church News
View 60 more
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints President Thomas S. Monson watches the bareback riding during the Days of '47 rodeo Monday, July 18, 2011, in West Valley City, Utah.
Credit: Deseret News
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson waves to the crowd while riding in the Days of 47 parade in Salt Lake City on Monday, July 25, 2011. Credit: Deseret News
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson, right, and daughter, Ann M. Dibb of the Young Women general presidency, London Ontario Canada Stake Pres. David Sandor participate in the dedication of a camp that is named after President Monson, on Saturday, June 25.
Saturday, June, 25, 2011. Photo by Gerry Avant Credit: Gerry Avant
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson gives Shree Sharma ,CQ, a hug after the ceremony. President Monson received the "Service Above Self" Award from Salt Lake City Rotary Club at their awards ceremony Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011 in the Salt Palace. Deseret News
View 60 more
Salt Lake City Rotary President Colleen Malouf stands with Ann Dibb, President Thomas S. Monson, and Rotary President Elect Paul Young as President Monson looks at his "Service Above Self" at a ceremony Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011 in the Salt Palace. Deseret News
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints speaks at Brigham Young University in Provo, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011. Credit: Deseret News
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints speaks at Brigham Young University in Provo, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011. Credit: Deseret News
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson speaks during the First Presidency's Christmas devotional Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011 at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City. Credit: Deseret News
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson and Eldred G. Smith talk after President Monson stopped by for a visit to Eldred G. Smith on his 105th birthday at the Smith's home Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. Credit: Deseret News
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints greets people following a ceremony to open City Creek Center in Salt Lake City, Thursday, March 22, 2012. Deseret News
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson, right, visits with long-time friend and Patriarch Emeritus Elder Eldred G. Smith, who turned 106 on Jan. 9.
Wednesday, Jan., 9, 2013. Photo by Gerry Avant Credit: Gerry Avant
View 60 more
President Thomas S. Monson, right, visits with long-time friend and Patriarch Emeritus Elder Eldred G. Smith, who turned 106 on Jan. 9.
Wednesday, Jan., 9, 2013. Photo by Gerry Avant Credit: Gerry Avant
By Ryan Morgenegg, Deseret News
Photo gallery from the life of President Thomas S. Monson
Newsletters
Subscribe for free and get daily or weekly updates straight to your inbox
