Thursday, 17 July 2014

Pennsylvania Bank Barn



She was granddaughter to two prophets: Joseph F. Smith and Heber J. Grant. Florence S. Jacobsen was the sixth general president of the YMMIA from 1961 to 1972, when loud rock music and miniskirts were parents’ biggest fears. When she learned the Lion House was going to be demolished to make room for a new church office building, she convinced David O. McKay to allocate funds for its restoration instead. Within a few years the Lion House was a profitable entity and the funds were repaid. She once said, “By treating myself and others as worthy of the best that is possible, I find that people become better. And I feel that this principle carries over into every area. By making our environment as beautiful and as excellent as possible, we become a more excellent people, mentally, visually, physically, and spiritually.” According to her home care nurse, she still lives by this precept at the age of 101.

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