President M. Russell Ballard’s funeral services will be held today, November 17, 2023, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. MST. Watch below.
The funeral services will be streamed live on the Church’s Broadcasts page and Inspiration and Events YouTube channel (both available in Cantonese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish), as well as BYUtv.
A private burial service will take place at the Salt Lake City Cemetery immediately following the funeral.
The funeral will be open to the public ages 8 and older.
The Temple Square gates and the Tabernacle doors will open at 9:30 a.m. Those wishing to attend should be in their seats by 10:30 a.m. The Church campus buildings will be closed at 10:30 a.m. and will reopen following the funeral at 1 p.m.
There will be no public viewing, but expressions of sympathy can be posted on President Ballard’s official Facebook and Instagram accounts.
In lieu of flowers, President Ballard’s family has asked that donations be made to This Is The Place Heritage Park.
This is an official press release re-published by LDSDaily.com from Newsroom.ChurchofJesusChrist.org.
