President Russell M. Nelson remembered as 'the holder of hands and the healer of hearts'

SALT LAKE CITY — A man who made time for each of his 10 kids. A heart surgeon who remembered each of his patients. A church leader and later prophet who made each person he met feel special and valued — and who didn’t shy away from making decisions, even if it meant a break from tradition.

Those were just some of the qualities that President Russell M. Nelson, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, personified, his family members and fellow church leaders shared during his funeral services on Tuesday.

Laughter punctuated the meeting, as well as music and tears, as his family members and church leaders remembered him in front of thousands of church members at the service held at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Tuesday.

President Nelson died Sept. 27, at age 101