after his death. Death Cowley died unexpectedly in Los Angeles, California on December 13, 1953, while visiting to attend services for the newly built Los Angeles Temple. He was buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery. George Q. Morris was called to fill the vacancy in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Published works Biography See also Paora Te Potangaroa References External resources Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand Biography Collections related to Matthew and Elva T. Cowley in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University 1897 births 1953 deaths American Latter Day Saint writers American Mormon missionaries in New Zealand Apostles (LDS Church) University of Utah alumni George Washington University Law School alumni Mission presidents (LDS Church) Writers from Salt Lake City 20th-century Mormon missionaries Burials at Salt Lake City Cemetery Translators to Māori American general authorities (LDS Church) Translators of the Book of Mormon 20th-century translators People from Salt Lake City Latter Day Saints from Utah Missionary linguists