Germany and covered all of Europe and Africa. Wirthlin's call to the Quorum of the Twelve came shortly after his call to serve in the church's Presidency of the Seventy. Wirthlin married Elisa Young Rogers on May 26, 1941, in the Salt Lake Temple; they had eight children. She died in August 2006 of causes incident to age. On December 1, 2008, Wirthlin "had gone to bed at his Salt Lake City home, and died peacefully at about 11:30 pm of causes incident to age." At the time of his death, Wirthlin was the oldest apostle among the ranks of the church. He was buried at Salt Lake City Cemetery. Shortly after his death, the University of Utah announced that the Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin Family Scholarship, an endowed scholarship which will benefit the Utah football program, would be named in his honor. On January 2, 2009, when the Utes won the Sugar Bowl, all of the Utah players wore a commemorative sticker on their helmets with the initials JBW in his honor. Notes References External links General Authorities and General Officers: Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin AP obituary in the Salt Lake Tribune 1917 births 2008 deaths American general authorities (LDS Church) Apostles (LDS Church) Counselors in the General Presidency of the Sunday School (LDS Church) Members of the First Quorum of the Seventy (LDS Church) American Mormon missionaries in Austria American Mormon missionaries in Germany American Mormon missionaries in Switzerland Businesspeople from Salt Lake City Presidents of the Seventy (LDS Church) Utah Utes football players University of Utah alumni 20th-century Mormon missionaries Assistants to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Burials at Salt Lake City Cemetery Latter Day Saints from Utah