2003
Sister Elaine Cannon Dies at Age 81
August 2003


“Sister Elaine Cannon Dies at Age 81,” Ensign, Aug. 2003, 79

Sister Elaine Cannon Dies at Age 81

Sister Elaine Cannon

Elaine Anderson Cannon, who served as the Young Women general president from 1978 to 1984, died 19 May 2003 in Salt Lake City. She was 81 years old.

Born in Salt Lake City on 9 April 1922 to Aldon Joseph and Minnie Egan Anderson, she married D. James Cannon in the Salt Lake Temple on 25 March 1943. They have six children, 25 grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchildren.

Sister Cannon most recently served as a stake Relief Society president and a temple worker. In addition to her service as Young Women general president, she also served on the Young Women Mutual Improvement Association General Board, Youth Correlation Committee, Curriculum Planning and Writing Committee, Church Activities Committee, and BYU’s Church Educational System faculty.