Ernest LeRoy Hatch, 84, former president of the Mexican Mission, regional representative and president of the Guatemala Temple from 1987-1990, died Oct. 17, 1995, in Colonia Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico.
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A native of the colonies, Brother Hatch served a proselyting mission in the Spanish-American Mission in 1932. He later was the first missionary to serve in Mexico City following a nine-year period in which no missionaries were able to serve in the area. He and his wife, Jeanne, opened the Missionary Training Center in Mexico City in February 1980, serving until July 1982.A physician, he treated thousands of people, many of whom could not afford to pay for his services.