Elder Bernard P. Brockbank, an emeritus member of the First Quorum of the Seventy, died at his Holladay home Oct. 11, 2000. He was 91.
He was named a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Oct. 1, 1976, after serving as an assistant to the Quorum of Twelve for 14 years. He became an emeritus member of the Seventy on Oct. 4, 1980.
He was managing director of the Mormon pavilions at the New York World's Fair; Hemisfair '68 in San Antonio; Man and His World in Montreal; and Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan.
A well-known building contractor, Elder Brockbank built more than 700 houses in the Salt Lake Valley and was a member of national and local building associations. He was an officer of the Utah Home Builders Association and the Salt Lake Board of Realtors.
He served as president of the Holladay Lions Club and the Sons of the Utah Pioneers. He was also president of the Granite School District Board of Education and a member of the Southern Utah University Board of Regents.
He was born on May 24, 1909, in Holladay to Taylor P. and Sarah LeCheminant Brockbank. He attended Holladay Grade School, Granite High School, Utah State Agricultural College, George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and the University of Utah.
He married Nada Rich in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 11, 1935. The marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple on May 4, 1937. Elder Brockbank was preceded in death by wife Nada and two sons. He is survived by his second wife, France Morgan, whom he married in 1968 in the Salt Lake Temple; five sons and three daughters; 38 grandchildren and 86 great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be Tuesday, Oct. 17 at 1 p.m. at the Holladay Stake Center, 4568 S. Holladay Blvd. A viewing will be held Monday, Oct. 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Larkin Mortuary, 260 E. South Temple. Burial will be at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park.