Remembering President Boyd K. Packer 1 year after his death

President Boyd K. Packer speaks during a multi-stake conference at the BYU Marriott Center in Provo, Utah, on Sept. 7, 2008.

President Boyd K. Packer speaks during the 2009 Freedom Awards Gala at BYU on Thursday, July 2, 2009. The annual event is part of the Freedom Festival and honors those who have espoused the cause of freedom throughout the world.

President Boyd K. Packer speaks during the Saturday morning session of 185th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 4, 2015.

President Boyd K. Packer waves to attendees after the Saturday morning session of 185th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 4, 2015.

President Boyd K. Packer reaches out for his wife Donna’s hand as they exit the stand following the morning session of the 184th Semiannual General Conference on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014, at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City.

President Boyd K. Packer speaks during the morning session of the 184th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014, at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City.

President Boyd K. Packer enjoys a light moment during his address at the Brigham City Seminary Centennial devotional on Jan. 26, 2104. At left is Elder Allan F. Packer, and at right is President Aaron Shepherd of the Brigham City Utah South Stake.

First seminary Book of Mormon class, held in 1953 at Brigham City Seminary, shows a young President Boyd K. Packer, at left, as instructor.

Those in attendance stand and applaud President Boyd K. Packer and Sister Donna S. Packer as Weber State University names the Center for Family & Community Education after them Wednesday, May 8, 2013, during a program at the Kimball Visual Arts Center’s Shaw Gallery at Weber State University.

Sister Donna S. Packer, left, looks up at her husband, President Boyd K. Packer, as he makes a few remarks following the announcement of the Boyd K. and Donna S. Packer Center for Family & Community Education on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, during a program in the Kimball Visual Arts Center’s Shaw Gallery at Weber State University.

Elder Boyd K. Packer and his wife, Donna, and son Allan F. Packer at the dedication of the Brigham City Temple.

Sister Donna Smith Packer, wife of President Boyd K. Packer, receives a family history certificate from BYU on June 15, 2012.

President Boyd Packer and Elder Russell Nelson greet each other prior to the 154th Annual General Conference for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City Saturday, March 31, 2012.

A young Boyd K. Packer poses with a pheasant.

President Boyd K. Packer, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, is photographed in his office in Salt Lake City Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011.

President Boyd K. Packer, left, poses with Ricardo and Perla Garcia. The Garcias were among the first groups baptized in Chile in 1956. Ricardo Garcia became a great and beloved Chilean leader. The picture was taken at the Santiago Chile Temple dedication on Sept. 15, 1983.

President Boyd K. Packer greets LDS Church members in Chile in December 1974.

Boyd K. Packer (far left, front row) poses with a group of LDS officers in Tokyo.

President Boyd K. Packer smiles and his wife, Donna, waves at someone in the audience just before President Packer spoke at BYU’s Education Week devotional Aug. 18, 2009.

President Boyd K. Packer and his wife, Sister Donna Packer, hold hands during the cornerstone ceremony for the Draper Utah Temple Friday, March 20, 2009.

President Thomas S. Monson, right, shakes hands with President Boyd K. Packer before the Saturday afternoon session of the 178th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 5, 2008. President Monson had become the church’s president in February, when President Packer became the president of its Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

From left to right: President Boyd K. Packer, President Gordon B. Hinckley and Elder Neil L. Andersen pose outside the Boston Massachusetts Temple.

President Boyd K. Packer, pictured here in December 1970, was sustained to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in April 1970.

After World War II, Boyd K. Packer remained in Japan where, during his non-duty hours, he helped to share the gospel. Here he is preparing to perform a baptism.

President Boyd K. Packer when he received an honorary doctorate degree from Weber State University in 1983.

Elder Boyd K. Packer, left, and Elder David B. Haight, third from left, greet President Gordon B. Hinckley, second from left, and President Thomas S. Monson, right, at the beginning of the Saturday morning session of the 173rd Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Oct. 4, 2003.

Elder Boyd K. Packer (from left), Elder Marion G. Romney, Bishop Robert L. Simpson, President Harold B. Lee, Elder Paul H. Dunn and Dr. Henry B. Eyring observe the flag ceremony at Dr. Eyring’s inaugural at Ricks College.

President Boyd K. Packer and his wife, Donna, in 1975 at the gate of their home.

President Boyd K. Packer and his wife, Donna, and family at a family home evening in 1970. Children are (left to Rright) Eldon, Gayle, Lawrence, Kathleen, Spencer, Russell, Laurel, David and Allan. (One son, Kenneth, not shown, was serving a mission).

President Boyd K. Packer and his family posed in 1965 before they left Utah for his assignment as president of the New England Mission.

President Boyd K. Packer speaks at President Howard W. Hunter’s funeral.

President Boyd K. Packer and his wife, Sister Donna Packer, during the cornerstone ceremony for the Draper Temple on Friday, March 20, 2009.

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President Boyd K. Packer of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints speaks to students and young adults during a fireside at the Ogden Institute at Weber State University on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008.

President Boyd K. Packer of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints speaks during a fireside for students and young adults at the Ogden Institute at Weber State University on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008.

President Boyd K. Packer surveying the destruction of the San Diego-area wildfires with Bishop Michael J. Robertson of the Granite Hills Ward, El Cajon California Stake. Photo by Jason Swenson (Submission date: 11/02/2003)

Thomas Monson and Boyd Packer await burial services in Whitney, Idaho.

Elder Boyd K. Packer and his wife Donna.

President Daliin H. Oaks helps put a blanket around President boyd K. Packer at the graveside services for President Gordon B. Hinckley at the Salt Lake City Cemetery in Salt Lake City, Utah Saturday Feb. 2, 2008.

President Boyd K Packer in December of 1970 as an assistant to the twelve.

President Boyd K. Packer’s trip to Chile in December 1974. President Packer enjoyed shaking hands with and greeting Chilean members.

Boyd K. Packer, Norman Nixon, Tatsui Sato, C. Elliott Richards and Chiyo Sato (from left) with son Yasuo who helps convert the Sato family to the LDS faith and were some of the first people to be baptized in Japan since the mission was closed

Elder Boyd K. Packer from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints greets family members of the memorialized law enforcement officers at the dedication of the Utah Law Enforcement Memorial on the west lawn of the Utah State Capitol.

President Boyd K. Packer of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints says the dedicatory prayer at the dedication of the Utah Law Enforcement Memorial on the west lawn of the Utah State Capitol. Utah Governor Jon M. Huntsman Jr. is in the background. September 5, 2008.

A piece of President Boyd K. Packer’s artwork, April 17, 2012.

A piece of President Boyd K. Packer’s artwork, April 17, 2012.

President Boyd K. Packer painting, April 17, 2012.

Elder Boyd K. Packer speaking at the first meeting of Genesis, a support organization for black Mormons, on June 8, 1971.

President Boyd K. Packer, left, shares a laugh with Richard Norby, president of the Orem Utah YSA 1st Stake, Nov. 6, 2011, in Provo at the Marriott Center before a Church Educational System devotional.

President Boyd K. Packer, president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, is photographed in his office in Salt Lake City, Sept. 7, 2011.

President Boyd K. Packer is assisted prior to the funeral service of Elder L. Tom Perry, at the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, June 5, 2015.

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President Boyd K. Packer puts the finishing touches on his 1999 painting “The Bishop’s Team” in the backyard of his Salt Lake County home. The painting teaches the lesson of a devoted bishop who immediately left his work to serve a member in need.

President Boyd K. Packer of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles is helped by Elder Russell M. Nelson at the groundbreaking for the Brigham City Temple in Brigham City, Utah, on Saturday, July 31, 2010. President Packer later dedicated that temple near his home.

President Boyd K. Packer as a young man in the World War II Army Corps in the early 1940s.

President Boyd K. Packer awaits the start of the morning session of the 175th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Sunday, April 3, 2005.

President Thomas Monson greets President Boyd K. Packer prior to the funeral service of Elder L. Tom Perry, at the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, June 5, 2015.

President Boyd K. Packer, president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, waves to fellow apostles at the conclusion of the 184th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Sunday, April 6, 2014, in Salt Lake City.

President Boyd K. Packer and his wife, Donna, have a brief conversation during the cornerstone ceremony. About 200 people took part in the ceremony at the Brigham City Temple prior to the dedication Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012.