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End reason Granted general authority emeritus status Full Name Robert Earl Wells Born December 28, 1927 (age 96) Las Vegas, Nevada, United States ( 1927-12-28 ) Books We Are Christians Because, The Mount and the Master, Wonderwise: Is a Blue Whale th, Trust, Hay algo mas rapido que un g | ||
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Robert Earl Wells (born December 28, 1927) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 1976.
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Wells was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. He grew up in Logandale, Nevada. Following high school, Wells served in the United States Navy. Following an honorable discharge, he earned a degree in accounting from Brigham Young University. He then served as a missionary for the LDS Church in Argentina.
Soon after returning from Argentina, Wells married Meryl Leavitt and then four months later took a job with First National City Bank in South America. He lived in Paraguay, Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.
Meryl Wells died when the airplane she was piloting crashed in bad weather in Argentina on December 11, 1960. About two years later, he married Helen Walser.
From 1968 to 1971, Wells was president of the LDS Church's Mexico Monterrey Mission. From 1971 to 1976 he worked for the church's central purchasing department. Prior to his call as a general authority, Wells had served as a regional representative in several Latin American countries. In 1976, he became a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy, and held this position until 1997, when he was designated an emeritus general authority. In February 1977, Wells took up residence in Santiago, Chile, as the church's area representative for Chile, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. From 1998 to 2001, Wells was president of the church's Santiago Chile Temple.
Wells is the father of seven children, including Sharlene Wells, Miss America 1985.