SALT LAKE CITY — Many local members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints woke up to the news of their prophet's passing.

Church President Russell M. Nelson died late Saturday night at 101 years of age.

Some people at Temple Square on Sunday got emotional about what Nelson means to them, but said they'll always remember what he taught.

"We all need to be peacemakers if we want to see real change in this world. I am so grateful for that," Isabella Beals said. "Very timely teaching. He’s been underscoring that the last several years, and that just seems non-coincidental to me."

Rulon Commack is serving a full-time mission with his wife, Lori.

"To eliminate contention in all of our lives and in the lives of everyone," Commack said of Nelson's teachings. "He was just always t

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