SALT LAKE CITY — For Kathleen Barnes Walker, daughter of former Church President Gordon B. Hinckley, hearing the news of President Nelson’s passing brought back familiar emotions.

“It was a very déjà vu moment for me,” she said. “It brought back so many memories of that time when my own father died and what it does to a family. You don’t only lose a father, but you lose a prophet.”

Gordon B. Hinckley led the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for nearly 13 years, until his death in January 2008. He was succeeded by Thomas S. Monson, followed by Russell M. Nelson, who became president in 2018.

During her father’s leadership, Walker often traveled on church assignments with him, his wife, Marjorie and then-Elder Nelson.

“He loved little children,” she said of President Nelso

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