SALT LAKE CITY (KSL.com) — Shaundi Killpack never knew President Russell M. Nelson personally, but she felt compelled to attend his public viewing and express her gratitude for the profound impact he had on her life.

So Monday afternoon, she snuck away from her five kids so she could have a moment alone to see President Nelson at his public viewing at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City. The president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints died on Sept. 27 at the age of 101.

“My heart just pulled me to step away and take a few minutes and be grateful for everything that he did for my life. To thank him and to honor him and to just have a moment with him,” she said.

Killpack said it was a surreal moment to be so near him, as she had “never been so close to a prophet of Go

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