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Elder Tad R. Callister, 79, former LDS Church leader, died Oct. 9.

He served as General Authority Seventy, Sunday School president and mission president.

Callister, a lawyer, defended the U.S. Constitution and authored several books.

SALT LAKE CITY – Elder Tad R. Callister, an emeritus General Authority Seventy and former Sunday School general president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died Thursday, Oct. 9. He was 79.

Throughout his lifetime, Elder Callister served his family as a son, husband and father. He also served in various capacities for the Church of Jesus Christ, including president of the church's Canada Toronto East Mission, as a General Authority Seventy and in the Presidency of the Seventy and as Sunday School general president.

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