Funeral Arrangements:

          The funeral for LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley is scheduled for Saturday at 11 a.m. in Salt Lake City’s LDS Conference Center. While funerals for every president from Brigham Young on took place in the Mormon Tabernacle, Hinckley’s will be in the conference center to accommodate the expected crowds.

            Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has confirmed that he will be in attendance. Other expected dignitaries, and the schedule of speakers, is still being determined, said Scott Trotter, spokesman for the LDS Church.

            Hinckley’s burial in Salt Lake Cemetery, beside his companion of 67 years, wife Marjorie Pay, will immediately follow the funeral, which is estimated to last at least an hour and a half.

            Public viewing of Hinckley’s body is set for Thursday and Friday, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., at the LDS Church Administration Building, 47 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City. There will be a tent on the west side of the building where people can wait before walking indoors.

            Due to Hinckley’s death, church officials announced that the dedication of the Rexburg Temple in Idaho, which had been scheduled for Sunday, has been pushed back a week and will take place on Feb. 10.

             We will post the official obituary as soon as it is available.