Early Years
Bruce R. McConkie was born on July 29, 1915 in Ann Arbor, Michigan to Oscar Walter McConkie and Margarat Vivian Redd. Before he was a year old, his family moved to Monticello, Utah. From 1920-1923 Oscar McConkie served as the bishop of the Monticello Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1925 his family moved back to Ann Arbor where his father continued studying law, then in 1926 they moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. McConkie attended Bryant Junior High School and LDS High School, where he graduated at age 15. He attended three years of college at the University of Utah before serving a Church mission. He grew to stand 6'5" tall.
McConkie would inherit his father's preaching style and doctrinal views, though he differed from his father politically, as McConkie was a Republican and his father was a noted Democrat.
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