Biographies
Jerald Tanner was born in Provo, Utah and reared as a Mormon. He studied at the University of Utah and received a degree from Salt Lake Trade Technical Institute.
Sandra is a great-great-granddaughter of Brigham Young, the second president of the LDS church. Both families had longstanding ties to the Mormon community.
Soon after they were introduced, Tanner and Sandra began jointly researching the subject of Mormonism. Each had been raised in the LDS faith, but discovered that they each as a teenager had begun to question the church.
Jerald and Sandra Tanner were married in Mission Hills, California on June 14, 1959. They had two daughters and a son together. After 47 years of marriage, Jerald Tanner died in Salt Lake City at age 68, as a result of complications arising from Alzheimer's disease. Sandra Tanner announced Jerald's death by email. An "In Memoriam" tribute to Jerald Tanner was posted on the Utah Lighthouse Ministry website.
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