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'''Linda Kjar Burton''' (born October 19, 1952){{citation needed|date=May 2015}} was the sixteenth general president of the [[Relief Society]] of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church) from 2012<ref>{{cite news |last= Van Leer |first= Twila |title= LDS Church announces changes to presiding bishopric, Relief Society presidency, First Quorum of the Seventy |newspaper= [[Deseret News]] |date= March 31, 2012 |url= http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765564839/LDS-Church-announces-changes-to-presiding-bishopric-Relief-Society-presidency-First-Quorum-of-the.html?pg=all |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141126164623/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765564839/LDS-Church-announces-changes-to-presiding-bishopric-Relief-Society-presidency-First-Quorum-of-the.html?pg=all |archive-date= 2014-11-26 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{citation |url= https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/mormon-leadership-changes-april-2012-general-conferences |title= New Presiding Bishopric, Relief Society Presidency and General Authorities Announced at Mormon General Conference |type= news release |work= MormonNewsroom.org |publisher= LDS Church |date= March 31, 2012 }}</ref> to 2017.<ref>{{citation |url= https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/new-relief-society-presidency-2017 |title= First Presidency Announces New Relief Society General Presidency: New member of Primary General Presidency also called |work= Newsroom |publisher= [[LDS Church]] |date= 2017-04-01 }}</ref>
'''Linda Kjar Burton''' (born October 19, 1952){{citation needed|date=May 2015}} was the sixteenth general president of the [[Relief Society]] of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church) from 2012<ref>{{cite news |last= Van Leer |first= Twila |title= LDS Church announces changes to presiding bishopric, Relief Society presidency, First Quorum of the Seventy |newspaper= [[Deseret News]] |date= March 31, 2012 |url= http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765564839/LDS-Church-announces-changes-to-presiding-bishopric-Relief-Society-presidency-First-Quorum-of-the.html?pg=all |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141126164623/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765564839/LDS-Church-announces-changes-to-presiding-bishopric-Relief-Society-presidency-First-Quorum-of-the.html?pg=all |archive-date= 2014-11-26 |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{citation |url= https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/mormon-leadership-changes-april-2012-general-conferences |title= New Presiding Bishopric, Relief Society Presidency and General Authorities Announced at Mormon General Conference |type= news release |work= MormonNewsroom.org |publisher= LDS Church |date= March 31, 2012 }}</ref> to 2017.<ref>{{citation |url= https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/new-relief-society-presidency-2017 |title= First Presidency Announces New Relief Society General Presidency: New member of Primary General Presidency also called |work= Newsroom |publisher= [[LDS Church]] |date= 2017-04-01 }}</ref>


Linda Kjar was born in [[Salt Lake City, Utah]], to parents Morris Ashton Kjar and Marjorie Castleton, the second of six children. While in her adolescence, she accompanied her family to [[Christchurch]], New Zealand while her father served as [[mission president|president]] of the church's New Zealand South [[Mission (LDS Church)|Mission]].<ref name="rsgb">{{citation |url= https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/callings/relief-society/leader-resources/relief-society-presidency-board |title= General Relief Society Presidency and Board |work= Callings: Relief Society |publisher= LDS Church |df= }}</ref> While in New Zealand, she attended the [[Church College of New Zealand]].
Linda Kjar was born in [[Salt Lake City, Utah]], to parents Morris Ashton Kjar and Marjorie Castleton, the second of six children. While in her adolescence, she accompanied her family to [[Christchurch]], New Zealand, while her father served as [[mission president|president]] of the church's New Zealand South [[Mission (LDS Church)|Mission]].<ref name="rsgb">{{citation |url= https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/callings/relief-society/leader-resources/relief-society-presidency-board |title= General Relief Society Presidency and Board |work= Callings: Relief Society |publisher= LDS Church }}</ref> While in New Zealand, she attended the [[Church College of New Zealand]].


She married Craig Palmer Burton in 1973. Craig is the second cousin of former Presiding bishop H. David Burton, as well as a great-great grandson of Robert T. Burton, a counselor in the presiding bishopric under Edward Hunter and William B. Preston. She studied elementary education at the [[University of Utah]]. She and her husband are the parents of six children.<ref name="rsgb"/> From 2007 to 2010, she served with her husband while he presided over the Korea Seoul West Mission.<ref>{{citation |url= https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/leader/linda-k-burton |title= Linda K. Burton, Relief Society General President |work= Organization: General Auxiliaries |publisher= LDS Church }}</ref>
She married Craig Palmer Burton in 1973. She studied elementary education at the [[University of Utah]]. She and her husband are the parents of six children.<ref name="rsgb"/> From 2007 to 2010, she served with her husband while he presided over the Korea Seoul West Mission.<ref>{{citation |url= https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/leader/linda-k-burton |title= Linda K. Burton, Relief Society General President |work= Organization: General Auxiliaries |publisher= LDS Church }}</ref>


Burton worked briefly as an [[Seminary (LDS Church)|LDS seminary]] teacher, and served previously on the general boards of the church's Relief Society and [[Primary (LDS Church)|Primary]] organizations.<ref name="Stack">{{cite news |url= http://www.sltrib.com/53830666-78/burton-president-relief-society.html |title= New leaders for Mormon women |last= Stack |first= Peggy |authorlink= Peggy Fletcher Stack |date= March 31, 2012 |newspaper= [[The Salt Lake Tribune]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141126151626/http://www.sltrib.com/53830666-78/burton-president-relief-society.html |archive-date= 2014-11-26 |url-status= live }}</ref> As president of the Relief Society, Burton was an [[ex officio]] member of the church's [[Church Educational System#Church Board of Education and Board of Trustees|Boards of Trustees/Education]]. In 2015, Burton became the first female member of the LDS Church's Priesthood and Family Executive Council (formerly Priesthood Executive Council, or PEC).<ref name=MEC>{{cite news |url= http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865634860/In-a-significant-move-women-to-join-key-leading-LDS-Church-councils.html |title= In a significant move, women to join key, leading LDS Church councils |last= Walch |first= Tad |date= 18 August 2015 |newspaper= [[Deseret News]] }}.</ref> In April 2017, Burton was released and succeeded by [[Jean B. Bingham]], who had been serving as a counselor in the church's [[Primary (LDS Church)|Primary]] General Presidency.
Burton worked briefly as an [[Seminary (LDS Church)|LDS seminary]] teacher, and served previously on the general boards of the church's Relief Society and [[Primary (LDS Church)|Primary]] organizations.<ref name="Stack">{{cite news |url= http://www.sltrib.com/53830666-78/burton-president-relief-society.html |title= New leaders for Mormon women |last= Stack |first= Peggy |author-link= Peggy Fletcher Stack |date= March 31, 2012 |newspaper= [[The Salt Lake Tribune]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141126151626/http://www.sltrib.com/53830666-78/burton-president-relief-society.html |archive-date= 2014-11-26 |url-status= live }}</ref> As president of the Relief Society, Burton was an [[ex officio]] member of the church's [[Church Educational System#Church Board of Education and Board of Trustees|Boards of Trustees/Education]]. In 2015, Burton became the first female member of the LDS Church's Priesthood and Family Executive Council (formerly Priesthood Executive Council, or PEC).<ref name=MEC>{{cite news |url= http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865634860/In-a-significant-move-women-to-join-key-leading-LDS-Church-councils.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150820131037/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865634860/In-a-significant-move-women-to-join-key-leading-LDS-Church-councils.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= August 20, 2015 |title= In a significant move, women to join key, leading LDS Church councils |last= Walch |first= Tad |date= 18 August 2015 |newspaper= [[Deseret News]] }}.</ref> In April 2017, Burton was released and succeeded by [[Jean B. Bingham]], who had been serving as a counselor in the church's [[Primary (LDS Church)|Primary]] General Presidency.


In 2019, Burton was called as [[temple matron|matron]] of the [[Jordan River Utah Temple]].<ref>{{citation |url= https://www.thechurchnews.com/callings/2019-03-28/new-president-and-matron-called-to-serve-in-the-jordan-river-utah-temple-155979 |title= New temple presidents |newspaper= [[Church News]] |date= March 28, 2019 }}</ref>
In 2019, Burton was called as [[temple matron|matron]] of the [[Jordan River Utah Temple]].<ref>{{citation |url= https://www.thechurchnews.com/callings/2019-03-28/new-president-and-matron-called-to-serve-in-the-jordan-river-utah-temple-155979 |title= New temple presidents |newspaper= [[Church News]] |date= March 28, 2019 }}</ref>
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Linda K. Burton
16th Relief Society General President
March 31, 2012 (2012-03-31) – April 1, 2017 (2017-04-01)
Called byThomas S. Monson
PredecessorJulie B. Beck
SuccessorJean B. Bingham
Personal details
ResidenceSalt Lake City, Utah, United States
Alma materUniversity of Utah
Spouse(s)
Craig P. Burton
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(m. 1973)​
Children6

Linda Kjar Burton (born October 19, 1952)[citation needed] was the sixteenth general president of the Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 2012[1][2] to 2017.[3]

Linda Kjar was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to parents Morris Ashton Kjar and Marjorie Castleton, the second of six children. While in her adolescence, she accompanied her family to Christchurch, New Zealand, while her father served as president of the church's New Zealand South Mission.[4] While in New Zealand, she attended the Church College of New Zealand.

She married Craig Palmer Burton in 1973. She studied elementary education at the University of Utah. She and her husband are the parents of six children.[4] From 2007 to 2010, she served with her husband while he presided over the Korea Seoul West Mission.[5]

Burton worked briefly as an LDS seminary teacher, and served previously on the general boards of the church's Relief Society and Primary organizations.[6] As president of the Relief Society, Burton was an ex officio member of the church's Boards of Trustees/Education. In 2015, Burton became the first female member of the LDS Church's Priesthood and Family Executive Council (formerly Priesthood Executive Council, or PEC).[7] In April 2017, Burton was released and succeeded by Jean B. Bingham, who had been serving as a counselor in the church's Primary General Presidency.

In 2019, Burton was called as matron of the Jordan River Utah Temple.[8]

Notes

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  1. ^ Van Leer, Twila (March 31, 2012). "LDS Church announces changes to presiding bishopric, Relief Society presidency, First Quorum of the Seventy". Deseret News. Archived from the original on 2014-11-26.
  2. ^ "New Presiding Bishopric, Relief Society Presidency and General Authorities Announced at Mormon General Conference", MormonNewsroom.org (news release), LDS Church, March 31, 2012
  3. ^ "First Presidency Announces New Relief Society General Presidency: New member of Primary General Presidency also called", Newsroom, LDS Church, 2017-04-01
  4. ^ a b "General Relief Society Presidency and Board", Callings: Relief Society, LDS Church
  5. ^ "Linda K. Burton, Relief Society General President", Organization: General Auxiliaries, LDS Church
  6. ^ Stack, Peggy (March 31, 2012). "New leaders for Mormon women". The Salt Lake Tribune. Archived from the original on 2014-11-26.
  7. ^ Walch, Tad (18 August 2015). "In a significant move, women to join key, leading LDS Church councils". Deseret News. Archived from the original on August 20, 2015..
  8. ^ "New temple presidents", Church News, March 28, 2019

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Preceded by  Relief Society General President
March 31, 2012 (2012-03-31) – April 1, 2017 (2017-04-01) 		Succeeded by
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