By JANETTE JEFFRESS
The funeral service for Elder Paul H. Dunn, general authority emeritus of the LDS Church, was held Tuesday at noon in the Highland Stake Center.
He will be remembered by all as a 'different type of man, a man of great capacity, who served well and spoke well,' said President Gordon B. Hinckley, a speaker at Elder Dunn's funeral service.
President Hinckley said Elder Dunn gave remarkable and wonderful discourses and had a brilliant intellect. 'I am grateful for his capacity to speak on his love of the Lord,' President Hinckley said, 'he was a tremendous influence.'
Senator Orrin Hatch described Elder Dunn as 'a truly great man' during his remarks at the funeral service. 'It meant so much to me to know him. He was a great influence in my life,' Hatch said.
'(He) was a great human being, a fine athlete and a good friend,' Hatch said, 'He lived with hassles and struggles and difficulties with dignity and strength.'
Quoted Neal A. Maxwell, Hatch said, 'There was always room in Paul's inn for Jesus Christ.'
Also speaking at the funeral service were four of Elder Dunn's grandsons, a granddaughter and two of his daughters. His daughter, Janet Gough, said Elder Dunn would not want people to forget this funeral service was a celebration of a life well-lived.
Marsha Winget, another of Elder Dunn's daughters said, 'I knew he loved me. I knew it because he showed me everyday.'
The funeral service was attended by 1200 to 1500 people, including seven of the Twelve Apostles, their wives, President and Sister Monson and President and Sister Hinckley. The congregation filled the chapel, gymnasium and overflow rooms of the stake center.
Dunn, 73, died of cardiac arrest early Friday morning at LDS Hospital. He had his family gathered around him at the time.
Elder Dunn was a coordinator of the Southern California Institute when he was called to be a General Authority in 1964. He served in this capacity until 1989, when he was made an emeritus general authority. He served as mission president from 1968 to 1971 in the New England Mission and was also an Area Administrator for the British Isles and the West Coast.
President Hinckley said Dunn was spared a lot of suffering because his heart attack ended years of sickness. It was a blessing that he lived eight years longer than medical reports predicted, President Hinckley said, 'He had testimony and conviction in his heart, and he carried in that heart a great love for the Lord.'