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About Merlin R. Lybbert
- Merlin Rex Lybbert (31 January 1926 – 6 July 2001) was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1989 to 1994.
- From 1992 to 1994, Lybbert was the thirteenth general president of the LDS Church's Sunday School. Lybbert was born in Cardston, Alberta, Canada.
- After a short period of service in the Canadian Army near the end of World War II, Lybbert served as a missionary in the church's Eastern States Mission.
- After his mission, he married Nola Cahoon in the Alberta Temple in 1949. Prior to his call as a general authority, Lybbert served in the church as a bishop, stake president and regional representative.
- In 1989, he became one of the inaugural members of the Second Quorum of the Seventy.
- As a general authority, he was a member of the presidency of the church's Asia Area.
- From 1992 to 1994, Lybbert was the general president of the church's Sunday School organization.
- Lybbert was released as a general authority in 1994, and served as president of the Alberta Temple from 1994 to 1997. Lybbert died in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- He and his wife had six children, including a daughter, Ruth, who married Dale G.
- Renlund, who later became a member of the church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
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