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Aileen Clyde, former LDS leader called ‘a champion of women,’ dies

Elaine Jack remembers fondly the determination and love for women demonstrated by Aileen Clyde — once a counselor to her in the general presidency of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — who died Wednesday at age 93.

For example, Clyde traveled from her home in Springville to church headquarters in Salt Lake City no matter how bad the weather.

“I would say you don’t need to come when it’s snowy. She always came,” Jack remembers, adding that Clyde also jokingly proclaimed the fast lane as her own so she could serve others more quickly.