Last week I was serving at the Recommend Desk. As I was speaking with a couple who had just arrived I noticed out of the corner of my eye two men walk past the desk without stopping. I quickly said, "Brethren, I need to see your recommends." One of the brothers said that they had already been in the temple and had just turned around by the desk to do one last thing. I thanked them and excused myself. A few minutes later, as they left the temple, I apologized for stopping them earlier and wished them a nice afternoon. We started talking and one of the brothers looked at my name tag and asked if I was related to Clifton G. M. Kerr. I said yes, then I recognized him. I even remembered his last name, Warner. Brother Warner was serving in the Mission Office in London when my parents were released in 1958 from presiding over the British Mission. As a parting gift the office staff gave me a triple combination. Brother Warner wrote a message on the flyleaf in behalf of the staff. I remember two things about the message: 1) his penmanship was excellent; and, 2) he wrote that I would return to Great Britain as a missionary and use those scriptures. Six years later I was called to serve in Scotland. I took those scriptures on my mission, and still have them today.

In Nauvoo, on Parley Street, next to the Mississippi River stands the Pioneer Memorial. Here is a description of what the memorial represents:

"In a quiet park near the Mississippi River stands the Pioneer Memorial, and inside it is the 'Exodus to Greatness' monument. Upon the walls of the Pioneer Memorial are the names of over 2,000 Latter-day Saints who died along the Mormon Trail. The memorial serves as a silent testament of the faithfulness of the many pioneers who died before their journey was through."

When we visited the Memorial I looked for pioneers with the last name of Kerr or Pack (my mother's maiden name):

• I found one man, George Mercer Kerr. My great grandfather's name is George Mercer Kerr. However, he died in 1904. So, the listing of his name is either a mistake, or there was another George Mercer Kerr. I double checked the names of his children to see if he and his wife, Jane Affleck, named one of their children George Mercer, but no child by that name is listed.
• I found two women, Eleanor Ellen Pack and Mrs. Rufus Pack. I found nothing in Family Search regarding Eleanor. My great grandfather, John Pack, was a polygamist and had eight wives. My line comes through his wife, Ruth Mosher. John and one of his other wives had a son they named Rufus Pack. Rufus' wife died in 1846 and is buried in Iowa. Rufus died in 1866 and is also buried in Iowa.

Below are pictures from the Memorial.

This is a picture of the Nauvoo Temple cornerstone.