Have other Church members lost a loved one by suicide?

Suicide has touched the lives of many members of the Church. Watch, listen to, or read some of the stories below about members who have been affected by the suicide of a family member or friend.

• Crockett Family (“Left Behind by Suicide,” Mormon Channel)
• Eve (“Hi I’m Eve,” Mormon.org)
• Le Etta Thorpe (“Saved after My Daughter’s Suicide,” Ensign, Sept. 2017, 67–69)
• Melinda (“Melinda’s Story,” video, LDS.org)
• Suzanne Lutz (“Sustained by God’s Love,” Ensign, July 2015, 14–15)

Church and Community Resources

(Some of the resources listed below are not created, maintained, or controlled by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. While these materials are intended to serve as additional resources, the Church does not endorse any content that is not in keeping with its doctrines and teachings.)

• “The Infinite Power of Hope,” President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2008, 21–24
• “The Master Healer,” Carole M. Stephens, Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2016, 9–12
• “Suicide, Healing, and Hope: How to Be a Friend to Someone Who Has Lost a Loved One to Suicide,” Marissa Widdison, New Era, Sept. 2017, 16–17
• “4 Lessons of Hope I Learned from My Sister’s Suicide,” Ganel-Lyn Condie, LDS Living, Mar. 2015
• “Bereaved by Suicide,” Befrienders Worldwide
• “Arianne Brown: What I’ve Learned in the 10 Years since My Sister’s Suicide,” Arianne Brown, Deseret News, Sept. 20, 2016