The funeral for Boyd K. Packer, the president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the LDS Church, will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the Tabernacle on Temple Square.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced the funeral details Saturday.
The 90-year-old Packer, who had been ailing, died at his home in Salt Lake City on Friday afternoon.
The funeral will be open to the public ages 8 and older.
The Temple Square gates and the Tabernacle doors will open at 9:30 a.m., and those wishing to attend should be in their seats by 10:30 a.m. Friday, the church announcement said.
The Assembly Hall and North Visitors' Center on Temple Square will have overflow seating, but other buildings on the church campus will be closed from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Packer, a native of Brigham City, will be buried in a private service in the Brigham City Cemetery after the funeral.
The church said there will be no public viewing, but noted that those mourning Packer can post on his public Facebook page.
As of Saturday afternoon, dozens of people had commented on that page, expressing gratitude for his life.
"Shedding a few tears....." wrote Darice Billings-Taylor.
Stephen Mattice reminisced about meeting Packer after a session of General Conference in 1974, when Mattice was 22. He is now 63.
"He came over to us as we stood on the lawn," Mattice wrote. "I have never forgotten that moment nor the feeling that I had as I finally looked into his eyes."
Lauren Tanner said Packer had given her her first temple recommend (approval to enter the faith's temples) when she was 19, and he was president of the New England Mission.
"He was a wonderful mission president," Tanner wrote. "We all loved him."
Packer was one of the church's general authorities for more that five decades. He was next in line, behind President Thomas S. Monson, to be president of the 15 million-member faith. That distinction — and the role as president of the quorum — now falls to Russell M. Nelson, also 90.
Packer was born Sept. 10, 1924, and became a bomber pilot during World War II in the Pacific theater. He was an educator by profession.
Packer's death created a second vacancy in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
L. Tom Perry died May 30 of thyroid cancer. The church has not yet said when the two will be replaced.
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Jeremy Harmon | The Salt Lake Tribune Elder Dallin H. Oaks, center, helps President Boyd K. Packer to his wheelchair following the Saturday morning session of the 181st Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011.
Kim Raff | The Salt Lake Tribune Boyd K. Packer, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, is helped out of the conference center after the early session of the 182nd Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 1, 2012.
Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune President Boyd K. Packer, of the Quorum of the Twelve, speaks from his chair at the 182nd annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Saturday, March 31, 2012. His talk included thoughts about the family and abortion.
Paul Fraughton | The Salt Lake Tribune President Boyd K. Packer speaks at the funeral services for LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley on Saturday, February 2, 2008 at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City.
Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune Elder Boyd K. Packer leaves the afternoon session of the 184th General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sunday, April 6, 2014.
Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune President Boyd K. Packer dedicates the Utah Law Enforcement Memorial on Saturday, September 6, 2008 in a ceremony on the grounds of the Utah State Capitol.
Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune President Boyd K. Packer speaks during the funeral services for LDS President Gordon B. Hinckley on February 2, 2008.
Tribune file photo Boyd K. Packer in 1970.
Tribune file photo Boyd K. Packer speaks at General Conference.
Tribune file photo Boyd K. Packer
Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune President Boyd K. Packer (seated) of the Quorum of the Twelve delivers his address during the groundbreaking for a new LDS temple in Brigham City, Utah, on July 31, 2010.
Tribune file photo Boyd K. Packer speaks at General Conference.
Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune Boyd K. Packer, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, speaks during the morning session of the 184th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City Saturday October 4, 2014.
Kim Raff | The Salt Lake Tribune Boyd K. Packer, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, leaves the morning session of the 182nd Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Sunday, October 7, 2012.
Courtesy | LDS Church A young Boyd K. Packer in the 1930s.
Courtesy | LDS Church Elder Packer with President David O. McKay, June 1963.
Courtesy | LDS Church Boyd K. Packer (kneeling front-left) with a bomber crew during World War II, 1945.
Courtesy | LDS Church The Boyd and Donna Packer family, 1961.
Courtesy | LDS Church President Boyd K. Packer leaves the October 2010 general conference with his wife, Donna.
Courtesy | LDS Church Elders Howard W. Hunter and Boyd K. Packer at general conference, 1980s.
Courtesy | LDS Church Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, 1970.
Courtesy | LDS Church Boyd K. Packer shaking hands with President Spencer W. Kimball at general conference, 1980s.
Courtesy | LDS Church Boyd K. Packer with two other soldiers during World War II, 1945, Atsugi Air Base, Japan.
Courtesy | LDS Church Elder Boyd K. Packer holding the new editions of the scriptures, 1982.
Courtesy | LDS Church Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, 2010.
Courtesy | LDS Church Elder Boyd K. Packer speaking at Utah State University, 1970s.
Courtesy | LDS Church Boyd K. Packer was a United States bomber pilot during World War II in the Pacific Theater. This photo was taken September 1944.
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