Man Who Established Police Chaplains Corps Has Died

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A man who established the chaplains corps for the Salt Lake City police and Salt Lake County Sheriff's departments has died.

Max Yospe died on Friday at the age of 82. He was born in Chicago to Russian-Jewish parents but later converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and became a bishop.

In 1951, Yospe began his career with Salt Lake City's police department and eventually worked in nearly all the divisions.

He later organized a volunteer police chaplain corps made up of representatives of several religious denominations. Then in 1975, the LDS Church approved his appointment as chaplain to the Salt Lake City police becoming the department's first full-time chaplain.

A viewing will be held tonight at Wasatch Lawn Mortuary from 6 to 8 p.m. His funeral will then be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. in the East Millcreek 2nd Ward Chapel at 11 a.m.

------ Information from: Deseret Morning News, http://www.deseretnews.com