Marjorie Pay Hinckley

Marjorie Pay Hinckley, wife of Mormon church President Gordon B. Hinckley, died Tuesday. She was 92.

She died at home surrounded by her husband and other family members, church spokesman Dale Bills said. He attributed her death to " causes incident to age. "

The Hinckleys had been married 67 years. They have five children and 25 grandchildren.

Marjorie Hinckley fell ill in January while returning with her husband from the dedication of a Mormon temple in West Africa.

Gordon Hinckley, 93, disclosed his wife ' s illness days before at the church ' s general conference, the first such meeting she had missed in 46 years.

" I guess the clock is winding down, and we do not know how to rewind it, " Hinckley told the conference. " It is a somber time for me. "

Marjorie Hinckley was born in Nephi, about 65 miles south of Salt Lake City. The Hinckleys married in 1937 in the Salt Lake temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

" The family that I grew up in consisted of one brother and four sisters and a mother and father who were absolutely devoted to the Church, " she told Brigham Young Magazine in 1996. " It was a prayerful home. We prayed about everything, and I mean everything that we wouldn ' t burn the soup. "

Mrs. Hinckley was an avid reader, and received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Utah Valley State College in April 2001 and an honorary doctorate in Christian Service from Brigham Young University in April 2000.