Daryl Hoole is an author and public speaker from

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. The main themes of her written works and speeches are home management and family living. She has authored six books and given numerous discourses on these themes.

Biography

Daryl Hoole is an author and lecturer on home management and family living. She has written seven published books and has lectured on this topic extensively throughout the

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and

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. Daryl's lecturing included speaking at Education Week, a conference held at

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, for close to 40 years. Earlier in her life, she served as a

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in the

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, where her father presided as

mission president Mission president is a Priesthood (LDS Church), priesthood leadership position in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). A mission president presides over a geographic area known as a Mission (LDS Church), mission and the M ...

. Years later, she served with her husband Hendricus (Hank) when he was called as

of that same mission. Recently, she served a third mission when she and her husband were called as welfare-humanitarian administrators for

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. Based in

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, Daryl and her husband traveled, taught and provided service throughout much of Asia for two years. Other significant service contributions for Daryl include her service on the Church's General Board of its Primary organization. Daryl and Hank are the parents of eight living children and have thirty-six grandchildren and an ever-growing number of great-grandchildren. She currently resides in

. Though now mostly retired, Daryl is still in demand as a speaker for women’s groups and is a regular contributor to the

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-oriented website ''Meridian Magazine''.

Published works

*The Art of Teaching Children, 1964 *With Sugar ‘N Spice (with Donette V. Ockey), 1966 *The Art of Homemaking, 1967 *The Joys of Homemaking, 1975 *Our Own Society, 1979 *A House of Order, 1984 *The Ultimate Career: The Art of Homemaking Today, 2005 *Little Things That Can Make A Big Difference (CD), 2008 *The Art of Aging Joyfully, 2023 (published in Daryl's 90th year)

Fans

Deseret Book reports that typical readers of Daryl Hoole’s publications are members of

who place high importance on the value of home life and

families Family (from ) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as ...

; however, Hoole has followers in family-oriented people of diverse faiths and circumstances. Meridian Magazine asserts that, "Daryl Hoole is truly a master of the art of Homemaking."

Sources

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoole, Daryl 1934 births Living people Female Mormon missionaries American Mormon missionaries in Hong Kong 20th-century Mormon missionaries American Mormon missionaries in the Netherlands Writers from Salt Lake City Mission presidents (LDS Church) American leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter Day Saints from Utah