Dr. Ernest LeRoy Hatch, 84, physician and former LDS mission president, regional representative and president of the Guatemala Temple, died Wednesday, Oct. 18, in Colonia Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico.

Born Aug. 31, 1911, in Colonia Juarez, Dr. Hatch graduated from Juarez Stake Academy and from 1930 to 1931 attended Brigham Young University. He received his medical degree from the Uni-vers-i-dad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in 1945 and had practiced medicine for many years in his native country.In addition to his medical responsibilities and church service, Dr. Hatch was active in the Scouting program. He was award-ed the Distinguished Eagle Award by the Boy Scouts of America.

He served a proselyting mission in the Spanish-American Mission beginning in 1932. He later was the first missionary to serve in Mexico City following a nine-year period in which no missionaries were able to serve in the area.

He was bishop of the Colonia Juarez First Ward, served as a regional representative from 1971 to 1976 and for five years beginning in 1981. He was a member of the Juarez Stake High Council and had been a ward and stake youth leader.

He opened the first Missionary Training Center in Mexico City in February 1980, serving until July 1982. And he was called as president of the Guatemala Temple from 1987 to 1990.

Funeral services were held Thursday in Colonia Juarez.