Editing Orrin Hatch (section)

== Personal life ==
Hatch married Elaine Hansen on August 28, 1957. They had six children.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Collection: Orrin Hatch papers {{!}} BYU Library - Special Collections |url=http://archives.lib.byu.edu/repositories/14/resources/2326 |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=archives.lib.byu.edu |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308145546/http://archives.lib.byu.edu/repositories/14/resources/2326 |url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2024, his son, Brent, declared his candidacy to replace [[Mitt Romney]] as a [[List of United States senators from Utah|United States Senator for Utah]] in the [[2024 United States Senate election in Utah|2024 election]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-02 |title=Brent Hatch, Orrin's son, joins Senate race to replace Mitt Romney |url=https://www.deseret.com/2024/1/2/24023138/brent-hatch-orrin-hatch-running-for-senate-to-replace-mitt-romney |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Deseret News |language=en}}</ref>

Hatch was a lifelong member of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church).<ref name="newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org 2022">{{cite web | title=Latter-day Saint U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch Dies | website=newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org | date=2022-04-23 | url=http://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/first-presidency-statement-orrin-hatch | access-date=2022-04-24 | archive-date=April 24, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424044641/https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/first-presidency-statement-orrin-hatch | url-status=live }}</ref> Although he was born in Pennsylvania, his parents had been raised in Utah and he had ancestors who were members of the LDS Church in [[Nauvoo, Illinois]]. Hatch served as a [[Mormon missionary|Latter-day Saint missionary]] in what was called the "Great Lakes States [[Mission (LDS Church)|Mission]]" essentially covering large parts of Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. Hatch later served in various positions in the church, including as a [[Bishop (Latter Day Saints)|bishop]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/earlylifeandfamilygallery|title=Early Life and Family Gallery|access-date=July 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212221226/https://www.hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/earlylifeandfamilygallery|archive-date=December 12, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.deseret.com/2005/10/3/19915076/wine-beer-liquor-cash-flows-into-hatch-coffers|title=Wine, beer, liquor cash flows into Hatch coffers|date=October 5, 2005|access-date=May 5, 2022|first=Lee|last=Davidson|work=[[Deseret News]]|archive-date=September 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920125055/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/615154461/Wine-beer-liquor-cash-flows-into-Hatch-coffers.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Hatch was a founder and co-chair of the [[Federalist Society]], an organization of conservative lawyers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fed-soc.org/aboutus/id.31/default.asp |title=Board of Visitors |publisher=The Federalist Society |access-date=January 22, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119003440/http://www.fed-soc.org/aboutus/id.31/default.asp |archive-date=January 19, 2012  }}</ref>

Hatch served as a member of the board of directors of the [[United States Holocaust Memorial Museum]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=International Center for Law and Religion Studies {{!}} Symposium 2014: Keynote Speaker Orrin Hatch |url=https://www.iclrs.org/blurb/symposium-2014-keynote-speaker-orrin-hatch/ |access-date=2022-04-25 |language=en-US}}</ref> In a 1996 interview on ''[[60 Minutes]]'', Hatch said he wears a [[mezuzah]] necklace in order to remind himself that another [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] should never be allowed to occur.<ref>{{Citation|last1=Anderson|first1=Robert |last2=Hinckley |first2=Gordon Bitner |last3=Wallace |first3=Mike|title=60 minutes|date=2008|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/904558687|publisher=Columbia Broadcasting System|oclc=904558687|access-date=2021-09-09|archive-date=April 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424010558/https://www.worldcat.org/title/60-minutes-gordon-b-hinckley/oclc/904558687|url-status=live}}</ref>

Despite their political differences, Hatch was a longtime friend of fellow senator [[Ted Kennedy]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hatch |first1=Orrin |title=The Ted Kennedy I knew |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2009/08/the-ted-kennedy-i-knew-026482 |website=[[Politico]]|date=August 26, 2009 |access-date=12 April 2022 |archive-date=April 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412035313/https://www.politico.com/story/2009/08/the-ted-kennedy-i-knew-026482 |url-status=live }}</ref> spoke at his memorial service in 2009,<ref>{{cite web |title=Selections From Kennedy's Funeral And Memorial |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112410705 |website=npr.org |publisher=National Public Radio |access-date=12 April 2022 |archive-date=April 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412035313/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112410705 |url-status=live }}</ref> and publicly suggested Kennedy's widow, [[Victoria Reggie Kennedy|Victoria Reggie]], as a replacement for Kennedy in the Senate.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Nichols |first1=John |title=The Kennedy Seat: Vicki's a "No," But Maybe Joe |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/kennedy-seat-vickis-no-maybe-joe/ |website=The Nation |date=September 2009 |access-date=12 April 2022 |archive-date=April 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412035313/https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/kennedy-seat-vickis-no-maybe-joe/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Death===
Hatch died in [[Salt Lake City]] on April 23, 2022, aged 88, from complications of a [[stroke]] he had the week prior.<ref name = Helsel/><ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/23/us/politics/orrin-hatch-dead.html|title = Orrin Hatch, Seven-Term Senator and a Republican Force, Dies at 88|work=[[The New York Times]]|last = McFadden|first = Robert D.|date = April 23, 2022|accessdate = April 23, 2022|url-access = limited}}</ref> He was buried in [[Newton, Utah|Newton]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Romboy |first1=Dennis |last2=Dunphey |first2=Kyle |title=Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch remembered for faith, family, service |url=https://www.deseret.com/utah/2022/5/6/23059164/funeral-services-utah-senator-orrin-hatch-longest-serving-republican-latter-day-saint |access-date=May 8, 2022 |work=[[Deseret News]] |date=May 6, 2022}}</ref>