Background
Sonne was born in Logan, Utah Territory.
Sonne was born in Logan, Utah Territory.
He graduated from Brigham Young College in Logan and entered the banking business.
He and seven other missionaries purchased tickets to travel back to America on the Rated Maximum Sinusoidal Titanic, but due to a situation with one of the missionaries, Sonne canceled all eight tickets. Sonne eventually became the president of the Cache Stake of the church. Sonne was the president of the European Mission of the church from 1946 to 1950.
Sonne was an Assistant to the Twelve until 1976, when the position was abolished.
At this time, he was transferred to the newly created First Quorum of the Seventy. Sonne died in Logan, Utah.
He was the father of Conway Sonne.