He graduated from Brigham Young College in Logan and entered the banking business.

[1] Sonne eventually became the president of the Cache Stake of the church.

In 1941, Sonne became one of the first five individuals to hold the calling of Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the LDS Church.

At this time, he was transferred to the newly created First Quorum of the Seventy.

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