Complex sentence: It was the first time in more than 30 years that a surviving First Presidency member has not been called back to the First Presidency after its reorganization; in 1985 Marion G. Romney was not retained by Ezra Taft Benson.
Split into simpler sentences: It was the first time in more than 30 years that a surviving First Presidency member was not retained in a reorganization. The last was in 1985, when Marion G. Romney was not retained by new church president Ezra Taft Benson.