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New temple presidents

Published: Saturday, June 6, 1992

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David Gleave Clark, 65, Federal Heights Ward, Salt Lake Emigration Stake, called as president of the Santiago Chile Temple, succeeding Pres. Max L. Willis. Pres. Clark's wife, Marita Owen Clark, will serve as temple matron. Pres. Clark served as mission president, regional representative, stake president's counselor, and bishop, as well as director of temporal affairs in the South America South Area, and area and multi-regional welfare agent. An architect, he was graduated from University of Southern California. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Rulon W. and Clara Gleave Clark. Sister Clark is a former counselor in a stake Young Women presidency, stake cultural arts specialist, ward Young Women president, and adviser and counselor in a ward Relief Society presidency. She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Gordon Parker and Nevada Browning Owen.

Albert Y.G. Ho, 63, Hawaii Kai 1st Ward, Honolulu Hawaii Stake, called as president of the Hawaii Temple, succeeding Pres. Victor B. Jex. Pres. Ho's wife, Alice Kiyohiro Ho, will serve as temple matron. Pres. Ho is vice president of a finance company. He is a regional representative, and served as stake president, twice as bishop, and twice as bishop's counselor. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Hawaii. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Yun Tin and Annie M.U. Ho. Sister Ho is an ordinance worker in the Hawaii Temple and stake Relief Society secretary, and served as extractor in the stake name extraction program. She was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Sasuke and Hatsuno Ueda Kiyohiro.

Forrest J. Jensen, 73, Southglen First Ward, Littleton Colorado Stake, called as president of the Denver Colorado Temple, succeeding Pres. Roger L. Pugmire. Pres. Jensen's wife, Mary Lindsay Jensen, will serve as temple matron. Pres. Jensen is an engineering consultant and retired corporation division manager. He is an ordinance worker and sealer in the Denver Colorado Temple and stake patriarch, high councilor twice, bishop and bishop's counselor twice. He graduated from Utah State University and studied architecture at the University of Denver. Was a major in the Army during World War II. Born in Montpelier, Idaho, to Jacob C. and Vinnie Humphreys Jensen. Sister Jensen is a stake Relief Society president, temple worker and a former ward Relief Society president, YWMIA president, Primary president and Junior Sunday School coordinator. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Samuel J. and Mary Alice Powell Lindsay.

Rudy W. Mortensen and his wife, Joanne Bretzing Mortensen, assigned to the Lima Peru Temple in 1990, have been transferred to be president and matron of the Buenos Aires Argentina Temple. Pres. Mortensen succeeds Pres. Angel M. Fernandez. (The Mortensens' biography was published in the Church News on June 30, 1990.)