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Walter Shigeo Teruya, 76, of the Kahului 1st Ward, Kahului Hawaii Stake, called as president of the Tokyo Temple, succeeding Tomosue Abo. Pres. Teruya's wife, Joyce Tone Nagasawa Teruya, will serve as temple matron. Pres. Teruya is a retired sales executive. He served in the Hawaiian Mission presidency in 1950, and was the first president of the Japan Sendai Mission in 1974. He served as first counselor in the Tokyo Temple presidency from 1983-84. He was born July 1, 1915, in Waikapu, Hawaii, to Eiko and Hisako Gibu Teruya. Sister Teruya is a former Primary stake board member, Primary and Sunday School teacher and Relief Society stake board member and teacher. She was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Hikohichi and Misu Abiko Nagasawa. The Teruyas were the first couple of Japanese ancestry married in the Hawaiian Temple. Pres. and Sister Teruya are parents of three children.
